公众人物毕业演讲 第235期:威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(7)

 　　That no matter how hard they tried to get the uniform right, it was unappreciated他们花了很多精力去整制服 结果却没人赏识

　　Those students didn't make it through training这些学员无法通过训练

　　Those students didn't understand the purpose of the drill因为他们不能理解训练的目的

　　You were never going to succeed

　　你无法成功

　　You were never going to have a perfect uniform制服永远无法完美

　　The instructors¹ weren't going to allow it教官压根就不想让你合格

　　Sometimes no matter how well you prepare

　　有时 无论你怎么准备

　　or how well you perform you still end up as a sugar cookie无论你怎么表现 "糖曲奇"效应可能都会无法避免It's just the way life is sometimes

　　生活有时就是如此

　　If you want to change the world

　　如果你想改变世界

　　get over being a sugar cookie and keep moving forward别怕变成"糖曲奇" 勇往直前就行了

　　Every day during training you were challenged with multiple² physical events每天的训练都包括多重身体挑战

　　long runs, long swims, obstacle³ courses, hours of calisthenics长跑 长距离游泳 障碍跨越 数小时的健身操

　　something designed to test your mettle⁴

　　这些都是为了测试你的耐力

　　Every event had standards times you had to meet每种挑战都有标准 包括时间标准

　　If you failed to meet those standards your name was posted on a list如果不能达标 你的名字就会被记下来

　　and at the end of the day those on the list were invited to a "circus."一天结束之后 被记下来的人会被请入"马戏表演"A circus was two hours of additional calisthenics"马戏"是额外两小时的健身操

　　designed to wear you down, to break your spirit, to force you to quit这是为了让你累趴下 让你精神崩溃 逼你退出

　　No one wanted a circus

　　没人想"表演马戏"

　　A circus meant that for that day you didn't measure up"马戏"表示那一天 你没有达标

　　A circus meant more fatigue

　　"马戏"意味着你会更累

　　and more fatigue meant that the following day would be more difficult更累意味着下一天你会更困难

　　and more circuses were likely

　　这又更可能导致"马戏"

　　But at some time during SEAL training

　　有时 在海豹训练中

　　everyone made the circus list

　　每个人都被记了名字

　　But an interesting thing happened to those who were constantly on the list有趣的是 经常被记名字的人

　　Overtime those students

　　随着时间的推移

　　who did 2 hours of extra calisthenics, got stronger and stronger这两小时额外健身操让他们变得更强

 

1 instructors   

指导者，教师( instructor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The instructors were slacking on the job. 教员们对工作松松垮垮。
• He was invited to sit on the rostrum as a representative of extramural instructors. 他以校外辅导员身份，被邀请到主席台上。

2 multiple   

adj.多个(或多项、多种)的；n.（数）倍数

参考例句：

• The number 8 is a multiple of 4.八是四的倍数。
• The most common multiple births are twins,two babies born at the same time.最常见的多胎是双胞胎，两个婴儿同时出生。

3 obstacle   

n.障碍，障碍物，妨害

参考例句：

• She felt that her family was an obstacle to her work.她感到她的家庭妨碍她的工作。
• He is in the full flush of success;nothing was an obstacle.他的成就如日中天，锐不可当。

4 mettle   

n.勇气，精神

参考例句：

• When the seas are in turmoil,heroes are on their mettle.沧海横流，方显出英雄本色。
• Each and every one of these soldiers has proved his mettle.这些战士个个都是好样的。