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And the truth is, graduates, after four years of thoughtful, respectful discussion and debate here at Oberlin
事實(shí)就是，畢業(yè)生們，在經(jīng)過歐柏林學(xué)院四年深入的、令人敬佩的討論和辯論之后，
those seminars where you explored new ideas together,
那些你們共同探討新想法的研討會(huì)，
those late-night conversations where you challenged each other and learned from each other
那些你們相互挑戰(zhàn)相互學(xué)習(xí)的午夜對(duì)話，
after all of that, you might find yourself a little dismayed by the clamor outside these walls
這一切之后，你可能會(huì)因?yàn)閴ν獾男鷩谈械骄趩剩?/div>
the name-calling, the negative ads, the folks yelling at each other on TV.
人身攻擊、負(fù)面廣告、人們?cè)陔娨暽舷嗷ズ敖小?/p>
After being surrounded by people who are so dedicated to serving others and making the world a better place,
此前，你的身邊是一群全心全意為他人服務(wù)、致力于將世界變得更美好的人，
you might feel a little discouraged by the polarization and gridlock that too often characterize our politics and civic life.
你可能會(huì)因?yàn)檎魏凸裆钪谐Ｓ械膬蓸O化和僵局而感到失望。
And in the face of all of that clamor,
在面對(duì)這些喧鬧聲時(shí)，
you might have an overwhelming instinct to just run the other way as fast as you can.
您可能會(huì)以一種壓倒性的本能盡可能快向反方向逃跑。
You might be tempted to just recreate what you had here at Oberlin
你可能會(huì)嘗試著重新創(chuàng)建自己歐柏林社區(qū)，
to find a community of like-minded folks and work with them on causes you care about, and just tune out all of the noise.
尋找志同道合的人，并與他們一起工作，處理你關(guān)心的事業(yè)，消除所有噪音。
And that's completely understandable.
這是完全可以理解的。
In fact, I sometimes have that instinct myself -- run!
實(shí)際上，有時(shí)候我自己也有這種本能--快跑！
