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2016年美国各院校十大毕业演讲
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  • It's that time of year again ...when college graduates put on those awkward gowns and head off to commencement, where they sit in the sweltering sun or a stuffy1 stadium, waiting to grab their diplomas and meet up with their families while half-listening to distinguished2 speakers dispense3 timeless wisdom and advice.Here are the don't-miss graduation speeches of 2016.

    又到一年毕业季……毕业生们穿着奇怪的大袍子,前往毕业演讲现场,或坐于烈日下,或坐于闷热的体育馆内,与家人一同等待着把毕业证书紧紧抓在手中的那一刻,耳边是那些杰出人士传授的至理名言。以下是一些2016年你不可错过的毕业演讲。

    1.President Obama at Rutgers: "ignorance is not a virtue4"

    1.奥巴马罗格斯大学演讲:"无知绝非美德"

    Obama threw shade at Donald Trump5 without naming him in his address to Rutgers: "It's not cool to not know what you are talking about.That's not keeping it real or telling it like it is.That's not challenging political correctness.That's just not knowing what you are talking about."

    在罗格斯大学的演讲中,奥巴马影射特朗普:"不知道自己在说着什么并不是一件很酷的事。这表明没有说出真相或事实。这并非在挑战政治正确性。这只是你不知道自己说的是什么。"

    2.President Obama at Howard: "you've got to have a strategy"

    2.奥巴马霍华德大学演讲:"要有策略"

    At Howard University, Obama had some tough love for young people with passion, saying that's just not enough: "Change requires more than righteous anger.It requires a program and it requires organizing.Passion is vital, but you have got to have a strategy."

    在霍华德大学,奥巴马对这群满怀激情的年轻人有着严厉的爱,他认为有激情是不够的:"改变需要的不仅仅是愤慨。它需要计划,需要组织。激情很重要,但是你们必须要有策略。"

    3.Graduate student Donovan Livingston at Harvard: "Lift off"

    3.哈佛毕业生多诺万·利文斯顿:"起飞"

    This grad's unique and powerful spoken-word-poem-as-speech has gone hyper viral.

    这名毕业生独一无二的、强有力的诗歌演讲迅速走红起来。

    "I belong among the stars.And so do you.And so do they.Together, we can inspire galaxies7 of greatness for generations to come.No, sky is not the limit.It is only the beginning.Lift off."

    "我融进了星河。你们也是如此。他们也是如此。让我们携手,激发出银河系中的伟大,以待后辈。不,天空并不是极限。天空只是开始。起飞吧。"

    4.Steven Spielberg at Harvard: "empathy for every soul"

    4.斯蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格哈佛演讲:"同情每一个灵魂"

    Master filmmaker Spielberg got thoughtful about hatred8 and discrimination: "To me, the only answer to more hate is more humanity.We have to replace fear with curiosity."

    电影制作大师斯皮尔伯格对仇恨和歧视很有想法:"对我来说,面对更多的仇恨的唯一处理方式是更多的人性。我们需要以好奇来替代恐惧。"

    5.Richard and Mary Templeton at Southern Methodist: "when life throws you a curveball"

    5.理查德和玛丽·坦普尔顿南卫理公会大学演讲:"当生活扔给你们一个曲线球"

    "Small and steady steps can be quite big and spectacular.They move you to a bigger place."

    "稳健的、小小的进步有可能变得巨大而惊人。它们让你有了更大的发展空间。"

    6.Sheryl Sandberg at Berkeley: "choose joy and meaning"

    6.谢莉尔·桑德伯格伯克利大学演讲:"选择快乐和意义"

    As the chief operating officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg is one of the most high-profile people in tech.Last year, her husband, Dave Goldberg, suddenly died.In a speech at Berkeley a year later, Sandberg spoke6 about his death and her experience for the first time in public: "My hope for you is that you can find that gratitude—not just on the good days, like today, but on the hard ones, when you will really need it."

    作为脸书的首席运营官,谢莉尔·桑德伯格是科技行业备受瞩目的人物之一。去年,她的丈夫戴夫·戈德伯格突然去世。一年后,在伯克利的毕业演讲上,她首次在公众面前谈起丈夫的过世和自己的感受:"我希望你们能够学会感恩——不仅要感谢那些美好的日子,就像今天,而且也要感谢那些艰苦的岁月,当你们真正需要的时候。"

    7.Michelle Obama at Santa Fe Indian School: "ask for help"

    7.米歇尔·奥巴马印第安高中演讲:"寻求帮助"

    "I want you to keep pushing forward.Just keep pushing forward.And I want you to reach out and ask for help.I know your teachers tell you that all the time, but please understand that no one gets through college—or life, for that matter—alone.No one.I certainly didn't."

    "我希望你们不断向前,勇往直前。我希望你们伸出手去寻求帮助。我知道你们的老师一直都这样告诉你们。但是请你们知道:事实上没有人能够独自上完大学或过完一生。没有人能做到。我当然也做不到。"

    8.William Foege at Emory: "avoid a life plan"

    8.威廉·福奇艾莫利大学演讲:"不要制定人生计划"

    "When I was your age, everyone was telling me to develop a life plan.My advice? Avoid a life plan.You cannot imagine what will be invented in the future.You cannot imagine the opportunities that will be presented.You enter a world of infinite possibilities, confusing ideas, continuous changes.But a life plan will limit your future."

    "当我在你们这般年纪时,每个人都要我制定一个人生计划。我的建议?千万不要这样做。你无法预知将来会发生什么。你无法预知你将会有什么样的机遇。这个世界有着无穷的机会、各种各样的想法以及不断的变化。而人生计划则会限制你的未来。"

    9.Sonia Sotomayor at University of Rhode Island: "the uh-oh memories"

    9.索尼娅·索托马约尔罗德岛大学演讲:"噢哦回忆"

    Supreme9 Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed some of the moments she is less proud of—and why those moments matter:

    美国最高法院大法官索尼娅·索托马约尔讲述了那些并非值得骄傲的回忆,并解释了它们的重要性。

    "The 'uh-oh' moments are worth cherishing just as much as 'ah-ha' moments: Mistakes, failures, embarrassments10 and disappointments are a necessary component11 of growing wise.We can learn more from our not-so-good experiences than we can learn from our good ones."

    "这些'噢哦'回忆应当同'啊哈'时光一样被珍惜:错误,失败,尴尬以及失望都是增长智慧的重要组成部分。相比美好的回忆来说,我们能从那些不太愉快的经历中学到更多的东西。"

    10.Elizabeth Warren at Suffolk: "you have to be willing to fight for what you believe in"

    10.伊丽莎白·沃伦萨弗克大学演讲:"你必须要愿意为你所相信的而奋斗。"

    "Knowing who you are will help you when it's time to fight.Fight for the job you want, fight for the people who mean the most to you and fight for the kind of world you want to live in.It will help when people say that's impossible or you can't do that.Look, if you take the unexpected opportunities when they come up, if you know yourself, and if you fight for what you believe in, I can promise that you will live a life that is rich with meaning."

    "奋斗之时,了解自己是谁能给予你助力。为你梦想的工作而奋斗,为你生命中最重要的人而奋斗,为你想要生活的世界而奋斗。当他人告诉你:这是不可能的,你做不到,了解自己是谁同样能够帮助你。你瞧,当机会来临时,如果你能抓住这些意想不到的机会,如果你了解自己,如果你为你所相信的而奋斗,我保证,你会成就一个充满意义的人生。"

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    1 stuffy [ˈstʌfi] BtZw0   第7级
    adj.不透气的,闷热的
    参考例句:
    • It's really hot and stuffy in here. 这里实在太热太闷了。
    • It was so stuffy in the tent that we could sense the air was heavy with moisture. 帐篷里很闷热,我们感到空气都是潮的。
    2 distinguished [dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃt] wu9z3v   第8级
    adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的
    参考例句:
    • Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses. 大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
    • A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests. 宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。
    3 dispense [dɪˈspens] lZgzh   第7级
    vt.分配,分发;配(药),发(药);实施;vi.免除,豁免
    参考例句:
    • Let us dispense the food. 咱们来分发这食物。
    • The charity has been given a large sum of money to dispense as it sees fit. 这个慈善机构获得一大笔钱,可自行适当分配。
    4 virtue [ˈvɜ:tʃu:] BpqyH   第7级
    n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
    参考例句:
    • He was considered to be a paragon of virtue. 他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
    • You need to decorate your mind with virtue. 你应该用德行美化心灵。
    5 trump [trʌmp] LU1zK   第10级
    n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
    参考例句:
    • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown. 他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
    • The coach saved his star player for a trump card. 教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
    6 spoke [spəʊk] XryyC   第11级
    n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
    参考例句:
    • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company. 他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
    • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre. 辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
    7 galaxies [ˈɡæləksiz] fa8833b92b82bcb88ee3b3d7644caf77   第7级
    星系( galaxy的名词复数 ); 银河系; 一群(杰出或著名的人物)
    参考例句:
    • Quasars are the highly energetic cores of distant galaxies. 类星体是遥远星系的极为活跃的核心体。
    • We still don't know how many galaxies there are in the universe. 我们还不知道宇宙中有多少个星系。
    8 hatred [ˈheɪtrɪd] T5Gyg   第7级
    n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨
    参考例句:
    • He looked at me with hatred in his eyes. 他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
    • The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists. 老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
    9 supreme [su:ˈpri:m] PHqzc   第7级
    adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
    参考例句:
    • It was the supreme moment in his life. 那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
    • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court. 他把起诉书送交最高法院。
    10 embarrassments [emˈbærəsmənts] 5f3d5ecce4738cceef5dce99a8a6434a   第9级
    n.尴尬( embarrassment的名词复数 );难堪;局促不安;令人难堪或耻辱的事
    参考例句:
    • But there have been many embarrassments along the way. 但是一路走来已经是窘境不断。 来自互联网
    • The embarrassments don't stop there. 让人难受的事情还没完。 来自互联网
    11 component [kəmˈpəʊnənt] epSzv   第7级
    n.组成部分,成分,元件;adj.组成的,合成的
    参考例句:
    • Each component is carefully checked before assembly. 每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
    • Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife. 刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。

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