名校励志英语演讲 143:敢于竞争 勇于关爱(10)

 　　Thirty-two years ago, I spoke¹ at my own graduation from Wellesley, where I did call on my fellow classmates to reject the notion of limitations on our ability to effect change and instead to embrace the idea that the goal of education should be human liberation and the freedom to practice with all the skill of our being the art of making possible.

　　32年前，我在韦尔斯利学院自己的毕业典礼上演讲，号召我的同学反对我们改变世界的能力是有限的这样一种观念。并号召他们拥护这样的思想：教育的目标应该是解放人类，使人类获得行动的自由，用其所拥有的技能创造奇迹。

　　For after all, our fate is to be free. To choose competition over apathy², caring over indifference³, vision over myopia, and love over hate.

　　总之，自由是人类最终的归宿。我们要勇于竞争而非冷漠、勇于关爱而非漠不关心、高瞻远瞩而非鼠目寸光、大爱无私而非满目仇恨。

　　Just as this is a special time in your lives, it is for me as well because my daughter will be graduating in four weeks, graduating also from a wonderful place with a great education and beginning a new life. And as I think about all the parents and grandparents who are out there, I have a sense of what their feeling. Their hearts are leaping with joy, but it's hard to keep tears in check because the presence of our children at a time and place such as this is really a fulfillment of our own American dreams. Well, I applaud you and all of your love, commitment and hard work, just as I applaud your daughters and sons for theirs.

　　毕业典礼对你们来说是一个特殊的时刻，对我也是如此，因为我女儿再过四个星期也要毕业了，也要从一个颇具魅力而且拥有一流教育的大学毕业开始新的生活了。当我想起你们的父母和祖父母时，我想我们拥有同样的心情。他们的心中满是喜悦，情不自禁留下激动的泪水，因为当你们在这一时刻这一地点出席这样一个典礼的时候，你们已经实现了我们伟大的美国梦。我要为你们的父母们无私的爱、奉献和辛苦的工作而喝彩，也要为他们的儿女喝彩！

　　And I leave these graduates with the same message I hope to leave with my graduate. Dare to compete. Dare to care. Dare to dream. Dare to love. Practice the art of making possible. And no matter what happens, even if you hear shouts behind, keep going.

　　我希望在自己毕业的时候听到这样的话，同样我也要把这些话送给你们。要敢于竞争，敢于关爱，敢于憧憬，大胆去爱！要努力创造奇迹！无论发生什么，即使有人在你背后大声喊叫，也要勇往直前。

　　Thank you and God bless you all.

　　谢谢你们！愿上帝保佑你们！

　　希拉里·克林顿给我们的启示

　　And it doesn't mean that once having made that choice you will always succeed. In fact, you won't. There are setbacks and you will experience difficult disappointments. You will be slowed down and sometimes the breath will just be knocked out of you. But if you carry with you the values and beliefs that you can make a difference in your own life, first and foremost, and then in the lives of others. You can get back up, you can keep going.

　　但这并不意味着一旦做了决定你就一定能取得成功。事实并非如此。成功路上难免挫折，也会有沮丧和失望。你们会放慢脚步，甚至会感到窒息。但是，如果你们坚持自己的价值观和信仰，那么首先你们可以使自己的生活有所改观，同时也可以改变别人的生活。你们可以振作起来，也可以勇往直前。

　　Dare to care about people who need our help to succeed and fulfill⁴ their own lives. There are so many out there and sometimes all it takes is the simplest of gestures or helping⁵ hands and many of you understand that already.

　　我们要敢于关爱那些需要借助我们一臂之力获得成功或实现人生价值的人们。外面有很多人等待我们去帮助，你们中的很多人应该都已经明白，他们有时需要的不过就是一个最简单的手势或者仅仅是拉他们一把而已。

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 apathy   

n.漠不关心，无动于衷；冷淡

参考例句：

• He was sunk in apathy after his failure.他失败后心恢意冷。
• She heard the story with apathy.她听了这个故事无动于衷。

3 indifference   

n.不感兴趣，不关心，冷淡，不在乎

参考例句：

• I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat.他的漠不关心使我很失望。
• He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。

4 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。