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 ridicule1 them. I brought them up here to illustrate2 the point of conformity3: 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 herd4 may go, That's baaaaad. Robert Frost said, Two roads perged5 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 illustrated6 the point. Swim against the stream.
妙词佳句，活学活用
1. at stake
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful. 濒临危险，得失攸关。
e.g. The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake.
面对一场得失攸关的比赛，重压自然非常大。
除此之外stake一词还有一些其它常用意思，譬如作为动词的时候有以资金、生命等赌、下注的意思：
e.g. I'll stake my all on it.
我用我的所有做赌注。
2. take your time
慢慢来，不要着急。在平时生活里常常可以用到这个句子，而且在一些听力考试的对话部分，大家也常常能听到这个表达。
e.g. Take your time. We still have half an hour before the movie begins.
不要着急。电影还有半个小时才开始呢。
3. swim against the stream
逆流而上、反时尚。另一个短语go against the stream也是同样的意思。譬如大家可以说一个特立独行的人：He always swims or goes against the stream to show how different he is from others.
