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【我们的毕业季】华尔街时报头版文章：致毕业生（双语）Dear Class of 2012: 致2012年毕业的你： ? Allow me to be the first one not to congratulate you. Through exertions that—lets be honest—were probably less than heroic, most of you have spent the last few years getting inflated grades in useless subjects in order to obtain a debased degree. Now youre entering a lousy economy, courtesy of the very president whom you, as freshmen, voted for with such enthusiasm. Please spare us the self-pity about how tough it is to look for a job while living with your parents. Theyre the ones who spent a fortune on your education only to get you back— return-to-sender, forwarding address unknown. 请允许我成为第一个不对你说“恭喜”的人。在过去几年中，你们中的大多数努力地在各种并不实用的课程中为了一个看得过去的成绩而徘徊奋斗。老实说，这并不是什么值得夸耀的事情。现在在这糟糕的，拜你们大一时投票选出的总统所赐的经济环境下，你们要离开学校了。重回父母家住下，还要同时开始寻找并不好找的工作，这不是一件容易的事儿。毕竟你的父母是曾经在你身上给予厚望，而他们现在更像是拿着没能寄出去的邮包的发件人，且无从得知这个邮包接下来该往哪儿发去。 ? No doubt some of you have overcome real hardships or taken real degrees. A couple of years ago I hired a summer intern from West Point. She came to the office directly from weeks of field exercises in which she kept a bulletproof vest on at all times, even while sleeping. She writes brilliantly and is as self-effacing as she is accomplished. Now shes in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban. 你们中的某些当然还是经历了严峻的考验获得了真才实学的。几年前我曾经招了一个来自西点军校的实习生。她开始工作前刚完成了一个长达数周的训练项目，在这个项目里她甚至连睡觉的时候都得穿着防弹背心。她的文笔十分的好，而且格外谦虚。现在的她正在阿富汗对抗恐怖分子。 ? If youre like that intern, please feel free to feel sorry for yourself. Just remember she doesnt. 如果你也像那个实习生一样，你有权利对你的生活觉得不满。但请记住，她从来没有那么想过。 ? Unfortunately, dear graduates, chances are youre nothing like her. And since youre no longer children, at least officially, its time someone tells you the facts of life. The other facts. 但是亲爱的毕业生们，也许你们远没有达到她的成就。你们已然不是小孩儿了，至少现在有人该告诉你一些关于人生的实情了。一些其他的实情。 ? Fact One is that, in our knowledge-based economy, knowledge counts. Yet here you are, probably the least knowledgeable graduating class in history. 首先要说的是，在这个知识决定命运的经济环境中，知识依然是很受重视的。但可惜你们也许是这么多年来最缺乏知识的一届毕业生。 ? A