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As a professor and mother of three college graduates, I have to confess that I just love commencement ceremonies.
作為一名教授，以及三個大學畢業生的媽媽，我必須承認，我很喜歡畢業典禮。
They are a unique milestone in our lives, because they celebrate past accomplishments and future possibilities.
畢業典禮是我們人生中獨特的里程碑，因為它是對我們過去和未來可能性的慶祝。
To the parents of the Class of 2015, I can only say the moment has finally come.
對2015屆畢業生的家長們，我只能說，這一刻終于到來了。
Having once been in your position,
我曾經也是你們中的一員，
I expect that you're thinking with some amazement about how short the interval is between diapers and diplomas.
我猜想，你們在想到孩子從穿紙尿褲到拿學位，間隔竟然如此之短時，也會感到十分驚訝。
To the students, I say congratulations.
對畢業生們，我要說聲祝賀。
In order to reach this day, you had to pass one of the most difficult tests of all: surviving a truly wicked Boston winter.
為了這一天，你們要通過一場最難的考試：熬過一個極其寒冷的波士頓冬天。
Now that you've all thawed out, you will soon realize that graduation is one of the five great milestones of life;
既然都熬過來了，你們將很快意識到畢業是人生五大里程碑之一，
the others being birth, death, marriage and the day you finally pay off your student loans.
其他四個是出生、去世、結婚以及最終還完助學貸款。
Today is a time for celebration, and for looking back and admitting that
今天是一個值得慶祝的日子，我們回顧過去并承認，
all the hard work of reading and writing, and studying and cramming before tests was indeed worth it.
所有考試前努力的閱讀和寫作、研究和準備確實是值得的。
In future years, you will recall this ceremony, and you will understand that today, May 17, 2015,
在以后的歲月里，你們會回想起這個典禮，你們會明白，今天，2015年5月17日，
was the day you first began to forget everything you learned in college and graduate school.
是你們開始忘記本科和研究生階段全部所學知識的日子。
