演讲文本

Thank you very much
非常感谢
First of all, thank you
首先 谢谢你们
I thank you and Dr. Paula WhetselRibeau
谢谢你们 还有宝拉?威索尔里博博士
Thank you for meeting me outside with your daughter
谢谢你带着你女儿在外面接我
As a father of a grown daughter,
作为一个成年女儿的父亲
I wonder if you had shared my experience
我不知道你是否也有过我这样的经历
It's humbling, rewarding and occasionally frustrating to have a child who knows more than you do about everything
有一个比自己知道得更多的孩子既让人感到谦卑 欣慰 偶尔也会感到沮丧
I think she thought she did when she was in high school, but eventually it was true
我觉得她在上高中的时候是这么想的但最终确实成真了
I'm honored to be here
非常荣幸来到这儿
I thank you for the degree
感谢你们授予的学位
I thank Governor Wilder for his introduction
我要谢谢怀尔德州长所做的介绍
We've been friends for a long time
我们是多年的朋友了
We served together
我们曾共同为国尽职
I was impressed by his leadership as Governor of Virginia, and impressed by his servanthood when he went back to serve as mayor
他当弗吉尼亚州长时的领导力令我印象深刻他回到工作岗位上做起市长的奉献精神也给我留下了深刻印象
And I asked him, Doug, do you enjoy being the mayor?
我问他 道格 你喜欢当市长吗
He said, yeah I really like it
他说 嗯 我很喜欢
But he said, the good news is you're closer to the people
不过他还说 好消息是你可以更加接近百姓
The bad news is that you're just close enough for them to strangle if you mess up
坏消息是接近到足够他们在你把事情搞砸的时候把你掐死
I wanna say, how great it is for me to be here at Howard
我想谈谈能来到霍华德大学对我来说有多么重要
First, because in 2009 I was inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma which was founded here 99 years ago
首先 是因为2009年我被接纳为99年前在此成立的Phi Beta Sigma兄弟会的荣誉成员

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介
美国前总统比尔·克林顿在2013年霍华德大学毕业典礼上的演讲。克林顿在演讲中肯定了霍华德大学师生对公共服务事业所做的贡献，强调了大学毕业生运用所获得的能力造福社会，选择快乐生活的重要性。