2017全球最佳毕业演讲

我祝你不幸并痛苦

From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly, so that you will come to know the value of justice.

　　我希望在未来岁月中，你能时不时地遭遇不公，唯有如此，你才能懂得公正的价值。

I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty.

　　我希望你尝到背叛的滋味，这样你才能领悟到忠诚之重要。

Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted.

　　抱歉，我还希望你们时常感到孤独，唯有如此，你才不会视朋友为理所当然。

I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.

　　我祝你们偶尔运气不佳，这样你才会意识到机遇在人生中扮演的角色，从而明白你的成功并非天经地义，而他人的失败也不是命中注定。

And when you lose, as you will from time to time, I hope every now and then, your opponent will gloat over your failure. It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship.

　　当你偶尔失败时，我愿你的对手时不时地会幸灾乐祸。这样你才能懂得互相尊重的竞技精神的重要。

I hope you’ll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others.

　　我希望你被人无视，唯有如此，你才懂得倾听他人有多重要。

And I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion.

　　我祝你感受足够的痛楚来学会同情。

约翰·罗伯茨(John Roberts)的经典演讲