偶像励志英语演讲 第126期:直面恐惧(13)(完)

 　　Give it four years, as many years as you spent here at Yale, and act both pro-active and spontaneous and do the things you can to free veterans from the new uncertainty¹ that awaits them, from the mysterious fears they will face the day after they come home. Cultivate in them the faith to carry on and they will do the rest.

　　做出四年的奉献，就像你们在耶鲁学习的时间一样长，积极行动起来，做些力所能及的事帮助退伍军人，让他们从回家时起，不再受等在他们面前新的未知之苦，不再遭受他们要面对的诡秘的恐惧之苦。培养他们继续生活下去的信念，剩下的就交给他们自己了。

　　So commencement day arrives! Your work begins-work that will not be always joyful² to you, labor³ that may not always fulfill⁴ you and days that will seem like one damn thing after the other. It's true-you will now work every day for the rest of your lives, that full-time⁵ job. Your career, as human beings, and as Americans, and as graduates of Yale, is to stand on the fulcrum⁶ between fear and faith.

　　你们要毕业了，这代表工作就要开始。未来的工作也许不会那么好玩，有时你会觉得很难有成就感，有时你会做什么都不顺。但是，从现在开始，你们人生的每一天，都要投入一份全职的终身工作。而这份作为人类、作为美国人、作为耶鲁毕业生的终身事业，就是站在恐惧和信心的杠杆支点上。

　　Fear at your back, faith in front of you. Which way will you lean? Which way will you move? Move forward! Move ever forward!

　　当信心在你的前面，恐惧在你的后方时，你会往哪个方向倾斜？你会往哪个方向移动？各位，向前行吧，永远都要向前行。

　　And tweet out the picture of the results! It may make you as famous as Sam Tsui.

　　然后，把你的努力成果，用推特告诉大家。这样，你或许也能像徐山姆一样，变成网络红人。

　　Thank you! And Congratulations!

　　谢谢大家！祝贺大家！

1 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

2 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

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 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

6 fulcrum   

n.杠杆支点

参考例句：

• Give me a fulcrum on which to rest,and I will move the earth.给我一个支承的支点，我就会搬动地球。
• The decision is the strategic fulcrum of the budget.这一决定是预算案的战略支点。