1. I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. And I made up my mind as a young kid…that when I had children… my children were gonna know who their father was.

我第一次見到我的父親時，已經(jīng)28歲，我兒時就決定，將來我有了孩子，我的孩子一定得知道他們的父親是誰。

解析：

（1）For the first time：首次，初次，破天荒頭一遭

例：

It is nature that you feel nervous when you give your lecture in such important occasion for the first.

第一次在這么重要的場合演講，你感到緊張也是自然的。

I will never forget the scene we met for the first time.

我絕不會忘記我們第一次見面的場景。

It occurs to me that I came here for the first time.

我突然想起自己第一次來到這個地方時候的情景。

For the first time, he asked me to have dinner together.

破天荒頭一次，他請我共進(jìn)晚餐。

（2）make up one’s mind：下定決心

例：

Once you make up your mind, you should start immediately.

一旦你下定決心，就應(yīng)該立刻著手。

You can make up your mind about tomorrow’s schedule according to a dice.

你可以通過投骰子決定明天的行程。

Reluctance or an inability to make up our mind will make you indecisive.

猶豫不決，舉棋不定都會讓你變得優(yōu)柔寡斷。

2. That’s mine. There’s no parking near hospitals. That’s what happens when you’re always in a rush.

那是我的車，醫(yī)院附近不準(zhǔn)停車，趕時間的結(jié)果就是這樣。

解析：

（1）no parking：禁止停車；不準(zhǔn)停車

例：

“No parking”, reads the sign.

禁止停車，牌子上面寫道。

Don’t you see the sign “No touching”.

你沒看到牌子上面寫得請勿觸摸的字樣嗎？

People can’t smoke in the “no smoking” area.

人們不能在“禁止抽煙”的區(qū)域抽煙。

（2）in a rush：急急忙忙，急速地

例：

They came in with a rush.

他們一哄而入。

Everyone working here is in a rush. I doubt that they never stop that.

每個在這兒工作的人都匆匆忙忙，我都懷疑他們從不休止。

Finding what he wants, he left the room in a rush.

找到他想要的東西，他急忙地離開這個房間。

3. I’ve been sitting there for the last half-hour…trying to come up with a story that would explain my being here dressed like this. And I wanted to come up with a story that would demonstrate qualities… that I’m sure you all admire here, like earnestness or diligence, team-playing, something.

我在外面做了半個多小時，一直想編出個理由，向你們解釋我這身打扮出現(xiàn)的原因。想變出個故事說明我身上，擁有你們所欣賞的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，像誠實(shí)，勤奮，團(tuán)隊(duì)精神等等。

解析：

Come up with：提出，想出，趕上

例：

We will come up with some new suggestions before tonight.

我們將在今晚之前提出新的建議。

I came up with them when they were rounding the corner.

他們在拐彎的時候，我趕上了他們。

The expert came up with a new problem about the black hole.

這個專家針對黑洞提出了一個新的問題。

4. Don’t ever let somebody tell you… you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream…you gotta protect it. People can’t do it. If you want something, go get it.

別讓別人告訴你你成不了事，即使是我也不行。如果有夢想的話，就阿婆起捍衛(wèi)它。哪些一事無成的人，想告訴你你也成不了大器。有理想的話，就要去努力實(shí)現(xiàn)。

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5. So basically, you want nobody’s hand in your pockets but your own? Are you familiar with tax-free municipal…?

也就是說，除了你自己，不想讓別人的手伸進(jìn)你口袋。聽過免稅國債券嗎？

解析：

Be familiar with：了解，通曉

例：

You must be familiar with the operating principle before you use it.

你在使用它的之前必須足夠了解它的運(yùn)作原理。

I was familiar with the Taylor formula.

我對泰勒公式很了解。

6. -We can go back to the cave if you like.

你要是愿意的話，我們可以回那個山洞去住。

-No, thank you.

不用了，謝謝

-why not?

為什么不？

-because some things are fun the first time you do them and then not so much the next.

因?yàn)橛行┦虑榈谝淮巫雠d致盎然，之后再重復(fù)就索然無味了。