英文演讲录 狄巴克·乔布拉：成功学之感受当下(1)

President Nicolas, Dean Bernazzani, faculty¹ members, religious directors, graduating students, families, friends, and trustees.

尼古拉斯总统、伯纳扎尼院长、教职员工、宗教主管、即将毕业的学生、家人、朋友和理事们。

It's a great honor for me to be speaking just now.

我很荣幸能在这里发言。

In the next few minutes, I want to share with you just seven little steps that you could take to embark² on the most heroic story that you can imagine for yourself.

在接下来的几分钟里，我想与你们分享七个小步骤，你们可以采取这些步骤来开始一个你能想象到的最英勇的故事。

Step one, become the best listener in the world.

第一步，成为世界上最好的倾听者。

There's a conversation going on right now in the world and this is a scary conversation.

现在世界上正在进行一场对话，这是一场可怕的对话。

War, terrorism, eco-destruction, the extinction³ of species, poison in our food chain, and climate change.

战争、恐怖主义、生态破坏、物种灭绝、食物链中的毒素以及气候变化。

That's part of the conversation.

这是谈话的一部分。

But there's also another story alongside with that.

但与此同时还有另一个故事。

Are we going to allow extinction the sixth extinction to take place?

我们会允许灭绝第六次大灭绝发生吗？

Or can we together create a story for a more peaceful, just sustainable, healthier, and joyful⁴ world?

或者，我们能否共同创造一个更和平、更可持续、更健康、更快乐的世界？

Because, as Mahatma Gandhi said, if we can't be the change that we want to see in the world, then we'll end up being angry, active angry, peace advocates, peace activists⁵ who are angry, and that's a contradiction in itself.

因为，正如圣雄甘地所说，如果我们不能做出我们希望看到的改变，那么我们最终会变得愤怒，变成愤怒的和平倡导者，愤怒的和平活动家，这本身就是矛盾的。

So listen, listen to the zeitgeist of the moment create a vision for yourself.

所以，倾听当下的时代精神，为自己创造一个愿景。

Get together with people who want to share your vision, bond with them, emotionally complement⁶ their strengths with your strengths.

与那些想要与你分享愿景的人聚在一起，与他们建立联系，在情感上用你的长处来补充他们的长处。

There's nothing that cannot be accomplished⁷ when we share a vision together when we mind emotionally when we compliment each other's strengths.

当我们分享共同的愿景时，当我们在情感上思考，当我们赞美彼此的优点时，没有什么是实现不了的。

And I know my son is sitting there in the audience, and he's got a series called Religion of Sport.

我知道我的儿子就坐在观众席里，他有一个系列节目叫“体育宗教”。

I'll tell you any sports team that wins has those characteristics, shared vision, emotional bonding, and complementing⁸ strengths.

我要告诉你，任何获胜的运动队都有这些特点，共同的愿景，情感纽带和互补的优势。

We have to do that together.

我们必须齐心协力才行。

It is your journey now that is going to help us go in that direction.

现在正是你们的旅程将帮助我们朝着那个方向前进。

Even more important, be authentic⁹.

更重要的是，要真实。

Have integrity, be responsible for your health and the health and joy of others.

有诚信，对自己的健康负责，对他人的健康和快乐负责。

Recognize that the most valuable things, even though this is a great university and you're going to get a great degree.

认识到最有价值的东西，即使这是一所很好的大学，你会获得很好的学位。

But the most valuable things in life don't come with degrees. They don't come with credentials¹⁰.

但是生命中最有价值的东西并不只是来自学位。他们没有证书。

The most valuable things in life come with your ability to create relationships.

生活中最有价值的东西来自于你建立人际关系的能力。

Your ability to nurture¹¹ love.

你培养爱的能力。

Your ability to have empathy and compassion¹² and equanimity¹³ and joy.

你拥有同理心、同情心、平静和喜悦的能力。

Your desire to evolve in the direction of truth, goodness, harmony, beauty, peace, and joy.

你向着真、善、和谐、美、和平和快乐的方向发展的愿望。

1 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。

2 embark   

vi.乘船，着手，从事，上飞机

参考例句：

• He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。
• Many people embark for Europe at New York harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。

3 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。

4 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。

5 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 complement   

n.补足物，船上的定员；补语；vt.补充，补足

参考例句：

• The two suggestions complement each other.这两条建议相互补充。
• They oppose each other also complement each other.它们相辅相成。

7 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

8 complementing   

补足，补充( complement的现在分词 )； 求反

参考例句：

• Maligrant segregants may, therefore, arise when complementing chromosomes are lost. 因此当互补染色体丢失时，就会产生恶性分离子。
• A complementing circuIt'selects either the subtracter output or the output of the complementing circuit. 取补线路可任意选通减法器的输出或补取线路的输出。

9 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

10 credentials   

n.证明，资格，证明书，证件

参考例句：

• He has long credentials of diplomatic service.他的外交工作资历很深。
• Both candidates for the job have excellent credentials.此项工作的两个求职者都非常符合资格。

11 nurture   

n.养育，照顾，教育；滋养，营养品；vt.养育，给与营养物，教养，扶持

参考例句：

• The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
• The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。

12 compassion   

n.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
• Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。

13 equanimity   

n.沉着，镇定

参考例句：

• She went again,and in so doing temporarily recovered her equanimity.她又去看了戏，而且这样一来又暂时恢复了她的平静。
• The defeat was taken with equanimity by the leadership.领导层坦然地接受了失败。