有關(guān)英語經(jīng)典名人演講稿參考
名人演講6大經(jīng)典招數(shù)
丘吉爾曾受邀在某校畢業(yè)典禮上講話。在校長冗長的介紹后，他只說了一句話：”永遠(yuǎn)，永遠(yuǎn)，永遠(yuǎn)不要放棄�！�(Never, never, never give up.) 就走下講臺(tái)。這被稱為歷史上最短的畢業(yè)演講。其實(shí)，這是一個(gè)誤傳。丘吉爾1941年在哈羅公學(xué)演講時(shí)提到過這句話，但過程卻并沒有這么傳奇。
每到畢業(yè)季，各大高校都會(huì)請(qǐng)來名人給畢業(yè)生做演講。當(dāng)這樣的演講多了，其內(nèi)容不僅算不上傳奇，甚至可能難免俗套。本期我們就來一起看看吧。
【名人演講第一招：套近乎】
演講之初先要營造輕松的氛圍，演講者們深諳這個(gè)道理，于是各種開場(chǎng)方式悉數(shù)登場(chǎng)。 Class of 2009! I don't think I heard you. (Larry Page)
09屆的同學(xué)們！你們的掌聲在哪里？（拉里·佩奇）
Thank you for that nice reception and thank you Virginia for the incredible introduction. I thought some of them were about somebody else. (Tim Cook)
謝謝大家，謝謝弗吉尼亞（主持人）那么賣力地推銷我。我一度以為她在介紹別人呢。（蒂姆·庫克）
The first thing I would like to say is "thank you". Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honor, but the weeks of fear and nausea I've experienced at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. (J.K. Rowling)
我想說的第一句話是”謝謝”。不僅因?yàn)楣鸾o了我這樣非同一般的榮譽(yù)，還因?yàn)橐幌氲浇裉斓难葜v，我就緊張恐懼、茶飯不思，幾個(gè)星期下來竟然減肥成功。（J·K·羅琳）
【名人演講第二招：自嘲】
自嘲幾乎是大部分名人演講的必殺技。不過注意哦，這種自嘲有時(shí)候可能是一種變相的吹噓。 I know exactly what it feels like to be sitting in your seat, listening to some old gasbag give a long-winded commencement speech. (Larry Page)
我十分清楚你們現(xiàn)在坐在臺(tái)下的感受：聽我們這些老家伙絮叨，老生常談。（拉里·佩奇） Last year, J.K. Rowling, the billionaire novelist, who started as a classics student, graced this podium. The year before, Bill Gates, the mega-billionaire philanthropist and computer nerd stood here. Today, sadly, you have me. I am not wealthy, but at least I am a nerd. (Steven Chu)
去年登上這個(gè)講臺(tái)的，是擁有億萬身家的小說家羅琳女士，她最早是一個(gè)古典文學(xué)的學(xué)生。前年站在這里的是比爾·蓋茨先生，他是一個(gè)超級(jí)富翁、慈善家和電腦高手(nerd)。今年很遺憾，你們的演講人是我。雖然我不像他們那么有錢，但至少我也算一個(gè)高手(nerd還有”笨蛋”的意思)。（朱棣文）
I applaud the graduates today for taking a much more direct route to your degrees. For my part, I'm just happy that the Crimson has called me "Harvard's most successful dropout". I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class...I did the best of everyone who failed. (Bill Gates)
我為今天在座的各位同學(xué)感到高興，你們拿到學(xué)位可比我容易多了。我值得稱道的也只有被哈佛的校報(bào)稱作”哈佛大學(xué)歷史上最成功的輟學(xué)生”了。我想這大概使我有資格代表我這一類學(xué)生發(fā)言……在所有的失敗者里，我做得最好。（比爾·蓋茨）
【名人演講第三招：哭窮】
功成名就的演講者們肯定少不了要分享下自己過去辛酸的經(jīng)歷，好讓臺(tái)下的學(xué)子們“開心開心”。
(After I dropped out of Reed College) I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5-cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. (Steve Jobs)
（從里德學(xué)院退學(xué)后）我無法再住宿舍，所以只能借宿在朋友房間的地板上，我去撿5美分一個(gè)的可樂瓶，以此賺錢來購買食物，我會(huì)在每個(gè)周日走上7英里，穿過小城，到克利須那神廟，只為晚上那頓一周一次的美餐。（史蒂夫·喬布斯）
A mere 7 years after my graduation day, I had failed on an epic scale. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless. (J.K. Rowling)
畢業(yè)7年之后，我遭遇了徹底的失敗。我那極其短暫的婚姻走到了盡頭，再加上失業(yè)，作為一個(gè)單身母親，我淪落到窮困潦倒的境地，就差無家可歸了。（J·K·羅琳）
I did everything. I shucked oysters, I was a hostess, I was a bartender, I was a waitress, I painted houses, I sold vacuum cleaners, I had no idea. And I thought I'd just finally settle in some job, and I would make enough money to pay my rent. (Ellen DeGeneres)
我那時(shí)什么工作都做，剝過牡蠣、做過迎賓、酒保、服務(wù)員、粉刷房子、賣吸塵器，我完全不知道自己想做什么。我只想隨便找個(gè)工作糊口，能有錢付得起房租就行。（艾倫·德杰尼勒斯）
【名人演講第四招：挫折與抉擇】
幾乎每個(gè)成功人士的背后，好像都至少有一次面臨挫折和抉擇，然后絕處逢生的經(jīng)歷。
[挫折篇]
I listened and waited for Professor Childs to say how well written my thesis was. He didn't. And so after about 45 minutes I finally said, "So. What did you think of the writing?"
我等待著希望聽到蔡爾茲教授告訴我我的論文寫得多么好。但他沒有。于是等了45分鐘后，我終于開口問，“那你怎么評(píng)價(jià)我的寫作呢？”
"Put it this way," he said. "Never try to make a living at it." (Michael Lewis)
“這么說吧，”他說，“千萬不要靠這個(gè)謀生�！保ㄟ~克爾·劉易斯）
And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. (Steve Jobs)
那一年，我被炒了魷魚。你怎么可能被自己創(chuàng)立的公司炒魷魚？是這樣的，在蘋果快速成長的時(shí)候，我們雇了一個(gè)我覺得很有天分的家伙和我一起管理公司，最初幾年，公司運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)得很好。但后來我們對(duì)未來的看法發(fā)生了分歧，最終吵了起來。面對(duì)不可調(diào)和的分歧，董事會(huì)站在了他那一邊。（史蒂夫·喬布斯）
And I thought, "What's the worst that could happen? I can lose my career." I did. I lost my career. The show was canceled after 6 years, without even telling me, I read it in the paper. The phone didn't ring for 3 years. I had no offers. Nobody wanted to touch me at all. (Ellen DeGeneres)
那時(shí)我想，最慘的會(huì)是什么呢？也就是失業(yè)吧。結(jié)果，我真的失業(yè)了。我的節(jié)目在做了6年后，沒有告知我就停播了，我看了報(bào)紙才知道。家里的電話3年沒有再響過，沒人找我做節(jié)目，沒人愿意提及我。（艾倫·德杰尼勒斯）
[抉擇篇]
My employer at the time, Compaq Computer, was the largest personal computer company in the world. One CEO I consulted felt so strongly about it. He told me I would be a fool to leave Compaq for Apple (a small company then). (Tim Cook)
我當(dāng)時(shí)的'東家康柏公司是當(dāng)時(shí)全球最大的個(gè)人電腦生產(chǎn)商。我咨詢一位CEO朋友的意見，他堅(jiān)定地說，我腦袋被驢踢了才會(huì)為了蘋果（當(dāng)時(shí)還是一個(gè)很小的公司）離開康柏。（蒂姆·庫克）
I called up my father. I told him I was going to quit this job that now promised me millions of dollars to write a book for an advance of 40 grand. There was a long pause on the other end of the line. "You might just want to think about that," he said. I didn't need to think about it. (Michael Lewis)
我打電話給我父親，告訴他我要辭掉這個(gè)百萬美元的工作來寫一本只有4萬美元預(yù)付款的書。電話那邊沉默了很久。他說：“也許你該再考慮一下。”我根本不需要考慮。（邁克爾·劉易斯） I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I had just turned 30 years old, and I'd been married for a year. I told my wife that I wanted to quit my job and go do this crazy thing that probably wouldn't work. She told me I should go for it. (Jeff Bezos)
16年前，我萌生了創(chuàng)辦亞馬遜的想法。那時(shí)我剛剛30歲，結(jié)婚才1年。我告訴妻子想辭去工作，然后去做這件瘋狂而且很可能失敗的事情。她告訴我，我應(yīng)該放手一搏。（杰夫·貝索斯）
【名人演講第五招：溫情回歸】
每當(dāng)提到自己的家人，演講者們都是充滿自豪感和溫情的。此情此景，常常令人動(dòng)容。 My dad was so full of life; anything with him was an adventure. (Randy Pausch)
我父親是如此的充滿生命力，與他在一起做任何事都是一種探險(xiǎn)。（蘭迪·波許）
A long time ago, in this cold September of 1962, there was a Steven's co-op at this very university. That co-op had a kitchen with a ceiling that had been cleaned by student volunteers. Picture a college girl named Gloria, climbing up high on a ladder, struggling to clean that filthy ceiling. Standing on the floor, a young boarder named Carl was admiring the view. And that's how they met. They were my parents. (Larry Page)
很久以前，1962年的寒冷9月，這座校園里有一家史蒂文消費(fèi)合作社，學(xué)生志愿者負(fù)責(zé)打掃廚房的天花板。想象這樣一幅場(chǎng)景：一位名叫格洛里亞的女大學(xué)生，爬上了高高的梯子，努力地打掃那臟兮兮的天花板。另一位名叫卡爾的寄宿生站在地上，對(duì)此情此景欽佩不已。這是他倆的初次邂逅。他們就是我的父母。（拉里·佩奇）
When I was awarded a Nobel Prize, I thought my mother would be satisfied. Not so. When I called her on the morning of the announcement, she replied, "That's nice, but when are you going to visit me next." (Steven Chu)
我得到諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的時(shí)候，我想我媽媽會(huì)高興。但是我錯(cuò)了。消息公布的那天早上，我給她打電話，她聽了只說：“這是好消息，不過我想知道，你打算什么時(shí)候來看我？”（朱棣文）
【名人演講第六招：引經(jīng)據(jù)典】
他們演講時(shí)說的話經(jīng)常被我們拿來當(dāng)勵(lì)志名言，但其實(shí)呢，他們自己也需要?jiǎng)?lì)志名言。 Jimmy Stewart, as Elwood P. Dowd in the movie "Harvey" got it exactly right. He said: "Years ago my mother used to say to me, 'In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.'" Well, for years I was smart... I recommend pleasant. (Steven Chu)
電影《我的朋友叫哈維》中，斯圖爾特扮演的艾爾伍德說得很對(duì)。他說：“多年前，母親曾對(duì)我說：活在這個(gè)世界上，你要么做一個(gè)聰明人，要么做一個(gè)好人�！蔽易雎斆魅艘呀�(jīng)好多年了。但我推薦你們做好人。（朱棣文）
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. (Steve Jobs)
17歲的時(shí)候, 我讀到一句話：“如果你把每一天都當(dāng)作生命中最后一天去生活的話,那么有一天你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)你是正確的。”“記住你即將死去”是我一生中遇到的最重要箴言。它幫我做出生命中的重要抉擇。（史蒂夫·喬布斯）
One of the things he (Jon Snoddy) told me was to wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you. He said when you're pissed off at somebody and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. (Randy Pausch)
他（喬恩·史諾地）告訴我，給人們足夠的時(shí)間，人人都會(huì)有讓你驚訝和嘆服的一面。他說，當(dāng)你對(duì)別人怨惱憤怒時(shí)，你只是還沒有給他們足夠的時(shí)間。（蘭迪·波許）
最后，本文將以這些演講者原創(chuàng)或引用的語錄作為結(jié)束語：
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
求知若渴，虛心若愚。（史蒂夫·喬布斯引用凱文·凱利）
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
經(jīng)驗(yàn)是你求之不得后的收獲。（蘭迪·波許）
Never lose the child-like wonder.
永遠(yuǎn)不要失去孩童般的好奇心。（蘭迪·波許）
Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care.
批評(píng)你的人是在告訴你他們?nèi)匀粣勰汴P(guān)心你。（蘭迪·波許）
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
人生就像故事：不在于長短，而在于質(zhì)量，這才是最重要的。（J·K·羅琳引用塞內(nèi)加） Insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results.
精神錯(cuò)亂是指一遍遍地重復(fù)卻期待不一樣的結(jié)果。（蒂姆·庫克引用愛因斯坦）
Be true to yourself and everything will be fine.
做真實(shí)的你，一切都會(huì)沒事的。（艾倫·德杰尼勒斯）
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