偶像勵志英語演講 32:再相信我一次(3)
為此我深感歉意。
I have a lot to atone for, but there is one issue I really want to discuss. Some people have speculated that Elin somehow hurt or attacked me on Thanksgiving night. It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that. Elin never hit me that night or any other night. There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage, ever. Elin has shown enormous grace and poise throughout this ordeal. Elin deserves praise, not blame.
我有很多的罪過需要彌補，不過其中有一件事我必須跟大家交待清楚。有些人猜測伊琳在感恩節(jié)那天曾經(jīng)動手打過我。為此我感到很是氣憤，居然會有人如此不負(fù)責(zé)任地造謠。伊琳從來沒有對我動過手，在我們倆之間從來沒有任何的家庭暴力事件。在整個事情當(dāng)中，伊琳一直保持著很優(yōu)雅和寬容的姿態(tài)。伊琳的行為值得大家稱贊而不是責(zé)備。
The issue involved here was my repeated irresponsible behavior. I was unfaithful. I had affaris. I cheated. What I did is not acceptable, and I am the only person to blame.
今天的問題是我不斷地干不負(fù)責(zé)任的事。我不忠誠，我有外遇，我撒謊。我的這些行為都是不可接受的，我是唯一要受到責(zé)備的人。
I stopped living by the core values that I was taught to believe in. I knew my actions were wrong, but I convinced myself that normal rules didn't apply. I never thought about who I was hurting. Instead, I thought only about myself. I ran straight through the boundaries that a married couple should live by. I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to. I thought that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.
我拋棄了從小被教導(dǎo)相信的核心價值觀念。我知道我之前的行為是不對的。但我卻蒙騙了自己，以為那些道德框架對我是無效的。我從來沒有想過那些被我傷害過的人。我只是以自我為中心，我直接越過那些為夫妻所設(shè)定的道德界限。我以為自己不受那些規(guī)則所限制，我可以為所欲為。我以為我自己一生都有努力奮斗，所以我就理所當(dāng)然地能去享受身邊的這些誘惑。我覺得有權(quán)這么做。也因為我的金錢與名譽，我很容易地就得到這些。
重點講解：
1. atone for
彌補;賠罪;補償;
eg. He felt he had atoned for what he had done to his son.
他覺得他對兒子已無虧欠。
eg. He could not avoid having to atone for what he had done.
他干了壞事，免不了要自食其果。
2. have an affair/affairs
外遇;出軌;
eg. Did you know he was having an affair?
你知道他有外遇了嗎?
eg. People often have affairs to reinvent themselves or, more accurately, to be the person they think they want to be.
人們總是通過偷情來重新塑造自己，或更確切的說，成為一個他們想成為的人。
3. believe in
認(rèn)為…是應(yīng)該的(或正確的);有信心;信任;信賴;
eg. He believed in marital fidelity.
他認(rèn)為婚內(nèi)應(yīng)該忠誠。
eg. If you believe in yourself you can succeed.
只要自信，就能成功。
4. live by
恪守(規(guī)則、信念、理想等);
eg. They live by the principle that we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we want from it.
他們恪守著這樣的原則：我們來到世上是要為生活做貢獻(xiàn)，而不是從中索取。
eg. I only have one cardinal rule that I live by.
我只有一個基本生活準(zhǔn)則。
5. get away with
(做壞事而)未受懲罰;(做冒險之事而)未遭遇不測;
eg. The criminals know how to play the system and get away with it.
這些罪犯知道如何鉆體制的空子以逃脫懲罰。
eg. This is one of the few jobs you can do and get away with being completely drunk.
這是你能干的為數(shù)不多的幾份工作之一，喝得爛醉如泥也沒人管。
6. thank to
幸虧;歸因于;
eg. It is thanks to this committee that many new sponsors have come forward.
又有許多贊助商找上門來，這要歸功于這個委員會。
eg. Thanks to recent research, effective treatments are available.
多虧近來的研究才有了有效的療法。
