演讲文本

Because for 2 of my years I lived with undergraduates in Pierson College.

因为我有两年和皮尔逊学院的本科生们住在一起

As a yes and yes.

作为 好而且 好

The P is for the P in Pierson College So I just cannot take this is an opportunity to say thank you to.

P是皮尔逊学院的首字母所以我必须利用这个机会 感谢

One of the more extraordinary men i've met in my academic journey who is the master of Pierson College.

我大学生涯中遇到的这位杰出人物也就是皮尔逊学院院长

Harvey Goldblatt. Thank you Harvey for your incredible love and decency.

哈维.戈德布拉特 谢谢你 哈维谢谢你难以置信的爱和正直品质

Where? There he is. Stand up, Harvey So I have a strange approach to my remarks today.

你在哪 在那里 站起来 哈维我今天讲话的方式有些奇特

And it has a lot to do with Pierson College Now I am confident.

这很大程度上同皮尔逊学院有关我敢说

That nobody at Pierson College knows what I'm about to tell you about Pierson College.

皮尔逊学院没有人会知道接下来关于皮尔逊学院我要讲什么

Pierson College was named for this is what you do know was named for Abraham Pierson, who was.

皮尔逊学院这个名字来自于 这个你们知道来自于亚伯拉罕.皮尔逊

The first rector of Yale university known as really the first president of this great college.

他是首任耶鲁大学校长他以这所伟大学校的首位校长闻名于世

But Pierson Abraham Pierson actually spent his time before he came to Yale.

但皮尔逊亚伯拉罕.皮尔逊在来到耶鲁之前 一直身处

In Newark, New Jersey His father.

新泽西州纽瓦克市他父亲

Was one of the founders of the great city of Newark and for me this was a powerful revelation as I began.

是伟大纽瓦克市的建立者之一这对我而言是一个强大的启示 让我明白

To get clarity about what my life purpose was was to join this incredible city in a course that I thought was far greater than myself.

我的人生目的就是要加入到这个不可思议的城市这是我要为之奋斗的事业 重要性远大于我自己

As I read more about Abraham Pierson while living at Pierson College I saw one weird similarity to his life and to mine.

我在皮尔逊学院期间 对亚伯拉罕.皮尔逊的了解也越来越深我认识到我和他历程有一个奇妙的相似点

His father helped found Newark But really what he helped to found was a religious institution.

他父亲帮助建立了纽瓦克实际上他所建立的是一个宗教组织

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介

本视频是新泽西州纽瓦克市市长科里·布克在耶鲁大学2013届毕业典礼上的演讲。

科里·布克讲了自己生活中的一些亲身经历。他告诉毕业生，没有什么是不可能的，他一直在说：“我妈妈教过我，没有什么是不可能的”。他还告诉毕业生不要忘记身边的小事情，而只专注于"大事情"，否则最后会追悔莫及。整个演讲过程有点类似于中国的单口相声，欢声雷动，又不乏煽情。