比尔盖茨在哈佛大学毕业演讲.doc

地址：远大路世纪城远大园五区 9 号楼 ：88594404比尔比尔·盖茨在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲盖茨在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲President Bok, former President Rudenstine, incoming President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, parents, and especially, the graduates:尊敬的 Bok 校长，Rudenstine 前校长，即将上任的 Faust 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，各位家长，各位同学：president n. a) elected head of state in the US and many modern republics 总统; 国家主席: the President of the United States 美国总统b) (also President) head of some colleges, government bodies or departments, societies, etc （学院的）院长﹑ （政府部门或机构的）首长﹑ （社会团体等的）会长等: the President of the Board of Trade 贸易委员会主席c) (US) head of a bank, business firm, etc （银行的）行长﹑（公司等的）总经理﹑ 总裁﹑ 董事长等.former adj. [attrib 作定语] a) of an earlier period or time 以前的: the former world champion 前世界冠军地址：远大路世纪城远大园五区 9 号楼 ：88594404b) being the first mentioned of two things or people 前者的（两者中先提到的）: The former option favours the married man. 前一种选择对已婚男子有利.incoming adj. [attrib 作定语] a) coming in 正来临的: incoming telephone calls 打进来的b) recently elected or appointed; new or succeeding 新选的; 新任的; 新来的; 继任的: the incoming president 新任总裁.board n.a) group of people controlling a company or some other organization; committee; council （公司或其他机构的）主管人员; 委员会; 理事会; 董事会: the board of governors (of a school) （学校的）董事会faculty n. a) [C] any of the powers of the body or mind 官能; 才能; 能力: the faculty of sight 视力 b) [sing] ~ of/for doing sth particular ability for doing sth 做某事物的特殊才能: have a great faculty for learning languages 有学习语言的才能. C) [C] department or group of related departments in a university, etc （大学的）系, 科, 院: the Faculty of Law, Science, etc 法律学院﹑ 理学院.d)[CGp] all the lecturers, etc in one of these （大学的某系﹑ 科﹑ 院的）全体教员: [attrib 作定语] a faculty meeting （大学的某系﹑ 科﹑ 院的）全体教员会议. I've been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I'd come back and get my degree.“有一句话我等了三十年，现在终于可以说了：“老爸，我总是跟你说，我会回来拿到我的学位的！“I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I'll be changing my job next year ... and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.我要感谢哈佛大学在这个时候给我这个荣誉。

明年，我就要换工作了......我终于可以在简历上写我有一个大学学位，这真是不错啊背景提示背景提示】】比尔•盖茨在 1973 年考进了哈佛大学，在和现在微软的首席执行官史蒂夫·鲍尔默结成了好朋友1975 年，比尔盖茨离开了哈佛并把全部精力投入到他与孩童时代的好友 Paul Allen 在 1975 年地址：远大路世纪城远大园五区 9 号楼 ：88594404创建的微软公司中在计算机将成为每个家庭、每个办公室中最重要的工具这样信念的引导下，他们开始为个人计算机开发软件这篇是 2007 年 6 月 7 日比尔盖茨在哈佛大学上得毕业演讲，换工作指的是比尔盖茨决定退休，不再管理微软的日常事务，全心投入比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会毕业典礼时，比尔盖茨获得而来荣誉法学博士学位I applaud the graduates today for taking a much more direct route to your degrees. For my part, I'm just happy that the Crimson has called me “Harvard's most successful dropout.“ I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class ... I did the best of everyone who failed.我为今天在座的各位同学感到高兴，你们拿到学位可比我简单多了。

哈佛的校报称我是“哈佛大学历史上最成功的辍学生“我想这大概使我有资格代表我这一类学生发言......在所有的失败者里，我做得最好applaud v. a) [I, Tn] show approval of (sb/sth) by clapping the hands 向（某人[某事物]）鼓掌表示欢迎或赞赏: The crowd applauded (him/the perfomance) for five minutes. 群众（为他[演出]）鼓掌五分钟b) [Tn] praise (sb/sth); approve 称赞; 赞成: I applaud your decision. 我赞成你的决定for my part 对我来说对我来说For my part, I don't mind where we eat. 对我来说，到哪儿吃饭都无所谓dropout n. 辍学生辍学生A large number of dropout children have returned to school, thanks to government and social assistance. 多亏了政府和社会的帮助，很多失学儿童回到校园。

valedictorian n. (毕业典礼时毕业典礼时)致告别辞的学生代表致告别辞的学生代表If possible, I really want to be a valedictorian. 如果可能的话，我想当毕业典礼的学生代表do one’ best 尽力尽力类似的词语还有：spare no pains， make every effort 等But I also want to be recognized as the guy who got Steve Ballmer to drop out of business school. I'm a bad influence. That's why I was invited to speak at your graduation. If I had spoken at your orientation, fewer of you might be here today.但是，我还要提醒大家，我使得 Steve Ballmer 也从哈佛商学院退学了因此，我是个地址：远大路世纪城远大园五区 9 号楼 ：88594404有着恶劣影响力的人。

这就是为什么我被邀请来在你们的毕业典礼上演讲如果我在你们入学欢迎仪式上演讲，那么能够坚持到今天在这里毕业的人也许会少得多吧Steve Ballmer 微软微软 CEOdrop out (of sth)a) withdraw (from an activity, a contest, etc) （从活动﹑ 竞赛等中）退出b)leave school, university, etc without finishing one's courses 中途退学; 辍学:She got a scholarship to Cambridge but dropped out a year later. 她得到了剑桥大学的奖学金, 但一年以后就退学了.That's why 这就是这就是……的原因的原因That's why I came here alone. 这就是我为什么要单独来这里的原因If I had spoken at your orientation, fewer of you might be here today.这是一个虚拟语气句，是对过去的虚拟，所以从句要用过去完成时if 引导的条件状语从句可以分为两类：真实条件句（Sentences of Real Condition）和虚拟条件句。

凡是假设的情况发生性可能很大，就是真实条件句；当假设是不大可能实现时，就是虚拟条件句if 在条件状语从句中的虚拟语气有三种情况1. 表示与现在事实相反的情况其句子结构为：从句：if + 主语+ 动词的过去式(be 用 were) + ……主句：主语+ would (should, could , might) + 动词原形+ ……If I were you, I would read it again. 如果我是你的话，我再读一遍 （事实上我不是你）2. 表示与过去事实相反的虚拟条件句其句子结构为：从句：If + 主语+ had +过去完成式动词+ ……主句：主语+ would (should, could, might) + have +过去完成式动词+……If you had taken my advice, you would not have made such a mistake.如果你听了我的劝告,就不会犯这样的错误 （事实上你没有听我的劝告）3. 表示与将来事实相反的虚拟条件句 (对将来的事实实现的可能性不大)其句子结构为：从句：If + 主语+ should (或 w。