徐小平纯英文毕业演讲：生命因给予而繁盛

I am happy to be called a success today – and frankly， still a bit relieved. It was a close call. But I do not measure success in rankings of wealth. I do not measure it in the things I can buy. I measure success， not just in overcoming one’s own adversity， but in helping others overcome theirs. My favorite line in the musical Les Miserables is from the Bishop： “Though our lives are very humble. What we have， we have to share.” I don’t recall if my friend Dr. David Kaplan ever heard those words， but he certainly lived them. And mine is just one life that he， and this university， changed for the better.

无论是在商界，还是在法律界，人们所做的一切，都是为了追求成功。第一份工作——甚至是第二第三份工作——不一定就是我们的理想岗位，但你的面前却有一个永远不需要等待的绝佳机会：那就是在别人有需求的时候鼎力出手、倾其所有、给予超出对方期待的帮助。无论身份高低、无论境遇逆顺，你都有这样的机会展示你的价值。每一天，每一刻，总有人需要我们;总有一些事情，缺了你就无法做成。如果你怀着这种信念一路前行，你一定会发现自己独一无二的价值、并渐入成功的佳境。让我们都记住这么一句至理名言：生命以获取而续存，生命因给予而繁盛!

In business， in law， in any work we do， all of the same things are true about succeeding. First jobs – maybe even second or third ones – are not always dream jobs. Yet there is one opportunity that we never have to wait on – that is the chance to give our best， to give without holding back， and to give more than what is asked. We can do that in every position， high or low. We can do that in every circumstance. Every day， at every turn， we are needed; there are good things that only we can do. That’s how we show who we are， and find success along the way. There is great wisdom in the saying： We make a living by what we get， but we make a life by what we give.

对今天在场的每一位毕业生，我祝福你们拥有成功事业和幸福人生。我也希望你们同样怀着我对母校的这份真情：为学校给予我们的一切致以崇敬、挚爱和感恩。多年前我从这里得到的关爱与慷慨，在我心中隽刻下永不磨灭的痕迹，愿你在此的躬读岁月也给你留下高贵闪光的印记。

For each one of you graduating here today， I wish a great career and a happy life.  And I hope that you will always share the feeling I have toward this university： respect， affection， and gratitude for all it has given to us. The kindness and generosity I received here long ago still touches me. May these years of learning leave a gracious mark on you as well. 

2017 届的同学们，我祝你们好运连连，幸福满满!

Classof 2017， I wish you good luck and great happiness.

谢谢大家!(掌声)

Thank you very much.

「泰兴英语演讲的幕后故事」

关于这篇徐老师准备了好几个月的英文演讲，被搞到“抓狂”的小编必须分享一个不得不说的幕后故事：

别看徐老师操着一口泰兴英语，发音不甚精准，但是他对于文字的那股较真儿的劲，只能用“偏执狂”来形容。他不仅仅对英文演讲原稿锱铢必较，就连中文翻译都亲自打磨出了 7 个不同版本。

比如，对于演讲中的点睛之笔 “We make a living by what we get， but we make a life by what we give”，他就尝试了4 种翻译：

我们以所获谋生，但以所予为生

我们因汲取而生存，却因给予而生生不息

生命以获取而留存，却因给予而繁茂

生命以获取而续存，却因给予而繁盛

就在小编濒临崩溃之际，徐老师突然“嘿嘿”一笑，略带羞涩地说：“现在......知道我为什么成功了吧!”

“只有偏执狂才能生存下来”，英特尔创始人安迪·葛洛夫的这句话一点儿没错。在这么一个老板手下工作，小编为激励自己，将这句话做成了折扇提醒自己，离成功的路……还有很远……

在炎炎夏季，工作绞尽脑汁昏昏欲睡之时，打开这把折扇打一针鸡血，逼格简直不知道高到哪里去了!

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