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名人励志英语演讲 第155期:奏出生命中最美的乐曲(2)

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I think I guess it was at that point when your trustees decided to give me their highest honor. Doctor of Laws, wow! I know it's an honor, and it really is an honor, but are you sure? Doctor of Law, --you know, all I can think about is the laws I've broken. Yes! Laws of nature, laws of physics, laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and on a memorable night in the late seventies, I think it was Newton's law of motion... sickness. But, no, it's true, my resume reads like a rap sheet. I have to come clean. I've broke a lot of laws, and the ones I haven't I've certainy thought about. I have sinned in thought, word, and deed--and God forgive me. Actually God forgave me. But why would you? I'm here getting a doctorate, getting respectable, getting in the good graces of the powers that be. I hope it sends you students a powerful message: Crime does pay.

我想就是在那一刻你们学院的理事长决定授予我他们的最高荣誉法学博士!哇,太棒了。我知道这只是一种荣誉,它也的确是一种荣誉,但你们相信吗?法学博士——提到这个,我所有能想到的就是我所违反过的法则。是的!自然法则,物理定律,宾夕法尼亚州的法律,还有在70年代末一个难忘的夜晚我所违反的法则,我想应该是牛顿的运动定律吧,我生病了,真糟糕!但这是真的,我的简历简直就像警局所存的前科档案。我必须承认,我违反了很多法律,而那些我没有违反的,也曾在我的考虑之内。我在思想、语言和行为上犯过错——上帝原谅我吧!事实上,上帝已经宽恕了我。但是你们为什么要授予我此学位呢?我在这里获得了博士学位,赢得了尊重,受到了这一切带给我的恩惠。我希望传递给你们学生一个有力量的信息:犯了罪是一定会受到惩罚的。
So I humbly accept the honor, keeping in mind the words of a British playwright, John Mortimer, it was, "No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense and relatively clean fingernails." Well, at best I've got one of the two of those.
因此,我满怀谦恭地接受这一荣誉,并且牢记英国剧作家约翰·莫蒂默所说的话:“遵守法律不需要卓越的才华,只需要拥有常识和相对干净的手指甲。”我顶多只具备其中的一个条件。

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respectable [ri'spektəbl]

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n. 品格高尚的人
adj. 值得尊重的,人格

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humbly ['hʌmbli]

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adv. 谦逊地;卑贱地;低声下气地

 
effective [i'fektiv]

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adj. 有效的,有影响的

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rumor ['ru:mə]

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n. 谣言,传闻
vt. 谣传

 
brilliance ['briljəns]

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n. (色彩)鲜明,光辉,辉煌

 
memorable ['memərəbl]

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adj. 值得纪念的,难忘的

 
haven ['heivn]

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n. 港口,避难所,安息所 v. 安置 ... 于港中,

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confused [kən'fju:zd]

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adj. 困惑的;混乱的;糊涂的 v. 困惑(confu

 
playwright ['pleirait]

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n. 剧作家

 
offense [ə'fens]

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n. 过错,冒犯,触怒,犯规,犯罪,进攻

 

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