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1、美国能源部长朱棣文哈佛大学毕业典礼演讲英文原版2009CommencementAddressatHarvardUniversity美国能源部长朱棣文哈佛大学毕业典礼演讲2009CommencementAddressatHarvardUniversity-U.S.SecretaryofEnergyStevenChuMadamPresidentFaust,membersoftheHarvardCorporationandtheBoardofOverseers,faculty,family,friends,and,mostimportantly,today’sgraduate
2、s,Thankyouforlettingmesharethiswonderfuldaywithyou.IamnotsureIcanliveuptothehighstandardsofHarvardCommencementspeakers.Lastyear,J.K.Rowling,thebillionairenovelist,whostartedasaclassicsstudent,gracedthispodium.Theyearbefore,BillGates,themega-billionairephilanthropistandcomputernerdstoodhe
3、re.Today,sadly,youhaveme.Iamnotwealthy,butatleastIamanerd.IamgratefultoreceiveanhonorarydegreefromHarvard,anhonorthatmeansmoretomethanyoumightcaretoimagine.Yousee,Iwastheacademicblacksheepofmyfamily.MyolderbrotherhasanM.D./Ph.D.fromMITandHarvardwhilemyyoungerbrotherhasalawdegreefromHarva
4、rd.WhenIwasawardedaNobelPrize,Ithoughtmymotherwouldbepleased.Notso.WhenIcalledheronthemorningoftheannouncement,shereplied,“That’snice,butwhenareyougoingtovisitmenext.”Now,asthelastbrotherwithadegreefromHarvard,maybe,atlast,shewillbesatisfied.AnotherdifficultywithgivingaHarvardcommencemen
5、taddressisthatsomeofyoumaydisapproveofthefactthatIhaveborrowedmaterialfrompreviousspeeches.Iaskthatyouforgivemefortworeasons.First,inordertohaveimpact,itisimportanttodeliverthesamemessagemorethanonce.Inscience,itisimportanttobethefirstpersontomakeadiscovery,butitisevenmoreimportanttobeth
6、elastpersontomakethatdiscovery.Second,authorswhoborrowfromothersarefollowinginthefootstepsofthebest.RalphWaldoEmerson,whograduatedfromHarvardattheageof18,noted“Allmybestthoughtswerestolenbytheancients.”Picassodeclared“Goodartistsborrow.Greatartistssteal.”Whyshouldcommencementspeakersbehe
7、ldtoahigherstandard?Ialsowanttopointouttheironyofspeakingtograduatesofaninstitutionthatwouldhaverejectedme,hadIthechutzpahtoapply.Iammarriedto“DeanJean,”theformerdeanofadmissionsatStanford.Sheassuresmethatshewouldhaverejectedme,ifgiventhechance.WhenIshowedheradraftofthiss
