演讲文本

Commencement address. It's going well, it's going well

毕业典礼演讲 准备就绪 一切顺利

Okay

好

This is going to be great

这会很棒

This is going to be a good one. You guys are fun

这将是很棒的演讲 你们这些伙计很有趣

It's going to go really well

一切都会非常顺利

Two roads diverged in a wood, and

森林中分出两条道路 然后…

No

不是

I'm not that lazy

我没有那么懒

I actually sat through many graduations

我经历过很多毕业典礼

When I was sitting where you guys are sitting

我坐在你们所坐的位置时

the speaker was Bill Cosby

致辞者是比尔·寇司比

funny man Bill Cosby, he was very funny and he was very brief

比尔·寇司比是个很有趣的人 演讲有趣而简练

and I thanked him for that, but

为此我非常感谢他 但是

he gave us a message

他给我们的建议

that I really took with me

让我一直受用

that a lot of us never forgot

我们很多人都没忘记过

about changing the world

是关于改变世界的

He said, "you're not going to change the world, so don't try"

他说 "你们无法改变世界 所以别试了"

That was it

这就完了

He didn't buy that back at all

他完全不打算自圆其说

And then he complained about buying his daughter a car

然后他就开始抱怨给他女儿买车的事

and we left

然后我们就都走了

I remember thinking, "I think I can do better

我在想 "我应该能讲得更好"

I think I can be a little more inspiring than that"

"应该比这要更具启发性一些"

And so, what I'd like to say to all of you

所以 我想跟你们所有人说的是

is that you are all going to die

你们所有人都会死去

This is a good commencement speech

这是一个很好的毕业致辞

because I'm figuring it's only going to go up from here

因为我想没有其它致辞会比这个更糟了

It can only get better, so this is good

只会越来越好 这很好

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介

本视频是美国著名作家、影剧导演及影剧监制乔斯·韦登在卫斯理大学2013届毕业典礼上的演讲。十三分钟的演讲看似沉重，不断提起死亡等话题，实际上是勉励毕业生不要一味地去否认死亡等生命中不可或缺的另一面。他认为人生是生和死，积极和消极之间连起的一条直线，人只有明白了这种联系，尊重生活中的一切，理解它，看透它，感激它，才能过得开心。