偶像励志英语演讲 第117期:直面恐惧(4)

　　Ten years ago, we busied ourselves with tribute stuff in building with the importance then came 911. In 1991, riches were created in new businesses that never existed, then economic ballon burst. In 81, I had a great job on TV. And in 82, Bosom¹ Buddy² was cancelled. In 71, color TV in more living rooms that every showed young Americans still fighting in combat with Vietnam in 61-67 like it's being live in the around the world for the very first time. But those images were of the building of the Berlin wall.
十年前，正当我们汲汲营营于人生大小事的时候，发生了“9·11”事件；一九九一年，正当各种新兴行业创造出大笔财富，美国经济却陷入了衰退；一九八一年，我当上了电视影集的主角，但影集却在隔年停播；一九七一年，彩色电视机逐渐普及，但美国人从电视上看到的，却是美军陷入1961-1967年间的越战，就如同电视直播一样。但是那些形象是柏林墙的一部分。
Now this ten-year grade shows the same "ying, yang tang", and I'm trying to copyright that, "ying, yang tang", copyright, Tom Hanks. It shows the same, "ying, yang tang", thank you, on graduation day 2011. You know we all have these devices they can make a permanent record of revolutionary change on the other side of the globe as well as hi-fi dead tribes from Krostan. Fewer and fewer in our country go to bed hungry, but did you see how obesity³ now effects half of our population? No matter how many bargains we found the local you mart, many of us still struggle to pay the rent and the utilities. Our country is no longer physical, or even it is a illogical world, with our enemies for most of last century but in eleven and a half years, the third millennium⁴ around forces being fighting for a few nights with them. Purchasing electrical property, and the work of artists, with mire⁵, as simple as clicking a mouse, and paying lesson a few bucks⁶, which means you may find there is no guarantee in making a living as you choose and discipline.
现在这十年也呈现出同样的“ying, yang tang”，“ying, yang tang”，我准备为这个申请汤姆·汉克斯的版权。在2011年的毕业日上他们呈现的是相同的“ying, yang tang”。我们有各种网络通讯技术，可以在地球另一端掀起革命，但也可以在国内制造出充满仇恨的各种部落；食不果腹的美国人愈来愈少，却有一半的人口过胖；不管我们在市场上找到多少实惠的东西，许多人依然要挣扎着去为房租和公用事业设备付费。我们的国家不再健康，甚至有点混乱，上个世纪把大部分时间都用在到处树敌上，跨入新世纪的十一年来，我们的军队却卷入了好几场战事。购买电力设备和艺术品，就像点击鼠标一样简单，上课只需花几美元，这意味着没有任何保障来维持你想要选择的谋生手段。
重点讲解：
1. busy oneself with
使（自己）忙于某事；
eg. He busied himself with the camera.
他忙着摆弄那个相机。
eg. She busied herself getting towels ready.
她忙着把毛巾准备好。
2. struggle to do sth.
奋力；努力；尽力做某事；
eg. Many families struggle to make ends meet.
许多家庭只能勉强维持生计。
eg. Plants and animals struggle to survive.
动植物都要为生存而竞争。
3. making a living
谋生；
eg. She heard that it was easier to make a living in the big cities.
她听说大城市谋生容易些。
eg. He is prepared to make a living by accepting any remunerative⁷ chore.
为了生计，他准备接受任何有酬报的杂活。

1 bosom   

n.胸，胸部；胸怀；内心；adj.亲密的

参考例句：

• She drew a little book from her bosom.她从怀里取出一本小册子。
• A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom.他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。

2 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

3 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

4 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

5 mire   

n.泥沼，泥泞；v.使...陷于泥泞，使...陷入困境

参考例句：

• I don't want my son's good name dragged through the mire.我不想使我儿子的名誉扫地。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

6 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 remunerative   

adj.有报酬的

参考例句：

• He is prepared to make a living by accepting any remunerative chore.为了生计，他准备接受任何有酬报的杂活。
• A doctor advised her to seek remunerative employment.一个医生建议她去找有酬劳的工作。