公众人物毕业演讲 第56期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(12)(在线收听

   And yes I checked it clear

  没错 我很确信
  Now I know that you've heard the cliche quote that
  你们肯定听过一句名言
  life is a marathon not a sprint
  生命是马拉松 而不是冲刺
  And I'm going to tell you that sometimes
  我要告诉你们 有时
  you don't even have the time to prepare for your marathon
  你甚至连为马拉松做准备的时间都没有
  See I only had eight weeks
  我就只有八周时间
  but the opportunity to raise money for New York City kids was too great
  但为纽约市的孩子们募集资金的机会太重要了
  But here is difference
  但是你们不一样
  today you are prepared
  你们今天已经做好了准备
  See if I didn't leave school early
  如果我没有辍学
  I would have been more prepared sometimes when I first was starting out
  我在最开始着手事业时可能就会更有准备一些
  I would have been more prepared in some of those boardrooms
  在一些会议中 我可能也会更有准备一些
  I would be in the boardrooms negotiating
  我在会议室中开会商谈事务时
  I wouldn't be like, what are they talking about?
  总是心想 他们在讲什么玩意
  Go out and finish my economics class
  去把经济学课程学清楚再来
  I wouldn't be writing memos my secretary would be saying
  我写的便函也不至于会被秘书说
  ain't nuts will say it like that
  没有什么比这更狗屁不通的了
  But you are prepared
  不过你们做好了准备
  Today, you have earned your Howard degree
  今天 你们获得了霍华德的学位
  You've earned your Howard degree
  你们获得了霍华德的学位
  You have earned your Howard degree
  你们获得了霍华德的学位
  And today
  而且今天
  you're not just graduating from the greatest black school in the world
  你们不仅是从全世界最伟大的黑人学校毕业了
  you're graduating from the greatest university on this earth
  你们还是从这颗星球上最伟大的大学毕业了
  Be clear, # be clear
  我明确提醒一下 这里值得#
  So I'll ask you again
  我再问你们一次
  do you know how powerful you are?
  你们知道自己有多强大吗
  Do you know?
  知道吗
  Now some of your dreams are going to take longer than you think
  有些人的梦想可能要比想象的花更长时间
  It took most of you 4 years to get here
  大多数人四年毕业了
  some of you 5, some of you 6
  有些人花了五年甚至六年
  If I got, I'll be
  我如果没辍学 估计也要那么久
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