乔斯韦登2013卫斯理大学(1)
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
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。
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