偶像勵志英語演講03:印度寶萊塢杰出人道主義獎獲獎演出(1)

Thank you, thank you very much. Thank you very much for this honor you are awarding me tonight. I've always believed that real measures of celebrity success was not just how famous he becomes, but what he does with that fame and fortune. Especially in today's technological and media advanced society, the attention and fortune shower on the individual celebrity is often times immensely disproportionate to his or her achievements. Today a person can literally become a celebrity over night throughout the entire world, and that kind of attention can be difficult for the individual to handle. But we have also learnt that such fame can also be an enormous affective medium to focus attention and mobilize resources for world he calls. I have been blessed with so much and have an opportunity to do what few others can. But I believe it is more than just an opportunity but a duty. I feel to rip and enjoy the fruits of my talents for myself could be selfish be irresponsible and unconscionale.

謝謝，非常感謝。非常感謝大家今晚給予我的榮譽。我一直相信真正的名人成功的標準不是他多么的出名，而是他利用他的名聲和財富所做的事。尤其是在今天這個科技和傳媒高度發(fā)達的社會，世人對他的關(guān)注和財富籠罩著每一個名人，而且總是與他們所取得的成就極不相稱。如今一個人可以一夜之間在全世界成名，同時個人很難正確對待這樣的關(guān)注。但是我們同樣知道，這樣的名聲也可以被當作具有強大影響力的媒介用來吸引公眾的注意力，調(diào)動他的名聲所帶來的世界上的所有資源。我已經(jīng)得到上帝的太多賜福，有機會做很少有人能做的事。但是我認為，這不只是一種機會，更是一種責任。我覺得把自己的天賦僅僅用于自己的享受是自私的、不負責任的、也是不合理的。

重點講解：

1. be blessed with

擁有…的;享有…的;

eg. Both are blessed with uncommon ability to fix things.

兩人在修理東西上都有一手絕活。

eg. I hope she will always be blessed with good health.

我希望她永遠健康。

eg. This is a country blessed with abundant natural resources.

這是個自然資源豐富的國家。

2. have an opportunity to do sth.

有機會做某事;

eg. All the participants in the debate had an opportunity to speak.

所有參加辯論的人都有機會發(fā)言。

eg. I had an opportunity to go to New York and study.

我曾經(jīng)有一個去紐約學習的機會。

eg. Girls who are empowered have an opportunity to make their own choices, difficult choices, and set out on their own road.

有自主權(quán)的女孩就有機會做出自己的選擇，甚至是非常困難的選擇，走屬于自己的路。

背景資料：

1999年5月1日，邁克爾·杰克遜在美國紐約接受寶萊塢世界人道主義獎。當時邁克爾·杰克遜身著印度傳統(tǒng)服飾，為他頒獎的是印度一名商人代表。在邁克爾·杰克遜去世之后，寶萊塢集團的主席對他的去世感到很傷心。他認為邁克爾·杰克遜是一個很好的人，但被公眾嚴重誤解了。邁克爾·杰克遜生前資助的基金會多達18個，他的慷慨解囊以及他在全世界的影響力幫助了無數(shù)被疾病和貧窮困擾的兒童。

名人經(jīng)典：

In these days a such abundance in advancement and what we can do, it pains me to think that we do so little for our children.

如今社會進步了，我們可做的事情很多。每當想到我們?yōu)楹⒆觽冏龅锰?，就感到良心頗為不安。