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So, in 1987, Tennessee State University invited me back to speak at their commencement. By then, I had my own show, was nationally syndicated. I'd made a movie, had been nominated for an Oscar and founded my company, Harpo. But I told them, I cannot come and give a speech unless I can earn one more credit, because my dad's still saying I'm not going to get anywhere without that degree.
在1987年，田納西州立大學邀請我回去做畢業演講。那時，我已經有了自己的電視節目，并加入了國家聯合會。我制作了一部電影，并被奧斯卡提名，而且成立了我自己的公司——哈普傳媒公司。可我告訴他們，我不能去演講除非我得到那一個學分，因為我爸爸仍在說，沒有學位我將一事無成。
So, I finished my coursework, I turned in my final paper and I got the degree. And my dad was very proud. And I know that, if anything happens, that one credit will be my salvation.
因此，我完成了我的課程，上交了我的畢業論文，然后拿到了學位。我爸爸非常驕傲。從此我知道，無論發生什么事情，那一個學分都會成為我的救星。
But I also know why my dad was insisting on that diploma, because, as B. B. King put it, "The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take that away from you." And learning is really in the broadest sense what I really want to talk about today, because your education, of course, isn't ending here. In many ways, it's only just begun.
而且我還知道為什么父親總是堅持讓我取得文憑，因為，正如B.B金所說：“關于學習的美好之處在于別人不會把知識從你身上拿走。”這正是我今天想說的，因為你們的教育并沒有在這里結束。從很多方面來說，一切才剛剛開始。
The world has so many lessons to teach you. I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school and our life the classrooms. And sometimes here in this Planet Earth school the lessons often come dressed up as detours or roadblocks. And sometimes as full-blown crises. And the secret I've learned to getting ahead is being open to the lessons, lessons from the grandest universe of all, that is, the universe itself. It's being able to walk through life eager and open to self-improvement and that which is going to best help you evolve, because that's really why we're here, to evolve as human beings. So, to grow into being more of ourselves, always moving to the next level of understanding, the next level of compassion and growth.
這個世界將教會你們很多。我認為這個世界，這個地球，就像一所學校，而我們的人生就像是教室。在世界這所大學里，有些課程裝扮成人生的彎路或障礙，有些則充滿危機。而我所學到的應對這一切的秘訣就是：勇于面對一切挫折與危機，世界本身就是世上最好的大學。在人生的旅途中，要對生活充滿激情，并不斷提高自我，這就是我們作為人類存在于世的意義。不斷提升自我，去追求人生的更高境界，去追求更高級別的憐憫的成長。
