2018耶鲁大学校长毕业演讲.pptxVIP

Speaker: Peter Salovey, President of Yale University Date: Sunday, May 20, 2018 Event: Baccalaureate Address, Yale College Class of 2018 ;Graduates of the Class of 2018, family members, and friends. It is a pleasure to be here with you today, a day filled with joy for the present and hope for the future. There is a wonderful Yale tradition that I would like to honor right now: May I ask all of the families and friends here today to rise and recognize the outstanding—and graduating—members of the Class of 2018? And now, may I ask the Class of 2018 to consider all those who have supported your arrival at this milestone（里程碑）, and to please rise and recognize them? Thank you! ;These are the months and years when people tend to make a lot of plans. Some are practical: you schedule flights and rent apartments and consider where you will live, work, or study after graduation. Others are more aspirational（有雄心壮志的）: you imagine your future life and what you wish to accomplish in the years ahead. I want to begin by sharing a passage Pauli Murray wrote in 1945 about her aspirations. At the time, she was a young lawyer and civil rights（民权） activist（积极分子）.;“I intend to destroy segregation（种族隔离；） by positive and embracing（欣然接受的） methods,” Murray wrote. “When my brothers try to draw a circle to exclude（排除） me, I shall draw a larger circle to include them. Where they speak out for the privileges（特权） of a puny（弱小的） group, I shall shout for the rights of all mankind.” So today I ask you: How large will you draw your circle? Will you draw a circle that is large, inclusive, and vibrant（充满活力的）? Or will it be small, “puny,” and privileged? The work of inclusion is difficult, but the rewards are great.;Let me suggest ways you might follow the example of Pauli Murray—and many other Yale graduates—when you leave this campus. First, make sure your circles are truly large. In today’s world, where you can have 700 followers on Twitter and a thousand friends on Facebook, it may seem easy to ha