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1、哈佛大学毕业典礼演讲J.K罗琳2008年J.K.罗琳在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲：失败的好处和想象力的重要性TheFringeBenefitsofFailure,andtheImportanceofImaginationHarvardUniversityCommencementAddressJ.K.RowlingTercentenaryTheatre,June5,2008失败的好处和想象力的重要性哈佛大学毕业典礼J.K.罗琳2008年6月5日JKRowlingspeakingatHarvardCommencement.Vi
2、deoofJKRowling'sCommencementAddress,“TheFringeBenefitsofFailure,andtheImportanceofImagination,”attheAnnualMeetingoftheHarvardAlumniAssociationonJune5th2008.Inthispowerful,moving,yetalsofunnyspeechJotalksabouthertimeworkingforAmnestyInternational,herpersonalexperi
3、enceswithfailureandthepoweroftheimaginationtoallowustoempathizewithothers.PresidentFaust,membersoftheHarvardCorporationandtheBoardofOverseers,membersofthefaculty,proudparents,and,aboveall,graduates,福斯特主席，哈佛公司和监察委员会的各位成员，各位老师、家长、全体毕业生们：ThefirstthingIwouldliketosay
4、is"thankyou."NotonlyhasHarvardgivenmeanextraordinaryhonour,buttheweeksoffearandnauseaI’veenduredatthethoughtofgivingthiscommencementaddresshavemademeloseweight.Awin-winsituation!NowallIhavetodoistakedeepbreaths,squintattheredbannersandconvincemyselfthatIamatthewo
5、rld’slargestGryffindors'reunion.首先请允许我说一声谢谢。哈佛不仅给了我无上的荣誉，连日来为这个演讲经受的恐惧和紧张，更令我减肥成功。这真是一个双赢的局面。现在我要做的就是深呼吸几下，眯着眼睛看看前面的大红横幅，安慰自己正在世界上最大的魔法学院聚会上。Deliveringacommencementaddressisagreatresponsibility;orsoIthoughtuntilIcastmymindbacktomyowngraduation.Thecommencementspea
6、kerthatdaywasthedistinguishedBritishphilosopherBaronessMaryWarnock.Reflectingonherspeechhashelpedmeenormouslyinwritingthisone,becauseitturnsoutthatIcan'trememberasinglewordshesaid.ThisliberatingdiscoveryenablesmetoproceedwithoutanyfearthatImightinadvertentlyinflu
7、enceyoutoabandonpromisingcareersinbusiness,laworpoliticsforthegiddydelightsofbecomingagaywizard.发表毕业演说是一个巨大的责任，至少在我回忆自己当年的毕业典礼前是这么认为的。那天做演讲的是英国著名的哲学家BaronessMaryWarnock，对她演讲的回忆，对我写今天的演讲稿，产生了极大的帮助，因为我不记得她说过的任何一句话了。这个发现让我释然，让我不再担心我可能会无意中影响你放弃在商业，法律或政治上的大好前途，转而醉心于成为
8、一个快乐的魔法师。Yousee?Ifallyourememberinyearstocomeisthe'gaywizard'joke,I'vestillcomeoutaheadofBaronessMaryWarnock.Achievablegoals-thefirststeptoself-improvement.你们看
