名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第91期:如何實(shí)現(xiàn)你的夢(mèng)想

[00:00.37]Mrs. Zubatsky's law. One day when I was a kid, our house caught on fire in Milwaukee. 第三，Zubatsky夫人的定律。當(dāng)我還是小孩子的時(shí)候，有一天，我們?cè)诿軤栁只姆孔又鹆恕? [00:08.24]A large section of the wood shingle roof was burning as the fire trucks pulled up. 當(dāng)消防車趕到的時(shí)候，一大片的木屋正在燃燒著。 [00:14.52]The firemen ran into the back yard with a large hose and began assembling their metal ladders and positioning them against the house. 消防員拿著一個(gè)很大的水管跑進(jìn)后院然后開(kāi)始組裝他們的金屬梯子并且靠房子固定住。 [00:25.05]Mrs. Zubatsky was our next door neighbor and, at the time, she was standing on her upstairs porch taking in the laundry. Zubatsky 夫人是我們隔壁的一個(gè)鄰居，當(dāng)時(shí)她正站在她家樓上的走廊收衣服。 [00:33.38]She watched anxiously as the firemen struggled with their ladders. 她焦急地看著消防員們努力地組裝梯子。 [00:38.30]Suddenly she leaned over the balcony and shouted down to the professional firefighters, 突然間她在陽(yáng)臺(tái)上探出身并且向那些專業(yè)的消防員大聲喊： [00:44.32]"Forget the ladders! Just point the hose at the fire!" “不要用梯子了！把水管對(duì)準(zhǔn)火焰噴！” [00:48.40]The firemen, to their credit, responded immediately. 值得稱道的是，這些消防員立即響應(yīng)了。 [00:53.03]They dropped their ladders, pointed the hose at the fire and extinguished the blaze in about 40 seconds. 他們?nèi)拥袅颂葑?，拿起消防水管?duì)準(zhǔn)火焰噴灑，結(jié)果只用了大概40秒就把大火給熄滅了。 [01:01.00]There are two morals to this story. One, never assume that just because it's someone's job, they know how to do it. 這個(gè)故事有兩個(gè)寓意。第一，絕對(duì)不要認(rèn)為是別人的工作，我們就肯定知道怎么做。 [01:09.31]And two, don't let yourself be intimidated by professionals or their uniforms. 第二，不要讓自己被別人的職業(yè)和制服嚇壞了。 [01:16.43]Growing up in Wisconsin, I never knew anyone in the movie business. I never even knew anyone who knew anyone in the movie business. 在威斯康辛長(zhǎng)大，我當(dāng)時(shí)不認(rèn)識(shí)任何電影行業(yè)的人。我甚至不認(rèn)識(shí)一個(gè)在電影行業(yè)有熟人的人。 [01:25.42]That world had a mystique that made it seem unattainable to me. 電影世界當(dāng)時(shí)對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)似乎有一種不可企及的奧秘。 [01:31.48]But, like Mrs. Zubatsky, I sat on my porch and I watched someone else do it, and I said, "I have a better idea." 但是，像 Zubatsky 夫人一樣，我坐在走廊上并且觀察者別人在做這個(gè)事情，然后說(shuō)：“我有一個(gè)更好的想法?！? [01:41.35]And like her, I seized the moment. 并且，像她一樣，我把握住了機(jī)會(huì)。

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