I recently fell in love with a story about a great piece of American art. 我最近喜欢上了一个故事，这个故事与一件伟大的美国艺术作品有关。 And it's about a guy named Bob Rauschenberg. 故事的主人公叫鲍勃·劳申贝格。 He was a young artist, and he wen
And you don't have to be President of the United States to start addressing things like poverty, and education, and lack of opportunity. 你不必像美国总统那样一开始就解决贫困、教育、机会缺乏等这类问题。 Graduates, today -- today, you
I also have to recognize the Concert Choir. 当然，也要感谢我们的合唱团。 Wow, you guys are good! Well done! Beautiful song. 你们太棒了！多么美妙的曲子！ And I have to join in recognizing all the folks up in the stands -- the par
No. 2: "Unbelievable" is the stupidest word in the dictionary. 第二点：“难以置信”是字典里最愚蠢的单词。 It shouldn't ever come out of our mouths. Think about it. 这个词永远都不应该从你们的嘴里说出来。想想看。 To say, "Oh wow what an unbelieva
No. 8: Make voluntary obligations. 第八点：履行自愿义务。 All right, mom and dad, since we were young, they teach us things as children. 好吧，自打我们小时候起，妈妈和爸爸就教我们东西。 Teachers, mentors, the government, and laws, 老师、导
It only recently occurred to me, while preparing this address, how totally absurd this whole charade was. 直到最近，在准备这次演讲稿时，我才意识到，自己在毕业典礼上的装模作样简直荒谬至极。 It reminded me that oftentimes we do all sorts of si
And not to imitate one of your previous Class Day speakers Stephen Colbert, 我不打算效仿你们往届的毕业日演讲人史蒂芬·科拜尔， you know you could construe this as an insult to America. 因为你会把这理解为对美国的冒犯。 I mean we were flying o
Stay away from affects. Better yet, be the left shark. 不要受他人影响。最好是做左边的那条鲨鱼。 Remember last Super Bowl, when the Patriots won? 还记得去年的超级碗吗，爱国者队赢的那场？ Yeah well... well you may be thinking of Tom Brady's d
Did Felix make it? OK, we're gonna leave him suspended in free fall for a minute and come back to him. 费利克斯成功了吗？好吧，我们先不管他，让他再做一会儿自由落体运动，然后再回过头来讲他。 In the meantime, I'm very excited to be here -- on so
Now, I don't know whether your President knows what I was going to say today, 现在，我不知道校长是否了解我今天演讲的话题， but I know that he had some kind words for you all about this issue. 但是我相信他肯定给你们说过一些相关的话语。 But it's
And I know that these days, that can seem counterintuitive, because we live in such an instantaneous age. 我明白现在这看起来有悖于我们的本意，因为我们生活在一个瞬息万变的时代。 We want everything right away -- whether it's an Uber or y
And we use words, slippery words, like algorithm. 我们使用词汇，花哨的词汇，比如说算法这个词。 Okay, now if you hear someone use the word 'algorithm', 如果你听到有人用“算法”这个词， and they're not a mathematics professor or a computer
OK, equation number one: Hard work plus bravery equals success. 好的，第一个等式：勤奋加勇敢等于成功。 However you define success, set your sights high. Be a hard grader on yourself. 无论你如何定义成功，都要抬高眼界。要对自己严厉一些。 When I st
I've been acting since I was 11. 我从11岁起就在演戏。 But I thought acting was too frivolous and certainly not meaningful. 但我认为演戏是轻佻且无意义的。 I came from a family of academics and was very concerned of being take
I love this story because Bill de Kooning had the humility 我非常喜欢这个故事，因为比尔·德库宁很谦逊， to recognize that the greatest thing we can do is provide the best possible foundation for those who come after us. 他认
And I'd like to begin today by reflecting on that history 今天，我想追溯历史， starting back at the time when the Army chose Tuskegee as the site of its airfield and flight school for black pilots. 从军队将塔斯基吉选为黑人
No. 11: Turn the page. 第十一点：翻页。 The late, great University of Texas football coach Daryl Royal, I don't know if you remember him. 已故的、伟大的得克萨斯大学橄榄球教练达里尔·罗伊尔，我不知道你们是否记得他， He won a national championship
And while I'm on the subject of water creatures, there's an expression they use a lot in the news business. 既然说到了水中生物，那就跟你们说一个新闻界广泛使用的说法， "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a
You all have come here from all across the country to study, to learn, maybe have a little fun along the way 你们从不同的城市来到这里求学，一路走来经历了很多有趣的事情。 from freshman year in Adams or Younge Hall to those late nig
You've got the knowledge and the skills honed here on this hallowed campus. 在这个神圣的校园里，你们获得了知识和技能。 You've got families up in the stands who will support you every step of the way. 你们有看台上的家人，他们会在漫漫长路上一如
