名校勵志英語演講 第48期:拯救世界 拯救兒童

[00:00.30]The walls of Oxford have not only housed the greatest philosophical and scientific geniuses— 牛津不僅薈萃了最偉大的哲學(xué)家和科學(xué)家， [00:06.36]they have also ushered forth some of the most cherished creators of children's literature, from J.R.R. Tolkien to C.S. Lewis. 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。 [00:12.53]Today I was allowed to hobble into the dining hall in Christ Church; 劉易斯·卡羅爾的《愛麗絲漫游仙境》 [00:16.33]to see Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland immortalized in the stained glass windows. 在基督教堂的彩色玻璃窗里被永久保存。 [00:21.24]And even one of my own fellow Americans, the beloved Dr Seuss graced these halls; 同時，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， [00:29.54]and then went on to leave his mark on the imaginations of millions of children throughout the world. 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。 [00:36.59]I suppose I should start by listing my qualifications to speak before you this evening. 今晚，我想先講講我為何有幸能在這里演講。 [00:43.37]Friends, I do not claim to have the academic expertise of other speakers who have addressed this hall, 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， [00:53.32]just as they could lay little claim at being adept at the moonwalk—and you know, Einstein in particular was really TERRIBLE at that. 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。 [01:04.38]But I do have a claim to having experienced more places and cultures than most people will ever see. 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。 [01:13.27]Human knowledge consists not only of libraries of parchment and ink— 人類文明不僅僅是圖書館紙墨所記載的—— [01:17.04]it is also comprised of the volumes of knowledge that are written on the human heart, 還包括那些書寫在人們內(nèi)心的， [01:22.38]chiseled on the human soul, and engraved on the human psyche. 鑿刻在人們靈魂里和精神中的知識。 [01:27.00]And friends, I have encountered so much in this relatively short life of mine that I still cannot believe I am chiseled only 42. 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。

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