公众人物毕业演讲 第254期:斯蒂芬科尔伯特2013弗吉尼亚大学(7)(在线收听

   I don't understand why

  我不明白为什么
  Lenore couldn't have just given him a pity date丽诺尔不能就给他一次安慰性约会
  or just said that I'm busy Saturday night或者只是说 我周六晚上很忙
  She didn't have to say nevermore
  她不需要绝情地说 永远不要
  Like most students
  和很多学生一样
  young Mr Poe had a way of signaling to his roommates年轻的坡先生也有示意室友
  he had a date over
  他在约会的方式
  He would hang a sock on the door
  他会在门上挂一只袜子
  or bury a still beating heart under the floor boards或者把一颗仍在跳动的心脏埋到地板下
  whichever he had handy
  手头有哪个就用哪个
  but of course the greatest figure associated with UVA不过弗大相关的最伟大人物当然还是
  is your founder Thomas Jefferson
  创建者托马斯·杰斐逊
  TJ Prez Tommy Jeff
  TJ 汤米·杰夫总统
  the Freckly Anti-Federalist
  满脸雀斑的反联邦党人
  Louisiana Purchie
  路易斯安那购买者
  Ol' Bible Slicer
  圣经切片工
  or as most Americans know him
  按照大多数美国人所知道的
  the inventor of the six-inch wooden cypher wheel也可以称他为六英寸木质密码轮发明人
  In founding this great institution, Jefferson wrote建立这所伟大教育机构之时 杰斐逊写道
  we wish to establish in the upper country of Virginia我们希望在弗吉尼亚上部地区
  a university on a plan so broad and liberal and modern建立一所辽阔 自由和现代的大学
  as to be a temptation to be use of other states将其他各州的人引来此地
  to come and drink the cup of knowledge
  共同吸取知识的营养
  and fraternize with us
  并同我们亲善
  and according to Playboy
  根据花花公子杂志
  you have lived up to that vision
  你们没有辜负这一愿景
  but there's one thing about Jefferson that I take issue with但杰斐逊说的一点我想反驳一下
  and it's this, the scope of his beliefs was too broad也就是 他信念的范围太过宽泛
  Jefferson's hard to nail down
  杰斐逊很难明确立场
  These days we like politicians to fit into neat categories如今 我们希望政治人物立场分明
  you are either a conservative, or you are a liberal要么是保守派 要么是自由派
  but not Jefferson, he's not like that
  但杰斐逊不是如此
 
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