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1、 美国国务卿克里在波士顿学院2019年毕业典礼上英语演讲稿 Your Eminence Cardinal OMalley, Father President Leahy, Father Monan, Father Devino, members of the faculty, my fellow recipients of honorary degrees, parents, siblings, and the distinguished class of 2019: Congratulations to everybody here today. You know I thought I h
2、ad a lot to worry about as I was listening to the introduction, betweenAfghanistan and Iran and so forth. But now Im worried about where Challenger is. (Laughter.)I will leave here knowing that Boston College liberates eagles. (Laughter.) Its a great honor to be with you. You all might remember from
3、 English class that the greatAmerican novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote that you cant go home again. Or maybe you know thatquote because its the same thing that your parents are telling you now. (Laughter.) Well, Wolfe had obviously never been to Boston College. It is nice to be off an airplane, but myfri
4、ends, it is great to be home. I am really happy to be here. (Applause and cheers.) I know that many of you stayed up all night so you could see your last sunrise at BC. (Cheers.)Some of you thought it would never come, graduation that is. Ive got news for you: Some ofyour parents and professors didn
5、t think so either. (Laughter.) Now, I notice a lot of you are wearing shades. It wont work, folks. Ill still hear you snoring. (Laughter.) I was on the campus of one of your rivals yesterday in New Haven. And while I let them knowthat they could be proud of their title in mens hockey last year, I al
6、so had to put it inperspective: Yale is still four titles behind BC. (Cheers and applause.) There are many things actually that Yale and Boston College have in common, but one isprobably the most powerful: mutual dislike of Harvard. (Laughter.) Although to be fair,hundreds of schools dont like Harva
7、rd very much. As Secretary of State, I track many factions and rivalries around the world. BC versus NotreDame is at the top of my list. Of course, theres also Alec Baldwin versus the NYPD. (Laughter.)Beyonces sister versus Jay Z. (Laughter and cheers.) And then theres the rivalry: Red Soxand Yankee
8、s. (Cheering and applause.) We absolutely loved the last ten years: Yankees oneWorld Series, and Red Sox three. Thats my kind of rivalry, folks. (Cheers.) Now BC reminds us today that though rivalries can be overcome, here today you have honoreda Holy Cross alumnus, the great Bob Cousy, who, as you
9、heard earlier in his degreepresentation, won 117 games at Boston when he was coaching here. Eighty-five years old andthe Celtics could have used him this year. (Laughter.) So we have with us today a great legend, but most importantly an amazing person, anamazing player, and three other extraordinary
10、 builders of community, all of whom I am veryhonored to share degrees with today. Their lives and their selfless service are testimony to thefact that Boston College is an amazing place. Over the past years, you have all been blessed to experience a special quality that has alwaysdefined BC: the wel
11、coming spirit of this community. That has been a distinguishingcharacteristic of Boston College since its first days, when it opened its doors to Irishimmigrants and Catholics who were barred from other schools. When I came here more than 40 years ago, I want you to know that I felt that welcomefirs
12、thand. I had, as you heard, served in war, and when I came home, I worked to end it. It wasa turbulent time for our country, for me personally. It was a time of division anddisillusionment. But because of one thoughtful man of conscience, one member of the Boston Collegecommunity, I found a home rig
13、ht here. Many of you today might not even recognize the name of Father Robert Drinan. He was thedean of the Law School and he was running for Congress when I first visited him on thecampus. And what impressed me most about Father Drinan whether on Chestnut Hill or Capitol Hill was that he made no ap
14、ologies for his deep and abiding Catholic commitment to the weak, thehelpless, the downtrodden. “If a person is really a Christian,” Father Drinan would say, “they will be in anguish over globalhunger, injustice, over the denial of educational opportunity.” In fact, it was Father Drinan who encourag
15、ed me to study law at BC, even when it wasnt theobvious path. I had come to law school from a different background than my classmates. Idserved in the Navy, just turned 30, and had a young family. And because of where Id been and what Id seen, I came to Boston College with a set ofnagging questions.
16、 I had confronted my own mortality head-on during the war, where faithwas as much a part of my daily life as the battle itself. In fact, I wore my rosary around myneck hoping for protection. But on closer examination, I realized my wartime relationship with God was really a dependentone a “God, get me through this and Ill be good” kind of relationship. And as I b
