J. K. 罗琳哈佛毕业典礼演讲稿(节选).docVIP

J. K. 罗琳哈佛毕业典礼演讲稿(节选) 　　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 extraordinary honour， but the weeks of fear Ive endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation！Now all I have to do is take deep breaths， squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the worlds largest Gryffindors’ 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，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格兰芬多（格兰芬多是小哈利所在的魔法学院的名字）聚会上 Actually， I have wracked my mind and heart for what I ought to say to you today. I have asked myself what I wish I had known at my own graduation， and what important lessons I have learned in the 21 years that has expired between that day and this. 实际上，我为今天应该和大家谈些什么绞尽了脑汁。我问自己什么是我希望早在毕业典礼上就该了解的，而从那时起到现在的21年间，我又得到了什么重要的启示 I have come up with two answers. On this wonderful day when we are gathered together to celebrate your academic success， I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of failure. And as you stand on the threshold of what is sometimes called real life’， I want to extol the crucial importance of imagination. 我想到了两个答案。在这美好的一天，当我们一起庆祝你们取得学业成就的时刻，我希望告诉你们失败有什么样的益处；在你们即将迈向“现实生活”的道路之际，我还要褒扬想象力的重要性 These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices， but bear with me. 这些似乎是不切实际或自相矛盾的选择，但请先容我讲完 Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago， I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself， and what those closest to me expected of me. 回顾21岁刚刚毕业时的自己，对于今天42岁的我来说，是一个稍微不太舒服的经历。可以说，我人生的前一部分，一直挣扎在自己的雄心和身边的人对我的期望之间 I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do， ever， was to write novels. However， my pa