2016哈佛毕业演讲——斯皮尔伯格.docx

2016哈佛毕业演讲——斯皮尔伯格非常感谢，Faust校长，Paul Choi校长，谢谢你们。Thank you, thank you, President Faust, and Paul Choi, thank you so much.非常荣幸能被邀请成为哈佛2016年毕业典礼的演讲嘉宾，在众位优秀的毕业生、热情的朋友和诸位家长前做此次演讲。今天我们集聚一堂，祝贺2016届哈佛毕业生顺利毕业。It’s an honor and a thrill to address this group of distinguished alumni and supportive friends and kvelling parents. We’ve all gathered to share in the joy of this day, so please join me in congratulating Harvard’s Class of 2016.我清楚记得自己的毕业典礼，因为它发生在14年前。你们有多少人花了37年毕业的？像你们大多数一样，我也是十几岁时开始上大学，但是我大二时获得了好莱坞环球影城的理想工作机会，所以我辍学了。我告诉我父母，如果我的电影事业发展的不顺利，我会重新入学。I can remember my own college graduation, which is easy, since it was only 14 years ago. How many of you took 37 years to graduate? Because, like most of you, I began college in my teens, but sophomore year, I was offered my dream job at Universal Studios, so I dropped out. I told my parents if my movie career didn’t go well, I’d re-enroll.但我的电影事业一切进展顺利。It went all right.最后，我因为很重要的原因重新回到学校。不同的人因为不同的理由回到大学里读完学业，有人为了教育，有人为了父母，我是为了我的孩子。我是七个孩子的父亲，一直强调上大学的重要性，但是我却没有上完大学。所以，在我50岁时，我重新回到加州州立大学长滩分校就读，并且获得学位。另外补充一点：因为我拍摄的三部《侏罗纪公园》，古生物学课给了我学分，非常感谢。But eventually, I returned for one big reason. Most people go to college for an education, and some go for their parents, but I went for my kids. I’m the father of seven, and I kept insisting on the importance of going to college, but I hadn’t walked the walk. So, in my fifties, I re-enrolled at Cal State -- Long Beach, and I earned my degree. I just have to add: It helped that they gave me course credit in paleontology for the work I did on Jurassic Park. That’s three units forJurassic Park, thank you.当然，我选择辍学是因为我清楚地知道我想做什么。你们当中有些人或许清楚地知道自己想做什么，有些人却并不知道。也许你曾经认为知道了自己想做什么，但现在却在质疑自己的选择；也许你们正坐在这里，试图找到方法告诉自己的父母你想成为一名医生而不是喜剧作家。Well I left college because I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and some of you know, too -- but some of you don’t. Or maybe you thought you knew but are now questioning that choice. Maybe you’re sitting there trying to figure out how to tell your parents that you want to be