公众人物毕业演讲第56期:肖恩库姆斯霍华德大学(12)

And yes I checked it clear

没错 我很确信

Now I know that you've heard the cliche quote that

你们肯定听过一句名言

life is a marathon not a sprint

生命是马拉松 而不是冲刺

And I'm going to tell you that sometimes

我要告诉你们 有时

you don't even have the time to prepare for your marathon

你甚至连为马拉松做准备的时间都没有

See I only had eight weeks

我就只有八周时间

but the opportunity to raise money for New York City kids was too great

但为纽约市的孩子们募集资金的机会太重要了

But here is difference

但是你们不一样

today you are prepared

你们今天已经做好了准备

See if I didn't leave school early

如果我没有辍学

I would have been more prepared sometimes when I first was starting out

我在最开始着手事业时可能就会更有准备一些

I would have been more prepared in some of those boardrooms

在一些会议中 我可能也会更有准备一些

I would be in the boardrooms negotiating

我在会议室中开会商谈事务时

I wouldn't be like, what are they talking about?

总是心想 他们在讲什么玩意

Go out and finish my economics class

去把经济学课程学清楚再来

I wouldn't be writing memos my secretary would be saying

我写的便函也不至于会被秘书说

ain't nuts will say it like that

没有什么比这更狗屁不通的了

But you are prepared

不过你们做好了准备

Today, you have earned your Howard degree

今天 你们获得了霍华德的学位

You've earned your Howard degree

你们获得了霍华德的学位

You have earned your Howard degree

你们获得了霍华德的学位

And today

而且今天

you're not just graduating from the greatest black school in the world

你们不仅是从全世界最伟大的黑人学校毕业了

you're graduating from the greatest university on this earth

你们还是从这颗星球上最伟大的大学毕业了

Be clear, # be clear

我明确提醒一下 这里值得#

So I'll ask you again

我再问你们一次

do you know how powerful you are?

你们知道自己有多强大吗

Do you know?

知道吗

Now some of your dreams are going to take longer than you think

有些人的梦想可能要比想象的花更长时间

It took most of you 4 years to get here

大多数人四年毕业了

some of you 5, some of you 6

有些人花了五年甚至六年

If I got, I'll be

我如果没辍学 估计也要那么久