大學(xué)畢業(yè)英語演講稿 模板1

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thank you, president cowan, mrs. president cowen; distinguished guests, undistinguishedguests - you know who you are, honored faculty and creepy spanish teacher.

謝謝，謝謝考恩校長，和有頭有臉的來賓們，呃，有頭有臉的來賓，你知道你是誰，不用介紹了(眾人笑)，誠心感謝大家……以及討厭的西班牙語老師(眾人大笑)

and thank you to all the graduating class of 2024, i realize most of you are hungover and havesplitting headaches and haven"t slept since fat tuesday, but you can"t graduate "til i finish, solisten up.

感謝所有2024屆的畢業(yè)生，我知道你們絕大多數(shù)人還因?yàn)樗拮眍^痛欲裂，狂歡到今天都還沒睡，但是沒聽完我的演講不能畢業(yè)，所以都聽好了!(學(xué)生們歡呼)

when i was asked to make the commencement speech, i immediately said yes. then i wentto look up what commencement meant. which would have been easy if i had a dictionary, butmost of the books in our house are portia"s, and they"re all written in australian. so i had tobreak the word down myself, to find out the meaning.

當(dāng)我被問是否來參加畢業(yè)典禮演講的時候，我立刻就回答了：yes!……然后我才去查“畢業(yè)典禮”是什么意思(眾人笑)。如果我有字典的話就輕松多了，但我家的書大多是portia的(ellen的妻子，澳大利亞人)而且都是澳洲文(眾人笑)，所以……我得自己摸索，去找出這個詞的意思。

commencement: common, and cement. common cement. you commonly see cement onsidewalks. sidewalks have cracks, and if you step on a crack, you break your mother"s back. sothere"s that. but i"m honored that you"ve asked me here to speak at your common cement.

“commencement畢業(yè)典禮”：commen常見的+cement水泥，常見的水泥(眾人大笑)你常常見到水泥，在人行道上，人行道有裂縫，你要是踩到裂縫，就會撞傷你媽媽的背(大家笑)，所以大概意思就是這樣了(笑聲)

i thought that you had to be a famous alumnus - alumini - aluminum - alumis - you had tograduate from this school. and i didn"t go to college here, and i don"t know if president cowanknows, i didn"t go to any college at all. any college. and i"m not saying you wasted your time,or money, but look at me, i"m a huge celebrity.

但我很榮幸被邀請來做你們的“常見的水泥”的演講。我以為非得是又有名，又是你們學(xué)校的校友才能來……我沒有在這里念過大學(xué)，我不知校長先生是否知道，我完全沒上過大學(xué)…任何一間大學(xué)!我倒不是在說你們在浪費(fèi)時間和金錢，不過看看我，我是個超級成功的大名人唉!(大家爆笑)

although i did graduate from the school of hard knocks, our mascot was the knockers. i spent alot of time here growing up. my mom worked at (? 估計是某家商店的名字) and i would go thereevery time i needed to steal something out of her purse. but why am i here today? clearly notto steal, you"re too far away and i"d never get away with it.

事實(shí)上我在這里度過許多成長的歲月，我媽媽在這里工作時，我常來找她……每當(dāng)我要偷她錢包里的錢時(大家笑)。但我今天在這里的原因，顯然不是要偷你們的錢……

i"m here because of you. because i can"t think of a more tenacious, more courageousgraduating class. i mean, look at you all, wearing your robes. usually when you"re wearing arobe at 10 in the morning, it means you"ve given up. i"m here because i love new orleans. iwas born and raised here, i spent my formative years here, and like you, while i was living herei only did laundry si_ times.

我在這里是因?yàn)槟銈儯驗(yàn)闆]有比你們更優(yōu)秀更勇敢的畢業(yè)生了。看看你們每一個人，身穿你們的袍子(學(xué)士袍)，通常我們說在早上10點(diǎn)還穿著袍子(睡袍)代表你放棄人生了(大家大笑)。我在這里，因?yàn)槲覑奂~奧良，我在這里出生成長，在此度過少年時光，正如你們一樣，當(dāng)我住這里時，我只洗過6次衣服(眾人笑)。

when i finished school, i was completely lost. and by school, i mean middle school, but i wentahead and finished high school anyway. and i - i really, i had no ambition, i didn"t know whati wanted to do. i did everything from - i shucked oysters, i was a hostess, i was a bartender, iwas a waitress, i painted houses, i sold vaccuum cleaners, i had no idea. and i thought i"d justfinally settle in some job, and i would make enough money to pay my rent, maybe have basiccable, maybe not, i didn"t really have a plan, my point is that, by the time i was your age, ireally thought i knew who i was, but i had no idea. like for e_ample, when i was your age, iwas dating men. so what i"m saying is, when you"re older, most of you will be gay. anyonewriting this stuff down? parents?

當(dāng)我從學(xué)校畢業(yè)的時候，我完完全全迷失了自我，學(xué)校我指的是初中(大家笑)，后來我也繼續(xù)念完了高中。我當(dāng)時，沒有任何的野心，不知道自己想做什么。我什么工作都做，我挖生蠔，當(dāng)帶位員，做酒保，當(dāng)服務(wù)生，粉刷房子，賣吸塵器……完全不知道自己想做什么。我只想隨便找個糊口的工作，過一輩子，能有錢負(fù)得起房租就行，我完全沒有任何計劃。我想說的是，當(dāng)我像你們這么大的時候，我真的以為我了解自己，但其實(shí)我并不了解，舉例來說，我像你們這么大的時候，還在和男人約會(大家大笑)。所以我的意思是：當(dāng)你們再長大些后，大多數(shù)的人，都會是gay!(場內(nèi)爆笑，ellen自己也笑了)

anyway, i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life, and the way i ended up on this pathwas from a very tragic event. i was maybe 19, and my girlfriend at the time was killed in a caraccident. and i passed the accident, and i didn"t know it was her and i kept going, and i foundout shortly after that, it was her. and i was living in a basement apartment, i had no money, ihad no heat, no air, i had a mattress on the floor and the apartment was infested with fleas.and i was soul-searching, i was like, why is she suddenly gone, and there are fleas here? i don"tunderstand, there must be a purpose, and wouldn"t it be so convenient if we could pick upthe phone and call god, and ask these questions.

總之，當(dāng)時我不知道我的人生要干嘛，而最后我找到了我人生目標(biāo)，卻是因?yàn)橐患直瘧K的事。我那時可能才19歲，當(dāng)時的女朋友因?yàn)檐嚨溕硗隽?。我?jīng)過了事故現(xiàn)場，并不知道是她，還繼續(xù)往前走。不久后，才知道那是她。我當(dāng)時……住在地下室的公寓，沒有錢，沒有暖氣，房子里都是跳蚤。我困惑不已，心想，為何她突然走了，而為何我又呆再這樣一個境地里。我無法理解，但其中一定有什么理由。要是能直接拿起電話打給上帝問個清楚，不就太好了。

and i started writing and what poured out of me was an imaginary conversation with god,which was one-sided, and i finished writing it and i looked at it and i said to myself, and ihadn"t even been doing stand-up, ever, there was no club in town. i said, "i"m gonna do this onthe tonight show with johnny carson"- at the time he was the king - "and i"m gonna be thefirst woman in the history of the show to be called over to sit down." and several years later, iwas the first woman in the history of the show, and only woman in the history of the show to sitdown, because of that phone conversation with god that i wrote.

于是我開始寫一些東西，心里涌現(xiàn)出一段我和上帝的對話，雖然只是我一個人的獨(dú)白。當(dāng)我完成了它后，我閱讀了這個劇本，對自己說，我說我要在“今夜秀”上和強(qiáng)尼.卡森一起表演這一段。強(qiáng)尼.卡森是當(dāng)時主持屆的天王，我對自己說我要成為該節(jié)目史上第一個被邀請和強(qiáng)尼一起坐下來訪問的女性。數(shù)年之后，我成為這個節(jié)目史上，第一位也是唯一一位，被邀請坐下來和他訪問的女性。就因?yàn)槟嵌挝覍懙暮蜕系鄞螂娫挼膭”尽?/p>

and i started this path of stand-up and it was successful and it was great, but it was hard,because i was trying to please everybody and i had this secret that i was keeping, that i wasgay. and i thought if people found out they wouldn"t like me, they wouldn"t laugh at me.

從此我開始做單人脫口秀，做得很成功，也很辛苦，因?yàn)槲蚁胗懞妹恳粋€人，同時又守著我身為同性戀的秘密。我想人們要是發(fā)現(xiàn)了，就不會喜歡我了。

then my career turned into - i got my own sitcom, and that was very successful, another levelof success. and i thought, what if they find out i"m gay, then they"ll never watch, and this wasa long time ago, this was when we just had white presidents - this was back, many years ago -and i finally decided that i was living with so much shame, and so much fear, that i justcouldn"t live that way anymore, and i decided to come out and make it creative. and mycharacter would come out at the same time, and it wasn"t to make a political statement, itwasn"t to do anything other than to free myself up from this heaviness that i was carryingaround, and i just wanted to be honest. and i thought, "what"s the worst that could happen? ican lose my career". i did. i lost my career. the show was cancelled after si_ years, withouteven telling me, i read it in the paper. the phone didn"t ring for three years. i had no offers.nobody wanted to touch me at all.

后來我又有了自己的喜劇，也很成功，更進(jìn)一步的成功。我于是更擔(dān)心，要是別人發(fā)現(xiàn)了怎么辦，是不是就不會看我的節(jié)目了?這都是很久以前的事了，你們可能不知道，那都是我們的總統(tǒng)還都是白人時候的事了(大家大笑)。最終我還是決定……我一直帶著羞恥和恐懼而活，我再也不能像那樣活下去了，于是我決定讓劇中的主角和我自己同時出柜。不是為了什么政治原因或是其他，只是為了讓我從一個背負(fù)已久的沉重枷鎖中釋放出來，我只是想要……誠實(shí)!我想不會有更慘的事發(fā)生了，難道會失去我的演藝事業(yè)嗎?結(jié)果，我真的失去了。我的節(jié)目在做了6年后，沒有告知我就停播了，我讀了報紙才知道。家中的電話三年沒有再響過，沒人愿意找我做節(jié)目，沒人愿意碰我。

yet, i was getting letters from kids that almost committed suicide, but didn"t, because of whati did. and i realised that i had a purpose. and it wasn"t just about me and it wasn"t aboutcelebrity, but i felt like i was being punished... it was a bad time, i was angry, i was sad, andthen i was offered a talkshow. and the people that offered me the talkshow tried to sell it. andmost stations didn"t want to pick it up. most people didn"t want to buy it because they thoughtnobody would watch me.

然而我收到了想要自殺的同性戀孩子的來信，他們因?yàn)槲业某龉穸罱K沒有自殺，我才了解到，我在這個世上是有目的的。那曾是一段痛苦的日子，我很憤世嫉俗，很難過。后來有人找我做脫口秀(今天的ellenshow)，制作公司想要賣出節(jié)目，但是大多數(shù)電視臺都不愿意買。

really when i look back on it, i wouldn"t change a thing. i mean, it was so important for me tolose everything because i found out what the most important thing is, is to be true to yourself.ultimately, that"s what"s gotten me to this place. i don"t live in fear, i"m free, i have no secrets.and i know i"ll always be ok, because no matter what, i know who i am.

當(dāng)我回想起這些往事的時候，我一點(diǎn)也不想去改變什么，即使失去一切。因?yàn)槲乙庾R到，最重要的事是，對自己誠實(shí)。我的選擇令我在今天能活得自在，沒有恐懼和秘密。我知道一切都是ok的，因?yàn)闊o論如何，我知道自己是誰。

so in conclusion, when i was younger i thought success was something different. i thoughtwhen i grow up, i want to be famous. i want to be a star. i want to be in movies. when i growup i want to see the world, drive nice cars, i want to have groupies. to quote the pussycatdolls. how many people thought it was "boobies", by the way? it"s not, it"s "groupies".

因此，這是不是結(jié)論的結(jié)論，當(dāng)我年輕時，對成功的定義不同，我想我的志愿是：我想出名，想當(dāng)明星，拍電影，我想要去看世界，開名車，有一群死黨……(ellen這段說的很溜，大家反應(yīng)過來其實(shí)這是小野貓的一首歌的歌詞，于是大笑)

but my idea of success is different today. and as you grow, you"ll realise the definition ofsuccess changes. for many of you, today, success is being able to hold down 20 shots of tequila.for me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity, and not to giveinto peer pressure. to try to be something that you"re not. to live your life as an honest andcompassionate person. to contribute in some way.

但今日我對成功的定義變了，當(dāng)你長大，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)這點(diǎn)。對你們中的很多人來說，成功的定義是能灌下20杯龍舌蘭酒(大家笑)。對我來說，生命中最重要的事是：活得誠實(shí)!別逼自己去做不是真正的你，要活得正直，有憐憫之心，在某些方面有所貢獻(xiàn)。

so to conclude my conclusion: follow your passion, stay true to yourself. never followanyone else"s path, unless you"re in the woods and you"re lost and you see a path, and by allmeans you should follow that. don"t give advice, it will come back and bite you in the ass. don"ttake anyone"s advice. so my advice to you is to be true to yourself and everything will be fine.

因此，這是結(jié)論的結(jié)論(眾人笑)：追隨熱情，忠于自我，絕不要追隨別人的腳步，除非你在森林里迷路了才要這么做(大家笑)。別給人忠告，別接受任何人的忠告。所以…我要給大家的忠告是(大家大笑)：做真實(shí)的你，一切都會沒事的。

and i know that a lot of you are concerned about your future, but there"s no need to worry.the economy is booming, the job market is wide open, the planet is just fine. it"s gonna begreat. you"ve already survived a hurricane. what else can happen to you? and as i mentionedbefore, some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most. andnow you know the right questions to ask in your first job interview. like, "is it above sealevel?" .

我知道在座很多人都在擔(dān)心自己的前途，但不用擔(dān)心，經(jīng)濟(jì)正急速增長，就業(yè)市場求才若渴(大家大笑)，地球也好的很!(大家笑)一切都會好的，你們都經(jīng)歷過風(fēng)災(zāi)了，還有什么可怕的?如我以前所說的：最慘痛的事教會你最多。比如現(xiàn)在你第一次面試，就知道該問考官什么了，例如“公司高于海平面嗎?”(大家大笑，紐奧良因地勢低被淹水)

so to conclude my conclusion that i"ve previously concluded, in the common cementspeech, i guess what i"m trying to say is life is like one big mardi gras. but instead of showingyour boobs, show people your brain, and if they like what they see, you"ll have more beads thanyou know what to do with. and you"ll be drunk, most of the time. so the katrina class of 2024,i say congratulations and if you don"t remember a thing i said today, remember this: you"regonna be ok, dum de dum dum dum, just dance.

因此……總結(jié)一下我剛才做的我的“常見的水泥”演講的結(jié)論(大家笑)，我猜我想說的是，人生猶如一場狂歡嘉年華，記得展現(xiàn)你的頭腦，而不是胸部。……2024年的畢業(yè)生們，我說祝賀大家了!若你不記得我今天說的任何話，就請記住這一句：you’re going to be ok，dun-doom-doom-doom(大家愣)，just dance!(所有人大笑歡呼)

大學(xué)畢業(yè)英語演講稿 模板2

閱讀小貼士：模板2共計2802個字，預(yù)計閱讀時長8分鐘。朗讀需要15分鐘，中速朗讀19分鐘，在莊重嚴(yán)肅場合朗讀需要26分鐘，有100位用戶喜歡。

想必大家一定都還記得randy pausch那篇曾經(jīng)感動過無數(shù)人的《真正實(shí)現(xiàn)你的童年夢想》的演講吧。我這里推薦的是他2024年5月19號(大約在他去世前的兩多月)，在其母?？▋?nèi)基梅隆大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮上的演講。這篇演講只有6分鐘左右，而且風(fēng)格和之前的那篇很不同。在這篇演講里，他少了些幽默，卻多了些真誠的忠告。相信大家看后一定會受益匪淺。

最后，謹(jǐn)以此文獻(xiàn)給randy pausch。

september 18, 2024

蘭迪·波許在卡內(nèi)基梅隆大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮上的演講 演講稿中英文對照

i am glad to be here today, hell, i am glad to be anywhere today.

很高興今天能夠來到這里。天啊，今天不論在哪里我都很高興。

president cohon asked me to come and give the charge to the graduates. i assure you, it"snothing compared to the charge you have just given me.

柯漢校長邀請我來給畢業(yè)生一些鼓勵。我向諸位保證，你們剛剛給我的鼓勵更多。

this is an incredible place. i have seen it through so many lenses. i saw it when i was agraduate student that didn"t get admitted and then somebody invited me back and said, ok,we"ll change our mind.

這所學(xué)校棒極了!我可從很多方面了解它。我也曾從這里畢業(yè)，遺憾的是并沒有申請上研究生。然而一位恩師邀我回來并說：我們改變主意啦，你被錄取了。

and i saw it as a place that hired me back to be on the faculty many years later and gave methe chance to do what anybody wants to do, which is ,follow their passion, follow their heartand do the things they they"re e_cited about.

許多年以后，我被聘回到這里執(zhí)教。這是一個所有人都夢寐以求的機(jī)會。在這里，你可以追隨熱情，聽從心靈的召喚，并能夠做自己感到刺激的事。

and the great thing about this university unlike almost all the other ones i know of is thatnobody gets in your way when you try to do it. and that"s just fantastic.

這所學(xué)校勝過其他學(xué)校的地方在于當(dāng)你嘗試實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想時，沒有人會阻攔你。這太美妙了!

and to the degree that a human being can love an institution. i love this place and i love all ofthe people and i am very grateful to jerry cohon and everyone else for all the kindness thathave shown me.

我無比的熱愛這所學(xué)校，也愛這里的所有人。我十分感激柯漢校長和我的同事，感謝他們給我的溫暖。

last august i was told that in all likelihood i had three to si_ months left to live. i am onmonth nine now and i am gonna get down and do any push-ups…but there will be a short pick-up basketball game later.

去年8月，我被告知只能再活3到6個月了。可現(xiàn)在已是第九個月了。我想低下身來做俯地挺身(他在人生最后一課時，小試身手，還幽默地說不要同情他，除非也能做那麼多下的俯地挺身)…但一會將有來一小段報隊(duì)籃球賽(一般打半場，三對三，先進(jìn)十一分或十五贏)。

somebody said to me, in light of those numbers, wow, so you aer really beating the grimreaper. and what i said without even thinking about is that we don"t beat the reaper by livinglonger. we beat the reaper by living well, and living fully.

當(dāng)我說完前面的那些數(shù)字后，有些人對我說：天啊，你真的戰(zhàn)神了冷酷的死神。而我毫不猶疑的回答他：僅靠多活幾天是不能戰(zhàn)勝死神的。戰(zhàn)勝死神最好的方式是活得好，活得充實(shí)。

for the reaper will come for all of us, the question is what do we do between the time we areborn and the time he shows up.

人終會有一死，關(guān)鍵是從出生的那一刻起到死神降臨的這一段時間內(nèi)，我們都做了什麼。

"cause he shows up it is too late to do all the things that you"re always gonna kind of "get roundto". so i think the only advice i can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember,it"s a cliche, but love cliche, "it is not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed,it is the things we do not".

當(dāng)死神降臨時，想要做些我們一直想做而沒時間去做的事，卻已為時晚矣。因此，關(guān)于如何才能活的好，我給大家的唯一建議是，馬上去做，請千萬牢記，雖說這是老生常談，但我喜歡老生常談，"臨終時我們不會后悔做過某些事，而是后悔沒有去做某些事。"

"cause i assure you i"ve done a lot of stupid things and none of them bother me. all themistakes, all the dopy things and all the times i was embarrassed they don"t matter. whatmatter is that, i can kind of look back and say, "pretty much anytime i got a chance to dosomething cool, i tried to grab for it." and that"s where my solace come from.

坦率地說，我也曾做過很多蠢事，但它們中沒有一件令我煩惱。所有那些犯過的錯，做過的蠢事，還有令我尷尬的時刻，其實(shí)它們都不重要。真正重要的是，當(dāng)我回首往事時，我會說：「只要有機(jī)會去做那些很酷的事，我將會毫不猶豫的去爭取?！惯@才讓我足堪告慰。

the second thing i would add to that, and i didn"t coordinate on the subject of this word but ithink it"s the right word that comes up, is passion. and you will need to find you passion.many of you have already done it, many of you will later, many of you will take till your 30s or40s. but don"t give up on finding it. alright? "cause then all you"re doing is waiting for thereaper. find you passion and follow it.

第二件我想說的事就是，我并沒有規(guī)劃用這個字眼。但我想這個字眼很合適，那就是“熱情”二字。你們必須要找到自己的熱情所在。你們當(dāng)中有些人已經(jīng)找到了，許多人將來也會找到，也許很多人要到三、四十歲時才找得到。但千萬不要放棄尋找你的激情。好嗎?因?yàn)槟闳舴艞壛?，那你所能做的僅是等待死亡而已。去尋找你的熱情所在，并追隨它的腳步!

and if there"s anything i have learned in my life, you will not find passion in things. and youwill not find that passion in money. because the more things and the more money you have,the more you will just look around and use that as the metric, and there will always be someonewith more.

如果說我這一生中學(xué)到了什麼的話，那就是你不可能在物質(zhì)中找到熱情。你不會在金錢中找到熱情。因?yàn)槟銚碛械呢敻辉蕉?，你就越有可能用它去衡量你周圍的世界，然而總是有人比你更富有?/p>

so your passion must come from the things that fuel you from the inside. and honors andawards are nice things but only to be the e_tent that they regard the real respect from yourpeers. and to be thought well of by other people that you think even more highly of is atremendous honor that i"ve been granted.

因此，熱情必須來自于能從內(nèi)在激發(fā)你。榮譽(yù)和獎賞是好事，但僅限于出于同行們真心的尊敬?；蚴窍裎乙粯幽軌虮蛔约核鹁吹娜怂J(rèn)同，這才是最大的榮幸。

find you passion and in my e_perience, no matter what you do at work or what you do inofficial settings, that passion would be grounded in people. and it will be grounded in therelationships you have with people, and what they think of you, when you time comes. and ifyou can gain the respect of those around you, and the passion and true love, and i"ve said thisbefore, but i waited till 39 to get married because i had to wait that long to find someonewhere her happiness was more important than mine. and if nothing else i hope that all of youcan find that kind of passion and that kind of love in your life.

去尋找你的熱情吧。在我看來，無論你從事什麼樣工作，處在怎樣的環(huán)境當(dāng)中，激情都是和人有關(guān)的。熱情基于人與人之間的關(guān)係，基于當(dāng)你離開人世時，人們對你的看法。如果你能贏的身邊人的尊敬，正如我之前所說的你有熱情和真愛。我等到39歲才結(jié)婚，是因?yàn)槲冶仨毜冗@麼久才能找到一位她的幸福比我的更重要的人。拋開一切其他不談，我祝在座的各位，此生都能夠找到那樣的熱情和真愛。

thank you!

謝謝!

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thank you. (applause.) thank you very much. thank you, thank you, thank you. i think winston churchill said the only reason people give a standing ovation is they desperately seek an e_cuse to shift their underwear. (laughter.) so certainly before i’ve opened my mouth, that’s true. (laughter.)

anyway, president salovey and faculty members, parents, siblings who came here under thefalse impression there would be free food (laughter); handsome dan, wherever you are,probably at some fire hydrant somewhere (laughter); members of the 2024 ncaa championmen’s ice hockey team (cheers and applause); distinguished guests and graduates,graduates of the class of 2024, i really am privileged to be able to be here and share thecelebration of this day with you, especially 48 years after standing up right here as a veryintimidated senior wondering what i was going to say.

you are graduating today as the most diverse class in yale’s long history. or as they call it inthe nba, donald sterling’s worst nightmare. (laughter and applause.)

nia and josh: thank you for such a generous introduction. what josh didn’t mention is that heinterned for me at the state department last summer. (cheers and applause.) well, hold on aminute now. (laughter.) i learned that he’s not afraid to talk truth to power, or semi-truth. (laughter.) on his last day he walked up to me at the state department and he was brutallyhonest. he said, "mr. secretary, je sucks." (laughter and cheers.)

no, actually, on the last day at the state department, he asked if i would come here today anddeliver a message his classmates really needed to hear. so here it goes: jarred phillips, you stillowe josh money from that road trip last fall. (laughter and applause.)

i have to tell you, it is really fun for me to be back here on the old campus. i’m accompaniedby a classmate of mine. we were on the soccer team together. we had a lot of fun. he served asambassador to italy recently, david thorne. and my daughter vanessa graduated in the classof 1999, so i know what a proud moment this is for your parents. but my friends, the test willbe if they still feel this way ne_t may if you live at home. (laughter.)

now, i’m really happy you made it back from myrtle beach. (cheers and applause.) as if youhadn’t already logged enough keg time at "woads". (cheers.) just remember, just remember: 4.0 is a really good gpa, but it’s a lousy blood-alcohol level. (laughter.)

i love the hats. we didn’t have the hats when i was here. i love the hats. they are outrageous.they’re spectacular. this may well be the only event that pharrell could crash and gounnoticed. (laughter and applause.)

i’ve been looking around. i’ve seen a couple of red so_, a few red so_ hats out there. (cheers.)i’ve also seen a few of those dreaded interlocking n’s and y’s. (cheers.) but that’s okay: i saiddiversity is important. (laughter.) it’s also an easy way for me to tell who roots for theyankees and who’s graduating with distinction. (laughter and cheers.)

so here’s the deal, here’s the deal: i went online and i learned in the yale daily comments thati wasn’t everyone’s first choice to be up here. (laughter.)

when yale announced that i’d be speaking, someone actually wrote, "i hope they give outfive-hour energy to help everyone stay awake." (laughter.) well don’t worry folks: i promisenot to be one minute over four hours. (laughter.)

someone else wrote i haven’t "screwed up badly as secretary of state ... yet." (laughter.)well, all i can say is, stay tuned. (laughter.)

but my favorite comment was this: "i’m really proud that a yalie is secretary of state." ishould have stopped reading right there because he or she went on to write, "but he is buttugly." (laughter.) so there go my dreams of being on "yale’s 50 most beautiful" list. (cheersand applause.)

it really is a privilege for me to share this celebration with you, though i’m forewarned that noone remembers who delivers their graduation speech. all i really remember about our speakerin 1966 is that he was eloquent, insightful, really good looking. (laughter.) anyway, onething i promise you, one thing i promise you: i will stay away from the tired cliches ofcommencement, things like "be yourself," "do what makes you happy," "don’t use the laundryroom in saybrook". (cheers and applause.) that’s about all i’ll say about that. (laughter.)

so right after we graduated, time magazine came out with its famous "man of the year" issue.but for 1966, timedidn’t pick one man or one woman. they picked our entire generation.

and time e_pressed a lot of high hopes for us. it not only predicted that we’d cure thecommon cold, but that we’d cure cancer, too. it predicted that we’d build smog-free cities andthat we’d end poverty and war once and for all. i know what you’re thinking – we reallycrushed it. (laughter.)

so fair question: did my generation get lost? well, that’s actually a conversation for anothertime. but let me put one theory to rest: it’s not true that everyone in my generatione_perimented with drugs. although between floma_, lipitor and viagra, now we do. (laughterand applause.)

now, i did have some pretty creative classmates back then. one of my good friends, very closefriends in je – (cheers) – i’m going to set it right for you guys right now. (laughter.) one of mygood friends in je had at least two hair-brained ideas. the first was a little start-up built on thenotion that if people had a choice, they’d pay a little more to mail a package and have it arrivethe very ne_t day. crazy, right? today that start-up is called fede_. and by the way, it wascreated in je, which therefore means je rules. (cheers and applause.)

now, his other nutty idea was to restart something called the yale flying club. and admittedly,this was more of a scheme to get us out of class and off the campus. so i basically spent mysenior year majoring in flying, practicing take-offs and landings out at tweed airport.responsible? no. but i wouldn’t have missed it.

and one of the best lessons i learned here is that mark twain was absolutely right: never letschool get in the way of an education.

now, i didn’t know it at the time, but yale also taught me to finish what you start. and that’sone thing that clearly separates us from harvard. (laughter.) after all, a lot of those guys don’teven graduate. bill gates, mark zuckerberg, matt damon – what the hell have they everamounted to? (laughter.)

for all i ever learned at yale, i have to tell you truthfully the best piece of advice i ever got wasactually one word from my 89-year-old mother. i’ll never forget sitting by her bedside andtelling her i had decided to run for president. and she squeezed my hand and she said: "integrity, john. integrity. just remember always, integrity." and maybe that tells you a lotabout what she thought about politics.

but you should know: in a complicated world full of complicated decisions and close calls thatcould go either way, what keeps you awake at night isn’t so much whether or not you got thedecision right or wrong. it’s whether you made your decision for the right reasons: integrity.

and the single best piece of advice i ever received about diplomacy didn’t come from myinternational relations class, but it came from my father, who served in the foreign service. hetold me that diplomacy was really about being able to see the world through the eyes ofsomeone else, to understand their aspirations and assumptions.

and perhaps that’s just another word for empathy. but whatever it is, i will tell you sittinghere on one of the most gorgeous afternoons in new haven as you graduate: listening makes adifference, not just in foreign ministries but on the streets and in the souks and on the socialmedia network the world over.

so class of 2024, as corny as it may sound, remember that your parents aren’t just here todayas spectators. they’re also here as teachers – and even if counter-intuitive, it’s not a badidea to stay enrolled in their course as long as you can.

now for my part, i am grateful to yale because i did learn a lot here in all of the ways that agreat university can teach. but there is one phrase from one class above all that for somereason was indelibly stamped into my consciousness. perhaps it’s because i spent almost 30years in the united states senate seeing it applied again and again.

one morning in the law school auditorium, my professor, john morton blum, said simply: "allpolitics is a reaction to felt needs." what i thought he meant is that things only get done inpublic life when the people who want something demand nothing less and the people who makeit happen decide tht they can do nothing less.

those "felt needs" have driven every movement and decision that i’ve witnessed in politicssince – from south africa a couple of decades ago to the arab spring a few years ago to ourown communities, where same-se_ couples refuse to be told by their government who they canlove.

in 1963, i remember walking out of dwight hall one evening after an activist named allardlowenstein gave the impassioned and eloquent plea that i had ever heard. he compelled usto feel the need to engage in the struggle for civil rights right here in our own country.

and that’s why, just steps from here, right over there on high street, we lined up buses thatdrove students from yale and elsewhere south to be part of the mississippi voter registrationdrive and help break the back of jim crow. ultimately we forced washington to ensure throughthe law that our values were not mere words. we saw congress respond to this "felt need" andpass the civil rights act and the voting rights act, and life in america did change.

not only did landmark civil rights advances grow out of the sit-ins and marches, but we sawthe epa and the clean water act and the clean air act and the safe drinking water act and allof it come out of earth day in 1970. we saw women refusing to take a back-seat, forceinstitutions to respond, producing title i_ and a yale university that quickly transformedfrom a male bastion of 1966. citizens, including veterans of the war, spoke up and brought ourtroops home from vietnam.

the fact is that what leaps out at me now is the contrast between those heady days and today.right or wrong, and like it or not – and certainly some people certainly didn’t like it – back theninstitutions were hard pressed to avoid addressing the felt needs of our country.

indeed, none of what i’ve talked about happened overnight. the pace of change was differentfrom today. the same fall that my class walked in as freshmen, nelson mandela walked intoprison. it wasn’t until 30 years later, when my daughter walked through these gates for thefirst time, that mandela was his country’s president.

when i was a senior, the debate over the growing war in vietnam was becoming allconsuming. but it took another seven years before combat ended for our country, and morethan 25,000 lives. and it wasn’t until the year 2024 that we finally made peace and normalizedrelations. now, amazingly, we have more vietnamese studying in america – including some inyour class – than from almost any other country in the world.

what’s notable is this daring journey of progress played out over years, decades, and evengenerations. but today, the felt needs are growing at a faster pace than ever before, piling upon top of each other, while the response in legislatures or foreign capitals seems none_istentor frozen.

it’s not that the needs aren’t felt. it’s that people around the world seem to have grown used toseeing systems or institutions failing to respond. and the result is an obvious deepeningfrustration if not e_asperation with institutional governance.

the problem is today’s institutions are simply not keeping up or even catching up to the feltneeds of our time. right before our eyes, difficult decisions are deferred or avoided altogether.some people even give up before they try because they just don’t believe that they can make adifference. and the sum total of all of this inaction is stealing the future from all of us.

just a few e_amples, from little to big: a train between washington and new york that can go150 miles-per-hour – but, lacking modern infrastructure, goes that fast for only 18 miles of thetrip; an outdated american energy grid which can’t sell energy from one end of the country tothe other; climate change growing more urgent by the day, with 97 percent of scientists tellingus for years of the imperative to act. the solution is staring us in the face: make energypolicy choices that will allow america to lead a $6 trillion market. yet still we remain gridlocked;immigration reform urgently needed to unleash the power – the full power of millions who livehere and make our laws in doing so both sensible and fair.

and on the world stage, you will not escape it – even more urgency. we see huge, growingpopulations of young people in places that offer little education, little economic or politicalopportunity. in countries from north africa to east asia, you are older than half theirpopulation. forty percent of their population is younger than yale’s ne_t incoming class.

if we can’t galvanize action to recognize their felt needs – if we don’t do more to coordinatean attack on e_treme poverty, provide education, opportunity, and jobs, we inviteinstability. and i promise you, radical e_tremism is all too ready to fill the vacuum leftbehind.

what should be clear to everyone – and it’s perhaps what makes our current predicament,frankly, so frustrating – is that none of our problems are without solutions. none of them. butneither will they solve themselves. so for all of us, it’s really a question of willpower, notcapacity. it’s a matter of refusing to fall prey to the cynicism and apathy that have alwaysbeen the mortal enemies of progress. and it requires keeping faith with the ability ofinstitutions – of america – to do big things when the moment demands it. remember whatnelson mandela said when confronted by pessimism in the long march to freedom: "it alwaysseems impossible until it is done."

one thing i know for sure – these and other felt needs will never be addressed if you, we fallvictim to the slow suffocation of conventional wisdom.

on tuesday i sat in the state department with some young foreign service officers at thestate department, and one of them said something to me that i’ve been thinking about,frankly, all week. he wasn’t much older than any of you. he said: "we’ve gone from an erawhere power lived in hierarchies to an era where power lives in networks – and now we’rewrestling with the fact that those hierarchies are unsettled by the new power."

every one of you and your parents have mobile devices here today. they represent a lot morethan your ability to put a picture on fbook or ins. they are one of the powerful newinstruments of change that makes hierarchies uncomfortable because you can communicatewith everybody, anywhere, all the time – and that’s how you beat conventional wisdom.

that’s what makes me certain that felt needs are not just problems. they are opportunities.and i am convinced if you are willing to challenge the conventional wisdom, which youshould be after this education, you can avoid the dangerous byproducts of indifference,hopelessness, and my least favorite: cynicism.

it is indifference that says our problems are so great, let’s not even try. we have to rejectthat. it’s hopelessness that says that our best days are behind us. i couldn’t disagree more.

it’s cynicism that says we’re powerless to effect real change, and that the era of americanleadership is over. i don’t believe that for a second, and neither does president obama. werefuse to limit our vision of the possibilities for our country, and so should you. together wehave to all refuse to accept the downsizing of america’s role in a very complicated world.

i happen to love t.s. eliot’s "love song of j. alfred prufrock," one of my favorite poems. and irespectfully challenge you to never wind up fretfully musing as prufrock did: "do i daredisturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute willreverse." class of 2024: your job is to disturb the universe.

you have to reject the notion that the problems are too big and too complicated so don’t wadein. you don’t have the lu_ury of just checking out. and it doesn’t matter what profession youwind up in, what community you live in, where you are, what you’re doing, you do not havethat lu_ury.

one of the greatest rewards of being secretary of state is getting to see with my own eyes howmuch good news there actually is in the world – how many good people there are out thereevery single day courageously fighting back. the truth is that everywhere i go i see or hearabout an e_traordinary number of individual acts of courage and bravery, all of which defythe odds – all by people who simply refuse to give up, and who start with a lot lessopportunity than you do.

you can see this in the lonely human rights activist who struggles against tyranny and againsta dictator until they are defeated. you see it in the democracy activist who goes to jail tryingto ensure an election is free and transparent. you see it in the civil rights lawyer who suffersscorn and isolation for standing against bigotry, racism, and intolerance.

i am literally in awe of the courage that ordinary, anonymous people demonstrate in themost difficult circumstances imaginable – in a dank african jail, a north korean gulag, aprison in syria or central asia, facing the cruelest persecution and lonely isolation.

many of these people just quietly disappear. they lose their lives. they never become aninternational cause or a global hero. courage is not a strong enough word for what they doevery day, and all of us need to think about that.

what all these people have in common – and what i hope they have in common with you – isthat they refuse to be complacent and indifferent to what is going on around them or towhat should be going on around them.

and that’s the most important lesson i hope you will take with you when you leave yale. thefact is that for those of you who have loans are not the only burden you graduate with today.you have had the privilege of a yale education. no matter where you come from, no matterwhere you’re going ne_t, the four years that you’ve spent here are an introduction toresponsibility. and your education requires something more of you than serving yourself. it callson you to give back, in whatever way you can. it requires you to serve the world around youand, yes, to make a difference. that is what has always set america apart: our generosity, ourhumanity, our idealism.

last year i walked through the devastation of the typhoon that hit the philippines. the u.s.military and usaid and regular volunteers got there before countries that lived a lot closer. wewent there without being asked and without asking for anything in return. and today americansare helping to bring that community back to life.

in nigeria, when boko haram kidnapped hundreds of girls, the government didn’t turn to otherpowerful countries for help – and by the way, they’re not offering.

as josh and nia mentioned, it was my privilege to stand here 48 years ago at class day.before coming here, i did re-read that speech. a lot of it was about vietnam, but one linejumped out at me. in 1966 i suggested, "an e_cess of isolation had led to an e_cess ofinterventionism." today we hear a different tune from some in congress and even on somecampuses and we face the opposite concern. we cannot allow a hangover from the e_cessiveinterventionism of the last decade to lead now to an e_cess of isolationism in this decade.

i can tell you for certain, most of the rest of the world doesn’t lie awake at night worryingabout america’s presence – they worry about what would happen in our absence.

without arrogance, without chauvinism, never forget that what makes america different fromother nations is not a common bloodline or a common religion or a common ideology or acommon heritage – what makes us different is that we are united by an uncommon idea: thatwe’re all created equal and all endowed with unalienable rights. america is not just a countrylike other countries. america is an idea and we – all of us, you – get to fill it out over time.

tomorrow, when president salovey grants you those diplomas, listen to what he says. he won’tsay what is said at most schools – that your degree admits you to all its "rights and privileges."at yale, we say your degree admits you to all its "rights and responsibilities." it means we needto renew that responsibility over and over again every day. it’s not a one-time decision.participation is the best antidote to pessimism and ultimately cynicism.

so i ask you today on a celebratory afternoon as you think about the future: remember whathappened when the founding fathers had finished their hard work at the constitutionalconvention in philadelphia and ben franklin, tired, end of day, walked down at night, down thesteps of the hall. a woman called to him. she said, "tell us dr. franklin: what do we have, amonarchy or a republic?" and he answered: "a republic, if you can keep it."

class of 2024: we know what you have – a world-class education – if you will use it.

congratulations to you, good luck, and god bless. (cheers and applause.)

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my dear mr. and misses, my fellows schoolmates,

good morning! as you know and see, it is a sunny bump harvest season. in the city, in our school campus, everywhere is surrounded with roses which we together planted 4 years ago. today may these roses and our friendship as well be together and comfort our e_cited hearts!

it was four years ago that everyone of us came from every part of china and formed a new collective. as we are young, it’s very easy for us to communicate. it was in the past four years that we were ambitious. it was in the past four years that we worried. it was in the past four years that we were content. it was in the past four years that we were ve_ed. it was in the past four years that we were friendly and lonely ... and it was in the past fours that we studied, lived and respected each other with genuine and with our ambitions. nothing in the world is more significant than we miss all of these.

we miss you─teachers who are tireless in teaching; we will keep your gestures and your white hairs in our hearts deeply; we will miss the quietness with the lights at night in the classroom; we will miss the race and e_ercise on the playground; we will miss even the crowds in the dining hall and the quarrel on the beds; we will still miss every green piece and every piece of waste paper flying like flakes in the air ... however, today we will leave nothing but the first rose with our alma mater and our teachers which is entrusted with our love and respect.

4 years seems very long but 4 years seems very short. from now on, we all will go into the society. the society is broad and wide for us. we will shoulder heavy responsibilities; we will work diligently; and we will e_pect to be informed of good news from one another. now, i beg you all to cherish the occasion; to remember the names, the status, appearance and the character of the person around you. now let’s be hand in hand together; let’s present the rose to each other. may the rose carry our appreciation and blessing! we are very closely linked no matter what the world may be. may the fresh rose in our hands keep its fragrants!

thank you all again!

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graduates of yale university, i apologize if you have endured this type of prologue before, but i want you to do something for me. please, take a ood look around you. look at the classmate on your left. look at the classmate on your right. now, consider this: five years from now, 10 years from now, even 30 years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to be a loser. the person on your right, meanwhile, will also be a loser. and you, in the middle? what can you e_pect? loser. loserhood. loser cum laude.

"in fact, as i look out before me today, i don"t see a thousand hopes for a bright tomorrow. i don"t see a thousand future leaders in a thousand industries. i see a thousand losers.

"you"re upset. that"s understandable. after all, how can i, lawrence "larry" ellison, college dropout, have the audacity to spout such heresy to the graduating class of one of the nation"s most prestigious institutions? i"ll tell you why. because i, lawrence "larry" ellison, second richest man on the planet, am a college dropout, and you are not.

"because bill gates, richest man on the planet -- for now, anyway -- is a college ropout, and you are not.

"because paul allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped out of college, and you did not.

"and for good measure, because michael dell, no. 9 on the list and moving up fast, is a college dropout, and you, yet again, are not.

"hmm . . . you"re very upset. that"s understandable. so let me stroke your egos for a moment by pointing out, quite sincerely, that your diplomas were not attained in vain. most of you, i imagine, have spent four to five years here, and in many ways what you"ve learned and endured will serve you well in the years ahead. you"ve established good work habits. you"ve established a network of people that will help you down the road. and you"ve established what will be lifelong relationships with the word "therapy." all that of is good. for in truth, you will need that network. you will need those strong work habits. you will need that therapy.

"you will need them because you didn"t drop out, and so you will never be among the richest people in the world. oh sure, you may, perhaps, work your way up to no. 10 or no. 11, like steve ballmer. but then, i don"t have to tell you who he really works for, do i? and for the record, he dropped out of grad school. bit of a late bloomer.

"finally, i realize that many of you, and hopefully by now most of you, are wondering, "is there anything i can do? is there any hope for me at all?" actually, no. it"s too late. you"ve absorbed too much, think you know too much. you"re not 19 anymore. you have a built-in cap, and i"m not referring to the mortar boards on your heads.

"hmm... you"re really very upset. that"s understandable. so perhaps this would be a good time to bring up the silver lining. not for you, class of "00. you are a write-off, so i"ll let you slink off to your pathetic $200,000-a-year jobs, where your checks will be signed by former classmates who dropped out two years ago.

"instead, i want to give hope to any underclassmen here today. i say to you, and i can"t stress this enough: leave. pack your things and your ideas and don"t come back. drop out. start up.

"for i can tell you that a cap and gown will keep you down just as surely as these security guards dragging me off this stage are keeping me down . . ."

(at this point the oracle ceo was ushered off stage.)

中文譯文：

耶魯?shù)漠厴I(yè)生們，我很抱歉——如果你們不喜歡這樣的開場。我想請你們?yōu)槲易鲆患隆Ｕ埬?--好好看一看周圍，看一看站在你左邊的同學(xué)，看一看站在你右邊的同學(xué)。

請你設(shè)想這樣的情況：從現(xiàn)在起5年之后，2024年之后，或30年之后，今天站在你左邊的這個人會是一個失敗者;右邊的這個人，同樣，也是個失敗者。而你，站在中間的家伙，你以為會怎樣?一樣是失敗者。失敗的經(jīng)歷。失敗的優(yōu)等生。

說實(shí)話，今天我站在這里，并沒有看到一千個畢業(yè)生的燦爛未來。我沒有看到一千個行業(yè)的一千名卓越領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，我只看到了一千個失敗者。你們感到沮喪，這是可以理解的。為什么，我，埃里森，一個退學(xué)生，竟然在美國最具聲望的學(xué)府里這樣厚顏地散布異端?我來告訴你原因。因?yàn)椋遥＠锷?，這個行星上第二富有的人，是個退學(xué)生，而你不是。因?yàn)楸葼?蓋茨，這個行星上最富有的人——就目前而言---是個退學(xué)生，而你不是。因?yàn)榘瑐?，這個行星上第三富有的人，也退了學(xué)，而你沒有。再來一點(diǎn)證據(jù)吧，因?yàn)榇鳡?，這個行星上第九富有的人——他的排位還在不斷上升，也是個退學(xué)生。而你，不是。

......你們非常沮喪，這是可以理解的。

你們將來需要這些有用的工作習(xí)慣。你將來需要這種"治療"。你需要它們，因?yàn)槟銢]輟學(xué)，所以你永遠(yuǎn)不會成為世界上最富有的人。哦，當(dāng)然，你可以，也許，以你的方式進(jìn)步到第10位，第11位，就像steve。但，我沒有告訴你他在為誰工作，是吧?

根據(jù)記載，他是研究生時輟的學(xué)，開化得稍晚了些。

現(xiàn)在，我猜想你們中間很多人，也許是絕大多數(shù)人，正在琢磨，"我能做什么? 我究竟有沒有前途?"當(dāng)然沒有。太晚了，你們已經(jīng)吸收了太多東西，以為自己懂得太多。你們再也不是19歲了。你們有了"內(nèi)置"的帽子，哦，我指的可不是你們腦袋上的學(xué)位帽。

嗯......你們已經(jīng)非常沮喪啦。這是可以理解的。所以，現(xiàn)在可能是討論實(shí)質(zhì)的時候啦——

絕不是為了你們，2024年畢業(yè)生。你們已經(jīng)被報銷，不予考慮了。我想，你們就偷偷摸摸去干那年薪20萬的可憐工作吧，在那里，工資單是由你兩年前輟學(xué)的同班同學(xué)簽字開出來的。事實(shí)上，我是寄希望于眼下還沒有畢業(yè)的同學(xué)。我要對他們說，離開這里。收拾好你的東西，帶著你的點(diǎn)子，別再回來。退學(xué)吧，開始行動。

我要告訴你，一頂帽子一套學(xué)位服必然要讓你淪落......就像這些保安馬上要把我從這個講臺上攆走一樣必然......(此時，larry被帶離了講臺)

畢業(yè)典禮英文演講稿范文

you all are leaving your alma mater now. i have no gift to present you all e_cept a piece of advice.

what i would like to advise is that "don’t give up your study." most of the courses you have taken are partly for your certificate. you had no choice but to take them. from now on, you may study on your own. i would advise you to work hard at some special field when you are still young and vigorous. your youth will be gone that will never come back to you again. when you are old, and when your energy are getting poorer, you will not be able to as you wish to. even though you have to study in order to make a living, studies will never live up to you. making a living without studying, you will be shifted out in three or five years. at this time when you hope to make it up, you will say it is too late. perhaps you will say, "after graduation and going into the society, we will meet with an urgent problem, that is, to make a living. for this we have no time to study. even though we hope to study, we have no library nor labs, how can we study further?"畢業(yè)典禮英文演講稿

i would like to say that all those who wait to have a library will not study further even though they have one and all these who wait to have a lab will not do e_periments even though they have one. when you have a firm resolution and determination to solve a problem, you will naturally economize on food and clothing.

as for time, i should say it’s not a problem. you may know that every day he could do only an hour work, not much more than that because darwin was ill for all his life. you must have read his achievements. every day you spend an hour in reading 10 useful pages, then you will read more than 3650 pages every year. in 30 years you will have read 110,000 pages.

my fellow students, reading 110,000 pages will make you a scholar. but it will take you an hour to read three kinds of small-sized newspapers and it will take you an hour and a half to play four rounds of mahjian pieces. reading small-sized newspapers or playing mahjian pieces, or working hard to be a scholar? it’s up to you all.

henrik ibsen said, "it is your greatest duty to make yourself out."

studying is then as tool as casting. giving up studying will destroy yourself.

i have to say goodbye to you all. your alma mater will open her eyes to see what you will be in 10 years. goodbye!

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good morning。 it is a great honor to return to iit and celebrate together。 i would like tothank president anderson for his kind invitation and all of you for your warm welcome。 i wouldalso like to thank all faculty members who have done so much to bring us here today。

let me start with a full disclosure of my highly personal interest in today’s ceremony。

i am the proud mother of one of the 2，591 graduates whose accomplishments are beingrecognized today。 as an immensely proud mom， i would like to e_tend a special welcome to allfamilies and friends who are joining this wonderful commencement e_ercise。 this is a joyousmoment for all of us。

today the center of our universe is right here in chicago， on the ed glancy field。 today you –the graduates of this great university – have the right to feel like the new masters of theacademic universe。

hard work， boundless energy， relentless curiosity， and incredible talent： these are some ofthe qualities that helped you achieve success in the classroom。 these are the qualities that youcan now bring to bear on some of the world’s most e_citing challenges。 the world is not short ofthat！

in other words， after writing the prologue， you are now ready to draft your own 21st—centurylegacies in engineering， architecture， business， design， law， and science and technology。 whatan incredible privilege， what a great responsibility！

of course， many of you already know that the line from college to career is unlikely to beperfectly straight。 there will almost certainly be plenty of twists and turns， ups and downs andbumps along your way。

but many of you will also realize that your starting point could hardly be better。 and this is whywe are here today – to celebrate the beginning of your journey， the starting point of a newadventure。 it is a day of hope。 it is a day of promise。 it is a day of joy – for all of us。

with this in mind， i would like to talk about three things that could help along the journey：

first， reinventing yourself and welcoming change and risks。

second， standing up for your values and ideas。

third， encouraging transformational change in others。

if you will indulge me， i would like to introduce these points by briefly recounting personale_periences that have shaped my life。 of course， my e_periences may not be the ultimatenuggets of wisdom。 but as mark twain once said： "it is better to have old second—handdiamonds than none at all。"

1。 reinventing yourself and taking "smart risks"

so here is my first story – about risk and reinvention。 let me be clear， i am certainly not a riskjunkie。 i do not jump out of airplanes; i do not hang out in casinos; i do not even drinkalcohol。 so far， so boring。 but there is a pattern in my personal journey that i woulddescribe as going from "cozy" to "crazy"。 as in： "why would you give up your cozy life？ are youcrazy？"

i heard the french version of that question 42 years ago， when i traded my cozy world in francefor a new life – with my american host family and my american school in bethesda， maryland。 iwas 17， and soon enough i was homesick and missing my family and friends。 and i wasrecovering slowly from a profound emotional and cultural shock。

but i was also incredibly e_cited to be e_posed to new ideas， a new language， and new ways ofthinking。 and i am forever indebted to those people who welcomed me and who allowed me toe_perience the most transformational year of my life。

let me give you another e_ample of "cozy to crazy" – and it happened right here in chicago。 in1999， after years of studying at law school and hard work as a young – and then not so young –lawyer， my partners at baker & mckenzie elected me chairman of this global law firm。working and living here in chicago allowed me to thrive as a lawyer， as a leader， and as amother of two wonderful boys。 i could not have made it without the support and tolerance ofmy family and the help of my great colleagues and friends – some of whom are here today。

but in 2024， i received a call from paris： the prime minister was asking me to join the frenchgovernment。 when your country calls you to public service， there is really only one answer youcan give。 so i gave up my cozy chairman’s life in chicago， packed my bag and flew immediatelyto paris。 in my haste and e_citement， i left my reading glasses behind。 so for her first few daysof office， the newest french minister was blinking and squinting a lot！

going from "cozy" to "crazy" allowed me to move from the private sector to national publicservice to international public service; from france to the united states to the world。

one of the major lessons i have learned during that journey is this： be prepared for change， bewilling to take "smart risks"， don’t be afraid to re—invent yourself。

this is precisely what you have been doing here at iit。 you have taken a financial risk – ormaybe your parents have – by attending this great university。 and you have transformedyourself through learning。 you are no longer the person who stepped into the classroom on yourfirst day。

i encourage you to take "smart risks" and to raise your risk—tolerance to the ne_t level – theglobal level。 in today’s hyper—connected world， i think it is more important than ever to take aglobal perspective in your personal and professional life。

forty—eight percent of you – of all iit students – are non—u。s。 nationals hailing from 97countries – which shows the remarkable openness and pulling power of this university。traditionally， many of these students would want to stay here in the u。s。 but a growingnumber of them will happily return home to pursue opportunities in fast—growing economies，particularly in asia and africa。

these students are taking a truly global view。 they will overcome boundaries。 so， too， willtheir american classmates who want to leave their mark on the world。 think of the iitarchitecture graduates who have been reshaping the skylines of cities worldwide。 think of theiit engineering and business graduates who are now reshaping the world of smartphone appsthat drive our social interactions， financial transactions， and media consumption。

whether you are from milwaukee or from mumbai， from chicago or from shanghai， from paris orpanama city， you have the opportunity to bring your act to the global stage！ imagine thatyou have no boundaries， and please do not set mental boundaries for yourself – they are evenworse。

but let me add a word of caution： taking "smart risks" and reinventing yourself also meansleaving room for the une_pected， for the perfectly unplanned。 and that is particularly true inbusiness and technology。

quick question： did you know that the world’s biggest hotel company does not own anyhotels; that the world’s biggest ta_i company does not own any cabs; that the world’s biggestnews agency does not own any newspapers。 which companies am i talking about？ of course，you all know the answer： airbnb， uber and 。

only a few years ago， these companies did not e_ist and it would have been unthinkable toeven ask a question like that。 but ever since a little company called amazon。com started sellingbooks online， we have come to e_pect the une_pected。 disruption – through technology andmarket forces – is the only known variable。 everything else is guesswork。

there is only so much in life that you can plan and foretell。 i am not suggesting that you canlean back and rela_。 quite the opposite。 it was thomas jefferson who said： "i am a greatbeliever in luck and i find the harder i work， the more i have of it"。

2。 standing up for your values and ideas

this brings me to my second story – about standing up for your values and ideas。

it does not always work。 for e_ample， i highly respect my fellow human beings and cannotaccept the death penalty。 so i decided to go to law school in paris to become a criminal lawyerand defend death penalty cases。 so much for my own values。 in the meantime， a newpresident was elected in my country whose first action was to eliminate the death penalty。never mind， i pursued my goal。

as a young lawyer， i interviewed with the best law firm in the country。 i was told that i washired at a good salary， but that i would never make partner。 when i asked why， they told meit was because i was a woman。 so i looked at them fiercely， walked out the door， ran down thestairs， and never looked back。 i should have said thank you。 i felt much stronger， even with nojob。

in many ways， a situation like that is inconceivable in today’s corporate world。 any recruiteruttering these words would almost certainly face a discrimination lawsuit。

there are many values and ideas that are worth standing up for。 two things – including respectfor others and gender equality – have always mattered to me; they matter to me every day。

to achieve greater fairness in schools， universities， and in the workplace， we need to removethe barriers that continue to hold back women – and that is especially true in the technologysector。

your generation is already benefiting from major shifts in gender norms and e_pectations – andthis is partly because of places like iit。 this university has a strong record of encouragingwomen and minorities， especially in its science and technology programs。

but the tech industry itself has been lagging behind。 in silicon valley， for e_ample， some of thehottest startups have yet to understand that holding back women is bad for innovation andbad for business。

studies have shown that – without female leaders – women are significantly less likely to winendorsement for their ideas than their male colleagues。 this translates into a loss of marketopportunities and lower growth potential。 what a great opportunity for your generation tostand up for your values and ideas！

by the end of this decade， your generation – the millennials – will make up half the u。s。 laborforce。 and as a result， your values – on everything from gender， to ethics， to managementstyle， to work—life balance – may become the workplace standard。 but don’t rely too much ondemographics。 increase your chances by standing up for greater respect and fairness now！

and while you are making a difference at school， at home， at work， many of you will also wantto take a wider perspective on the pressing issues of our time。 protection of our planet，eradication of poverty， reduction of inequality： these are some of the topics that many ofyou already care deeply about。

you can do even more。 imagine that you turn your social media accounts into megaphones;that you pester your friends and foes alike; that you talk to those who do not already agreewith you; that you go wild and put a bumper sticker on your smartphone。 and that you don’tforget to vote – with your money， with your feet， and with your ballot！

whatever you choose to do， ignore the barriers of mockery and conventional wisdom， standup for your values at the local and global levels！ trust me： you will feel better and stronger，and the ne_t generation will thank you。

3。 encouraging transformational change in others

this brings me to my third and final story – about encouraging transformational change inothers。

the real heroes of this story are my great colleagues at the international monetary fund。 in2024 – at the height of the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area – they produced a highlycontroversial piece of research on european banks。

european leaders had been insisting that their banking systems were basically ok。 but ouranalysis showed that these banks were sitting on massive amounts of bonds that were worthonly a fraction of the value listed in their books。 we were pretty sure that the emperor had noclothes。 and we were e_tremely worried that this could be europe’s lehman brothers moment。

so， i gave a speech to make a loud and clear call for action。 the pushback was swift and hard –with bankers and ministers lining up to publicly discredit our analysis and criticize me。 butover the ne_t 12 months， these banks did e_actly what we were calling for – raising hundreds ofbillions of euros in fresh capital。 and european leaders began to revamp the regulatorystructures to create a safer and sounder banking system。

this was a defining moment for me personally and， of course， for the imf。 as you know， the imflends money to countries in times of distress， so they can get back on their feet。 but we alsoplay a key role in sounding global alarm bells and encouraging global cooperation。 at itsbest， the imf is – in the words of economist john maynard keynes – a "ruthless truth—teller"。in 2024， we told an inconvenient truth – and it mattered。

my point is this： you can create a lasting legacy by encouraging transformational change inpeople， companies， and communities。 and you can do this in two dimensions – to help resolvepressing problems， and to help others achieve their potential。

but there is a catch： you cannot really move others if you are standing still。 if you want toinspire others – at work and in your private life – you need to move out of your own comfortzone。 as the roman philosopher seneca once said： "it is difficult to bring people to goodnesswith lessons， but it is easy to do so by e_ample。"

and always remember that transformation is a laborious business。 it requires guts， grit， andgenerous amounts of time and energy。 many of you know e_actly what i am talking about。many of you feel the need to do even more： take a break， get off the grid， and spendmeaningful time with others – as mentors， friends， professors， and engaged citizens。 whetheryou are teaching a class， running a summer camp， or listening to a heart—broken friend late atnight， you have the chance to learn together， to dream together。

imagine that you are transforming， inspiring， and improving not only others but yourself alongthe way。 this will make you better and stronger！

better and stronger： you have grown here， you have learnt here， you have made new friendsand met new people， you have engaged， and you have loved it。 don’t be sad because it’s over;be happy that it happened。

"les voyages forment la jeunesse。" "young people are shaped by the journeys they make。"shape your journey by welcoming change and risks， by standing up for yourself， and byencouraging transformational change in others！ that journey will shape you。

i could not be happier and – as a mom – i could not be prouder to see you here today at thisnew starting point。 every day of our life， from the very first day， you have transformed us。 wehave conveyed our values and ideas， and we have watched you take risks – sometimes at yourperil and always accompanied by our trepidation。

your journey， your adventure continues from this new starting point。 it will transform you，and you will transform us。 bon voyage！

thank you。

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good morning, dear faculty members, distinguished guests, families, friends and most importantly, today’s graduates. thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak to you here on behalf of the graduates. this is a memorable day both in our personal lives and in the life of this school.

four years ago, we entered sanjing university. some of us may have doubted that if we had made the right decision, but now, because of the friends we made , because of the sadness and happiness we shared, because of the teachers who gave us guidance, because of all the time in sanjiang we spent and all activities we participated in, we could not tear ourselves away from the dear campus. it’s difficult to contemplate that perhaps some of us may never see each other again. but we have so rich memeries and e_periences that we will never foget each other.

today we enter the real world to face the challenge .with the knowledge and friends we gained from our university, with the endurance, perseverance, industry we possess, every obstacle that we may encounter in our lives will be overcome. i believe that everyone will make every effort to strive for our life. and remember, an ideal job is not found lying in the street; it takes time and effort to find. but in the end, it will be there for you. so don’t settle for second best and keep looking.

importantly, we are here today to give our thanks to the unconditional support of each of you, your words of encouragement in good times and your words of consolation in difficult moments. we thank you for your enormous patience with us, for always giving a little more than we asked for and for instilling in us the values and principles that govern our lives now and helping us to become the people we are. the degree that we will receive today also belongs to you.

last, i would like to congratulate each of you for having reached this goal. we did it, and now we are ready to graduate!

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dean ellis, honored guests, faculty, family, friends, and the class of 2024,

i cannot begin to e_press my gratitude for your generosity today. thank you so much forinviting me to join you in celebrating your graduation! three years ago, i could never havecomprehended such an opportunity. thank you, thank you, thank you.

about three years ago today, i was right where you are. i was sitting in a folding chair, justlike that one, and i was wearing my cap and gown, waiting to walk on stage. but i wasn"tgraduating. when they shook my hand and took my picture, they handed me an empty folder.you see at stanford, they let you "walk" through graduation even if you haven"t actually finishedthe requirements necessary to get your diploma. you get to pretend that you are graduatingjust like everyone else, even though you aren"t. the university had created this program forstudents who were using the summer term to finish up their degrees. i was using it because iwas embarrassed, and i didn"t want to be left out of the celebrations. what was i going to do?stay in my dorm room while all of my friends processed into the stadium and tossed their capsinto the air without me? so i sat in the hot sun and i listened to cory booker talk for what feltlike quite a while, and i waved to my family who had traveled all the way to stanford to watchme not to graduate. by the way, hi, mom!

it only recently occurred to me, while preparing this address, how totally absurd this wholecharade was. it reminded me that oftentimes we do all sorts of silly things to avoid appearingdifferent. conforming happens so naturally that we can forget how powerful it is – we want tobe accepted by our peers – we want to be a part of the group. it"s in our biology. but the thingsthat make us human are those times we listen to the whispers of our soul and allow ourselves tobe pulled in another direction. conformity is so fascinating and so pervasive that it has beenstudied for a very long time. see, it turns out there are two things that can dramatically reduceconformity in a group setting. the first is a single dissenting voice, and the second is theability to communicate privately with other members of the group. our government gives usthe right to privacy and the right to e_press ourselves freely in the hope that we mightmitigate conformity. democracy wasn"t designed to promote popular thought. it wasarchitected to protect dissent. for, as president kennedy said, "conformity is the jailer offreedom and the enemy of growth."

i recently fell in love with a story about a great piece of american art. and it"s about a guynamed bob rauschenberg. he was a young artist, and he went to go visit his idol. you know, hereally loved this guy and he was totally terrified. he was so nervous that he was clutching abottle of jack daniels for liquid courage. and the truth is: he actually wasn"t just visiting. hewas visiting bill de kooning to ask for something. he wanted one of bill de kooning"s drawings.you see, bill de kooning, he was a dumb guy, he knew e_actly what rauschenberg was up to,because rauschenberg had recently been e_perimenting with his own art. he had been creatingthese drawings and then erasing them. but that wasn"t enough for bob rauschenberg, becausebob rauschenberg didn"t want to just erase his own art, he wanted to erase the art of hishero. so de kooning obliged but he took his time, and he tortured the young artist as hewandered around his studio in search of the perfect drawing. he didn"t want to just give him arandom drawing. he wanted it to be something really great, something that he really loved.and he finally settled on a drawing that was very, very hard to erase. it was comprised oflayers of lead and charcoal. and he generously gave it to bob rauschenberg. according to bob,it took nearly two months to erase the drawing. but it was jasper johns who came along andframed it and he gave that drawing a title, called "erased de kooning by bob rauschenberg." itwas jasper johns who recognized that in the process of erasing de kooning"s work, bobrauschenberg had actually created something new, his own new work of art.

i love this story because bill de kooning had the humility to recognize that the greatest thingwe can do is provide the best possible foundation for those who come after us. we mustwelcome our own erasure. so i"m asked one question most often: "why didn"t you sell yourbusiness? it doesn"t even make money. it"s a fad. you could be on a boat right now. everybodyloves boats. what is wrong with you?" and i am now convinced that the fastest way to figureout if you are doing something that is truly important to you is to find someone who offers youa bunch of money to part with it. so the best thing is that no matter whether or not you sell,you will learn something very valuable about yourself. if you sell, you will know immediatelythat it wasn"t the right dream anyways. and if you don"t sell, you"re probably onto something.maybe you have the beginning of something meaningful. but don"t feel bad if you sell out. justdon"t stop there. i mean, gosh, we would have sold our first company, for sure. but no onewanted to buy it. when we decided not to sell our business, people called us a lot of thingsbesides crazy – things like arrogant and entitled. the same words that i"ve heard used todescribe our generation time and time again. the millennial generation. the "me" generation.well, it"s true. we do have a sense of entitlement, a sense of ownership, because, after all,this is the world we were born into, and we are responsible for it.

the funny thing about "erased de kooning" is that it isn"t for sale. it"s safe and sound in thesan francisco museum of modern art. it"s tremendously valuable, but it bears no price. youalready have inside of you all of the amazing things you need to follow the dreams that youhave. and if you get stuck along the way, there"s a ton of free information available on theinternet. have faith in yourself and the person you are going to become. know that you arecapable of all of the growth that will be e_pected of you and that you e_pect from yourself. youwill tackle every challenge headed your way – and if you don"t – it won"t be for lack of trying.someone will always have an opinion about you. whatever you do won"t ever be enough. so findsomething important to you. find something that you love. you are going to make a lot ofmistakes. i"ve already made a ton of them – some of them very publicly – and it will feelterrible, but it will be okay. just apologize as quickly as you can and pray for forgiveness.

when you leave here, you"re going to face a great challenge: a full-time job. and the hardestpart is going to be getting used to solving problems that don"t yet have answers. in times ofdespair, you may believe the cynic who tells you that one person cannot make a difference –and there are times it may be hard to see your own impact. i beg you to remember that it isnot possible at this time or at any time to know the end results of our efforts. that is for ourgod alone. please voice your dissent, anticipate your erasure, and find something you aren"twilling to sell.

congratulations to the class of 2024! fight on!