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And today, the center of our universe is right here in Chicago, on the Ed Glancy Field.
今天，我們整個世界的中心就在這里，芝加哥埃德葛蘭西球場。
Today you, the graduates of this great university, have the right to feel like the new masters of the academic universe.
今天，你們，這所偉大學(xué)校的畢業(yè)生們，有權(quán)利認為自己就是學(xué)術(shù)界的新大師。
Hard work, boundless energy, relentless curiosity, and incredible talent:
刻苦的工作，無窮的能量，無盡的好奇心，了不起的天賦：
these are some of the qualities that helped you achieve success in the classroom.
這些是幫助你在課堂上取得成功的一些品質(zhì)。
And these are the same qualities that will help you achieve success
這些品質(zhì)同樣會幫助你獲得成功，
and that will bring to bear on some of the world's most exciting challenges.
可以用來迎接全世界最讓人激動的挑戰(zhàn)。
And believe me, there are plenty of those.
相信我，有很多這樣的挑戰(zhàn)。
In other words, after having written the prologue,
換句話說，寫完了序言之后，
you are now ready to draft your 21st-century legacies in engineering, architecture, business, design, science and technology, and law.
你們現(xiàn)在準備草擬自己21世紀的工程、建筑、商業(yè)、設(shè)計、科學(xué)技術(shù)、法律領(lǐng)域的遺產(chǎn)。
What an incredible privilege and what a responsibility!
多么了不起的特權(quán)，多么偉大的責(zé)任啊！
Of course, many of you already know that the line from college to career is unlikely to be perfectly straight.
當(dāng)然，你們中的很多人已經(jīng)知道從大學(xué)到職場的路線不可能是一帆風(fēng)順的。
It will have ups and downs, plenty of twists and turns, and probably a few of bumps along the way.
這一路幾乎必然充滿了起伏，有很多曲折，可能還會有一些顛簸。
But many of you will also realize that your starting point could not be better.
但是，你們中的很多人也已經(jīng)意識到，你們的起點好得不能再好了。
This is why we are here today -- to celebrate the beginning of your journey, the starting point of a new adventure.
這就是我們今天在這里的原因，慶祝你們開始新的旅程，新的探險的起點。
It is a day of hope. It is a day of promise. It is a day of joy.
這是充滿希望的一天。這是充滿諾言的一天。也是充滿快樂的一天。
