KEATING: No grades at stake
, gentlemen. Just take a stroll. There it is.
KEATING: I don't know, but I've been told-
BOYS: I don't know, but I've been told-
KEATING: Doing poetry is old-
BOYS: Doing poetry is old-
KEATING: Left, left, left-right-left. Left, left, left-right-left. Left,
halt! Thank you, gentlemen. If you noticed, everyone started off with their own
stride, their own pace. Mr. Pitts, taking his
time . He knew he'll get there one day. Mr. Cameron, you could
see him thinking, "Is this right? It might be right. It might be right. I know
that. Maybe not. I don't know." Mr. Overstreet, driven by deeper force. Yes. We
know that. All right. Now, I didn't bring them up here to ridicule them. I
brought them up here to illustrate the point of conformity: the difficulty in
maintaining your own beliefs in the face of others. Now, those of you -- I see
the look in your eyes like, "I would've walked differently." Well, ask
yourselves why you were clapping. Now, we all have a great need for acceptance.
But you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others
may think them odd or unpopular, even though the herd may go, "That's baaaaad."
Robert Frost said, "Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less
traveled by, and that has made all the difference." I want you to find your own
walk right now. Your own way of striding, pacing. Any direction. Anything you
want. Whether it's proud, whether it's silly, anything. Gentlemen, the courtyard
is yours.
KEATING: You don't have to perform. Just make it for yourself. Mr. Dalton?
You'll be joining us?
CHARLIE: Exercising the right not to walk.
KEATING: Thank you, Mr. Dalton. You just illustrated the point. Swim against the stream.
妙詞佳句，活學活用
1. at stake
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be
lost or damaged if you are not successful. 瀕臨危險，得失攸關。 e.g. The tension was
naturally high for a game with so much at
stake. 面對一場得失攸關的比賽，壓力自然很大。 此外stake一詞還有一些其它常用意思，比如作為動詞的時候有“以金錢、生命等賭、下注”的意思： e.g.
I'll stake my all on it. 我用我的一切做賭注。
2. take your time
慢慢來，別著急。在日常生活里經常能用到這個句子，而且在一些聽力考試的對話部分，我們也經常能聽到這個表達。 e.g. Take your
time. We still have half an hour before the movie begins. 別著急。電影還有半個小時才開始呢。
3. swim against the stream
逆流而上、反潮流。另一個短語go against the stream也是同樣的意思。比如我們可以說一個特立獨行的人：He always swims or
goes against the stream to show how different he is from others.
KEATING: No grades at stake
, gentlemen. Just take a stroll. There it is.