公众人物毕业演讲第421期:丹泽尔2011宾夕法尼亚大学(5)

 　　And I'm sure there's some parents out there who can relate to what I'm talking about.

　　我相信 台下有一些家长他们能理解我的意思

　　Yeah. Hmm, everybody upstairs And there were other good reasons for me to show up.

　　没错 就是上排那些人我来这里的原因不止这个

　　Sure, I got an Academy¹ Award but I never had something called Magic Meatball.

　　诚然 我获得过奥斯卡金像奖但我还没在餐车前排队等候半个小时后

　　After waiting in line for half an hour at a food truck Yes, i've talked face-to-face with President Obama.

　　品尝 魔法狮子头 的味道诚然 我曾和奥巴马总统面对面交流过

　　But I never met a guy named Kweder who sings bad cover songs at Smokes on a Tuesday night.

　　但从没跟一个叫Kweder的家伙说过话他星期二会在Smokes那里高唱不良歌曲

　　I've never been an Bui's i've never been an Hemo's.

　　我从来不是Bui成员也没成为Himo派

　　Yes, I have played a detective battling demons² but i've never been to a school in my life.

　　诚然 我扮演过与恶魔斗争的侦探但是我从来没有去过一所学校

　　Where the squirrel³ population has gone bananas I mean they break into the dorm rooms.

　　那里的松鼠群体已经完全失控闯进学生宿舍

　　They walked around the campus⁴ I think I saw some carrying books on the way to class.

　　畅游于校园我还看到有些松鼠拿着书本去上课了

　　So I had to be here. I had to come even though I was afraid I might make a fool of myself.

　　所以我今天一定要来 我必须来尽管我害怕自己会出洋相

　　In fact, if you really want to know the truth I had to come exactly because...

　　其实 如果你们真的想知道真相正是因为我有可能出洋相……

　　I had to come exactly because I might make a fool of myself You know what am I talking about?.

　　正是因为我有可能出洋相 所以我才一定要来我为什么这么说呢？

1 academy   

n.(高等)专科院校；学术社团，协会，研究院

参考例句：

• This is an academy of music.这是一所音乐专科学院。
• I visited Chinese Academy of Sciences yesterday.我昨天去访问了中国科学院。

2 demons   

n.恶人( demon的名词复数 )；恶魔；精力过人的人；邪念

参考例句：

• demons torturing the sinners in Hell 地狱里折磨罪人的魔鬼
• He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood. 他为心魔所困扰，那可追溯至他饱受创伤的童年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 squirrel   

n.松鼠，松鼠的毛皮；vt.贮藏以备用

参考例句：

• The squirrel makes a store of nuts for the winter.松鼠贮藏坚果以备过冬。
• A squirrel hoards nuts for the winter.松鼠为过冬贮藏坚果。

4 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。