公众人物毕业演讲第282期:奥巴马2013莫尔豪斯学院7（打印版）

That's the unique sense of purpose that this place has always infused

这是这个地方一直灌输的独特目的观

The conviction that this is a training ground

这是一个训练场

Not only for individual success

目的不仅是训练你取得个人成就

But for leadership that can change the world

它还要训练出改变世界的领导能力

Dr. King was just 15 years old when he enrolled here at Morehouse

金牧师15岁就入学于莫尔豪斯

He was an unknown, undersized, unassuming young freshman

他当时还是默默无闻身材矮小不受瞩目的新生

Who lived at home with his parents

同父母一起住在家里

And I think it's fair to say he wasn't the coolest kid on campus

我可以公正地说他绝不是学校最酷的小孩

For the suits he wore, his classmates called him "tweed"

因为他的穿着他的同学都叫他"粗花呢"

But his education at Morehouse helped to forge the intellect

但在莫尔豪斯他锻炼着自己智慧

The discipline, the compassion, the soul force that would transform America

纪律同情心以及变革美国的精神力量

It was here that he was introduced to the writings of Gandhi and Thoreau

正是在这里他接触到了甘地和梭罗的作品

And the theory of civil disobedience

以及非暴力反抗的理论

It was here that professors encouraged him to look past the world as it was

正是在这里教授们鼓励他将目光超越旧世界

And fight for the world as it should be

并为创造应有的新世界而奋斗

And it was here, at Morehouse, as Dr. King later wrote

也正是在这里在莫尔豪斯金牧师之后写道

Where "I realized that nobody was afraid"

我意识到没有人害怕过

Not even of some bad weather

哪怕是糟糕的天气

I added on that part

这部分是我加的

I know it's wet out there

我知道你们都淋湿了

But Dr. Wilson told me you all had a choice and decided to do it out here anyway

不过威尔逊博士告诉我你们都可以选择坐到这里