And I think what I,m trying to say to you is that each and every one of you can make a difference. So as you study and as you become smarter, and as you become richer, think about that, that there are millions of people that need your help. Now, you maybe ask yourself the question, what can I do? Well, let me tell you. Even though you maybe have no money or anything, you can go out and help a child that has not yet learned yet how to read. You maybe can go out and help a person that is physically handicapped, to lift them up and to take them outside so they can see the world. There are so many different things that you can do. You maybe can take a person that is mentally disabled, to take them to a soccer game. There are all kinds of things that the individual can do to reach out and to help.
Thank you.
今天,我想与你们聊聊梦想。
一开始我是个举重运动员。我一直喜欢举重和健美。当我第一次抓起杠铃,稳稳握住,并高举过头顶,我就一直享受这份愉悦,我知道这就是我要做的事情。
我老家在澳大利亚,离我们村庄8英里(1英里=1.609344公里)远的地方有一座体育馆,我骑车过去。在那里训练了半个小时,因为他们说半小时后你要停下来休息,否则身体会酸痛。但是半小时后我看着自己的身体,什么事也没有。我说:“我还是再练半小时吧。”所以我举了更多。我的力量没有增强,我没有发现肌肉隆起,或者类似的事情。于是我又练了半小时,之后又是半小时,再之后又是半小时,共计两个半小时。
当然,我必须告诉你们,我的父母起初完全无法理解我的梦想。他们总是困惑,他们说:“你在干什么?你打算什么时候找一份工作,一份真正的工作?你打算什么时候挣钱?”
之所以说这些是因为我觉得你们中有一部分人的家人可能会有同样的想法。他们可能不相信你们的梦想。但是让我告诉你们,我年轻的朋友们,坚持你们的梦想。无论如何,坚持你们的梦想。不要放弃,即便遭遇打击和挫折。坚持你们的梦想。
我记得我第一次去美国,去参加世界健美锦标赛,我输了。我只得了第二名,我崩溃了。我感觉像是个失败者,彻头彻尾的失败者。而且,我还哭了,因为我觉得我辜负了我的朋友们,还有我自己。但是第二天,我就重整旗鼓,对自己说:“我要吸取这个教训。我要留在美国。我不回欧洲了。我要留在美国,和那些冠军一起训练,以美国的方式训练。我要吃美国的食物,使用美国的运动器械和原理。”一年以后,在美国,我成为了世界健美冠军。所以,我觉得这是很重要的一课。
从那时起,我一步一个脚印。我的职业生涯开始腾飞,所有我想做的事都如愿以偿。先是成为了世界健美冠军,后来变成了电影明星,出演的都是伟大的影片,《蛮王柯南》系列和《终结者》系列,还有其他的。之后,我成为了加利福尼亚州的州长。这一切的发生都是因为我的梦想,即使其他人告诉我那些梦想不切实际,太过疯狂,我依然坚持不懈。
那些梦想一直是我前行的动力。健美给了我信心,电影给了我金钱,为人民服务和州长的工作给了我比实现自我更大的目标。以上就是我的梦想,我的早年生活,还有我的梦想如何帮助我取得成功。
我想告诉你们的是,你们每一个人都具有这种力量。所以,当你们的学识不断丰富,当你们变得更聪明、更富有,请想一想,有数百万人需要你们的帮助。现在,你们可以问自己一个问题,我能做什么?让我告诉你们。即便你们可能没有钱,甚至一无所有,你们依然可以走出去,教一个孩子学会阅读。你们可以走出去帮助残疾人,抱起他们,走到户外,让他们看看外面的世界。你们可以做太多不同的事情。你们可以带智障人士去看一场足球赛。一个人可以通过做各种各样的事,来伸出援手,帮助他人。
谢谢大家!
延伸阅读
阿诺德·施瓦辛格,1947年生于奥地利,是美国好莱坞男演员、健美运动员、美国加州前州长、政治家,拥有美国和奥地利双重国籍。1967年20岁时获得了“环球健美及奥林匹克先生”头衔。1970年进入影视圈,《终结者》塑造了他冷酷的银幕形象,之后接连拍摄多部动作片,成为超级动作巨星。2003年竞选加州州长获得成功,2011年1月3日卸任。卸任后重返大银幕,继续接拍电影。本文是2005年他在清华大学做的演讲。
workout n.锻炼; 练习; 试验
gymnasium n.健身房,体育馆
individual adj.个人的; 独特的; 个别的; n.个人; 个体;
The Audacity of Hope
无畏的希望
I believe that as we stand on the crossroads of history, we can make the right choices, and meet the challenges that face us.
我相信当我们站在历史的十字路口时,我们能做出正确的抉择,并迎接我们面临的挑战。
My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack. His father, my grandfather, was a cook, a domestic servant.
But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son. Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place: America, which stood as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before. While studying here, my father met my mother. She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. The day after Pearl Harbor he signed up for duty, joined Patton,s army and marched across Europe. Back home, my grandmother raised their baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line. After the war, they studied on the GI Bill, bought a house through FHA, and moved west in search of opportunity.