名校励志英语演讲 89:如何实现你的梦想

 　　Don't think about your future, especially right now. You'll miss my speech. There will be plenty of time to contemplate¹ your future right after the ceremony², but then you'll miss all the celebrating and adulation. So just wait until you get home and have a good think about something that will happen in the future that will make you happy.

　　第一，不要思索你们的未来，特别是在现在这个时候。否则你就会错过我的毕业演讲。毕业典礼后，你们有大把的时间思考未来，但那时你们会怀念所有这些欢庆与喝彩。所以，等到回家后再好好去想未来将会发生的可以让你高兴的事情。

　　When I graduated from college, I spent a lot of time thinking³ about how cool it would be to be on the Johnny Carson show. A few years later, it happened. We appeared on the "Tonight" show, Joey Bishop⁴ was the guest host. We were dreadful⁵. For years I ran into people who would stop me and say, "Hey, I saw you on the "Tonight" show. Huh... What's Joey Bishop like?" Eventually⁶ I got over the embarrassment⁷, but I never got those years back — years I spent waiting for some future event to make me happy. I had tricked myself into thinking, "As soon as I get there, I'll be OK."

　　我大学毕业时，时常想如过能出现在约翰尼·卡尔森的脱口秀节目中该有多酷。几年后，我的这个梦想实现了。我们参加了“今夜秀”，乔伊·比夏普是嘉宾主持。我们的表演糟糕极了。数年之后，我还会撞见一些人，他们会问我，“嘿，我看你参加了‘今夜秀’，乔伊·比夏普怎么样？”最终我走出了这种窘境，但那过去的几年再也回不来了，那几年我只是在等待未来可能会发生某种事情让我感觉高兴。我曾欺骗自己，“只要能到那里，我就会过得很好。”

　　I work in a business where almost everyone is waiting for the next big thing. Sometimes it comes, and sometimes it doesn't. But it doesn't matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping. So get out there and go for it, but don't be caught waiting. It's great to plan for your future. Just don't live there, because really nothing ever happens in the future.

　　我在一个几乎每一个人都在等待一件大事发生是领域奋斗。而这种大事有时会发生，有时则不会发生。如果你一生都在睡觉，你的梦想是否实现就无关紧要了。所以，不要等待，要走出去，去实现你是梦想。规划未来是一件好事，但不要只活在未来，因为未来的事情实际上还没有发生。

　　最名人档案

　　姓名：杰里·朱克 (Jerry Zucker)

　　性别：男

　　职业：导演 制片人

　　国籍：美国

　　出生日期：1950年3月11日

　　毕业学校：威斯康辛大学苏必略分校

　　成功点睛：虽然经历过多次失败，但总能够勇敢面对，最终他找到了自己钟爱的事业并取得成功。

　　个人成就：《亡命夺宝》（2001）

　　《剑侠风流》（1995）

　　《人鬼情未了》（1990）

　　《笑破铁幕》（1984）

1 contemplate   

vt.盘算，计议；周密考虑；注视，凝视

参考例句：

• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。
• The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.后果不堪设想。

2 ceremony   

n.典礼，仪式

参考例句：

• She promised to attend the ceremony.她答应出席这次仪式。
• The mayor will perform the opening ceremony.市长将主持开幕式。

3 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。

4 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

5 dreadful   

adj.糟透了的，极端的，可怕的，令人畏惧的

参考例句：

• I cannot imagine what to do in this dreadful situation.我不能想像在这么糟的情况下该怎么办。
• I must apologize for the dreadful mistake I made.我为我所犯的严重错误深表歉意。

6 eventually   

adv.终于，最后

参考例句：

• Eventually he won the match.他终于赢得了这场比赛。
• Their marriage eventually broke up.他们的婚姻终告破裂。

7 embarrassment   

n.尴尬；使人为难的人(事物)；障碍；窘迫

参考例句：

• She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
• Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。