公众人物毕业演讲(MP3+字幕)第204期:杰雷诺2014爱默生学院(2)
日期:2015-12-22 17:34

(单词翻译:单击)

演讲文本

Smarten up, hey, smarten up, hey, smarten up

聪明些 嘿 聪明些 嘿 聪明些

That was the cure for dyslexia

失读症就是这样治的

In fact, one day

实际上 有一天

the guy in my high school called my mom and he said

我的高中老师把我妈妈找来说

have you ever thought of taking Jay out of school

你有没有想过把杰从学校领回去

You know, Mrs. Leno, education is not for everyone

雷诺夫人 教育并非对每个人都合适

And then he said, Jay works in McDonald's

他说 杰可以到麦当劳工作

you know they have a wonderful hamburger university program

他们有一个很棒的汉堡大学项目

where they teach the kids how to make change

教学生如何得到改善

it just could be a real opportunity for Jay

这对杰而言是个很好的机会

I'm sitting there, going, hello, I'm in the room

我则坐在那里说 哈罗 我在房间里

And like a lot of you, I was the class clown, and I'd like to show off

和你们很多人一样 我是班上的小丑 喜欢哗众取宠

I thought I'd like to go into show business

我想进入脱口秀表演业

but I had never met anybody in show business in Massachusetts

但我在马萨诸塞州从未碰到过任何脱口秀表演业的人

And show business is one of those rare jobs or professions

滑稽表演这个行业很独特

where people who know absolutely nothing about it feel free to give you advice

对它一无所知的人都能随意提出建议

A neighbor lady, Mrs. Langell tell my mother

我邻居兰盖尔夫人跟我妈说

you can't be a comedian unless your father was a comedian

父亲不是喜剧演员的人别想当喜剧演员

That's the way it is and how it would

情况就是这样

You can't do it unless your father was a comedian

要当喜剧演员 父亲必须是喜剧演员

I said okay, so I guess that's out

我说 好吧 不过这已经过时了

And then for some odd reason I went to Bentley School of Accounting and Finance

然后出于很独特的原因 我进入了本特利会计与金融学校

You know why?

知道为什么吗

Because it was close to my house

因为它离我家近

That's why I went there

这就是我去那里的原因

A dyslexic accountant, I lasted one semester

一个失读症会计 我在那待了一个学期

one semester

一个学期

Then Emerson College saved my life

然后 爱默生学院挽救了我的人生

I remember somebody telling me there was this liberal arts college in Boston

我记得 有人告诉我波士顿的这家文科院校

where a lot of people like me ended up

很多和我一样的人都来到这里

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。


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重点单词
  • opportunityn. 机会,时机
  • accountantn. 会计人员
  • rareadj. 稀罕的,稀薄的,罕见的,珍贵的 adj. 煎得
  • absolutelyadv. 绝对地,完全地;独立地
  • dyslexian. 阅读障碍
  • liberaladj. 慷慨的,大方的,自由主义的 n. 自由主义者,