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Keating
Well come on..."Oh Captain, My Captain" who knows where that comes from? Anybody? Not a clue? It's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Now in this class you can either call me Mr. Keating or, if you're slightly more daring, Oh Captain, My Captain. Now let me dispel a few rumours so that they don't fester into facts. Yes, I too attended Hell-ton and survived. And no, at that time I was not the mental giant you see before you. I was the intellectual equivalent of a ninety-eight pound weakling. I would go to the beach and people would kick copies of Byron in my face. Now, Mr… Pitts. That's a rather unfortunate name. Mr. Pitts, where are you? Mr. Pitts, would you open your hymnal on page 542 and read the first stanza of the poem you find there?
Pitts
"To the virgins, to make much of time"?
Keating
Yes, that's the one. Somewhat appropriate, isn't it.
Pitts
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still a flying, and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying."
Keating
Thank you Mr. Pitts. "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may." The Latin term for that sentiment is Carpe Diem. Now who knows what that means?
Meeks
Carpe Diem. That's "seize the day."
Keating
Very good, Mr.-
Meeks
Meeks.
Keating
Meeks. Another unusual name. Seize the day. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. Why does the writer use these lines?
Charlie
Because he's in a hurry.
Keating
No, ding! Thank you for playing anyway. Because we are food for worms, lads. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die... Now I would like you to step forward over here and peruse some of the faces from the past. You've walked past them many times. I don't think you've really looked at them. They're not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things just like many of you. Their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, can you hear it? (whispering) Carpe. Carpe. Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys, make your lives extraordinary.
This time you are given a short vocabulary helping you to translate everything that is said in this scene:
clue | nyom, fogalom (as in: I don't have a clue) |
poem | vers |
slightly | kicsit, kissé |
daring | merész |
to dispel | eloszlat, szétoszlat |
rumour | szóbeszéd, híresztelés |
to fester | gennyesedik, meggyűlik; (fester into facts: to be taken as facts, although they are not true) |
to attend | (rendszeresen) jár vhová, látogat vmit |
at that time | akkoriban |
mental giant | szellemóriás |
an equivalent of sg | vmivel megegyező, vminek a megfelelője |
weakling | csenevész, nyápic alak |
copy of sg | vmi példánya, vmi másolata |
unfortunate | szerencsétlen, balszerencsés |
hymnal | szöveggyűjtemény; énekeskönyv |
stanza | versszak |
virgin | szűz |
somewhat | egy kissé, némiképp |
appropriate | helyénvaló, illő, helyes |
to gather | leszed, összegyűjt, összeszed |
rosebud | rózsabimbó |
term | kifejezés, fogalom |
sentiment | (élet)érzés, felfogás |
to seize | megragad, megfog |
unusual | szokatlan, különös |
to be in a hurry | siet |
worm | kukac, hernyó |
lad | fiú, legény |
to turn cold | kihűl |
to peruse | alaposan megnéz |
to walk past sg/sy | elsétál vmi vagy vki mellett |
many times | sokszor |
haircut | frizura |
to be full of sg | tele van vmivel |
invincible | legyőzhetetlen |
the world is their oyster | előttük az egész világ (life is full of opportunities and they may find the pearl hidden in an oyster's shell) |
to be destined for sg | vmire rendeltetett, ítéltetett |
an iota of sg | egy nagyon kicsi, nagyon kevés vmiből |
capable | képes |
to fertilize | trágyáz, megtermékenyít |
daffodil | nárcisz |
to whisper | súg, suttog |
legacy | örökség |
to lean in | előre vagy közelebb hajol |
extraordinary | különleges, rendkívüli |
