奥普拉在斯坦福大学2008年毕业典礼上的演讲.doc

奥普拉在斯坦福大学2008年毕业典礼上的演讲 Feelings, Failure and Finding Happiness 感觉、失败及寻找幸福 主题： ： 第二个经验，从中 第三个经验，幸福帮助Thank you, President Hennessy, and to the trustees and the faculty, to all of the parents and grandparents, to you, the Stanford graduates. Thank you for letting me share this amazing day with you. Hennessy校长，全体教员，家长，还有斯坦福的毕业生门，非常感谢你们。感谢你们让我 和你们分享这美好的一天。 I need to begin by letting everyone in on a little secret. The secret is that Kirby Bumpus, Stanford Class of 08, is my goddaughter. So, I was thrilled when President Hennessy asked me to be your Commencement speaker, because this is the first time Ive been allowed on campus since Kirbys been here. 我决定透漏一个小秘密给大家来作为这次演讲的开始。这个秘密就是Kirby Bumpus，斯坦 福2008 年的毕业生，是我的义女。所以当Hennessy校长让我来做演讲时，我受宠若惊，因 为自从Kirby来这上学以来，这是我第一次被允许到斯坦福来。 You see, Kirbys a very smart girl. She wants people to get to know her on her own terms, she says. Not in terms of who she knows. So, she never wants anyone whos first meeting her to know that I know her and she knows me. So, when she first came to Stanford for new student orientation with her mom, I hear that they arrived and everybody was so welcoming, and somebody came up to Kirby and they said, Oh mi god, thats Gayle King! Because a lot of people know Gayle King as my BFF [best friend forever]. 正如你们知道的那样Kirby是一个非常聪明的女孩。她说，她希望大家通过她自己的努力了 解她，而不是她认识谁。因此她从来不希望每一个第一次见到她的人知道她认识我。当她 和她妈妈第一次来到斯坦福参加开学典礼时，我听说每个人都十分热情。他们说：“我的天 啊，那是Gayle King”。因为很多人都知道Gayle King是我最好的朋友。 And so somebody comes up to Kirby, and they say, Oh mi god, is that Gayle King? And Kirbys like, Uh-huh. Shes my mom. And so the person says, Oh mi god, does it mean, like, you know Oprah Winfrey? And Kirby says, Sort of. 有些人走到Kirby面前，对Kirby说：“我的天啊，那是Gayle King吗？”Kirby说：“嗯，她 是我妈妈。”然后人们说：“我的天啊，难道说，你认识Oprah Winfrey。”Kirby说：“有点吧。” I said, Sort of? You sort of know me? Well, I have photographic proof. I have pictures which I can e-mail to you all of Kirby riding horsey with me on all fours