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We're so conditioned, all of us, to think in terms of the big job, the big salary,
我們所有人都習慣性地想著干大事、拿高薪，
in the case of journalism, the big scoop, that we sometimes forget to see the big picture.
比如在新聞界，人人都想搞到獨家大新聞，以至于我們有時會忘了看全局。
That came into focus for me on the campus of another college, Virginia Tech, just days after the tragic shooting there in 2007.
2007年，在另一所大學，弗吉尼亞理工大學校園發生了悲慘的槍擊案，幾天之后，我看清楚了這一點。
As co-host of the Today Show at the time, I was part of the team sent to cover the story.
作為《今日秀》當時的兩位主持人之一，我作為小組成員被派去報道那次事件。
It was during a campus candlelight vigil for the 32 victims,
那是在一次為32名受害者舉行的校園燭光守夜中，
when a young coed in tears approached me and asked if I would hold her.
一個年輕的女學生哭著走近我，問我能不能抱住她。
She was scared and she needed a parent's embrace.
她很害怕，需要父母的擁抱。
And because her family was so far from Virginia Tech at that point,
但當時她的家人離學校很遠，
and I had come into her home every morning, I was the closest thing available to her in that moment.
而我每天早上都去她家，所以那段時間我成了她最親近的人。
As it turned out, we held each other and we cried together,
結果，我們抱著對方一起哭了起來。
and it was an incredibly humbling experience for me because I realized what it means to be a journalist.
對我來說，這是一段非常慚愧的經歷，因為我意識到了做一名記者意味著什么。
It's not about the big scoop, it's about giving people a voice,
不是挖掘獨家新聞，而是給人們說話的權利，
connecting with human beings and caring about somebody other than yourself.
與人建立聯系，以及去關心自己以外的人。
But I think I'm preaching to the choir here.
但我覺得我說這些多此一舉了。
Because in the past four years, you've all learned a great deal about perspective, both in and outside the classroom.
因為在過去的四年里，關于如何看待事物，你們在課堂內外已經學到了很多。
You lost 10 fellow students in one calendar year.
一年之中你們失去了10位同學。
That's not supposed to happen. It goes against the natural order of things.
這本不該發生，它違背了事物的自然規律。
It's never easy to face the fragility of life.
生命之脆弱從來都不是件容易面對的事。
You've been forced to confront it at a very young age.
但你們卻被迫在這么年輕的時候去面對它。
And as painful as it is, you leave this university understanding better than most that every day truly is a blessing,
雖然這種體會伴隨著痛苦，你們離開這所大學時，比大多數人更能體會到每一天確實都是一種恩賜，
never to be squandered or taken for granted.
永遠不要揮霍每一天，也不要認為它來得理所當然。
