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1、TheTheFringeFringeBenefitsBenefitsofofFailureFailurethetheImptanceImptanceofofImaginationImaginationHarvardHarvardUniversityUniversityCommencementCommencementAddressAddressJ.K.J.K.RowlingRowlingTercentenaryTercentenaryTh

2、eatreTheatreJuneJune5520082008失敗的好處和想象力的重要性失敗的好處和想象力的重要性哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮J.K.J.K.羅琳羅琳20082008年6月5日PresidentFaustmembersoftheHarvardCpationtheBoardofOverseersmembersofthefacultyproudparentsaboveallgraduates福斯特主席，哈佛公司和監(jiān)察委員會(huì)

3、的各位成員，各位老師、家長(zhǎng)、全體畢業(yè)生們：ThefirstthingIwouldliketosayis“thankyou.“NotonlyhasHarvardgivenmeanextradinaryhonourbuttheweeksoffearnauseaI’veenduredatthethoughtofgivingthiscommencementaddresshavemademeloseweight.Awinwinsituation!

4、NowallIhavetodoistakedeepbreathssquintattheredbannersconvincemyselfthatIamatthewld’slargestGryffindsreunion.首先請(qǐng)?jiān)试S我說(shuō)一聲謝謝。哈佛不僅給了我無(wú)上的榮譽(yù)，連日來(lái)為這個(gè)演講經(jīng)受的恐懼和緊張，更令我減肥成功。這真是一個(gè)雙贏的局面?，F(xiàn)在我要做的就Thesemayseemquixoticparadoxicalchoicesbutbea

5、rwithme.這些似乎是不切實(shí)際或自相矛盾的選擇，但請(qǐng)先容我講完。Lookingbackatthe21yearoldthatIwasatgraduationisaslightlyuncomftableexperiencefthe42yearoldthatshehasbecome.HalfmylifetimeagoIwasstrikinganuneasybalancebetweentheambitionIhadfmyselfwhatth

6、oseclosesttomeexpectedofme.回顧21歲剛剛畢業(yè)時(shí)的自己，對(duì)于今天42歲的我來(lái)說(shuō)，是一個(gè)稍微不太舒服的經(jīng)歷?？梢哉f(shuō)，我人生的前一部分，一直掙扎在自己的雄心和身邊的人對(duì)我的期望之間。IwasconvincedthattheonlythingIwantedtodoeverwastowritenovels.Howevermyparentsbothofwhomcamefromimpoverishedbackgrounds

7、neitherofwhomhadbeentocollegetooktheviewthatmyoveractiveimaginationwasanamusingpersonalquirkthatcouldneverpayamtgagesecureapension.我一直深信，自己唯一想做的事情，就是寫小說(shuō)。不過(guò)，我的父母，他們都來(lái)自貧窮的背景，沒(méi)有任何一人上過(guò)大學(xué)，堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為我過(guò)度的想象力是一個(gè)令人驚訝的個(gè)人怪癖，根本不足以讓我支付按揭，或

8、者取得足夠的養(yǎng)老金。Iknowtheironystrikeslikewiththefceofacartoonanvilnowbut…我現(xiàn)在明白反諷就像用卡通鐵砧去打擊你，但...TheyhadhopedthatIwouldtakeavocationaldegreeIwantedtostudyEnglishLiterature.AcompromisewasreachedthatinretrospectsatisfiednobodyIwen

9、tuptostudyModernLanguages.HardlyhadmyparentscarroundedthecnerattheendoftheroadthanIditchedGermanscuttledoffdowntheClassicscrid.他們希望我去拿個(gè)職業(yè)學(xué)位，而我想去攻讀英國(guó)文學(xué)。最后，達(dá)成了一個(gè)雙方都不甚滿意的妥協(xié)：我改學(xué)現(xiàn)代語(yǔ)言?？墒堑鹊礁改敢蛔唛_(kāi)，我立刻放棄了德語(yǔ)而報(bào)名學(xué)習(xí)古典文學(xué)。Icannotremembe

10、rtellingmyparentsthatIwasstudyingClassicstheymightwellhavefoundoutfthefirsttimeongraduationday.OfallthesubjectsonthisplaIthinktheywouldhavebeenhardputtonameonelessusefulthanGreekmythologywhenitcametosecuringthekeystoanex