公众人物毕业演讲 第232期:威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(5)

 　　Each crew is seven students

　　每一组有七名学员

　　three on each side of a small rubber boat and one coxswain to help guide the dingy小皮艇两侧各三人 还有一个舵手在中间指引方向Every day your boat crew forms up on the beach每天 我们都会在海滩上分好组

　　and is instructed to get through the surf zone and paddle several miles down the coast被要求划过海浪带 并在岸边划行数英里

　　In the winter, the surf off San Diego can get to be 8 to 10 feet high冬季 圣地亚哥的海浪可以高达8到10英尺

　　and it is exceedingly difficult to paddle through the plunging surf unless everyone digs in要划过大浪非常困难 大家都需要努力划才行

　　Every paddle must be synchronized to the stroke count of the coxswain每个桨手都需要按照舵手口令进行同步

　　Everyone must exert equal effort

　　每个人的施力需要均衡

　　or the boat will turn against the wave and be unceremoniously dumped back on the beach否则船就会被浪拍打回岸边

　　For the boat to make it to its destination, everyone must paddle要让船驶向目的地 所有人都需要努力划桨

　　You can't change the world alone you will need some help你无法独自改变世界 你需要他人的帮助

　　and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues从起点到目的地 你需要有朋友 同事

　　the good will of strangers and a strong coxswain to guide them陌生人的好心 以及很强的舵手来指引

　　If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle如果你想改变世界 务必找人帮你划桨

　　Over a few weeks of difficult training

　　经过短短几周的艰苦训练

　　my SEAL class which started with 150 men was down to just 42学员人数从最开始的150人缩减为42人

　　There were now six boat crews of seven men each剩下的人组成六个组

　　I was in the boat with the tall guys

　　我同一些高个子在一组

　　but the best boat crew we had was made up of the the little guys但最好的组则由一些小个子组成

　　the munchkin crew we called them

　　我们称他们为矮子组

　　no one was over about 5-foot five

　　他们没人超过5英尺5英寸

　　The munchkin boat crew had one American Indian, one African American矮子组中有一个美国印第安人 一个非裔美国人one Polish America, one Greek American, one Italian American一个波兰裔 一个希腊裔 一个意大利裔

　　and two tough kids from the mid-west

　　还有两个来自中西部的硬朗伙计

　　They out paddled, out-ran, and out swam all the other boat crews其他人的船都跑不过他们的船