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英语演讲：对生活说 YES Google 总裁埃里克·施密特 (Eric Schmidt)XXXX 年前，你同这 些人刚刚踏上征程，你只知道他们就是一群清纯的少男少女，游荡在 校园之中，茫然而又不知所措。 Now you are all extraordinary men and women, in total control of your destinies, ready to make your mark not on history –but on the future. 现在，你们都成了出色的男人和女人，能够完全掌控自己的命运 ，时刻准备着要在未来留下自己的印记，而不是青史留名。 And the friendships you forged when the times were good, when the times were bad – and when you realized you just overslept your lecture and needed someone ’s notes to catch up with – those are the friendships that will matter for life. 当你得意或失意的时候，当你意识到自己睡过课，需要借助别人 的课堂笔记来赶上进度的时候，你建立的友谊就是你一生中弥足珍贵 的友谊。 The people you have met here will be some of the strongest friends and closest allies you will ever meet in your lives. It ’s been that way for me. 第 1 页 共 7 页 你在这里遇到的人当中，有些将会成为你生活中最铁的哥们和最 亲密的盟友。对我而言，生活一直是如此。 When you leave here, don ’t leave them behind. Don ’t leave you behind. Stay close and stay strong. Take them with you wherever you go, and, together, connected, go and change the world. 当你离开这里时，不要忘记他们，也不要让自己被他们遗忘了。 保持亲密的关系，保持牢固的关系。不管你去哪儿，带上他们，一起 去改变世界吧。 [PAUSE] At times it may have seemed like the road ahead was an impossible slog, incredible. But today, I have the distinct honor of telling you: you have made it. 有时候，前方的道路似乎需要漫长而艰苦的跋涉，似乎是一个不 可能完成的任务。但是在今天，我格外荣幸地告诉你：你们已经成功 做到了。 Now that you ’re here, I want you do to another thing: Find a way to say “Yes” to things. 既然你们已经走到了这里，我希望你们再做一件事：学会对各种 事情说“ Yes”。 第 2 页 共 7 页 Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learning a new language, picking up a new sport . 同意接受访问一个国家的邀请，答应与新的朋友的见面，愿意学 习一门新的语言，学会一项新的体育运动。 Yes is how you get your first job, and your next job. Yes 是你得到