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畢業(yè)典禮演講用英語

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文已影響人由普林斯頓大學(xué)博士畢業(yè)生汪冠春聽寫，“今

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官方微博：weibo.com/jinwankansha3年前上傳

NewYork:Iamhonoredtobewithyoutodayatyour

commencementfromoneofthefinestuniversitiesinthe

world.Inevergraduatedfromcollege.Truthbetold,

thisistheclosestI“veevergottentoacollege

graduation.TodayIwanttotellyouthreestoriesfrom

mylife.That“sit.Nobigdeal.Justthreestories.

Thefirststoryisaboutconnectingthedots.

IdroppedoutofReedCollegeafterthefirst

months,butthenstayedaroundasadrop-inforanother

18monthsorsobeforeIreallyquit.SowhydidIdrop

out?

ItstartedbeforeIwasborn.Mybiologicalmother

wasayoung,unwedcollegegraduatestudent,andshe

decidedtoputmeupforadoption.Shefeltvery

stronglythatIshouldbeadoptedbycollegegraduates,

soeverythingwasallsetformetobeadoptedatbirth

byalawyerandhiswife.ExceptthatwhenIpoppedout

theydecidedatthelastminutethattheyreallywanted

agirl.Somyparents,whowereonawaitinglist,got

acallinthemiddleofthenightasking:"Wehavean

unexpectedbabyboy;doyouwanthim?”Theysaid:"Of

course."Mybiologicalmotherlaterfoundoutthatmy

motherhadnevergraduatedfromcollegeandthatmy

fatherhadnevergraduatedfromhighschool.She

refusedtosignthefinaladoptionpapers.Sheonly

relentedafewmonthslaterwhenmyparentspromised

thatIwouldsomedaygotocollege.

And17yearslaterIdidgotocollege.ButI

naivelychoseacollegethatwasalmostasexpensive

asStanford,andallofmyworking-classparentsv

savingswerebeingspentonmycollegetuition.After

sixmonths,Icouldnvtseethevalueinit.Ihadno

ideawhatIwantedtodowithmylifeandnoideahow

collegewasgoingtohelpmefigureitout.Andhere

Iwasspendingallofthemoneymyparentshadsaved

theirentirelife.SoIdecidedtodropoutandtrust

thatitwouldallworkoutOK.Itwasprettyscaryat

thetime,butlookingbackitwasoneofthebest

decisionsIevermade.TheminuteIdroppedoutIcould

stoptakingtherequiredclassesthatdidn“tinterest

me,andbegindroppinginontheonesthatlooked

interesting.

Itwasn“tallromantic.Ididn“thaveadormroom,

soIsleptonthefloorinfriendsnrooms,Ireturned

cokebottlesforthe5depositstobuyfoodwith,and

Iwouldwalkthe7milesacrosstowneverySundaynight

togetonegoodmealaweekattheHareKrishnatemple.

Ilovedit.AndmuchofwhatIstumbledintobyfollowing

mycuriosityandintuitionturnedouttobepriceless

lateron.Letmegiveyouoneexample:

ReedCollegeatthattimeofferedperhapsthebest

calligraphyinstructioninthecountry.Throughoutthe

campuseveryposter,everylabeloneverydrawer,was

beautifullyhandcalligraphed.BecauseIhaddropped

outanddidn“thavetotakethenormalclasses,I

decidedtotakeacalligraphyclasstolearnhowtodo

this.Ilearnedaboutserifandsanseriftypefaces,

aboutvaryingtheamountofspacebetweendifferent

lettercombinations,aboutwhatmakesgreattypography

great.Itwasbeautiful,historical,artistically

subtleinawaythatsciencecan“tcapture,andIfound

itfascinating.

Noneofthishadevenahopeofanypractical

applicationinmylife.Buttenyearslater,whenwe

weredesigningthefirstMacintoshcomputer,itall

camebacktome.AndwedesigneditallintotheMac.

Itwasthefirstcomputerwithbeautifultypography.

IfIhadneverdroppedinonthatsinglecoursein

college,theMacwouldhaveneverhadmultiple

typefacesorproportionallyspacedfonts.Andsince

WindowsjustcopiedtheMac,it“slikelythatno

personalcomputerwouldhavethem.IfIhadnever

droppedout,Iwouldhaveneverdroppedinonthis

calligraphyclass,andpersonalcomputersmightnot

havethewonderfultypographythattheydo.Ofcourse

itwasimpossibletoconnectthedotslookingforward

whenIwasincollege.Butitwasvery,veryclear

lookingbackwardstenyearslater.

Again,youcan“tconnectthedotslookingforward;

youcanonlyconnectthemlookingbackwards.Soyouhave

totrustthatthedotswillsomehowconnectinyour

future.Youhavetotrustinsomething-yourgut,

destiny,life,karma,whatever.Thisapproachhasnever

letmedown,andithasmadeallthedifferenceinmy

life.

Mysecondstoryisaboutloveandloss.

Iwaslucky-IfoundwhatIlovedtodoearlyin

life.WozandIstartedAppleinmyparentsgaragewhen

Iwas20.Weworkedhard,andin10yearsApplehadgrown

fromjustthetwoofusinagarageintoa$2billion

companywithover4000employees.Wehadjustreleased

ourfinestcreation-theMacintosh-ayearearlier,

andIhadjustturned30.AndthenIgotfired.Howcan

yougetfiredfromacompanyyoustarted?Well,asApple

grewwehiredsomeonewhoIthoughtwasverytalented

torunthecompanywithme,andforthefirstyearor

sothingswentwell.Butthenourvisionsofthefuture

begantop>Ireallydidn“tknowwhattodofora

fewmonths.IfeltthatIhadlettheprevious

generationofentrepreneursdown-thatIhaddropped

thebatonasitwasbeingpassedtome.ImetwithDavid

PackardandBobNoyceandtriedtoapologizefor

screwingupsobadly.Iwasaverypublicfailure,and

Ieventhoughtaboutrunningawayfromthevalley.But

somethingslowlybegantodawnonme-Istillloved

whatIdid.TheturnofeventsatApplehadnotchanged

thatonebit.Ihadbeenrejected,butIwasstillin

love.AndsoIdecidedtostartover.

Ididn“tseeitthen,butitturnedoutthat

gettingfiredfromApplewasthebestthingthatcould

haveeverhappenedtome.Theheavinessofbeing

successfulwasreplacedbythelightnessofbeinga

beginneragain,lesssureabouteverything.Itfreed

metoenteroneofthemostcreativeperiodsofmylife.

Duringthenextfiveyears,Istartedacompany

namedNeXT,anothercompanynamedPixar,andfellin

lovewithanamazingwomanwhowouldbecomemywife.

Pixarwentontocreatetheworldsfirstcomputer

animatedfeaturefilm,ToyStory,andisnowthemost

successfulanimationstudiointheworld.Ina

remarkableturnofevents,AppleboughtNeXT,I

returnedtoApple,andthetechnologywedevelopedat

NeXTisattheheartofApple“scurrentrenaissance.

AndLaureneandIhaveawonderfulfamilytogether.

I“mprettysurenoneofthiswouldhavehappened

ifIhadn“tbeenfiredfromApple.Itwasawfultasting

medicine,butIguessthepatientneededit.Sometimes

lifehitsyouintheheadwithabrick.Don“tlosefaith.

I“mconvincedthattheonlythingthatkeptmegoing

wasthatIlovedwhatIdid.You“vegottofindwhat

youlove.Andthatisastrueforyourworkasitis

foryourlovers.Yourworkisgoingtofillalargepart

ofyourlife,andtheonlywaytobetrulysatisfied

istodowhatyoubelieveisgreatwork.Andtheonly

waytodogreatworkistolovewhatyoudo.Ifyou

haven“tfoundityet,keeplooking.Don°tsettle.As

withallmattersoftheheart,you"11knowwhenyou

findit.And,likeanygreatrelationship,itjustgets

betterandbetterastheyearsrollon.Sokeeplooking

untilyoufindit.Don“tsettle.

Mythirdstoryisaboutdeath.

WhenIwas17,Ireadaquotethatwentsomething

like:"Ifyouliveeachdayasifitwasyourlast,

somedayyou"11mostcertainlyberight."Itmadean

impressiononme,andsincethen,forthepast33years,

Ihavelookedinthemirroreverymorningandasked

myself:"Iftodaywerethelastdayofmylife,would

IwanttodowhatIamabouttodotoday?”Andwhenever

theanswerhasbeen"No”fortoomanydaysinarow,

IknowIneedtochangesomething.

RememberingthatI"11bedeadsoonisthemost

importanttoolI“veeverencounteredtohelpmemake

thebigchoicesinlife.Becausealmosteverything-

allexternalexpectations,allpride,allfearof

embarrassmentorfailure-thesethingsjustfallaway

inthefaceofdeath,leavingonlywhatistruly

important.Rememberingthatyouaregoingtodieisthe

bestwayIknowtoavoidthetrapofthinkingyouhave

somethingtolose.Youarealreadynaked.Thereisno

reasonnottofollowyourheart.

AboutayearagoIwasdiagnosedwithcancer.I

hadascanat7:30inthemorning,anditclearlyshowed

atumoronmypancreas.Ididn“tevenknowwhata

pancreaswas.Thedoctorstoldmethiswasalmost

certainlyatypeofcancerthatisincurable,andthat

Ishouldexpecttolivenolongerthanthreetosix

months.Mydoctoradvisedmetogohomeandgetmy

affairsinorder,whichisdoctornscodeforprepare

todie.Itmeanstotrytotellyourkidseverything

youthoughtyou“dhavethenext10yearstotellthem

injustafewmonths.Itmeanstomakesureeverything

isbuttonedupsothatitwillbeaseasyaspossible

foryourfamily.Itmeanstosayyourgoodbyes.

Ilivedwiththatdiagnosisallday.Laterthat

eveningIhadabiopsy,wheretheystuckanendoscope

downmythroat,throughmystomachandintomy

intestines,putaneedleintomypancreasandgotafew

cellsfromthetumor.Iwassedated,butmywife,who

wasthere,toldmethatwhentheyviewedthecellsunder

amicroscopethedoctorsstartedcryingbecauseit

turnedouttobeaveryrareformofpancreaticcancer

thatiscurablewithsurgery.IhadthesurgeryandI”m

finenow.

ThiswastheclosestI“vebeentofacingdeath,

andIhopeit“stheclosestIgetforafewmoredecades.

Havinglivedthroughit,Icannowsaythistoyouwith

abitmorecertaintythanwhendeathwasausefulbut

purelyintellectualconcept:

Noonewantstodie.Evenpeoplewhowanttogo

toheavendon“twanttodietogetthere.Andyetdeath

isthedestinationweal1share.Noonehaseverescaped

it.Andthatisasitshouldbe,becauseDeathisvery

likelythesinglebestinventionofLife.ItisLife”s

changeagent.Itclearsouttheoldtomakewayforthe

new.Rightnowthenewisyou,butsomedaynottoolong

fromnow,youwillgraduallybecometheoldandbe

clearedaway.Sorrytobesodramatic,butitisquite

true.

Yourtimeislimited,sodon“twasteitliving

someoneelse“slife.Don“tbetrappedbydogma-which

is1ivingwiththeresultsofotherpeoplensthinking.

Don“tletthenoiseofothers“opinionsdrownoutyour

owninnervoice.Andmostimportant,havethecourage

tofollowyourheartandintuition.Theysomehow

alreadyknowwhatyoutrulywanttobecome.Everything

elseissecondary.

WhenIwasyoung,therewasanamazingpublication

calledTheWholeEarthCatalog,whichwasoneofthe

biblesofmygeneration.Itwascreatedbyafellow

namedStewartBrandnotfarfromhereinMenloPark,

andhebroughtittolifewithhispoetictouch.This

wasinthelate1960"s,beforepersonalcomputersand

desktoppublishing,soitwasallmadewithtypewriters,

scissors,andPolaroidcameras.Itwassortoflike

Googleinpaperbackform,35yearsbeforeGooglecame

along:itwasidealistic,andoverflowingwithneat

toolsandgreatnotions.

StewartandhisteamputoutseveralissuesofThe

WholeEarthCatalog,andthenwhenithadrunitscourse,

theyputoutafinalissue.Itwasthemid-1970s,and

Iwasyourage.Onthebackcoveroftheirfinalissue

wasaphotographofanearlymorningcountryroad,the

kindyoumightfindyourselfhitchhikingonifyouwere

soadventurous.Beneathitwerethewords:"Stay

Hungry.StayFoolish."Itwastheirfarewellmessage

astheysignedoff.StayHungry.StayFoolish.AndI

havealwayswishedthatformyself.Andnow,asyou

graduatetobeginanew,Iwishthatforyou.

StayHungry.StayFoolish.

Thankyouallverymuch.

朱棣文,

美國(guó)物理學(xué)家，生于美國(guó)圣路易斯；華人血統(tǒng)，祖籍

中國(guó)江蘇太倉，曾獲得諾貝爾物理學(xué)獎(jiǎng)?，F(xiàn)任美國(guó)能源部部

長(zhǎng)。

1970年，獲羅徹斯特大學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)學(xué)士和物理學(xué)學(xué)士。

1976年，獲加州大學(xué)伯克利分校物理學(xué)博士。

1987年，任斯坦福大學(xué)物理學(xué)教授，是該校第一位華

裔教授。

1993年，當(dāng)選美國(guó)國(guó)家科學(xué)院院士。

1997年，獲諾貝爾物理學(xué)獎(jiǎng)。

2004年，任勞倫斯?伯克利國(guó)家實(shí)驗(yàn)室主任，是首位掌

管這個(gè)美國(guó)能源部下屬國(guó)家實(shí)驗(yàn)室的亞裔人士。

2009年，出任奧巴馬政府能源部長(zhǎng)。

【正文】

MadamPresidentFaust,membersoftheHarvard

CorporationandtheBoardofOverseers,faculty,family,

friends,and,mostimportantly,today?sgraduates,

尊敬的Faust校長(zhǎng)，哈佛集團(tuán)的各位成員，監(jiān)管理事

會(huì)的各位理事，各位老師，各位家長(zhǎng)，各位朋友，以及最重

要的各位畢業(yè)生同學(xué)，

Thankyouforlettingmesharethiswonderfulday

withyou.

感謝你們，讓我有機(jī)會(huì)同你們一起分享這個(gè)美妙的日

子。

IamnotsureIcanliveuptothehighstandards

ofHarvardCommencementspeakers.Lastyear,J.K.

Rowling,thebillionairenovelist,whostartedasa

classicsstudent,gracedthispodium.Theyearbefore,

BillGates,themega-bi11ionairephilanthropistand

computernerdstoodhere.Today,sadly,youhaveme.

Iamnotwealthy,butatleastIamanerd.

我不太肯定，自己夠得上哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮演講人這

樣的殊榮。去年登上這個(gè)講臺(tái)的是，英國(guó)億萬身家的小說家

J.K.Rowling女士，她最早是一個(gè)古典文學(xué)的學(xué)生。前年站

在這里的是比爾？蓋茨先生，他是一個(gè)超級(jí)富翁、一個(gè)慈善

家和電腦天才。今年很遺憾，你們的演講人是我，雖然我不

是很有錢，但是至少我是一個(gè)書呆子。

Iamgratefultoreceiveanhonorarydegreefrom

Harvard,anhonorthatmeansmoretomethanyoumight

caretoimagine.Yousee,Iwastheacademicblacksheep

ofmyfamily.MyolderbrotherhasanM.D./Ph.D.from

MITandHarvardwhilemyyoungerbrotherhasalaw

degreefromHarvard.WhenIwasawardedaNobelPrize,

Ithoughtmymotherwouldbepleased.Notso.WhenI

calledheronthemorningoftheannouncement,she

replied,"That'snice,butwhenareyougoingtovisit

menext."Now,asthelastbrotherwithadegreefrom

Harvard,maybe,atlast,shewillbesatisfied.

我很感激哈佛大學(xué)給我榮譽(yù)學(xué)位，這對(duì)我很重要，也

許比你們會(huì)想到的還要重要。要知道，在學(xué)術(shù)上，我是我們

家的異類。我的哥哥在麻省理工學(xué)院得到醫(yī)學(xué)博士，在哈佛

大學(xué)得到哲學(xué)博士；我的弟弟在哈佛大學(xué)得到一個(gè)法律學(xué)

位。我本人得到諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的時(shí)候，我想我的媽媽會(huì)高興。但

是，我錯(cuò)了。消息公布的那天早上，我給她打電話，她聽了

只說：“這是好消息，不過我想知道，你下次什么時(shí)候來看

我？”如今在我們兄弟當(dāng)中，我最終也拿到了哈佛學(xué)位，我

想這一次，她會(huì)感到滿意。

AnotherdifficultywithgivingaHarvard

commencementaddressisthatsomeofyoumaydisapprove

ofthefactthatIhaveborrowedmaterialfromprevious

speeches.Iaskthatyouforgivemefortworeasons.

在哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)表演說，還有一個(gè)難處，那

就是你們中有些人可能有意見，不喜歡我重復(fù)前人演講中說

過的話。我要求你們諒解我，因?yàn)閮蓚€(gè)理由。

First,inordertohaveimpact,itisimportant

todeliverthesamemessagemorethanonce.Inscience,

itisimportanttobethefirstpersontomakea

discovery,butitisevenmoreimportanttobethelast

persontomakethatdiscovery.

首先，為了產(chǎn)生影響力，很重要的方法就是重復(fù)傳遞

同樣的信息。在科學(xué)中，第一個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)者是重要的，但是在得

到公認(rèn)前，最后一個(gè)做出這個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)的人也許更重要。

Second,authorswhoborrowfromothersare

followinginthefootstepsofthebest.RalphWaldo

Emerson,whograduatedfromHarvardattheageof18,

noted“AHmybestthoughtswerestolenbythe

ancients."Picassodeclared“Goodartistsborrow.

Greatartistssteal."Whyshouldcommencement

speakersbeheldtoahigherstandard?

其次，一個(gè)借鑒他人的作者，正走在一條前人開辟的

最佳道路上。哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)生、詩人愛默生曾經(jīng)寫下：“我

最好的一些思想，都是從古人那里偷來的。”畫家畢加索宣

稱“優(yōu)秀的藝術(shù)家借鑒，偉大的藝術(shù)家偷竊?！蹦敲礊槭裁?/p>

畢業(yè)典禮的演說者，就不適用同樣的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)呢？

Ialsowanttopointouttheironyofspeakingto

graduatesofaninstitutionthatwouldhaverejected

me,hadIthechutzpahtoapply.Iammarriedto”Dean

Jean,“theformerdeanofadmissionsatStanford.She

assuresmethatshewouldhaverejectedme,ifgiven

thechance.WhenIshowedheradraftofthisspeech,

sheobjectedstronglytomyuseoftheword

“rejected."Sheneverrejectedapplicants;her

lettersstatedthat“weareunabletoofferyou

admission."Ihavedifficultyunderstandingthe

difference.Afterall,deansofadmissionsofhighly

selectiveschoolsareinreality,“deansof

rejection."Clearly,Ihavealottolearnabout

marketing.

我還要指出一點(diǎn)，向哈佛畢業(yè)生發(fā)表演說，對(duì)我來說

是有諷刺意味的，因?yàn)槿绻?dāng)年我斗膽向哈佛大學(xué)遞交入學(xué)

申請(qǐng)，一定會(huì)被拒絕。我的妻子Jean當(dāng)過斯坦福大學(xué)的招

生主任，她向我保證，如果當(dāng)年我申請(qǐng)斯坦福大學(xué)，她會(huì)拒

絕我。我把這篇演講的草稿給她過目，她強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)我使用

“拒絕”這個(gè)詞，她從來不拒絕任何申請(qǐng)者。在拒絕信中，

她總是寫：“我們無法提供你入學(xué)機(jī)會(huì)?！蔽曳植磺鍍烧叩?/p>

底有何差別。不過，那些大熱門學(xué)校的招生主任總是很現(xiàn)實(shí)

的，堪稱“拒絕他人的主任”。很顯然，我需要好好學(xué)學(xué)怎

么來推銷自己。

Myaddresswillfollowtheclassicalsonataform

ofcommencementaddresses.Thefirstmovement,just

presented,werelight-heartedremarks.Thisnext

movementconsistsofunsolicitedadvice,whichis

rarelyvalued,seldomremembered,neverfollowed.As

OscarWildesaid,“Theonlythingtodowithgood

adviceistopassiton.Itisneverofanyuseto

oneself."So,herecomestheadvice.First,everytime

youcelebrateanachievement,bethankfultothosewho

madeitpossible.Thankyourparentsandfriendswho

supportedyou,thankyourprofessorswhowere

inspirational,andespeciallythanktheother

professorswhoseless-than-brilliantlecturesforced

youtoteachyourself.Goingforward,theabilityto

teachyourselfisthehallmarkofagreatliberalarts

educationandwillbethekeytoyoursuccess.Toyour

fellowstudentswhohaveaddedimmeasurablytoyour

educationduringthoselatenightdiscussions,hugthem.

Also,ofcourse,thankHarvard.Shouldyouforget,

there'sanalumniassociationtoremindyou.Second,

inyourfuturelife,cultivateagenerousspirit.In

allnegotiations,don'tbargainforthelast,little

advantage.Leavethechangeonthetable.Inyour

collaborations,alwaysrememberthat“credit“isnot

aconservedquantity.Inasuccessfulcollaboration,

everybodygets90percentofthecredit.

畢業(yè)典禮演講都遵循古典奏鳴曲的結(jié)構(gòu)，我的演講也

不例外。剛才是第一樂章一一輕快的閑談。接下來的第二樂

章是送上門的忠告。這樣的忠告很少有價(jià)值，兒乎注定被忘

記，永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)被實(shí)踐。但是，就像王爾德說的：“對(duì)于忠告,

你所能做的，就是把它送給別人，因?yàn)樗鼘?duì)你沒有任何用

處。”所以，下面就是我的忠告。第一，取得成就的時(shí)候，

不要忘記前人。要感謝你的父母和支持你的朋友，要感謝那

些啟發(fā)過你的教授，尤其要感謝那些上不好課的教授，因?yàn)?/p>

他們迫使你自學(xué)。從整體看，自學(xué)能力是優(yōu)秀的文科教育中

必不可少的，將成為你成功的關(guān)鍵。你還要去擁抱你的同學(xué),

感謝他們同你進(jìn)行過的許多次徹夜長(zhǎng)談，這為你的教育帶來

了無法衡量的價(jià)值。當(dāng)然，你還要感謝哈佛大學(xué)。不過即使

你忘了這一點(diǎn)，校友會(huì)也會(huì)來提醒你。第二，在你們未來的

人生中，做一個(gè)慷慨大方的人。在任何談判中，都把最后一

點(diǎn)點(diǎn)利益留給對(duì)方。不要把桌上的錢都拿走。在合作中，不

要把榮譽(yù)留給自己。成功合作的任何一方，都應(yīng)獲得全部榮

譽(yù)的90%。

JimmyStewart,asElwoodP.Dowdinthemovie

“Harvey”gotitexactlyright.Hesaid:"Yearsago

mymotherusedtosaytome,'Inthisworld,Elwood,

youmustbe…shealwaysusedtocallmeElwoodin

thisworld,Elwood,youmustbeohsosmartorohso

pleasant.'"Well,foryearsIwassmart....I

recommendpleasant.Youmayquotemeonthat.

電影《Harvey》中，JimmyStewart扮演的角色Elwood

P.Dowd,就完全理解這一點(diǎn)。他說：“多年前，母親曾經(jīng)

對(duì)我說，"Elwood,活在這個(gè)世界上，你要么做一個(gè)聰明人，

要么做一個(gè)好人。'"我做聰明人，已經(jīng)做了好多年了?！?/p>

但是，我推薦你們做好人。你們可以引用我這句話。

Mythirdpieceofadviceisasfollows:Asyou

beginthisnewstageofyourlives,followyourpassion.

Ifyoudon'thaveapassion,don,tbesatisfieduntil

youfindone.Lifeistooshorttogothroughitwithout

caringdeeplyaboutsomething.WhenIwasyourage,I

wasincrediblysingle-mindedinmygoaltobea

physicist.Aftercollege,Ispenteightyearsasa

graduatestudentandpostdocatBerkeley,andthennine

yearsatBellLabs.Duringthatmytime,mycentral

focusandprofessionaljoywasphysics.

我的第三個(gè)忠告是，當(dāng)你開始生活的新階段時(shí)，請(qǐng)跟

隨你的愛好。如果你沒有愛好，就去找，找不到就不罷休。

生命太短暫，所以不能空手走過，你必須對(duì)某樣?xùn)|西傾注你

的深情。我在你們這個(gè)年齡，是超級(jí)的一根筋，我的目標(biāo)就

是非成為物理學(xué)家不可。本科畢業(yè)后，我在加州大學(xué)伯克利

分校又待了8年，讀完了研究生，做完了博士后，然后去貝

爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室待了9年。在這些年中，我關(guān)注的中心和職業(yè)上的

全部樂趣，都來自物理學(xué)。

Hereismyfinalpieceofadvice.Pursuinga

personalpassionisimportant,butitshouldnotbeyour

onlygoal.Whenyouareoldandgray,andlookbackon

yourlife,youwillwanttobeproudofwhatyouhave

done.Thesourceofthatpridewon'tbethethingsyou

haveacquiredortherecognitionyouhavereceived.It

willbethelivesyouhavetouchedandthedifference

youhavemade.

我還有最后一個(gè)忠告，就是說興趣愛好固然重要，但

是你不應(yīng)該只考慮興趣愛好。當(dāng)你白發(fā)蒼蒼、垂垂老矣、回

首人生時(shí)，你需要為自己做過的事感到自豪。物質(zhì)生活和你

實(shí)現(xiàn)的占有欲，都不會(huì)產(chǎn)生自豪。只有那些受你影響、被你

改變過的人和事，才會(huì)讓你產(chǎn)生自豪。

AfternineyearsatBelllabs,Idecidedtoleave

thatwarm,cozyivorytowerforwhatIconsideredto

betheurealworld,auniversity.BellLabs,toquote

whatwassaidaboutMaryPoppins,wasupractically

perfectineveryway,“butIwantedtoleavebehind

somethingmorethanscientificarticles.Iwantedto

teachandgivebirthtomyownsetofscientific

children.

在貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室待了9年后，我決定離開這個(gè)溫暖舒適

的象牙塔，走進(jìn)我眼中的“真實(shí)世界”——大學(xué)。我對(duì)貝爾

實(shí)驗(yàn)室的看法，可以引用MaryPoppins的話，“實(shí)際上十

全十美”。但是，我想離開那種僅僅是科學(xué)論文的生活。我

要去教書，培育我自己在科學(xué)上的后代。

TedGeballe,afriendanddistinguishedcolleague

ofmineatStanford,whoalsowentfromBerkeleytoBell

LabstoStanfordyearsearlier,describedourmotives

best:

我在斯坦福大學(xué)有一個(gè)好友兼杰出同事TedGeballeo

他也是從伯克利分校去了貝爾實(shí)驗(yàn)室，幾年前又離開貝爾實(shí)

驗(yàn)室去了斯坦福大學(xué)。他對(duì)我們的動(dòng)機(jī)做出了最佳描述：

“Thebestpartofworkingatauniversityisthe

students.Theycomeinfresh,enthusiastic,opento

ideas,unscarredbythebattlesoflife.Theydon”t

realizeit,butthey“retherecipientsofthebestour

societycanoffer.Ifamindiseverfreetobecreative,

that“sthetime.Theycomeinbelievingtextbooksare

authoritative,buteventuallytheyfigureoutthat

textbooksandprofessorsdon“tknoweverything,and

thentheystarttothinkontheirown.Then,Ibegin

learningfromthem.”

“在大學(xué)工作，最大的優(yōu)點(diǎn)就是學(xué)生。他們生機(jī)勃勃，

充滿熱情，思想自由，還沒被生活的重壓改變。雖然他們自

己沒有意識(shí)到，但是他們是這個(gè)社會(huì)中你能找到的最佳受

眾。如果生命中只有一段時(shí)間是思想自由和充滿創(chuàng)造力，那

么那段時(shí)間就是你在讀大學(xué)。進(jìn)校時(shí)，學(xué)生們對(duì)課本上的一

字一句毫不懷疑，漸漸地，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)課本和教授并不是無所

不知的，于是他們開始獨(dú)立思考。從那時(shí)起，就是我開始向

他們學(xué)習(xí)了。”

Mystudents,postdoctoralfellows,andtheyoung

researcherswhoworkedwithmeatBellLabs,Stanford,

andBerkeleyhavebeenextraordinary.Over30former

groupmembersarenowprofessors,manyatthebest

researchinstitutionsintheworld,includingHarvard.

Ihavelearnedmuchfromthem.Evennow,inraremoments

onweekends,theremainingmembersofmybiophysics

groupmeetwithmeintheetherworldofcyberspace.

我教過的學(xué)生、帶過的博士后、合作過的年輕同事，

都非常優(yōu)秀。他們中有30多人，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)是教授了。他們

所在的研究機(jī)構(gòu)有不少是全世界第一流的，其中就包括哈佛

大學(xué)。我從他們身上學(xué)到了很多東西。即使現(xiàn)在，我偶爾還

會(huì)周末上網(wǎng)，向現(xiàn)在還從事生物物理學(xué)研究的學(xué)生請(qǐng)教。

Ibeganteachingwiththeideaofgivingback;I

receivedmorethanIgave.Thisbringsmetothefinal

movementofthisspeech.Itbeginswithastoryabout

anextraordinaryscientificdiscoveryandanewdilemma

thatitposes.It'sacalltoarmsandaboutmaking

adifference.

我懷著回報(bào)社會(huì)的想法，開始了教學(xué)生涯。我的一生

中，得到的多于我付出的，所以我要回報(bào)社會(huì)。這就引出了

這次演講的最后一個(gè)樂章。首先我要講一個(gè)了不起的科學(xué)發(fā)

現(xiàn)，以及由此帶來的新挑戰(zhàn)。它是一個(gè)戰(zhàn)斗的號(hào)令，到了做

出改變的時(shí)候了。

Inthelastseveraldecades,ourclimatehasbeen

changing.Climatechangeisnotnew:theEarthwent

throughsixiceagesinthepastOO,000years.However,

recentmeasurementsshowthattheclimatehasbegunto

changerapidly.ThesizeoftheNorthPolarIceCapin

themonthofSeptemberisonlyhalfthesizeitwasa

mere50yearsago.Thesealevelwhichbeenrisingsince

directmeasurementsbeganin1870ataratethatisnow

fivetimesfasterthanitwasatthebeginningof

recordedmeasurements.Here'stheremarkable

scientificdiscovery.Forthefirsttimeinhuman

history,scienceisnowmakingpredictionsofhowour

actionswillaffectthewor1d50and100yearsfromnow.

Thesechangesareduetoanincreaseincarbondioxide

putintotheatmospheresincethebeginningofthe

IndustrialRevolution.TheEarthhaswarmedupby

roughly0.8degreesCelsiussincethebeginningofthe

Revolution.Thereisalreadyapproximatelya1degree

risebuiltintothesystem,evenifwestopall

greenhousegasemissionstoday.Why?Itwilltake

decadestowarmupthedeepoceansbeforethe

temperaturereachesanewequilibrium.

過去幾十年中，我們的氣候一直在發(fā)生變化。氣候變

化并不是現(xiàn)在才有的，過去60萬年中就發(fā)生了6次冰河期。

但是，現(xiàn)在的測(cè)量表明氣候變化加速了。北極冰蓋在9月份

的大小，只相當(dāng)于50年前的一半。1870年起，人們開始測(cè)

量海平面上升的速度，現(xiàn)在的速度是那時(shí)的5倍。一個(gè)重大

的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)就這樣產(chǎn)生了?？茖W(xué)第一次在人類歷史上，預(yù)測(cè)

出我們的行為對(duì)50^100年后的世界有何影響。這些變化的

原因是，從工業(yè)革命開始，人類排放到大氣中的