偶像勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第114期:直面恐懼(1)

I know many of you were convinced the last night about six o' clock local time, the world wasgoing to come to an end, just because it hasn't does not mean that is not nearby, becausemy appearing today at Yale University is surely one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.But listen, today is your day!
我猜很多人一定曾經(jīng)相信，昨天(五月二十一日)晚上，當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間六點(diǎn)鐘，就將是世界末日了。就算沒(méi)有應(yīng)驗(yàn)，但并不意味著世界末日就遠(yuǎn)離你們了。因?yàn)槲医裉炀谷辉谝敩F(xiàn)身，簡(jiǎn)直就像在末日前夕，來(lái)了個(gè)“天啟四騎士”，不曉得要帶來(lái)什么禍害!但是聽(tīng)我說(shuō)，今天是你們的日子!
Please do not turn off your electronic devices. Leave your iPhones, your iPads, your Sidekicks,your Andoids, your Blackberrys powered up-recording, photographing, texting out all thatemerges from this stage over the next few minutes.
我拜托大家，千萬(wàn)不要把手上的電子裝置關(guān)掉。請(qǐng)把你們的蘋(píng)果手機(jī)、平板電腦、側(cè)滑手機(jī)、安卓手機(jī)和黑莓機(jī)，通通都打開(kāi)，也歡迎把臺(tái)上隨后發(fā)生的事情錄音、拍照、傳簡(jiǎn)訊。
By the way, I'm sporting the hat, it did't yet come off.
順便炫耀一下我的帽子，它到現(xiàn)在還戴在我的頭上。
You know, later on today, you can compare your twitters and your Facebook comments withthose of others to figure out if anything memorable went down. Hey, you know what? Tweetthat lessons I just said... I give you some to do, give you some to do? Let your friends knowwhere we are today.
等我講完以后，你們還可以去看推特和臉譜上面的貼文，相互比較一下看我有什么“箴言”被轉(zhuǎn)述。我看，干脆就把我正在講話的話“推”出去吧，讓你的朋友知道你此刻在哪里。
1. come to an end
結(jié)束;
eg. Now the award ceremony has come to an end.
頒獎(jiǎng)儀式到此結(jié)束，
eg. Even the closest and strongest of interpersonal relationship must eventually come to anend.
朋友再好，終有一別。
2. turn off
關(guān)上;關(guān)掉;
eg. The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off.
燈光有點(diǎn)太刺眼了。你可以把燈關(guān)掉。
eg. I have to get up and turn off the radio.
我必須起床關(guān)上收音機(jī)。
3. go down
引起…反響;得到…回應(yīng);
eg. Solicitors advised their clients that a tidy look went down well with the magistrates.
律師告誡當(dāng)事人穿戴整潔會(huì)贏得地方法官的好感。
eg. It will go down as the week that shook wall street.
這將會(huì)被視為震撼華爾街的一周。
背景資料：
耶魯大學(xué)(Yale University)是一所坐落于美國(guó)康涅狄格州紐黑文市的私立大學(xué)，始創(chuàng)于1701年，初名“大學(xué)學(xué)院”(Collegiate School)。耶魯大學(xué)是美國(guó)歷史上建立的第三所大學(xué)，今為常青藤聯(lián)盟的成員之一。
2011年5月23日，耶魯大學(xué)舉行第310屆畢業(yè)典禮。湯姆·漢克斯(Tom Hanks)當(dāng)天受邀發(fā)表了一段演講，約22分鐘。在演講中，湯姆·漢克斯鼓勵(lì)即將畢業(yè)的耶魯人積極投入到救助那些因參加伊拉克和阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)而飽受恐懼困擾的退伍老兵的工作中，湯姆·漢克斯號(hào)召他們"take the fears head on"，直面恐懼，永遠(yuǎn)向前!