名人演讲-口语练习：泰勒·斯威夫特纽约大学演讲04

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名人演讲作为演讲类的英语素材，演讲者清晰的口语表达及其内容的写作手法都是值得我们学习借鉴的。今天的名人演讲是著名歌手泰勒斯威夫特在纽约大学为22届毕业生带去的毕业演讲。请结合视频内容，开始英语学习吧！

原文及翻译

Looking back and laughing is fun. And while we’re talking about things that make us squirm but really shouldn’t, I’d like to say that I’m a big advocate for not hiding your enthusiasm for things. It seems to me that there is a false stigma around eagerness in our culture of ‘unbothered ambivalence.’ This outlook perpetuates the idea that it’s not cool to ‘want it.’ That people who don’t try hard are fundamentally more chic than people who do. 

例如，我有一个阶段，在整个 2012 年，我都打扮得像 1950 年代的家庭主妇。但你知道吗？我很开心。趋势和阶段很有趣。回顾过去并大笑很有趣。当我们谈论让我们感到不安但实际上不应该的事情时，我想说，我非常提倡不要隐藏你对事物的热情。在我看来，在我们这种“无所顾忌的矛盾”文化中，对渴望有一种错误的污名。这种观点延续了这样一种观念，即“想要”并不酷。那些不努力的人从根本上比努力的人更时髦。

And I wouldn’t know because I have been a lot of things but I’ve never been an expert on ‘chic.’ But I’m the one who’s up here so you have to listen to me when I say this: Never be ashamed of trying. Effortlessness is a myth. The people who wanted it the least were the ones I wanted to date and be friends with in high school. The people who want it most are the people I now hire to work for my company.

我不知道，因为我做过很多事情，但我从来都不是“时髦”方面的专家。但我是站在这里的人，所以当我说这句话时，你必须听我说：永远不要羞于尝试。毫不费力是一个神话。最不想要它的人是我高中时想约会和交朋友的人。最想要它的人是我现在雇来为我公司工作的人。

I started writing songs when I was 12, and since then, it's been the compass guiding my life, and in turn, my life guided my writing. Everything I do is just an extension of my writing, whether it's directing videos or a short film, creating the visuals for a tour, or standing on a stage performing. Everything is connected by my love of the craft: the thrill of working through ideas and narrowing them down, and polishing it all up in the end. 

我从 12 岁开始写歌，从那时起，它就成了指引我生活的指南针，反过来，我的生活也指引着我的写作。我所做的一切都只是我写作的延伸，无论是导演视频或短片，为巡演制作视觉效果，还是站在舞台上表演。一切都与我对这门手艺的热爱有关：研究想法、缩小范围，最后完善一切的快感。

Editing, waking up in the middle of the night, throwing out the old idea because you just thought of a new or better one, or a plot device that ties the whole thing together—there's a reason they call it a hook. Sometimes a string of words just ensnares me, and I can't focus on anything until it's been recorded or written down.

编辑、半夜醒来、因为想到了一个新的或更好的想法而抛弃旧想法，或者将整个事情联系在一起的情节设计——这就是人们称之为钩子的原因。有时一串单词会诱捕我，我无法集中注意力，直到它被记录下来或写下来。

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