名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第135期:敢于競(jìng)爭(zhēng) 勇于關(guān)愛(2)

[00:00.22]But, I've been very fortunate because I've always had an idea in my mind 但是，我一直都很幸運(yùn)，因?yàn)槲沂冀K知道什么對(duì)我來說才是最重要的、 [00:06.15]about what I thought was important and what gave my life meaning and purpose. 什么讓我的人生更有意義和追求。盡管別人常常告訴我應(yīng)該關(guān)注和信仰什么， [00:12.06]A set of values and beliefs that have helped me navigate the shoals, the sometimes very treacherous sea, 但是我依然堅(jiān)持自己的一套價(jià)值觀和信仰，它們幫助我度過了人生的淺海灘， [00:19.36]to illuminate my own true desires, despite that others say about what l should care about and believe in. 讓我在變幻莫測(cè)的大海自由航行，照亮了我內(nèi)心深處的愿望。 [00:27.57]A passion to succeed at what l thought was important and children have always provided that lone star, that guiding light. 在我所認(rèn)為的重要事情上取得成功以及對(duì)而他的關(guān)注像一顆啟明星一樣，指引著我前行的道路。 [00:36.34]Because l have that absolute conviction that every child, especially in this, 因?yàn)槲覉?jiān)信，每一個(gè)孩子、特別是在美國(guó)這個(gè)地球上 [00:42.29]the most blessed of nations that has ever existed on the face of earth, 備受上帝恩惠的國(guó)度里的孩子， [00:48.09]that every child deserves the opportunity to live up to his or her God-given potential. 都應(yīng)該有機(jī)會(huì)發(fā)揮他們天賜的潛能。 [00:55.28]But you know that belief and conviction-it may make for a personal mission statement, 但是你們要知道，信仰和信念可以促進(jìn)個(gè)人目標(biāo)的實(shí)現(xiàn)。但如果僅僅掛在嘴上， [01:01.42]but standing alone, not translated into action, it means very little to anyone else, particularly to those for whom you have those concerns. 而不付諸行動(dòng)的話，那這些對(duì)任何人來說都沒有太大意義，特別是對(duì)于那些你所關(guān)注的人。 [01:12.29]When I was thinking about running for the United States Senate-which was such an enormous decision to make, 當(dāng)我考慮清楚要去參加美國(guó)參議院競(jìng)選活動(dòng)時(shí)——這對(duì)我來說是一個(gè)非常艱難的決定， [01:19.57]one I never could have dreamed that I would have been making when I was here on campus 在耶魯上大學(xué)時(shí)代我從未夢(mèng)想過的事情—— [01:26.42]I visited a school in New York City and I met a young woman, who was a star athlete. 我去參觀了紐約的一所學(xué)校，在那里遇見了一個(gè)年輕女人，同事一名明星運(yùn)動(dòng)員。

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