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最近,，英大接觸到了一場讓人“心曠神怡”的演講,，心情可以說是相當愉悅了， 看完這場演講之后，簡直有空思考人生,。 那么,， 這是怎樣一個神奇的演講呢？ 它是美國卡迪根山中學的畢業(yè)演講,，而演講的人是美國最高法院的首席大法官——約翰·羅伯茨（John Roberts） 他的兒子也是這一屆的畢業(yè)生,，所以他這次演講也算是講給親兒子聽的。 不過嘛,，這個畫風啊,， 真是滿滿都是“親爹的疼愛呢”。 比如看看這句：
 我再次祝各位倒霉
而且這一句還是含蓄的,，看了演講中其他的要點,，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)他的宗旨只有一個：“你若安好，那便是晴天上的一道大霹靂,！”
這些話要是放在平常講,，那友誼的小船說翻就翻啊， 然而,， 有趣的是,，這場演講在國外網(wǎng)上的反響非常好。 倒不是因為那邊也全民流行喪文化,， 而是,， 這位爹的毒雞湯真的灌得太在理了。 現(xiàn)在網(wǎng)上到處都是勵志雞湯,，好像全世界沒有什么是一句口號解決不了的,， 但是我們過的日子顯然和雞湯里講的不一樣啊， 所以這位法官老爸覺得： 就是因為這種沒營養(yǎng)的雞湯太多了,，世上才有這么多人過得糊里糊涂,，才會有那么多人在遭受了挫折之后只知道埋怨社會，而不去思考自己哪里做錯了,。 于是,， 他決定， 這次畢業(yè)演講不灌雞湯,，而是把真實的世界告訴這些學生,，讓他們以后能做個明白人。 他說：
正常情況下
一個來畢業(yè)典禮演講的人會祝你們好運
但我不會
我現(xiàn)在就告訴你們?yōu)槭裁?/b>
The commencement speakers
will typically also wish you good luck
and extend good wishes to you.
I will not do that, and I’ll tell you why.
好,，我們也不多說廢話了,，來看看他都講了什么吧： 01
如果你失敗了，站起來,，再試一次,。
如果你又失敗了,，站起來，再試一次,。
而如果你又失敗了,，你或許該想想是不是該干點別的了。
If you did fail, you got up and tried again.
And if you failed again, you got up and tried again.
And if you failed again, it might be time to think about doing something else.
02
你們應該做自己,。
但是,，可要搞清楚了。
除非你是個完美的人,，不然這并不代表不要做任何改變,。
You should be yourself.
But you should understand what that means.
Unless you are perfect, it does not mean don’t make any changes.
03
在未來的這些年里，我希望你們都時不時地受到不公的待遇,，這樣你們才能知道正義的價值,。
From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly, so that you will come to know the value of justice.
04
我希望你們所有人都被人背叛，因為這樣你們才能明白忠誠有多重要,。
I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty.
05
很抱歉這么說,，但我希望你們都會時不時地變得孤苦伶仃，這樣你們才不會把朋友當成理所當然,。
Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted.
06
我還要再次祝各位都倒霉,，這樣你們才會知道運氣在生活中的戲碼有多大，你們才會知道自己的成功并不是應得的,，你們才會知道別人的失敗也不是活該,。
I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
07
而當你們失敗的時候，而且你們肯定會時不時失敗的,，我希望你們的對手能在那幸災樂禍,，這樣你們才能知道互相尊重有多重要。
And when you lose, as you will from time to time, I hope every now and then, your opponent will gloat over your failure. It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship.
08
我還希望你們都被人無視,，這樣你們才能知道傾聽別人有多重要,。
I hope you’ll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others.
09
我還希望你們都能過得足夠痛苦，這樣你們才能學會同情別人,。
And I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion.
然后,，還引用了一句蘇格拉底的名言,，來總領全文：
10
未經(jīng)自省的人生,，并不值得活。
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
法官老爹的這個演講一出（文末有視頻哦~）,，在國外的網(wǎng)上可算是傳瘋了,， 好多家長都出來表態(tài)：從來沒見過這么有營養(yǎng)的畢業(yè)演講。 而《華盛頓郵報》也評論說：「羅伯茨大法官本年度最好的作品,，不是某個案子的判決書,，而是在兒子畢業(yè)典禮上的致辭,。」 其實說真的,， 雖說喪氣話讓人不好受,，但真的比網(wǎng)上鋪天蓋地的正能量雞湯有用多了， 比如之前英大盤點過的《今年最喪的45句話》： 雖說每一句都讓你想手動和世界再見,，但這一巴掌一巴掌卻能把人打醒,， 真心希望這樣的演講能更多一些，把那些不負責任的廉價雞湯都打翻,，讓這個世界正常一點,。
OK，那么我們最后來看看這個演講的完整視頻吧~
英大給大家準備好了完整字幕哦：
Thank you very much.
謝謝大家,！
Rain, somebody said, is like confetti from heaven. So even the heavens are celebrating this morning, joining the rest of us at this wonderful commencement ceremony.
有人說,，雨珠就像是從天堂灑落的彩色紙屑。因此今天早上,，天堂也和我們一起慶祝這個盛大的畢業(yè)典禮,。
Before we go any further, graduates, you have an important task to perform because behind you are your parents and guardians.
在我們進一步之前，各位畢業(yè)生,，你有一個很重要的任務要完成,。因為你們身后，是自己的父母和家長,。
Two or three or four years ago, they drove into Cardigan, dropped you off, helped you get settled and then turned around and drove back out the gates.It was an extraordinary sacrifice for them. They drove down the trail of tears back to an emptier and lonelier house.
幾年前,，他們開車送你們來到卡迪根山中學，安頓好你們后,，又開走離開,。對他們來說，這是一個非同尋常的犧牲,。他們含淚離開,，回家后面對的是一個更空蕩、更孤獨的家,。
They did that because the decision about your education, they knew, was about you. It was not about them. That sacrifice and others they made have brought you to this point.
他們這樣做,，不是為了他們，這個教育決定都是為了你們,。他們的犧牲和其他的（無私奉獻）造就了你們今天,。
But this morning is not just about you. It is also about them, so I hope you will stand up and turn around and give them a great round of applause. Please.
今早，你們不是唯一的主角,，父母們也是主角之一,。所以，我想請大家起立,，轉身,，為你們的家人鼓掌,！
Now when somebody asks me how the remarks at Cardigan went, I will be able to say they were interrupted by applause.
現(xiàn)在如果有人問我在卡迪根的演講怎么樣，我可以說,，現(xiàn)在的掌聲都打斷我的演講了,。
Congratulations, class of 2017. You’ve reached an important milestone.An important stage of your life is behind you.I’m sorry to be the one to tell you it is the easiest stage of your life, but it is in the books. While you’ve been at Cardigan, you have all been a part of an important international community as well. And I think that needs to be particularly recognized.
恭喜各位2017屆畢業(yè)生！你們來到了人生中一個重要的里程碑,，一個重要階段已經(jīng)過去了,。很抱歉，我想和大家說,，中學階段——一個人生中最簡單的階段,，已經(jīng)告一段落。在卡迪根山中學讀書時,，你們也已成為國際社會中的一員,。這一點是每個人必須認識到的。
[Roberts gave brief remarks in other languages.]
Roberts用其他語言中,，發(fā)表了簡短講話,。
Now around the country today at colleges, high schools, middle schools, commencement speakers are standing before impatient graduates. And they are almost always saying the same things.They will say that today is a commencement exercise. ‘It is a beginning, not an end. You should look forward.’
今天，全國各地的大學,、高中,、初中，畢業(yè)演講者都站在一群急躁的畢業(yè)生前,，他們講話的內(nèi)容也沒啥區(qū)別,。他們會說，今天是一個提前演練,，“這個一個開始,，不是結束。你們應該高瞻遠矚,?！?/p>
And I think that is true enough, however, I think if you’re going to look forward to figure out where you’re going, it’s good to know where you’ve been and to look back as well.
他們說得沒錯，但我認為,，在高瞻遠矚之前,，要先找到自己的方向。知道自己已經(jīng)走過的路,，回頭看看,，也一樣有好處。
And I think if you look back to your first afternoon here at Cardigan, perhaps you will recall that you were lonely. Perhaps you will recall that you were a little scared, a little anxious.
當你回想起第一次來到卡迪根中學的那個下午,，可能會記起當時自己是多么孤單,?？赡軙浧甬敃r還有點兒害怕和緊張,。
And now look at you. You are surrounded by friends that you call brothers, and you are confident in facing the next step in your education.It is worth trying to think why that is so. And when you do, I think you may appreciate that it was because of the support of your classmates in the classroom, on the athletic field and in the dorms.
然而現(xiàn)在,，再看看自己，周圍都是親如兄弟的朋友,。你滿懷信心地準備邁入下一個教育階段,。仔細想想為啥會有如此變化，這會很有幫助,。當你這樣做了,，我相信你會感激在課堂上、運動場上,、在宿舍中幫助過你的同學,。
And as far as the confidence goes, I think you will appreciate that it is not because you succeeded at everything you did, but because with the help of your friends, you were not afraid to fail.
那么信心從何而來，我想你不僅僅要感謝目前為止自己所有的成功,，還要感謝朋友的幫助,，你不會害怕失敗。
And if you did fail, you got up and tried again. And if you failed again, you got up and tried again. And if you failed again, it might be time to think about doing something else. But it was not just success, but not being afraid to fail that brought you to this point.
即便失敗了,，你也能爬起來重新開始,。即便再次失敗，你也能再次爬起來,。如果第三次依舊失敗了,，那就需要開始考慮做點其他事兒了。但這不僅僅是成功（成就了你）,，永不言敗的精神也引領你走到了現(xiàn)在,。
Now the commencement speakers will typically also wish you good luck and extend good wishes to you. I will not do that, and I’ll tell you why.
現(xiàn)在按照慣例，畢業(yè)演講者總會祝大家好運,，并送上祝福,。我不會這樣做，我來告訴你原因,。
From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly, so that you will come to know the value of justice. I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty.
今后,，我喜歡你能時不時遭受不公平對待，這樣你才能懂得公平的價值,。我喜歡你能遭受背叛,，這樣你才能學會忠誠的重要。
Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted.
很抱歉這么說,，但我還希望你們能經(jīng)常感到孤獨,，這樣你才不會把朋友視為理所應當。
I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
我喜歡你偶爾運氣不好,，這樣你才能體會到機會在人生中扮演的角色,，知道成功并非理所當然，別人的失敗也不都是天注定,。
And when you lose, as you will from time to time, I hope every now and then, your opponent will gloat over your failure. It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship.
有時候失敗了,，我希望你的對手能嘲笑你,。只有這樣，你才能知道競技精神中光明磊落,、有風度的重要性,。
I hope you’ll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others, and I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion. Whether I wish these things or not, they’re going to happen.And whether you benefit from them or not will depend upon your ability to see the message in your misfortunes.
我希望你能體會到被人無視的感覺，這樣你能懂得傾聽的重要性,。也希望你能感受痛苦,，從而學會同情。不管我祝福與否,，這些是總會發(fā)生,。你能否從中受益，取決于你能否感知到這些苦難帶給你的信息,。
Now commencement speakers are also expected to give some advice. They give grand advice, and they give some useful tips.The most common grand advice they give is for you to be yourself.
畢業(yè)演講還會提供一些忠告,。他們會給出一些宏觀的建議，和他們覺得有用的技巧,。而最宏觀的建議就是——做自己,。
It is an odd piece of advice to give people dressed identically, but you should — you should be yourself. But you should understand what that means. Unless you are perfect, it does not mean don’t make any changes.
給穿著統(tǒng)一服裝的人說這樣的話，也許有點奇怪,。但你們應該做自己,，要明白這句話的真正內(nèi)涵。除非你很完美,，這句話也并不是讓你改變自己,。
In a certain sense, you should not be yourself. You should try to become something better. People say ‘be yourself’ because they want you to resist the impulse to conform to what others want you to be.But you can’t be yourself if you don't learn who are, and you can’t learn who you are unless you think about it.
在一定意義上，你不應做自己,。你該努力成為更好的自己,。人們總說“做自己”，因為他們不想屈服于別人的意志,，人云亦云,。但如果連你自己都不了解自己，那么你根本做不了自己,。只有你思考了,，才能明白你想成為什么樣的人。
The Greek philosopher Socrates said, ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.’ And while ‘just do it’ might be a good motto for some things, it’s not a good motto when it’s trying to figure out how to live your life that is before you.And one important clue to living a good life is to not to try to live the good life. The best way to lose the values that are central to who you are is frankly not to think about them at all.
古希臘哲學家蘇格拉底說：“渾渾噩噩的生活不值得過,?！蹦撤N程度上，“放手去做”是很好的座右銘,。但當你在思考未來如何度過,，這句話就行不通了。千萬不要為了“好生活”而生活。倘若你從不思考生活的意義,，那你很容易迷失,，走錯路。
So that’s the deep advice. Now some tips as you get ready to go to your new school.
上面這些是深刻的建議,。下面這些意見，給即將進入新學校的你們,。
Other the last couple of years, I have gotten to know many of you young men pretty well, and I know you are good guys.But you are also privileged young men. And if you weren’t privileged when you came here, you are privileged now because you have been here. My advice is: Don’t act like it.
過去幾年,，我已經(jīng)和你們中一些人很熟了，我知道你們都是好青年,。你們也是享有特權的年輕人,。即使初來乍到，你們并不優(yōu)人一等,，但成為這里的一員,，你們已領先于其他。我的建議——不要變現(xiàn)出優(yōu)人一等,。
When you get to your new school, walk up and introduce yourself to the person who is raking the leaves, shoveling the snow or emptying the trash. Learn their name and call them by their name during your time at the school.
當你們進入新學校,，請向打掃落葉、鏟雪或倒垃圾的人,，上前問好并介紹自己,。同時，能記住他們的名字,。當在校園里經(jīng)過時,，能喊出他們的名字。
Another piece of advice: When you pass by people you don’t recognize on the walks, smile, look them in the eye and say hello. The worst thing that will happen is that you will become known as the young man who smiles and says hello, and that is not a bad thing to start with.
另外一點：當你在路上遇到陌生人,，請看著他們的眼睛,，并微笑著打招呼。這樣做最糟的結果,，也就是對方會記住這個笑著問好的年輕人,。這樣開始也不錯。
You’ve been at a school with just boys. Most of you will be going to a school with girls. I have no advice for you.
你們之前就讀的是一所男子學校,，大部分人都將進入男女混校,。對此，我沒什么想說的,。
The last bit of advice I’ll give you is very simple, but I think it could make a big difference in your life.Once a week, you should write a note to someone. Not an email. A note on a piece of paper. It will take you exactly 10 minutes. Talk to an adult, let them tell you what a stamp is. You can put the stamp on the envelope.Again, 10 minutes, once a week.
最后,，提一個簡單的建議，但會對你的人生產(chǎn)生重大影響——每周個某人寫一封信,。不是用電子郵件,，而是寫在一張紙上。這會花你10分鐘左右的時間。問問長輩,，讓他告訴你什么是郵票,。然后，你就能把郵票帖在信封上了,。再提醒一下,，每周10分鐘。
I will help you, right now. I will dictate to you the first note you should write. It will say, ‘Dear [fill in the name of a teacher at Cardigan Mountain School].’ Say: ‘I have started at this new school.We are reading [blank] in English. Football or soccer practice is hard, but I’m enjoying it. Thank you for teaching me.’
現(xiàn)在我就能教你如何做,。我告訴你第一封信寫什么,。抬頭“親愛的___（卡迪根山中學某老師）” ，正文寫“我已經(jīng)進入了新學校,。我最近在讀___,。足球對我而言有點兒難，但我很喜歡,，感謝您的教誨,。”
Put it in an envelope, put a stamp on it and send it. It will mean a great deal to people who — for reasons most of us cannot contemplate — have dedicated themselves to teaching middle school boys.
（寫完了,，）就放進信封,，貼好郵票寄出去。對那些把一生奉獻給教導中學男生的老師來說,，這封信非比尋常,。
As I said, that will take you exactly 10 minutes a week. By the end of the school year, you will have sent notes to 40 people. Forty people will feel a little more special because you did, and they will think you are very special because of what you did. No one else is going to carry that dividend during your time at school.
就像我說的，每周花10分鐘而已,。當學年結束后,，你能給40個老師寫信。因為你這樣做了,，40個老師能會覺得自己很特殊,，同時他們也會對你另眼相待。在學校里,，沒人會來和你搶這一份紅利,。
Enough advice. I would like to end by reading some important lyrics. I cited the Greek philosopher Socrates earlier. These lyrics are from the great American philosopher, Bob Dylan.
意見已經(jīng)足夠了。下面我用一段有名的歌詞來結束演講,。剛才,，我用了古希臘哲學家蘇格拉底的名言，下面這些歌詞來自著名的美國哲學家鮑勃·迪倫,。
They’re almost 50 years old. He wrote them for his son, Jesse, who he was missing while he was on tour. It lists the hopes that a parent might have for a son and for a daughter. They’re also good goals for a son and a daughter. The wishes are beautiful, they’re timeless.They’re universal.
這些歌詞已有50年,，是鮑勃·迪倫在巡演期間，寫給兒子杰西的,。它表達了父母對孩子殷切的希望,。它也是子女們努力的目標。祝福很美好，也永不過時,，也有普世價值,。
They’re good and true, except for one: It is the wish that gives the song its title and its refrain. That wish is a parent’s lament. It’s not a good wish.
大部分都是美好的祝福，除了有一條,，歌名和副歌部分都表達了,。那也只是一個家長的惋惜，并不是美好的愿望,。
So these are the lyrics from Forever Young by Bob Dylan:
下面是鮑勃·迪倫的《永遠年輕》歌詞：
May God bless and keep you always, 愿上帝保佑你,， May your wishes all come true, 愿你美夢成真， May you always do for others 愿你無私助人 And let others do for you. 也接受別人的饋贈,。 May you build a ladder to the stars 愿你可以筑梯摘星 And climb on every rung, 穩(wěn)妥步步拾級,， May you stay forever young, 愿你永遠年輕,， May you grow up to be righteous, 愿你長大后公平正直,， May you grow up to be true, 愿你保持真實善良， May you always know the truth 愿你永遠洞徹真理 And see the lights surrounding you. 亦不摒棄光明,。 May you always be courageous, 愿你永遠無所畏懼,， Stand upright and be strong, 意志堅強，堅韌不拔,， May you stay forever young, 愿你永遠年輕 May your hands always be busy, 愿你的雙手永遠忙碌充實,， May your feet always be swift, 愿你的腳步永遠輕快， May you have a strong foundation 愿你踏實堅定 When the winds of changes shift. 即使世事無常,， May your heart always be joyful, （也）愿你的心中總是歡樂滿溢,， May your song always be sung, 愿你的歌謠能永遠被人傳唱， May you stay forever young, 愿你永遠年輕 Thank you. 謝謝大家,！
最后送上,，Bob Dylan的 Forever Young↓
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