第一篇：歐普拉哈弗演講

奧普拉2013哈佛畢業(yè)演講（中英）

Oh my goodness!I'm at Harvard!Wow!To President Faust, my fellow honorands, Carl that was so beautiful, thank you so much, and James Rothenberg, Stephanie Wilson, Harvard faculty with a special bow to my friend Dr.Henry Lewis Gates.All of you alumni with a special bow to the class of '88, your hundred fifteen million dollars.And to you, members of the Harvard class of 2013!Hello!I thank you for allowing me to be a part of the conclusion of this chapter of your lives and the commencement of your next chapter.To say that I'm honored doesn't even begin to quantify the depth of gratitude that really accompanies an honorary doctorate from Harvard.Not too many little girls from rural Mississippi have made it all the way here to Cambridge.And I can tell you that I consider today as I sat on the stage this morning getting teary for you all and then teary for myself, I consider today a defining milestone in a very long and a blessed journey.My one hope today is that I can be a source of some inspiration.I'm going to address my remarks to anybody who has ever felt inferior or felt disadvantaged, felt screwed by life, this is a speech for the quad.Actually I was so honored I wanted to do something really special for you.I wanted to be able to have you look under your seats and there would be free master and doctor degrees but I see you got that covered already.I will be honest with you.I felt a lot of pressure over the past few weeks to come up with something that I could share with you that you hadn't heard before because after all you all went to Harvard, I did not.But then I realized that you don't have to necessarily go to Harvard to have a driven obsessive Type A personality.But it helps.And while I may not have graduated from here I admit that my personality is about as Harvard as they come.You know my television career began unexpectedly.As you heard this morning I was in the Miss Fire Prevention contest.That was when I was 16 years old in Nashville, Tennessee and you had the requirement of having to have red hair in order to win up until the year that I entered.So they were doing the question and answer period because I knew I wasn't going to win under the swimsuit competition.So during the question and answer period the question came “Why, young lady, what would you like to be when you grow up?” And by the time they got to me all the good answers were gone.So I had seen Barbara Walters on the Today Show that morning so I answered “I would like to be a journalist.I would like to tell other people's stories in a way that makes a difference in their lives and the world.” And as those words were coming out of my mouth I went whoa!This is pretty good!I would like to be a journalist.I want to make a difference.Well I was on television by the time I was 19 years old.And in 1986 I launched my own television show with a relentless determination to succeed at first.I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year, pushing, pushing, pushing myself as hard as I knew.Sound familiar to anybody here? Eventually we did make it to the top and we stayed there for 25 years.The Oprah Winfrey Show was number one in our time slot for 21 years and I have to tell you I became pretty comfortable with that level of success.But a few years ago I decided as you will

at some point, that it was time to recalculate, find new territory, break new ground.So I ended the show and launched OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network.The initials just worked out for me.So one year later after launching OWN nearly every media outlet had proclaimed that my new venture was a flop.Not just a flop but a big bold flop they call it.I can still remember the day I opened up USA Today and read the headline “Oprah, not quite standing on her OWN.” I mean really, USA Today? Now that's the nice newspaper!It really was this time last year the worst period in my professional life.I was stressed and I was frustrated and quite frankly I was actually I was embarrassed.It was right around that time that President Faust called and asked me to speak here and I thought you want me to speak to Harvard graduates? What could I possibly say to Harvard graduates, some of the most successful graduates in the world in the very moment when I had stopped succeeding? So I got off the phone with President Faust and I went to the shower.It was either that or a bag of Oreos.So I chose the shower.And I was in the shower a long time and as I was in the shower the words of an old hymn came to me.You may not know it.It's “By and by, when the morning comes.” And I started thinking about when the morning might come because at the time I thought I was stuck in a hole.And the words came to me “Trouble don't last always” from that hymn, “this too shall pass.” And I thought as I got out of the shower I am going to turn this thing around and I will be better for it.And when I do, I'm going to go to Harvard and I'm going to speak the truth of it!So I'm here today to tell you I have turned that network around!And it was all because I wanted to do it by the time I got to speak to you all so thank you so much.You don't know what motivation you were for me, thank you.I'm even prouder to share a fundamental truth that you might not have learned even as graduates of Harvard unless you studied the ancient Greek hero with Professor Nagy.Professor Nagy as we were coming in this morning said “Please Ms.Winfrey, walk decisively.” I shall walk decisively.This is what I want to share.It doesn't matter how far you might rise.At some point you are bound to stumble because if you're constantly doing what we do, raising the bar.If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages not to mention the Myth of Icarus predicts that you will at some point fall.And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure.Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.Now when you're down there in the hole, it looks like failure.So this past year I had to spoon feed those words to myself.And when you're down in the hole, when that moment comes, it's really okay to feel bad for a little while.Give yourself time to mourn what you think you may have lost but then here's the key, learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are.And then figure out what is the next right move.And the key to life is to develop an internal moral emotional G.P.S.that can tell you which way to go.Because now and forever more when you Google yourself your search results will read “Harvard, 2013”.And in a very competitive world that really is a calling card because I can tell you as one who employs a lot of people when I see “Harvard” I sit up a little straighter and say “Where is he or she? Bring them in.” it's an impressive calling card that can lead to even more impressive bullets in the years

ahead: lawyer, senator, C.E.O., scientist, physicist, winners of Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes or late night talk show host.But the challenge of life I have found is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about what you want to be but it's a story about who you want to be.It's a resume that doesn't just tell a story about what you want to accomplish but why.A story that's not just a collection of titles and positions but a story that's really about your purpose.Because when you inevitably stumble and find yourself stuck in a hole that is the story that will get you out.What is your true calling? What is your dharma? What is your purpose? For me that discovery came in 1994 when I interviewed a little girl who had decided to collect pocket change in order to help other people in need.She raised a thousand dollars all by herself and I thought well if that little 9 year old girl with a bucket and big heart could do that I wonder what I could do? So I asked for our viewers to take up their own change collection and in one month just from pennies and nickels and dimes we raised more than three million dollars that we used to send one student from every state in the United States to college.That was the beginning of the Angel Network.And so what I did was I simply asked our viewers “Do what you can wherever you are, from wherever you sit in life.Give me your time or your talent your money if you have it.” And they did.Extend yourself in kindness to other human beings wherever you can.And together we built 55 schools in 12 different countries and restored nearly 300 homes that were devastated by hurricanes Rita and Katrina.So the Angel Network I have been on the air for a long time, but it was the Angel Network that actually focused my internal G.P.S.It helped me to decide that I wasn't going to just be on TV every day but that the goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy all of it, whatever ventures I might pursue would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.Because what had become clear to me and I want you to know it isn't always clear in the beginning because as I said I had been on television since I was 19 years old.But around '94 I got really clear.So don't expect the clarity to come all at once to know your purpose right away, but what became clear to me was that I was here on earth to use television and not be used by it;to use television to illuminate the transcendent power of our better angels.So this Angel Network, it didn't just change the lives of those who were helped, but the lives of those who also did the helping.It reminded us that no matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe it is both possible and more importantly it becomes powerful to come together in common purpose and common effort.I saw something on the Bill Moore Show recently that so reminded me of this point.It was an interview with David and Francine Wheeler.They lost their 7 year old son, Ben in the Sandy Hook tragedy.And even though gun safety legislation to strengthen background checks had just been voted down in Congress at the time that they were doing this interview they talked about how they refused to be discouraged.Francine said this, she said “Our hearts are broken but our spirits are not.I'm going to tell them what it's like to find a conversation about change that is love, and I'm going to do that without fighting them.” And then her husband David added this, “You simply cannot demonize or vilify someone who doesn't agree with you, because the minute you do that, your discussion is over.And we cannot

do that any longer.The problem is too enormous.There has to be some way that this darkness can be banished with light.” In our political system and in the media we often see the reflection of a country that is polarized, that is paralyzed and is self-interested.And yet, I know you know the truth.We all know that we are better than the cynicism and the pessimism that is regurgitated throughout Washington and the 24-hour cable news cycle.Not my channel, by the way.We understand that the vast majority of people in this country believe in stronger background checks because they realize that we can uphold the Second Amendment and also reduce the violence that is robbing us of our children.They don't have to be incompatible.And we understand that most Americans believe in a clear path to citizenship for the 12,000,000 undocumented immigrants who reside in this country because it's possible to both enforce our laws and at the same time embrace the words on the Statue of Liberty that have welcomed generations of huddled masses to our shores.We can do both.And we understand.I know you do because you went to Harvard.There are people from both parties and no party believe that indigent mothers and families should have access to healthy food and a roof over their heads and a strong public education because here in the richest nation on earth we can afford a basic level of security and opportunity.So the question is what are we going to do about it? Really what are you going to do about it? Maybe you agree with these beliefs.Maybe you don't.Maybe you care about these issues and maybe there are other challenges that you, class of 2013, are passionate about.Maybe you want to make a difference by serving in government.Maybe you want to launch your own television show.Or maybe you simply want to collect some change.Your parents would appreciate that about now.The point is your generation is charged with this task of breaking through what the body politic has thus far made impervious to change.Each of you has been blessed with this enormous opportunity of attending this prestigious school.You now have a chance to better your life, the lives of your neighbors and also the life of our country.When you do that let me tell you what I know for sure.That's when your story gets really good.Maya Angelou always says “When you learn, teach.When you get, give.That my friends is what gives your story purpose and meaning.” So you all have the power in your own way to develop your own Angel Network and in doing so your class will be armed with more tools of influence and empowerment than any other generation in history.I did it in an analog world.I was blessed with a platform that at its height reached nearly 20,000,000 viewers a day.Now here in a world of Twitter and Facebook and YouTube and Tumbler, you can reach billions in just seconds.You're the generation that rejected predictions about your detachment and your disengagement by showing up to vote in record numbers in 2008.And when the pundits said they said they talked about you, they said you'd be too disappointed, you'd be too dejected to repeat that same kind of turnout in 2012 election and you proved them wrong by showing up in even greater numbers.That's who you are.This generation your generation I know has developed a finely honed radar for B.S.Can you say “B.S.” at Harvard? The spin and phoniness and artificial nastiness that saturates so much of our national debate.I know you all understand better than most that real progress requires authentic-an authentic way of being, honesty, and above all empathy.I have to say that the

single most important lesson I learned in 25 years talking every single day to people was that there is a common denominator in our human experience.Most of us I tell you we don't want to be divided.What we want, the common denominator that I found in every single interview, is we want to be validated.We want to be understood.I have done over 35,000 interviews in my career and as soon as that camera shuts off everyone always turns to me and inevitably in their own way asks this question “Was that okay?” I heard it from President Bush, I heard it from President Obama.I've heard it from heroes and from housewives.I've heard it from victims and perpetrators of crimes.I even heard it from Beyonce and all of her Beyonceness.She finishes performing, hands me the microphone and says “Was that okay?” Friends and family, yours, enemies, strangers in every argument in every encounter, every exchange I will tell you they all want to know one thing: was that okay? Did you hear me? Do you see me? Did what I say mean anything to you? And even though this is a college where Facebook was born my hope is that you would try to go out and have more face-to-face conversations with people you may disagree with.That you'll have the courage to look them in the eye and hear their point of view and help make sure that the speed and distance and anonymity of our world doesn't cause us to lose our ability to stand in somebody else's shoes and recognize all that we share as a people.This is imperative for you as an individual and for our success as a nation.“There has to be some way that this darkness can be banished with light,” says the man whose little boy was massacred on just an ordinary Friday in December.So whether you call it soul or spirit or higher self, intelligence, there is I know this, there is a light inside each of you all of us that illuminates your very human beingness if you let it.And as a young girl from rural Mississippi I learned long ago that being myself was much easier than pretending to be Barbara Walters.Although when I first started because I had Barbara in my head I would try to sit like Barbara, talk like Barbara, move like Barbara and then one night I was on the news reading the news and I called Canada Can-a-da, and that was the end of me being Barbara.I cracked myself up on TV.Couldn't stop laughing and my real personality came through and I figured out oh gee, I can be a much better Oprah than I could be a pretend Barbara.I know that you all might have a little anxiety now and hesitation about leaving the comfort of college and putting those Harvard credentials to the test.But no matter what challenges or setbacks or disappointments you may encounter along the way you will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal, there really is only one and that is this: to fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human being.You want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family and the people around you.Theologian Howard Thurman said it best.He said “Don't ask yourself what the world needs.Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” The world needs-People like Michael Stolzenberg from Fort Lauderdale.When Michael was just 8 years old Michael nearly died from a bacterial infection that cost him both of his hands and both of his feet.And in an instant this vibrant little boy became a quadruple amputee and his life was

changed forever.But in losing who he once was Michael discovered who he wanted to be.He refused to sit in that wheelchair all day and feel sorry for himself so with prosthetics he learned to walk and run and play again.He joined his middle school lacrosse team and last month when he learned that so many victims of the Boston Marathon bombing would become new amputees Michael decided to banish that darkness with light.Michael and his brother Harris created Mikeysrun.com to raise 1,000,000 dollars for other amputees.By the time Harris runs the 2014 Boston Marathon.More than 1,000 miles away from here these two young brothers are bringing people together to support this Boston community the way their community came together to support Michael.And when this 13 year old man was asked about his fellow amputees he said this “First they will be sad.They're losing something they will never get back and that's scary.I was scared.But they'll be okay.They just don't know that yet.” We might not always know it.We might not always see it, or hear it on the news or even feel it in our daily lives but I have faith that no matter what class of 2013 you will be okay and you will make sure our country is okay.I have faith because of that 9 year old girl who went out and collected the change.I have faith because of David and Francine Wheeler, I have faith because of Michael and Harris Stolzenberg and I have faith because of you, the network of angeles sitting here today.One of them Kadija Williams who came to Harvard four years ago.Kadija had attended 12 schools in 12 years living out of garbage bags amongst pimps and prostitutes and drug dealers, homeless, going in to department stores, Wal-Mart in the morning to bathe herself so that she wouldn't smell in front of her classmates and today she graduates as a member of the Harvard class of 2013.From time to time you may stumble fall, you will for sure count in this no doubt, you will have questions and you will have doubts about your path but I know this, if you're willing to listen to be guided by that still small voice that is the G.P.S.within yourself, to find out what makes you come alive you will be more than okay.You will be happy, you will be successful, and you will make a difference in the world.Congratulations class of 2013, congratulations to your family and friends, good luck and thank you for listening.Was that okay?

第二篇：哈弗演講

以下是Drew G.Faust 在2008年本科畢業(yè)生畢業(yè)典禮上的演講講稿。她是哈佛歷史上第一位女性校長(zhǎng)，第一位非哈佛畢業(yè)生校長(zhǎng)，杰出的歷史學(xué)家，2001年從賓西法尼業(yè)大學(xué)到哈佛的Radcliffe學(xué)院任教。

這段演講無(wú)數(shù)次在我迷茫，彷徨的時(shí)候給予我指引與幫助，今天，我將銘記于心的這段文字一字一句的敲下來(lái)，希望她對(duì)你同樣有用。

As I have listened to you talk about the choices ahead of you, I have heard you articulate your worries about the relationship of success and happiness — perhaps, more accurately, how to define success so that it yields and encompasses real happiness, not just money and prestige.The most remunerative choice, you fear, may not be the most meaningful and the most satisfying.But you wonder how you would ever survive as an artist or an actor or a public servant or a high school teacher? How would you ever figure out a path by which to make your way in journalism? Would you ever find a job as an English professor after you finished who knows how many years of graduate school and dissertation writing?

在聊天時(shí)我聽(tīng)過(guò)你們談到你們目前所面臨的選擇，我聽(tīng)到你們一字一句地說(shuō)出你們對(duì)于成功與幸福的關(guān)系的憂慮——也許，更精確地講，怎樣去定義成功才能使它具有或包含真正的幸福，而不僅僅是金錢(qián)和榮譽(yù)。你們害怕，報(bào)酬最豐厚的選擇，也許不是最有價(jià)值的和最令人滿意的選擇。但是你們也擔(dān)心，如果作為一個(gè)藝術(shù)家或是一個(gè)演員，一個(gè)人民公仆或是一個(gè)中學(xué)老師，該如何才能生存下去？然而，你們可曾想過(guò)，如果你的夢(mèng)想是新聞業(yè)，怎樣才能想出一條通往夢(mèng)想的道路呢？難道你會(huì)在讀了不知多少年研，寫(xiě)了不知多少畢業(yè)論文終于畢業(yè)后，找一個(gè)英語(yǔ)教授的工作？

The answer is: you won’t know till you try.But if you don’t try to do what you love — whether it is painting or biology or finance;if you don’t pursue what you think will be most meaningful, you will regret it.Life is long.There is always time for Plan B.But don’t begin with it.答案是：你不試試就永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)知道。但如果你不試著去做自己熱愛(ài)的事情，不管是玩泥巴還是生物還是金融，如果連你自己都不去追求你認(rèn)為最有價(jià)值的事，你終將后悔。人生路漫漫，你總有時(shí)間去給自己留“后路”，但可別一開(kāi)始就走“后路”。

I think of this as my parking space theory of career choice, and I have been sharing it with students for decades.Don’t park 20 blocks from your destination because you think you’ll never find a space.Go where you want to be and then circle back to where you have to be.我把這叫做我的關(guān)于職業(yè)選擇的“泊車”理論，幾十年來(lái)我一直都在向?qū)W生們“兜售”我的這個(gè)理論。不要因?yàn)榕碌搅四康牡卣也坏酵＼囄欢衍囃Ｔ诰嚯x目的地20個(gè)路口的地方。直接到達(dá)你想去的地方，哪怕再繞回來(lái)停，你暫時(shí)停的地方只是你被迫停的地方。

第三篇：朱棣文哈弗演講

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Madam President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, faculty, family, friends, and, most importantly, today's graduates，尊敬的Faust校長(zhǎng)，哈佛集團(tuán)的各位成員，監(jiān)管理事會(huì)的各位理事，各位老師，各位家長(zhǎng)，各位朋友，以及最重要的各位畢業(yè)生同學(xué)，Thank you for letting me share this wonderful day with you.感謝你們，讓我有機(jī)會(huì)同你們一起分享這個(gè)美妙的日子。

I am not sure I can live up to the high standards of Harvard Commencement speakers.Last year, J.K.Rowling, the billionaire novelist, who started as a classics student, graced this podium.The year before, Bill Gates, the mega-billionaire philanthropist and computer nerd stood here.Today, sadly, you have me.I am not a billionaire, but at least I am a nerd.我不太肯定，自己夠得上哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮演講人這樣的殊榮。去年登上這個(gè)講臺(tái)的是，英國(guó)億萬(wàn)身家的小說(shuō)家J.K.Rowling女士，她最早是一個(gè)古典文學(xué)的學(xué)生。前年站在這里的是比爾?蓋茨先生，他是一個(gè)超級(jí)富翁、一個(gè)慈善家和電腦高手。今年很遺憾，你們的演講人是我，雖然我不是很有錢(qián)，但是至少我也算一個(gè)高手。

I am grateful to receive an honorary degree from Harvard, an honor that means more to me than you might care to imagine.You see, I was the academic black sheep of my family.My older brother has an M.D./Ph.D.from MIT and Harvard while my younger brother has a law degree from Harvard.When I was awarded a Nobel Prize, I thought my mother would be pleased.Not so.When I called her on the morning of the announcement, she replied, “That's nice, but when are you going to visit me next.” Now, as the last brother with a degree from Harvard, maybe, at last, she will be satisfied.我很感激哈佛大學(xué)給我榮譽(yù)學(xué)位，這對(duì)我很重要，也許比你們會(huì)想到的還要重要。要知道，在學(xué)術(shù)上，我是我們家的不肖之子。我的哥哥在麻省理工學(xué)院得到醫(yī)學(xué)博士，在哈佛大學(xué)得到哲學(xué)博士；我的弟弟在哈佛大學(xué)得到一個(gè)法律學(xué)位。我本人得到諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的時(shí)候，我想我的媽媽會(huì)高興。但是，我錯(cuò)了。消息公布的那天早上，我給她打電話，她聽(tīng)了只說(shuō)：“這是好消息，不過(guò)我想知道，你下次什么時(shí)候來(lái)看我？”如今在我們兄弟當(dāng)中，我最終也拿到了哈佛學(xué)位，我想這一次，她會(huì)感到滿意。

Another difficulty with giving a Harvard commencement address is that some of you may disapprove of the fact that I have borrowed material from previous speeches.I ask that you forgive me for two reasons.在哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)表演講，還有一個(gè)難處，那就是你們中有些人可能有意見(jiàn)，不喜歡我重復(fù)前人演講中說(shuō)過(guò)的話。我要求你們諒解我，因?yàn)閮蓚€(gè)理由。

First, in order to have impact, it is important to deliver the same message more than once.In science, it is important to be the first person to make a discovery, but it is even more important to be the last person to make that discovery.首先，為了產(chǎn)生影響力，很重要的方法就是重復(fù)傳遞同樣的信息。在科學(xué)中，第一個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)者是重要的，但是在得到公認(rèn)前，最后一個(gè)將這個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)重復(fù)做出來(lái)的人也許更重要。

Second, authors who borrow from others are following in the footsteps of the best.Ralph Waldo Emerson, who graduated from Harvard at the age of 18, noted “All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.” Picasso declared “Good artists borrow.Great artists steal.” Why should commencement speakers be held to a higher standard?

其次，一個(gè)借鑒他人的作者，正走在一條前人開(kāi)辟的最佳道路上。哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)生、詩(shī)人愛(ài)默生曾經(jīng)寫(xiě)下：“古人把我最好的一些思想都偷走了。”畫(huà)家畢加索宣稱“優(yōu)秀的藝術(shù)家借鑒，偉大的藝術(shù)家偷竊。”那么為什么畢業(yè)典禮的演說(shuō)者，就不適用同樣的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)呢？

I also want to point out the irony of speaking to graduates of an institution that would have rejected me, had I the chutzpah to apply.I am married to “Dean Jean,” the former dean of admissions at Stanford.She assures me that she would have rejected me, if given the chance.When I showed her a draft of this speech, she objected strongly to my use of the word “rejected.” She never rejected applicants;her letters stated that “we are unable to offer you admission.” I have difficulty understanding the difference.After all, deans of admissions of highly selective schools are in reality, “deans of rejection.” Clearly, I have a lot to learn about marketing.我還要指出一點(diǎn)，向哈佛畢業(yè)生發(fā)表演說(shuō)，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)是有諷刺意味的，因?yàn)槿绻?dāng)年我斗膽向哈佛大學(xué)遞交入學(xué)申請(qǐng)，一定會(huì)被拒絕。我的妻子Jean當(dāng)過(guò)斯坦福大學(xué)的招生主任，她向我保證，如果當(dāng)年我申請(qǐng)斯坦福大學(xué)，她會(huì)拒絕我。我把這篇演講的草稿給她過(guò)目，她強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)我使用“拒絕”這個(gè)詞，她從來(lái)不拒絕任何申請(qǐng)者。在拒絕信中，她總是寫(xiě)：“我們無(wú)法提供你入學(xué)機(jī)會(huì)。”我分不清兩者到底有何差別。在我看來(lái)，那些大熱門(mén)學(xué)校的招生主任與其稱為“準(zhǔn)許你入學(xué)的主任”，還不如稱為“拒絕你入學(xué)的主任”。很顯然，我需要好好學(xué)學(xué)怎么來(lái)推銷自己。

My address will follow the classical sonata form of commencement addresses.The first movement, just presented, were light-hearted remarks.This next movement consists of unsolicited advice, which is rarely valued, seldom remembered, never followed.As Oscar Wilde said, “The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on.It is never of any use to oneself.” So, here comes the advice.First, every time you celebrate an achievement, be thankful to those who made it possible.Thank your parents and friends who supported you, thank your professors who were inspirational, and especially thank the other professors whose less-than-brilliant lectures forced you to teach yourself.Going forward, the ability to teach yourself is the hallmark of a great liberal arts education and will be the key to your success.To your fellow students who have added immeasurably to your education during those late night discussions, hug them.Also, of course, thank Harvard.Should you forget, there's an alumni association to remind you.Second, in your future life, cultivate a generous spirit.In all negotiations, don't bargain for the last, little advantage.Leave the change on the table.In your collaborations, always remember that “credit” is not a conserved quantity.In a successful collaboration, everybody gets 90 percent of the credit.畢業(yè)典禮演講都遵循古典奏鳴曲的結(jié)構(gòu)，我的演講也不例外。剛才是第一樂(lè)章----輕快的閑談。接下來(lái)的第二樂(lè)章是送上門(mén)的忠告。這樣的忠告很少被重視，幾乎注定被忘記，永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)被實(shí)踐。但是，就像王爾德說(shuō)的：“對(duì)于忠告，你所能做的，就是把它送給別人，因?yàn)樗鼘?duì)你沒(méi)有任何用處。”所以，下面就是我的忠告。第一，取得成就的時(shí)候，不要忘記前人。要感謝你的父母和支持你的朋友，要感謝那些啟發(fā)過(guò)你的教授，尤其要感謝那些上不好課的教授，因?yàn)樗麄兤仁鼓阕詫W(xué)。從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)看，自學(xué)能力是優(yōu)秀的文理教育中必不可少的，將成為你成功的關(guān)鍵。你還要去擁抱你的同學(xué)，感謝他們同你進(jìn)行過(guò)的許多次徹夜長(zhǎng)談，這為你的教育帶來(lái)了無(wú)法衡量的價(jià)值。當(dāng)然，你還要感謝哈佛大學(xué)。不過(guò)即使你忘了這一點(diǎn)，校友會(huì)也會(huì)來(lái)提醒你。第二，在你們未來(lái)的人生中，做一個(gè)慷慨大方的人。在任何談判中，都把最后一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)利益留給對(duì)方。不要把桌上的錢(qián)都拿走。在合作中，要牢記榮譽(yù)不是一個(gè)守恒的量。成功合作的任何一方，都應(yīng)獲得全部榮譽(yù)的90%。

Jimmy Stewart, as Elwood P.Dowd in the movie “Harvey” got it exactly right.He said: “Years ago my mother used to say to me, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be...she always used to call me Elwood...in this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.'” Well, for years I was smart....I recommend pleasant.You may quote me on that.電影《Harvey》中，Jimmy Stewart扮演的角色Elwood P.Dowd，就完全理解這一點(diǎn)。他說(shuō)：“多年前，母親曾經(jīng)對(duì)我說(shuō)，'Elwood，活在這個(gè)世界上，你要么做一個(gè)聰明人，要么做一個(gè)好人。'”我做聰明人，已經(jīng)做了好多年了。......但是，我推薦你們做好人。你們可以引用我這句話。

My third piece of advice is as follows: As you begin this new stage of your lives, follow your passion.If you don't have a passion, don't be satisfied until you find one.Life is too short to go through it without caring deeply about something.When I was your age, I was incredibly single-minded in my goal to be a physicist.After college, I spent eight years as a graduate student and postdoc at Berkeley, and then nine years at Bell Labs.During that my time, my central focus and professional joy was physics.我的第三個(gè)忠告是，當(dāng)你開(kāi)始生活的新階段時(shí)，請(qǐng)跟隨你的愛(ài)好。如果你沒(méi)有愛(ài)好，就去找，找不到就不罷休。生命太短暫，如果想有所成，你必須對(duì)某樣?xùn)|西傾注你的深情。我在你們這個(gè)年齡，是超級(jí)的一根筋，我的目標(biāo)就是非成為物理學(xué)家不可。本科畢業(yè)后，我在加州大學(xué)伯克利分校又待了8年，讀完了研究生，做完了博士后，然后去貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室待了9年。在這些年中，我關(guān)注的中心和職業(yè)上的全部樂(lè)趣，都來(lái)自物理學(xué)。

Here is my final piece of advice.Pursuing a personal passion is important, but it should not be your only goal.When you are old and gray, and look back on your life, you will want to be proud of what you have done.The source of that pride won't be the things you have acquired or the recognition you have received.It will be the lives you have touched and the difference you have made.我還有最后一個(gè)忠告，就是說(shuō)興趣愛(ài)好固然重要，但是你不應(yīng)該只考慮興趣愛(ài)好。當(dāng)你白發(fā)蒼蒼、垂垂老矣、回首人生時(shí)，你需要為自己做過(guò)的事感到自豪。你的物質(zhì)生活和得到的承認(rèn)，都不會(huì)產(chǎn)生自豪。只有那些你出手相助、被你改變過(guò)的人和事，才會(huì)讓你產(chǎn)生自豪。

After nine years at Bell labs, I decided to leave that warm, cozy ivory tower for what I considered to be the “real world,” a university.Bell Labs, to quote what was said about Mary Poppins, was “practically perfect in every way,” but I wanted to leave behind something more than scientific articles.I wanted to teach and give birth to my own set of scientific children.在貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室待了9年后，我決定離開(kāi)這個(gè)溫暖舒適的象牙塔，走進(jìn)我眼中的“真實(shí)世界”----大學(xué)。我對(duì)貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室的看法，就像別人形容電影Mary Poppins的話，“實(shí)際上完美無(wú)缺”。但是，我想為世界留下更多的東西，不只是科學(xué)論文。我要去教書(shū)，培育我自己在科學(xué)上的后代。

Ted Geballe, a friend and distinguished colleague of mine at Stanford, who also went from Berkeley to Bell Labs to Stanford years earlier, described our motives best:

我在斯坦福大學(xué)有一個(gè)好友兼杰出同事Ted Geballe。他也是從伯克利分校去了貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室，幾年前又離開(kāi)貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室去了斯坦福大學(xué)。他對(duì)我們的動(dòng)機(jī)做出了最佳描述：

“The best part of working at a university is the students.They come in fresh, enthusiastic, open to ideas, unscarred by the battles of life.They don't realize it, but they're the recipients of the best our society can offer.If a mind is ever free to be creative, that's the time.They come in believing textbooks are authoritative, but eventually they figure out that textbooks and professors don't know everything, and then they start to think on their own.Then, I begin learning from them.”

“在大學(xué)工作，最大的優(yōu)點(diǎn)就是學(xué)生。他們生機(jī)勃勃，充滿熱情，思想自由，還沒(méi)被生活的重壓改變。雖然他們自己沒(méi)有意識(shí)到，但是他們是這個(gè)社會(huì)中你能找到的最佳受眾。如果生命中曾經(jīng)有過(guò)思想自由和充滿創(chuàng)造力的時(shí)期，那么那個(gè)時(shí)期就是你在讀大學(xué)。進(jìn)校時(shí)，學(xué)生們對(duì)課本上的一字一句毫不懷疑，漸漸地，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)課本和教授并不是無(wú)所不知的，于是他們開(kāi)始獨(dú)立思考。從那時(shí)起，就是我開(kāi)始向他們學(xué)習(xí)了。”

My students, post doctoral fellows, and the young researchers who worked with me at Bell Labs, Stanford, and Berkeley have been extraordinary.Over 30 former group members are now professors, many at the best research institutions in the world, including Harvard.I have learned much from them.Even now, in rare moments on weekends, the remaining members of my biophysics group meet with me in the ether world of cyberspace.我教過(guò)的學(xué)生、帶過(guò)的博士后、合作過(guò)的年輕同事，都非常優(yōu)秀。他們中有30多人，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)是教授了。他們所在的研究機(jī)構(gòu)有不少是全世界第一流的，其中就包括哈佛大學(xué)。我從他們身上學(xué)到了很多東西。即使現(xiàn)在，我偶爾還會(huì)周末上網(wǎng)，向現(xiàn)在還從事生物物理學(xué)研究的學(xué)生請(qǐng)教。

I began teaching with the idea of giving back;I received more than I gave.This brings me to the final movement of this speech.It begins with a story about an extraordinary scientific discovery and a new dilemma that it poses.It's a call to arms and about making a difference.我懷著回報(bào)社會(huì)的想法，開(kāi)始了教學(xué)生涯。我的一生中，得到的多于我付出的，所以我要回報(bào)社會(huì)。這就引出了這次演講的最后一個(gè)樂(lè)章。首先我要講一個(gè)了不起的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)，以及由此帶來(lái)的新挑戰(zhàn)。它是一個(gè)戰(zhàn)斗的號(hào)令，到了做出改變的時(shí)候了。

In the last several decades, our climate has been changing.Climate change is not new: the Earth went through six ice ages in the past 600,000 years.However, recent measurements show that the climate has begun to change rapidly.The size of the North Polar Ice Cap in the month of September is only half the size it was a mere 50 years ago.The sea level which been rising since direct measurements began in 1870 at a rate that is now five times faster than it was at the beginning of recorded measurements.Here's the remarkable scientific discovery.For the first time in human history, science is now making predictions of how our actions will affect the world 50 and 100 years from now.These changes are due to an increase in carbon dioxide put into the atmosphere since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.The Earth has warmed up by roughly 0.8 degrees Celsius since the beginning of the Revolution.There is already approximately a 1 degree rise built into the system, even if we stop all greenhouse gas emissions today.Why? It will take decades to warm up the deep oceans before the temperature reaches a new equilibrium.過(guò)去幾十年中，我們的氣候一直在發(fā)生變化。氣候變化并不是現(xiàn)在才有的，過(guò)去60萬(wàn)年中就發(fā)生了6次冰河期。但是，現(xiàn)在的測(cè)量表明氣候變化加速了。北極冰蓋在9月份的大小，只相當(dāng)于50年前的一半。1870年起，人們開(kāi)始測(cè)量海平面上升的速度，現(xiàn)在的速度是那時(shí)的5倍。一個(gè)重大的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)就這樣產(chǎn)生了。科學(xué)第一次在人類歷史上，預(yù)測(cè)出我們的行為對(duì)50~100年后的世界有何影響。這些變化的原因是，從工業(yè)革命開(kāi)始，人類排放到大氣中的二氧化碳增加 了。這使得地球的平均氣溫上升了0.8攝氏度。即使我們立刻停止所有溫室氣體的排放，氣溫仍然將比過(guò)去上升大約1度。因?yàn)樵跉鉁剡_(dá)到均衡前，海水溫度的上升將持續(xù)幾十年。

If the world continues on a business-as-usual path, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that there is a fifty-fifty chance the temperature will exceed 5 degrees by the end of this century.This increase may not sound like much, but let me remind you that during the last ice age, the world was only 6 degrees colder.During this time, most of Canada and the United States down to Ohio and Pennsylvania were covered year round by a glacier.A world 5 degrees warmer will be very different.The change will be so rapid that many species, including Humans, will have a hard time adapting.I've been told for example, that, in a much warmer world, insects were bigger.I wonder if this thing buzzing around is a precursor.如果全世界保持現(xiàn)在的經(jīng)濟(jì)模式不變，聯(lián)合國(guó)政府間氣候變化專門(mén)委員會(huì)（IPCC）預(yù)測(cè)，本世紀(jì)末將有50%的可能，氣溫至少上升5度。這聽(tīng)起來(lái)好像不多，但是讓我來(lái)提醒你，上一次的冰河期，地球的氣溫也僅僅只下降了6度。那時(shí)，俄亥俄州和賓夕法尼亞州以北的大部分美國(guó)和加拿大的土地，都終年被冰川覆蓋。氣溫上升5度的地球，將是一個(gè)非常不同的地球。由于變化來(lái)得太快，包括人類在內(nèi)的許多生物，都將很難適應(yīng)。比如，有人告訴我，在更溫暖的環(huán)境中，昆蟲(chóng)的個(gè)頭將變大。我不知道現(xiàn)在身旁嗡嗡叫的這只大蒼蠅，是不是就是前兆。

We also face the specter of nonlinear “tipping points” that may cause much more severe changes.An example of a tipping point is the thawing of the permafrost.The permafrost contains immense amounts of frozen organic matter that have been accumulating for millennia.If the soil melts, microbes will spring to life and cause this debris to rot.The difference in biological activity below freezing and above freezing is something we are all familiar with.Frozen food remains edible for a very long time in the freezer, but once thawed, it spoils quickly.How much methane and carbon dioxide might be released from the rotting permafrost? If even a fraction of the carbon is released, it could be greater than all the greenhouse gases we have released to since the beginning of the industrial revolution.Once started, a runaway effect could occur.我們還面臨另一個(gè)幽靈，那就是非線性的“氣候引爆點(diǎn)”，這會(huì)帶來(lái)許多嚴(yán)重得多的變化。“氣候引爆點(diǎn)”的一個(gè)例子就是永久凍土層的融化。永久凍土層經(jīng) 過(guò)千萬(wàn)年的累積形成，其中包含了巨量的凍僵的有機(jī)物。如果凍土融化，微生物就將廣泛繁殖，使得凍土層中的有機(jī)物快速腐爛。冷凍后的生物和冷凍前的生物，它 們?cè)谏飳W(xué)特性上的差異，我們都很熟悉。在冷庫(kù)中，冷凍食品在經(jīng)過(guò)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間保存后，依然可以食用。但是，一旦解凍，食品很快就腐爛了。一個(gè)腐爛的永久凍土層，將釋放出多少甲烷和二氧化碳？即使只有一部分的碳被釋放出來(lái)，可能也比我們從工業(yè)革命開(kāi)始釋放出來(lái)的所有溫室氣體還要多。這種事情一旦發(fā)生，局勢(shì)就失控了。

The climate problem is the unintended consequence of our success.We depend on fossil energy to keep our homes warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and lit at night;we use it to travel across town and across continents.Energy is a fundamental reason for the prosperity we enjoy, and we will not surrender this prosperity.The United States has 3 percent of the world population, and yet, we consume 25 percent of the energy.By contrast, there are 1.6 billion people who don't have access to electricity.Hundreds of millions of people still cook with twigs or dung.The life we enjoy may not be within the reach of the developing world, but it is within sight, and they want what we have.氣候問(wèn)題是我們的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展在無(wú)意中帶來(lái)的后果。我們太依賴化石能源，冬天取暖，夏天制冷，夜間照明，長(zhǎng)途旅行，環(huán)球觀光。能源是經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮的基礎(chǔ)，我 們不可能放棄經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮。美國(guó)人口占全世界的3%，但是我們消耗全世界25%的能源。與此形成對(duì)照，全世界還有16億人沒(méi)有電，數(shù)億人依靠燃燒樹(shù)枝和動(dòng)物糞便來(lái)煮飯。發(fā)展中國(guó)家的人民享受不到我們的生活，但是他們都看在眼里，他們渴望擁有我們擁有的東西。

Here is the dilemma.How much are we willing to invest, as a world society, to mitigate the consequences of climate change that will not be realized for at least 100 years? Deeply rooted in all cultures, is the notion of generational responsibility.Parents work hard so that their children will have a better life.Climate change will affect the entire world, but our natural focus is on the welfare of our immediate families.Can we, as a world society, meet our responsibility to future generations?

這就是新的挑戰(zhàn)。全世界作為一個(gè)整體，我們到底愿意付出多少，來(lái)緩和氣候變化？這種付出至少在100年內(nèi)，都不會(huì)有明顯效果。代際責(zé)任深深植根于所有文化中。家長(zhǎng)努力工作，為了讓他們的孩子有更好的生活。氣候變化將影響整個(gè)世界，但是我們的天性使得我們只關(guān)心個(gè)人家庭的福利。我們能不能把全世界看作一個(gè)整體？能不能為未來(lái)的人們承擔(dān)起責(zé)任？

While I am worried, I am hopeful we will solve this problem.I became the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in part because I wanted to enlist some of the best scientific minds to help battle against climate change.I was there only four and a half years, the shortest serving director in the 78-year history of the Lab, but when I left, a number of very exciting energy institutes at the Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley had been established.雖然我憂心忡忡，但是還是對(duì)未來(lái)抱樂(lè)觀態(tài)度，這個(gè)問(wèn)題將會(huì)得到解決。我同意出任勞倫斯-伯克利國(guó)家實(shí)驗(yàn)室主任，部分原因是我想招募一些世界上最好的科學(xué)家，來(lái)研究氣候變化的對(duì)策。我在那里干了4年半，是這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)室78年的歷史中，任期最短的主任，但是當(dāng)我離任時(shí)，在伯克利實(shí)驗(yàn)室和伯克利分校，一些非常激動(dòng)人心的能源研究機(jī)構(gòu)已經(jīng)建立起來(lái)了。

I am extremely privileged to be part of the Obama administration.If there ever was a time to help steer America and the world towards a path of sustainable energy, now is the time.The message the President is delivering is not one of doom and gloom, but of optimism and opportunity.I share this optimism.The task ahead is daunting, but we can and will succeed.能夠成為奧巴馬施政團(tuán)隊(duì)的一員，我感到極其榮幸。如果有一個(gè)時(shí)機(jī)，可以引導(dǎo)美國(guó)和全世界走上可持續(xù)能源的道路，那么這個(gè)時(shí)機(jī)就是現(xiàn)在。總統(tǒng)已經(jīng)發(fā)出 信息，未來(lái)并非在劫難逃，而是樂(lè)觀的，我們依然有機(jī)會(huì)。我也抱有這種樂(lè)觀主義。我們面前的任務(wù)令人生畏，但是我們能夠并且將會(huì)成功。

We know some of the answers already.There are immediate and significant savings in energy efficiency and conservation.Energy efficiency is not just low-hanging fruit;it is fruit lying on the ground.For example, we have the potential to make buildings 80 percent more efficient with investments that will pay for themselves in less than 15 years.Buildings consume 40 percent of the energy we use, and a transition to energy efficient buildings will cut our carbon emissions by one-third.我們已經(jīng)有了一些答案，可以立竿見(jiàn)影地節(jié)約能源和提高能源使用效率。它們不是掛在枝頭的水果，而是已經(jīng)成熟掉在地上了，就看我們?cè)覆辉敢鈸炱饋?lái)。比 如，我們有辦法將樓宇的耗電減少80%，增加的投資在15年內(nèi)就可以收回來(lái)。樓宇的耗電占我們能源消費(fèi)的40%，節(jié)能樓宇的推廣將使我們二氧化碳的釋放減 少三分之一。

We are revving up the remarkable American innovation machine that will be the basis of a new American prosperity.We will invent much improved methods to harness the sun, the wind, nuclear power, and capture and sequester the carbon dioxide emitted from our power plants.Advanced bio-fuels and the electrification of personal vehicles make us less dependent on foreign oil.我們正在加速美國(guó)這座巨大的創(chuàng)新機(jī)器，這將是下一次美國(guó)大繁榮的基礎(chǔ)。我們將大量投資有效利用太陽(yáng)能、風(fēng)能、核能的新方法，大量投資能夠捕獲和隔離電廠廢氣中的二氧化碳的方法。先進(jìn)的生物燃料和電力汽車將使得我們不再那么依賴外國(guó)的石油。

In the coming decades, we will almost certainly face higher oil prices and be in a carbon-constrained economy.We have the opportunity to lead in development of a new, industrial revolution.The great hockey player, Wayne Gretzky, when asked, how he positions himself on the ice, he replied,“ I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it's been.” America should do the same.在未來(lái)的幾十年中，我們幾乎肯定會(huì)面對(duì)更高的油價(jià)和更嚴(yán)厲的二氧化碳限制排放政策。這是一場(chǎng)新的工業(yè)革命，美國(guó)有機(jī)會(huì)充當(dāng)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。偉大的冰上曲棍球選手Wayne Gretzky被問(wèn)到，他如何在冰上跑位，回答說(shuō)：“我滑向球下一步的位置，而不是它現(xiàn)在的位置。”美國(guó)也應(yīng)該這樣做。

The Obama administration is laying a new foundation for a prosperous and sustainable energy future, but we don't have all of the answers.That's where you come in.In this address, I am asking you, the Harvard graduates, to join us.As our future intellectual leaders, take the time to learn more about what's at stake, and then act on that knowledge.As future scientists and engineers, I ask you to give us better technology solutions.As future economists and political scientists, I ask you to create better policy options.As future business leaders, I ask that you make sustainability an integral part of your business.奧巴馬政府正在為美國(guó)的繁榮和可持續(xù)能源，打下新的基礎(chǔ)。但是我們無(wú)法為所有問(wèn)題都找到答案。這就需要你們的參與。在本次演講中，我請(qǐng)求在座各位哈佛畢業(yè)生加入我們。你們是我們未來(lái)的智力領(lǐng)袖，請(qǐng)花時(shí)間加深理解目前的危險(xiǎn)局勢(shì)，然后采取相應(yīng)的行動(dòng)。你們是未來(lái)的科學(xué)家和工程師，我要求你們給我們更好的技術(shù)方案。你們是未來(lái)的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家和政治學(xué)家，我要求你們創(chuàng)造更好的政策選擇。你們是未來(lái)的企業(yè)家，我要求你們將可持續(xù)發(fā)展作為你們業(yè)務(wù)中不可分割的一部分。

Finally, as humanists, I ask that you speak to our common humanity.One of the cruelest ironies about climate change is that the ones who will be hurt the most are the most innocent: the worlds poorest and those yet to be born.最后，你們是人道主義者，我要求你們?yōu)榱巳说乐髁x說(shuō)話。氣候變化帶來(lái)的最殘酷的諷刺之一，就是最受傷害的人，恰恰就是最無(wú)辜的人----那些世界上最窮的人們和那些還沒(méi)有出生的人。

The coda to this last movement is borrowed from two humanists.這個(gè)最后樂(lè)章的完結(jié)部是引用兩個(gè)人道主義者的話。

The first quote is from Martin Luther King.He spoke on ending the war in Vietnam in 1967, but his message seems so fitting for today's climate crisis:

第一段引語(yǔ)來(lái)自馬丁?路德?金。這是1967年他對(duì)越南戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)結(jié)束的評(píng)論，但是看上去非常適合用來(lái)評(píng)論今天的氣候危機(jī)。

“This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one's tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all mankind.This oft misunderstood, this oft misinterpreted concept, so readily dismissed by the Nietzsches of the world as a weak and cowardly force, has now become an absolute necessity for the survival of man...We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today.We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late.”

“我呼吁全世界的人們團(tuán)結(jié)一心，拋棄種族、膚色、階級(jí)、國(guó)籍的隔閡；我呼吁包羅一切、無(wú)條件的對(duì)全人類的愛(ài)。你會(huì)因此遭受誤解和誤讀，信奉尼采哲學(xué)的世人會(huì)認(rèn)定你是一個(gè)軟弱和膽怯的懦夫。但是，這是人類存在下去的絕對(duì)必需。......我的朋友，眼前的事實(shí)就是，明天就是今天。此刻，我們面臨最緊急的情況。在變幻莫測(cè)的生活和歷史之中，有一樣?xùn)|西叫做悔之晚矣。”

The final message is from William Faulkner.On December 10th, 1950, his Nobel Prize banquet speech was about the role of humanists in a world facing potential nuclear holocaust.第二段引語(yǔ)來(lái)自威廉?福克納。1950年12月10月，他在諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)獲獎(jiǎng)晚宴上發(fā)表演說(shuō)，談到了世界在核戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的陰影之下，人道主義者應(yīng)該扮演什么樣的角色。

“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail.He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things.It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past.”

“我相信人類不僅能忍耐，而且會(huì)獲勝。人類是不朽的，這不是因?yàn)槿f(wàn)物當(dāng)中僅僅他會(huì)無(wú)窮盡的呼喊，而是因?yàn)樗幸粋€(gè)靈魂，有同情心、犧牲精神和忍耐力。詩(shī)人和作家的責(zé)任就是寫(xiě)這些東西。他們的特權(quán)正是通過(guò)鼓舞人類，喚起人類原有的榮耀----勇氣、榮譽(yù)、希望、自尊、憐憫之心和犧牲精神，去幫助人類學(xué)會(huì)忍耐。”

Graduates, you have an extraordinary role to play in our future.As you pursue your private passions, I hope you will also develop a passion and a voice to help the world in ways both large and small.Nothing will give you greater satisfaction.各位畢業(yè)生同學(xué)，你們?cè)谖覀兊奈磥?lái)中扮演舉足輕重的角色。當(dāng)你們追求個(gè)人的志向時(shí)，我希望你們也會(huì)發(fā)揚(yáng)奉獻(xiàn)精神，積極發(fā)聲，在大大小小各個(gè)方面幫助改進(jìn)這個(gè)世界。這會(huì)給你們帶來(lái)最大的滿足感。

Please accept my warmest congratulations.May you prosper, may you help preserve and save our planet for your children, and all future children of the world.最后，請(qǐng)接受我最熱烈的祝賀。希望你們成功，也希望你們保護(hù)和拯救我們這個(gè)星球，為了你們的孩子，以及未來(lái)所有的孩子。

第四篇：朱利文哈弗演講

Madam President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, faculty, family, friends, and, most importantly, today’s graduates, 尊敬的Faust校長(zhǎng)，哈佛集團(tuán)的各位成員，監(jiān)管理事會(huì)的各位理事，各位老師，各位家長(zhǎng)，各位朋友，以及最重要的各位畢業(yè)生同學(xué)，Thank you for letting me share this wonderful day with you.感謝你們，讓我有機(jī)會(huì)同你們一起分享這個(gè)美妙的日子。

I am not sure I can live up to the high standards of Harvard Commencement speakers.Last year, J.K.Rowling, the billionaire novelist, who started as a classics student, graced this podium.The year before, Bill Gates, the mega-billionaire philanthropist and computer nerd stood here.Today, sadly, you have me.I am not wealthy, but at least I am a nerd.我不太肯定，自己夠得上哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮演講人這樣的殊榮。去年登上這個(gè)講臺(tái)的是，英國(guó)億萬(wàn)身家的小說(shuō)家J.K.Rowling女士，她最早是一個(gè)古典文學(xué)的學(xué)生。前年站在這里的是比爾?蓋茨先生，他是一個(gè)超級(jí)富翁、一個(gè)慈善家和電腦天才。今年很遺憾，你們的演講人 是我，雖然我不是很有錢(qián)，但是至少我是一個(gè)書(shū)呆子。

I am grateful to receive an honorary degree from Harvard, an honor that means more to me than you might care to imagine.You see, I was the academic black sheep of my family.My older brother has an M.D./Ph.D.from MIT and Harvard while my younger brother has a law degree from Harvard.When I was awarded a Nobel Prize, I thought my mother would be pleased.Not so.When I called her on the morning of the announcement, she replied, “That’s nice, but when are you going to visit me next.” Now, as the last brother with a degree from Harvard, maybe, at last, she will be satisfied.我很感激哈佛大學(xué)給我榮譽(yù)學(xué)位，這對(duì)我很重要，也許比你們會(huì)想到的還要重要。要知道，在學(xué)術(shù)上，我是我們家的異類。我的哥哥在麻省理工學(xué)院得到醫(yī)學(xué) 博士，在哈佛大學(xué)得到哲學(xué)博士；我的弟弟在哈佛大學(xué)得到一個(gè)法律學(xué)位。我本人得到諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的時(shí)候，我想我的媽媽會(huì)高興。但是，我錯(cuò)了。消息公布的那天早 上，我給她打電話，她聽(tīng)了只說(shuō)：“這是好消息，不過(guò)我想知道，你下次什么時(shí)候來(lái)看我？”如今在我們兄弟當(dāng)中，我最終也拿到了哈佛學(xué)位，我想這一次，她會(huì)感 到滿意。

Another difficulty with giving a Harvard commencement address is that some of you may disapprove of the fact that I have borrowed material from previous speeches.I ask that you forgive me for two reasons.在哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)表演說(shuō)，還有一個(gè)難處，那就是你們中有些人可能有意見(jiàn)，不喜歡我重復(fù)前人演講中說(shuō)過(guò)的話。我要求你們諒解我，因?yàn)閮蓚€(gè)理由。

First, in order to have impact, it is important to deliver the same message more than once.In science, it is important to be the first person to make a discovery, but it is even more important to be the last person to make that discovery.首先，為了產(chǎn)生影響力，很重要的方法就是重復(fù)傳遞同樣的信息。在科學(xué)中，第一個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)者是重要的，但是在得到公認(rèn)前，最后一個(gè)做出這個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)的人也許更重要。

Second, authors who borrow from others are following in the footsteps of the best.Ralph Waldo Emerson, who graduated from Harvard at the age of 18, noted “All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.” Picasso declared “Good artists borrow.Great artists steal.” Why should commencement speakers be held to a higher standard? 其次，一個(gè)借鑒他人的作者，正走在一條前人開(kāi)辟的最佳道路上。哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)生、詩(shī)人愛(ài)默生曾經(jīng)寫(xiě)下：“我最好的一些思想，都是從古人那里偷來(lái)的。”畫(huà)家畢加索宣稱“優(yōu)秀的藝術(shù)家借鑒，偉大的藝術(shù)家偷竊。”那么為什么畢業(yè)典禮的演說(shuō)者，就不適用同樣的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)呢？

I also want to point out the irony of speaking to graduates of an institution that would have rejected me, had I the chutzpah to apply.I am married to “Dean Jean,” the former dean of admissions at Stanford.She assures me that she would have rejected me, if given the chance.When I showed her a draft of this speech, she objected strongly to my use of the word “rejected.” She never rejected applicants;her letters stated that “we are unable to offer you admission.” I have difficulty understanding the difference.After all, deans of admissions of highly selective schools are in reality, “deans of rejection.” Clearly, I have a lot to learn about marketing.我還要指出一點(diǎn)，向哈佛畢業(yè)生發(fā)表演說(shuō)，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)是有諷刺意味的，因?yàn)槿绻?dāng)年我斗膽向哈佛大學(xué)遞交入學(xué)申請(qǐng)，一定會(huì)被拒絕。我的妻子Jean當(dāng)過(guò) 斯坦福大學(xué)的招生主任，她向我保證，如果當(dāng)年我申請(qǐng)斯坦福大學(xué)，她會(huì)拒絕我。我把這篇演講的草稿給她過(guò)目，她強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)我使用“拒絕”這個(gè)詞，她從來(lái)不拒絕 任何申請(qǐng)者。在拒絕信中，她總是寫(xiě)：“我們無(wú)法提供你入學(xué)機(jī)會(huì)。”我分不清兩者到底有何差別。不過(guò)，那些大熱門(mén)學(xué)校的招生主任總是很現(xiàn)實(shí)的，堪稱“拒絕他 人的主任”。很顯然，我需要好好學(xué)學(xué)怎么來(lái)推銷自己。

My address will follow the classical sonata form of commencement addresses.The first movement, just presented, were light-hearted remarks.This next movement consists of unsolicited advice, which is rarely valued, seldom remembered, never followed.As Oscar Wilde said, “The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on.It is never of any use to oneself.” So, here comes the advice.First, every time you celebrate an achievement, be thankful to those who made it possible.Thank your parents and friends who supported you, thank your professors who were inspirational, and especially thank the other professors whose less-than-brilliant lectures forced you to teach yourself.Going forward, the ability to teach yourself is the hallmark of a great liberal arts education and will be the key to your success.To your fellow students who have added immeasurably to your education during those late night discussions, hug them.Also, of course, thank Harvard.Should you forget, there’s an alumni association to remind you.Second, in your future life, cultivate a generous spirit.In all negotiations, don’t bargain for the last, little advantage.Leave the change on the table.In your collaborations, always remember that “credit” is not a conserved quantity.In a successful collaboration, everybody gets 90 percent of the credit.畢業(yè)典禮演講都遵循古典奏鳴曲的結(jié)構(gòu)，我的演講也不例外。剛才是第一樂(lè)章——輕快的閑談。接下來(lái)的第二樂(lè)章是送上門(mén)的忠告。這樣的忠告很少有價(jià)值，幾乎注定被忘記，永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)被實(shí)踐。就像王爾德說(shuō)的：“對(duì)于忠告，你所能做的，就是把它送給別人，因?yàn)樗鼘?duì)你沒(méi)有任何用處。”所以，下面就是我的忠告。第 一，取得成就的時(shí)候，不要忘記前人。要感謝你的父母和支持你的朋友，要感謝那些啟發(fā)過(guò)你的教授，尤其要感謝那些上不好課的教授，因?yàn)樗麄兤仁鼓阕詫W(xué)。從整 體看，自學(xué)能力是優(yōu)秀的文科教育中必不可少的，將成為你成功的關(guān)鍵。你還要去擁抱你的同學(xué)，感謝他們同你進(jìn)行過(guò)的許多次徹夜長(zhǎng)談，這為你的教育帶來(lái)了無(wú)法 衡量的價(jià)值。當(dāng)然，你還要感謝哈佛大學(xué)。不過(guò)即使你忘了這一點(diǎn)，校友會(huì)也會(huì)來(lái)提醒你。第二，在你們未來(lái)的人生中，做一個(gè)慷慨大方的人。在任何談判中，都把 最后一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)利益留給對(duì)方。不要把桌上的錢(qián)都拿走。在合作中，不要把榮譽(yù)留給自己。成功合作的任何一方，都應(yīng)獲得全部榮譽(yù)的90%。

Jimmy Stewart, as Elwood P.Dowd in the movie “Harvey” got it exactly right.He said: “Years ago my mother used to say to me, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be … she always used to call me Elwood … in this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.’” Well, for years I was smart....I recommend pleasant.You may quote me on that.電影《Harvey》中，Jimmy Stewart扮演的角色Elwood P.Dowd，就完全理解這一點(diǎn)。他說(shuō)：“多年前，母親曾經(jīng)對(duì)我說(shuō)，'Elwood，活在這個(gè)世界上，你要么做一個(gè)聰明人，要么做一個(gè)好人。’”我做聰明人，已經(jīng)做了好多年了。……但是，我推薦你們做好人。你們可以引用我這句話。

My third piece of advice is as follows: As you begin this new stage of your lives, follow your passion.If you don’t have a passion, don’t be satisfied until you find one.Life is too short to go through it without caring deeply about something.When I was your age, I was incredibly single-minded in my goal to be a physicist.After college, I spent eight years as a graduate student and postdoc at Berkeley, and then nine years at Bell Labs.During that my time, my central focus and professional joy was physics.我的第三個(gè)忠告是，當(dāng)你開(kāi)始生活的新階段時(shí)，請(qǐng)跟隨你的愛(ài)好。如果你沒(méi)有愛(ài)好，就去找，找不到就不罷休。生命太短暫，所以不能空手走過(guò)，你必須對(duì)某 樣?xùn)|西傾注你的深情。我在你們這個(gè)年齡，是超級(jí)的一根筋，我的目標(biāo)就是非成為物理學(xué)家不可。本科畢業(yè)后，我在加州大學(xué)伯克利分校又待了8年，讀完了研究 生，做完了博士后，然后去貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室待了9年。在這些年中，我關(guān)注的中心和職業(yè)上的全部樂(lè)趣，都來(lái)自物理學(xué)。Here is my final piece of advice.Pursuing a personal passion is important, but it should not be your only goal.When you are old and gray, and look back on your life, you will want to be proud of what you have done.The source of that pride won’t be the things you have acquired or the recognition you have received.It will be the lives you have touched and the difference you have made.我還有最后一個(gè)忠告，就是說(shuō)興趣愛(ài)好固然重要，但是你不應(yīng)該只考慮興趣愛(ài)好。當(dāng)你白發(fā)蒼蒼、垂垂老矣、回首人生時(shí)，你需要為自己做過(guò)的事感到自豪。物質(zhì)生活和你實(shí)現(xiàn)的占有欲，都不會(huì)產(chǎn)生自豪。只有那些受你影響、被你改變過(guò)的人和事，才會(huì)讓你產(chǎn)生自豪。

After nine years at Bell labs, I decided to leave that warm, cozy ivory tower for what I considered to be the “real world,” a university.Bell Labs, to quote what was said about Mary Poppins, was “practically perfect in every way,” but I wanted to leave behind something more than scientific articles.I wanted to teach and give birth to my own set of scientific children.在貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室待了9年后，我決定離開(kāi)這個(gè)溫暖舒適的象牙塔，走進(jìn)我眼中的“真實(shí)世界”——大學(xué)。我對(duì)貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室的看法，可以引用Mary Poppins的話，“實(shí)際上十全十美”。但是，我想離開(kāi)那種僅僅是科學(xué)論文的生活。我要去教書(shū)，培育我自己在科學(xué)上的后代。X Ted Geballe, a friend and distinguished colleague of mine at Stanford, who also went from Berkeley to Bell Labs to Stanford years earlier, described our motives best: 我在斯坦福大學(xué)有一個(gè)好友兼杰出同事Ted Geballe。他也是從伯克利分校去了貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室，幾年前又離開(kāi)貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室去了斯坦福大學(xué)。他對(duì)我們的動(dòng)機(jī)做出了最佳描述：

“The best part of working at a university is the students.They come in fresh, enthusiastic, open to ideas, unscarred by the battles of life.They don't realize it, but they're the recipients of the best our society can offer.If a mind is ever free to be creative, that's the time.They come in believing textbooks are authoritative, but eventually they figure out that textbooks and professors don't know everything, and then they start to think on their own.Then, I begin learning from them.”

“在大學(xué)工作，最大的優(yōu)點(diǎn)就是學(xué)生。他們生機(jī)勃勃，充滿熱情，思想自由，還沒(méi)被生活的重壓改變。雖然他們自己沒(méi)有意識(shí)到，但是他們是這個(gè)社會(huì)中你能 找到的最佳受眾。如果生命中只有一段時(shí)間是思想自由和充滿創(chuàng)造力，那么那段時(shí)間就是你在讀大學(xué)。進(jìn)校時(shí)，學(xué)生們對(duì)課本上的一字一句毫不懷疑，漸漸地，他們 發(fā)現(xiàn)課本和教授并不是無(wú)所不知的，于是他們開(kāi)始獨(dú)立思考。從那時(shí)起，就是我開(kāi)始向他們學(xué)習(xí)了。”

My students, post doctoral fellows, and the young researchers who worked with me at Bell Labs, Stanford, and Berkeley have been extraordinary.Over 30 former group members are now professors, many at the best research institutions in the world, including Harvard.I have learned much from them.Even now, in rare moments on weekends, the remaining members of my biophysics group meet with me in the ether world of cyberspace.我教過(guò)的學(xué)生、帶過(guò)的博士后、合作過(guò)的年輕同事，都非常優(yōu)秀。他們中有30多人，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)是教授了。他們所在的研究機(jī)構(gòu)有不少是全世界第一流的，其中就包括哈佛大學(xué)。我從他們身上學(xué)到了很多東西。即使現(xiàn)在，我偶爾還會(huì)周末上網(wǎng)，向現(xiàn)在還從事生物物理學(xué)研究的學(xué)生請(qǐng)教。

I began teaching with the idea of giving back;I received more than I gave.This brings me to the final movement of this speech.It begins with a story about an extraordinary scientific discovery and a new dilemma that it poses.It’s a call to arms and about making a difference.我懷著回報(bào)社會(huì)的想法，開(kāi)始了教學(xué)生涯。我的一生中，得到的多于我付出的，所以我要回報(bào)社會(huì)。這就引出了這次演講的最后一個(gè)樂(lè)章。首先我要講一個(gè)了不起的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)，以及由此帶來(lái)的新挑戰(zhàn)。它是一個(gè)戰(zhàn)斗的號(hào)令，到了做出改變的時(shí)候了。

In the last several decades, our climate has been changing.Climate change is not new: the Earth went through six ice ages in the past 600,000 years.However, recent measurements show that the climate has begun to change rapidly.The size of the North Polar Ice Cap in the month of September is only half the size it was a mere 50 years ago.The sea level which been rising since direct measurements began in 1870 at a rate that is now five times faster than it was at the beginning of recorded measurements.Here’s the remarkable scientific discovery.For the first time in human history, science is now making predictions of how our actions will affect the world 50 and 100 years from now.These changes are due to an increase in carbon dioxide put into the atmosphere since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.The Earth has warmed up by roughly 0.8 degrees Celsius since the beginning of the Revolution.There is already approximately a 1 degree rise built into the system, even if we stop all greenhouse gas emissions today.Why? It will take decades to warm up the deep oceans before the temperature reaches a new equilibrium.過(guò)去幾十年中，我們的氣候一直在發(fā)生變化。氣候變化并不是現(xiàn)在才有的，過(guò)去60萬(wàn)年中就發(fā)生了6次冰河期。但是，現(xiàn)在的測(cè)量表明氣候變化加速了。北 極冰蓋在9月份的大小，只相當(dāng)于50年前的一半。1870年起，人們開(kāi)始測(cè)量海平面上升的速度，現(xiàn)在的速度是那時(shí)的5倍。一個(gè)重大的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)就這樣產(chǎn)生 了。科學(xué)第一次在人類歷史上，預(yù)測(cè)出我們的行為對(duì)50~100年后的世界有何影響。這些變化的原因是，從工業(yè)革命開(kāi)始，人類排放到大氣中的二氧化碳增加 了。這使得地球的平均氣溫上升了0.8攝氏度。即使我們立刻停止所有溫室氣體的排放，氣溫仍然將比過(guò)去上升大約1度。因?yàn)樵跉鉁剡_(dá)到均衡前，海水溫度的上 升將持續(xù)幾十年。

If the world continues on a business-as-usual path, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that there is a fifty-fifty chance the temperature will exceed 5 degrees by the end of this century.This increase may not sound like much, but let me remind you that during the last ice age, the world was only 6 degrees colder.During this time, most of Canada and the United States down to Ohio and Pennsylvania were covered year round by a glacier.A world 5 degrees warmer will be very different.The change will be so rapid that many species, including Humans, will have a hard time adapting.I’ve been told for example, that, in a much warmer world, insects were bigger.I wonder if this thing buzzing around is a precursor.)如果全世界保持現(xiàn)在的經(jīng)濟(jì)模式不變，聯(lián)合國(guó)政府間氣候變化專門(mén)委員會(huì)（IPCC）預(yù)測(cè)，本世紀(jì)末將有50%的可能，氣溫至少上升5度。這聽(tīng)起來(lái)好像 不多，但是讓我來(lái)提醒你，上一次的冰河期，地球的氣溫也僅僅只下降了6度。那時(shí)，俄亥俄州和費(fèi)城以下的大部分美國(guó)和加拿大的土地，都終年被冰川覆蓋。氣溫 上升5度的地球，將是一個(gè)非常不同的地球。由于變化來(lái)得太快，包括人類在內(nèi)的許多生物，都將很難適應(yīng)。比如，有人告訴我，在更溫暖的環(huán)境中，昆蟲(chóng)的個(gè)頭將 變大。我不知道現(xiàn)在身旁嗡嗡叫的這只大蒼蠅，是不是就是前兆。

We also face the specter of nonlinear “tipping points” that may cause much more severe changes.An example of a tipping point is the thawing of the permafrost.The permafrost contains immense amounts of frozen organic matter that have been accumulating for millennia.If the soil melts, microbes will spring to life and cause this debris to rot.The difference in biological activity below freezing and above freezing is something we are all familiar with.Frozen food remains edible for a very long time in the freezer, but once thawed, it spoils quickly.How much methane and carbon dioxide might be released from the rotting permafrost? If even a fraction of the carbon is released, it could be greater than all the greenhouse gases we have released to since the beginning of the industrial revolution.Once started, a runaway effect could occur.我們還面臨另一個(gè)幽靈，那就是非線性的“氣候引爆點(diǎn)”，這會(huì)帶來(lái)許多嚴(yán)重得多的變化。“氣候引爆點(diǎn)”的一個(gè)例子就是永久凍土層的融化。永久凍土層經(jīng) 過(guò)千萬(wàn)年的累積形成，其中包含了巨量的凍僵的有機(jī)物。如果凍土融化，微生物就將廣泛繁殖，使得凍土層中的有機(jī)物快速腐爛。冷凍后的生物和冷凍前的生物，它 們?cè)谏飳W(xué)特性上的差異，我們都很熟悉。在冷庫(kù)中，冷凍食品在經(jīng)過(guò)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間保存后，依然可以食用。但是，一旦解凍，食品很快就腐爛了。一個(gè)腐爛的永久凍土 層，將釋放出多少甲烷和二氧化碳？即使只有一部分的碳被釋放出來(lái)，可能也比我們從工業(yè)革命開(kāi)始釋放出來(lái)的所有溫室氣體還要多。這種事情一旦發(fā)生，局勢(shì)就失 控了。

The climate problem is the unintended consequence of our success.We depend on fossil energy to keep our homes warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and lit at night;we use it to travel across town and across continents.Energy is a fundamental reason for the prosperity we enjoy, and we will not surrender this prosperity.The United States has 3 percent of the world population, and yet, we consume 25 percent of the energy.By contrast, there are 1.6 billion people who don’t have access to electricity.Hundreds of millions of people still cook with twigs or dung.The life we enjoy may not be within the reach of the developing world, but it is within sight, and they want what we have.氣候問(wèn)題是我們的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展在無(wú)意中帶來(lái)的后果。我們太依賴化石能源，冬天取暖，夏天制冷，夜間照明，長(zhǎng)途旅行，環(huán)球觀光。能源是經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮的基礎(chǔ)，我 們不可能放棄經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮。美國(guó)人口占全世界的3%，但是我們消耗全世界25%的能源。與此形成對(duì)照，全世界還有16億人沒(méi)有電，數(shù)億人依靠燃燒樹(shù)枝和動(dòng)物糞 便來(lái)煮飯。發(fā)展中國(guó)家的人民享受不到我們的生活，但是他們都看在眼里，他們渴望擁有我們擁有的東西。

Here is the dilemma.How much are we willing to invest, as a world society, to mitigate the consequences of climate change that will not be realized for at least 100 years? Deeply rooted in all cultures, is the notion of generational responsibility.Parents work hard so that their children will have a better life.Climate change will affect the entire world, but our natural focus is on the welfare of our immediate families.Can we, as a world society, meet our responsibility to future generations? 這就是新的挑戰(zhàn)。全世界作為一個(gè)整體，我們到底愿意付出多少，來(lái)緩和氣候變化？這種變化在100年前，根本沒(méi)人想到過(guò)。代際責(zé)任深深植根于所有文化 中。家長(zhǎng)努力工作，為了讓他們的孩子有更好的生活。氣候變化將影響整個(gè)世界，但是我們的天性使得我們只關(guān)心個(gè)人家庭的福利。我們能不能把全世界看作一個(gè)整 體？能不能為未來(lái)的人們承擔(dān)起責(zé)任？

While I am worried, I am hopeful we will solve this problem.I became the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in part because I wanted to enlist some of the best scientific minds to help battle against climate change.I was there only four and a half years, the shortest serving director in the 78-year history of the Lab, but when I left, a number of very exciting energy institutes at the Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley had been established.雖然我憂心忡忡，但是還是對(duì)未來(lái)抱樂(lè)觀態(tài)度，這個(gè)問(wèn)題將會(huì)得到解決。我同意出任勞倫斯?伯克利國(guó)家實(shí)驗(yàn)室主任，部分原因是我想招募一些世界上最好的 科學(xué)家，來(lái)研究氣候變化的對(duì)策。我在那里干了4年半，是這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)室78年的歷史中，任期最短的主任，但是當(dāng)我離任時(shí)，在伯克利實(shí)驗(yàn)室和伯克利分校，一些非 常激動(dòng)人心的能源研究機(jī)構(gòu)已經(jīng)建立起來(lái)了。

I am extremely privileged to be part of the Obama administration.If there ever was a time to help steer America and the world towards a path of sustainable energy, now is the time.The message the President is delivering is not one of doom and gloom, but of optimism and opportunity.I share this optimism.The task ahead is daunting, but we can and will succeed.能夠成為奧巴馬施政團(tuán)隊(duì)的一員，我感到極其榮幸。如果有一個(gè)時(shí)機(jī)，可以引導(dǎo)美國(guó)和全世界走上可持續(xù)能源的道路，那么這個(gè)時(shí)機(jī)就是現(xiàn)在。總統(tǒng)已經(jīng)發(fā)出 信息，未來(lái)并非在劫難逃，而是樂(lè)觀的，我們依然有機(jī)會(huì)。我也抱有這種樂(lè)觀主義。我們面前的任務(wù)令人生畏，但是我們能夠并且將會(huì)成功。

We know some of the answers already.There are immediate and significant savings in energy efficiency and conservation.Energy efficiency is not just low-hanging fruit;it is fruit lying on the ground.For example, we have the potential to make buildings 80 percent more efficient with investments that will pay for themselves in less than 15 years.Buildings consume 40 percent of the energy we use, and a transition to energy efficient buildings will cut our carbon emissions by one-third.我們已經(jīng)有了一些答案，可以立竿見(jiàn)影地節(jié)約能源和提高能源使用效率。它們不是掛在枝頭的水果，而是已經(jīng)成熟掉在地上了，就看我們?cè)覆辉敢鈸炱饋?lái)。比 如，我們有辦法將樓宇的耗電減少80%，增加的投資在15年內(nèi)就可以收回來(lái)。樓宇的耗電占我們能源消費(fèi)的40%，節(jié)能樓宇的推廣將使我們二氧化碳的釋放減 少三分之一。

We are revving up the remarkable American innovation machine that will be the basis of a new American prosperity.We will invent much improved methods to harness the sun, the wind, nuclear power, and capture and sequester the carbon dioxide emitted from our power plants.Advanced bio-fuels and the electrification of personal vehicles make us less dependent on foreign oil.我們正在加速美國(guó)這座巨大的創(chuàng)新機(jī)器，這將是下一次美國(guó)大繁榮的基礎(chǔ)。我們將大量投資有效利用太陽(yáng)能、風(fēng)能、核能的新方法，大量投資能夠捕獲和隔離電廠廢氣中的二氧化碳的方法。先進(jìn)的生物燃料和電力汽車將使得我們不再那么依賴外國(guó)的石油。In the coming decades, we will almost certainly face higher oil prices and be in a carbon-constrained economy.We have the opportunity to lead in development of a new, industrial revolution.The great hockey player, Wayne Gretzky, when asked, how he positions himself on the ice, he replied,“ I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it’s been.” America should do the same.在未來(lái)的幾十年中，我們幾乎肯定會(huì)面對(duì)更高的油價(jià)和更嚴(yán)厲的二氧化碳排放政策。這是一場(chǎng)新的工業(yè)革命，美國(guó)有機(jī)會(huì)充當(dāng)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。偉大的冰球選手Wayne Gretzky被問(wèn)到，他如何在冰上跑位，回答說(shuō)：“我滑向球下一步的位置，而不是它現(xiàn)在的位置。”美國(guó)也應(yīng)該這樣做。

The Obama administration is laying a new foundation for a prosperous and sustainable energy future, but we don’t have all of the answers.That’s where you come in.In this address, I am asking you, the Harvard graduates, to join us.As our future intellectual leaders, take the time to learn more about what’s at stake, and then act on that knowledge.As future scientists and engineers, I ask you to give us better technology solutions.As future economists and political scientists, I ask you to create better policy options.As future business leaders, I ask that you make sustainability an integral part of your business.奧巴馬政府正在為美國(guó)的繁榮和可持續(xù)能源，打下新的基礎(chǔ)。但是我們還有很多不知道的地方。這就需要你們的參與。在本次演講中，我請(qǐng)求在座各位哈佛畢 業(yè)生加入我們。你們是我們未來(lái)的智力領(lǐng)袖，請(qǐng)花時(shí)間加深理解目前的危險(xiǎn)局勢(shì)，然后采取相應(yīng)的行動(dòng)。你們是未來(lái)的科學(xué)家和工程師，我要求你們給我們更好的技 術(shù)方案。你們是未來(lái)的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家和政治學(xué)家，我要求你們創(chuàng)造更好的政策選擇。你們是未來(lái)的企業(yè)家，我要求你們將可持續(xù)發(fā)展作為你們業(yè)務(wù)中不可分割的一部分。

Finally, as humanists, I ask that you speak to our common humanity.One of the cruelest ironies about climate change is that the ones who will be hurt the most are the most innocent: the worlds poorest and those yet to be born.最后，你們是人道主義者，我要求你們?yōu)榱巳说乐髁x說(shuō)話。氣候變化帶來(lái)的最殘酷的諷刺之一，就是最受傷害的人，恰恰就是最無(wú)辜的人——那些世界上最窮的人們和那些還沒(méi)有出生的人。

The coda to this last movement is borrowed from two humanists.這個(gè)最后樂(lè)章的完結(jié)部是引用兩個(gè)人道主義者的話。

The first quote is from Martin Luther King.He spoke on ending the war in Vietnam in 1967, but his message seems so fitting for today’s climate crisis:

第一段引語(yǔ)來(lái)自馬丁?路德?金。這是1967年他對(duì)越南戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)結(jié)束的評(píng)論，但是看上去非常適合用來(lái)評(píng)論今天的氣候危機(jī)。

“This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one's tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all mankind.This oft misunderstood, this oft misinterpreted concept, so readily dismissed by the Nietzsches of the world as a weak and cowardly force, has now become an absolute necessity for the survival of man … We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today.We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late.”

“我呼吁全世界的人們團(tuán)結(jié)一心，拋棄種族、膚色、階級(jí)、國(guó)籍的隔閡；我呼吁包羅一切、無(wú)條件的對(duì)全人類的愛(ài)。你會(huì)因此遭受誤解和誤讀，信奉尼采哲學(xué) 的世人會(huì)認(rèn)定你是一個(gè)軟弱和膽怯的懦夫。但是，這是人類存在下去的絕對(duì)必需。……我的朋友，眼前的事實(shí)就是，明天就是今天。此刻，我們面臨最緊急的情況。在變幻莫測(cè)的生活和歷史之中，有一樣?xùn)|西叫做悔之晚矣。”

The final message is from William Faulkner.On December 10th, 1950, his Nobel Prize banquet speech was about the role of humanists in a world facing potential nuclear holocaust.第二段引語(yǔ)來(lái)自威廉?福克納。1950年12月10月，他在諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)獲獎(jiǎng)晚宴上發(fā)表演說(shuō)，談到了世界在核戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的陰影之下，人道主義者應(yīng)該扮演什么樣的角色。

“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail.He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things.It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past.”

“我相信人類不會(huì)僅僅存在，他還將勝利。人類是不朽的，這不是因?yàn)槿f(wàn)物當(dāng)中僅僅他擁有發(fā)言權(quán)，而是因?yàn)樗幸粋€(gè)靈魂，一種有同情心、犧牲精神和忍耐 力的精神。詩(shī)人、作家的責(zé)任就是書(shū)寫(xiě)這種精神。他們有權(quán)力升華人類的心靈，使人類回憶起過(guò)去曾經(jīng)使他無(wú)比光榮的東西——勇氣、榮譽(yù)、希望、自尊、同情、憐 憫和犧牲。”

Graduates, you have an extraordinary role to play in our future.As you pursue your private passions, I hope you will also develop a passion and a voice to help the world in ways both large and small.Nothing will give you greater satisfaction.各位同學(xué)，你們?cè)谖覀兊奈磥?lái)中扮演舉足輕重的角色。當(dāng)你們追求個(gè)人的志向時(shí)，我希望你們也會(huì)發(fā)揚(yáng)奉獻(xiàn)精神，積極發(fā)聲，在大大小小各個(gè)方面幫助改進(jìn)這個(gè)世界。這會(huì)給你們帶來(lái)最大的滿足感。

Please accept my warmest congratulations.May you prosper, may you help preserve and save our planet for your children, and all future children of the world.最后，請(qǐng)接受我最熱烈的祝賀。希望你們成功，也希望你們保護(hù)和拯救我們這個(gè)星球，為了你們的孩子，以及未來(lái)所有的孩子。

第五篇：哈弗感言

哈佛圖書(shū)館墻壁訓(xùn)言：

1、此刻打盹，你將做夢(mèng)；此刻學(xué)習(xí)，你將圓夢(mèng)。（This moment will nap, you will have a dream;But this moment study,you will interpret a dream.）

2、我荒廢的今日，正是昨日殞身之人祈求的明日。（I leave uncultivated today, was precisely yesterday perishes tomorrow which person of the body implored.）

3、覺(jué)得為時(shí)已晚的時(shí)候，恰恰是最早的時(shí)候。（Thought is already is late, exactly is the earliest time.）

4、勿將今日之事拖到明日。（Not matter of the today will drag tomorrow.）

5、學(xué)習(xí)時(shí)的苦痛是暫時(shí)的，未學(xué)到的痛苦是終生的。（Time the study pain is temporary, has not learned the pain islife-long.）

6、學(xué)習(xí)不是缺乏時(shí)間，而是缺乏努力。（Studies this matter, lacks the time, but is lacks diligently.）

7、幸福或許不排名次，但成功必排名次。（Perhaps happiness does not arrange the position, but succeeds must arrange the position.）

8、學(xué)習(xí)并不是人生的全部。但既然連人生的一部分也無(wú)法征服，還能做什么呢？（The study certainly is not the life complete.But, since continually life part of-studies also is unable to conquer, what butalso can make?）

9、請(qǐng)享受無(wú)法回避的痛苦。（Please enjoy the pain which is unable to avoid.）

10、只有比別人更早、更勤奮地努力，才能嘗到成功的滋味。（only has compared to the others early, diligently diligently, canfeel the successful taste.）

11、誰(shuí)也不能隨隨便便成功，它來(lái)自徹底的自我管理和毅力。（Nobody can casually succeed, it comes from the thoroughself-control and the will.）

12、今天不走，明天要跑。（Today does not walk, will have to run tomorrow.）

13、投資未來(lái)的人是忠于現(xiàn)實(shí)的人。（The investment future person will be, will be loyal to the realityperson.）

14、教育程度代表財(cái)富。（The education level represents the income.）

15、一天過(guò)完，不會(huì)再來(lái)。（one day, has not been able again to come.）

16、即使現(xiàn)在，對(duì)手也不停地翻動(dòng)書(shū)頁(yè)。（Even if the present, the match does not stop changes the page.）

17、沒(méi)有艱辛，便無(wú)所得。(Has not been difficult, then does not have attains.）

感言：只有有理想有追求且不懈努力的人才能成為這個(gè)世界的強(qiáng)者。人與人的差距，最小的是智商，最大的是堅(jiān)毅！