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第239期:威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(11)

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It is on Wednesday of Hell Week that you paddle down to the mud flats

地狱周的周三 你要划桨到泥滩

and spend the next 15 hours trying to survive the freezing cold

并在极度严寒的环境下生存15个小时

the howling wind and the incessant pressure to quit from the instructors

风呼啸着 教官则不断怂恿你退出

As the sun began to set that Wednesday evening

周三晚上日落的时候

my training class having committed some "egregious infraction of the rules" was ordered into the mud

我们班被认为"过分地违反了规定" 被惩罚进入泥沼中

The mud consumed each man till there was nothing visible but our heads

我们整个人都沉入泥中 只剩头露在外面

The instructors told us we could leave the mud if only five men would quit

教官告诉我们 只要有五个人退出 我们就可以离开

only five men, just five men and we could get out of the oppressive cold

只要五个人 五个人就够了 我们就能离开刺骨严寒的泥潭

Looking around the mud flat it was apparent that some students were about to give up

环顾泥滩 有些学员似乎有了放弃的念头

It was still over 8 hours till the sun came up, 8 more hours of bone chilling cold

在太阳出来之前 我们至少还要经历八个小时的严寒

The chattering teeth and shivering moans of the trainees were so loud

到处都可以听到学员牙齿打颤的声音和难耐的呻吟

it was hard to hear anything

声音之大 让你听不到任何别的声音

and then one voice began to echo through the night

这时 一个声音在夜空中响起

one voice raised in song

这是一首歌的声音

The song was terribly out of tune, but sung with great enthusiasm

跑调很厉害 但唱得很有激情

One voice became two and two became three

一个声音变成两个 两个变成三个

and before long everyone in the class was singing

不久 所有人都开始唱起来

The instructors threatened us with more time in the mud if we kept up the singing

教官威胁我们 如果再唱 就需要在泥中待更长时间

but the singing persisted

但没人停下来

and somehow, the mud seemed a little warmer

泥倒显得温暖了一些

the wind a little tamer and the dawn not so far away

风也显得小了一些 黎明似乎也近了一些

If I have learned anything in my time traveling the world

如果要我说人生中最重要的东西是什么

it is the power of hope

我会说是希望的力量

The power of one person, Washington, Lincoln, King, Mandela

一个人的力量 华盛顿 林肯 金 曼德拉

and even a young girl from Pakistan Malala

甚至那位巴基斯坦少女 马拉拉

one person can change the world by giving people hope

一个人就能通过希望改变这个世界

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committed [kə'mitid]

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adj. 献身于某种事业的,委托的

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infraction [in'frækʃən]

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n. 违反,违法

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visible ['vizəbl]

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adj. 可见的,看得见的
n. 可见物

 
apparent [ə'pærənt]

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adj. 明显的,表面上的

 
oppressive [ə'presiv]

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adj. 压迫的,沉重的,压抑的

 
enthusiasm [in'θju:ziæzəm]

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n. 热情,热心;热衷的事物

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pressure ['preʃə]

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n. 压力,压强,压迫
v. 施压

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survive [sə'vaiv]

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vt. 比 ... 活得长,幸免于难,艰难度过

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incessant [in'sesnt]

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adj. 不断的,无尽的

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tune [tju:n]

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n. 曲调,调子,和谐,协调,调整
vt. 调

 

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