罗琳2008年哈佛大学毕业演讲（中英对照）.docxVIP

The?Fringe?Benefits?of?Failure,?and?the?Importance?ofImaginationHarvard?University?Commencement?AddressJ.K.?RowlingTercentenary?Theatre,?June?5, 2008失败的好处和想象力的重要性哈佛大学毕业典礼J.K. 罗琳2008年6月5日President?Faust,?members?of?the?Harvard?Corporation?and?the?Board?of?Overseers,?members?of?the?faculty,?proud?parents,?and,?above?all,?graduates,福斯特主席，哈佛公司和监察委员会的各位成员，各位老师、家长、全体毕业生们：The?first?thing?I?would?like?to?say?is?thank?you.?Not?only?has?Harvard?given?me?an?extraordinaryhonour,?but?the?weeks?of?fear?and?nausea?I’ve?endured?at?the?thought?of?giving?thiscommencement?address?have?made?me?lose?weight.?A?win-win?situation!?Now?all?I?have?to?do?istake?deep?breaths,?squint?at?the?red?banners?and?convince?myself?that?I?am?at?the?world’s?largestGryffindors?reunion.首先请允许我说一声谢谢。哈佛不仅给了我无上的荣誉，连日来为这个演讲经受的恐惧和紧张，更令我减肥成功。这真是一个双赢的局面。现在我要做的就是深呼吸几下，眯着眼睛看看前面的大红横幅，安慰自己正在世界上最大的魔法学院聚会上。Delivering?a?commencement?address?is?a?great?responsibility;?or?so?I?thought?until?I?cast?my?mindback?to?my?own?graduation.?The?commencement?speaker?that?day?was?the?distinguished?Britishphilosopher?Baroness?Mary?Warnock.?Reflecting?on?her?speech?has?helped?me?enormously?inwriting?this?one,?because?it?turns?out?that?I?cant?remember?a?single?word?she?said.?This?liberatingdiscovery?enables?me?to?proceed?without?any?fear?that?I?might?inadvertently?influence?you?toabandon?promising?careers?in?business,?law?or?politics?for?the?giddy?delights?of?becoming?a?gaywizard.发表毕业演说是一个巨大的责任，至少在我回忆自己当年的毕业典礼前是这么认为的。那天做演讲的是英国著名的哲学家Baroness?Mary?Warnock，对她演讲的回忆，对我写今天的演讲稿，产生了极大的帮助，因为我不记得她说过的任何一句话了。这个发现让我释然，让我不再担心我可能会无意中影响你放弃在商业，法律或政治上的大好前途，转而醉心于成为一个快乐的魔法师。You?see??If?all?you?remember?in?years?to?come?is?the?gay?wizard?joke,?Ive?still?come?out?ahead?ofBaroness?Mary?Warnock.?Achievable?goals?-?the?first?step?to?self-improvement.你们看，如果在若干年后你们还记得“快乐的魔法师”这个笑话，那就证明我已经超越了BaronessMary?Warnock。建立可实现的目标——这是提高自我的第一步。Actually,?I?have?wracked?my?mind?and?heart?for?what?I?ought?to?say?to?you?today.?I?have?askedmyself?what?I?wish?I?had?known?at?my?own?gr