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Class of 2009! I don't think I hurt you. First I'd like you to get up, wave and cheer your supportive family and friends! I'm sure you can find them out there. Show your love!
09級的同學們，我不認為我想要傷害你們。首先我希望大家都站起來，向支持你們的親朋好友揮手致意！我相信你們都能在人群中找到他們，把你們的愛表達出來吧！
It is a great honor for me to be here today.
今天我很榮幸來到這里。
Now wait a second. I know: that's such a cliche. You're thinking: every graduation speaker here said that--It's a great honor, in my case, it really is so deeply true--being here is more special and more personal for me than most of you know. I'd like to tell you why.
請等一下。我知道，剛才那句陳詞濫調。你們可能在想：每位畢業典禮的演講人都會說——很榮幸，但就我而言，的確字真意深——因為我來到這里，要比你們所知的大多數人都更為特別和親切。我想告訴大家這其中的緣由。
A long time ago, in the cold September of 1962, there was a Steven's co-op at this very university. That co-op had a kitchen with a ceiling that had been cleaned by student volunteers probably every decade or so. Picture a college girl named Gloria, climbing up high on a ladder, struggling to clean that filthy ceiling. Standing on the floor, a young boarder named Carl was admiring the view. And that's how they met. They are my parents, so I suppose you could say I'm a direct result of that kitchen chemistry experiment, right here at Michigan. My Mom is here with us today, and we should probably go find the spot and put a plague up on the ceiling that wrote:"Thanks Mom and Dad!"
很久以前，1962年寒冷的9月，這座校園有一家史蒂文消費合作社。該合作社有一間廚房，那里的天花板由學生志愿者打掃，大概每十來年才一次吧。想象一下，畫面上有位名叫格洛里亞的女大學生，爬上了高高的梯子，努力地打掃那臟兮兮的天花板。一位名叫卡爾的寄宿生站在地上，對此情景欽佩不已。這就是他倆的初次邂逅。他倆就是我的父母親。所以我想你們會說，我就是這里，密歇根大學那個“廚房化學實驗”的直接成果。我的母親今天和我們在一起，或許我們應該去找到他們相遇的地方，并且在天花板上鑲嵌一塊銘牌，上刻“感謝爸爸、媽媽！”
