【正文】 二、她首先說(shuō)了自己如何構(gòu)思演講稿，以及選擇的兩個(gè)演講主題。所以困境的谷底，成為我重建生活的堅(jiān)實(shí)基礎(chǔ)。However, the fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you are not very wellacquainted with might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for , your conception of failure might not be too far from the average person39。they might well have found out for the first time on graduation all the subjects on this planet, I think they would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology when it came to securing the keys to an executive ，他們可能是在我畢業(yè)典禮那一天才發(fā)現(xiàn)的。我問自己什么是我希望早在畢業(yè)典禮上就該了解的，而從那時(shí)起到現(xiàn)在的21年間，我又得到了什么重要的啟示。s Commencement Address, 力的重要性“The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and theImportance of Imagination,” at the Annual The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and theMeeting of the Harvard Alumni Association on Importance of Imagination Harvard University Commencement Address June 5th this powerful, moving, yet alsofunny speech Jo talks about her time working for Amnesty International, her personal experiences Tercentenary Theatre, June 5, 2008 失敗的好處和想象力的重要性 with failure and the power of the imagination to 哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮 allow us to empathize with 2008年6月5日President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers，members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates，福斯特主席，哈佛公司和監(jiān)察委員會(huì)的各位成員，各位老師、家長(zhǎng)、全體畢業(yè)生們：The first thing I would like to say is “thank you.” Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I’ve endured at the thought of giving this mencement address have made me lose winwin situation!Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the world’s largest Gryffindors39。我們?cè)趦?nèi)心深處已經(jīng)擁有了所需的所有力量：我們擁有想象更好的世界的力量。選擇生活在狹窄的范圍里，會(huì)導(dǎo)致某種精神上的對(duì)于陌生環(huán)境的恐懼癥，并由此產(chǎn)生相應(yīng)的害怕心理。每天我都看見更多的人類的邪惡加諸于同胞的證據(jù)，這樣的罪惡僅僅是為了獲得或者維持權(quán)力。我看到那些無(wú)聲無(wú)息地失蹤了的人的照片，是由他們的絕望的親人和朋友寄到特赦組織來(lái)的。你在挫折中成長(zhǎng)，更聰明，更強(qiáng)壯，這意味著從此以后你已擁有了牢不可催的生存能力。一個(gè)單身母親，淪落到當(dāng)代英國(guó)最為貧困的境地，只不過(guò)還沒到無(wú)家可歸的程度而已。你不能總是責(zé)怪父母指錯(cuò)了方向；當(dāng)你長(zhǎng)大成人、可以獨(dú)立掌舵的時(shí)候，這份責(zé)任就應(yīng)該由你獨(dú)立承擔(dān)了。能夠達(dá)成的目標(biāo)是自我改善的第一步。they can refuse to might be tempted to envy people who can live that way, except that I do not think they have any fewer nightmares than I to live in narrow spaces can lead to a form of mental agoraphobia, and that brings its own think the wilfully unimaginative see more are often more is more, those who choose not to empathise may enable real without ever mitting an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude with it, through our own of the many things I learned at the end of that Classics corridor down which I ventured at the age of 18, in search of something I could not then define, was this, written by the Greek author Plutarch: What we achieve inwardly will change outer is an astonishing statement and yet proven a thousand times every day of our expresses, in part, our inescapable connection with the outside world, the fact that we touch other people39。ve still e out ahead of Baroness Mary goals: the first step towards personal , I have wracked my mind and heart for what I ought to say to you have asked myself what I wish I had known at my own graduation, and what important lessons I have learned in the 21 years that has expired between that day and have e up with two this wonderful day when we are gathered together to celebrate your academic success, I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of as you stand on the threshold of what is sometimes called 39。t remember a single word she liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, law or politics for the giddy delights of being a gay see? If all you remember in years to e is the 39。s minds, imagine themselves into other people39。對(duì)于她的演講的回憶也極大地幫助了我完成現(xiàn)在這份，因?yàn)?，我完全想不起?lái)她說(shuō)了什么。我記不得是否有告訴父母我其實(shí)在學(xué)習(xí)古典文學(xué)；他們也可能在出席畢業(yè)典禮的時(shí)候終于覺察了事實(shí)真相。最終，我們都要按自己的想法給失敗下一個(gè)定義；但是如果你允許的話，這個(gè)世界會(huì)迫不及待的為你設(shè)定一套標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。失敗賦予我內(nèi)心的安全感，而這是考試及格也不能讓我感受到的。在二十幾歲的時(shí)候，我在位于倫敦的國(guó)際特赦組織總部的研究部門工作，以獲得付房租的錢，而午餐的時(shí)候我就溜掉去寫小說(shuō)。門打開了，一個(gè)工作人員探出頭，告訴我趕快跑去，給坐在她身邊的青年男子拿一杯熱飲。他們選擇舒舒服服的呆在自己的經(jīng)歷之內(nèi)，從不費(fèi)事去想象如果他們生下來(lái)是別的人，那一切將會(huì)怎樣。如果你選擇了，用你的身份和影響力來(lái)提高你的聲音，為那些沒有聲音的人吶喊；如果你選擇了，不僅認(rèn)同權(quán)勢(shì)群體，更要與弱勢(shì)群體為伍；如果你保留了想象的能力，能夠與不具備你的優(yōu)勢(shì)的那些人感同身受。我祝你們所有人一生幸福。ve still e out ahead of Baroness Mary goalsthe first step to ，如果在若干年后你們還記得“快樂的魔法師”這個(gè)笑話，那就證明我已經(jīng)超越了Baroness Mary Warnock。最后，達(dá)成了一個(gè)雙方都不甚滿意的妥協(xié)：我改學(xué)現(xiàn)代語(yǔ)言。我有一個(gè)通過(guò)考試的訣竅，并且數(shù)年間一直讓我在大學(xué)生活和同齡人中不落人后。我因此不再偽裝自己、遠(yuǎn)離自我，而重新開始把所有精力放在對(duì)我最重要的事情上。去年的演講嘉賓是比爾 Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I have endured at the thought of giving this mencement address have made me lose winwin situation!Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the world39。羅琳在哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮上的演講J說(shuō)實(shí)話，你們眼中的失敗，很可能就是普通人眼中的成功，畢竟你們?cè)趯W(xué)業(yè)上已經(jīng)達(dá)到很高的高度了。the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with is more, I cannot criticise my parents for hoping that I would never experience had been poor themselves, and I have since been poor, and I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression。, I want to extol the crucial importance of 。這真是一個(gè)雙贏的局面。在畢業(yè)典禮上與我坐在一起的朋友們，后來(lái)成了我一生的朋友。另外，選擇不去同情的人會(huì)養(yǎng)育現(xiàn)實(shí)中的怪物。國(guó)際特赦組織調(diào)動(dòng)了幾千人，他們從未因自己的信念而被折磨或監(jiān)禁，他們代表那些飽受折磨的人并為之行事。我的很多同事以前都是政治犯。如果能夠讓時(shí)光倒流，我會(huì)告訴21歲的自己，幸福在于懂得人生不是收獲和成就的清單。現(xiàn)在，我站在這里，告訴你們失敗可是件一點(diǎn)也不好玩的事情。伴隨貧窮而來(lái)的是恐懼和緊張，有時(shí)還會(huì)陷入憂傷沮喪之中；這些都意味著無(wú)盡的卑微和艱難。在今天這個(gè)美妙的時(shí)刻，當(dāng)我們齊聚一堂慶祝你們?nèi)〉脤W(xué)業(yè)成功的時(shí)候，我決定跟你們談?wù)勈?lái)的好處。s only remaining way you vote, the way you live, the way you protest, the pressure you bring to bear on your government, has an impact way beyond your is your privilege, and your you choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice。I wanted to study English promise was reached that in retrospect satisfied nobody, and I went up to study Modern had my parents39。ve experienced at the thought of giving this mencement address have made me lose winwin situation!Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners an