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名校励志英语演讲 第14期:英国作家J.K.罗琳-失败的额外收益和想象力的重要性(2)

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You see? If all you remember in years to come is the 'gay wizard' joke, I've come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievable goals: the first step to self improvement.

你们知道吗?如果在若干年后你们还仅仅记得“快乐的魔法师”这个笑话,那就证明我已经超越了男爵夫人玛丽·沃诺克。确定一个切实可行的目标——这是自我提升的第一步。

Actually, I have wracked my mind and heart for what I ought to say to you today. I have asked myself what I wish I had known at my own graduation, and what important lessons I have learned in the 21 years that have expired between that day and this.

实际上,我为今天应该给大家的讲些什么绞尽了脑汁。我曾自问,在当初自己毕业典礼上我想要知道些什么呢?从毕业典礼那天到现在的21年里我得到了什么重要的经验和教训呢?

I have come up with two answers. On this wonderful day when we are gathered together to celebrate your academic success, I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of failure. And as you stand on the threshold of what is sometimes called 'real life', I want to extol the crucial importance of imagination.

我想到了两个答案。今天是个美好的日子,我们欢聚一堂一起庆祝你们在学业上取得的成功。然而我决定跟你们谈谈失败的收益;同时,你们将迈入“现实生活”,所以我还要褒扬想象力的极度重要性。

These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but please bear with me.

这两点似乎是不切实际或自相矛盾的选择,但请先容许我讲完。

Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me. I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do, ever, was to write novels.

对于已经42岁的我来说,回忆21岁刚刚毕业时的情景并不是一件很舒服的事情。21年前,我一直都在自己的雄心和身边的人对我的期望之间寻求平衡。我一直深信,自己唯一想做的事情就是写小说。

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celebrate ['selibreit]

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v. 庆祝,庆贺,颂扬

联想记忆
malicious [mə'liʃəs]

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adj. 怀恶意的,恶毒的

联想记忆
peaceful ['pi:sfəl]

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adj. 安宁的,和平的

 
crucial ['kru:ʃəl]

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adj. 关键的,决定性的

联想记忆
strike [straik]

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n. 罢工,打击,殴打
v. 打,撞,罢工,划

 
uncomfortable [ʌn'kʌmftəbl]

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adj. 不舒服的,不自在的

 
academic [.ækə'demik]

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adj. 学术的,学院的,理论的
n.

 
improvement [im'pru:vmənt]

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n. 改进,改善

 
uneasy [ʌn'i:zi]

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adj. 不自在的,心神不安的,不稳定的,不舒服的

 
striking ['straikiŋ]

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adj. 吸引人的,显著的
n. 打击

 

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