利比里亞總統(tǒng)瑟利夫夫人畢業(yè)留言
利比里亞總統(tǒng)瑟利夫夫人畢業(yè)留言
Harvard Graduates, Class of 2011: I urge you to be fearless about the future. Just because something has not been done yet, doesn't mean it can't be. I was never deterred from running for president just because there had never been any females elected head of state in Africa. Simply because political leadership in Liberia had always been a "boys' club" didn't mean it was right, and I was not deterred. Today, an unprecedented number of women hold leadership positions in our country, and we intend to increase that number.
哈佛大學(xué)2011屆畢業(yè)生，我敦促你們勇敢無(wú)畏地面對(duì)未來(lái)。某件事還沒(méi)做成，并不意味著它不能做成。我競(jìng)選總統(tǒng)時(shí)，沒(méi)有因?yàn)閺臒o(wú)婦女在非洲當(dāng)過(guò)總統(tǒng)，而感到畏縮。不能因?yàn)槔壤飦喺偸潜荒腥丝刂疲驼f(shuō)明這是對(duì)的，我沒(méi)有被嚇住。今天，利比里亞領(lǐng)導(dǎo)崗位上的婦女，數(shù)量前所未有，我們還將繼續(xù)增加。
As you approach your future, there will be ample opportunity to become jaded and cynical, but I urge you to resist cynicism -- the world is still a beautiful place and change is possible. As I have noted here today, my path to the presidency was never straightforward or guaranteed. Prison, death threats, and exile provided every reason to quit, to forget about the dream, yet I persisted, convinced that my country and people are so much better than our recent history indicates. Looking back on my life, I have come to appreciate its difficult moments. I believe I am a better leader, a better person with a richer appreciation for the present because of my past.
當(dāng)你們進(jìn)入社會(huì)，很有可能變得厭倦和偏激，但是我希望你們能夠抵制這種憤世嫉俗的心態(tài)。這個(gè)世界依然是一個(gè)美麗的地方，改變是可能發(fā)生的。正如我今天在這里所說(shuō)，我的總統(tǒng)之路并不順利，充滿(mǎn)變數(shù)。監(jiān)獄、死亡、流亡，任何一個(gè)理由都能使我退出，忘掉自己的夢(mèng)想，但是我堅(jiān)持下來(lái)了，堅(jiān)信我的國(guó)家和人民絕不應(yīng)該是那時(shí)的樣子，而應(yīng)該好得多。回顧我的人生，我對(duì)那些艱難時(shí)刻，反而感到非常珍惜。因?yàn)橛辛四切┻^(guò)去的痛苦，我才更珍惜現(xiàn)在，它讓我成了一個(gè)更好的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人、更好的人。
The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough. If you start off with a small dream, you may not have much left when it is fulfilled because along the way, life will task your dreams and make demands on you. I am, however, bullish about the future of our world because of you. We share one defining characteristic that prepares us to transform our world -- we are all Harvard University graduates. When we add to that the traditional quests for excellence for which we are known, there is no telling what we can accomplish.
你們要敢于懷有大夢(mèng)想，不要擔(dān)心超過(guò)自己現(xiàn)在的能力。如果你的夢(mèng)想不令你感到害怕，那就說(shuō)明它們不夠大。如果你的夢(mèng)想很小，當(dāng)它實(shí)現(xiàn)的時(shí)候，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)人生頓時(shí)空空蕩蕩，因?yàn)槟愕膲?mèng)想為人生創(chuàng)造出任務(wù)，對(duì)你提出要求。不過(guò)我相信，你們會(huì)令我們的.世界有一個(gè)更美好的未來(lái)，我充滿(mǎn)信心。我們有一個(gè)共同的特點(diǎn)，那就是我們都是哈佛大學(xué)的畢業(yè)生，這使得我們都必須做好去改變世界的準(zhǔn)備。當(dāng)我們接受這種傳統(tǒng)，為了追求卓越，去開(kāi)拓那些未知的領(lǐng)域，沒(méi)有人能夠預(yù)言我們能達(dá)到怎樣的成就。
Go forth and embrace a future that awaits you.
勇敢向前，未來(lái)正在前方等著你們。
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