脱口秀主持人、20 世纪最富有的美国黑人Oprah (欧普拉) 在史丹佛大学 2008 年毕业典礼的演讲,Oprah 在演讲里分享 3 个人生经验,Oprah 说话咬字清楚,应该可利读者英文听力学习,此演讲稿长约 4,300 字,愈后面愈精采,内容非常值得省思。
Thank you, President Hennessy, and to the trustees and the faculty, to all of the parents and grandparents, to you, the Stanford graduates. Thank you for letting me share this amazing day with you.
谢谢,轩尼诗校长,董事及教职人员,所有的家长及祖父母们,还有你,史丹佛的毕业生。谢谢你们让我和你分享这个特别的日子。
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 me to be your Commencement speaker, because this is the first time I’ve been allowed on campus since Kirby’s been here.
我在开始要告诉大家一个小祕密,就是史丹佛 2008 年的毕业生 Kirby Bumpus,是我的教女,所以当轩尼诗校长要请我当你们的毕业典礼致词人时,我相当的开心,因为自从 Kirby 来此校园后,这是我第一次被淮许来访。