公众人物毕业演讲 第58期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(14)

 　　So I had 2 choices

　　我有两种选择

　　either I was going to sit in that failure¹ and give up

　　一是在失败中消沉 放弃

　　or I was going to make a decision to step out of the darkness²

　　二是从黑暗中走出来

　　You see when you are in that darkness

　　当你处在黑暗之中时

　　you want to sit down, wait for the light to come

　　你可能会坐着等光明的来临

　　When you are in that darkness

　　处在黑暗之中时

　　you feels uncomfortable

　　你感觉很不舒服

　　but you can't wait and sit in that darkness

　　但你不能就这样坐在黑暗中呆呆等待

　　The only way out is to step forward to face your fears

　　要想走出来 你只能直面恐惧 勇敢走出来

　　to become your own light

　　让自己成为自己的光明

　　I had to make a decision

　　我需要作出决定

　　I had to decide to become my own light

　　我需要决定变成自己的光明

　　I had to believe in myself like never before

　　我需要比以往任何时候都更相信自己

　　I had to find my inner³ power

　　我需要挖掘出内心的力量

　　Now I'm not going to lie to you

　　我不打算对你们撒谎

　　There's gonna be a lot of times you are about to fail

　　很多时候你们都会失败

　　I'm still failing every day

　　我现在仍然不断碰到失败

　　We are all at working progress

　　我们都在努力的过程中

　　And one day

　　某一天

　　you'll be sitting in the dark like I was

　　你可能会和我一样处在黑暗中

　　and you're going to be asking yourself

　　你也会问自己

　　what am I going to do now?

　　我该怎么办

　　You can ask yourself and begin to slow it down

　　你会拉长声音反复问自己

　　what am I going to do now?

　　我该怎么办

　　Within⁴ that moment

　　这时

　　I want you to remember the power of you

　　我希望你们能够记得自己有多强大

　　I want you to remember the power of this Howard family

　　我希望你们能够记得霍华德大家庭有多强大

　　who always has your back

　　这个家庭会永远支持着你

　　Do you know how powerful⁵ we are?

　　知道我们有多强大吗

　　HU, do you know how powerful we are?

　　HU 知道我们有多强大吗

1 failure   

n.失败，失败者；缺乏，失灵；故障，破产，疏忽；（美）不及格

参考例句：

• He thought of a reason to explain away his failure.他想出一个理由为他的失败辩解。
• The cake we made was somewhat of a failure.我们做的蛋糕不大成功。

2 darkness   

n.黑暗，冥冥，夜色；罪恶，无知

参考例句：

• Darkness closed down on the city.黑夜降临于该城。
• Darkness was falling fast.天很快黑了下来。

3 inner   

adj.内部的，里面的；内在的，内心的；精神的

参考例句：

• The label is on the inner side of the box.标签贴在盒子内侧。
• Other people seek the mountains for renewal of their inner lives.另一些人到深山中去，寻求新的精神生活。

4 within   

n.内部，里头；adv.在内部，在内心里；prep.在…之内

参考例句：

• The work must be done within the given time.这个工作必须在规定的时间内完成。
• Within two weeks,she gained five pounds in weight.两周内她的体重增加了5磅。

5 powerful   

adj.有力的，有权力的，强大的

参考例句：

• The UN began to get more and more powerful.联合国开始变得越来越强大了。
• Such are the most powerful voices of our times!这些就是我们时代的最有力的声音！