公众人物毕业演讲 第52期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(8)

 　　I did that with the class of 2014 exactly

　　我和2014届毕业生这样做了

　　The class of 2014

　　2014届毕业生

　　I am so proud of you

　　我为你们感到自豪

　　so proud of you

　　非常自豪

　　But I want to ask you a real question

　　不过我想问一个很实际的问题

　　Do you know how powerful you are?

　　你们知道自己有多强大吗

　　Today is not my day

　　今天不是我的日子

　　Today is not belong to anyone on this stage

　　今天不属于台上的任何人

　　Today is your day. Today is about the power of you

　　今天属于你们 今天是关于你们的强大

　　Do you know how powerful you are?

　　你们知道自己有多强大吗

　　Our stories may be different

　　我们的故事可能会有不同

　　but I bet¹ some of you grew up with single mothers or fathers

　　但很多人肯定也成长于单亲家庭

　　Maybe you came here from Africa or Caribbean

　　也许你来自非洲或加勒比地区

　　Maybe you are the first in your family to go to college like I was

　　也许你也是家里第一个考上大学的 就像我一样

　　Maybe there were times that you

　　也许有一段时间

　　didn't have a place to live or no food to eat

　　你也没有地方住 没有东西吃

　　You see, the odds² were against you

　　各种条件都对你非常不利

　　the odds were against you making it here today

　　各种条件都想阻碍你达到今天的成就

　　But guess what? You did it

　　但是 你们做到了

　　You put this day on your calendar

　　你们成功走到了今天

　　You overcame the odds

　　你们克服可重重阻碍

　　You made a decision and you saw that decision due

　　你们做了决定 而且实现了自己的目标

　　So I ask you one more time

　　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

1 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

2 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？