我是一名哥伦比亚大学的毕业生我知道可能会有一点同门弟子相争的劲儿但我还是为能够在你们今天的毕业典礼上讲话

　　To be your commencement speaker today although i've got to say you set a pretty high bar given the past three years.

　　而感到荣幸不过我得说你们在过去三年树立了相当高的标准

　　Hillary Clinton, Meryl Streep Sheryl Sandberg these are not easy acts to follow.

　　希拉里.克林顿 梅丽尔.斯特里普谢里尔.桑德伯格在她们之后出场可不容易

　　But I will point out Hillary is doing an extraordinary job as one of the finest Secretaries of State America has ever had We gave Meryl the Presidential Medal of Arts and Humanities.

　　但我要指出 希拉里的工作极为出色她是美国有史以来最杰出的国务卿之一我们已授予梅丽尔艺术与人文总统奖章

　　Sheryl is not just a good friend She's also one of our economic advisers So it's like the old saying goes, keep your friends close.

　　谢里尔不仅是一位好朋友她还是我们的经济顾问之一正如那句老话所说--亲近你的朋友

　　And your Barnard commencement speakers even closer There's wisdom in that.

　　但更要亲近在你们巴纳德学院毕业典礼上讲话的人这话寓意深长

　　Now, the year I graduated this area looks familiar the year I graduated was 1983.

　　话说我毕业那年这个地方看着眼熟我毕业于1983年