Allen 爱（男）呕吐音，三个手指头

Ellen 埃（女）一个手指头

Distinguished 尊敬的来宾

Faculty全体教员

got hotpot job 英音的嘴扁一点

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Hungover  宿醉未醒的

Splitting 爆裂似的，激烈的

Split the bill AA制

Listen up 听好了

Fat Tuesday 狂欢节

Fat Tuesday  is the traditional name for the day before Ash Wednesday 圣灰星期三

Commencement 毕业典礼；开始

Cement 水泥；巩固

Sidewalk人行道

Crack裂缝

step on 踩上，踏上

Manhole cover 井盖

Down  到嗯不是当

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Ellen's Sommencement Speech at Tulane University in 2009

Thank you, President Cowan,  Mrs. President Cowan; distinguished guests, undistinguished guests -you know who you are, honored faculty and creepy Spanish teacher.And thank you to all the graduating class of 2009, I realize most of you are hungover and haven't slept since Fat Tuesday, but you can't graduate till I finish, so listen up.

When I was asked to make the commencement speech, I immediately said yes.Then I went to look up what commencement meant, which would have been easy if I had a dictionary, but most of the books in our house are Prtia's, and they're all written in Australian. So I had to break the word down myself, to find out the meaning.

Commencement:common, and cement. Common cement. You commonly see cement on sidewalks.Sidewalks have cracks, and if you step on a crack, you break your mother's back.