偶像勵志英語演講 第120期:直面恐懼(7)

In the actual news story that news broadcast was this: a certain supply of hamburger, which'sfound to have a bit too much of a particular bacteria. In that, and for safety sake, it's beentaken off the market. That same hamburger was slated for sale to an out-of-state schoolsystem for its cafeterias, but it was we called ying-tang. So answering that news programs onquestioning: No, our schools were not poisoning or children. But yes, that summer therewould be some very hot bikinis at the beach.
結果，實際的新聞是，學校供應的若干漢堡，被驗出某種細菌的含量偏高。為了安全起見，廠商決定從市場上撤掉這些漢堡。這批漢堡原本預定出售給它州學校餐廳，所幸及時回收。所以，新聞預告的質(zhì)疑有了答案：不!學校并沒有給學生下毒。當然那個夏天海灘上也會有一些非常火辣的比基尼。
Early American naval commander John Paul Jones said, "If fear is cultivated, it will becomestronger. If faith is cultivated, it will achieve mastery." And this is why I am a bit fond ofhistory, because observations of American colonies over 200 years ago by compatriot NathenHill who lived in that building right over there. Translate word for word of the United States in2011, for I take that fear to be fear in the large scale, fear itself-intimidating and constant.And I take faith to be what we hold in ourselves, our American ideal of self-determination.
美國海軍之父瓊斯曾說：“恐懼經(jīng)過培養(yǎng)，會變得更嚴重;信心經(jīng)過培養(yǎng)，會變得堅定不移。”這也是我酷愛歷史的原因，因為內(nèi)森·黑爾，就曾居住在那幢樓里，對200年前的美國殖民史進行了研究。把2011年的美國所處的情形對應瓊斯的話逐字解釋：我從一個很大的范疇來看待恐懼，恐懼本身——具有威脅性和持久性。我把信心看作我們心里所堅持的，我們美國人民族自決的理念。
1. take off
撤消;取消;
eg. The network took it off the air in 1971.
1971 年，廣播網(wǎng)停播了這個節(jié)目。
eg. They've had to take two of the evening buses off this route because of a shortage ofcrews.
因為人手不足，他們只好取消了兩班夜班公共汽車。
2. be fond of
喜歡;喜愛;
eg. My little son is fond of playing practical jokes on me.
我的小兒子喜歡對我玩惡作劇。
eg. I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.
我頗喜歡在鄉(xiāng)間獨自徜徉。
3. self-determination
自主;自我決定;
eg. What we need instead is an educational system encouraging self-determination.
我們應該用一個鼓勵自我決定的教育系統(tǒng)替代它。
eg. The challenge we face calls for a higher level of our personal development and self-determination .
我們所面臨的挑戰(zhàn)正激勵我們?yōu)楦叩膫€人素質(zhì)和更強的自立能力而奮斗。