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第1段
1 .<-NARRATOR:->Listen to part of a lecture in a literature class.
旁白：请听一段文学课上的演讲。
第2段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->Alright, so let me close today's class with some thoughts to keep in mind while you're doing tonight's assignment.
教授：好的，那么趁着你们做今晚的作业，让我再强调一下一些需要你们记住的思考问题，以此结束今天的课程。
2 .You'll be reading one of Ralph Waldo Emerson's best-known essays, Self-Reliance, and comparing it with his poems and other works.
你们会读到拉尔夫沃尔多艾默生最为著名的论述文《自立》并将其与他的诗歌和其他著作进行比较。
3 .I think this essay has the potential to be quite meaningful for all of you—as young people who probably wonder about things like truth, and where your lives are going … all sorts of profound questions.
我想这篇论述文对你们来说很有意义，作为年轻人你们很可能想知道什么是真理以及你们的生活方向，所有各种深奥的话题。
第3段
1 .Knowing something about Emerson's philosophies will help you when you read Self-Reliance. And basically, one of the main beliefs that he had, was about truth.
懂一些艾默生的哲学原理有助于你们读懂《自立》。基本上说，他的主要信条就是关于真理。
2 .Not that it's something that we can be taught... Emerson says it's found within ourselves.
真理不是我们可以教就学到的，艾默生说真理存在于我们自身。
第4段
1 .So this truth... the idea that it's in each one of us... is one of the first points that you'll see Emerson making in this essay.
所有，真理，这种我们每个人都有的想法，就是你们要读懂艾默生论文的第一点。
2 .It's a bit abstract, but he's very into, ah, into each person believing his or her own thought.
这有点抽象，但是他就在，啊，就在每个人的身边，那些相信自己想法的人身上。
3 .Believing in yourself, the thought or conviction that's true for you.
相信自己，自己觉得是真理的想法和信念。
第5段
1 .But actually, he ties that in with a sort of universal truth, something that everyone knows but doesn't realize they know.
而事实上，艾默生把自己的想法与一种“普遍真理”联系起来，一种每个人都知道，但是他们不清楚自己知道的东西。
2 .Most of us aren't in touch with ourselves, in a way, so we just aren't capable of recognizing profound truths.
我们很多人不能够以某种方式认识到自己，所以我们不能够领悟到深刻的真理。
3 .It takes geniuses... people like, say, Shakespeare, who are unique because when they have a glimpse of this truth—this universal truth—they pay attention to it and express it, and don’t just dismiss it like most people do.
这种真理需要天才，比如像莎士比亚这样的人，他们独一无二，因为当他们捕捉到真理，这种普遍真理的时候，他们会有所注意，将其表达出来，而不像我们中的很多人一样，忽视其存在。
第6段
1 .So, Emerson is really into each individual believing in, and trusting, him or herself.
所以艾默生对那些相信并信任自己的人很感兴趣。
2 .You'll see that he writes about... well, first, conformity.
你们会看到他写的内容是关于，呃，首先，一致性。
3 .He criticizes the people of his time, for abandoning their own minds and their own wills for the sake of conformity and consistency.
他批判跟他同时代的人，那些为了一致性和一贯性而抛弃了自己的想法和愿望人们。
4 .They try to fit in with the rest of the world, even though it's at odds with their beliefs and their identities.
尽管他们的行为与自己的信念和身份不一致，他们还是试着融入到其他人的世界中去。
5 .Therefore, it's best to be a nonconformist—to do your own thing, not worrying about what other people think.
因此，最好的方法就是不尊奉习俗，要我行我素，不用介意其他人如何看待自己。
6 .That's an important point—he really drives this argument home throughout the essay.
这点是非常重要的，艾默生确实通过自己的文章阐明了这一点。
第7段
1 .When you're reading I want you to think about that, and why that kind of thought would be relevant to the readers of his time.
当你们读这篇文章的时候，我要你们思考这一点，以及这种想法为什么会和他同时代的读者相关。
2 .Remember, this is 1838. Self-reliance was a novel idea at the time, and United States citizens were less secure about themselves as individuals and as Americans.
记住，在1838 年。“自立”是一种新颖的想法，而美国公民作为拥有美国国籍的个体不是很认同自我。
3 .The country as a whole was trying to define itself.
整个国家都在试图定义自我。
第8段
1 .Emerson wanted to give people something to really think about. Help them find their own way and ah, what it meant to be who they were.
艾默生想给人们提供可以付之思忖的东西。帮他们找到自己的处世途径和自我认识。
第9段
1 .So, that's something that I think is definitely as relevant today as it was then... probably, uh... especially among young adults like yourselves.
这一点就是我所认为的以前跟现在都通用的相关性，嗯，也许，特别是像你们这样的成年人中。
2 .You know, uh, college being a time to sort of really think about who you are and where you're going.
你知道的，大学的时候，你们就必须考虑自己的定位和发展方向。
第10段
1 .Now, we already said that Emerson really emphasized nonconformity, right?
现在，我们已经说到了艾默生确实把重点放在了不尊奉习俗上，对吧。
2 .As a way to sort of not lose your own self and identity in the world? To have your own truth and not be afraid to listen to it?
作为一种不失去自我和在这个世界上的定位的方式。认识到自己的真我，不要害怕去倾听灵魂的呼唤。
3 .Well, he takes it a step further.
艾默生更进一步阐释了这点。
4 .Not conforming also means, ah, not conforming with yourself, or your past. [rhetorically] What does that mean?
不尊奉习俗，呃，意味着不屈服于你自己和你的过去。什么意思呢？
5 .Well, if you've always been a certain way, or done a certain thing, but it's not working for you anymore, or you're not content—Emerson says that it'd be foolish to be consistent even with our own past.
嗯，如果你一直遵循某一种方式或做某一件事情，但这种方式不再适合你亦或你不满足于自己。艾默生说即便我们对过去保持始终如一也是愚蠢的行为。
6 .Focus on the future, he says: that's what matters more. Inconsistency is good!
他说：“把目光投向未来，这才是重要的。不要始终如一是件好事。
7 .He talks about a ship's voyage—and this is one of the most famous bits of the essay—how the best voyage is made up of zigzag lines.
他讲到关于一艘航行的船的例子，这是该篇文章中最为人知的部分。最成功的航行都有曲折的航线。
8 .Up close, it seems a little all over the place, but from farther away the true path shows, and in the end it justifies all the turns along the way.
在开始一段航行后，曲折似乎到处都是，但是在到更远的地方去后，真正的路线便会显现出来，最后所有沿路的迂回曲折都会被证明是值得的。
第11段
1 .So, don't worry if you’re not sure where you're headed or what your long term goals are—stay true to yourself and it'll make sense in the end.
所以，如果你不知道自己方向或长期目标，千万别担心。保持真我，最终一切都会是值得的。
2 .I mean, I can attest to that. Before I was a literature professor, I was an accountant. Before that, I was a newspaper reporter.
我想这点我可以证明。在我还不是文学教授的时候，我当过会计。在那之前，我是一名报社记者。
3 .My life has taken some pretty interesting turns, and here I am, very happy with my experiences and where they've brought me.
我的生活经历了几次有趣的转变，现在我是文学教授。我对很喜欢自己的经历，它们造就了现在的我。
4 .If you rely on yourself and trust your own talents, your own interests, don't worry. Your path will make sense in the end.
如果你们依靠自己，相信自己有天赋，你自己的兴趣所在，那么别担心。最终你的道路会变得清晰。