迈克尔彭博2014哈佛毕业演讲.docx

Michael Bloomberg Harvard Commencement Speech 2014迈克尔·彭博2014年哈佛毕业典礼演讲Thank you Katie, and thank you to President Faust, the Fellows of Harvard College, the Board of Overseers, and all the faculty, alumni, and students who have welcomed me back to campus.感谢凯蒂，感谢福斯特校长、哈佛大学理事会成员、监事会成员，还有迎接我回校的所有教职员工、校友及同学们。I’m excited to be here, not only to address the distinguished graduates and alumni at Harvard University’s 363rd commencement but to stand in the exact spot where Oprah stood last year. OMG.站在这里我非常激动，不仅是因为我能在哈佛大学第363届毕业典礼上面对各位优秀的毕业生及校友讲话，更是因为能站在去年奥普拉曾站过的地方。我的天啊。Let me begin with the first order of business: Let’s have a big round of applause for the Class of 2014. They’ve earned it.下面让我从最重要的环节开始：让我们把最热烈的掌声送给2014届毕业生们，这是他们赢得的。As excited as the graduates are, they are probably even more exhausted after the past few weeks. And parents, I’m not referring to their final exams. I’m talking about the Senior Olympics, the Last Chance Dance, and the Booze Cruise – I mean, the moonlight cruise.毕业生们都一样的兴奋，但同时这几周或许也让他们有些精疲力竭吧。各位家长，我指的可不是期末考试哦，我说的是高年级运动会、最后一次交际舞会和游轮酒宴——我指的是午夜巡游会。Anyway，this year has been exciting on campus：Harvard beat Yale for the seventh straight time in football. The men’s basketball team went to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the second straight year. And the Men’s Squash team won national championship.不管怎样，今年的校园很令人振奋：哈佛橄榄球队连续第七次击败耶鲁，男子篮球队连续两年打入全国大学体育协会冠军赛的第二轮，还有男子壁球队则获得了全国冠军。Who’d a thunk it: Harvard, an athletic powerhouse! Pretty soon they’re going to be asking whether you have academics to go along with your athletic programs.谁会想到：哈佛，竟然有如此强大的运动天团！不久后，可能就会有人问，你们的学术水平是否能和体育水平相媲美？My personal connection to Harvard began in 1964, when I graduated from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and matriculated here at the B-School.我个人与哈佛的关系缘起于1964年，当时我从巴尔地摩的约翰霍普金斯大学毕业并到这里的商学院就读。You’re probably asking yourself or maybe whispering to the person next to you: How did he ever get into Harvard Business School, particularly since his stellar academic record,