演讲文本

It was called Emerson

它叫爱默生

And I came here in May for a meeting

我五月来到这里

and it was told there was not much chance to get into the fall semester

学校告诉我 我没有秋季入学的机会

especially a migrate

特别是非本地人

Then I just pleaded with the administrator, I said, look

我请求管理者说

Look, this is my last chance

这是我最后的机会了

this is the only place where I can learn how to be a comedian

这是我想成为喜剧演员 唯一能去的位置

the only place that can help me do that

这是唯一能够帮我实现目的的地方

He paused for a moment and he said, well, make up a joke about Emerson

他顿了一下 说 那你讲个关于爱默生学院的笑话吧

You want to be a comedian

你想当喜剧演员

Say something funny about this place

讲讲这个地方的笑话

I took a moment and I said okay

我想了下 说

here's the weird thing about Emerson College

爱默生学院的这一点很有趣

You can have girls in your room, you can have drugs in your room

你可以把女生带到寝室 可以把毒品带到寝室

you can have sex in your room 24 hours a day if you wanted to

如果你想 一天做爱24小时都没人管

The only thing you're not allowed to have, a hotplate

他们唯一不让你做的事是 使用电炉

A man went by, what's going on

有人会来敲门问 你们在搞什么

It's getting late and getting hot, you're cooking soup

这里感觉好热 你们肯定是在煮汤

Hey, you're making soup in there

嘿 你们肯定是在煮汤

Against all the rules and disregarding my bad academic record

我违反过好多规则 学术成绩也很糟糕

he said you're willing to go to summer school

他问 你想读暑期班吗

And I said, yeah, yeah, I've got no problems with summer school

我说 好好 读暑期班我没意见

And he said you're in

他说 那你来吧

And for the first time in my life, being

这是我人生中第一次

funny have gotten me something besides detention

通过讲笑话获得奖励 而不是被关禁闭

actually got me into college

这让我有大学读

And for the second time in my life

之后我在人生中

I met people with the same interest as me

又碰到和我志同道合的人

This is the first place

这是第一个

people didn't roll their eyes when they say they want to be a comedian

说想成为喜剧演员不用遮遮掩掩的地方

You know when you say that to your parents, friends, they're like

一般来说 当你跟父母或朋友说想当喜剧演员时

oh, we're sorry

他们会说 我们很遗憾

Heard about Jay

听说过杰吗

And our dorm was a 206 big history

我们宿舍有着206年的古老历史

the first time I did comedy with my roommate Jim Bronstein

我第一次在里面跟室友吉姆·布朗斯丁演喜剧

also a student who went on to be a comedy writer as well

这个学生后来成为了一名喜剧作家

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介

杰·雷诺是美国脱口秀主持人，从1992年至2009年一直在NBC电视台主持脱口秀《杰·雷诺今夜秀》，而期间该节目一直保持着高收视率，甚至位于每周收视榜首。本视频是杰·雷诺在母校爱默生学院的毕业演讲，他讲到了自己从一文不名成长为全美顶尖喜剧明星的过程，并给学生提出了20点建议。