名校勵(lì)志英語演講 第48期:拯救世界 拯救兒童
The walls of Oxford have not only housed the greatestphilosophical and scientific geniuses—they have alsoushered forth some of the most cherished creators ofchildren's literature, from J.R.R. Tolkien to C.S. Lewis.Today I was allowed to hobble into the dining hall inChrist Church to see Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderlandimmortalized in the stained glass windows. And evenone of my own fellow Americans, the beloved Dr Seussgraced these halls and then went on to leave his mark on the imaginations of millions of childrenthroughout the world.
牛津不僅薈萃了最偉大的哲學(xué)家和科學(xué)家，還蘊(yùn)育了一些最出色的兒童文學(xué)創(chuàng)作家，從J.R.R.托爾金到C.S.劉易斯。劉易斯·卡羅爾的《愛麗絲漫游仙境》在基督教堂的彩色玻璃窗里被永久保存。同時(shí)，我還發(fā)現(xiàn)我的一位美國同胞，親愛的蘇斯博士也為此增色，在這項(xiàng)偉大的事業(yè)上留下了他的印記，啟發(fā)了全世界上千萬兒童的想象力。
I suppose I should start by listing my qualifications to speak before you this evening. Friends, I donot claim to have the academic expertise of other speakers who have addressed this hall, just asthey could lay little claim at being adept at the moonwalk—and you know, Einstein in particularwas really TERRIBLE at that.
今晚，我想先講講我為何有幸能在這里演講。朋友們，我不具備那些來此地的演講者所擁有的學(xué)術(shù)專業(yè)知識，正如他們不善于“太空步”一樣——而且，大家都知道，愛因斯坦尤其不擅長。
But I do have a claim to having experienced more places and cultures than most people will eversee. Human knowledge consists not only of libraries of parchment and ink—it is also comprised ofthe volumes of knowledge that are written on the human heart, chiseled on the human soul, andengraved on the human psyche. And friends, I have encountered so much in this relatively short lifeof mine that I still cannot believe I am chiseled only 42.
但是我可以說，和大多數(shù)人相比，我游歷了更多地方，也體驗(yàn)了更多不同的文化。人類文明不僅僅是圖書館紙墨所記載的——還包括那些書寫在人們內(nèi)心的，鑿刻在人們靈魂里和精神中的知識。而且，朋友們，在我短暫的生命力，我經(jīng)歷了這么多，以至于現(xiàn)在我都難以相信自己只有42歲。
牛津不僅薈萃了最偉大的哲學(xué)家和科學(xué)家，還蘊(yùn)育了一些最出色的兒童文學(xué)創(chuàng)作家，從J.R.R.托爾金到C.S.劉易斯。劉易斯·卡羅爾的《愛麗絲漫游仙境》在基督教堂的彩色玻璃窗里被永久保存。同時(shí)，我還發(fā)現(xiàn)我的一位美國同胞，親愛的蘇斯博士也為此增色，在這項(xiàng)偉大的事業(yè)上留下了他的印記，啟發(fā)了全世界上千萬兒童的想象力。
I suppose I should start by listing my qualifications to speak before you this evening. Friends, I donot claim to have the academic expertise of other speakers who have addressed this hall, just asthey could lay little claim at being adept at the moonwalk—and you know, Einstein in particularwas really TERRIBLE at that.
今晚，我想先講講我為何有幸能在這里演講。朋友們，我不具備那些來此地的演講者所擁有的學(xué)術(shù)專業(yè)知識，正如他們不善于“太空步”一樣——而且，大家都知道，愛因斯坦尤其不擅長。
But I do have a claim to having experienced more places and cultures than most people will eversee. Human knowledge consists not only of libraries of parchment and ink—it is also comprised ofthe volumes of knowledge that are written on the human heart, chiseled on the human soul, andengraved on the human psyche. And friends, I have encountered so much in this relatively short lifeof mine that I still cannot believe I am chiseled only 42.
但是我可以說，和大多數(shù)人相比，我游歷了更多地方，也體驗(yàn)了更多不同的文化。人類文明不僅僅是圖書館紙墨所記載的——還包括那些書寫在人們內(nèi)心的，鑿刻在人們靈魂里和精神中的知識。而且，朋友們，在我短暫的生命力，我經(jīng)歷了這么多，以至于現(xiàn)在我都難以相信自己只有42歲。
