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歡迎大家參加第258屆賓州大學畢業典禮。2014年畢業生，今天你們將成為賓州大學新出爐的校友，太棒了！我們慶祝你們取得的成就，藉由盛大的儀式與典禮、演講與致辭，當然，還有音樂。每一屆賓州大學畢業典禮都少不了音樂，這是有充分理由的。音樂標誌了我們生命中的關鍵時刻，我們將一些特定樂曲聯繫最快樂的回憶、心碎的時刻與我們這個時代的歷史。藉由一首又一首歌曲，我們將生命譜寫成一張唱片，例如回想你們成為大學新鮮人時步入校園的感受：《女武神的騎行》；或你們忙於上課、考試與OCR（牛津、劍橋和RSA測驗）那些日子音樂：《荒山之夜》；或課程因大雪而取消時你們感到極度失望音樂：《哈利路亞》。
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Welcome everyone, to the 258th Commencement of the University of Pennsylvania!Members of the Class of 2014: Today, you become our newest Penn alumni. Bravo!We celebrate your achievement with pomp and ceremony, with speeches and salutations and of course, with music. Every Penn Commencement ever held has included music—and for good reason.Music marks the defining moments of our lives. We connect certain songs to our happiest memories, to our heartbreaks and to the history of our time. Song by song, we construct a soundtrack to our lives.Consider, for instance, how you felt on move-in day your freshman year—Song #1
Ride of the Valkyries.Or those days when you were juggling classes and exams and OCR—Song #2 Night on Bald Mountain.Or your crushing disappointment when classes were cancelled due to snow—Song #3 Hallelujah!
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但我們人生的樂章並非僅由發生在我們身上之事構成，每個人都參與了這些樂章的譜寫，包括我們所做的選擇、去過的地方、遇見的人，這是我們難忘的經歷組成的聲音。我人生樂章中最難忘的時刻總是環繞著三個主題：自由、群體和勇氣。自由：1960年代偉大的人權運動時期，我還是個十幾歲的少女，馬丁．路德．金在華盛頓領導了一場遊行，宣告了一個偉大的夢想；葛羅莉亞．史坦能引發了女權主義新浪潮；同性戀群體在石牆暴動中挺身而出，對抗警察的搜捕。每一個地方，包括我就讀的學校和居住的小鎮，都能聽見對人類自由的首次呼喚，取代了過往的沉默。音樂：《尊重》。只有彼此尊重，所有人才能獲得自由。尊重能克服偏見，使我們敞開心胸、接受發現新事物的可能性。當尊重在每個角落生根，自由才會開花結果。當我加入非暴力民權運動時，有人認為我們立刻就能改變世界。音樂：《革命》。但我所知的真正革命者並非以槍支或彈藥武裝，他們以無法抗拒的思想武裝自己，藉由思想的力量消弭偏見。在我們的時代，沒有人比納爾遜．曼德拉更能詮釋這種力量。當他－當他去年底過世時，我們與世上最偉大的自由鬥士永別，與他相識是我畢生的榮幸，我會永遠珍惜他。偉大的自由之歌：「自由不僅是擺脫自身的枷鎖，而是以尊重與增進他人自由的方式生活。」這位偉人遭受長達27年的監禁與折磨，領導艱難的解放鬥爭，對抗無情的壓迫者。他教導我們自由源於我們對彼此的尊重，身為賓大畢業生，你們展現了結合動力與決心的精神，這就是你們所擁有的：「毅力」。這是成功的基本要素，但我們這些「堅忍不拔」的個體必須記住，只有團結才能獲得真正的成功與自由。
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But the soundtrack of our life is not something that simply happens to us. Each of us also composes it—by the choices we make, the places we go and the people we meet. It is the history of our memorable experiences made audible.The most memorable moments of the soundtrack of my life revolve around three themes: freedom, community and courage. Freedom: I was a teenager during the great human rights movements of the 1960s. Martin Luther King led a march on Washington and proclaimed a mighty dream. Gloria Steinem inspired a new wave of feminism. The gay community stood up to police raids in the Stonewall Riots. Everywhere, including in my own school and small town, I could hear the once voiceless taking up the call for that first and foremost ingredient of human freedom…Song #4 Respect. Only when we engage one another with respect can we all be free. Respect enables the overcoming of prejudices, and the opening of our minds to new, life-affirming possibilities. When respect takes root, freedom flowers.When I joined the non-violent civil rights movement, there were those who thought we could change the world in one fell swoop.Song #5 Revolution.But the true revolutionaries I’ve met haven’t been armed with guns or bombs. They have armed themselves with irresistible ideas: ideas that erode prejudice through their power.No individual in our lifetime demonstrated this power more successfully than Nelson Mandela. When he passed away late last year, we said goodbye to one of the greatest champions of freedom the world has ever known.I had the life-changing honor of meeting him, and I shall always cherish his supreme song of freedom: “To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”This great man suffered imprisonment and torment for 27 years, led a tough liberation struggle against often ruthless oppressors, yet taught us that freedom comes by the ways we engage one another with respect.As Penn graduates, you exemplify the ethos of talent coupled with drive and determination. It’s what you’ve got—GRIT—that’s the essential ingredient in individual success. But we gritty individuals must never forget that we are truly successful and free only together.
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群體：一個偉大的群體，確切來說是友愛的群體，它是我人生成功的關鍵，對你們來說亦然，那就是賓大共同體。這個群體擁有對學生無私奉獻的偉大老師，這個群體擁有將賓大教育發揚光大並建立一生友誼的熱情學生，這個群體擁有熱愛賓大的家長和家屬，令人驚嘆的家長和家屬。它是致力於讓我們校園生活正常運轉的賓大全體教職員的承諾，它是成就今日賓大的歷代傑出校友的承諾。賓大共同體逐步實現我畢生的理想，使學生接受最好的教育不再是幻想，因此我們可以感到自豪。賓大是美國最成功一所「無學貸」大學，所有經濟困難的大學生都不必負擔學貸。在我低潮時期，事實上每個人都有低潮期，是賓大共同體讓我瞭解，給予他人支持與接受他人支持同樣重要。僅僅「向前一步」是不夠的，我們也需要學習、幫助我們的朋友做一些其他的事。音樂：《依靠我》。
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Community: A great community, indeed a beloved community, has been key to success in my life, as it will be in yours. It’s the Penn community: the commitment of great faculty who bring out the best in their students; it’s the commitment of passionate students who make the most of their Penn education and create friendships that last a lifetime; it’s the commitment of loving Penn parents and families; it’s the commitment of dedicated Penn staff; and it’s the commitment of generations of accomplished alumni who have made the Penn community what it is today.It’s the Penn community that has made my lifelong ideal of increasing access to the best education not merely a vision, but a reality. It’s the Penn community that also has been there and lifted me when I’ve been down.In my down times—and make no mistake, we all have our down times—it was the Penn community that taught me how important it is not just to give to others, but also to accept support from others. It’s not enough just to “lean in.” We also need to learn, and help our friends, to do something else…Song #6 Lean on Me
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今天我想特別向這一屆畢業生致謝，感謝你們結合成一個友愛的群體，感謝你們互相學習、彼此依靠。你們與各行各業及來自世界各地的人一起成長，我們一起學習了許多事物。音樂：《江南Style》。並非我們在賓大學到的所有東西都具啟發性，身為賓大畢業生，你們知道洞察力相當重要。想在偉大的目標上獲得成功－例如自由和群體－還需要額外的東西，需要像納爾遜．曼德拉那樣偉大的解放者教導我們的東西。音樂：《勇敢》。勇氣，勇氣可以意味著面對歷史性壓迫、走入火線，但改變人生的多半是小而持續的勇敢之舉。挺身而出、忠於自我、誠實說出心中所想，尤其在其他人保持沉默的時候。我們的唱片需要一首歌來提醒我們堅持做真正的自己是多麼愉快的感覺。音樂：《煙火》。畢業生們，沒有任何事比譜寫、聆聽及與他人分享我們的人生樂章更令人喜悅，用自由與勇氣譜寫，分享給我們摯愛的群體，我們的人生樂章使我們凝聚在一起，以只有音樂能做到、言語無法詮釋的精神。因此，伴隨著賓大校友及畢業演講嘉賓約翰傳奇的美妙音樂，我邀請現場每個人再做一件事。音樂：《我的一切》。我邀請現場所有人站在一起，父親和母親、配偶和伴侶、祖父和祖母、家人和朋友、尊貴的來賓、全體教職員，請和我一起站起來，展現我們對2014年賓大畢業生的驕傲。大家一起。
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Today, I want to express my appreciation to this Class for the way you have bonded as a beloved community, the way you have both learned from and leaned on one another. You’ve grown with people from all walks of life and every part of the globe. Together you’ve learned so many things—Song #7 Gangnam Style.Not everything we learn at Penn is edifying.Being Penn graduates, you know this critically important insight. To succeed at the truly big things—like freedom and community—it takes something extra. It takes what great liberators like Nelson Mandela taught us…Song #8 Brave.Courage: Courage can mean facing down historic oppression and stepping into the line of fire. But no less life-changing are the small braveries, the everyday braveries: the courage of coming out, of being your honest self, of speaking your mind with integrity, all the more so in those moments when others stay silent. Our soundtracks need a song that reminds us just how exhilarating it feels to stand up for who we really are…Song #9 Firework.Graduates, there is nothing greater than the joy of composing the soundtrack of our lives, listening to it and sharing it with others.Composed with freedom and courage and shared throughout our beloved community, the soundtracks of our lives join us together in a spirit that words—without the wonders of music—cannot possibly capture.So, accompanied by the wonderful music of our own Penn graduate and honored Commencement speaker John Legend, I ask everybody here today to do one more thing…Song #10 All of Me.I ask everybody to stand together—moms and dads, spouses and partners, grandmas and grandpas, sisters and brothers, family and friends, our honored guests, my fellow trustees and faculty. Please stand with me and give your all in showing just how proud we are of our 2014 Penn graduates!
