奥普拉·温弗瑞斯坦福大学毕业仪式英语演讲稿.docx

奥普拉·温弗瑞斯坦福大学毕业仪式英语演讲稿 　　Feelings, Failure and Finding Happiness　　感觉、失败及寻求幸福　　Thank you, President Hennessy, and to thetrustees and the faculty, to all of the parents andgrandparents, to you, the Stanford graduates. Thank you for letting me share this amazing daywith you.　　Hennessy校长，全体教员，家长，还有斯坦福的毕业生门，很感谢你们感谢你们让我和你们分享这美好的一天　　I need to begin by letting everyone in on a little secret. The secret is that Kirby Bumpus,Stanford Class of '08, is my goddaughter. So, I was thrilled when President Hennessy asked meto be your Commencement speaker, because this is the first time I've been allowed on campussince Kirby's been here.　　我决定透漏一个小秘密给大家来作为这次演讲的开始。

这个秘密就是Kirby Bumpus，斯坦福2021年的毕业生，是我的义女因此当Hennessy校长让我来做演讲时，我受宠若惊，因为自从Kirby来这上学以来，这是我第一次被许可到斯坦福来　　You see, Kirby's a very smart girl. She wants people to get to know her on her own terms, shesays. Not in terms of who she knows. So, she never wants anyone who's first meeting her toknow that I know her and she knows me. So, when she first came to Stanford for new studentorientation with her mom, I hear that they arrived and everybody was so welcoming, andsomebody came up to Kirby and they said, "Ohmigod, that's Gayle King!" Because a lot ofpeople know Gayle King as my BFF [best friend forever].　　正如你们知道的那样Kirby是一个很聪慧的女孩。

她说，她期望大家经过她自己的努力了解她，而不是她认识谁所以她历来不期望每一个第一次见到她的人知道她认识我当她和她母亲第一次来到斯坦福参与开学仪式时，我听说每个人全部十分热情她们说：“我的天啊，那是Gayle King”因为大家全部知道Gayle King是我最好的好友　　And so somebody comes up to Kirby, and they say, "Ohmigod, is that Gayle King?" And Kirby'slike, "Uhhuh. She's my mom."And so the person says, "Ohmigod, does it mean, like, you knowOprah Winfrey?"And Kirby says, "Sort of."　　有些人走到Kirby面前，对Kirby说：“我的天啊，那是Gayle King吗?”Kirby说：“嗯，她是我母亲然后大家说：“我的天啊，莫非说，你认识Oprah WinfreyKirby说：“有点吧　　I said, "Sort of? You sort of know me?" Well, I have photographic proof. I have pictures which Ican email to you all of Kirby riding horsey with me on all fours. So, I more than sortof knowKirby Bumpus. And I'm so happy to be here, just happy that I finally, after four years, get tosee her room. There's really nowhere else I'd rather be, because I'm so proud of Kirby, whograduates today with two degrees, one in human bio and the other in psychology. Love you,Kirby Cakes! That's how well I know her. I can call her Cakes.　　我说：“有一点。

你有一点认识我”我还有照片为证我能够把Kirby 和我骑马时的照片email给你们所以我不但仅只是有点认识Kirby Bumpus我很快乐来到这里，因为四年来我第一次来到她的寝室我为Kirby感到自豪，因为她取得了人类生物学和心理学的双学位这就是我多么的了解她我能够叫她Cakes　　And so proud of her mother and father, who helped her get through this time, and her brother,Will. I really had nothing to do with her graduating from Stanford, but every time anybody'sasked me in the past couple of weeks what I was doing, I would say, "I'm getting ready to go toStanford."　　我为她的父母感到骄傲，她的父母给了她很大帮助，还有她的哥哥Will我对Kirby大学四年真的没有什么帮助不过在过去的几周里，每当大家问我在做什么时，我全部会说：“我正准备去斯坦福”　　I just love saying "Stanford." Because the truth is, I know I would have never gotten my degreeat all, 'cause I didn't go to Stanford. I went to Tennessee State University. But I never wouldhave gotten my diploma at all, because I was supposed to graduate back in 1975, but I wasshort one credit. And I figured, I'm just going to forget it, 'cause, you know, I'm not going tomarch with my class. Because by that point, I was already on television. I'd been in televisionsince I was 19 and a sophomore. Granted, I was the only television anchor person that had an11 o'clock curfew doing the 10 o'clock news.　　我就是喜爱这么说Stanford(用一个奇怪的语气)。

因为这是真的，我知道根本不会拿到我的学位，因为我没有去斯坦福念书我去了Tennessee 州立大学不过我原来不会拿到我的毕业证，因为我本应该在1975年毕业，不过我少了一个学分我认为我还是会忘了这件事你们知道，我不会比得上我的同班同学因为我已经上了电视我在19岁还是大学二年级的时候就已经上了电视我是唯一一个电视节目主持人，即使有11点的宵禁，却做着10点钟的新闻　　Seriously, my dad was like, "Well, that news is over at 10:30. Be home by 11."　　But that didn't matter to me, because I was earning a living. I was on my way. So, I thought,I'm going to let this college thing go and I only had one credit short. But, my father, from thattime on and for years after, was always on my case, because I did not graduate. He'd say, "Oprah Gail"—that's my middle name—"I don't know what you're gonna do without thatdegree." And I'd say, "But, Dad, I have my own television show."　　严厉地说，我父亲告诉我，“好吧，新闻10：30结束。

11点之前到家不过这对我并不主要，因为我已经自食其力了我在走我自己的路因此我想，我不能让有关我大学的那件事就这么过去，我还少一个学分不过我的父亲从那时起却成了问题因为我没有毕业，她总是说：“Oprah Gail(我的中间名字)，我不知道没有学位你能做些什么然后我说：“不过，父亲，我已经有我自己的电视节目啦　　And he'd say, "Well, I still don't know what you're going to do without that degree."　　And I'd say, "But, Dad, now I'm a talk show host." He'd say, "I don't know how you're going toget another job without that degree."　　她说：“好吧，不过我还是不知道没有那个学位你能干什么我说：“不过，父亲，现在我已经是脱口秀的主持人了”她还是说：“我不知道没有那个学位你怎么去找其它的工作　　So, in 1987, Tennessee State University invited me back to speak at their commencement. Bythen, I had my own show, was nationally syndicated. I'd made a movie, had been nominated foran Oscar and founded my company, Harpo. But I told them, I cannot come and give a speechunless I can earn one more cr。