公众人物毕业演讲 第247期:乔斯韦登2013卫斯理大学(7)

 　　Certain large investment firms have established freedom from connection有些大投资公司建立起了脱离联系的自由

　　But we as people never do

　　但我们作为人从不这样

　　and we're not supposed to, and we shouldn't want to我们也不该这样 我们也不想这样

　　We are individuals, obviously, but we are more than that我们很显然是一些个人 但我们并不止这些

　　So here's the thing about changing the world下面是关于改变世界

　　It turns out that's not even the question, because you don't have a choice这实际上都不是问题 因为你们没有选择

　　You are going to change the world, because that is actually what the world is你们将要改变世界 这实际上是由世界的属性所决定的You do not pass through this life, it passes through you不是你经过这一生 而是这一生从你身旁经过

　　You experience it, you interpret¹ it, you act你只是体会它 解释它 然后你采取行动

　　and then it is different

　　然后它就会变得不同

　　That happens constantly

　　这会持续发生

　　You are changing the world

　　你们在改变世界

　　You always have been, and now

　　你们一直都在如此 而现在

　　it becomes real on a level that it hasn't been before在之前所未有过的层面上 它变得真实

　　And that's why I've been talking only about you and the tension within you正因为此 我一直只讨论你们 以及你们心中的张力because you are not in a cliched sense, but in a weirdly² literal³ sense, the future因为 你们是未来 这不是陈词滥调 它具有奇特的字面意义After you walk up here and walk back down, you're going to be the present你们上台来 然后下台去 你们会成为当下

　　You will be the broken world

　　你们将成为这个被打破的世界

　　and the act of changing it in a way that you haven't been before而且你们将以从未有过的方式改变它

　　You will be so many things

　　你们将有很多作为

　　and the one thing that I wish I'd known and want to say有一点我希望我早点知道 而且告诉你们

　　is, don't just be yourself

　　也就是 别只成为你自己

　　Be all of yourselves

　　成为所有的自己

　　Don't just live

　　不要只是活着

　　Be that other thing connected to death

　　还要联系到另一端的死亡

　　Be life. Live all of your life

　　过好生活 尊重所有的生活

　　Understand it, see it, appreciate it

　　理解它 看透它 感激它

　　And have fun. Thank you

　　并过得开心 谢谢

 

1 interpret   

vt.解释，说明，理解；vi.作口译

参考例句：

• We have to interpret his words in a modern light.我们不得不用现代观点来解释他的话。
• Please interpret the comments of our foreign guest.请把外宾的话翻译一下。

2 weirdly   

古怪地

参考例句：

• Another special characteristic of Kweilin is its weirdly-shaped mountain grottoes. 桂林的另一特点是其形态怪异的岩洞。
• The country was weirdly transformed. 地势古怪地变了样。

3 literal   

adj.照字面的，原义的，逐字的

参考例句：

• This word should not be taken in its literal sense.这个词不能按本义去理解。
• He made a literal interpretation.他逐字解释。