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You use all that good common sense
你使用所有這些好的常識(shí)
And you don't make excuses
你不會(huì)找借口
You work hard
你會(huì)加倍努力
And you always finish what you start
你將總能善始善終
And no matter what, you give everybody a fair shake
而且不管什么情況 你都會(huì)給每個(gè)人公正待遇
And when somebody needs a hand, you offer yours
當(dāng)某人需要幫助時(shí) 你會(huì)伸出援助之手
See, those are the gifts my parents gave me
這些就是我父母給我的恩賜
Their values
他們的價(jià)值觀
And I quickly learned that those gifts
我很快就意識(shí)到 這些恩賜
were far more valuable than money or connections
遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)比金錢(qián)或人脈更有價(jià)值
Because once I got to college
因?yàn)槲业酱髮W(xué)后
I found that when I applied all those values to my studies
我發(fā)現(xiàn) 當(dāng)我把這些價(jià)值觀運(yùn)用到學(xué)習(xí)中時(shí)
I was able to develop an entirely new set of skills
我得以培養(yǎng)出一整套新技能
that I would use for the rest of my life
讓我終身受用
Skills like resilience, problem solving, time management
這些技能比如適應(yīng)能力 問(wèn)題解決能力 時(shí)間管理能力
I learned to turn stumbles and misstep into the sources of motivation
我學(xué)會(huì)將謬誤和過(guò)失轉(zhuǎn)化為前進(jìn)的動(dòng)力
A week with three tests and two papers
一周三次考試 兩篇論文
wasn't a reason to stress out
不是累趴下的理由
but a reason to plan
而是說(shuō)你要好好計(jì)劃
A negative comment from a professor in class wasn't a reason to shut down
課上來(lái)自教授的批評(píng)不是你閉嘴的原因
but a reason to ask even more questions
而是說(shuō)你需要問(wèn)更多的問(wèn)題
Most importantly, I realized that what really mattered
最重要的是 我意識(shí)到真正要緊的
wasn't how much money my parents made
不是我父母賺多少錢(qián)
or what those people in my high school said about me
也不是高中那些人怎么說(shuō)我
What mattered was what was in my mind and what was in my heart
要緊的是我的思想里 我的心中 都有些什么
So, my four years in school gave me the confidence
我的大學(xué)四年 給了我自信
to know that if I could make it on a college campus
讓我知道 如果我能在大學(xué)校園取得成功
I can make it anywhere
我就能在任何地方取得成功
So graduates, this day is huge for kids like us
畢業(yè)生們 這一天對(duì)我們這樣的孩子來(lái)說(shuō)很重要
It's huge
很重要
