公众人物毕业演讲第301期:本伯南克2013普林斯顿(5)

 Whatever life may have in store for you each of you has a grand, lifelong project and that is the development of yourself as a human being

不管人生中等着你的是什么 你们每个人都有一个宏伟的终生项目 就是你自己作为人的发展过程

Your family and your friends and your time at Princeton have given you a good start What will you do with it?

你的亲朋好友以及你在普林斯顿接受的教育 为你开了一个好头 你将如何利用它

Will you keep learning and thinking hard and critically about the most important questions? Will you become an emotionally stronger person

你是否愿意不断学习 努力并批判性地思考 各种最重要的问题 你是否愿意成为情感上更强大的人

More generous, more loving, more ethical¹? Will you involve yourself actively² and constructively³ in the world? Many things will happen in your lives, pleasant and not so pleasant

更慷慨 更有爱心 更有道德 你是否愿意积极并建设性地投身于这个世界 你的人生中会发生很多事 有快乐的 有不快乐的

But, paraphrasing⁴ a Woodrow Wilson School adage⁵ from the time I was here "Wherever you go, there you are?" If you are not happy with yourself

不过我要转述我就读伍德罗.威尔逊学院时这里的一句格言 "人在何处 心就在何处" 如果你不为自己感到快乐

Even the loftiest achievements is not going to bring you much satisfaction Number 3 The concept of success leads me to consider

就算最伟大的成就也无法为你带来满足 三 成功这一概念让我开始思考

So-called meritocracies and their implications We have been taught that meritocratic institutions and societies are fair Putting aside the reality that no system, including our own

所谓的精英体系及其含义 总有人告诉我们 精英制度和精英社会是公平的 姑且不说没有哪个国家 包括我们美国

1 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

2 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

3 constructively   

ad.有益的，积极的

参考例句：

• Collecting, by occupying spare time so constructively, makes a person contented, with no time for boredom. 如此富有意义地利用业余时间来进行收藏，会使人怡然自得，无暇烦恼。
• The HKSAR will continue to participate constructively in these activities. 香港会继续积极参与这些活动。

4 paraphrasing   

v.释义，意译( paraphrase的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I'm paraphrasing but this is honestly what he said. 我是在转述，但这的确是他说的意思。 来自柯林斯例句

5 adage   

n.格言，古训

参考例句：

• But the old adage that men grow into office has not proved true in my experience.但是，根据我的经验，人们所谓的工作岗位造就人材这句古话并不正确。
• Her experience lends credence to the adage " We live and learn!"她的经验印证了一句格言: 活到老，学到老！