And our first game was at Wisconsin and we went up there and we lost our first game, 21 to 14
我們的第一場球是對威斯康星 結(jié)果第一場就輸了 21比14
and there was this just crushing disappointment afterwards And I'd like you to think of that, soaring expectations
隨之而來的就是壓倒性的失望 我想讓你們想象一下 先是滿心希望
followed by crushing disappointment as a metaphor for your next 20 minutes with me
隨之而來的卻是極度失望 我接下來20分鐘的演講或許也會讓你們?nèi)绱?/p>
When I was sitting where you are so many years ago but what seems to me really like just yesterday
很多年前 我也像你們這樣坐在這里 這個記憶對我而言 就像是在昨天
I was earning my degree in Computer Science Yay nerds
我獲得了計算機科學(xué)的學(xué)位 耶 電腦迷們
At the time, the CS Department was in the School of Literature, Science and the Arts so I had to have a certain number of Arts credits to graduate
當(dāng)時計算機科學(xué)系隸屬于文學(xué) 科學(xué)和藝術(shù)學(xué)院 所以我要畢業(yè) 必須獲得一些藝術(shù)學(xué)分
And so my first semester senior year, I decided "Well I'll take an acting class because" --
于是我大四上學(xué)期決定 "我要修一門表演課 因為"…
I'm just going to pander to the crowd, that's the kind of person I am I thought, "I'll take an acting class because
我就喜歡迎合觀眾 我就是這樣的人 我想 "我要修一門表演課 因為"
we won't have a lot of homework and I'll go in and we'll say Arthur Miller lines to each other
"這種課不會有很多作業(yè)" "每天對幾句亞瑟.米勒的臺詞"
and then I can work on my operating systems programs at night" And I loved the class so much
"晚上就可以回去繼續(xù)我的操作系統(tǒng)項目了" 結(jié)果我很喜愛這門課
that my second semester senior year I took another acting class and in fact I started doing standup comedy
以致于我在大四下學(xué)期 又修了一門表演課 我開始學(xué)習(xí)單口喜劇
which I'd never done before at the Michigan Union at the U-Club So that, by the time I was sitting
這個我之前在密歇根學(xué)生會俱樂部中從未表演過 到了我同你們一樣
where you guys are today with my CS degree I had offers from three technology companies
坐在這里拿計算機科學(xué)學(xué)位的時候 我手中握有三家科技公司的錄用通知
to go work for them as a programmer but I decided instead that what I would do is move to Chicago
他們要我去做程序員 但我最后決定搬到芝加哥
try to get into the improv comedy group Second City and go on from there to Saturday Night Live and ultimate fame and glory
嘗試進(jìn)入即興喜劇表演劇組"第二城市" 并朝周六夜現(xiàn)場最終的名譽和輝煌邁進(jìn)