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1、MattDamon'sCommencementaddress:"There’smoreatstaketodaythaninanystoryevertold."Thankyou.Thankyou,PresidentReif—andthankyou,Classof2016!It’sanhonortobepartofthisday—anhonortobeherewithyou,withyourfriends,yourprofessors,andyourparents.Butlet’sbehonest—It
2、’sanhonorIdidn’tearn.Let’sjustputthatoutthere.Imean,I’veseenthelistofpreviouscommencementspeakers:NobelPrizewinners.TheUNSecretaryGeneral.PresidentoftheWorldBank.PresidentoftheUnitedStates.Andwhodidyouget?Theguywhodidthevoiceforacartoonhorse.Ifyou’rewo
3、nderingwhichcartoonhorse:that’s“Spirit:StallionoftheCimarron.”Definitelyoneofmybestperformances...asacartoonhorse.Look,Idon’tevenhaveacollegedegree.Asyoumighthaveheard,IwenttoHarvard.Ijustdidn’tgraduatefromHarvard.Igotprettyclose,butIstartedtogetmovier
4、olesanddidn’tfinishallmycourses.Iputonacapandgownandwalkedwithmyclass;myMomandDadwerethereandeverything;Ijustnevergotanactualdegree.YoucouldsayIkindoffakegraduated.SoyoucanimaginehowexcitedIwaswhenPresidentReifcalledtoinvitemetospeakattheMITcommencemen
5、t.ThenyoucanimaginehowsorryIwastolearnthattheMITcommencementspeakerdoesnotgettogohomewithadegree.Soyes,today,forthesecondtimeinmylife,Iamfakegraduatingfromacollegeinmyhometown.MyMomandDadarehereagain...AndthistimeIbroughtmywifeandfourkids.Welcome,kids,
6、toDad’sfakegraduation.Youmustbesoproud.SoasIsaid,myMomishere.She’saprofessor,sosheknowsthevalueofanMITdegree.ShealsoknowsthatIcouldn’thavegotteninhere.Imean,Harvard,yes.Orasafetyschool—likeYale.Look,I’mnotrunningforanykindofoffice.Icansay...prettymuchw
7、hateverIwant.No,Icouldn’thavegotteninhere,butIdidgrowuphere.Grewupintheneighborhood,intheshadowofthisimposingplace.MybrotherKyleandI,andmyfriendBenAffleck—brilliantguy,goodguy,neverreallyamountedtomuch—weallgrewuphere,inCentralSquare,childrenofthissome
8、timesrockymarriagebetweenthiscityanditsgreatinstitutions.Tous,MITwaskindofTheMan...Thisbig,impressive,impersonalforce...Thatwasourprovincial,knee-jerk,teenagereaction,anyway.ThenBenandIshotamoviehere.OneofthescenesinGoodWillHuntingwasba
