名人励志英语演讲 第140期:感觉失败及寻找幸福(2)

 　　And so somebody comes up to Kirby, and they say, "oh my god, is that Gayle King?" And Kirby's like, "Uh-huh. She's my mom."

　　有人走到卡比面前，对卡比说：“我的天啊，那是盖尔·金吗？”卡比说：“嗯，她是我妈妈。”

　　And so the person says, "Oh my god, does it mean, like, you know Oprah Winfrey?"

　　然后这个人说：“哦，我的天啊，那就是说，你认识奥普拉·温弗瑞？”

　　And Kirby says, "Sort of."

　　卡比说：“认识一点。”

　　I said, "sort of? You sort of know me?" Well, I have photographic proof¹. I have pictures which I can e-mail to you all of Kirby riding horsey with me on all fours. So, I more than sort-of know Kirby Bumpus. And I'm so happy to be here, just happy that I finally, after four years, get to see her room. There's really nowhere else I'd rather be, because I'm so proud of Kirby, who graduates today with two degrees, one in human bio and the other in psychology². Love you, Kirby Cakes! That's how well I know her. I can call her Cakes.

　　我说：“认识一点？你跟我只认识一点？”我有照片为证。我甚至可以把所有卡比和我一起骑马的照片用邮件发给你们。因此我不仅仅只是有点认识卡比·鹏博思。我非常高兴来到这里，因为四年来我终于能有机会看看她的寝室。说实话，我没有更想要去的地方，因为我为卡比感到自豪，她今天就要毕业了，并且获得了人类生物学和心理学的双学位。我爱你，卡比甜心！看看我跟她多熟。我可以叫她甜心。

　　And so proud of her mother and father, who helped her get through this time, and her brother, Will. I really had nothing to do with her graduating from Stanford, but every time anybody's asked me in the past couple of weeks what I was doing, I would say, "I'm getting ready to go to Stanford."

　　我也为她的父母感到骄傲，他们在这期间给了她很大帮助，还有她的哥哥威尔。卡比在这儿上大学的四年中，我对她真的没有什么帮助。但是在最近过去的几周里，每当有人问我在做什么时，我都会说：“我正准备去斯坦福。”

　　重点讲解：

　　1. sort of

　　有几分；近似；有那么点儿；

　　eg. In the end, she sort of pushed it.

　　最后，她几乎是用了推的。

　　eg. I sort of made my own happiness.

　　可以这么说，是我自己创造了自己的幸福。

　　2. on all fours

　　四肢着地；趴着；

　　eg. She crawled³ on all fours over to the window.

　　她爬到窗边。

　　eg. The horse jumped the stream and landed on all fours.

　　那匹马跳过小溪，四脚落地。

　　3. would rather do sth.

　　宁愿；宁可做某事；

　　eg. Which programme would you rather appear on?

　　你更愿意在哪个节目中露面？

　　eg. If it's all the same to you, I'd rather work at home.

　　如果对你来说没什么差别，我宁愿在家中工作。

　　4. get through

　　通过；完成；

　　eg. The candidates⁴ didn't all get through.

　　报考者没有全部通过。

　　eg. I've pile of papers⁵ to get through before the meeting.

　　开会前我有一大堆文件要处理。

　　5. have nothing to do with

　　与……无关；

　　eg. I have nothing to do with my neighbour because he is a selfish⁶ man.

　　我和我的邻居不来往，因为他是个自私的人。

　　eg. Whether I go or not has nothing to do with your decision.

　　我去与否跟你的决定没有关系。

1 proof   

adj.防...的，耐...的，能防护；n.校样，证据，证明；vt.检验，给...做防护措施

参考例句：

• He is living proof of the wonders of modern medicine.他是当代医学奇迹的活证明。
• The proof was fished up from some old papers.校样在旧文件中被找到了。

2 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

3 crawled   

v.爬( crawl的过去式和过去分词 )；（昆虫）爬行；缓慢行进；巴结

参考例句：

• They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
• She crawled onto the river bank and lay there gulping in air. 她爬上河岸，躺在那里喘着粗气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 candidates   

n.报考者( candidate的名词复数 )；申请求职者；攻读学位者；最后命运或结局如何已显然可见者

参考例句：

• Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
• one of the leading candidates for the presidency 总统职位的主要候选人之一

5 papers   

n.文件，纸币，论文

参考例句：

• I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前，我要与我的秘书商议。
• The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。

6 selfish   

adj.自私的，利己主义的，自我中心的

参考例句：

• You must learn to share and not be so selfish.你一定要学会与他人分享，不要那么自私。
• She is a selfish person.她是一个自私自利的人。