公众人物毕业演讲 第267期:米歇尔2013东肯塔基大学8

 So you should be incredibly proud

所以你们应该异常自豪

And I hope that you never lose sight of what brought you to this day

而且我希望永远不要忘记 是什么成就了这一天的你

those values that you came here with

也就是你们来到这里时所拥有的价值观

and those skills and talents you developed while you were here

还有你们在这里培养出的技巧和才能

Because when you pair those two things together, you will

因为这两点加在一起

be prepared for whatever comes next, whatever comes next

将会让你有能力应对接下来的任何挑战

And that brings me to an important question

这就引出了一个很重要的问题

What does come next?

接下来会有什么挑战

As I thought about the journey you all are about to embark¹ upon

在我思考你们即将开启的旅程时

it reminded me of a conversation I had with my daughter Malia she's my oldest

我想到了我同我大女儿玛丽亚的谈话

and this conversation we had when she was 10 years old

这是发生在她十岁时的谈话

We were talking about college and our future

我们在讨论大学 以及我们的未来

And I told her

我告诉她

I always tell my kids

我总跟我的孩子们说

I said, once you graduate from college, you cannot come back home

大学毕业后 你就不能回家了

Cannot

不能

Now, of course, I was joking

当然 我是开玩笑

but I still don't want her to know that

但我现在仍然不希望她知道这是玩笑

But her response she took it in was one I will never forget

她当时真信了这句话 而她的回话我总记得

She said, well, mom, where do you go after college?

她说 妈妈 你大学毕业后去了哪

She said, I mean literally², the day after you graduate?

她说 我是说正好毕业后的那一天

She said, because you're not in school, and you can't come home

你既要离开学校 又不能回家

So where do you go?

那去了哪里呢

Now I hope that all of you have an answer for that question today

我希望你们每个人 今天都对这个问题有了答案

And hopefully nobody's sleeping out in the ravine

但愿没有人会睡在深谷中

But I think there was also something profound³ about her question

不过我觉得 她的问题中蕴含了某种更深刻的意义

Where are you gonna go?

你要去哪里

1 embark   

vi.乘船，着手，从事，上飞机

参考例句：

• He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。
• Many people embark for Europe at New York harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。

2 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。

3 profound   

adj.深奥的，造诣深的；深度的，极度的

参考例句：

• I give you my profound thanks for saving my life.我对您的救命之恩深表谢意。
• He has a profound knowledge of mathematics.他数学知识渊博。