一分鐘聽力 Be In This Moment (8)(完), Dick Costolo－Verb Master 動詞達人

#一分鐘英語聽力訓練

Be In This Moment (8)(完), Dick Costolo

【聽力挑戰1】

【聽力挑戰2 英文原文】

Here’s the other problem. I don’t feel like I can stand here and tell you try to have an impact because the problem seems so massive, it seems impossible to make any impact at all and you just end up feeling like you can’t do anything. Just thinking about it, you know Syria and Iran and North Korea, if you go through that list, you know, it makes me want to sweat and not just because I’m wearing this robe that has no natural fibers in it. I think this was synthesized from tractor fuel three days ago.

So instead, what I implore you to do is believe that if you make courageous choices and bet on yourself, and put yourself out there that you will have an impact as a result of what you do and you don’t need to know now what that will be or how it will happen because nobody ever does.

So I like to think of you guys in the metaphor of my early improve days as having been backstage preparing and you are here now and look at everything you’ve accomplished. It’s remarkable. You are just also amazing to me and I’m so proud of everything you’ve done. But as you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life, I implore you to remember those two lessons I learned years ago, be bold, make courageous choices for yourself. Be in the Keeler Elf Factory, what are you afraid of?

And secondly, don’t always worry about what your next line is supposed to be, what you’re supposed to do next, there’s no script. Live your life, be in this moment, be in this moment, now be in this moment.

Twenty years from now, you will be sitting in a different seat in this stadium and you will be lying in a field looking up at the clouds and you will be holding a patient’s hand walking into surgery, and you will be grading or evaluating a student’s essay, and you will be sitting on the sidelines of your daughter’s soccer practice and you will be standing behind this podium. Be right there and nowhere else in that moment, soak it all in and remember to say, “Thank you.”

Thank you, #GoBlue!

【聽力挑戰3 英文加中文提示】

Here’s the other problem. I don’t feel like(不認為) I can stand here and tell you try to have an impact(受衝擊、受刺激) because the problem seems so massive(非常重大).

Massive ['mæsɪv]

【形容詞】非常巨大的、非常重大的

It seems impossible to make any impact at all and you just end up(最終結果是) feeling like you can’t do anything.

Just thinking about it. You know Syria and Iran and North Korea, if you go through(看完) that list, you know, it makes me want to sweat(流汗) and just not because I’m wearing this robe(長袍) that has no natural fibers(天然纖維) in it. I think this was synthesized(人工合成) from tractor fuel(拖拉機煤油) three days ago.

Tractor Fuel

【燃料】拖拉機用煤油

* 在柴油引擎發明之前，使用煤油引擎(gasoline-kerosene engine)，Kerosene ['kɛrəsin] 煤油

* 現在煤油已經很少用，僅當作人工纖維(artificial fibers)的原料

* 因為Kerosene太專業，Costolo用通用的Fuel(燃料)取代

Tractor ['træktɚ]

【機械】拖拉機

* 專門用來拖運重型機械的車子，輪胎巨大，電影阿凡達裡的Tractor的輪胎比人還高

So instead, what I implore(懇求) you to do is believe that if you make courageous choices(做勇敢的選擇) and bet on yourself(以自己為賭注), and put yourself out there (放手一搏) that you will have an impact as a result of what you do and you don’t need to know now what that will be or how it will happen because nobody ever does.

Put yourself out

【片語】放手一搏、拼命去做

So I like to think of you guys in the metaphor(比喻) of my early improve days(我年輕時即興表演的日子) as having been backstage(在後台) preparing and you are here now and look at everything you’ve accomplished. It’s remarkable(非常了不起).

You are just also amazing to me(令我激賞) and I’m so proud of everything you’ve done.

But as you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage(即興表演的舞台) of the rest of your life, I implore you to remember those two lessons(教訓) I learned years ago, be bold(大膽), make courageous choices for yourself. Be in the Keeler Elf Factory(Keeler精靈餅乾工廠), what are you afraid of?

Keeler Elf Factory

【卡通】Keeler精靈工廠

* 由美國知名餅乾Keeler自創的卡通人物，餅乾工廠裡面都是矮精靈(Gnome [nom])

* Elf [ɛlf] 小精靈，Elf和Gnome的差別在Elf年紀輕，老了就變成Gnome

And secondly, don’t always worry about what your next line(台詞) is supposed to be, what you’re supposed to do next, there’s no script(劇本). Live your life(過自己想過的人生), be in this moment, be in this moment, now be in this moment(活在當下).

Script [skrɪpt]

【名詞】(演講、表演、電影的)劇本( = Screenplay)

* 從電影學英文，可以在網上找對話的劇本，但是這樣的劇本英文單字卻是Transcript，不是Script

* Transcript只有台詞，Script除了台詞，還包含情境，用來指導演員演戲

Twenty years from now(往後20年), you will be sitting in a different seat in this stadium(運動場) and you will be lying in a field(躺在原野上) looking up at the clouds and you will be holding a patient’s hand walking into surgery(手術), and you will be grading(評分) or evaluating(評估) a student’s essay(小篇論文、短文), and you will be sitting on the sidelines(場外旁觀) of your daughter’s soccer practice(足球練習) and you will be standing behind this podium(講台).

On the sidelines

【片語】場外旁觀、當旁觀者不參與

Podium ['podɪəm]

【名詞】(演講的)講台、(領獎者的)站台

Be right there and nowhere else in that moment, soak it all in(沉浸、吸入) and remember to say, “Thank you.” Thank you, #GoBlue!

#, hashtag

【網絡】主題標籤

* 由Instagram創造的標誌，#，目的是把相關的主題串聯在一起，比方#VerbMaster，點進去，就會把全世界和Verb Master相關的內容都找出來

* 現在Hashtag普遍用在各大知名通訊網路應用

Go Blue

【口號】密西根大學加油

* 密西根大學德旗幟是藍色，Go Blue是他們大學口號

【聽力挑戰4 中譯加英文提示】

接下來是另一個問題，我不認為我站在這裡能夠勸你們接受衝擊(impact)，因為這個問題太巨大了(massive)

似乎不會產生半點衝擊，而你們最終(end up)感覺自己什麼都做不成

* 因為沒有外力衝擊，就沒有推動力，沒有推動力，就一事無成

大家想一想，敘利亞、伊朗、北韓，當你們看完(go through)那張清單，會讓人想流汗(sweat)，不是因為我穿的這件非天然纖維(natural fiber)的長袍(robe)，我猜這件衣服是三天前從拖拉機煤油(tractor fuel)合成出來的(synthesized)。

* 光是聽見這幾個爛國家的名字，就能對Costolo造成衝擊，冒一身汗

所以相反的，我想要懇求(implore)大家的是，要相信自己，當你做出勇敢的選擇，以自己為賭注，放手一搏(put yourself out)，你的所作所為，一定會出現衝擊，你們現在不用去研究可能出現的衝擊，這個衝擊是如何產生的，因為沒有人能預測。

所以，我想把大家以我年輕時即興表演做比喻(metaphor)，我當時在後台做準備，你們在這裡目睹自己的成就，非常了不起(remarkable)

* 跟這群即將畢業的年輕學生比起來，和Costolo自己年輕時的窩囊相比，簡直太了不起了

我實在太欣賞你們了(amazing to me)，我以大家的成就為榮。

但是，當你們即將在明媚的燈光下(under the bright lights)步入人生的即興表演舞台，我懇求你們記得兩個我多年前學到的教訓，要大膽(bold)，為自己做勇敢的選擇，既然身在Keller精靈餅乾工廠裡，你有什麼好怕的？

第二個教訓是，不要老是擔心自己下一個台詞(line)應該怎麼講(supposed to be)，不要老是擔心下一步該做什麼，因為那裡根本沒有劇本，過自己想過的人生，活在當下，活在當下，從現在起，活在當下。

往後的二十年，你們會做在今天這個會場(stadium)的另一邊，你們會躺在原野(field)上看天上飄的雲，你們會牽著病人的手進手術室，你們會給學生批改論文(essay)，你們會坐在場邊觀看女兒練習足球(soccer)，你們會像我一樣站在這個講台(podium)後面。

就在彼時彼刻，沒有其他地方，完全沉浸那一刻(soak it all in)，記得說「謝謝」，謝謝大家，主題標籤，密西根大學加油

【聽力挑戰5 分段中英對照】

Here’s the other problem. I don’t feel like I can stand here and tell you try to have an impact because the problem seems so massive.

接下來是另一個問題，我不認為我站在這裡能夠勸你們接受衝擊(impact)，因為這個問題太巨大了(massive)

It seems impossible to make any impact at all and you just end up feeling like you can’t do anything.

似乎不會產生半點衝擊，而你們最終(end up)感覺自己什麼都做不成

Just thinking about it. You know Syria and Iran and North Korea, if you go through that list, you know, it makes me want to sweat and not just because I’m wearing this robe that has no natural fibers in it. I think this was synthesized from tractor fuel three days ago.

So I like to think of you guys in the metaphor of my early improve days as having been backstage preparing and you are here now and look at everything you’ve accomplished. It’s remarkable.

所以，我想把大家以我年輕時即興表演做比喻(metaphor)，我當時在後台做準備，你們在這裡目睹自己的成就，非常了不起(remarkable)

You are just also amazing to me and I’m so proud of everything you’ve done.

我實在太欣賞你們了(amazing to me)，我以大家的成就為榮。

But as you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life, I implore you to remember those two lessons I learned years ago, be bold, make courageous choices for yourself. Be in the Keeler Elf Factory, what are you afraid of?