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1、 海军上将麦瑞文在德州大学奥斯汀分校2021年毕业典礼英语演讲稿President Powers, Provost Fenves, Deans, members of the faculty, family and friends and mostimportantly, the class of 2019. Congratulations on your achievement.Its been almost 37 years to the day that I graduated from UT.I remember a lot of things about that day.I rem
2、ember I had throbbing headache from a party the night before. I remember I had aserious girlfriend, whom I later married-thats important to remember by the way-and Iremember that I was getting commissioned in the Navy that day.But of all the things I remember, I dont have a clue who the commencement
3、 speaker wasthat evening and I certainly dont remember anything they said.Soacknowledging that fact-if I cant make this commencement speech memorable-I will atleast try to make it short.The Universitys slogan is,What starts here changes the world.I have to admit-I kinda like it.What starts here chan
4、ges the world.Tonight there are almost 8,000 students graduating from UT.That great paragon of analytical rigor, Ask.Com says that the average American will meet10,000 people in their life time.Thats a lot of folks.But, if every one of you changed the lives of just ten people-and each one of those f
5、olkschanged the lives of another ten people-just ten-then in five generations-125 years-the class of2019 will have changed the lives of 800 million people.800 million people-think of it-over twice the population of the United States. Go one moregeneration and you can change the entire population of
6、the world-8 billion people.If you think its hard to change the lives of ten people-change their lives forever-youre wrong.I saw it happen every day in Iraq and Afghanistan.A young Army officer makes a decision to go left instead of right down a road in Baghdad andthe ten soldiers in his squad are sa
7、ved from close-in ambush.In Kandahar province, Afghanistan, a non-commissioned officer from the Female EngagementTeam senses something isnt right and directs the infantry platoon away from a 500 poundIED, saving the lives of a dozen soldiers.But, if you think about it, not only were these soldiers s
8、aved by the decisions of one person, buttheir children yet unborn-were also saved. And their childrens children-were saved.Generations were saved by one decision-by one person.But changing the world can happen anywhere and anyone can do it.So, what starts here can indeed change the world, but the qu
9、estion iswhat will the world looklike after you change it?Well, I am confident that it will look much, much better, but if you will humor this old sailorfor just a moment, I have a few suggestions that may help you on your way to a better a world.And while these lessons were learned during my time i
10、n the military, I can assure you that itmatters not whether you ever served a day in uniform.It matters not your gender, your ethnic or religious background, your orientation, or yoursocial status.Our struggles in this world are similar and the lessons to overcome those struggles and tomove forward-
11、changing ourselves and the world around us-will apply equally to all.I have been a Navy SEAL for 36 years. But it all began when I left UT for Basic SEAL training inCoronado, California.Basic SEAL training is six months of long torturous runs in the soft sand, midnight swims in thecold water off San
12、 Diego, obstacles courses, unending calisthenics, days without sleep andalways being cold, wet and miserable.It is six months of being constantly harassed by professionally trained warriors who seek tofind the weak of mind and body and eliminate them from ever becoming a Navy SEAL.But, the training
13、also seeks to find those students who can lead in an environment ofconstant stress, chaos, failure and hardships.To me basic SEAL training was a life time of challenges crammed into six months.So, here are the ten lessons I learned from basic SEAL training that hopefully will be of value toyou as yo
14、u move forward in life.Every morning in basic SEAL training, my instructors, who at the time were all Vietnamveterans, would show up in my barracks room and the first thing they would inspect was yourbed.If you did it right, the corners would be square, the covers pulled tight, the pillow centered j
15、ustunder the headboard and the extra blanket folded neatly at the foot of the rack-rack-thatsNavy talk for bed.It was a simple task-mundane at best. But every morning we were required to make our bedto perfection. It seemed a little ridiculous at the time, particularly in light of the fact thatwere aspiring to be real warriors, tough battle hardened SEALs-but the wisdom of this simpleact has been proven to me many times over.If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. Itwill give you a small sense of pride and it will
