公众人物毕业演讲第133期:2013年克林顿在霍华德大学(12)（打印版）

　　Perhaps we'll never know what tipped the scales for those young men who did that terrible thing at the Boston Marathon

　　也许我们永远不会得知是什么让那些年轻人决定在波士顿马拉松赛上做出如此可怕的事情

　　Perhaps we will never fully understand what happened to that young man who drove the car bomb into Times Square

　　也许我们永远不会明白那个将汽车炸弹开进时报广场的年轻人是怎么想的

　　And all the others who found that all their cooperation options were closed, and only what they can say

　　而所有那些人发现他们同别人协作的可能性为零的时候而他们唯一一种向别人表达

　　"Hey, look at me. I'm matter. I mean something." is to take somebody else down If you were going to avoid that, you have to be able to begin again

　　你看我很重要我有价值的方式就是干掉别人如果你想避免此类事情你得学会重新开始

　　The thing I like about being here today is that you still like to laugh

　　今天在这里我感到很欣慰的一点就是你们还是爱笑的

　　It's a part of our culture, you know

　　知道吗这是我们文化的一部分

　　And it's an essential thing in life

　　而且是生命最本质的需求

　　But I will close with this story

　　我要以下面这个故事结束我的演讲

　　And I hope you will remember try to do something that makes you happy, try to find a way to serve,

　　我希望你们会记得去做那些能让你们感到开心的事情寻求能为大众服务的方法

　　try never to forget what we have in common is more important than our interesting and profoundly important differences

　　不要忘记我们之间的共同点要比我们有趣且极度重要的不同之处更为重要

　　And don't give up on yourself or your life

　　而且不要轻言放弃不要放弃生命

　　One of the most rewarding experiences that I had or have had since I left the White House

　　我有过的最有意义的经历之一或者说自从我离开白宫之后的经历

　　is the opportunity to work in South Asia after that horrible tsunami, which occurred a couple of years before Hurricane Katrina

　　就是在那场可怕的海啸过后到南亚工作的机会那场海啸发生于卡特里娜飓风的前几年

　　You remember that?

　　你们还记得吗？

　　It was devastating to Indonesia and Southeast India and Sri Lanka and the Maldives, parts of Thailand.

　　给印度尼西亚印度东南地区斯里兰卡马尔代夫还有泰国部分地区造成了毁灭性灾难

　　President Bush asked me to work for his father for a while

　　布什总统邀请我为他父亲工作一段时间

　　I did that. After that I worked for the UN for two years

　　我接受了在那之后我又在联合国工作过两年

　　And we had a great time

　　我们共事非常愉快

　　人物简介

　　美国前总统比尔·克林顿在2013年霍华德大学毕业典礼上的演讲。克林顿在演讲中肯定了霍华德大学师生对公共服务事业所做的贡献，强调了大学毕业生运用所获得的能力造福社会，选择快乐生活的重要性。