公众人物毕业演讲 第383期:奥巴马2012年哥伦比亚大学毕业演讲(1)

 　　Thank you very much. Thank you Thank you so much. Thank you Thank you. Please, please have a seat.

　　非常感谢大家 谢谢非常感谢大家 谢谢谢谢大家 请入座

　　Thank you Thank you, President Spar, trustees, President Bollinger Hello, Class of 2012.

　　谢谢大家谢谢你们 斯巴院长 各位校董 伯林格校长2012届毕业生 你们好

　　Congratulations on reaching this day Thank you for the honor¹ of being able to be a part of it There are so many people who are proud of you.

　　祝贺你们迎来了这一天感谢你们让我有幸来参加这个活动有很多人为你们感到骄傲

　　Your parents, family, faculty², friends all who share in this achievement So please give them a big round of applause³.

　　你们的父母 家人 师长和朋友都为取得这一成就出了力因此 请为他们热烈鼓掌

　　To all the moms who are here today you could not ask for a better Mother's Day gift than to see all of these folks graduate.

　　今天在座的各位母亲们再也没有比看到所有这些孩子们毕业更好的母亲节礼物了

　　I have to say, though whenever I come to these things I start thinking about Malia and Sasha graduating.

　　但是我得说每当我来到这种场合就会想到玛莉娅和萨夏将来毕业的情景

　　And I start tearing up and it's terrible I don't know how you guys are holding it together I will begin by telling a hard truth.

　　我就会热泪盈眶 真不好意思我不知道你们大家是怎么把持得住的我一开始就要说明一个确凿的事实

1 honor   

n.光荣；敬意；荣幸；vt.给…以荣誉；尊敬

参考例句：

• I take your visit as a great honor.您的来访是我莫大的光荣。
• It is a great honor to receive that prize.能拿到那个奖是无上的光荣。

2 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

3 applause   

n.鼓掌，喝彩，赞许

参考例句：

• His appearance on the platform was greeted with a burst of applause.他一登上台就博得了一阵热烈的掌声。
• His speech won round after round of enthusiastic applause.他的演讲博得了一阵又一阵的热烈掌声。