偶像励志英语演讲 41:让父母为你骄傲(1)

 　　Thank you, all. Thank you, President Spar, Ms. Golden, President Tilghman, Members of the Board of Trustees, distinguished¹ faculty², proud swelling³ parents and family, and gorgeous Class of 2010. If you are all really, really lucky, and if you continue to work super hard, and you remember your thank you notes and everybody's name; and you follow through on every task that's asked of you and also somehow anticipate problems before they even arise and you somehow sidestep disaster and score big.

　　感谢今天到场的所有听众，撒皮主席，戈登女士，迪格曼主席，董事会的全体成员，尊敬的全体教员们，自豪的家长们，以及出色的2010届毕业生们，谢谢你们的捧场。如果你们足够幸运，如果你们继续努力工作，并且铭记你要感谢的每个人的名字，努力完成每项交给你们的任务，并且能够在发生问题之前未卜先知，及时避免这些问题的发生，那么你就能够避开灾难并且取得巨大成功。

　　If you get great scores on your LSATS, or MSATS, or ERSATS or whatever. And you get into your dream grad school or internship⁴ which then leads to a super job with a paycheck commensurate with responsibilities of leadership or if you somehow get that documentary on a shoe-string budget and it gets accepted at Sundance and maybe it wins Sundance and then you go on to be nominated for an Oscar and then you win the Oscar.

　　如果你们在各种入学考试中取得好成绩，如法学院入学考试、医学院入学考试等，并且进入了你们梦寐以求的研究院，或者获得了某个岗位的实习机会，这些都为你将来找到一份薪水与你的领导能力相称的好工作铺平了道路；或者你用极小的预算拍摄的纪录片入选了圣丹斯电影节并得了奖，然后得到了奥斯卡提名，并赢得了奥斯卡奖。

1 distinguished   

adj.卓越的，杰出的，著名的

参考例句：

• Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
• A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。

2 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

3 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

4 internship   

n.实习医师，实习医师期

参考例句：

• an internship at a television station 在电视台的实习期
• a summer internship with a small stipend 薪水微薄的暑期实习