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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