杰雷诺2014爱默生学院(3)
It was called Emerson
它叫爱默生
And I came here in May for a meeting
我五月来到这里
and it was told there was not much chance to get into the fall semester
学校告诉我 我没有秋季入学的机会
especially a migrate
特别是非本地人
Then I just pleaded with the administrator, I said, look
我请求管理者说
Look, this is my last chance
这是我最后的机会了
this is the only place where I can learn how to be a comedian
这是我想成为喜剧演员 唯一能去的位置
the only place that can help me do that
这是唯一能够帮我实现目的的地方
He paused for a moment and he said, well, make up a joke about Emerson
他顿了一下 说 那你讲个关于爱默生学院的笑话吧
You want to be a comedian
你想当喜剧演员
Say something funny about this place
讲讲这个地方的笑话
I took a moment and I said okay
我想了下 说
here's the weird thing about Emerson College
爱默生学院的这一点很有趣
You can have girls in your room, you can have drugs in your room
你可以把女生带到寝室 可以把毒品带到寝室
you can have sex in your room 24 hours a day if you wanted to
如果你想 一天做爱24小时都没人管
The only thing you're not allowed to have, a hotplate
他们唯一不让你做的事是 使用电炉
A man went by, what's going on
有人会来敲门问 你们在搞什么
It's getting late and getting hot, you're cooking soup
这里感觉好热 你们肯定是在煮汤
Hey, you're making soup in there
嘿 你们肯定是在煮汤
Against all the rules and disregarding my bad academic record
我违反过好多规则 学术成绩也很糟糕
he said you're willing to go to summer school
他问 你想读暑期班吗
And I said, yeah, yeah, I've got no problems with summer school
我说 好好 读暑期班我没意见
And he said you're in
他说 那你来吧
And for the first time in my life, being
这是我人生中第一次
funny have gotten me something besides detention
通过讲笑话获得奖励 而不是被关禁闭
actually got me into college
这让我有大学读
And for the second time in my life
之后我在人生中
I met people with the same interest as me
又碰到和我志同道合的人
This is the first place
这是第一个
people didn't roll their eyes when they say they want to be a comedian
说想成为喜剧演员不用遮遮掩掩的地方
You know when you say that to your parents, friends, they're like
一般来说 当你跟父母或朋友说想当喜剧演员时
oh, we're sorry
他们会说 我们很遗憾
Heard about Jay
听说过杰吗
And our dorm was a 206 big history
我们宿舍有着206年的古老历史
the first time I did comedy with my roommate Jim Bronstein
我第一次在里面跟室友吉姆·布朗斯丁演喜剧
also a student who went on to be a comedy writer as well
这个学生后来成为了一名喜剧作家
人物简介
杰·雷诺是美国脱口秀主持人，从1992年至2009年一直在NBC电视台主持脱口秀《杰·雷诺今夜秀》，而期间该节目一直保持着高收视率，甚至位于每周收视榜首。本视频是杰·雷诺在母校爱默生学院的毕业演讲，他讲到了自己从一文不名成长为全美顶尖喜剧明星的过程，并给学生提出了20点建议。
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