威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(8)
The pain of the circuses built inner strength and physical resiliency
痛苦的"马戏"培养了他们内心的强大和身体的韧性
Life is filled with circuses
生活中也充满了这种"马戏"
You will fail. You will likely fail often
你可能会失败 失败是经常发生的事
It will be painful
这会很痛苦
It will be discouraging
会很令人沮丧
At times it will test you to your very core
有时 这是对你最本质的检验
But if you want to change the world, don't be afraid of the circuses
如果你想改变世界 别害怕"马戏"
At least twice a week, the trainees were required to run the obstacle course
至少两周一次 学员需要跨障碍训练
The obstacle course contained 25 obstacles including a 10-foot wall, a 30-foot cargo net
跨障碍训练包含25个障碍 包括一堵10英尺高的墙和一面30英尺高的吊网
and a barbed wire crawl to name a few
你还要爬过铁丝网 等等
But the most challenging obstacle was the slide for life
但最具挑战性的跨障碍训练是爬绳索
It had a three level 30-foot tower at one end and a one level tower at the other
一端是三层30英尺高的塔 另一端是一层塔
In between was a 200-foot long rope
中间连着200英尺长的绳索
You had to climb the three tiered tower and once at the top, you grabbed the rope
你需要爬上三层塔 到顶后抓住绳索
swung underneath the rope and pulled yourself hand over hand until you got to the other end
在绳索下端晃动着双手交换 挪往前方 直到到达另一端
The record for the obstacle course had stood for years when my class began training in 1977
我们班1977年进行跨障碍训练以来 该记录保持了很久
The record seemed unbeatable, until one day
记录看起来无法打破 直到有一天
a student decided to go down the slide for life, head first
一个学员决定冒险使用另一种方式爬绳索
Instead of swinging his body underneath the rope and inching his way down
他不再在绳索下方晃动 然后往前慢慢移动
he bravely mounted the top of the rope and thrust himself forward
他勇敢地爬到绳索的上方 往前冲了出去
It was a dangerous move, seemingly foolish, and fraught with risk
这很危险 看起来甚至有些愚蠢
Failure could mean injury and being dropped from the course
失败可能意味着受伤和失格
Without hesitation, the student slid down the rope
但他毫不迟疑地像这样爬往前方
perilously fast, instead of several minutes, it only took him half that time
他的动作非常快 他将时间缩短了一半 没用几分钟
and by the end of the course he had broken the record
在完成之后 他打破了记录
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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