威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(12)
So if you want to change the world start singing when you're up to your neck in mud
如果你想改变世界 请下次在泥潭浸过颈部时 开始唱歌
Finally, in SEAL training there is a bell
最后 海豹训练有一个铜铃
A brass bell that hangs in the center of the compound for all the students to see
铜铃挂在训练处正中间 所有学员都能看到
All you have to do to quit, is ring the bell
要想退出训练 只需要将铜铃拉响
Ring the bell and you no longer have to wake up at 5 o'clock
拉响铜铃后 你就不需要早上5点起床了
Ring the bell and you no longer have to be in the freezing cold swims
拉响铜铃后 你就不需要在刺骨的海水中游泳了
Ring the bell and you no longer have to do the runs, the obstacle course, the PT
拉响铜铃后 你就不再需要长跑 跨障碍训练和身体锻炼了
and you no longer have to endure the hardships of training
你就不再需要忍受训练的一切艰难困苦了
All you have to do is ring the bell to get out
要想退出训练 你只需拉响铜铃
If you want to change the world don't ever, ever ring the bell
如果你想改变世界 千万不要去拉铃
To the class of 2014, you are moments away from graduating
2014届毕业生 你们马上就要毕业
Moments away from beginning your journey through life
马上就要踏上人生的旅途
Moments away starting to change the world for the better
马上就要加入改变世界的行列中来
It will not be easy
这并不简单
But you are the class of 2014 the class that can affect the lives of 800 million people in the next century
但你们是2014届毕业生 你们在下世纪 将能够影响八亿人命运
Start each day with a task completed
每天从完成第一个任务开始
Find someone to help you through life
找到能够帮助你的同伴
Respect everyone
尊敬所有人
Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often but if take you take some risks
了解生命并不公平 你经常有可能失败 但只要你勇敢去冒一些险
step up when the times are toughest face down the bullies
在最艰难的时刻激发全力 不惧嘲笑
lift up the downtrodden and never ever give up
百折不挠 永不放弃
if you do these things, then next generation and the generations that follow
只要你能做到这些 下一代以及之后的子子孙孙
will live in a world far better than the one we have today and
就肯定都能生活在一个比现在好很多的世界
what started here will indeed have changed the world for the better
我们在这里开始做的事情 肯定能够让世界变得更好
Thank you very much
非常感谢
人物简介
威廉·麦克雷文,1977年加入海豹突击队,四星级上将,曾指挥猎杀伊拉克高级将领和击毙本拉登行动,2011年8月,就任美国特种作战司令部总司令。麦克雷文是德克萨斯大学的校友,此番重回校园发表毕业典礼演讲,他将自己最初在海豹突击队训练时的经历分享给毕业生,并从中抽出哲理,作为对毕业生的建议。
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