羅琳哈佛大學演講稿（中英對照）

1、TheFringeBenefitsofFailuretheImptanceofImagination失敗的好處與想象的重要HarvardUniversityCommencementAddressJ.K.RowlingPresidentFaustmembersoftheHarvardCpationtheBoardofOverseersmembersofthefacultyproudparentsaboveallgraduates福斯特主席

2、，哈佛公司和監(jiān)察委員會的各位成員，各位老師、家長、全體畢業(yè)生們：ThefirstthingIwouldliketosayis“thankyou.“NotonlyhasHarvardgivenmeanextradinaryhonourbuttheweeksoffearnauseaI’veenduredatthethoughtofgivingthiscommencementaddresshavemademeloseweight.Awinwi

3、nsituation!NowallIhavetodoistakedeepbreathssquintattheredbannersconvincemyselfthatIamatthewld’slargestGryffindsreunion.首先請允許我說一聲謝謝。哈佛不僅給了我無上的榮譽，連日來為這個演講經(jīng)受的恐懼和緊張，更令我減肥成功。這真是一個雙贏的局面?，F(xiàn)在我要做的就是深呼吸幾下，瞇著眼睛看看前面的大紅橫幅，安慰自己正在世界上最大的

4、魔法學院聚會上。DeliveringacommencementaddressisagreatresponsibilitysoIthoughtuntilIcastmymindbacktomyowngraduation.ThecommencementspeakerthatdaywasthedistinguishedBritishphilosopherBaronessMaryWarnock.Reflectingonherspeechhashe

5、lpedmeenmouslyinwritingthisonebecauseitturnsoutthatIcantrememberasinglewdshesaid.ThisliberatingdiscoveryenablesmecalledreallifeIwanttoextolthecrucialimptanceofimagination.我想到了兩個答案。在這美好的一天，當我們一起慶祝你們?nèi)〉脤W業(yè)成就的時刻，我希望告訴你們失敗有什么樣

6、的益處；在你們即將邁向“現(xiàn)實生活”的道路之際，我還要褒揚想象力的重要性。Thesemayseemquixoticparadoxicalchoicesbutbearwithme.這些似乎是不切實際或自相矛盾的選擇，但請先容我講完。Lookingbackatthe21yearoldthatIwasatgraduationisaslightlyuncomftableexperiencefthe42yearoldthatshehasbecome

7、.HalfmylifetimeagoIwasstrikinganuneasybalancebetweentheambitionIhadfmyselfwhatthoseclosesttomeexpectedofme.回顧21歲剛剛畢業(yè)時的自己，對于今天42歲的我來說，是一個稍微不太舒服的經(jīng)歷。可以說，我人生的前一部分，一直掙扎在自己的雄心和身邊的人對我的期望之間。IwasconvincedthattheonlythingIwantedto

8、doeverwastowritenovels.Howevermyparentsbothofwhomcamefromimpoverishedbackgroundsneitherofwhomhadbeentocollegetooktheviewthatmyoveractiveimaginationwasanamusingpersonalquirkthatcouldneverpayamtgagesecureapension.我一直深信，自己唯