2024年哈佛校长毕业典礼致辞

哈佛大学校长德鲁·福斯特在哈佛大学2023年毕业典礼英语演讲稿

Introduction

Dear graduates, esteemed faculty, proud parents, and honored guests, it is my

great pleasure to welcome you to the 2023 Harvard University commencement

ceremony.

We are gathered here today to celebrate the achievement of our graduates, who

are receiving diplomas and degrees that represent their dedicated study and hard

work over the past several years. This is also a moment to reflect on the meaning of

education, on the value of learning, and on the importance of using our knowledge

and skills to make a positive impact on the world.

Embracing a Changing World

As we look out at the rapidly changing world around us, we see both immense

challenges and incredible opportunities. Climate change, pandemics, economic

inequality, and social injustice are just a few of the complex issues that our society

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哈佛大学校长福斯特在2022年毕业典礼英语演讲稿

It is always a pleasure to greeta sea of alumni on Commencement

afternoon—even thoughmy role is that of thewarm-up act for the feature

to come. Today I am especially aware of thetreatwe have in store as I

look out on not a sea, but a veritable ocean ofanticipation.

But it is my customary assignmentand privilege to offer each

spring a report to thealumni on the year that isending. And this was

a year that for a number of reasons demandsspecial note.

“The world is too much with us”—the lines of Wordsworth’s

well-known poem echoed in mymind as I thoughtabout my remarks today,

for the world has intruded on us this year in wayswenever would have

imagined. The University had not officially closed for a daysince 1978.

Thisyear it closed three times. Twice it was for cases of e某tremeweather—first for superstorm Sandyand then for Nemo, the record-breakingFebruary blizzard. The third was of course the day ofBoston’s

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哈佛女校长毕业典礼励志演讲：

职业选择与幸福寻找

In the curious custom of this venerable institution, I find myself

standing before you expected to impart words of lasting wisdom. Here I

am in a pulpit, dressed like a Puritan minister — an apparition that

would have horrified many of my distinguished forebears and perhaps

rededicated some of them to the extirpation of witches.

This moment would

have propelled Increase and Cotton into a true “Mather lather.” But

here

I am and there you are and it is the moment of and for Veritas.

在这所久负盛名的大学的别具一格的仪式上，我站在了你们的面前，被期待着给予一些蕴含着恒久智慧的言论。站在这个讲坛上，我穿得像个清教徒教长——一个可能会吓到我的杰出前辈们的怪物，或许使他们中的一些人重新致力于铲除巫婆的事业上。这个时刻也许曾激励了很多清教徒成为教长。但现在，我在上面，你们在下面，此时此刻，属于真理，为了真理。

You have been undergraduates for four years. I have been president

for not quite one. You have known three presidents; I one senior class.

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尊敬的校友、亲爱的毕业生们：

首先，我要向大家表示最诚挚的祝贺！今天，你们终于取得了这镀金的文凭，并且即将迈入你们的新人生阶段。这是你们的辛勤努力和不懈追求的结果，你们真正理解了为何哈佛大学是世界一流的学术殿堂。

当然，今天是属于你们的盛大日子，但是，我希望借此机会与你们共同回顾一下这四年来我们一同经历的点点滴滴。从入学的那一天开始，你们就背负着压力和期望，学术上的挑战和生活上的困难都让你们疲于奔命。然而，这一切都是必要的，因为只有这样你们才能真正成为强大的领导者和改变者。

哈佛大学一直以来都培养出了众多的杰出毕业生，他们在政治、商业、科学、艺术等各个领域都取得了非凡的成就。而这一切都得益于哈佛大学不仅严格的学术要求，而且出色的教育体系和丰富多彩的校园生活。我们希望你们将所学所盛于心，并且将哈佛的精神传承下去。

当你们以哈佛毕业生的身份踏入社会后，你们将承担着更多的责任与挑战。无论你们选择什么职业，无论你们身在何地，请记住作为哈佛毕业生，你们具备着独特的优势和使命。你们要为正义而奋斗，为科学而探索，为人类的进步而努力。

但是，我也要提醒你们，并不是每个人都能立即见到成功和荣耀。人生的道路往往是曲折而艰难的，你们一定会遇到挫折和困难。但是，我希望你们记住，成功不是一蹴而就的。要坚持不懈，要持之以恒，要相信自己的能力。只要你们有梦想，并且为之努力，你们一定会取得成功。

最后，我要祝福每一位毕业生，愿你们的未来充满无限的可能性和机遇。无论你们走向何方，无论你们将会面对什么，都请记住，哈佛的校友们永远都是你们的坚强后盾。相信你们能够成为有所作为的人，默默地改变世界。

谢谢大家！