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1、Speaker:PeterSalovey,PresidentofYaleUniversityDate:Sunday,May20,2018Event:BaccalaureateAddress,YaleCollegeClassof2018GraduatesoftheClassof2018,familymembers,andfriends.Itisapleasuretobeherewithyoutoday,adayfilledwithjoyforthepresentandhopeforthefuture.ThereisawonderfulYaletraditi
2、onthatIwouldliketohonorrightnow:MayIaskallofthefamiliesandfriendsheretodaytoriseandrecognizetheoutstanding—andgraduating—membersoftheClassof2018?Andnow,mayIasktheClassof2018toconsiderallthosewhohavesupportedyourarrivalatthismilestone(里程碑),andtopleaseriseandrecognizethem?Thankyou!
3、Thesearethemonthsandyearswhenpeopletendtomakealotofplans.Somearepractical:youscheduleflightsandrentapartmentsandconsiderwhereyouwilllive,work,orstudyaftergraduation.Othersaremoreaspirational(有雄心壮志的):youimagineyourfuturelifeandwhatyouwishtoaccomplishintheyearsahead.Iwanttobeginbys
4、haringapassagePauliMurraywrotein1945aboutheraspirations.Atthetime,shewasayounglawyerandcivilrights(民权)activist(积极分子).“Iintendtodestroysegregation(种族隔离;)bypositiveandembracing(欣然接受的)methods,”Murraywrote.“Whenmybrotherstrytodrawacircletoexclude(排除)me,Ishalldrawalargercircletoinclud
5、ethem.Wheretheyspeakoutfortheprivileges(特权)ofapuny(弱小的)group,Ishallshoutfortherightsofallmankind.”SotodayIaskyou:Howlargewillyoudrawyourcircle?Willyoudrawacirclethatislarge,inclusive,andvibrant(充满活力的)?Orwillitbesmall,“puny,”andprivileged?Theworkofinclusionisdifficult,butthereward
6、saregreat.LetmesuggestwaysyoumightfollowtheexampleofPauliMurray—andmanyotherYalegraduates—whenyouleavethiscampus.First,makesureyourcirclesaretrulylarge.Intoday’sworld,whereyoucanhave700followersonTwitterandathousandfriendsonFacebook,itmayseemeasytohavealargecircle.Butifyou’rebomb
7、arded(轰炸)withthesamestories,memes(文化基因),andopinionsfromallyourso-calledfriends,thenyourworldmayinfactbequitenarrow.Aconversationwithsixfriendsinreallifeactuallymayleadtoagreatervarietyofideasandperspectives(看法).InmyyearsatYale,Ihavebeenprivilegedto(有幸)knowsomeofthemostbrilliant(杰
8、出的)mindsintheworld.Ihavelearnedthatthegr