演讲文本

Thank you very much

非常感谢大家

Thank you

谢谢

Thank you, President Powers

谢谢鲍尔斯校长

Provost Fenves, Deans members of the faculty, family and friends

芬维斯教务长 各位主任 教职成员 家属和朋友

and most importantly, the class of 2014

最重要的 当然还有2014届毕业生

It is indeed an honor for me to be here tonight

今晚能够来到这里 着实令我感到非常荣幸

It's been almost 37 years to the day that I graduated from UT

我从德克萨斯大学毕业已经有37年了

I remember a lot of things about that day

对于毕业那天 我记忆犹新

I remember I had throbbing headache from a party the night before

我记得 由于前一晚的派对 我有些搏动性头痛

I remember I had a serious girlfriend, whom I later married

我记得我有一位严肃交往的女友 也就是我后来的妻子

that's important to remember by the way

记住这个显然很重要

and I remember that I was getting commissioned in the Navy that day

我还记得 那天我将赴海军服役

But of all the things I remember

在所有这些记忆中

I don't have a clue who the commencement speaker was that evening

我却不记得当晚毕业典礼的演讲者是谁了

and I certainly don't remember anything they said

演讲者说了什么我就更不记得了

So acknowledging that fact if I can't make this commencement speech memorable

这让我认识到 就算我不能把毕业典礼演讲讲得让人难忘

I will at least try to make it short

至少我也该讲得简洁一些

The University's slogan is "What starts here changes the world"

这所大学的口号是 "从这里开始 改变世界"

I've got to admit I kinda like it

我不得不承认 我很喜欢这一口号

"What starts here changes the world"

"从这里开始 改变世界"

Tonight there are more than 8,000 students graduating from UT

今天 有八千多学生将从德大毕业

That great paragon of analytical rigor Ask.Com Ask.

我进行过严谨的分析研究 Com说

says that the average American will meet 10,000 people in their life time

一个美国人一生中平均会碰到一万个人

10,000 people. That's a lot of folks

一万人 相当之多

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介

威廉·麦克雷文，1977年加入海豹突击队，四星级上将，曾指挥猎杀伊拉克高级将领和击毙本拉登行动，2011年8月，就任美国特种作战司令部总司令。麦克雷文是德克萨斯大学的校友，此番重回校园发表毕业典礼演讲，他将自己最初在海豹突击队训练时的经历分享给毕业生，并从中抽出哲理，作为对毕业生的建议。