公众人物毕业演讲 第54期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(10)(在线收听

   I made a decision. Now I was going to see that decision through

  我下的决定就一定要贯彻
  Now, that sounds all good. I'm talking to myself
  这听起来很好 我跟自己讲
  Oh, that sounds good. But it's 26.2 miles ahead of me
  前面不过也就只有26.2英里嘛
  Now we get to the day of marathon
  到了马拉松赛当天
  I'm feeling good. I just knew I was going to win the race
  我感觉良好 我觉得我能赢
  So I was pushing my way to the front of the line
  我挤出一条通往最前排的路
  because I feel like nobody's going to take you to the front of the line
  因为我知道 如果你不挤 没人会让你站在最前排
  unless you push your way to the front of the line
  因为我知道 如果你不挤 没人会让你站在最前排
  Let me tell you that again
  我再讲一次
  Nobody's going to take you to the front of the line
  如果你不挤 没人会让你站在最前排
  unless you push your way to the front of the line
  如果你不挤 没人会让你站在最前排
  So I pushed my way to the front of the line
  我挤到前排后
  To the left of me and to the right of me are my Kenyan brothers and sisters
  发现左右都是一些肯尼亚兄弟姐妹
  I even told them, I'm a confident bison
  我还告诉他们 我是一只自信的野牛
  Wait, let me see you all at the finish line
  等着 我们在终点线见
  Then the gun goes off
  之后枪声响起
  I start running so fast
  我开始飞快地跑
  It's like I'm running a 100 yard dash at the Penn Relays
  就像跑一百米冲刺一样
  I'm not pacing myself. I'm just trying to keep up with the Kenyans
  这不是我自己的节奏 我只是想追上那些肯尼亚人
  But then I hit a quarter mile
  然后到了四分之一英里处
  and all I have to see was my brothers and sisters
  我看到这些兄弟姐妹们
  way way way way way way way way way in a distance
  已经跑到了很远 很远 很远的地方
  Then I hit the ten mile mark
  之后跑到十英里处
  and I learned a very important lesson
  我学到了很重要的一点
  I learned why people trained for six months
  我终于知道为什么人们要训练六个月了
  See me and Kenyans, we weren't even in the same row anymore
  我和那些肯尼亚人根本不在一个级别上
  They have already finished the race
  他们已经跑完了
  Then something suddenly started to happen to my body
  然后我的身体出了状况
  something I never felt before
  我从没过这种感觉
  I lost all the sodium of my body
  我身体失了很多的钠
  My body starts to lag off and completely break down
  我的身体非常吃力 感觉已经要崩溃
  I could run no more
  我跑不动了
  I could barely walk
  连走都吃力
  and then I fell to my knees
  我双膝跪在了地上
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