JK罗琳 2008哈佛毕业典礼演讲词（原文）句子赏析-

Title：The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination
失败的好处和想象力的重要性
the fringe benefit 额外的福利

1. The first thing I would like to say is ‘thank you.’ Not only has
Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and
nausea I’ve experienced at the thought of giving this commencement
address have made me lose weight.
我想说的第一句话是’谢谢‘，这份感谢不仅来自于哈佛赋予我如此非同寻常的荣誉，更是由于几个星期以来每当我想到今天的致词就会觉得头晕恶心，因而终于成功的减肥了。
a、has的主语是前面那句话， Harvard given me an extraordinary honour整句做has的宾语
b、the weeks of做时间状语，
c、at the thought of giving this commencement address（每想到我要在今天这个毕业典礼上发表演讲）是原因状语
d、句子主干，fear and nausea have made me lose weight, lose weight 做直接宾语，
e、I have experienced做定语修饰整句的核心主语fear and nausea头晕和恶心，译作我会觉得头晕恶心。

2. A win-win situation!
双赢的局面

3.Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and fool myself into believing I am at the world’s best-educated Harry Potter convention.
a、squint at 斜眼看，眯着眼睛看
b、banners 横幅
c、convention 会议
d、动词take, squint at, fool做分句子的宾语，
e、is that I take ~， squint at ~, fool sb into doing ~
f、fool sb into doing 愚弄某人去做某事
g、I am at the world’s best-educated Harry Potter convention 做fool into 的直接宾语
翻译：现在我要做的就是深呼吸，眯着眼睛看着红色横幅，和骗自己认为（内心os）我是在参加世界最好教育的哈利波特会议

4. philosopher哲学家
5. distinguished 杰出的
   adj 著名的;卓越的;受人尊敬的;显得重要的
   v. 辨别，区别( distinguish的过去式和过去分词);突出;区别(distinguish的过去式)

6. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can’t remember a single word she said.
对她演讲的回忆极大的帮助我写了这篇小说/对我写这篇小说有极大的帮助，因为结果是我现在完全不记得她说过什么了/我连她说一个字都不记得I cant remember a single word she said
a、reflecting 反思，回忆，反射
b、在~方面极大的帮助我 has helped me enormously in ~
c、turn out 结果是
d、remember 记得