克里斯特英文演讲稿原文.doc

里克·施密特2012年波士顿大学演讲 　　---学会对生活说YES( find a way to say yes to things) ?? 　　英文原稿 　　It’s great to be here on campus. It’s an honor to have been invited. It’s an honor to look out on the next generation of BU Terriers. 　　I’ll give you a quote:“I am a true adorer of life, and if I can’t reach as high as the face of it, I plant my kiss somewhere lower down. Those who understand will require no further explanation.” Well, graduates … allow me to explain. You used to have a professor here–a decent writer by the name of Saul Bellow. That comes from his novel Henderson the Rain King. I stand before you today as someone who considers himself an adorer of life. I know what it’s like to plant a kiss on a life lived fully… And I can tell you from experience that, once you understand that, Professor Bellow’s right: that no further explanation is necessary. 　　It’s one quote from countless beautiful lines he wrote over his career. But I feel it best sums up an approach that contains the power to transform an ordinary life into one filled with grace and love and dignity. 　　And it also best sums up what a fantastic university like BU has infiltrated in every student who sets foot on this beautiful campus. Scientists, engineers, writers, artists, business pioneers … governors … Olympic gold medalists … Oscar winners … cabinet secretaries … They all walked across this stage and left to make their mark on the culture, on society, on the world. And, my God, Martin Luther King is Doctor King because of the PhD he received here. And, now … you follow. You right here, sitting there now, baking in the sun, thinking about the Celtics game tomorrow, possibly nursing a hangover – there’s one down here I’ve been following – you’re saying, wow–that’s a lot of pressure. What can I do? Where can I plant my kiss? Well, that’s your question to answer. I can’t do it for you. But, here’s what I know. I know one thing for certain: No graduating class gets to choose the world they graduate into–just like y