公众人物毕业演讲 第251期:斯蒂芬科尔伯特2013弗吉尼亚大学(4)(在线收听

   Let's give it up a round of applause

  让我们用热烈掌声感谢那些
  for those paying out-of-state tuition, shall we?
  支付高额州外学费的同学 好吗
  Because without those people
  因为 没有这些人
  tomorrow instead of wearing gowns and mortarboards今后你们将不再是穿着长袍和方帽毕业
  you'd be graduating in ponchos made of hefty bags而是穿着大麻袋制成的斗篷
  with used pizza boxes on your head
  头顶旧批萨盒毕业
  But as has been stated before
  不过就像我之前说的
  the most impressive ranking of all
  最令人印象深刻的排名是
  has got to be Playboy once again naming you花花公子杂志又一次将你们评为
  the number one party school in America
  美国排名第一的派对学校
  Now to be clear, I only read Playboy for the rankings申明一点 我看花花公子 都是只读排名
  but I'm not surprised by this honor
  我对这个荣誉并不惊奇
  because I have seen you in action
  因为我亲眼见过
  When I used to visit back in the day
  我原来还总是回到这里
  I spent a fair amount of time at the Phi Kapp house花不少时间到Phi Kapp屋
  which at that time had no doors
  它当时没有门
  because apparently they kept getting partied off hinges门显然是因为派对太疯狂 而从铰链上掉了下来and I won't go into more about those days过去那些往事我就不多讲了
  because I do not remember them
  因为 我记不得了
  and you know this is an impressive institution你们知道 这是一所令人钦佩的大学
  because it rejected my application
  因为它拒绝了我的申请
  Yes in the spring of 1984 I applied as a transfer student对 1984年春 我作为转校生提出申请
  and at the time you could send your essay in after the rest of the application而当时 你可以在申请过后再提交论文
  Well apparently the admissions board
  显然 招生委员会
  took issue with the content of my essay
  对我论文的内容产生了异议
  which was none because I never sent it
  但是压根就没有 我根本就没有提交
 
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