名校勵(lì)志英語演講 第134期:敢于競(jìng)爭(zhēng) 勇于關(guān)愛(1)

[00:00.01]It is such an honor and pleasure for me to be back at Yale, especially on the occasion of the 300th anniversary. 再回耶魯，特別是在耶魯大學(xué)300周年紀(jì)念日再回到這里，我感到非常高興非常榮幸！ [00:09.13]I have had so many memories of my time here, and as Nick was speaking I thought about how I ended up at Yale Law School. 耶魯大學(xué)給我留下了許多美好的回憶，尼克發(fā)言時(shí)，我想起了當(dāng)年從耶魯法學(xué)院畢業(yè)時(shí)的情景。 [00:18.06] And it tells a little bit about how much progress we've made. 這讓我感受到了耶魯大學(xué)所取得的巨大進(jìn)步。 [00:22.54]What I think most about when I think of Yale is not just the politically charged atmosphere 每當(dāng)想起耶魯時(shí)，我感觸最深的不是這里濃郁的政治氛圍， [00:29.58]and not even just the superb legal education that I received. 也不是我所接受的頂級(jí)的法律教育。 [00:34.16]It was at Yale that I began work that has been at the core of what I have cared about ever since. 正是在耶魯，我開始做一些事情，這些事情從那時(shí)到現(xiàn)在都是我關(guān)心的核心。 [00:42.41]I began working with New Haven legal services representing children. 正是在耶魯，我開始在紐黑文兒童法律機(jī)構(gòu)工作。 [00:47.45]And I studied child development, abuse and neglect at the Yale New Haven Hospital and the Child Study Center. 我還在耶魯紐黑文醫(yī)院和兒童研究中心研究?jī)和硇陌l(fā)展以及辱罵和忽視兒童的行為。 [00:56.29]I was lucky enough to receive a civil rights internship with Marian Wright Edelman 之后，我很幸運(yùn)地與瑪麗安·萊特·埃德爾一起獲得了 [01:02.37]at the Children's Defense Fund, where I went to work after I graduated. 在兒童保護(hù)基金委員會(huì)的民權(quán)實(shí)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)，并在畢業(yè)后去了那里工作。 [01:07.44]Those experiences fueled in me a passion to work for the benefit of children, particularly the most vulnerable. 所有這些經(jīng)歷激發(fā)了我為保護(hù)兒童權(quán)益而努力的激情，特別是保護(hù)那些最脆弱的兒童。 [01:16.42]Now, looking back, there is no way that I could have predicted what path my life would have taken. 現(xiàn)在回想起來，當(dāng)時(shí)我并不知道自己會(huì)走上什么樣的人生道路。 [01:25.54]I didn't sit around the law school, saying, well, you know, 我沒有坐在法學(xué)院里說：“嗯，你知道， [01:29.58]I think I'll graduate and then I'll go to work at the Children's Defense Fund, 我想我畢業(yè)后要去兒童保護(hù)基金委員會(huì)工作， [01:35.15]and then the impeachment inquiry, and Nixon retired or resigns, I'll go to Arkansas. 然后會(huì)遭到彈劾并接受調(diào)查，當(dāng)尼克松退休或辭職后我會(huì)去阿肯色州?！? [01:42.16]I didn't think like that. I was taking each day at a time. 事實(shí)上，我從未這樣想過，只是順其自然地過著每一天。

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