公众人物毕业演讲 第236期:威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(8)

 　　The pain of the circuses built inner strength and physical resiliency痛苦的"马戏"培养了他们内心的强大和身体的韧性Life is filled with circuses

　　生活中也充满了这种"马戏"

　　You will fail. You will likely fail often你可能会失败 失败是经常发生的事

　　It will be painful

　　这会很痛苦

　　It will be discouraging

　　会很令人沮丧

　　At times it will test you to your very core有时 这是对你最本质的检验

　　But if you want to change the world, don't be afraid of the circuses如果你想改变世界 别害怕"马戏"

　　At least twice a week, the trainees were required to run the obstacle course至少两周一次 学员需要跨障碍训练

　　The obstacle course contained 25 obstacles including a 10-foot wall, a 30-foot cargo net跨障碍训练包含25个障碍 包括一堵10英尺高的墙和一面30英尺高的吊网and a barbed wire crawl to name a few

　　你还要爬过铁丝网 等等

　　But the most challenging obstacle was the slide for life但最具挑战性的跨障碍训练是爬绳索

　　It had a three level 30-foot tower at one end and a one level tower at the other一端是三层30英尺高的塔 另一端是一层塔

　　In between was a 200-foot long rope

　　中间连着200英尺长的绳索

　　You had to climb the three tiered tower and once at the top, you grabbed the rope你需要爬上三层塔 到顶后抓住绳索

　　swung underneath the rope and pulled yourself hand over hand until you got to the other end在绳索下端晃动着双手交换 挪往前方 直到到达另一端The record for the obstacle course had stood for years when my class began training in 1977我们班1977年进行跨障碍训练以来 该记录保持了很久The record seemed unbeatable, until one day记录看起来无法打破 直到有一天

　　a student decided to go down the slide for life, head first一个学员决定冒险使用另一种方式爬绳索

　　Instead of swinging his body underneath the rope and inching his way down他不再在绳索下方晃动 然后往前慢慢移动

　　he bravely mounted the top of the rope and thrust himself forward他勇敢地爬到绳索的上方 往前冲了出去

　　It was a dangerous move, seemingly foolish, and fraught with risk这很危险 看起来甚至有些愚蠢

　　Failure could mean injury and being dropped from the course失败可能意味着受伤和失格

　　Without hesitation, the student slid down the rope但他毫不迟疑地像这样爬往前方

　　perilously fast, instead of several minutes, it only took him half that time他的动作非常快 他将时间缩短了一半 没用几分钟and by the end of the course he had broken the record在完成之后 他打破了记录