无畏的希望

无畏的希望是令奥巴马从美国一个小州（伊利诺伊州）走向白宫的一次具有里程碑意义的重要演讲。

本次演讲对于时年43岁的奥巴马来说也是一次重大考验，是一个向全党、全国及全世界推销自己的绝好机会，成功则能威名远扬，失败则可能会黯然退出民主党的政治中心。

事实证明奥巴马没有辜负民主党元老们的重托，演讲取得了巨大成功，为其在党内的地位奠定了坚实的基础，也为其以后的大选奠定了基础。

I stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents’ dreams live on in my precious daughters. I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that in no other country on earth, is my story even possible. Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation, not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago, "we hold these truths to he self-evident, that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

今天，我站在这里，对自己身上这种特殊的血统而心怀感激，而且我知道父母的梦想将在我的宝贝女儿身上继续延续:我站在这里，深知自己的经历只是千百万美国故事中的沧海一粟，更深知自己无法忘却那些更早踏上这片十地的先人，因为若不是在美国，我的故事无论如何都不可能发生。今夜，我们聚集一堂，再次证明这个国度的伟大之处，而这一切并不在于鳞次栉比的摩天大厦，也不在于傲视群雄的军备实力，更不在于稳健雄厚的经济实力。我们的自豪与荣耀来自一个非常简单的前提，两百多年前，它在一个著名的宣言中得以高度的概括:“我们认为以下真理不言而喻，人生来平等，造物主赐与他们以下不可剥夺的权利：生命、自由和对幸福的追求。”

我有一个梦想

1963年8月23日，马丁·路德·金组织了美国历史上影响深远的“自由进军”运动。他率领一支庞大的游行队伍向首都华盛顿进军，为全美国的黑人争取人权。他在林肯纪念堂前向25万人发表了著名的演说《我有一个梦想》，为反对种族歧视、争取平等发出呼号。马丁·路德·金1964年获诺贝尔和平奖。1968年4月4日他在田纳西州被暗杀。

在演说中，他说出了著名的平等口号：

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

我梦想有一天，这个国家将会奋起，实现其立国信条的真谛：“我们认为这些真理不证自明：人人生而平等。”

做真正的自己

著名脱口秀主持人艾伦用自己的经历（高中后辍学，19岁女友车祸身亡，出柜之后节目被停播三年没工作找上门等）和幽默的语言鼓励毕业生：每天活得真实才是真理。

艾伦是历史上唯一一位奥斯卡、格莱美奖和艾美奖都获得过的主持人。2016年，艾伦还被当时的美国总统奥巴马亲自颁赠总统自由勋章，而曾经拿过同样勋章的还有史蒂芬霍金、比尔盖茨。

不过，如果你了解过她的故事，就会明白获得这份荣誉的，不仅仅是脱口秀主持人身份的艾伦，更是艾伦·德杰尼勒斯，一个在漫长岁月中始终活得真实、自我的真实的人。

Really when I look back on it, I wouldn't change a thing. I mean, it was so important for me to lose everything because I found out what the most important thing is, is to be true to yourself. Ultimately, that's what's gotten me to this place. I don’t live in fear, I’m free, I have no secrets. And I know I’ll always be ok, because no matter what, I know who I am.

当我回想起这些往事的时候，我一点也不想去改变什么，即使失去一切。因为我意识到，最重要的事是，对自己诚实。我的选择令我在今天能活得自在，没有恐惧和秘密。我知道一切都是ok的，因为无论如何，我知道自己是谁。

So In conclusion, when I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought when I grow up, I want to be famous. I want to be a star. I want to be in movies. When I grow up I want to see the world, driven ice cars, I want to have groupies.

因此，这是不是结论的结论，当我年轻时，对成功的定义不同，我想我的志愿是：我想出名，想当明星，拍电影，我想要去看世界，开名车，有一群死党……

But my idea of success is different today. And as you grow, you’ll realise the definition of success changes. For many of you, today, success is being able to hold down 20 shots of tequila. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity, and not to give into peer pressure. To try to be something that you’re not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person. To contribute in some way.

但今日我对成功的定义变了，当你长大，你就会发现这点。对你们中的很多人来说，成功的定义是能灌下20杯龙舌兰酒。对我来说，生命中最重要的事是：活得诚实!别逼自己去做不是真正的你，要活得正直，有怜悯之心，在某些方面有所贡献。

So to conclude my conclusion: follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow anyone else's path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path, and by all means you should follow that. Don’t give advice, it will come back and bite you in the ass. Don’t take anyone's advice. So my advice to you is to be true to yourself and everything will be fine.

因此，这是结论的结论(众人笑)：追隨热情，忠于自我，绝不要追随别人的脚步，除非你在森林里迷路了才要这么做。别给人忠告，别接受任何人的忠告。所以…我要给大家的忠告是：做真实的你，一切都会没事的。

Stay hungry, Stay foolish

苹果创始人乔布斯的毕业演讲演讲被收录在BBC英文百大演讲之一，是斯坦福史上乃至全美大学历史上最经典的毕业致辞之一。那场演讲留下了著名的“Stay Hungry，Stay Foolish”。从此这句话成为了众多乔布斯追逐者们奉为圭臬的名言。

在这篇演讲中，乔布斯讲了三个故事：从绝望到希望；从出生到死亡；从功成名就，到一败涂地；又从一败涂地，到绝地逆袭……幽默而深入浅出的语言也当得起字字珠玑。

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing in the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when they leave you off the well-worn path. And it has made all the difference.

同样的，你们也无法预知未来，只有回头看时才会发现它们的关系，所以你必须相信你现在获得的点滴会在未来连结起来。你必须相信一些东西：直觉、命运、人生、因果，什么都没关系，因为如果你相信这些点滴会连接起你未来的道路，你就会拥有跟随自己内心的自信，即使你的选择不被主流认同，这将使一切都变得不一样。

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

光阴如梭，所以，不要浪费时间过你不想要的生活，不要被教条束缚，那意味着按照别人的想法生活，不要被世人的喧嚣掩盖了你的心声，还有最重要的，要有跟随你的内心和直觉的勇气，它们知道你想做一个什么样的人，其他的一切都是次要的。

Emma Watson联合国演讲

英国女演员艾玛·沃森(Emma Watson)不仅是人见人爱的“赫敏”，也是联合国妇女署亲善大使，一直致力于促进男女平等的社会活动家。2014年沃森曾站上联合国发表《我是女权主义者》的演讲。2016年，她再次出席联合国报告发布会，为“他为她”全球行动站台。

We don’t often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but Icon see that that they are and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence.

我不想说男性们被性别刻板印象所禁锢，但是我可以看到事实上确实如此。当他们自由的时候，自然而然，女性也会得到改变。

If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled.

如果男性不必非要有野心，女性自然也不必非得被迫顺从。如果男性不必去控制，女性也不必被控制。

Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong… It is time that weal perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals.

这时我们就能看到两性和谐相处而不是互相对立了。我们应该停止为彼此定义。

If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by what we are—we can all be freer and this is what HeForShe is about. It’s about freedom.

如果我们不再将彼此定义为两个对立面，而是开始找寻真正的自我。我们可以更自由，这就是“HeForShe”运动的意义所在。这是关于自由的运动。

I want men to take up this mantle. So their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too—reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned and in doing so be a more true and complete version of themselves.

我希望男性们可以参与其中，这样他们的女儿、母亲、姐妹可以摆脱偏见，他们的儿子可以被允许脆弱、平凡，成为更真实、更完整的自己。