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Bob Dylan - Banquet Speech
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Banquet/'b??kw?t/speech by Bob Dylan given by the United StatesAmbassador/?m'b?s?d?/to Sweden Azita Raji, at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2016.
Banquet/'b??kw?t/
n. 宴會，盛宴；宴請，款待
vt. 宴請，設(shè)宴款待
vi. 參加宴會
n. (Banquet)人名；(法)邦凱；(西)班克特
Ambassador/?m'b?s?d?/
n. 大使；代表；使節(jié)
Ambassador Azita Raji gives the banquet speech.
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Good evening, everyone. I extend/?k'st?nd/my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish/?swid??/Academy and to all of the otherdistinguished/d??st??ɡw??t/guests inattendance/?'t?nd?ns/tonight.
extend/?k'st?nd/
vt. 延伸；擴大；推廣；伸出；給予；使竭盡全力；對…估價
vi. 延伸；擴大；伸展；使疏開
distinguished/d??st??ɡw??t/
adj. 著名的；卓著的；高貴的
v. 區(qū)別（distinguish的過去式）
in attendance/?'t?nd?ns/
n. 出席；到場；出席人數(shù)；考勤
I'm sorry I can't be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely with you in spirit and honored['ɑn?rd]to be receiving such aprestigious/pr?'st?d??s/prize. Being awarded the Nobel Prize forLiterature'l?tr?t??/is something I never could have imagined or seen coming. From an early age, I've been familiar with and reading andabsorbing/?b's?rb??/the works of those who weredeemed/di:m/worthy of such adistinction/d?'st??k??n/:Kipling,Shaw,Thomas Mann,Pearl Buck,Albert Camus,Hemingway. These giants/'d?a??nt/of literature whose works are taught in the schoolroom, housed in libraries around the world and spoken of inreverent/'r?v?r?nt/tones have always made a deepimpression/?m'pr???n/. That I now join the names on such a list is truly beyond words.
honored['ɑn?rd]
adj.深感榮幸的；受尊敬的
prestigious/pr?’st?d??s
adj. 有名望的；享有聲望的
Literature'l?tr?t??/
n. 文學(xué)；文獻；文藝；著作
absorbing/?b’s?rb??/
adj. 吸引人的；極有趣的
v. 吸收（absorb的ing形式
deemed/di:m/
v. 認為（deem的過去式）
worthy of such adistinction/d?’st??k??n/配得上這個榮譽
n. 區(qū)別；差別；特性；榮譽、勛章
giants/'d?a??nt/
n. 巨人（giant的復(fù)數(shù)形式）；巨人族（希臘神話中常與天上諸神作戰(zhàn)的種族）；癸干忒斯
inreverent/'r?v?r?nt/tones
adj. 虔誠的；恭敬的；尊敬的
impression/?m'pr???n/.n. 印象；效果，影響；壓痕，印記；感想；曝光（衡量廣告被顯示的次數(shù)。打開一個帶有該廣告的網(wǎng)頁，則該廣告的impression 次數(shù)增加一次
beyond words
難以言表；盡在不言中；無法用語言表達
I don't know if these men and women ever thought of the Nobel honor for themselves, but I suppose that anyone writing a book, or a poem, or a play anywhere in the world mightharbor/'hɑrb?/that secret dream deep down inside. It's probablyburied?b?r?d/so deep that they don't even know it's there.
harbor/‘hɑrb?/
vt. 庇護；懷有
n. 海港；避難所
vi. 居住，生存；入港停泊；躲藏
n. (Harbor)人名；(英)哈伯
If someone had ever told me that I had the slightest chance of winning the Nobel Prize, I would have to think that I'd have about the sameodds/ɑdz/as standing on the moon. In fact, during the year I was born and for a few years after, there wasn't anyone in theworldwho was considered good enough to win this Nobel Prize. So, I recognize/'r?k?g'na?z/that I am in veryrare/r?r/company, to say the least.
odds/ɑdz/
n. 幾率；勝算；不平等；差別
rare/r?r/
adj. 稀有的；稀薄的；半熟的
adj. 杰出的；極度的；非常好的
adv. 非常；極其
vi. 用后腿站起；渴望
I was out on the road when I received this surprising news, and it took me more than a few minutes to properly process it. I began to think about William Shakespeare, the greatliterary/l?t?r?ri/figure/'f?ɡj?/. I wouldreckon/'r?k?n/he thought of himself as adramatist/'dr?m?t?st/. The thought that he was writing literature couldn't have entered his head. His words were written for the stage. Meant to be spoken not read. When he was writing Hamlet, I'm sure he was thinking about a lot of different things: "Who're the right actors for these roles?" "How should this be staged?" "Do I really want to set this in Denmark/?d?n?mɑrk/?" His creativevision/'v???n/and ambitions/?m'b???n/were no doubt at the forefront/‘f?rfr?nt/of his mind, but there were also moremundane/m?n?den/matters to consider and deal with. "Is the financing/f?'n?ns??/in place?" "Are there enough good seats for mypatrons/'peitr?n/?" "Where am I going to get a human skull?" I would bet that the farthest thing from Shakespeare's mind was the question "Is thisliterature?”
figure/'f?ɡj?/.
n. 數(shù)字；人物；圖形；價格；（人的）體形；畫像
vi. 計算；出現(xiàn)；扮演角色
vt. 計算；認為；描繪；象征
reckon/'r?k?n/
vt. 測算，估計；認為；計算
vi. 估計；計算；猜想，料想
dramatist/'dr?m?t?st/.
n. 劇作家，劇本作者
Denmark/?d?n?mɑrk/
n. 丹麥（歐洲國家）
vision/'v???n/
n. 視力；美景；眼力；幻象；想象力；幻視（漫威漫畫旗下超級英雄）
vt. 想象；顯現(xiàn)；夢見
ambitions/?m'b???n/
n. 野心，雄心；抱負，志向
vt. 追求；有…野心
mundane/m?n?den/
adj. 世俗的，平凡的；世界的，宇宙的
patrons/'peitr?n/
n. 贊助人；老顧客（patron的復(fù)數(shù)）；庇護人
When I started writing songs as a teenager, and even as I started to achieve somerenown/r?'na?n/for my abilities, myaspirations/'?sp?'re??n/for these songs only went so far. I thought they could be heard in coffee houses or bars, maybe later in places likeCarnegie/?kɑrn?ɡi/Hall, the LondonPalladium/p??ledi?m/. If I was really dreaming big, maybe I could imagine getting to make a record and then hearing my songs on the radio. That was really the big prize in my mind. Making records and hearing your songs on the radio meant that you were reaching a big audience and that you might get to keep doing what you hadset out to do.
n. 聲譽；名望
vt. 使有聲望
aspirations/‘?sp?'re??n/
n. 渴望；抱負；送氣；吸氣；吸引術(shù)
Carnegie/?kɑrn?ɡi/
n. 卡內(nèi)基（姓氏）
Palladium/p??ledi?m/
n. [化學(xué)] 鈀；守護神
set out to do著手做的
Well, I've been doing what I set out to do for a long time, now. I've made dozens of records and played thousands ofconcerts/k?n's?:t/all around the world. But it's my songs that are at thevital/'va?tl/center of almost everything I do. They seemed to have found a place in the lives of many people throughout many different cultures and I'mgrateful/'ɡretfl/for that.
n. 音樂會；演唱會；（音）協(xié)奏曲（concert的復(fù)數(shù)）；合奏（曲）
vital/'va?tl/
adj. 至關(guān)重要的；生死攸關(guān)的；有活力的
grateful/'ɡretfl/
adj. 感謝的；令人愉快的，宜人的
But there's one thing I must say.As a performer I've played for 50,000 people and I've played for 50 people and I can tell you that it is harder to play for 50 people. 50,000 people have asingular/'s??ɡj?l?/persona/p?'son?/, not so with 50. Each person has an individual, separate identity, a world unto themselves.They canperceive/p?'siv/things more clearly.Your honesty and how it relates to the depth of your talent is tried. The fact that the Nobelcommittee/k?'m?ti/is so smallis not lost onme.
perceive/p?'siv/
vt. 察覺，感覺；理解；認知
vi. 感到，感知；認識到
committee/k?'m?ti/
n. 委員會
is not lost on 意識到
But, like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with thepursuit/p?'sut/of my creativeendeavors/?n?d?v?/and dealing with all aspects of life's mundane matters. "Who are the best musicians for these songs?" "Am I recording in the right studio?" "Is this song in the right key?"Some things never change, even in 400 years.
Not oncehave I ever had the time to ask myself, "Are my songsliterature?"
So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, both for taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, for providing such a wonderful answer.
My best wishes to you all,
Bob Dylan
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But there's one thing I must say.
They can perceive/p?'siv/things more clearly.
Some things never change, even in 400 years.
