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Dean Ellis, honored guests, faculty, family, friends, and the Class of 2015,
埃利斯院長、尊敬的來賓、各位教職員工、家人、好友，以及2015屆的畢業生們：
I cannot begin to express my gratitude for your generosity today.
今天，對于你們的慷慨寬容，我的感激之情無以言表。
Thank you so much for inviting me to join you in celebrating your graduation!
非常感謝你們邀請我參加你們的畢業典禮！
Three years ago, I could never have comprehended such an opportunity. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
三年前我決不敢想象有這樣的機會。謝謝，謝謝，謝謝。
About three years ago today, I was right where you are.
約三年前的今天，我就待在現在你們待的地方。
I was sitting in a folding chair, just like that one, and I was wearing my cap and gown, waiting to walk on stage.
我坐在一把折疊椅上，就像那樣的椅子，戴著學士帽，穿著長袍，等待上臺。
But I wasn't graduating. When they shook my hand and took my picture, they handed me an empty folder.
但我沒有畢業。他們和我握手，給我拍照，遞給我一個空的文件夾。
You see at Stanford, they let you "walk" through graduation even if you haven't actually finished the requirements necessary to get your diploma.
要知道，在斯坦福大學，即使你實際上沒有完成獲得畢業證書需達到的要求，也可以“上臺”畢業。
You get to pretend that you are graduating just like everyone else, even though you aren't.
你可以假裝和其他人一樣畢業了，即便你沒有。
The University had created this program for students who were using the summer term to finish up their degrees.
斯坦福大學制定這個方案，是為了那些利用夏季學期完成學業的學生。
I was using it because I was embarrassed, and I didn't want to be left out of the celebrations.
但我利用這個方案是因為我覺得很尷尬，我不想被排除在畢業典禮之外。
What was I going to do?
我要怎么做呢？
Stay in my dorm room while all of my friends processed into the stadium and tossed their caps into the air without me?
難道我要待在寢室里，而我所有的朋友們都排隊進入體育場，把帽子拋向空中，唯獨沒有我？
So I sat in the hot sun and I listened to Cory Booker talk for what felt like quite a while,
所以，我坐在烈日下，聽著科里·布克的演講，感覺時間過得非常緩慢。
and I waved to my family who had traveled all the way to Stanford to watch me not to graduate. By the way, hi, Mom!
我向家人揮手，他們不遠千里到斯坦福參加典禮，看到的是我并未畢業。順便說一聲：媽媽，您好！
