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

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

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

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 milit

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al

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 bre

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

The pain of the circuses built inner strength and physical resiliency痛苦的&quot马戏&quot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&quot马戏&quotYou 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 cor

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&#39s been almost 37

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 structur

So if you want to change the world start singing when you&#39re 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

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

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&#39t make it through training这些学员无法通过训练Those students didn&#39t 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