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Bob Dylan - Banquet Speech
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Banquet/'bæŋkwɪt/speech by Bob Dylan given by the United StatesAmbassador/æm'bæsədɚ/to Sweden Azita Raji, at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2016.
Banquet/'bæŋkwɪt/
n. 宴会，盛宴；宴请，款待
vt. 宴请，设宴款待
vi. 参加宴会
n. (Banquet)人名；(法)邦凯；(西)班克特
Ambassador/æm'bæsədɚ/
n. 大使；代表；使节
Ambassador Azita Raji gives the banquet speech.
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Good evening, everyone. I extend/ɪk'stɛnd/my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish/ˈswidɪʃ/Academy and to all of the otherdistinguished/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/guests inattendance/ə'tɛndəns/tonight.
extend/ɪk'stɛnd/
vt. 延伸；扩大；推广；伸出；给予；使竭尽全力；对…估价
vi. 延伸；扩大；伸展；使疏开
distinguished/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/
adj. 著名的；卓著的；高贵的
v. 区别（distinguish的过去式）
in attendance/ə'tɛndəns/
n. 出席；到场；出席人数；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['ɑnərd]to be receiving such aprestigious/prɛ'stɪdʒəs/prize. Being awarded the Nobel Prize forLiterature'lɪtrətʃɚ/is something I never could have imagined or seen coming. From an early age, I've been familiar with and reading andabsorbing/əb'sɔrbɪŋ/the works of those who weredeemed/di:m/worthy of such adistinction/dɪ'stɪŋkʃən/:Kipling,Shaw,Thomas Mann,Pearl Buck,Albert Camus,Hemingway. These giants/'dʒaɪənt/of literature whose works are taught in the schoolroom, housed in libraries around the world and spoken of inreverent/'rɛvərənt/tones have always made a deepimpression/ɪm'prɛʃən/. That I now join the names on such a list is truly beyond words.
honored['ɑnərd]
adj.深感荣幸的；受尊敬的
prestigious/prɛ’stɪdʒəs
adj. 有名望的；享有声望的
Literature'lɪtrətʃɚ/
n. 文学；文献；文艺；著作
absorbing/əb’sɔrbɪŋ/
adj. 吸引人的；极有趣的
v. 吸收（absorb的ing形式
deemed/di:m/
v. 认为（deem的过去式）
worthy of such adistinction/dɪ’stɪŋkʃən/配得上这个荣誉
n. 区别；差别；特性；荣誉、勋章
giants/'dʒaɪənt/
n. 巨人（giant的复数形式）；巨人族（希腊神话中常与天上诸神作战的种族）；癸干忒斯
inreverent/'rɛvərənt/tones
adj. 虔诚的；恭敬的；尊敬的
impression/ɪm'prɛʃən/.n. 印象；效果，影响；压痕，印记；感想；曝光（衡量广告被显示的次数。打开一个带有该广告的网页，则该广告的impression 次数增加一次
beyond words
难以言表；尽在不言中；无法用语言表达
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/'hɑrbɚ/that secret dream deep down inside. It's probablyburiedˈbɛrɪd/so deep that they don't even know it's there.
harbor/‘hɑrbɚ/
vt. 庇护；怀有
n. 海港；避难所
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/'rɛkəg'naɪz/that I am in veryrare/rɛr/company, to say the least.
odds/ɑdz/
n. 几率；胜算；不平等；差别
rare/rɛr/
adj. 稀有的；稀薄的；半熟的
adj. 杰出的；极度的；非常好的
adv. 非常；极其
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/lɪtərɛri/figure/'fɪɡjɚ/. I wouldreckon/'rɛkən/he thought of himself as adramatist/'dræmətɪst/. 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/ˈdɛnˌmɑrk/?" His creativevision/'vɪʒən/and ambitions/æm'bɪʃən/were no doubt at the forefront/‘fɔrfrʌnt/of his mind, but there were also moremundane/mʌnˈden/matters to consider and deal with. "Is the financing/fɪ'nænsɪŋ/in place?" "Are there enough good seats for mypatrons/'peitrən/?" "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/'fɪɡjɚ/.
n. 数字；人物；图形；价格；（人的）体形；画像
vi. 计算；出现；扮演角色
vt. 计算；认为；描绘；象征
reckon/'rɛkən/
vt. 测算，估计；认为；计算
vi. 估计；计算；猜想，料想
dramatist/'dræmətɪst/.
n. 剧作家，剧本作者
Denmark/ˈdɛnˌmɑrk/
n. 丹麦（欧洲国家）
vision/'vɪʒən/
n. 视力；美景；眼力；幻象；想象力；幻视（漫威漫画旗下超级英雄）
vt. 想象；显现；梦见
ambitions/æm'bɪʃən/
n. 野心，雄心；抱负，志向
vt. 追求；有…野心
mundane/mʌnˈden/
adj. 世俗的，平凡的；世界的，宇宙的
patrons/'peitrən/
n. 赞助人；老顾客（patron的复数）；庇护人
When I started writing songs as a teenager, and even as I started to achieve somerenown/rɪ'naʊn/for my abilities, myaspirations/'æspə'reʃən/for these songs only went so far. I thought they could be heard in coffee houses or bars, maybe later in places likeCarnegie/ˈkɑrnəɡi/Hall, the LondonPalladium/pəˈlediəm/. 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. 声誉；名望
vt. 使有声望
aspirations/‘æspə'reʃən/
n. 渴望；抱负；送气；吸气；吸引术
Carnegie/ˈkɑrnəɡi/
n. 卡内基（姓氏）
Palladium/pəˈlediəm/
n. [化学] 钯；守护神
set out to do着手做的
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/kən'sə:t/all around the world. But it's my songs that are at thevital/'vaɪtl/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. 音乐会；演唱会；（音）协奏曲（concert的复数）；合奏（曲）
vital/'vaɪtl/
adj. 至关重要的；生死攸关的；有活力的
grateful/'ɡretfl/
adj. 感谢的；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/'sɪŋɡjəlɚ/persona/pɚ'sonə/, not so with 50. Each person has an individual, separate identity, a world unto themselves.They canperceive/pɚ'siv/things more clearly.Your honesty and how it relates to the depth of your talent is tried. The fact that the Nobelcommittee/kə'mɪti/is so smallis not lost onme.
perceive/pɚ'siv/
vt. 察觉，感觉；理解；认知
vi. 感到，感知；认识到
committee/kə'mɪti/
n. 委员会
is not lost on 意识到
But, like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with thepursuit/pɚ'sut/of my creativeendeavors/ɛnˈdɛvɚ/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/pɚ'siv/things more clearly.
Some things never change, even in 400 years.
