哈佛学霸影后超震撼演讲 我的人生我来定义 今年早些时间,奥斯卡影后娜塔莉·波特曼受邀在哈佛大学毕业典礼演讲,这位2003年毕业于哈佛大学的学霸影后讲述了她曾经的心路历程。在哈佛,娜塔莉经历了人生中最黑暗的阶段,缺乏自信又充满压力,甚至在面对教授时大哭。为了让自己配得上哈佛,她经历了深重的自我怀疑、挣扎和努力,最终发现自己最爱的仍是演戏。
她用亲身的经验和体会鼓励毕业生,找到自己人生的理由,发展自我而不是仅仅为了别人眼中的完美。“如果你的理由是属于你自己的,你的路即便是奇怪而坎坷的,也将是完全属于你自己的路。”
Hello, class of 2015.I am so honest to be here today. Dean Khurana,faculty,parents,and most especially graduating students. Thank you so much for inviting me. The Senior Class Committee. it’s genuinely one of the most exciting things I’ve ever been asked to do. I have to admit primarily because I
can’t deny it as it was leaked in the WikiLeaks release of the Sony hack that hen I was invited I replied and I directly quote my own email.”Wow! This is so nice!””I’m gonna need some funny ghost writers. Any ideas? ”This initial response now blessedly public was from the knowledge that at my class day we were lucky enough to have Will Ferrel as class day speaker and many of us were hung-over, or even freshly high mainly wanted to laugh.So I have to admit that today, even 12 years after graduation. I’m still insecure about my own worthless.I have to remind myself today you’re here for a reason. 2015届毕业生,你们好。今天来到这里非常荣幸,库拉那校长、各位家长、尤其是各位毕业生,非常感谢你们邀请我。首先,我必须得承认,因为否认不了,因为维基解密公布的索尼被黑资料中已经爆出,当我接到邀请时,我回复的是:“哇哦!这可太棒了!我得找几个搞笑写手代笔阿,你说呢?”这段天下皆知的最初回复背后的原因是,我们毕业日时有幸请来威尔法瑞尔做讲者,当时许多同学宿醉未醒,或者嗨劲没过,就想傻笑。所以我要承认,即便是毕业12年后的今天,我仍然对自己的价值毫无自信。我必须提醒自己,你来这里是有原因 的. Today I feel much like I did when I came to Harvard Yard as a freshman in 1999.When you guys were,to my continued shocked and horror, still in kindergarten.I felt like there had been some mistake, that I wasn’t smart enough to be in this company, and that every time I opened my mouth.I would have to prove that I wasn’t just dumb actress.So I start with an apology. This won’t be
very funny. I’m not a comedian.And I didn’t get a ghost writer.But I am here to
tell you today.Harvard is giving you all diplomas tomorrow. You are here for a reason. Sometimes your insecurities and your inexperience may lead you, too, to embrace other people’s expectations, standards, or values. But you can harness that inexperience to carve out your own path, one that is free of the burden of knowing how things are supposed to be, a path that is defined by its own particular set of reasons. 我今天的感受跟我99年初到哈佛成为新生时的心情一样,说起这件事我还是很震惊,当时你们还上幼儿园呢。我感觉肯定是哪里出了错,感觉我的智商不配来这。而我每次开口说话时,都必须要证明我不知是个白痴女演员而已。所以我要先道个歉,这场演讲不会太搞笑,我不是个笑星,我也没找写手代笔,不过今天我在这里是要告诉你们,哈佛明天就要给你们毕业证书了,你们到这里是有原因的。有时你的不自信和无经验也会导致你去接受别人的期待、标准或价值,但你们要知道,无经验可以造就你们自己的路,一条没有“事情本应怎样做”之负担的路,一条由你自己的理由来定义的路。
That other day I went to an amusement park with my soon-to-be 4-yeas-old son. And I watch him play arcade games. He was incredible focused, throwing his ball at the target. Jewish mother than I am, I skipped 20 steps and was already imagining him as a major league player with what is his arm and his arm and his concentration. But then I realized what he want. He was playing to trade in his tickets for the crappy plastic toy. The prize was much more exciting than the game to get it. I of course wanted to urge him to take joy and the challenge of the game, the improvement upon practice, the satisfaction of doing something well, and even feeling the accomplishment when achieving the game’s goals. But all of these aspects were shaded by the 10 cent plastic men with sticky stretchy blue arms that adhere to the walls. That-that was the prize. In a child’s nature, we see many of our own innate tendencies. I
saw myself in him and perhaps you do too. 前几天,我带着快四岁的儿子去游乐场,我看着他玩街机游戏,他玩的无比专注,努力朝着靶子投球。作为一名犹太裔老妈,我跳过20步,已经开始想象他成为大联盟球手,头球精准,手臂健壮,用心专注,但后来我才明白他想要的是什么。他玩投球是为了用票换取粗劣的塑料玩具,最终的奖励比游戏的过程更令他兴奋。我当然想鼓励他享受游戏的快乐和挑战,不断练习带来的进步,因表现出色而得到的满足感,甚至还有完成游戏目标时的成就感,但这些都比不过一毛钱的塑料小人。小人伸出黏黏的手臂,还可以贴在墙上,这就是奖励。从孩子的本性中,我们看到许多自己天生的偏好,我看到了我自己,也许你们也能。
Prizes serve as false idols everywhere(圣经里的false idol). Prestige, wealth, fame, power. You’ll be exposed to many of these, if not all. Of course, part of
why I was invited to come to speak today beyond my being a proud alumna is that I’ve recruited some very coveted toys in my life including a not so plastic, not
so crappy one: an Oscar. So we bump up against the common troll I think of the commencement address people who have achieved a lot telling you that the fruits