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哈佛大学毕业生的毕业‘离’歌
隔离封城下，来不及道别的远飏
What's lost without commencement(毕业典礼)?
By Kristine E. Guillaume and Jeremy Tsai
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Though the speeches are often riddled with trite remarks (Don’t be afraid to
fail! Follow your dreams!), we admit we find ourselves craving those clichés
and the moments when speeches rise above them. In 2008, J.K. Rowling
delivered the Harvard commencement address, defending the importance of
perseverance and imagination: “We do not need magic to change the world, we
carry all the power we need inside ourselves already; we have the power to
imagine better.” Rowling’s speech gave a sense of agency over our lives.
Messages like this, delivered over the years by the likes of John F. Kennedy,
Oprah Winfrey and Steve Jobs, have propelled graduates
into the future, helping them recognize who they are becoming and how that
squares with who they want to be.
*** 重点词汇 ***
1. be riddled with (vphr) 充满...(常用于负面特征)
That essay is riddled with errors.
♀瑶g论文充斥着错误。
2. trite remarks 陈腔滥调
trite (adj) 平庸陈腐的
3. crave those clichés 渴望陈腔滥调
crave (vt) 强烈想要某物；渴望
Many people crave happiness.
♀许多人渴望幸福。
4. the importance of perseverance 毅力的重要性
perseverance (nu) 毅力
[拆解] per [very] + sever [strict/serious] + ance [字尾:表
名词]
5. propel graduates into the future 激励毕业生走向未来
♀propel someone into something 驱使某人进入某个状态
♀The speech has propelled the audience into action.
这场演讲激励听众采取行动。
[拆解] pro [forward] + pel [to drive]
6. square A with B A和B相匹配或一致
The results didn't square with our expectations
♀结果跟我们的预期不符。
*** 段落解析 ***
尽管演讲经常出现陈腔滥调（不要怕失败！勇敢追梦！），我们承认自己竟然渴望陈腔滥
调，以及演讲更上一层楼的时刻。 2008 年， J.K.罗琳于哈佛大学毕业典礼致辞，捍卫
毅力和想像力的重要性：“我们不需要魔法来改变世界，我们已经拥有内心所需的一切力
量；我们有能力做更美好的想像。”罗琳的演讲给予我们生命的动力。多年以来，约翰·
甘迺迪、欧普拉和史蒂夫・ 贾伯斯等人传递的讯息激励毕业生走向未来，帮助他们认识
到自己的转变，以及此转变与他们对自己未来的期许究竟有何共通点。
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