유명인사 스피치로 영어공부 하기- Ellen Commencement Speech | 영어공부 + 동기부여|

 

 안녕하십니까, Davey 입니다. 오늘 포스팅 할 내용은 English Speech이며, Enllen Show의 hostess 인 Enllen이, 전해주는 졸업식 축사인, commencement 입니다. 무언가를 시작하기를 두려워하는 사람들이 보시면 정말 얻어가시는 게 많을 거 같은 영상 자료입니다.

영어 공부자료이자 동기부여 자료로 제가 편집하여, 제 유튜브 채널에도 업로드를 하였습니다. 아래 Link를 통해서 확인 하실 수 있습니다.

 

 엘렌 졸업식 축사 + 무언가를 시작하는 것을 두려워하고 실패를 두려워하는 분들에게 추천하는 영상 | 영어공부 + 동기 부여 |

 본격적으로 script와 나름대로 정리한 단어를 공부하기 전에 영상에 대해서 간단하게 설명 드리도록 하겠습니다. Ellen이 먼저 감사하다는 애기를 하고, 이 commencement의 제의를 받았을 때 상황을 이용하여, 재미있는 애기를 하면서, 사람들의 주의를 집중 시킵니다. 자신이 이 commencement의 제의를 받았을 때 바로 승낙했지만, commencement에 대한 Definition을 몰라, 자신이 스스로 단어를 쪼개서 알아냈다는 애기를 하면서, 사람들에 웃음을 줬습니다. 역시, 토크쇼의 진행자답게, 사람들 앞에서 애기를 전달하는 데에, 자연스럽고, 너무나도 재미있게 애기를 전달하는 거 같습니다. 오래 전에 이 영상을 보고 나중에 한 번 자료를 만들어서 사람들에게 공유를 해드리고 싶을 정도로 좋은 영상이라고 생각하고 있었습니다.

 

 저 또한 생활을 살아가면서 다른 사람의 눈치를 보고, 어떤 것에 대해서, 자신의 길 보다는 남들이 좋다고 하는 것을 택한 경우도 있는 거 같습니다. 하지만, 다른 사람의 눈치를 안보고 자신인 것을 사랑하고, 자신 스스로, 행복하게 살아가는 걸 택했기에, 다시 재기 할 수 있었다는 Ellen의 애기처럼, 자신의 삶에 자신에게 진실되게 대하면, 어떻게든 자신만의 길에서 성공을 할 수 있다라는 생각이 들었습니다. 일단 좋은 느낌, 좋은 연설 받아가면서, 아래 Script 랑, 제가 공부하면 찾은, 단어 참조하시어, 오늘도 공부 열심히 하세요! 이렇게 열심히 하다 보면, 언젠가는 저희에게도, 저희들만의 날이 오지 않을까 합니다. ​

 

- Ellen Commencement Speech & words.

 

 

 

 

 Thank you, President Cowan, Mrs. President Cowan; distinguished guests, undistinguished guests, you know who you are, honored faculty and creepy Spanish teacher. And thank you to all the graduating class of 2009, I realize most of you are hungover and have splitting headaches and haven’t slept since Fat Tuesday, but you can’t graduate’til I finish, so listen up.

 

split 쪼개다

 

 When I was asked to make the commencement speech, I immediately said yes. Then I went to look up what commencement meant which would have been easy if I had a dictionary, but most of the books in our house are Portia’s, and they’re all written in Australian. So I had to break the word down myself, to find out the meaning.

  

 Commencement: common, and cement, common cement. You commonly see cement on sidewalks. Sidewalks have cracks, and if you step on a crack, you break your mother’s back. So there’s that. But I’m honored that you’ve asked me here to speak at your common cement. I thought that you had to be a famous alumnus, alumini, aluminum, alumis; you had to graduate from this school. And I didn’t go to college here, and I don’t know if President Cowan knows, I didn’t go to any college at all, any college. And I’m not saying you wasted your time, or money, but look at me, I’m a huge celebrity.

 

 Although I did graduate from the school of hard knocks, our mascot was the knockers. I spent a lot of time here growing up. My mom worked at Newcomb and I would go there every time I needed to steal something out of her purse. But why am I here today? Clearly not to steal, you’re too far away and I’d never get away with it. I’m here because of you. Because I can’t think of a more tenacious, more courageous graduating class. I mean, look at you all, wearing your robes. Usually when you’re wearing a robe at 10 in the morning, it means you’ve given up. I’m here because I love New Orleans. I was born and raised here, I spent my formative years here, and like you, while I was living here I only did laundry six times. When I finished school, I was completely lost and by school, I mean middle school, but I went ahead and finished high school anyway. And I really, I had no ambition; I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I did everything from: I shucked oysters, I was a hostess, I was a bartender, I was a waitress, I painted houses, I sold vacuum cleaners; I had no idea and I thought I’d just finally settle in some job and I would make enough money to pay my rent, maybe have basic cable, maybe not, I didn’t really have a plan, my point is that, by the time I was your age, I really thought I knew who I was but I had no idea. Like for example, when I was your age, I was dating men. So what I’m saying is, when you’re older, most of you will be gay. Anyone writing this stuff down? Parents?

  

tenacious 집요한, 완강한

courageous 용감한

my formative years 나의 인격의 형성기

shuck 껍데기를 벗기다.

hostess 여주인, 호스티스(나이트클럽)

 

 Anyway, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and the way I ended up on this path was from a very tragic event. I was maybe nineteen, and my girlfriend at the time was killed in a car accident. And I passed the accident, and I didn’t know it was her and I kept going and I found out shortly after that, it was her. And I was living in a basement apartment; I had no money; I had no heat, no air, I had a mattress on the floor and the apartment was infested with fleas. And I was soul-searching, I was like, why is she suddenly gone, and there are fleas here? I don’t understand, there must be a purpose and wouldn’t it be so convenient if we could pick up the phone and call God and ask these questions. And I started writing and what poured out of me was an imaginary conversation with God, which was one-sided and I finished writing it and I looked at it and I said to myself, and I hadn’t even been doing stand-up, ever, there was no club in town. I said, “I’m going do this on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” at the time he was the king“and I’m going to be the first woman in the history of the show to be called over to sit down.” and several years later, I was the first woman in the history of the show, and only woman in the history of the show to sit down, because of that phone conversation with God that I wrote. And I started this path of stand-up and it was successful and it was great but it was hard because I was trying to please everybody and I had this secret that I was keeping, that I was gay. And I thought if people found out they wouldn’t like me, they wouldn’t laugh at me.   

 

infest 들끊다, 우글거리다

flea 벼룩

 

 Then my career turned into, I got my own sitcom, and that was very successful, another level of success. And I thought, what if they find out I’m gay, then they’ll never watch, and this was a long time ago, this was when we just had white presidents but anyway, this was back many years ago and I finally decided that I was living with so much shame, and so much fear, that I just couldn’t live that way anymore and I decided to come out and make it creative. And my character would come out at the same time, and it wasn’t to make a political statement, it wasn’t to do anything other than to free myself up from this heaviness that I was carrying around, and I just wanted to be honest. And I thought,“What’s the worst that could happen? I can lose my career”. I did. I lost my career. The show was cancelled after six years without even telling me; I read it in the paper. The phone didn’t ring for three years. I had no offers. Nobody wanted to touch me at all. Yet, I was getting letters from kids that almost committed suicide, but didn’t because of what I did. And I realized that I had a purpose. And it wasn’t just about me and it wasn’t about celebrity, but I felt like I was being punished and it was a bad time, I was angry, I was sad, and then I was offered a talk show. And the people that offered me the talk show tried to sell it. And most stations didn’t want to pick it up. Most people didn’t want to buy it because they thought nobody would watch me. Really, when I look back on it, I wouldn’t change a thing. I mean, it was so important for me to lose everything because I found out what the most important thing is, is to be true to yourself. Ultimately, that’s what’s gotten me to this place. I don’t live in fear, I’m free; I have no secrets and I know I’ll always be ok, because no matter what, I know who I am. So, in conclusion, when I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought when I grow up, I want to be famous. I want to be a star. I want to be in movies. When I grow up I want to see the world, drive nice cars, I want to have groupies. To quote the Pussycat Dolls. How many people thought it was “boobies”, by the way? It’s not, it’s“groupies”.

  

groupie 가수를 따라다니는 소년팬

  

But my idea of success is different today. And as you grow, you’ll realize the definition of success changes. For many of you, today, success is being able to hold down 20 shots of tequila. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure to try to be something that you’re not, to live your life as an honest and compassionate person, to contribute in some way. So to conclude my conclusion, follow your passion, stay true to yourself. Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path and by all means you should follow that. Don’t give advice, it will come back and bite you in the ass. Don’t take anyone’s advice. So my advice to you is to be true to yourself and everything will be fine. And I know that a lot of you are concerned about your future, but there’s no need to worry. The economy is booming, the job market is wide open, the planet is just fine. It’s going to be great. You’ve already survived a hurricane. What else can happen to you? And as I mentioned before, some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most. And now you know the right questions to ask in your first job interview. Like, “Is it above sea level?” So to conclude my conclusion that I’ve previously concluded, in the common cement speech, I guess what I’m trying to say is life is like one big Mardi Gras. But instead of showing your boobs, show people your brain, and if they like what they see, you’ll have more beads than you know what to do with and you’ll be drunk, most of the time. So the Katrina class of 2009, I say congratulations and if you don’t remember a thing I said today, remember this, you’re going to be ok, dum de dumdumdum, just dance.

  

integrity 진실성

peer pressure 군중 압박

compassionate 연민 어린, 동정하는

by all means 아무렴

Mardi Gras 참회의 화요일

 

 다시 들어도, 너무 나도 유쾌하면서도, 먼가 메세지가 확 오는 영상인거 같습니다. 언어라는 게 이렇게 도움이 많이 되는 거 같습니다. 번역해서 듣는 것도 정말 좋지만, 영어를 이해하고, 그 의미를 제대로 이해할 수 있거든요. 그래서 한글 번역할 때도 그 의미를 제 나름대로 번역한 내용을 제대로 전달할 수 있는 거 같습니다. 공부하느라고 너무나도 고생 많이 하셨습니다. 저도 이번에 영상 만들면서 너무나도 시간이 많이 걸린거 같지만, 실제로 영상을 완성하고 업로드 올리고 나니, 정말 뿌듯하더라구요. 이 영상 보시는 분들도, 실제로 자신이 영상 제작 및 관련 내용 파악을 해보시면 더 머리에 오래 남고, 공부가 더 잘 될 거 라고 생각합니다. 오늘도 수고 맣이 하셨고, 항상 말씀 드리지만, 같이 공부하고, 같이 성장하시죠!

 

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