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JK Rowling的哈佛毕业演讲 President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board ofOverseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all,graduates. 浮士德主席，哈佛公司和监察委员会的各位成员，大学的员工，自豪的父母，以及所有的毕业生们： The first thing I would like to say is ‘thank you.’ Not only hasHarvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear andnausea I’ve experienced at the thought of giving this commencementaddress have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I haveto do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and fool myselfinto believing I am at the world’s best-educated Harry Potterconvention. 首先我想说的是“谢谢你们”。这不仅因为哈佛给了我非比寻常的荣誉，而且为了这几个礼拜以来，由于想到这次毕业典礼演说而产生的恐惧与恶心让我减肥成功。这真是一个双赢的局面！现在我需要做的就是一次深呼吸，眯着眼看着红色的横幅，然后欺骗自己，让自己相信正在参加世界上受到最好教育群体的哈立波特大会。 Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so Ithought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. Thecommencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopherBaroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped meenormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can’tremember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables meto proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you toabandon promising careers in business, law or politics for the giddydelights of becoming a gay wizard. 做毕业典礼演说是一个重大的责任，我的思绪回到了自己的那次毕业典礼。那天的演讲者是一位英国的杰出哲学家 Baroness MarryWarnock.对她演讲的回忆对我写这篇演讲稿帮助巨大，因为我发现她说的话我居然一个字都没有记住。这个发现让我释然，使我得以继续写完演讲稿，我不用再担心，那种想成为gay wizard（harry porter中的魔法大师）的眩晕的愉悦，可能会误导你们放弃在商业、法律、政治领域的大好前途。 You see? If all you remember in years to come is the ‘gay wizard’joke, I’ve still come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievablegoals: the first step towards personal improvement. 你们看，如果你们在若干年后能记住“gay wizard”这个笑话，我就比Barkoness Mary Warnock有进步了。 所以，设定一个可以实现的目标是个人进步的第一步。 Actually, I have wracked my mind and heart for what I ought to sayto you today. I have asked myself what I wish I had known at my owngraduation, and what important lessons I have learne