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1、做世界的公民　　TheseremarksarefromTonyBlairatthecommencementofYaleUniversity2008.1　　Thankyouverymuch.Afterover100yearsofClassDays2，finallyyougetaBritishspeaker.　　ItisanhonourtobehereandtosaytotheYaleCollegeClassof2008：youdidit；youcamethrough；fromallofustoyou：congratulations.　　Theinvita

2、tiontoaformerBritishPrimeMinistertoaddressacollegewhichboastsfiveformerPresidents，manyformerVicePresidentsandSenatorstoonumeroustomention，iseithertogivemeanexaggeratedsenseofmyownimportanceoryouareducedsenseofyours.3　　ItwasChurchillorOscarWilde4―andthereisadifference―whocalledus

3、twonationsdividedbyacommonlanguageandsoweare.　　HereIamatYaleandsettocomebackforthefallsemester.MyoldOxfordtutorwas，I’mafraid，horrifiedtohearIhadbeentakenon5byYale.HisworrieswereallforYaleImaysay.Hesaid：“Ionlyhopefortheirsakeyouaregoingtheretolearnratherthanteach.”NowIknowyouYale

4、guysaresmart.SowhatcanItellyouthatyoudon’talreadythinkyouknow？　　IcantellyousomethingoftheworldasIseeit.Forthefirsttimeinmanycenturies，powerismovingEast.ChinaandIndiaeachhavepopulationsroughlydoublethoseofAmericaandEuropecombined.Inthenexttwodecades，thesetwocountriestogetherwillu

5、ndergoindustrializationfourtimesthesizeoftheUSA’sandatfivetimesthespeed.6　　Wemustbemindful7thatastheseancientcivilizationsbecomesomehowyoungerandmorevibrant，ouryoungcivilizationdoesnotgrowold.Mostofallweshouldknowthatinthisnewworld，wemustclearapathtopartnership，notstandoff8again

6、steachother，competingforpower.　　Theworldinwhichyou，intimetocome，willtakethereins，cannotaffordareturnto20thcenturystrugglesforhegemony.9　　Thecharacteristicofthismodernworldisthepace，scope10andscaleofchange.Globalizationisdrivingitandpeoplearedrivingglobalization.Theconsequenceist

7、hattheworldopensup；itsboundariesdiminish11；wearepushedclosertogether.Theconclusionisthatwemakeitworktogetherornotatall.12　　Theissuesyoumustwrestlewith―thethreatofclimatechange，foodscarcity，andpopulationgrowth，worldwideterrorbasedonreligion，theinterdependenceoftheworldeconomy―mys

8、tudentgenerationwouldbarelyrecognize.13Butthedi