公众人物毕业演讲第375期:查理邓森2013在犹他州立大学(6)

 　　And third, what do I hope you do? Obviously I don't think they have the same answers.

　　第三是 我希望你做什么显然 我不认为这些问题答案都是一样的

　　Let's start with "What do you want to do?" For me, as I said, the first thing on my list, celebrate.

　　首先看 你想做什么在我看来 要做的第一件事就是庆祝

　　You've earned it. Go ahead Personally, I recommend this for everyone.

　　你们赢得了荣誉 庆祝吧个人而言 我把这个建议给每个人

　　Spend a long 4 years for some of us maybe a little longer for the rest.

　　很多人都是花了四年时间有些人可能花了更久

　　Graduation represents one of the most important milestones¹ in your young careers Now, how long you celebrate?.

　　毕业是年轻人生涯中最重要的里程碑之一庆祝多久呢

　　A day, a week, a month, a year some of you, you might even take a lifetime. That's okay.

　　一天 一周 一个月 一年有些人甚至可能庆祝一生 这都行

　　Everyone has their own "clock" and how fast or slow yours ticks, is entirely² up to you.

　　每个人都有自己的"时钟"加快还是放慢运转的频率 完全取决于个人

　　There's no one to tell you what, or when, or where you have to be or do So whenever the celebration ends.

　　没有人告诉你 何时何地该做些什么在庆祝完了之后

　　Then comes that ultimate question: now what? We all face it and I will make few guarantees to you today.

　　这个问题终究会出现 下面怎么办我们都会面临这个 我今天敢担保的东西很少

　　in fact, I won't make anymore but here is one.

　　我也不会再进行任何担保但这里有一点我敢担保

　　You will all answer it differently There is no right or wrong answer to this one.

　　所有人的答案都会不同这个问题的答案没有对错之分

　　These are always the type of questions I like Some will choose the arts, some will choose the sciences.

　　我总喜欢这样的问题有些人会选择艺术 有些人会选择科学

　　And some will choose to pursue higher degrees of academics some will pursue business, and some may also want to enter politics.

　　有些人会选择攀登更高的学术高峰有些人会去经商 甚至有些人会进入政坛

1 milestones   

n.重要事件( milestone的名词复数 )；重要阶段；转折点；里程碑

参考例句：

• Several important milestones in foreign policy have been passed by this Congress and they can be chalked up as major accomplishments. 这次代表大会通过了对外政策中几起划时代的事件，并且它们可作为主要成就记录下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dale: I really envy your milestones over the last few years, Don. 我真的很羡慕你在过去几年中所建立的丰功伟绩。 来自互联网

2 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。