奥巴马在哥伦比亚大学2012年毕业典礼上演讲稿.pdfVIP

Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. Please, please have a seat. Thank you. (Applause.) 非常感谢大家。(掌声)谢谢大家，请入座。谢谢大家。(掌声) Thankyou, PresidentSpar,trustees,President Bollinger.Hello,Classof 2012! (Applause.) Congratulations on reaching this day. Thank you for the honor of being able to be a part of it. 谢谢你们，斯巴院长[译者注：中文名石德葆]、各位校董、伯林格校长。2012届毕业生， 你们好!(掌声)祝贺你们迎来了这一天。感谢你们让我有幸来参加这个活动。 There are so many people who are proud of you -- your parents, family, faculty, friends -- all who share in this achievement. So please give them a big round of applause. (Applause.) To all the moms who are here today, you could not ask for a better Mother’s Day gift than to see all of these folks graduate. (Applause.) 有很多人为你们感到骄傲——你们的父母、家人、师长和朋友——都为取得这一成就出 了力。因此，请为他们热烈鼓掌。(掌声)今天在座的各位母亲们，再也没有比看到所有这些 孩子们毕业更好的母亲节礼物了。(掌声) I have to say, though, whenever I come to these things, I start thinking about MaliaandSashagraduating,andIstarttearingupand--(laughter)--itsterrible. I dont know how you guys are holding it together. (Laughter.) 但是我得说，每当我来到这种场合，就会想到玛莉娅和萨夏将来毕业的情景，我就会热 泪盈眶——(笑声)——真不好意思。我不知道你们大家是怎么把持得住的。(笑声) Iwillbeginbytellingahardtruth:I’maColumbiacollegegraduate.(Laughter andapplause.)Iknowtherecanbealittlebitofasiblingrivalryhere.(Laughter.) ButI’mhonoredneverthelesstobeyourcommencementspeakertoday--althoughI’ve gottosay, yousetapretty highbargiventhe pastthreeyears.(Applause.) Hillary Clinton -- (applause) -- MerylStreep -- (applause) -- Sheryl Sandberg -- these are not easy acts to follow. (Applause.) 我一开始就要说明一个确凿的事实：我是一名哥伦比亚大学的毕业生。(笑声和掌声) 我知道可能会有一点同门弟子相争的劲儿。(笑声)但我还是为能够在你们今天的毕业典礼上 讲话而感到荣幸——不过我得说，你们在过去三年树立了相当高的标准。(掌声)希拉里·克 林顿——(掌声)——梅丽尔·斯特里普——(掌声)——谢里尔·桑德伯格——在她们之后 出场可不容易。(掌声) But I will point out Hillary is doing an extraordinary job as one of the finest SecretariesofStateAmericahaseverhad.(Applause.)WegaveMerylthePresidential Medal of Arts and Humanities. (Applause.) Sheryl is not just a good friend; she’s also one