提供新高考整體解決方案 （）萬(wàn)朋教育 全球最佳畢業(yè)演講 我祝你不幸并且痛苦（中英全文） 約翰羅伯茨：現(xiàn)任美國(guó)首席大法官 美國(guó)當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間2017年7月3日，華盛頓郵報(bào)放出了一個(gè)約翰羅伯茨在卡迪根山中學(xué)（Cardigan Mountain School）的畢業(yè)演講視頻，迅速引發(fā)網(wǎng)友關(guān)注，泰晤士報(bào)等隨后也進(jìn)行了報(bào)道。華盛頓郵報(bào)評(píng)論說(shuō)：羅伯茨首席大法官本年度最好的作品，不是某個(gè)案子的判決書(shū)，而是在兒子畢業(yè)典禮上的致辭。 萬(wàn)朋教育給大家整理了這份演講稿（中英文對(duì)照翻譯），是不是本年度全球最佳畢業(yè)演講？你看了就知道！ 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(shuō)，雨就像天上的五彩紙屑。因此，即使是今天早上的天空也在慶祝，在這個(gè)精彩的畢業(yè)典禮上與我們大家一起慶祝。 Before we go any further, graduates, you have an important task to perform because behind you are your parents and guardians. 在我們繼續(xù)前進(jìn)之前，畢業(yè)生們，你們有一個(gè)重要的任務(wù)要做，因?yàn)槟銈兊纳砗笫悄銈兊母改负捅O(jiān)護(hù)人。 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. 兩三年或四年前，他們開(kāi)車(chē)進(jìn)了卡迪根，讓你下車(chē)，幫你安頓下來(lái)，然后轉(zhuǎn)身把車(chē)開(kāi)回大門(mén)。這是對(duì)他們的巨大犧牲。他們沿著小徑流著眼淚，回到了一個(gè)更空曠、更孤獨(dú)的房子。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. 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. 他們這樣做是因?yàn)?，他們知道關(guān)于你的教育的決定在于你自己。這與他們無(wú)關(guān)。他們所做的犧牲是把你帶到這里。但今天早上不只是你。這也是關(guān)于他們的，所以我希望你能站起來(lái)，轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái)，給他們熱烈的掌聲。請(qǐng)。 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，當(dāng)有人問(wèn)我卡迪根的演講是怎么樣的，我就能說(shuō)他們被掌聲打斷了。 Congratulations, class of 2017. Youve reached an important milestone. An important stage of your life is behind you.Im sorry to be the one to tell you it is the easiest stage of your life, but it is in the books. While youve 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. 恭喜你,2017級(jí)。你已經(jīng)達(dá)到了一個(gè)重要的里程碑。你生命的一個(gè)重要階段就在你身后。我很抱歉要告訴你這是你生命中最容易的階段，但它在書(shū)中。當(dāng)你在卡迪根的時(shí)候，你也都是一個(gè)重要的國(guó)際社會(huì)的一部分。我認(rèn)為這需要特別的認(rèn)識(shí)。 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. 現(xiàn)在全國(guó)各地的大學(xué)、中學(xué)、中學(xué)、畢業(yè)典禮上的演講者都站在沒(méi)有耐心的畢業(yè)生面前。他們總是說(shuō)同樣的話(huà)。他們會(huì)說(shuō)今天是畢業(yè)典禮?！斑@是一個(gè)開(kāi)始，而不是結(jié)束。你應(yīng)該向前看” And I think that is true enough, however,I think if youre going to look forward to figure out where youre going, its good to know where youve been and to look back as well. 我認(rèn)為這是千真萬(wàn)確的，但是，我認(rèn)為如果你想知道你要去哪里，很高興知道你在哪里，也可以回顧一下。 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. 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. 我想如果你回想一下你在卡迪根的第一個(gè)下午，也許你會(huì)想起你很孤獨(dú)。也許你會(huì)記得你有點(diǎn)害怕，有點(diǎn)焦慮?，F(xiàn)在看看你。你被朋友們包圍，你稱(chēng)他們?yōu)樾值?，你有信心面?duì)你教育階段的下一步。 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. 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. 想知道為什么會(huì)這樣？這是個(gè)值得去思考的問(wèn)題。當(dāng)你這樣做的時(shí)候，我想你會(huì)很感激，因?yàn)槟愕耐瑢W(xué)在教室里，在運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)上，在宿舍里支持你。就信心而言，我認(rèn)為你會(huì)明白這并不是因?yàn)槟阕隽怂械氖虑?，而是因?yàn)樵谂笥训膸椭?，你不怕失敗?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. 如果你失敗了，你站起來(lái)再試一次。如果你失敗了，你就站起來(lái)再試一次。如果你再次失敗，可能是時(shí)候考慮做些別的事情了。但這不僅是成功，也是不害怕失敗讓你走到這一步。 Now the commencement speakers will typically also wish you good luck and extend good wishes to you. I will not do that, and Ill tell you why. 現(xiàn)在，畢業(yè)典禮的演講者通常也會(huì)祝你好運(yùn)，并向你致以良好的祝愿。我不會(huì)那樣做，我會(huì)告訴你為什么。 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. 在今后的歲月里，我希望你們能受到不公平的對(duì)待，這樣你們就會(huì)知道正義的價(jià)值。 I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty. 我希望你會(huì)遭受背叛，因?yàn)槟菚?huì)教會(huì)你忠誠(chéng)的重要性。 Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you dont take friends for granted. 很抱歉這么說(shuō)，但我希望你偶爾會(huì)感到孤獨(dú)，這樣你就不會(huì)把朋友當(dāng)成理所當(dāng)然。 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. 愿你們偶爾運(yùn)氣不佳，這樣才會(huì)意識(shí)到機(jī)遇在人生中的地位，進(jìn)而理解你們的成功并非命中注定，別人的失敗也不是天經(jīng)地義。 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. 當(dāng)你們偶爾遭遇失敗時(shí)，愿你們受到對(duì)手幸災(zāi)樂(lè)禍的嘲弄，這才會(huì)讓你們理解體育精神的重要性。 I hope youll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others, and I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion. 愿你們偶爾被人忽視，這樣才能學(xué)會(huì)傾聽(tīng)；感受到切膚之痛，才能對(duì)別人有同情的理解。 Whether I wish these things or not, theyre going to happen. And whether you benefit from them or not will depend upon your ability to see the message in your misfortunes. 無(wú)論我怎么想，這些遲早會(huì)來(lái)臨。而你們能否從中獲益，取決于能否參透人生苦難傳遞的信息。 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 youto be yourself.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. 現(xiàn)在，參加畢業(yè)典禮的人也會(huì)給出一些建議。他們給了大建議，并給出一些有用的建議。最常見(jiàn)的建議是“做自己”。但你得明白其中真意。 Unless you are perfect, it does not mean dont make any changes.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 cant be yourself if you dont learn who are, and you cant learn who you are unless you think about it. 如果你并非足夠完美，就必須作出改變。這時(shí)，你就不能光想著做自己，必須不斷自我完善。別人說(shuō)“做自己”，是希望你抵制按他人意愿隨波逐流的沖動(dòng)。但如果連你都不知道自己要成為什么樣的人，是不可能“做自己”的，而如果不思考這些，你也不可能知道自己想成為什么樣的人。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, its not a good motto when its 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. 希臘哲人蘇格拉底說(shuō)過(guò)，“未經(jīng)自省的人生沒(méi)有意義?！睂?duì)某些事情而言，“just do it ”是不錯(cuò)的座右銘，但在你想明白自己想要什么樣的人生之前，這個(gè)座右銘可不咋滴。生活美好的一條重要準(zhǔn)則就是不要試圖享受好生活。失去那些對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō)至關(guān)重要的價(jià)值觀，最好的方法就是不要去想它們。 So thats the deep advice. Now some tips as you get ready to go to your new school. 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 werent privileged when you came here, you are privileged now because you have been here.My advice is: Dont act like it. 這就是深層的建議?，F(xiàn)在準(zhǔn)備好去新學(xué)校的一些建議。在過(guò)去的幾年里，我很了解你們很多年輕人，我知道你們都是好人。但你們也是有特權(quán)的年輕人。如果你來(lái)到這里時(shí)沒(méi)有特權(quán)，因?yàn)槟銇?lái)過(guò)這里，所以現(xiàn)在享有了特權(quán)。我的建議是:不要表現(xiàn)得像它。 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. Another piece of advice: When you pass by people you dont 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.Youve been at a school with just boys. Most of you will be going to a school with girls. I have no advice for you. 當(dāng)你去到新學(xué)校時(shí)，請(qǐng)走上前向那個(gè)正在耙樹(shù)葉、鏟雪或倒垃圾的人介紹自己。記住他們的名字，在學(xué)校的時(shí)候叫他們的名字。另一條忠告:當(dāng)你走過(guò)那些你不認(rèn)識(shí)的人的時(shí)候，微笑，看著他們的眼睛，向他們問(wèn)好。最糟糕的事情是，你會(huì)成為一個(gè)微笑著打招呼的年輕人，而這并不是一件壞事。你在一所只有男生的學(xué)校里。你們大多數(shù)人會(huì)去一所有女孩子的學(xué)校。我不能給你任何建議。 The last bit of advice Ill 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. 我給你的最后一點(diǎn)建議很簡(jiǎn)單，但我認(rèn)為它會(huì)給你的生活帶來(lái)很大的改變。你應(yīng)該給某人一周寫(xiě)一封信。不是電子郵件。一張紙上一個(gè)留言。你只需花10分鐘時(shí)間。跟大人交談，讓他們告訴你郵票是什么。你可以把郵票貼在信封上。又一個(gè)10分鐘，保持每周一次。 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 in English. Football or soccer practice is hard, but Im enjoying it. Thank you for teaching me. 我現(xiàn)在就幫你。我將向你說(shuō)明你應(yīng)該寫(xiě)的第一張便條。它會(huì)說(shuō):“親愛(ài)的填滿(mǎn)了卡迪根的老師的名字?！闭f(shuō):“我從這所新學(xué)校開(kāi)始。我們正在用英語(yǔ)閱讀。足球或足球，訓(xùn)練很難，但我很享受。謝謝你教我?！?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. 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. 把它放在信封里，貼上郵票，寄出去。這對(duì)那些為了我們大多數(shù)人無(wú)法思考的原因而獻(xiàn)身于教導(dǎo)中學(xué)男生的人來(lái)說(shuō)意義重大。就像我說(shuō)的，你每周只需要10分鐘。到學(xué)年結(jié)束的時(shí)候，你會(huì)給40個(gè)人發(fā)筆記。40個(gè)人會(huì)覺(jué)得有點(diǎn)特別，因?yàn)槟阕龅搅?，他們?huì)認(rèn)為你很特別，因?yàn)槟闼龅?。在你上學(xué)的時(shí)候，沒(méi)有人會(huì)帶著這種紅利。 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. Theyre 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. Theyre also good goals for a son and a daughter. The wishes are beautiful, theyre timeless. Theyre universal. 下面，我將以一段著名歌詞結(jié)束我的致辭。剛才，我引用了希臘哲人蘇格拉底的名言。而這些歌詞，則來(lái)自偉大的美國(guó)哲人，鮑勃迪倫。這些歌詞已有50年歷史，是迪倫當(dāng)年巡回演出期間，思子心切，寫(xiě)給兒子杰西的。歌詞表達(dá)了家長(zhǎng)對(duì)子女的美好期盼，這些期盼是美好的、永恒的，也是