jk罗琳在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲
J·K· 罗琳在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲 K•罗琳在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲
今年 6月 5日是哈佛大学的毕业典礼, 请来的演讲嘉宾是 《哈 利波特》的作者J.K.罗琳女士。她的演讲题目是《失败的好 处和想象的重要性》 ( The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the
Importance of Imagination )。我读了一遍讲稿,觉得很好,很 感染人。 她几乎没有谈到哈里波特,而是说了年轻时的一些经历。虽 然J • K •罗琳现在很有钱,是英国仅次于女皇的最富有的女 人,但是她曾经有一段非常艰辛的日子, 30 岁了,还差点流 落街头。她主要谈的是,自己从这段经历中学到的东西。
去年的演讲嘉宾是比尔•盖茨,我翻译了他的演讲,影响挺 大。今年,我继续翻译,有兴趣的朋友可以在网上找到原文 和视频。
她首先说了自己如何构思演讲稿,以及选择的两个演讲主 题。
作者: 阮一峰 日期: 2008 年 6 月 17 日一、 President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates.
福斯特校长, 哈佛集团的各位成员, 监管理事会的各位理事, 各位老师, 各位自豪的家长, 以及最重要的各位毕业生同学,
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 have endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win 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
Gryffindor reunion. 我想说的第一句话,就是 "谢谢 "。不仅因为哈佛给了我这样 非同一般的荣誉,还因为为了构思今天的演讲,我忍受了几 个星期的担惊受怕、茶饭不思的生活,使得我体重减轻。这 真可谓 "双赢"啊!现在,我唯一要做的就是深呼吸,偷偷看
眼四周飘扬的红色旗帜,让自己相信真的来到了世界上最 大的 "格兰芬多 "聚会。
Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation.
The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can't remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that
I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, the law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard.
在毕业典礼上发表演讲, 是一项巨大的责任, 令我倍感压力。 直到我回忆起了自己的毕业典礼,才稍稍放松。那一次的演 讲嘉宾是杰出的英国哲学家玛丽•沃诺克。回想她的演讲, 极大地帮助我写作自己的演讲稿,因为我发现一点也不记得 她的任何一句话了。这个发现让我如释重负,不再害怕自己 在不经意间就对你们产生影响,让你们放弃在商业、法律、 政治方面的大好前途,去追求成为一个快乐巫师的那种令人 眩晕的愉悦。
You see? If all you remember in years to come is the 'gay wizard' joke, I've come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock.
Achievable goals: the first step to self improvement. 你们明白吗?如果多年以后, 你们只记得我讲的这个 "快乐巫 师"的笑话,我就已经超过玛丽-沃诺克了。可以实现的目标,
Actually, I have wracked my mind and heart for what I ought to say to you today. I have asked myself what I wish I had known
是自己改进的第 f匕 步。 21 at my own graduation, and what important lessons I have learned in the 21 years that have expired between that day and this.
实际上, 我真的是绞尽脑汁, 思索今天自己到底应该讲什么。 我问自己,当年我毕业的时候,希望知道哪些事情;以及 年后的今天,我又从人生中得到哪些重要的经验教训。
I have come up with two answers. On this wonderful day when we are gathered together to celebrate your academic success, I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of failure. And as you stand on the threshold of what is sometimes called 'real life',
I want to extol the crucial importance of imagination. 我得到了两个回答。这个美妙的日子,我们聚集一堂,庆祝 你们在学业上的成功,但是我决定跟你们说说失败的好处。
以及当你们站在所谓 " 真实世界 "的门槛之上的时候,我要颂 扬想象力的重要性。
These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but please bear with me.
这样的主题可能看上去有点异想天开和自相矛盾,但是请听 去。
她开始回忆自己大学毕业时的情景: Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.
对于一个 42 岁的妇女来说,回想自己 21 岁毕业时的 是一种景, 稍稍令人不安的经历。回到 21 年之前,我正遭受煎 熬,不知道在自己内心的追求与父母对我的期望之间,应该 如何平衡。
I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do, ever, was to write novels. However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage, or secure a pension. I know that the irony strikes with the force of a cartoon anvil, now.
当时,我确信自己一生中唯一想做的事情,就是去写小说。 但是,我的父母出身贫寒,没有受过大学教育。他们认为, 我那些不安分的想象力只是一种怪癖,根本不能用来还房 贷,或者挣来养老金。我现在知道,这种人生的反讽,有着
MATTLAUER哈佛毕业典礼演讲人物
jk罗琳2008哈佛毕业典礼演讲人物简介j.k.罗琳(j.k. rowling),1965年7月31日出生于英国格温特郡,毕业于英国埃克塞特大学,英国作家。
1989年,24岁的罗琳有了创作哈利·波特的念头。
1997年6月,推出哈利·波特系列第一本《哈利·波特与魔法石》。
随后,罗琳又分别于1998年与1999年创作了《哈利·波特与密室》和《哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》。
2001年,美国华纳兄弟电影公司决定将小说的第一部《哈利·波特与魔法石》搬上银幕。
2003年6月,她再创作出第五部作品《哈利·波特与凤凰社》。
2004年,罗琳荣登《福布斯》富人排行榜,她的身价达到10亿美元。
2005年7月推出了第六部《哈利·波特与混血王子》,2007年7月推出终结篇《哈利·波特与死亡圣器》。
截至2008年,《哈利·波特》系列7本小说被翻译成67种文字在全球发行4亿册。
2010年,哈利·波特电影系列的完结篇《哈利·波特与死亡圣器》拍摄完成。
2014年12月上旬,罗琳在邮件中公布,2014年圣诞期间从2014月12日起,她在格林威治时间每天下午13时,通过pottermore发布1个新的“哈利·波特”系列故事的小故事,共有12个。
jk罗琳2008哈佛毕业演讲稿福斯特主席,哈佛公司和监察委员会的各位成员,各位老师、家长、全体毕业生们:a win-win situation! now all i have to do is take deep breaths, squint at thered banners and convince myself that i am at the world’s largest gryffindors reunion.首先请允许我说一声谢谢。
哈佛不仅给了我无上的荣誉,连日来为这个演讲经受的恐惧和紧张,更令我减肥成功。
jk罗琳2008哈佛毕业典礼演讲
JK罗琳 - 2008哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲2010-06-13 21:55/space-3594406-do-blog-id-1007584.htmlJK罗琳2008哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲译文(2009-10-24 18:47:39)转载标签:杂谈福斯特主席、哈佛同仁和监察委员会的各位员工,各位老师,家长、同学们: 首先请允许我说一声谢谢。
哈佛给予我的不仅仅是无上的荣誉,还有连日来因为一想到这个演讲,带来的恐惧以及恐惧导致的阵阵恶心让我减肥成功。
这真是一个双赢的局面。
现在我要做的就是深呼吸,眯着眼睛看着眼前的大红横幅,安慰自己只是在世界上最大的矮人大会上。
发表毕业演说是一个巨大的责任,我的思绪一下子回到自己的毕业典礼上。
那天做报告的是英国著名的哲学家Baroness Mary Warnock,通过对她的演讲的回忆对我写今天的演讲稿给予了极大地帮助。
因为我不记得她说过的任何一句话了,这个发现让我释然,让我不再有任何恐惧。
我可能会无意中影响你,放弃在商业、法律或政治等有前途的职业而为眩晕的愉悦成为一个快乐的魔法师。
你们都明白,如果在若干年后您还记得'快乐的魔法师'这个笑话,说明我已经超越了Baroness Mary Warnock。
可实现的目标:个人提高的第一步。
其实,我为今天应该告诉你们什么已经殚精竭虑了。
我曾问自己:我从毕业到现在的这些年里,学到和了解了什么重要的教训。
我已想出了两个答案。
在这个美好的一天,当我们正聚集在一起庆祝您毕业的时刻,我已决定与你们谈谈失败的好处;另一方面,你们站在'现实生活'的门槛上,我要歌颂至关重要的想象力。
这些似乎是不切实际或似是而非的选择,但请原谅我。
让一个已经42岁的人回顾在她21岁毕业时情景,是个让人有点不舒服的经历。
可以说,我人生的前一部分,一直挣扎在自己的雄心和身边的人对我的期望两者之间取得平衡。
我一直深信我唯一想做的事----写小说。
《哈利波特》作者罗琳在哈佛大学的演讲
《哈利波特》作者罗琳在哈佛大学的演讲《哈利波特》作者:罗琳在哈佛大学的演讲立波特作家罗琳在哈佛大学的演讲演说:失败的额外收益投资回报与想象力的重要性浮士德主席,纪检哈佛公司和监察委员会的各位成员,大学的员工,自豪的父母,以及所有的教师们:首先我想说的是“谢谢你们”。
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胃痛我丰胸成功。
这真是一个实现双赢的局面!现在我需要做的需要有就是七次深呼吸,眯着眼看着橙色的横幅,然后欺骗自己,让自己相信正在参加德育世界上受到最好教育群体的哈立哈利大会。
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。
那天的演讲者是英国的杰出哲学家 Baroness Marry Warnock. 对她演讲的回忆对暗中帮助我写这篇演讲稿帮助巨大,因为我发现她说的话我居然一个字都没有记住。
这个发现让我怅然,使我得以继续写完演讲稿,我不用再担心,那种想成为"gay wizard"(harry porter中的魔法大师)的眩晕的愉悦,可能会误导你们放弃在商业、法律、政治专业领域的大好前途。
你们看,如果你们在十多年三十多年后能记住“gay wizard”这个笑话,我就比Barkoness Mary Warnock有进步了。
所以,设定一个可以实现的目标是个人进步的第一步。
实际上,我已经绞尽脑汁、费劲心思过来想今天我应该讲什么好。
我问自己:我希望在自己毕业那天已经知道的是什么,而又有哪些重要的教训是我从那天开始到以前的21年间学会的。
我想起了两个答案。
在今天这个孤单的日子,我们聚在一起庆祝你们学习的成功时,我决定和你们决定谈谈功亏一篑的收益。
另外,当你们如今处于“现实生活”的入口处时,我想向你们颂扬想象力的重要性。
我选择的这两个答案似乎如同式幻想一样不切实际,或者显得荒谬,但是请抹杀我讲下去。
对于我这样一个也已42岁的人来说,回头看自己21岁毕业时的情景,并不是一件舒服的事情。
JK罗琳在哈佛的演讲--失败的附加值和想象力的重要性
失败的附加值和想象力的重要性——JK罗琳在哈佛的演讲福斯特校长,校理事会和校务监督委员会的成员们,各位老师,各位骄傲的父母们,还有最重要的,毕业生们:首先我要说谢谢,不只是因为哈佛给了我莫大的荣誉,也是因为这几个礼拜一直思考怎么做这个毕业演讲带来的焦虑和担忧让我成功地减了肥。
真是喜上加喜!现在我只需要做几个深呼吸,偷偷看着那面红色的旗子,然后骗自己说我正在一个受过世界最优秀的教育的哈利波特们的大会上。
做一个毕业演讲的责任很大。
但是当我回忆了一下我毕业的时候听到的毕业演讲以后,我改变了我的想法。
那天来做演讲的人是英国著名的哲学家baroness mary warnock 。
回忆她的演讲真的对我写这个稿子帮助很大,因为我发现我连一个字都不记得了。
这个发现让我大大地松了一口气,我不再担心有的人会因为我演讲而放弃他们很有前途的经济、法律或者是政治方面的工作,而为了放纵的快乐成为一名同性恋巫师。
你们看,就算你们以后回忆起我的演讲时只能记得这个“同性恋巫师”的笑话,我仍然会觉得自己比baroness mary warnock成功。
取得个人成功的第一步——给自己一个可以达到的目标。
实际上,为了想出合适的话题,我把自己弄得心力交瘁。
我问过我自己:“我希望我毕业的时候知道什么?”在这毕业之后的二十一年里,我又学到了那些宝贵的知识呢?我有两个答案。
在这个美好的日子里,在我们欢聚在一起庆祝你们取得的学术上的成就的时候,我决定要告诉你们失败的好处。
同时,因为你们已经站在了“现实”的门槛上,我打算赞美一下想象力的至关重要性。
这两个选择看起来奇怪而又相互矛盾,但请耐心地听我说完。
回头看刚毕业的21岁的我,让今天已经42岁的我感到一些不舒服。
21岁,我的生命到现在为止的前一半的时候,我努力地试图在自己的野心和家人的期望之间取得一个平衡。
我一直坚定地相信,我唯一想做的事情,就是写作。
但是我的父母,出生于贫寒家庭,从未上过大学,他们把我过于活跃的想象力看作一种只属于个人的怪癖,既不能用来偿还抵押贷款,又不能用来领福利救济。
jk罗琳的演讲稿在逆境中发现更好的自己
jk罗琳的演讲稿在逆境中发现更好的自己福斯特主席,哈佛公司和监察委员会的各位成员,各位老师、家长、全体毕业生们:首先请允许我说一声谢谢。
哈佛不仅给了我无上的荣誉,连日来为这个演讲经受的恐惧和紧张,更令我减肥成功。
这真是一个双赢的局面。
现在我要做的就是深呼吸几下,眯着眼睛看看前面的大红横幅,安慰自己正在世界上最大的格兰芬多聚会上。
发表毕业演说是一个巨大的责任,至少在我回忆自己当年的毕业典礼前是这么认为的。
那天做演讲的是英国著名的哲学家Baroness Mary Warnock,对她演讲的回忆,对我写今天的演讲稿,产生了极大的帮助,因为我不记得她说过的任何一句话了。
这个发现让我释然,让我不再担心我可能会无意中影响你放弃在商业,法律或政治上的大好前途,转而醉心于成为一个快乐的魔法师(gay有快乐和同性恋的意思)你们看,如果在若干年后你们还记得"快乐的魔法师“这个笑话,那就证明我已经超越了Baroness Mary Warnock。
建立可实现的目标这是提高自我的第一步。
实际上,我为今天应该和大家谈些什么绞尽了脑汁。
我问自己什么是我希望早在毕业典礼上就该了解的,而从那时起到现在的21年间,我又得到了什么重要的启示。
我想到了两个答案。
在这美好的一天,当我们一起庆祝你们取得学业成就的时刻,我希望告诉你们失败有什么样的益处;在你们即将迈向"现实生活"的道路之际,我还要褒扬想象力的重要性。
这些似乎是不切实际或自相矛盾的选择,但请先容我讲完。
回顾21岁刚刚毕业时的自己,对于今天42岁的我来说,是一个稍微不太舒服的经历。
可以说,我人生的前一部分,一直挣扎在自己的雄心和身边的人对我的期望之间。
我一直深信,自己唯一想做的事情,就是写小说。
不过,我的父母,他们都来自贫穷的背景,没有任何一人上过大学,坚持认为我过度的想象力是一个令人惊讶的个人怪癖,根本不足以让我支付按揭,或者取得足够的养老金。
我现在明白反讽就像用卡通铁砧去打击你,但.他们希望我去拿个职业学位,而我想去攻读英国文学。
J.K.罗琳:不要害怕失败
J.K.罗琳:不要害怕失败2008年哈佛大学毕业典礼致辞J.K.罗琳:英国作家著有《哈利〃波特》系列福特斯校长,哈佛集团的各位成员,监管理事会的各位理事,各位老师,各位自豪的家长,以及最重要的各位毕业生同学:我想说的第一句话,就是“谢谢”。
不仅因为哈佛给了我这样非同一般的荣誉,还因为为了构思今天的演讲,我忍受了几个星期的担惊受怕、茶饭不思的生活,使得我体重减轻。
这真可谓“双赢”啊!现在,我唯一要做的就是深呼吸,偷偷看一眼四周飘扬的红色旗帜,让自己相信真的来到了世界上最大的“格兰芬多”聚会。
在毕业典礼上发表演讲,是一项巨大的责任,令我倍感压力。
直到我回忆起了自己的毕业典礼,才稍稍放松。
那一次的演讲嘉宾是杰出的英国哲学家玛丽〃沃诺克。
回想她的演讲,极大地帮助我写作自己的演讲稿,因为我发现一点也不记得她的任何一句话了。
这个发现让我如释重负,不再害怕自己在不经意间就对你们产生影响,让你们放弃在商业、法律、政治方面的大好前途,去追求成为一个快乐巫师的那种令人眩晕的愉悦。
你们明白吗?如果多年以后,你们只记得我讲的这个“快乐巫师”的笑话,我就已经超过玛丽〃沃诺克了。
可以实现的目标,是自己改进的第一步。
实际上,我真的是绞尽脑汁,思索今天自己到底应该讲什么。
我问自己,当年我毕业的时候,希望知道哪些事情;以及21年后的今天,我又从人生中得到哪些重要的经验教训。
我得到了两个回答。
这个美妙的日子,我们聚集一堂,庆祝你们在学业上的成功,但是我决定跟你们说说失败的好处,以及当你们站在所谓“真实世界”的门槛之上的时候,我要颂扬想象力的重要性。
这样的主题可能看上去有点异想天开和自相矛盾,但是请听下去,对于一个42岁的妇女来说,回想自己21岁毕业时的情景,是一种稍稍令人不安的经历。
回到21年之前,我正遭受煎熬,不知道在自己内心的追求与父母对我的期望之间,应该如何平衡。
当时,我确信自己一生中唯一想做的事情,就是去写小说。
但是,我的父母出生贫寒,没有受过大学教育。
罗琳哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲稿
罗琳哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲稿罗琳哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲稿2008年6月5日是哈佛大学的毕业典礼,请来的演讲嘉宾是《哈利波特》的作者J.K.罗琳女士。
她的演讲题目是《失败的好处和想象的重要性》(The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination)。
她几乎没有谈到哈里波特,而是谈及年轻时一段非常艰辛的日子和对人生的思考。
”以下是英文文稿和中文翻译:The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of ImaginationHarvard University Commencement AddressJ.K. RowlingCopyright June 2008As prepared for deliveryPresident Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates.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 have endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win 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 Gryffindor reunion.Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can’t remembe r a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, the law or politics for the giddydelights of becoming a gay wizard.You see? If all you remember in years to come is the ‘gay wizard’ joke, I’ve come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievable goals: the first step to self improvement.Actually, I have wracked my mind and heart for what I ought to say to you today. I 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 have expired between that day and this.I have come up with two answers. On this wonderful day when we are gathered together to celebrate your academic success, I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of failure. And as you stand on the threshold of what is sometimes called ‘real life’, I want to extol the crucial importance of imagination.These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but please bear with me.Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do, ever, was to write novels. However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage, or secure a pension. I know that the irony strikes with the force of a cartoon anvil, now.So they hoped that I would take a vocational degree; I wanted to study English Literature. A compromise was reached that in retrospect satisfied nobody, and I went up to study Modern Languages. Hardly had my parents’ car rounded the corner at the end of the road than I ditched German and scuttled off down the Classics corridor.I cannot remember telling my parents that I was studying Classics; they might well have found out for the first time on graduation day. Of 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 bathroom.I would like to make it clear, in parenthesis, that I do not blame my parents for their point of view. There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you. What is more, I cannot criticise my parents for hoping that I would never experience poverty. They had been poor themselves, and I have since been poor, and I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.What I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty, but failure.At your age, in spite of a distinct lack of motivation at university, where I had spent far too long in the coffee bar writing stories, and far too little time at lectures, I had a knack for passing examinations, and that, for years, had been the measure of success in my life and that of my peers.。
罗琳2008年哈佛大学毕业演讲
罗琳2008年哈佛大学毕业演讲各位读友大家好,此文档由网络收集而来,欢迎您下载,谢谢Harvard University Commencement AddressRowlingTercentenary Theatre, June 5, 2008失败的好处和想象力的重要性哈佛大学毕业典礼罗琳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,哈佛公司和监察委员会的各位成员,各位老师、家长、全体毕业生们:The first thing I would like to say is “thank you.” Not only has Harvard givenme an extraordinaryhonour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I’ve endured at the thought of giving thiscommencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I have to do istake deep breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the world’s largestGryffindors’ reunion.首先请允许我说一声谢谢。
哈佛不仅给了我无上的荣誉,连日来为这个演讲经受的恐惧和紧张,更令我减肥成功。
这真是一个双赢的局面。
现在我要做的就是深呼吸几下,眯着眼睛看看前面的大红横幅,安慰自己正在世界上最大的魔法学院聚会上。
J.K.罗琳哈佛演讲:失败的好处和想象的重要性(节选)
J.K.罗琳哈佛演讲:失败的好处和想象的重要性(节选)J.K.罗琳毕业于英国埃克塞特大学,是英国有记录以来最畅销的作家,哈利·波特系列是她的代表作。
2018年12月,JK·罗琳入选“2018年全球收入最高作家排行榜”,以5400万美元的收入排第2名。
2008年,J.K. 罗琳在出席一次哈佛大学的毕业典礼时,发表演讲《失败的好处和想象的重要性》。
她几乎没有谈到哈里波特,而是谈及年轻时一段非常艰辛的日子和对人生的思考:面对失败和苦难,我们该如何自处?以下是演讲的节选,关于如何面对失败:Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do, ever, was to write novels.可以说,我人生的前一部分,一直挣扎在自己的雄心和身边的人对我的期望两者之间取得平衡。
我一直深信我唯一想做的事——写小说。
However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that could never pay a mortgage, or secure a pension.不过,我的父母两人都来自贫穷的背景,而且没有任何一人上过大学。
他们都坚持认为我过度的想象力是一个令人惊讶的个人怪癖,绝不可支付按揭或保证安稳的退休金。
JK罗琳哈佛毕业典礼英语演讲稿:畅想未来的职场生涯
JK罗琳哈佛毕业典礼英语演讲稿:畅想未来的职场生涯Ladies and gentlemen,It is an honor to stand before you today and deliver this speech. More than two decades ago, I sat where you are,filled with excitement and trepidation, wondering what the future had in store for me. Today, as I stand before you, I can honestly say that the journey has been nothing short of extraordinary.When I was sitting where you are now, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. All I knew was that I loved writing, and I loved telling stories. I remember my mother’s words to me as I headed off to Hogwarts in my first year –“Write what you know.” And so, I began to write what I knew – stories of wizards, witches, and magic.But what I learned is that you don’t have to write about what you know. You can write about anything that you want. You can create worlds that don’t exist and bring characters to life that never were. And that’s the beauty of writing –the freedom to create and imagine.My advice to you, as you graduate today, is to never stop creating and imagining. You may not know what the future holds, but you can make it anything you want it to be. It’s easy to get caught up in the practicalities of life –finding a job, paying bills, saving for retirement. But ifyou focus too much on the practicalities, you may lose sightof the dream.I remember my first book signing – I was so nervous that no one would show up. But I will never forget the feeling of seeing the first person in line, holding a copy of my book, waiting to get it signed. That feeling – the feeling of accomplishment, the feeling of making a connection with someone through words – is something that you can never forget.And so, I encourage you to pursue your dreams, whatever they may be. Don’t be afraid to fail, because fai lure is a necessary ingredient to success. Don’t be afraid to take risks, because risks often lead to the most rewarding experiences.As you embark on this next chapter of your life, remember that you have the power to make it anything you want it to be.You can create, imagine, and inspire. You have the power to change the world. So, go out there and do it.In conclusion, I want to leave you with one last piece of advice – always, always follow your dreams. No matter where they take you, no matter how difficult the road may be, your dreams are what make life worth living. Congratulations, Class of 2021. The journey has just begun.。
