毕业演说有点像婚礼祝酒。少数是难忘的。
Graduation speeches are a bit like wedding toasts. A few are memorable.
哈佛不但给我一个非凡的殊荣，因为这个毕业演说我所忍受数周的恐惧及不舒服帮我减了重。
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 commencement address have made me lose weight.
为表示对故人的尊重和继承，每一个毕业演说排行榜中都至少会象征性地出现一位已故人士。
In a nod to the past and as a gesture of continuity, every list of the best commencement speeches has a token appearance by at least one dead person.
布什总统今天在巴黎圣母院大学发表了毕业典礼演说。
President Bush gave the commencement address today at the University of Notre Dame.
这不仅因为哈佛给了我非比寻常的荣誉，而且为了这几个礼拜以来，由于想到这次毕业典礼演说而产生的恐惧与恶心让我减肥成功。
Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I've experienced at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight.
本周，我去了田纳西州的孟菲斯市，在那里我向布克·华盛顿高中的毕业班同学们发表了演说。
This week, I went to Memphis, Tennessee, where I spoke to the graduating class of Booker T. Washington High School.
做毕业典礼演说是一个重大的责任，我的思绪回到了自己的那次毕业典礼。
Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation.
在哈佛大学毕业典礼上发表演说，还有一个难处，那就是你们中有些人可能有意见，不喜欢我重复前人演讲中说过的话。
Another difficulty with giving a Harvard commencement address is that some of you may disapprove of the fact that I have borrowed material from previous speeches.
去年，巴拉拉到兰尼学校为56位毕业生发表毕业典礼演说，其中包括他的两个堂兄妹和布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀的女儿杰西·斯普林斯汀。
Last year Bharara gave the commencement address at the Ranney School to the graduating class of 56 students, including two of his Cousins and Jessie Springsteen, Bruce's daughter.
我知道，在毕业典礼上作理想化的演说是当前的的时尚，[我的讲话]听起来也许很理想化，但我的信念深处有一种强烈的现实感。
Now, I know that it is fashionable in commencement speeches to be idealistic, and that may sound so, but at the root of my conviction is a strong sense of reality.
在哈佛大学毕业典礼上发表演说，还有一个难处，那就是你们中有些人可能有意见，不喜欢我重复前人演讲中说过的话。
Another difficulty with giving a Harvard commencement address is that some students may disapprove of the fact that I have borrowed material from my previous speeches as well from others'.
“吹牛老爹”是非传统的毕业典礼演说者。
Puff Daddy was among several unconventional choices for commencement speakers.
我们毕业13年了，当我站在舞台上对同样面临以前的同学进行告别演说的时候，已经没人记得那个时刻了。
When we graduated 13 years later, I stood on that stage and gave the Valedictory address to that same group of students, none of whom even remembered that moment anymore.
今年，一小部分亿万富翁做了毕业典礼演说，这其中包括媒体大亨奥普拉·温弗瑞、国际慈善家梅琳达·盖茨和AOL联合创始人史蒂夫·凯斯。
This year, a handful of billionaires gave commencement addresses, including media powerhouse Oprah Winfrey, global philanthropist Melinda Gates, and AOL co-founder Steve Case.
沃伦·巴菲特是出了名的愿意与人分享他的成功的人，在一月份，梅格·惠特曼就对即将毕业的哈佛女生们发表演说。
Warren Buffett is known for sharing his knowledge, and Meg Whitman spoke to a select group of recent female Harvard graduates in January.
密歇根州州长约翰·恩格勒1999年5月15日在得克萨斯州纳科多契斯市斯蒂芬。f。奥斯汀州立大学毕业典礼上的演说。
Address by John Engler, Governor of Michigan Delivered to Stephen F. Austin State University, Commencement Address, Nacogdoches, Texas, May 15, 1999.
他仅在里德大学学习了半年，不过却被邀请对斯坦福2005级毕业生发表演说。
Despite leaving Reed College after six months, he was asked to give the 2005 commencement speech at Stanford.
在哈佛大学毕业典礼上发表演说，还有一个难处，那就是你们中有些人可能有意见，不喜欢我重复前人演讲中说过的话。
Another difficulty with giving a Harvard mencement address is that some of you may disapprove of the fact that I have borrowed material from previous speeches.
这位演讲者在毕业典礼上的演说十分精彩。
那么，毕业典礼的演说者为什么就不适用同样的标准呢?。
Why should commencement speakers be held to a higher standard?
康涅狄格大学的校报《大学之声》上报道，在去年毕业典礼上发表演说的人当中，有一个名叫彼得·圣约翰的毕业生凭借抄袭他人的演讲，博得了听众的交口称赞。
The school paper at Connecticut College, the College Voice, reported that one of the speakers at last year's commencement, a graduating senior called Peter St.
康涅狄格大学的校报《大学之声》上报道，在去年毕业典礼上发表演说的人当中，有一个名叫彼得·圣约翰的毕业生凭借抄袭他人的演讲，博得了听众的交口称赞。
The school paper at Connecticut College, the College Voice, reported that one of the speakers at last year's commencement, a graduating senior called Peter St.
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