约翰罗伯茨演讲英文全文

1、ThankyouverymuchRain,somebodysaid,islikeconfettifromheaven。Soeventheheavensarecelebratingthismorning,joiningtherestofusatthiswonderfulcommencementceremony。Beforewegoanyfurther,graduates,youhaveanimportanttasktoperformbecausebehindyouareyourparentsandguardians。Twoorthreeorfouryearsago,theydroveintoCa

2、rdigan,droppedyouoff,helpedyougetsettledandthenturnedaroundanddrovebackoutthegatesoItwasanextraordinarysacrificeforthem。Theydrovedownthetrailoftearsbacktoanemptierandlonelierhouse。Theydidthatbecausethedecisionaboutyoureducation,theyknew,wasaboutyouoItwasnotaboutthem。Thatsacrificeandotherstheymadehav

3、ebroughtyoutothispoint。Butthismorningisnotjustaboutyou。Itisalsoaboutthem,soIhopeyouwillstandupandturnaroundandgivethemagreatroundofapplause。Please。NowwhensomebodyasksmehowtheremarksatCardiganwent,Iwillbeabletosaytheywereinterruptedbyapplause。Congratulations,classof2017oYou'vereachedanimportantmi

4、lestone。Animportantstageofyourlifeisbehindyou。I'msorrytobetheonetotellyouitistheeasieststageofyourlife,butitisinthebooks。Whileyou'vebeenatCardigan,youhaveallbeenapartofanimportantinternationalcommunityaswell。AndIthinkthatneedstobeparticularlyrecognized。Robertsgavebriefremarksinotherlanguages

5、。Nowaroundthecountrytodayatcolleges,highschools,middleschools,commencementspeakersarestandingbeforeimpatientgraduates。Andtheyarealmostalwayssayingthesamethings。Theywillsaythattodayisacommencementexercise。'Itisabeginning,notanend。Youshouldlookforward。'AndIthinkthatistrueenough,however,Ithinki

6、fyou'regoingtolookforwardtofigureoutwhereyou'regoing,it'sgoodtoknowwhereyou'vebeenandtolookbackaswelloAndIthinkifyoulookbacktoyourfirstafternoonhereatCardigan,perhapsyouwillrecallthatyouwerelonely。Perhapsyouwillrecallthatyouwerealittlescared,alittleanxious。Andnowlookatyou。Youaresurro

7、undedbyfriendsthatyoucallbrothers,andyouareconfidentinfacingthenextstepinyoureducation。Itisworthtryingtothinkwhythatisso。Andwhenyoudo,Ithinkyoumayappreciatethatitwasbecauseofthesupportofyourclassmatesintheclassroom,ontheathleticfieldandinthedorms。Andasfarastheconfidencegoes,Ithinkyouwillappreciateth

8、atitisnotbecauseyousucceededateverythingyoudid,butbecausewiththehelpofyourfriends,youwerenotafraidtofail。Andifyoudidfail,yougotupandtriedagain。Andifyoufailedagain,yougotupandtriedagain。Andifyoufailedagain,itmightbetimetothinkaboutdoingsomethingelse。Butitwasnotjustsuccess,butnotbeingafraidtofailthatb

9、roughtyoutothispoint。Nowthecommencementspeakerswilltypicallyalsowishyougoodluckandextendgoodwishestoyou。Iwillnotdothat,andI'lltellyouwhyoFromtimetotimeintheyearstocome,Ihopeyouwillbetreatedunfairly,sothatyouwillcometoknowthevalueofjustice。Ihopethatyouwillsufferbetrayalbecausethatwillteachyouthei

10、mportanceofloyalty。Sorrytosay,butIhopeyouwillbelonelyfromtimetotimesothatyoudon'ttakefriendsforgranted.Iwishyoubadluck,again,fromtimetotimesothatyouwillbeconsciousoftheroleofchanceinlifeandunderstandthatyoursuccessisnotcompletelydeservedandthattheo And when you lose ,failureofothersisnotcomplete

11、lydeservedeitherasyouwillfromtimetotime,Ihopeeverynowandthen,youropponentwillgloatoveryourfailure。Itisawayforyoutounderstandtheimportanceofsportsmanship。Ihopeyou'llbeignoredsoyouknowtheimportanceoflisteningtoothers,andIhopeyouwillhavejustenoughpaintolearncompassion。WhetherIwishthesethingsornot,t

12、hey'regoingtohappen。Andwhetheryoubenefitfromthemornotwilldependuponyourabilitytoseethemessageinyourmisfortunes。Nowcommencementspeakersarealsoexpectedtogivesomeadvice。Theygivegrandadvice,andtheygivesomeusefultips。Themostcommongrandadvicetheygiveisforyoutobeyourself。Itisanbut you shouldoddpieceofa

13、dvicetogivepeopledressedidentically you should be yourselfButyoushouldunderstandwhatthatmeans。Unlessyouareperfect,itdoesnotmeandontmakeanychanges。Inacertainsense,youshouldnotbeyourself。Youshouldtrytobecomesomethingbetter。Peoplesay'beyourself'becausetheywantyoutoresisttheimpulsetoconformtowha

14、totherswantyoutobeoButyoucan'tbeyourselfifyoudon'tlearnwhoare,andyoucan'tlearnwhoyouareunlessyouthinkaboutit。TheGreekphilosopherSocratessaid,'Theunexaminedlifeisnotworthliving。'Andwhile'justdoit'mightbeagoodmottoforsomethings,it'snotagoodmottowhenit'stryingtofigur

15、eouthowtoliveyourlifethatisbeforeyou。Andoneimportantcluetolivingagoodlifeistonottotrytolivethegoodlife。Thebestwaytolosethevaluesthatarecentraltowhoyouareisfranklynottothinkaboutthematall。Sothat'sthedeepadvice。Nowsometipsasyougetreadytogotoyournewschool。Otherthelastcoupleofyears,Ihavegottentoknow

16、manyofyouyoungmenprettywell,andIknowyouaregoodguys。Butyouarealsoprivilegedyoungmen。Andifyouweren'tprivilegedwhenyoucamehere,youareprivilegednowbecauseyouhavebeenhere。Myadviceis:Don'tactlikeit。Whenyougettoyournewschool,walkupandintroduceyourselftothepersonwhoisrakingtheleaves,shovelingthesnow

17、oremptyingthetrash。Learntheirnameandcallthembytheirnameduringyourtimeattheschool。Anotherpieceofadvice:Whenyoupassbypeopleyoudon'trecognizeonthewalks,smile,lookthemintheeyeandsayhello。Theworstthingthatwillhappenisthatyouwillbecomeknownastheyoungmanwhosmilesandsayshello,andthatisnotabadthingtostar

18、twith.You'vebeenataschoolwithjustboys。Mostofyouwillbegoingtoaschoolwithgirls。Ihavenoadviceforyou。ThelastbitofadviceI'llgiveyouisverysimple,butIthinkitcouldmakeabigdifferenceinyourlife。Onceaweek,youshouldwriteanotetosomeone。Notanemail。Anoteonapieceofpaper。Itwilltakeyouexactly10minutes。Talktoa

19、nadult,letthemtellyouwhatastampis。Youcanputthestampontheenvelope。Again,10minutes,onceaweek。Iwillhelpyou,rightnow。Iwilldictatetoyouthefirstnoteyoushouldwrite。Itwillsay,'DearfillinthenameofateacheratCardiganMountainSchoolo'Say:'Ihavestartedatthisnewschool。WearereadingblankinEnglish。Footbal

20、lorsoccerpracticeishard,butI'menjoyingit。Thankyouforteachingme。'Putitinanenvelope,putastamponitandsendit。Itwillmeanagreatdealtopeoplewhoforreasonsmostofuscannotcontemplatehavededicatedthemselvestoteachingmiddleschoolboys。AsIsaid,thatwilltakeyouexactly10minutesaweek。Bytheendoftheschoolyear,yo

21、uwillhavesentnotesto40people。Fortypeoplewillfeelalittlemorespecialbecauseyoudid,andtheywillthinkyouareveryspecialbecauseofwhatyoudid。Nooneelseisgoingtocarrythatdividendduringyourtimeatschool。Enoughadvice。Iwouldliketoendbyreadingsomeimportantlyrics。IcitedtheGreekphilosopherSocratesearlier。TheselyricsarefromthegreatAmericanphilosopher,BobDylan。They'realmost50yearsold。Hewrotethemforhisson,Jesse,whohewasmissingwhilehewasontour。Itliststhehopesthataparentmighthaveforasonandforadaughter。They'realsogoodgoalsforasonandadaughter。Thewishesarebeautiful,they'retim