耶鲁大学校长2021毕业典礼演讲：来自教师的礼物
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| 0:17 | Graduates of the Class of 2021, family members, and friends, | 2021级毕业生,家庭成员,朋友, |
| 0:22 | it is a privilege to speak with you as part of this remarkable moment. | 作为这一非凡时刻的一部分,很荣幸与你交谈。 |
| 0:27 | You're probably feeling many emotions right now. | 你现在可能感觉到很多情绪 |
| 0:30 | I often tell graduates that commencement is a field day for me as a psychologist, | 我经常告诉毕业生 作为心理学家,开始对我来说是一个野外的日子, |
| 0:34 | and that has never been more true. | 从来没有比这更真实。 |
| 0:37 | For over a year, we have walked a strange and historic path together. | 一年多来,我们一起走过一条奇怪的历史性道路。 |
| 0:43 | We are now at the end of an academic year like no other. | 我们现在正处在一个学年的末期。 |
| 0:47 | But although our traditions may look different this year, | 虽然我们的传统今年可能不同 |
| 0:50 | they are just as meaningful as ever. | 它们和以往一样有意义。 |
| 0:55 | Commencement is a time of celebration. | 开始是一个庆祝的时刻。 |
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| 1 | Graduates of the Class of 2021, family members, and friends, | 2021级毕业生,家庭成员,朋友, |
| 2 | it is a privilege to speak with you as part of this remarkable moment. | 作为这一非凡时刻的一部分,很荣幸与你交谈。 |
| 3 | You're probably feeling many emotions right now. | 你现在可能感觉到很多情绪 |
| 4 | I often tell graduates that commencement is a field day for me as a psychologist, | 我经常告诉毕业生 作为心理学家,开始对我来说是一个野外的日子, |
| 5 | and that has never been more true. | 从来没有比这更真实。 |
| 6 | For over a year, we have walked a strange and historic path together. | 一年多来,我们一起走过一条奇怪的历史性道路。 |
| 7 | We are now at the end of an academic year like no other. | 我们现在正处在一个学年的末期。 |
| 8 | But although our traditions may look different this year, | 虽然我们的传统今年可能不同 |
| 9 | they are just as meaningful as ever. | 它们和以往一样有意义。 |
| 10 | Commencement is a time of celebration. | 开始是一个庆祝的时刻。 |
| 11 | It is a chance for you, our graduates, to revel in your accomplishments. | 我们的毕业生,这是你们享受成就的机会。 |
| 12 | It is also an opportunity to reflect and say thank you. | 这也是一个反思和感谢你的机会。 |
| 13 | So many people have been part of your journey to this moment. | 这么多人都参加了你们到现在的旅程 |
| 14 | I hope you will find time to tell them how much they have meant to you. | 我希望你有时间告诉他们 他们对你有多重要 |
| 15 | I also would like to say thank you to you, graduates of Yale College. | 我也谨感谢耶鲁学院的毕业生们. |
| 16 | You have made history at Yale. | 你在耶鲁创造了历史。 |
| 17 | Many of you have studied and learned and made a community here under extraordinary conditions. | 你们中许多人在这里学习和学习,并在非常条件下建立了一个社区。 |
| 18 | Others have studied remotely from around the world, day after day. | 其他人日复一日地从世界各地远程学习。 |
| 19 | For more than a year, you have made sacrifices for the greater good, | 一年多来,你为更大的利益做出了牺牲 |
| 20 | helping keep our neighbors on campus and in New Haven safe. | 帮助我们的邻居 在校园和纽黑文的安全。 |
| 21 | It has not been easy. | 这不容易。 |
| 22 | Your bright college years have not always been what you expected. | 你的光辉的大学时代 并不总是你期望的。 |
| 23 | Like people around the world, you have experienced loss, grief, and uncertainty. | 就像全世界的人一样,你经历了损失、悲伤和不确定性。 |
| 24 | And yet, you have repaid our community's trust and confidence in you many times over. | 然而,你已经回报了我们社区对你的信任和信心 多次。 |
| 25 | Today, as we look to the future, | 今天,当我们展望未来时, |
| 26 | I would like to share a personal story about my past and my present. | 我想分享我过去和现在的个人故事。 |
| 27 | I share it because I hope it will shed some light on your future. | 我同意它,因为我希望它能揭示你的未来。 |
| 28 | It is a story about teachers and the gifts they give us. | 这是一个关于教师和他们给我们的礼物的故事。 |
| 29 | In the early 1970s, I was a student at Williamsville High School North, | 1970年代初,我是一个学生 在威廉斯维尔高中北, |
| 30 | outside of Buffalo, New York. | 纽约水牛城外 |
| 31 | It was a pretty typical large public high school. | 这是一所相当典型的大型公立高中. |
| 32 | We had a popular football team and a marching band that played at the games. | 我们有一个受欢迎的足球队和一个游行乐队在比赛中演奏. |
| 33 | Perhaps it will surprise you to learn that I did not play on the football team, | 也许你会惊讶地得知 我没有在足球队, |
| 34 | but I did march with the band. | 但我确实和乐队一起游行 |
| 35 | Now, you might wonder how I fit into a school like this. | 现在,你可能会怀疑 我如何适合这样的学校。 |
| 36 | I actually earned a varsity letter for the drama club. | 我为戏剧俱乐部赚了一封毕业信 |
| 37 | I was part of another student organization as well, | 我也曾是另一个学生组织的成员 |
| 38 | a poetry club hosted by two beloved English teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Blaisdell. | 一个诗歌俱乐部 由两位可爱的英国老师 布莱斯戴尔夫妇主持 |
| 39 | A group of us would gather in their home and share poems we had written or come across. | 我们一群人会聚集在他们家 分享我们写过或遇到的诗 |
| 40 | We drank coffee. | 我们喝了咖啡。 |
| 41 | We talked about poetry. | 我们讨论过诗歌 |
| 42 | It was all very grown up, especially for kids like us from Buffalo. | 都长大了 特别是我们这些水牛城的孩子 |
| 43 | Our teachers were only in their 20s, perhaps early 30s, | 我们的老师只有20多岁,也许30多岁, |
| 44 | but they were sophisticated adults and therefore seem much older to us. | 但他们是成熟的成年人 因此在我们看来 年龄要大得多 |
| 45 | They cared deeply about literature, writing, and poetry. | 他们非常关心文学、写作和诗歌。 |
| 46 | And most of all, they cared about us, their students. | 最重要的是 他们关心我们 他们的学生 |
| 47 | In fact, I'm not the only student of the Blaisdell's on the faculty here at Yale. | 实际上,我不是耶鲁大学 学院里唯一一个 Blaisdell的学生 |
| 48 | They taught English to chemistry professor Scott Miller about a decade after me. | 他们教英语 化学教授斯科特米勒 大约十年后我。 |
| 49 | Fast forward 46 years. | 快速前进46年. |
| 50 | The kids from that poetry club now have families and careers of their own. | 诗歌俱乐部的孩子们现在有自己的家庭和事业 |
| 51 | We have stayed in touch, but usually we only see each other every few years at best. | 我们保持联系,但通常我们最多只能每隔几年见面一次。 |
| 52 | As a way of coping with the social isolation of the pandemic, | 作为对付这种流行病的社会孤立的一种方式, |
| 53 | we started meeting over Zoom. | 我们开始和Zoom见面 |
| 54 | We shared poems. | 我们分享诗歌 |
| 55 | We drank coffee together again. | 我们又一起喝咖啡了 |
| 56 | Our former English teachers from Williamsville North, now retired, | 我们以前从威廉斯维尔北边来的英语老师 现在退休了 |
| 57 | joined us and we found in the midst of so much grief and loneliness, | 加入我们,我们发现 在这么多的悲伤和孤独, |
| 58 | a way to connect. | 一种连接方式。 |
| 59 | What does this mean for you, the graduates of 2021? | 这对你,2021届毕业生意味着什么?. |
| 60 | First, my hope for each of you is that you have made a friend here at Yale, | 首先,我希望你们每个人都能 成为耶鲁大学的朋友 |
| 61 | perhaps a few friends, who will be there for you in 46 years. | 也许还有几个朋友,他们将在46年里为你们服务。 |
| 62 | That is no small thing. | 这不是小事。 |
| 63 | Second, I hope you have found great teachers and developed interests | 第二,我希望你找到优秀的老师 和深厚的兴趣 |
| 64 | that you will take with you for the rest of your lives. | 你将带着你的余生。 |
| 65 | I don't mean only your professional interests. | 我不是仅仅指你的职业兴趣 |
| 66 | Many of you without question have found important mentors | 你们很多人都找了重要的导师 |
| 67 | who will continue to advise and guide you. | 他们将继续劝导和引导你们。 |
| 68 | But you have also found interests at Yale that have nothing to do with your careers. | 但你在耶鲁也发现了与你的事业无关的利益. |
| 69 | For me, it was poetry, theater and music. | 对我来说,那是诗歌、戏剧和音乐。 |
| 70 | But for you, it may have been an economics class | 但对你来说,这可能是个经济学课 |
| 71 | or a history seminar that made you re-examine the world. | 或者一个让你重新审视世界的历史研讨会 |
| 72 | It might have been a certain psychology class | 可能是心理学课 |
| 73 | that helped you think about happiness in new ways. | 帮助你以新的方式思考幸福 |
| 74 | Or maybe you heard a lecture or attended an event | 或者你听到一个演讲或参加一个活动 |
| 75 | that sparked an interest in the outdoors. | 这引起了对室外的兴趣。 |
| 76 | Or food or dance. | 或饮食或舞. |
| 77 | These moments of inspiration and learning can happen anywhere. | 这些鼓舞和学习的时刻随时可能发生。 |
| 78 | We now know that they can even happen on Zoom. | 我们现在知道,它们甚至可以在Zoom上发生。 |
| 79 | My friends from Williamsville North have gone into music, science, medicine, law and theater. | 我来自威廉斯维尔北区的朋友已经进入音乐,科学,医学,法律和剧院. |
| 80 | I'm a psychology professor and university leader. | 我是心理学教授和大学领导 |
| 81 | My point is none of us are professional poets. | 我的观点是,我们都不是专业诗人。 |
| 82 | And yet our experiences in the Poetry Club were transformative. | 但我们在诗歌俱乐部的经历是变革性的。 |
| 83 | From wonderful teachers, I learned how to ask different questions, bigger questions. | 从优秀的老师那里,我学会了如何问不同的问题,更大的问题. |
| 84 | In high school, I was always trying to figure out what a poem was about. | 高中时,我总是想着要写什么诗. |
| 85 | I wanted to unlock the secret meaning. | 我想解开这个秘密的意义 |
| 86 | 但Blaisdell先生会告诉我 | |
| 87 | Peter, what the poem is about is not always the most interesting question. | 彼得,诗的内容 并不总是最有趣的问题。 |
| 88 | He encouraged me to appreciate beauty and occasionally put aside analysis. | 他鼓励我欣赏美,偶尔把分析放在一边. |
| 89 | He pushed me to use different parts of my mind and my emotions. | 他逼我用我的思想和情感的不同部分 |
| 90 | Beyond poetry, my teachers inspired in me and my friends a deep and joyful love of learning. | 除了诗歌之外,我的老师们激发了我和我的朋友对学习的深厚而愉快的热爱. |
| 91 | They introduced us to interests that made our lives richer and more rewarding. | 他们向我们介绍了使我们的生活更加丰富和更有回报的利益。 |
| 92 | 我最近有幸采访了诗人Louise Glick, | |
| 93 | who won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature. | 他曾获得2020年诺贝尔文学奖. |
| 94 | Professor Glick has taught at Yale since 2004. | 格利克教授自2004年起在耶鲁大学任教. |
| 95 | She told me she thinks of teaching as a way of repaying her debts. | 她告诉我她认为教书是还债的一种方式. |
| 96 | You can't thank your teachers, she said, | 感谢老师,她说, |
| 97 | except by performing as they did for another generation. | 惟有他们为世人而表演, |
| 98 | Soon you will leave Yale and contribute to every field and profession | 很快你会离开耶鲁,为每一个领域和职业做出贡献 |
| 99 | as generations of alumni have before you. | 就像几代校友在你们面前一样 |
| 100 | You will leave here with gifts from your teachers, | 你要带着老师的礼物离开这里 |
| 101 | from Yale professors, and from others throughout your lives. | 来自耶鲁大学的教授 以及你一生中其他人 |
| 102 | And as Professor Glick says, | 正如格利克教授所说, |
| 103 | you can repay your teachers by helping others discover the world. | 您可通过帮助他人发现世界来回报您的老师。 |
| 104 | Over the past year, we have learned so much about ourselves | 过去的一年里,我们学到了很多 |
| 105 | and about what we are capable of. | 以及我们的能力。 |
| 106 | And we have been reminded again and again that we must keep learning. | 人们一再提醒我们,我们必须不断学习。 |
| 107 | There will always be new challenges to tackle, | 将永远面临新的挑战, |
| 108 | unexpected problems to solve. | 出乎意料的问题 |
| 109 | We will have to pivot and adapt. | 我们必须选择和适应。 |
| 110 | And if we love learning, | 如果我们喜欢学习, |
| 111 | if we are curious about the world and the people in it, | 如果我们对这个世界和其中的人好奇 |
| 112 | then that task will be so much easier and more fulfilling. | 这样,这项任务就容易得多,更能完成。 |
| 113 | What will you do with the gifts you have been given? | 你会怎么处置你得到的礼物? |
| 114 | What gifts will you give to the world? | 你会给世界什么礼物? |
| 115 | I think of Emi Mahmoud, a 2016 graduate of Yale College. | 我想到了2016年耶鲁学院毕业生埃米·马哈茂德. |
| 116 | Born in Darfur, Sudan, | 生于苏丹达尔富尔, |
| 117 | Emi won the International World Poetry Slam Championship, | 埃米获得了国际诗歌史拉姆锦标赛冠军, |
| 118 | was honored by the BBC, | 受到英国广播公司的尊敬 |
| 119 | and met with President Obama, | 并会见了奥巴马总统, |
| 120 | all while still a student at Yale. | 那时还是耶鲁大学的学生 |
| 121 | Emi's poems often deal with her experiences of war and displacement. | 埃米的诗歌经常涉及她的战争和流离失所的经历. |
| 122 | Today, as the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, | 今天,作为联合国亲善大使, |
| 123 | she advocates for peace and human rights, | 她倡导和平与人权, |
| 124 | particularly the rights of children. | 特别是儿童权利。 |
| 125 | She is sharing her gifts with the world in a very powerful way. | 她以非常有力的方式与世界分享她的天赋. |
| 126 | In the book Tuesdays with Maury, | 在周二和毛里一起的书里 |
| 127 | 体育作家Mitch Albom描述重联 | |
| 128 | with his former professor, Maury Schwartz. | 和他以前的教授莫里·施瓦兹一起 |
| 129 | The elderly Maury is suffering with ALS, | 年长的毛里患有ALS病 |
| 130 | Lou Gehrig's disease. | 卢盖瑞格病. |
| 131 | The book is an extended reflection on life and death, | 这本书是对生死的延伸反思, |
| 132 | but it is also about the relationship between a student and his teacher. | 也是关于学生和老师的关系 |
| 133 | At the end, Albom says, | 最后,阿尔本说, |
| 134 | have you ever really had a teacher, | 你曾经有过真正的老师, |
| 135 | one who saw you as a raw but precious thing, | 他曾将你当作珍贵的动物, |
| 136 | a jewel that with wisdom could be polished to a proud shine? | 一颗有智慧的宝石 可以被光辉照耀? |
| 137 | If you are lucky enough to find your way to such teachers, | 如果你够幸运找到这样的老师 |
| 138 | you will always find your way back. | 你会永远找到回路 |
| 139 | I hope you find your way back. | 我希望你能找到回来的路 |
| 140 | Back to your teachers and back to Yale. | 复归师子耶律.. |
| 141 | I hope you will return to campus and walk down Chapel Street | 我希望你能回到校园走下礼拜堂街 |
| 142 | and enjoy the sunshine or the snow on Old Campus or Science Hill. | 并享受阳光或雪 在老校园或科学山。 |
| 143 | And I hope you will find ways of sharing the joy of discovery with others. | 我希望你能找到办法 与其他人分享发现的快乐 |
| 144 | I hope you will share your curiosity with a world | 我希望你能与世界分享你的好奇心 |
| 145 | that needs questions as much as answers, | 需要的问题和答案一样多 |
| 146 | that needs light and truth more than ever. | 这比任何时候都更需要光明和真理。 |
| 147 | I usually conclude my addresses on commencement weekend | 我通常在开始的周末结束我的演讲 |
| 148 | with a few words of verse. | 与几句诗句. |
| 149 | Over the years, I have read from Rabrinjanath Tagore, | 这些年来,我从拉布林贾纳特塔戈尔读到 |
| 150 | Elizabeth Alexander, Billy Collins, Marie Boroff, and Claudia Rankin. | 伊丽莎白·亚历山大,比利·柯林斯,玛丽·博洛夫,以及克劳迪娅·兰金. |
| 151 | But most often, I have turned to the words of John Milton, | 但大多数时候,我转而谈到约翰·米尔顿的话, |
| 152 | from Paradise Lost. | 从乐园迷路。 |
| 153 | You know those verses about leaving the Garden of Eden, | 你知道那些关于离开伊甸园的诗句, |
| 154 | with wandering steps and slow | 与徘徊的台阶和缓慢 |
| 155 | and making one's way into a world that is all before you? | 并让自己进入一个在你们面前的世界? |
| 156 | There are moments when those lines move me to tears. | 有些时候这些台词让我流泪 |
| 157 | In this challenging year, though, | 不过在这充满挑战的一年里 |
| 158 | Paradise does not seem the right metaphor for our beloved campus. | 天堂似乎不是我们热爱的校园的正确比喻。 |
| 159 | But I look ahead with great optimism, and I trust you do too. | 但我很乐观地展望未来 我相信你也一样 |
| 160 | 所以,也许这些话 Emily Dickinson | |
| 161 | seem more appropriate at this moment. | 现在看来更合适 |
| 162 | Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul | 希望是羽毛在灵魂中隐藏的东西 |
| 163 | and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all. | 并唱着没有字的曲子 并永远不停止。 |
| 164 | Graduates of the Class of 2021, | 2021级毕业生, |
| 165 | you are ready to face the future with optimism and determination. | 你愿意以乐观和决心面对未来。 |
| 166 | You are ready to repay the gifts your teachers have given you | 老师送给你的礼物你随时可以还清 |
| 167 | and share the joy of discovery with others. | 与众人分享发现的喜悦。 |
| 168 | You go with our best wishes and our admiration. | 你带着我们最良好的祝愿和钦佩。 |
| 169 | Congratulations and good luck. | 恭喜你 祝你好运 |
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