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Thank you, Katie
感谢凯蒂
and thank you to President Faust, the Fellows of Harvard College, the Board of Overseers
感谢佛斯特校长 哈佛大学部成员 监事会
and all the faculty, alumni, and students who have welcomed me back to campus
还有迎接我回校园的所有教职员工 校友和学生
I'm excited to be here
能来到这里我很激动
not only to address the distinguished graduates and alumni at Harvard University's
不仅是因为我能在哈佛大学第363届毕业典礼上
363rd commencement
对优秀毕业生和校友讲话
but to stand in the exact spot where Oprah stood last year
更因为我能站在欧普拉去年站的相同地方
OMG
我的天
Let me begin with the first order of business
下面开始进行我们的首要任务
Let's have a big round of applause for the Class of 2014. They've earned it
为2014届毕业生热烈鼓掌 这是他们赢得的
As excited as the graduates are
毕业生们都很兴奋
they are probably even more exhausted after the past few weeks
但这几周同时肯定也让他们有些精疲力竭
And parents, I'm not referring to their final exams
家长们 我指的不是期末考试
I'm talking about the Senior Olympics, the Last Chance Dance
我指的是四年级运动会 最后一次舞会
and the Booze Cruise I mean, the midnight cruise
以及午夜巡游
Anyway this year has been exciting on campus
总之 今年的校园很让人激动
Harvard beat Yale for the seventh straight time in football
哈佛橄榄球队连续第七次击败耶鲁
The men's basketball team
男子篮球队
went to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the second straight year
连续两年进入到了NCAA赛事第二轮
And the Men's Squash team won national championship
还有男子壁球队获得全国冠军
Who'd have thunk it: Harvard, an athletic powerhouse
谁会想到 哈佛竟然有这么强大的运动能力
Pretty soon they're going to be asking
不久后 可能就有人会问
whether you have academics to go along with your athletic programs
你们什么时候学术能力能够超过体育能力

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介
本视频是前纽约市长、彭博社创始人迈克尔·彭博在哈佛大学2014年毕业典礼上的演讲。彭博目前拥有330亿美元资产，位列全球富豪榜第16位。普通毕业典礼演讲都是对学生提出建议和希望，但这次演讲有所不同，彭博通篇都在抨击美国社会和大学中非正统思想受到抑制的情况，抨击标榜自由和宽容者的伪善。彭博要求哈佛毕业生能有开放的思想，学会聆听他人的意见，哪怕是自己并不赞同甚至强烈反对的意见。