威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(2)

But, if every one of you changed the lives of just ten people 但是 如果你们每个人能够改变十个人的命运 and each one of those people changed the lives of another ten people 然后这十个人中的每一个再改变另外十个人的命运 and another ten 依此类推 then in five generations, 125 years 那么五代人后 125年以后 the class of 2014 作为2014届毕业生 will have changed the lives of 800 million...

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威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(11)

It is on Wednesday of Hell Week that you paddle down to the mud flats 地狱周的周三 你要划桨到泥滩 and spend the next 15 hours trying to survive the freezing cold 并在极度严寒的环境下生存15个小时 the howling wind and the incessant pressure to quit from the instructors 风呼啸着 教官则不断怂恿你退出 As the sun began to set that Wednesday evening 周三晚上日落的时候 my training c...

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威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(4)

Every morning in SEAL training 海豹训练中 每个早晨 my instructors, who at the time were all Viet Nam veterans 我的教官 当时都是一些越战老兵 would show up in my barracks room 他们会来到我的营房 and the first thing they would do was inspect my bed 第一件事就是检查我的床铺 If you did it right, the corners would be square, the covers pulled tight 被子要求叠得有棱有角 四四方方 th...

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威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(3)

Well, I am confident that it will look much, much better 我相信 它会变得越来越好 but if you will humor this old sailor for just a moment 请大家再耐心听我这个老水兵给你们讲讲 I have a few suggestions that may help you on your way to a better world 对于迈向未来更加美好的世界 我对你们有一些建议 And while these lessons were learned during my time in the military 这些经验都是我从...

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威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(6)

The big men in the other boat crews 其它船上的大个子 would always make good natured fun of the tiny little flippers 总喜欢拿这些小个子的小脚蹼开玩笑 the munchkins put on their tiny little feet prior to every swim 每次游泳之前 他们都会把这些脚蹼戴到小脚丫上 But somehow these little guys, from every corner of the Nation and the world 但来自美国和世界各地的这些小个子 always had...

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威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(9)

If you want to change the world 如果你想改变世界 sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first 有时你就需要像这样冒险 During the land warfare phase of training 在训练的陆战阶段 the students are flown out to San Clemente Island which lies off the coast of San Diego 学员们被派往圣地亚哥海岸不远的圣克利门蒂岛 The waters off San Clemente are a breeding ground for the ...

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威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(11)

It is on Wednesday of Hell Week that you paddle down to the mud flats 地狱周的周三 你要划桨到泥滩 and spend the next 15 hours trying to survive the freezing cold 并在极度严寒的环境下生存15个小时 the howling wind and the incessant pressure to quit from the instructors 风呼啸着 教官则不断怂恿你退出 As the sun began to set that Wednesday evening 周三晚上日落的时候 my training c...

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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...

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威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(1)

Thank you very much 非常感谢大家 Thank you 谢谢 Thank you, President Powers 谢谢鲍尔斯校长 Provost Fenves, Deans members of the faculty, family and friends 芬维斯教务长 各位主任 教职成员 家属和朋友 and most importantly, the class of 2014 最重要的 当然还有2014届毕业生 It is indeed an honor for me to be here tonight 今晚能够来到这里 着实令我感到非常荣幸 It's been almost 37...

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威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(10)

During the entire swim even well below the surface 游动虽然是在水面下进行 there is some light that comes through 但仍然有一些光能够通过 It is comforting to know that there is open water above you 这能让你知道 上方没有船只 But as you approach the ship, which is tied to a pier, the light begins to fade 但在接近停靠码头的船只时 光线就会开始变暗 The steel structure of the ship b...

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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...

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威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(5)

Each crew is seven students 每一组有七名学员 three on each side of a small rubber boat and one coxswain to help guide the dingy 小皮艇两侧各三人 还有一个舵手在中间指引方向 Every day your boat crew forms up on the beach 每天 我们都会在海滩上分好组 and is instructed to get through the surf zone and paddle several miles down the coast 被要求划过海浪带 并在岸边划行数英里 In the ...

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威廉麦克雷文2014德州大学演讲(7)

That no matter how hard they tried to get the uniform right, it was unappreciated 他们花了很多精力去整制服 结果却没人赏识 Those students didn't make it through training 这些学员无法通过训练 Those students didn't understand the purpose of the drill 因为他们不能理解训练的目的 You were never going to succeed 你无法成功 You were never going to have a perfect uniform 制服...

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