【原】lesson7:美国脱口秀女王Ellen爆笑毕业致辞：做最真实的自己--摘要

Stay True to Yourself

Sentence 1:

So I had to break the word down myself, to find out the meaning. Commencement: 

common and cement, common cement. You commonly see cement on sidewalks. 

Sidewalks have cracks, and if you step on a crack, you break your mother's back. So 

there's that. But I'm honored that you've asked me here to speak at your commom 

cement.

所以我必须自己拆解这个单词来了解它的意思。Commencement, Common普通的和cement水泥，普通的水泥。你通常在人行道上会看到水泥。人行道上有裂缝，而踩进裂缝里，你的妈妈会闪腰。所以这是我找到的解释，（好像不怎么样），但还是很感谢你们邀请我来为你们的普通的水泥做演讲。

break down

分解，出故障，崩溃

break down this sentence

分解这个句子

break down Ellen's speech

分解艾伦的演讲

His phone just broke down and so did he.

他的手机坏了，他非常崩溃。

commencement

(n.)开端，毕业典礼

commencement speech 毕业演讲

common

(adj.)普通的

cement

(n.)水泥

commence

(v.)开始，着手

Meeting will commence in 5 minutes.

会议5分钟后开始。

crack

(n.)裂缝，缝隙

If you step on a crack, you break your mother's back.

脚把裂缝踩，妈妈背折断（美国俗语）

Sentence 2:

I thought that you had to be a famous alumnus,alumni,aluminum,alumis;you had to 

graduate from this school. And I didn't go to college here, and I don't know if 

President Cowan knows, I didn't go to any college at all, any college. And I'm not 

saying you wasted your time, or money, but look at me, I'm a huge celebrity.

我觉得你得是著名得校友们，校友，校优，校右；你得是这个学校得毕业生。而我不是这个学校毕业的，我不知道校长Cowan是否知道这点，其实我没上过大学。当然我的意思不是说你们在浪费时间和金钱，我是想说，看看现在的我，（虽没上大学）我是哥超级巨星。

alumnus

(n.)校友

(复数为alumni)

celebrity

(n.)名人

TV celebrity电视名人

Internet celebrity 网红

This video made him an overnight celebrity.

这条视频让他一夜成名，一炮而红。

Sentence 3:

Really, when I look back on it, I wouldn't change a thing. I mean, it was so important

for me to lose everything because I found out what the most important thing is, is to

be true to yourself. Ultimately, that's what's gotten me to this place.

说真的，回顾过去，我不会改变任何事。我的意思是，失去是如此的重要，它让我找到最重要的东西，就是保持真我。最终是这样的心态让我能够站在这里。

look back on sth.

回忆，回顾

I wouldn't change a thing.

什么都不会改变。

If you let me change choose again, I wouldn't change a thing.

如果让我再次选择，什么都不会改变。

get sb. somewhere/get sb. nowhere

取得进步/毫无进步

Not being true to yourself will get you nowhere.

不真实地面对自己最后会让你毫无进步，一无所有。

Sentence 4:

For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not 

to give in to peer pressure to try to be something that you're not, to live your life as 

an honest and compassionate person, to contribute in some way.

而对于我，生命中最重要的是正直诚实的生活，不屈服于他人施加的压力而去伪装自己，做一个诚恳并富有同情心得人，并以某种方式为社会作出贡献。

integrity

(n.)正直，诚实

a man of great integrity

一个诚实高尚的人

peer pressure

同辈压力

compassionate

(adj.)富有同情心的

compassion

(n.)同情心

sb. is compassionate = sb. shows compassion

I show my compassion for him.

我深表同情。

contribute

(v.)贡献，奉献

contribution

(n.)贡献，奉献

contribute to = make a contribution to 

make a contribution to the society

为社会做贡献

Sentence 5:

So to conclude my conclusion, follow your passion, stay true to yourself. Never follow

someone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you are lost and you see a path

and by all means you should follow that, Don't give advice, it will come back and bite

you in the ass. Don't take anyone's advice. So my advide to you is to be true to

yourself and everything will be fine.

那么最终的结论是，追随你的热情，保持真我，不要跟随其他任何人的脚步，除非你深陷迷茫。（如果真是如此）那么尽全力去追寻你看到的道路。不要给予建议，最终你会搬起石头砸自己的脚。不要接受任何人的建议。所以我对你的建议是，保持真我，一切都会好起来的。

conclude

(v.)总结

conclusion

(n.)结论

by all means

(表示许可)好的，当然可以

--Can I borrow your phone please?

Mine just died.

--By all means

--我可以借用一下你的手机吗？我的刚才关机了。

--当然可以。

No one should follow anyone else's path because we should always follow our own 

passion. The most important thing in your life is to stay true to yourself.