SD冠军锦标赛｜美国藤校演讲与辩论赛中国选拔赛

So imagine, that you are transforming, inspiring, and improving not only others but yourself along the way. 想象一下，你不仅不断改进、启发和改善他人的同时，也在改变自己。 This will make you better and stronger! 这将使你变得更优秀，更强大！ Better and stronger: you have grown here together, you have learnt here together, 更优秀，更强大：你们在这里一起成长，在这里一起学习， yo...

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This brings me to my final story — about encouraging transformational change in others. 这就引出了我最后的故事–关于鼓励他人进行变革。 The real heroes of that little story that I'm going to tell you are really my great colleagues at the International Monetary Fund. 我要讲的这个小故事的真正英雄，是我在国际货币基金组织的出色的同事。 In 2011 — at the height...

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And while you are making a difference at school, at home, at work, 当你们在学校、在家里、在工作中有所作为的时候， many of you will also want to make a bigger difference and take a larger perspective on the pressing issues of our time. 你们中的许多人还希望发挥更大的作用，从更广阔的角度看待我们这个时代的紧迫问题。 Protection of our planet, eradication of poverty, reduction of ...

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And that brings me to my second story — standing up for your values and principles. 下面是我的第二个故事，关于坚持你的价值观及原则。 It does not always work. Let me give you an example. 并不总是奏效的。我给你们举个例子。 I highly highly respect my fellow human beings. 我非常非常尊重我的人类同胞。 And as a young student, I just could not, and I still to this day, cannot...

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My point is this: you can create a lasting legacy by encouraging transformational change in companies, communities and countries. 我的意思是：你可以通过鼓励企业、社区和国家的变革来创造一笔长久的遗产。 And you can do this in two dimensions — to help resolve pressing problems, and to help others achieve their potential. 你可以在两个维度上做到这一点–帮助解决紧迫的问...

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This is precisely what you have been doing here at IIT. 这正是你们在伊利诺伊理工大学所做的事情。 You have taken a financial risk — or maybe not you, maybe your parents — by attending this great university. 来这所伟大学府求学，你们可能会承受财务风险，也可能是不是你们，而是你们的父母承担了财务风险。 And you have transformed yourself through learning. 你们已经通过学...

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And today, the center of our universe is right here in Chicago, on the Ed Glancy Field. 今天，我们整个世界的中心就在这里，芝加哥埃德葛兰西球场。 Today you, the graduates of this great university, have the right to feel like the new masters of the academic universe. 今天，你们，这所伟大学校的毕业生们，有权利认为自己就是学术界的新大师。 Hard work, boundless energy, relentless ...

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There are many values and ideas that are worth standing up for. 有许多值得坚持的价值观和理念。 For my perspective, I've always stood for respect to other fellow human beings and gender equality. 从我的角度来说，我一直主张尊重他人和性别平等。 To achieve greater fairness in schools, in universities, in the workplace, and at home, 为了在学校、大学、工作场所和家中实现更大的...

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Let me give you another example "from cozy to crazy", and it happened right here in Chicago. 让我再举一个从舒适到疯狂的例子，它就发生在芝加哥。 In 1999, after years of studying at law school, hard work as a young, and then not so young lawyer, 1999年，在结束了法学院几年的学习并成为一名年轻的律师，并不是那么的年轻的律师之后， my partners at Baker & McKenzie elec...

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Well, good morning to all of you. 各位早上好。 And let me, first of all, congratulate what you have demonstrated right now an agility in transforming yourself. 首先，请允许我对你们在改造自己的过程中所表现出的敏捷性表示祝贺。 You looked a little bit dark, a little bit gray. 你们看起来有点暗，有点灰。 You look fantastically transparent and full of beautiful umbrellas in the ba...

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But let me add a word of caution: 但我要提醒大家一句： taking risks and reinventing yourself also means leaving room for the unexpected, for the perfectly unplanned. 承担风险并重塑自己，也意味着要为预料之外的、完全计划外的事情留有后路。 And that is particularly true in business and technology. 在商业和技术领域尤其如此。 I'm going to ask you three questions. 我问你们三个...

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With this in mind, I would like to talk about three things that could, could help along the journey: 想到这一点，我想谈谈可能有助于这个旅程的三件事。 First, reinventing yourself and welcoming change and risks. 第一，重塑自己，欢迎改变和风险。 Second, standing up for your values and ideas. 第二，坚持自己的价值观和想法。 Third, encouraging transformational change in others. 第...

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We at the IMF are celebrating International Women’s Day today. And I would like to share this moment with you to tell you that, at the IMF, we are trying to focus on women’s issues: making sure that everybody knows that women make a difference, that women bring value to the table, that they contribute to the economy and that they matter enormously when it’s a question of foc...

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Good morning. It is a great honor to return to IIT and celebrate together. I would like to thank President Anderson for his kind invitation and all of you for your warm welcome. I would also like to thank all faculty members who have done so much to bring us here today. Let me start with a full disclosure of my highly personal interest in today’s ceremony. I am the proud mot...

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