公众人物毕业演讲 第234期:威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(6)

 　　The big men in the other boat crews

　　其它船上的大个子

　　would always make good natured fun of the tiny little flippers总喜欢拿这些小个子的小脚蹼开玩笑

　　the munchkins put on their tiny little feet prior to every swim每次游泳之前 他们都会把这些脚蹼戴到小脚丫上But somehow these little guys, from every corner of the Nation and the world但来自美国和世界各地的这些小个子

　　always had the last laugh

　　却总能笑到最后

　　swimming faster than everyone and reaching the shore long before the rest of us比其他人都游得快 早早就到达了目的地

　　SEAL training was a great equalizer

　　海豹训练中 大家都在同一起跑线上

　　Nothing mattered but your will to succeed没有什么比求胜欲望更为重要

　　Not your color, not your ethnic background, not your education and not your social status肤色 种族 教育 社会地位都不重要

　　If you want to change the world

　　如果你想改变世界

　　measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers请用心有多大来衡量一个人 而不是脚蹼的大小Several times a week the instructors would line up the class and do a uniform inspection每周都有那么几次 教官会让学员排好队进行服装检查It was exceptionally through

　　检查格外彻底

　　Your hat had to be perfectly starched your uniform immaculately pressed帽子需要非常笔挺 制服不能有一点褶皱

　　and your belt buckle shiny and void of any smudges带扣要有光泽 不能有任何污迹

　　But it seemed that no matter how much effort you put into starching your hat但无论你把帽子弄得多笔挺

　　or pressing your uniform or polishing your belt buckle, it just wasn't good enough把制服弄得多没褶皱 带扣擦得多有光泽 这都不够The instructors would find "something" wrong教官似乎总能找出"问题"

　　For failing the uniform inspection

　　由于制服检查不合格

　　the student had to run fully clothed into the surf zone and then, wet from head to toe学员需要穿着制服跑步到海浪区 从头到脚都会湿透roll around on the beach until every part of your body was covered with sand在沙滩上来回跑动 直到身体上到处都沾满沙砾The effect was known as a "sugar cookie"

　　这被称作"糖曲奇"效应

　　You stayed in that uniform the rest of the day cold, wet and sandy接下来一天 你都得穿着这件制服 又湿又冷 满身沙砾There were many a student who just couldn't accept the fact有很多学员都无法接受

　　that all their effort was in vain

　　自己的努力完全白费