公众人物毕业演讲第282期:奥巴马2013莫尔豪斯学院7

 That's the unique sense of purpose that this place has always infused

这是这个地方一直灌输的独特目的观

The conviction that this is a training ground

这是一个训练场

Not only for individual success

目的不仅是训练你取得个人成就

But for leadership that can change the world

它还要训练出改变世界的领导能力

Dr. King was just 15 years old when he enrolled¹ here at Morehouse

金牧师15岁就入学于莫尔豪斯

He was an unknown, undersized, unassuming young freshman²

他当时还是默默无闻 身材矮小 不受瞩目的新生

Who lived at home with his parents

同父母一起住在家里

And I think it's fair to say he wasn't the coolest kid on campus

我可以公正地说 他绝不是学校最酷的小孩

For the suits he wore, his classmates called him "tweed"

因为他的穿着 他的同学都叫他"粗花呢"

But his education at Morehouse helped to forge the intellect

但在莫尔豪斯 他锻炼着自己智慧

The discipline, the compassion³, the soul force that would transform America

纪律 同情心 以及变革美国的精神力量

It was here that he was introduced to the writings of Gandhi and Thoreau

正是在这里 他接触到了甘地和梭罗的作品

And the theory of civil disobedience

以及非暴力反抗的理论

It was here that professors encouraged him to look past the world as it was

正是在这里 教授们鼓励他 将目光超越旧世界

And fight for the world as it should be

并为创造应有的新世界而奋斗

And it was here, at Morehouse, as Dr. King later wrote

也正是在这里 在莫尔豪斯 金牧师之后写道

Where "I realized that nobody was afraid"

我意识到没有人害怕过

Not even of some bad weather

哪怕是糟糕的天气

I added on that part

这部分是我加的

I know it's wet out there

我知道你们都淋湿了

But Dr. Wilson told me you all had a choice and decided to do it out here anyway

不过威尔逊博士告诉我 你们都可以选择坐到这里

1 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

3 compassion   

n.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
• Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。