哈佛大學校長告別演講

        Today, I speak from this podium a final time as your president. As I depart, I want to thank all of you - students, faculty, alumni and staff - with whom I have been privileged to work over these past years. Some of us have had our disagreements, but I know that which unites us transcends that which divides us. I leave with a full heart, grateful for the opportunity I have had to lead this remarkable institution.

　　今天，我將以校長的身份，最后一次在這個講臺上演講。即將離任前，我要感謝諸位學生、教師、校友和員工，而且非常榮幸在過去的5年里能與你們共事。我們中的一些人意見不盡相同， 但是，我知道，我們的共識遠遠超越分歧。我心滿意足的離開哈佛，感激你們給我機會領導這所杰出的學府。

　　Since I delivered my inaugural address, 56 months ago, I have learned an enormous amount—about higher education, about leadership, and also about myself. Some things look different to me than they did five years ago. The world that today’s Harvard’s graduates are entering is a profoundly different one than the world administrators entered.

　　自從56個月前我發(fā)表上任講話以來，我學到了很多——關于高等教育，關于領導藝術，也關于自我完善。在我看來，現(xiàn)在與5年前不同了。今天的哈佛畢業(yè)生正在進入的世界和管理人員當年所進入的世界相比已是大相徑庭了。

　　It is a world where opportunities have never been greater for those who know how to teach children to read, or those who know how to distribute financial risk; never greater for those who understand the cell and the pixel; never greater for those who can master, and navigate between, legal codes, faith traditions, computer platforms, political viewpoints.

　　現(xiàn)今世界，機遇對于這些人來說是空前的：他們知道如何教子女閱讀；他們知道如何組合投資；他們懂得基本存儲單元和像素概念；他們能掌握各種法典、傳統(tǒng)信仰、計算機平臺、政治觀點并在其中游刃有余。