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I don't understand why

我不明白为什么

Lenore couldn't have just given him a pity date

丽诺尔不能就给他一次安慰性约会

or just said that I'm busy Saturday night

或者只是说 我周六晚上很忙

She didn't have to say nevermore

她不需要绝情地说 永远不要

Like most students

和很多学生一样

young Mr Poe had a way of signaling to his roommates

年轻的坡先生也有示意室友

he had a date over

他在约会的方式

He would hang a sock on the door

他会在门上挂一只袜子

or bury a still beating heart under the floor boards

或者把一颗仍在跳动的心脏埋到地板下

whichever he had handy

手头有哪个就用哪个

but of course the greatest figure associated with UVA

不过弗大相关的最伟大人物当然还是

is your founder Thomas Jefferson

创建者托马斯·杰斐逊

TJ Prez Tommy Jeff

TJ 汤米·杰夫总统

the Freckly Anti-Federalist

满脸雀斑的反联邦党人

Louisiana Purchie

路易斯安那购买者

Ol' Bible Slicer

圣经切片工

or as most Americans know him

按照大多数美国人所知道的

the inventor of the six-inch wooden cypher wheel

也可以称他为六英寸木质密码轮发明人

In founding this great institution, Jefferson wrote

建立这所伟大教育机构之时 杰斐逊写道

we wish to establish in the upper country of Virginia

我们希望在弗吉尼亚上部地区

a university on a plan so broad and liberal and modern

建立一所辽阔 自由和现代的大学

as to be a temptation to be use of other states

将其他各州的人引来此地

to come and drink the cup of knowledge

共同吸取知识的营养

and fraternize with us

并同我们亲善

and according to Playboy

根据花花公子杂志

you have lived up to that vision

你们没有辜负这一愿景

but there's one thing about Jefferson that I take issue with

但杰斐逊说的一点我想反驳一下

and it's this, the scope of his beliefs was too broad

也就是 他信念的范围太过宽泛

Jefferson's hard to nail down

杰斐逊很难明确立场

These days we like politicians to fit into neat categories

如今 我们希望政治人物立场分明

you are either a conservative, or you are a liberal

要么是保守派 要么是自由派

but not Jefferson, he's not like that

但杰斐逊不是如此

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介

本视频是美国著名喜剧演员斯蒂芬·科尔伯特在弗吉尼亚大学2013届毕业典礼上的演讲。演讲中，科尔伯特尽显"冷面笑匠"本色，各种冷笑话、双关语、绕口令源源不断，台下掌声雷动。科尔伯特首先是将同弗吉尼亚大学相关的事物，竭尽所能地挖苦了一通，连后面坐着的弗吉尼亚大学校长、以及弗吉尼亚大学创始人兼美国国父之一的托马斯·杰斐逊也不能幸免。最后科尔伯特转述了杰斐逊的一番话，语气看似挖苦，实则以此勉励在场的毕业生们，为他们提供未来道路上的建议。