評論
打印
I don't understand why
我不明白為什么
Lenore couldn't have just given him a pity date
麗諾爾不能就給他一次安慰性約會
or just said that I'm busy Saturday night
或者只是說 我周六晚上很忙
She didn't have to say nevermore
她不需要絕情地說 永遠不要
Like most students
和很多學生一樣
young Mr Poe had a way of signaling to his roommates
年輕的坡先生也有示意室友
he had a date over
他在約會的方式
He would hang a sock on the door
他會在門上掛一只襪子
or bury a still beating heart under the floor boards
或者把一顆仍在跳動的心臟埋到地板下
whichever he had handy
手頭有哪個就用哪個
but of course the greatest figure associated with UVA
不過弗大相關的最偉大人物當然還是
is your founder Thomas Jefferson
創建者托馬斯·杰斐遜
TJ Prez Tommy Jeff
TJ 湯米·杰夫總統
the Freckly Anti-Federalist
滿臉雀斑的反聯邦黨人
Louisiana Purchie
路易斯安那購買者
Ol' Bible Slicer
圣經切片工
or as most Americans know him
按照大多數美國人所知道的
the inventor of the six-inch wooden cypher wheel
也可以稱他為六英寸木質密碼輪發明人
In founding this great institution, Jefferson wrote
建立這所偉大教育機構之時 杰斐遜寫道
we wish to establish in the upper country of Virginia
我們希望在弗吉尼亞上部地區
a university on a plan so broad and liberal and modern
建立一所遼闊 自由和現代的大學
as to be a temptation to be use of other states
將其他各州的人引來此地
to come and drink the cup of knowledge
共同吸取知識的營養
and fraternize with us
并同我們親善
and according to Playboy
根據花花公子雜志
you have lived up to that vision
你們沒有辜負這一愿景
but there's one thing about Jefferson that I take issue with
但杰斐遜說的一點我想反駁一下
and it's this, the scope of his beliefs was too broad
也就是 他信念的范圍太過寬泛
Jefferson's hard to nail down
杰斐遜很難明確立場
These days we like politicians to fit into neat categories
如今 我們希望政治人物立場分明
you are either a conservative, or you are a liberal
要么是保守派 要么是自由派
but not Jefferson, he's not like that
但杰斐遜不是如此
