公众人物毕业演讲 第254期:斯蒂芬科尔伯特2013弗吉尼亚大学(7)

 　　I don't understand why

　　我不明白为什么

　　Lenore couldn't have just given him a pity date丽诺尔不能就给他一次安慰性约会

　　or just said that I'm busy Saturday night或者只是说 我周六晚上很忙

　　She didn't have to say nevermore

　　她不需要绝情地说 永远不要

　　Like most students

　　和很多学生一样

　　young Mr Poe had a way of signaling to his roommates年轻的坡先生也有示意室友

　　he had a date over

　　他在约会的方式

　　He would hang a sock on the door

　　他会在门上挂一只袜子

　　or bury a still beating heart under the floor boards或者把一颗仍在跳动的心脏埋到地板下

　　whichever he had handy

　　手头有哪个就用哪个

　　but of course the greatest figure associated with UVA不过弗大相关的最伟大人物当然还是

　　is your founder Thomas Jefferson

　　创建者托马斯·杰斐逊

　　TJ Prez Tommy Jeff

　　TJ 汤米·杰夫总统

　　the Freckly Anti-Federalist

　　满脸雀斑的反联邦党人

　　Louisiana Purchie

　　路易斯安那购买者

　　Ol' Bible Slicer

　　圣经切片工

　　or as most Americans know him

　　按照大多数美国人所知道的

　　the inventor of the six-inch wooden cypher wheel也可以称他为六英寸木质密码轮发明人

　　In founding this great institution, Jefferson wrote建立这所伟大教育机构之时 杰斐逊写道

　　we wish to establish in the upper country of Virginia我们希望在弗吉尼亚上部地区

　　a university on a plan so broad and liberal and modern建立一所辽阔 自由和现代的大学

　　as to be a temptation to be use of other states将其他各州的人引来此地

　　to come and drink the cup of knowledge

　　共同吸取知识的营养

　　and fraternize with us

　　并同我们亲善

　　and according to Playboy

　　根据花花公子杂志

　　you have lived up to that vision

　　你们没有辜负这一愿景

　　but there's one thing about Jefferson that I take issue with但杰斐逊说的一点我想反驳一下

　　and it's this, the scope of his beliefs was too broad也就是 他信念的范围太过宽泛

　　Jefferson's hard to nail down

　　杰斐逊很难明确立场

　　These days we like politicians to fit into neat categories如今 我们希望政治人物立场分明

　　you are either a conservative, or you are a liberal要么是保守派 要么是自由派

　　but not Jefferson, he's not like that

　　但杰斐逊不是如此