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1、拉加德在伊利诺伊理工大学毕业典礼上英语演讲稿 Good morning。 It is a great honor to return to IIT and _lebrate together。 I would like tothank President Anderson for his kind invitation and all of you for your warm wele。 I wouldalso like to thank all faculty members who have done so much to bring us here today。 Let me start
2、 with a full disclosure of my highly personal interest in todays _remony。 I am the proud mother of one of the 2，591 graduates whose aomplishments are beingrecognized today。 As an immensely proud mom， I would like to extend a special wele to allfamilies and friends who are joining this wonderful men
3、_ment exercise。 This is a joyou _oment for all of us。 Today the _nter of our universe is right here in Chicago， on the Ed Glancy Field。 Today you the graduates of this great university have the right to feel like the new _sters of theacademic universe。 Hard work， boundless energy， relentless curiosi
4、ty， and incredible talent： these are some ofthe qualities that helped you achieve suess in the classroom。 These are the qualities that youcan now bring to bear on some of the worlds most exciting challenges。 The world is not short ofthat！ In other words， after writing the prologue， you are now ready
5、 to draft your own 21st _nturylegacies in engineering， architecture， business， design， law， and scien _ and technology。 Whatan incredible privilege， what a great responsibility！ Of course， _ny of you already know that the line from college to career is unlikely to beperfectly straight。 There will al
6、most _rtainly be plenty of twists and turns， ups and downs andbumps along your way。 But _ny of you will also realize that your starting point could hardly be better。 And this is whywe are here today to _lebrate the beginning of your journey， the starting point of a newadventure。 It is a day of hope。
7、 It is a day of promise。 It is a day of joy for all of us。 With this in mind， I would like to talk about three things that could help along the journey： First， reinventing yourself and weling change and risks。 Second， standing up for your values and ideas。 Third， encouraging transfor _tional change
8、in others。 If you will indulge me， I would like to introdu _ these points by briefly recounting personalexperien _s that have shaped my life。 Of course， my experien _s _y not be the ulti _tenuggets of wisdom。 But as Mark Twain on _ said： “It is better to have old secondhanddiamonds than none at all。
9、” 1。 Reinventing yourself and taking “s _rt risks” So here is my first story about risk and reinvention。 Let me be clear， I am _rtainly not a riskjunkie。 I do not jump out of airplanes; I do not hang out in casinos; I do not even drinkalcohol。 So far， so boring。 But there is a pattern in my personal
10、 journey that I woulddescribe as going from “cozy” to “crazy”。 As in： “Why would you give up your cozy life？ Are youcrazy？” I heard the French version of that question 42 years ago， when I traded my cozy world in Fran _for a new life with my American host family and my American school in Bethesda， M
11、aryland。 Iwas 17， and soon enough I was homesick and missing my family and friends。 And I wasrecovering slowly from a profound emotional and cultural shock。 But I was also incredibly excited to be exposed to new ideas， a new language， and new ways ofthinking。 And I am forever indebted to those peopl
12、e who weled me and who allowed me toexperien _ the most transfor _tional year of my life。 Let me give you another example of “cozy to crazy” and it happened right here in Chicago。 In1999， after years of studying at law school and hard work as a young and then not so young lawyer， my partners at Bake
13、r & McKenzie elected me chair _n of this global law firm。Working and living here in Chicago allowed me to thrive as a lawyer， as a leader， and as amother of two wonderful boys。 I could not have _de it without the support and toleran _ ofmy family and the help of my great colleagues and friends some
14、of whom are here today。 But in 20XX， I re _ived a call from Paris： the Prime Minister was asking me to join the Frenchgover _ent。 When your country calls you to public servi _， there is really only one answer youcan give。 So I gave up my cozy chair _ns life in Chicago， packed my bag and flew immedia
15、telyto Paris。 In my haste and excitement， I left my reading glasses behind。 So for her first few daysof offi _， the newest French minister was blinking and squinting a lot！ Going from “cozy” to “crazy” allowed me to move from the private sector to national publicservi _ to international public servi _; from Fran _ to the United States to the world。 One of the _jor lessons I have learned during that journey is this： be prepared for change， bewilling to take “s _rt risks”， dont be afraid to reinvent yourself。 This is precisely what you have been doing here at IIT。 Yo
