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1、TheTheFringeFringeBenefitsBenefitsofofFailureFailurethetheImptanceImptanceofofImaginationImaginationHarvardHarvardUniversityUniversityCommencementCommencementAddressAddressJ.K.J.K.RowlingRowlingTercentenaryTercentenaryTh

2、eatreTheatreJuneJune5520082008失敗的好處和想象力的重要性失敗的好處和想象力的重要性哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮J.K.J.K.羅琳羅琳20082008年6月5日PresidentFaustmembersoftheHarvardCpationtheBoardofOverseersmembersofthefacultyproudparentsaboveallgraduates福斯特主席，哈佛公司和監(jiān)察委員會

3、的各位成員，各位老師、家長、全體畢業(yè)生們：ThefirstthingIwouldliketosayis“thankyou.“NotonlyhasHarvardgivenmeanextradinaryhonourbuttheweeksoffearnauseaI’veenduredatthethoughtofgivingthiscommencementaddresshavemademeloseweight.Awinwinsituation!

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5、rwithme.這些似乎是不切實際或自相矛盾的選擇，但請先容我講完。Lookingbackatthe21yearoldthatIwasatgraduationisaslightlyuncomftableexperiencefthe42yearoldthatshehasbecome.HalfmylifetimeagoIwasstrikinganuneasybalancebetweentheambitionIhadfmyselfwhatth

6、oseclosesttomeexpectedofme.回顧21歲剛剛畢業(yè)時的自己，對于今天42歲的我來說，是一個稍微不太舒服的經(jīng)歷?？梢哉f，我人生的前一部分，一直掙扎在自己的雄心和身邊的人對我的期望之間。IwasconvincedthattheonlythingIwantedtodoeverwastowritenovels.Howevermyparentsbothofwhomcamefromimpoverishedbackgrounds

7、neitherofwhomhadbeentocollegetooktheviewthatmyoveractiveimaginationwasanamusingpersonalquirkthatcouldneverpayamtgagesecureapension.我一直深信，自己唯一想做的事情，就是寫小說。不過，我的父母，他們都來自貧窮的背景，沒有任何一人上過大學(xué)，堅持認(rèn)為我過度的想象力是一個令人驚訝的個人怪癖，根本不足以讓我支付按揭，或

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9、tuptostudyModernLanguages.HardlyhadmyparentscarroundedthecnerattheendoftheroadthanIditchedGermanscuttledoffdowntheClassicscrid.他們希望我去拿個職業(yè)學(xué)位，而我想去攻讀英國文學(xué)。最后，達(dá)成了一個雙方都不甚滿意的妥協(xié)：我改學(xué)現(xiàn)代語言?？墒堑鹊礁改敢蛔唛_，我立刻放棄了德語而報名學(xué)習(xí)古典文學(xué)。Icannotremembe

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