Taylor Swift在纽约大学毕业典礼的完整演讲
- vocabulary and phrases
- blazing 声名远扬的
- philanthropist 慈善家
- resolve 决心
- genre 流派
- demographic 地域
- extended play 迷你专辑
- compilation 合辑
- galvanize 激励v.
- tornadoes 龙卷风
- fearlessly 无畏地
fear-担心，less-表无，ly副词
- unprecedented 前所未有的
- commitment to 致力于
- eloquently 善辩地
- on behalf of 代表
- confer upon 授予
- honoris causa 荣誉学位
- a glittery leotard 带亮片的紧身衣
- trustee 主席，受托人n.
- provost 教务长
- alumni、 ally 校友n.
- who humble me 使我自叹不如
- I am elated to…… 我很高兴……
- patchwork 缝缀而成的布片
- quilt 被子
- bazillion 无数的
- a catchy hook 记忆点
- cathartic 泻药
- per se 本身
- terminal 终点n.
- Airport Terminal 航站楼
- glamorous 光彩的，迷人的
- board 登机/船/车
- hang on 挂
- freshman dorm 新生宿舍
- test scores 绩点
- on top of that 除此之外
- covid test 核酸检测
- wholeheartedly 真心地
- delivery 交付n.
- unsolicited 主动提供的
- solicit 恳求v.
- impart 给予，传授v.
- life hacks 生活窍门
- grudge 怨恨n.
- enviable 值得羡慕的
- hedge fund 避险基金
- outweigh 比……重
- discerning 有辨别力的
- crin ge 畏缩，阿谀奉承v.
- retrospectively 回顾地
- revolting 令人恶心的
- hilarious 非常滑稽的
- squirm 蠕动v.
- stigma 污名，耻辱n.
- unbothered 不相关的
- ambivalence 矛盾心理n.
- perpetuate 使永存v.
- chic 时髦的
- thrill 激动n. v.
- narrow down 限制，缩小
- work through ideas 整理思绪
- polish 润色v.
- plot 计划，划分
- device 装置，策略
- ensnare 诱捕v.
- senior thesis 毕业论文
- literary 文学
- chameleons 变色龙
- continuation 延续n.
- overwhelming 势不可挡的
- barb 刻薄的语言
- slip up 跌倒
- fall off 跌落，偏离
- axis 轴心
- dust off 拂去……灰尘
- hang out 闲逛，逗留
- sleepover 留宿
- roster 花名册
- spectator 观众
- excruciatingly 几位痛苦地
- fluctuating 不断变化的
- social relevance and likability 社会交往和社会人气
- consummate 完美的
- through the lens of 透过……的镜头
- sabotage 破坏v.
- self-sabotage 自暴自弃
- rinse 冲洗
- screw it up 搞砸了
- resilient 适应性强的，有弹力的
2.sentences
- We are each a patchwork quilt of those who have loved us,
- words are my things 表达是我的特长
- I'd like to thank NYU for making me technically, on paper at least, a doctor.
Not the type of doctor you would want around in case of an emergency. Unless your specific emergency was that you desperately needed to hear a song with a catchy hook and an intensely cathartic bridge section.
- You don't always get all the things in the bag that you selected from the menu in the delivery surface, That is life. You get what you get.
- Life hacks:
Taylor： I try not to give anyone unsolicited advice unless they ask for it.
①The first of which is life can be heavy, especially if you try to carry it all at once. Part of growing up and moving into new chapters of your life is about catch and release.
Knowing what things to keep and what things to release. You can't carry all things, all grudges , all updates on your ex, all enviable promotions your school bully got at the hedge fund his uncle satrted.
Decide what is yours to hold and let the rest go. Oftentimes the good things in your life are lighter anyway, so there's more room for them.
One toxic relationship can outweigh so many wonderful simple joys. You get to pick what your life has time and room for. Be discerning.
②Secondly, learn to live alongside cringe. No matter how hard you try to avoid being cringe,
you will look back on your life and cringe retrospectively. Cringe is unavoidable over a lifetime. Even the term cringe might someday be deemed cringe.
You're probably doing or wearing something right now that you will look back on later and find revolting and hilarious.
You can't avoid it, so don't try to.
For example, I had a phase where for the entirely of 2012, I dressed like a 1950s housewife. But you know what ? I was having fun. Trends and phases are fun. 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 I' m big advocate for not hiding your enthusiam 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 are fundamentally more chic than people who do. And I wouldn't know because I've 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 in high school. The people who want it the most are the people I now hire to work for my company.
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, 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 reasons they call it hook. Sometimes a string of words just ensnares me, and I can't focus on anything until it's been recorded or written down. As a songwriter, I've never been able to sit still, or stay in one creative place too long. I've made and released 11 albums. And in the process, I've switched genre from country to pop, to alternative, to folk. And this might sound, like a very songwriter centric line of discussion. But in a way, I really do think we are all writers and most of us write in a different voice for different situations.
