(单词翻译:单击)
Thank you very much.
非常感谢 。非常感谢 。
Thank you, Dr. Johnson.
谢谢你,约翰逊博士 。
Well, it is really great to be back at university again.
嗯,再次回到大学真是太好了 。
The thing that I wanted to tell you today is this: Education is important.
今天我想告诉你们的是:教育很重要 。
When I came to the US, I was only thinking about being a carpenter, but I could not read the newspaper.
我刚来到美国的时候,我只想成为一名木匠,但是我读不懂报纸 。
And I could not understand the news on television or movies or anything like this.
我看不懂电视或电影之类的新闻 。
So, I entered the city college to take English classes for foreign students.
所以,我进入了城市学院上为外国学生准备的英语课 。
I was very proud that I was going to a college because no one in my family ever went to any college or to any university.
我很自豪我要上大学,因为我家里没有人上过大学 。
You know, when you’re 15 years old in my country, you finish school and then you learn a trade.
你知道,在我的国家,当你15岁时,你完成学业,然后学习一门手艺 。
And that’s exactly what I did.
我就是这么做的 。
When I was 15 years old, I learned how to be a carpenter.
当我15岁的时候,我学会了如何成为一个木匠 。
A year later, I came to America.
一年后,我来到了美国 。
Luckily, I met a very good teacher who encouraged me to take some math classes, business classes, and history classes, and I became a full-time college student.
幸运的是,我遇到了一位非常好的老师,他鼓励我上一些数学课、商科课和历史课,我成了一名全日制大学生 。
And today, when I look back, I’m so happy because you never know where life will take you.
幸运的是,我遇到了一位非常好的老师,他鼓励我上一些数学课、商科课和历史课,我成了一名全日制大学生 。
All of a sudden, I started making money because I was really good at math.
突然间,我开始赚钱了,因为我数学很好 。
You know, how work out everything with math is so important.
你知道,用数学来解决所有问题是多么重要 。
This is something that I learned when I started my own business, which is doing really well.
这是我创业时学到的东西,我的生意做得很好 。