史蒂夫乔布斯大学演讲（乔布斯2005年在斯坦福大学的演讲）

圣人 2023-07-09 08:52:46 269

史蒂夫乔布斯大学演讲（乔布斯2005年在斯坦福大学的演讲）注解：Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal just three stories.I am honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest unviersities in the world.注解：Truth be told I never graduated from college. And this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation.

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今天练习的材料是史蒂夫·乔布斯2005年在斯坦福大学的演讲。下方是贴出了我在腾讯视频找到的视频，方便大家观看。视频总时长14分24秒左右。会分成多次完成对视频的学习注解，今天是第一期。

几点说明：

观看视频，注意语言的节奏感、发音技巧（包括重音、连读，省读）以及意群的划分。
根据英文原文，学习熟词发音和生词的音和意。
本文不会给出完整的中文译文，尽量在英语情景下，感知语言本身传达的含义，这也就是为什么有的生僻单词（于我而言）我会用英文解释。
最后一部分是小编对材料的跟读。

史蒂夫·乔布斯-斯坦福大学演讲视频：（见公众号：傻孩子也有春天）

原文：

Thank you!

I am honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest unviersities in the world.

注解：

commencement /kəˈmens.mənt/ n.
1. the begining of something 开始，开端
e.g. Would passengers please turn off their mobile phones before the commencement of the flight.请乘客们在飞机起飞前关闭手机。
2. Commencement is a ceremony at a university college or high school at which students formally receive their degrees or diplomas.Commencement is a ceremony at a university college or high school at which students formally receive their degrees or diplomas. 学位授予仪式（视频中是此意）.

Truth be told I never graduated from college. And this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation.

Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal just three stories.

注解：

deal n.
1. If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.大量，许多（视频中是此意）.
2. 交易（尤指生意上）e.g. Japan will have to do a deal with American on rice imports.日本将不得不与美国就大米进口达成一笔交易。

The first story is about connecting the dots.

第一个故事讲的是因果联系。

注解：

dot /dɑt/ n. A dot is a very small round mark. 点
查了网上的资料，视频中这里翻译成因果联系。如果字面解释为：连接各个点。似乎不符合中文表达习惯

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months. But then stayed around as drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out.

我在里德大学读了六个月就退学了，不过又作为旁听生待了18个月（一年半）才彻底离开的。那么我为什么要退学呢？

注解：

drop out 退学，中断
drop-in （咨询服务等）不用预约

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young unwed graduat student and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Expect that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.

故事从我出生讲起。我的亲生目前是一个年轻，未婚的大学毕业生，她决定让别人领养我。她非常想让大学毕业生领养我。所以在我出生时，她做好了一切安排，最终我被一个律师和他的妻子收养。但是，当我出生后，这对夫妇决定他们真的想要一个女孩。

注解：

biological mother 生母
unwed adj. not married. An unwed mother 未婚妈妈.
adoption 收养，领养
college graduates 大学毕业生
pop out （突然地）出生

So my parents who were on a waiting list got a call in the middle of the night asking:"We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said:"Of course." My biological mother found out later that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated form high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college. This was a start in my life.

注解：

relent /rɪˈlent/ v.
1. to act in a less severe way towards someone and allow something that you had refused to allow before. 变温和，变宽容，不再拒绝
e.g. Her parents eventually relented and let her go to the party.她父母的态度最后缓和了下来，同意她去参加聚会。

文本跟读：（见公众号：傻孩子也有春天）

文本跟读笔记：

这一部分我标注了在跟读的过程中，句子之什么时候停顿以及哪里该省略发音等。