迈克尔布隆伯格在哈佛大学2014年毕业典礼上的演讲 英汉对照文本.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 Freedom and Tolerance 自由与包容 2014/5/29 迈克尔?布隆伯格(Michael Bloomberg)，前纽约市市长，布隆伯格通讯社（彭博社）创始人。 /v_show/id_XNzUyMDc4MDQw.html “Thank you, Katie – and thank you to President Faust, the Fellows of Harvard College, the Board of Overseers, and all the faculty, alumni, and students who have welcomed me back to campus.“I’m excited to be here, not only to address the distinguished graduates and alumni at Harvard University’s 363rd commencement but most importantly to stand in the exact spot where Oprah stood last year. OMG.“Let me begin with the most important order of business: Let’s have a big round of applause for the Class of 2014! They’ve earned it!“As excited as the graduates are, they are probably even more exhausted after the past few weeks. And parents: I’m not referring to their final exams. I’m talking about the Senior Olympics, the Last Chance Dance, and the Booze Cruise – I mean, the midnight cruise!“Anyway, this entire year has been exciting on campus: Harvard beat Yale for the seventh straight time in football. The men’s basketball team went to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the second straight year. And the Men’s Squash team won the national championship.“Who’d have thunk it: Harvard, an athletic powerhouse! Pretty soon Drew will be asking whether you have academics to go along with your athletic programs.“My personal connection to Harvard began in 1964, when I graduated from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and matriculated here at the B-School.“You’re probably asking yourself or maybe whispering to the person next to you: How did he ever get into Harvard Business School, given his stellar academic record, where he always made the top half of the class possible? I have no idea. The only people more surprised than me were my professors.“Anyway, here I am again back in Cambridge. And I have noticed that a few things have changed since I was a student here. Elsie’s – a sandwich spot I used to love near the Square – i