Thank you very much
非常感謝
First of all, thank you
首先 謝謝你們
I thank you and Dr. Paula WhetselRibeau
謝謝你們 還有寶拉?威索爾里博博士
Thank you for meeting me outside with your daughter
謝謝你帶著你女兒在外面接我
As a father of a grown daughter,
作為一個成年女兒的父親
I wonder if you had shared my experience
我不知道你是否也有過我這樣的經歷
It's humbling, rewarding and occasionally frustrating to have a child who knows more than you do about everything
有一個比自己知道得更多的孩子既讓人感到謙卑 欣慰 偶爾也會感到沮喪
I think she thought she did when she was in high school, but eventually it was true
我覺得她在上高中的時候是這么想的但最終確實成真了
I'm honored to be here
非常榮幸來到這兒
I thank you for the degree
感謝你們授予的學位
I thank Governor Wilder for his introduction
我要謝謝懷爾德州長所做的介紹
We've been friends for a long time
我們是多年的朋友了
We served together
我們曾共同為國盡職
I was impressed by his leadership as Governor of Virginia, and impressed by his servanthood when he went back to serve as mayor
他當弗吉尼亞州長時的領導力令我印象深刻他回到工作崗位上做起市長的奉獻精神也給我留下了深刻印象
And I asked him, Doug, do you enjoy being the mayor?
我問他 道格 你喜歡當市長嗎
He said, yeah I really like it
他說 嗯 我很喜歡
But he said, the good news is you're closer to the people
不過他還說 好消息是你可以更加接近百姓
The bad news is that you're just close enough for them to strangle if you mess up
壞消息是接近到足夠他們在你把事情搞砸的時候把你掐死
I wanna say, how great it is for me to be here at Howard
我想談談能來到霍華德大學對我來說有多么重要
First, because in 2009 I was inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma which was founded here 99 years ago
首先 是因為2009年我被接納為99年前在此成立的Phi Beta Sigma兄弟會的榮譽成員