重点讲解：
1. be reluctant to do sth.
勉强的；不情愿的做某事；
eg. Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help.
斯佩罗先生不愿意寻求帮助。
eg. The police are very reluctant to get involved in this sort of thing.
警方很不愿意卷入这类事情。
2. hunt down
追捕到，穷追直至找到（罪犯、敌人等）；
eg. Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters.
去年12月他们追捕到其中一名匪徒并将其击毙。
eg. It took her four months to hunt him down.
她花了4个月才把他找出来。
3. no matter+疑问词
常用结构，表示不管…；无论…；
eg. No matter how often they were urged, they could not bring themselves to join in.
就算别人说破了嘴皮，他们就是不加入。
eg. Jenkins would reward all investors, no matter when they made their investment.
无论投资人何时投资，詹金斯都会让他们得到回报。

背景资料：
本篇是安德森·库珀于2006年5月21日在耶鲁大学毕业典礼上的演讲。库珀讲述了他在美国广播公司求职未果、之后为了实现梦想独自潜入索马里、波斯尼亚和卢旺达等地从事战地新闻报道的经历，勉励毕业生们要倾听内心的呼声、创造机会改变境遇，谱写美好的人生篇章。

名人经典：
But it actually was the best thing that ever happened to me. I decided that if no one would give me a chance, I'd have to take a chance, and if no one would give me an opportunity, I would have to create my own opportunity.
但这次失败却成了我人生中最有价值的经历。我下定决心，如果没人给我机会，我就自己寻找机会，如果没人给我机会，我就自己创造机会。