And then this, from Jeff Immelt, head of General Electric, at the University of Connecticut: “Graduates should be optimistic; believe in better. The world awaits your leadership.”
还有这个,通用电气(General Electric)董事长杰夫•伊梅尔特(Jeff Immelt)在康涅狄格大学(University of Connecticut)讲道:“毕业生应该乐观,应该相信世界会变得更美好。世界在等待着你们的领导。”
Any student who has learnt anything at all in their time at university will be able to spot the hogwash. The world has 7bn voices to listen to already – it won’t be bothered about one more or less. Neither is it clear why graduates should be especially optimistic, especially at the moment. The world doesn’t await their leadership; only a tiny minority will get the chance to lead anything, apart, perhaps, from themselves.
每个在大学时光中学了点东西的学生都能发现这些言论中的废话。全世界已经有70亿人的声音,多一个还是少一个根本不算什么。为什么毕业生尤其应该乐观也不清楚,特别是在当下这个时候。世界并没等着他们领导,也许只有极少数人有机会领导除自己以外的任何东西。
Far better – and much snappier – advice was given by Stephen Colbert to students at the University of Virginia. The satirist started by ordering everyone to make sure their cell phones were turned on: “Take a moment to follow my Twitter feed in case I tweet anything during my speech.” I hope the graduates took heed: I felt chastened when I just watched it on YouTube.
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