If you’ve learned anything in your years here I hope it’s that education should be for, rather than material advantage, the exhilaration of learning. You’ve learned, too, I hope, as Sophocles assured us, that wisdom is the chief element of happiness. (Second is ice cream… just an fyi) I also hope you’ve learned enough to recognize how little you know… how little you know now… at the moment… for today is just the beginning. It’s where you go from here that matters。

　　如果你在高中岁月里有学到任何东西，我希望是教育的本质——乐在学习，而不是物质上的优势。我也希望你们学习到，如Sophocles(古希腊悲剧作家)所说的，智能是快乐的首要元素；第二个是冰淇淋-仅供参考。我也希望你所学的足以使你体认到自己的不足，了解自己目前所知的是多么地少。因为今天只是一个开始，重要的是今后的学习。

　　As you commence, then, and before you scatter to the winds, I urge you to do whatever you do for no reason other than you love it and believe in its importance. Don’t bother with work you don’t believe in any more than you would a spouse you’re not crazy about, lest you too find yourself on the wrong side of a Baltimore Orioles comparison. Resist the easy comforts of complacency, the specious glitter of materialism, the narcotic paralysis of self-satisfaction. Be worthy of your advantages. And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life. Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might. And do so, please, with a sense of urgency, for every tick of the clock subtracts from fewer and fewer； and as surely as there are commencements there are cessations, and you’ll be in no condition to enjoy the ceremony attendant to that eventuality no matter how delightful the afternoon。

　　当你们毕业后，准备大展鸿图之前，我建议你们，不管做任何事，都应基于热爱和相信它的重要性。别费心理会你根本不相信的事，就像你不会跟一位你并未疯狂爱上的伴侣结婚；也避免让自己在巴尔的摩金莺队的比赛中站错边。

　　别志得意满；别被物质主义华而不实的光芒蒙蔽；别被自我满足麻痹；别愧对自己的优势。并阅读…养成阅读习惯；阅读跟原则和自重有关，把阅读当成生活中的精神食粮。培养及保持道德感，并展现道德品格；拥有远大梦想，并努力实现；进行独立思考；全心全意地爱你所爱的一切人事物。请一定要把握时间，及时行动，因为时间正一分一秒地流逝。

　　凡事有开始必有结束；无论你们这个下午过得多么愉快，这场典礼终究会结束。

　　The fulfilling life, the distinctive life, the relevant life, is an achievement, not something that will fall into your lap because you’re a nice person or mommy ordered it from the caterer. You’ll note the founding fathers took pains to secure your inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness–quite an active verb, “pursuit”–which leaves, I should think, little time for lying around watching parrots rollerskate on Youtube。

　　充实的人生、与众不同的人生、有意义的人生是一项成就；这不是某种只因为你是好人就会从天而降，或妈妈能为你提供的东西。你会注意到，开国元勋们费尽心力地确保你不可剥夺的权力，包括生命、自由和对幸福的追求。“追求”-一个相当积极的动词；我想，懒懒地躺着观看Youtube上的鹦鹉怎么溜冰应该算不上。

　　The first President Roosevelt, the old rough rider, advocated the strenuous life. Mr. Thoreau wanted to drive life into a corner, to live deep and suck out all the marrow. The poet Mary Oliver tells us to row, row into the swirl and roil. Locally, someone… I forget who… from time to time encourages young scholars to carpe the heck out of the diem. The point is the same: get busy, have at it. Don’t wait for inspiration or passion to find you. Get up, get out, explore, find it yourself, and grab hold with both hands。

　　老罗斯福总统——一位老练的骑士，提倡艰苦的生活；梭罗先生尽力简化生活，希望活得深刻并吸取生命的精髓；诗人Mary Oliver告诉我们向前划，划进漩涡和湍流中；本校有个人——我忘了是谁，不时鼓励年轻学子们把握当下。

　　这些话的重点都相同：动起来，付诸行动；别枯等灵感或热情来找你。站起来、走出门外、进行探索、靠自己的力量寻找，并好好把握。