公眾人物畢業(yè)演講第56期:肖恩庫(kù)姆斯霍華德大學(xué)(12)

And yes I checked it clear

沒(méi)錯(cuò) 我很確信

Now I know that you've heard the cliche quote that

你們肯定聽(tīng)過(guò)一句名言

life is a marathon not a sprint

生命是馬拉松 而不是沖刺

And I'm going to tell you that sometimes

我要告訴你們 有時(shí)

you don't even have the time to prepare for your marathon

你甚至連為馬拉松做準(zhǔn)備的時(shí)間都沒(méi)有

See I only had eight weeks

我就只有八周時(shí)間

but the opportunity to raise money for New York City kids was too great

但為紐約市的孩子們募集資金的機(jī)會(huì)太重要了

But here is difference

但是你們不一樣

today you are prepared

你們今天已經(jīng)做好了準(zhǔn)備

See if I didn't leave school early

如果我沒(méi)有輟學(xué)

I would have been more prepared sometimes when I first was starting out

我在最開(kāi)始著手事業(yè)時(shí)可能就會(huì)更有準(zhǔn)備一些

I would have been more prepared in some of those boardrooms

在一些會(huì)議中 我可能也會(huì)更有準(zhǔn)備一些

I would be in the boardrooms negotiating

我在會(huì)議室中開(kāi)會(huì)商談事務(wù)時(shí)

I wouldn't be like, what are they talking about?

總是心想 他們?cè)谥v什么玩意

Go out and finish my economics class

去把經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)課程學(xué)清楚再來(lái)

I wouldn't be writing memos my secretary would be saying

我寫(xiě)的便函也不至于會(huì)被秘書(shū)說(shuō)

ain't nuts will say it like that

沒(méi)有什么比這更狗屁不通的了

But you are prepared

不過(guò)你們做好了準(zhǔn)備

Today, you have earned your Howard degree

今天 你們獲得了霍華德的學(xué)位

You've earned your Howard degree

你們獲得了霍華德的學(xué)位

You have earned your Howard degree

你們獲得了霍華德的學(xué)位

And today

而且今天

you're not just graduating from the greatest black school in the world

你們不僅是從全世界最偉大的黑人學(xué)校畢業(yè)了

you're graduating from the greatest university on this earth

你們還是從這顆星球上最偉大的大學(xué)畢業(yè)了

Be clear, # be clear

我明確提醒一下 這里值得#

So I'll ask you again

我再問(wèn)你們一次

do you know how powerful you are?

你們知道自己有多強(qiáng)大嗎

Do you know?

知道嗎

Now some of your dreams are going to take longer than you think

有些人的夢(mèng)想可能要比想象的花更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間

It took most of you 4 years to get here

大多數(shù)人四年畢業(yè)了

some of you 5, some of you 6

有些人花了五年甚至六年

If I got, I'll be

我如果沒(méi)輟學(xué) 估計(jì)也要那么久