公众人物毕业演讲 第249期:斯蒂芬科尔伯特2013弗吉尼亚大学(2)

 　　I didn't make it to many classes this year我今年根本就没上什么课

　　You guys must have really tanked your finals你们期末考试肯定是故意输给我的

　　Thank you for that

　　谢谢你们的好意

　　I'd also like to thank President Teresa Sullivan我还要感谢特蕾莎·沙利文校长

　　Thank you very much, President Sullivan

　　非常感谢 沙利文校长

　　You are way better than that last President Teresa Sullivan你比最后这位特蕾莎·沙利文校长要好很多

　　She was terrible

　　她太糟糕了

　　I'm so glad they cut her loose

　　我很高兴 学校从此同她脱离关系

　　Good riddance, I say

　　我要说 终于解脱了

　　You are clearly the woman for this job

　　你显然是更适合这个位置的女性

　　I'd also like to thank the board of visitors我还要感谢董事会

　　board of visitors of course

　　你们管它叫Board of Visitors(访客委员会)

　　that name goes all the way back to your founder¹这可以一直追溯到你们的创建者

　　Thomas Jefferson who was just trying to put the local Indian at ease托马斯·杰斐逊 他只是想让当地印第安人安心罢了just visiting, should be going home any century now我们只是访客 多少世纪之后 我们会回家去的

　　And as just one of the many unique dignified² terms这只是很多高贵名词其中之一

　　that set UVA apart from other universities:

　　这些名词让弗吉尼亚大学区别于其它大学

　　Instead of freshmen³ you have first years

　　这里大一生不叫freshmen 而叫first years

　　Instead of a quad⁴, you call it a lawn

　　方庭不叫quad 而叫lawn

　　Instead of saying we are members of a proud educational tradition这里不说 我们对一直追溯到开国元勋的

　　dating back to our nation's founders⁵ you say Wahoowa悠久教育传统感到自豪 而说Wahoowa

　　Which begs the eternal question wahoo why? wahoo这就回避了一个永恒的问题 为什么

　　Now I went to Hampden-Sydney College

　　我去了汉普敦-悉尼学院

　　Thank you, please sit down

　　谢谢 请坐

　　and I used to come up here as much as I could我曾尽可能多地来这里

　　because you had these things back then

　　因为 你们当时有这些

　　I'm not sure what you call them now girls我不知道你们现在怎么称呼 女生

 

1 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

2 dignified   

a.可敬的，高贵的

参考例句：

• Throughout his trial he maintained a dignified silence. 在整个审讯过程中，他始终沉默以保持尊严。
• He always strikes such a dignified pose before his girlfriend. 他总是在女友面前摆出这种庄严的姿态。

3 freshmen   

n.（中学或大学的）一年级学生( freshman的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We are freshmen and they are sophomores. 我们是一年级学生，他们是二年级学生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• University freshmen get lots of razzing, but they like the initiation. 大一新生受各种嘲弄，但是他们对这种入门经验甘之如饴。 来自辞典例句

4 quad   

n.四方院；四胞胎之一；v.在…填补空铅

参考例句：

• His rooms were on the left-hand side of the quad.他的房间位于四方院的左侧。
• She is a 34-year-old mother of quads.她是个生了四胞胎的34岁的母亲。

5 founders   

n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。 来自辞典例句
• The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。 来自辞典例句