公众人物毕业演讲 第250期:斯蒂芬科尔伯特2013弗吉尼亚大学(3)

 　　We did not have those at Hampden-Sydney and当时汉普敦-悉尼学院没有女生

　　when I could not find one of those here

　　在这里找不到任何一个女生时

　　I would head over to the White Spot

　　我就去White Spot餐厅

　　to get a Grillswith

　　叫一份Grillswith(一种烤面包圈)

　　to fill the void in my heart

　　以慰藉我空虚的心灵

　　Literally¹ my cardiologist recently found one lodged² in there说真的 我的心脏病医生 发现一个卡在那里

　　Early this morning I had a little

　　今天早上 我在

　　tour around your beautiful campus and

　　你们美丽的校园中四处走了走

　　I just asked myself, why are you leaving?

　　我问我自己 你们为什么离开

　　You know what it's out

　　你们知道外面有些什么

　　You know what it's like out there, right?

　　你们知道外面是怎样的 对吧

　　Plus, this could be

　　而且 这可以是

　　the most spectacular place you'll ever live你们一生所住过的最美妙地方

　　It is the only campus in America

　　全美国只有这一处校园

　　that has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site被联合国教科文组织列为世界文化遗产

　　I believe that means if you try to carve your name into a desk我相信这意味着 如果你在课桌上刻上名字

　　UN will send in ground troops

　　联合国会马上派遣地面部队过来

　　and you're not going to top these living conditions你们将再也没有这么好的生活环境

　　unless your post-college plan involves subletting the Taj Mahal除非毕业后 你们计划转租泰姬陵

　　And I just want to say, the students of UVA are incredible我只是想说 弗吉尼亚大学的学生很了不起

　　The men are all gentleman and the women

　　这里男性都是绅士 而女性

　　are all the most beautiful and intelligent in the world都是世界上最美丽 最聪慧的

　　and I'm not saying that because I dated a UVA girl我这样说 不是因为我一个弗大女生约过会

　　I'm saying that because I married her

　　而是因为 我娶了她当老婆

　　You are graduating from

　　你们将毕业于

　　one of the most highly ranked universities in the nation国内排名最高的大学之一

　　US News and World Report

　　美国新闻与世界报道

　　names you the number two public university将你们评为排名第二的公立大学

　　Princeton Review names you

　　普林斯顿评论

　　the number one best value of a public college将你们评为最具价值的公立大学

　　especially for those of you

　　特别是对于你们中那些

　　who showed the initiative to the born in Virginia积极为弗吉尼亚本地人做贡献的人

 

1 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

2 lodged   

v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 )；暂住；埋入；（权利、权威等）归属

参考例句：

• The certificate will have to be lodged at the registry. 证书必须存放在登记处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police. 我们的邻居向警方控告我们。 来自《简明英汉词典》