但假如马歇尔能够听到今年的这批毕业致辞——或者说是俗世“布道”——他或许会深感震惊。且不论现代礼仪要求如今的毕业致辞短小精炼(时长通常仅为12到15分钟)这一事实,也忽略现在的毕业致辞专门针对学生、而非面向社会整体这一点。真正让人感到震惊的是,如今在毕业典礼上布道的名人已不再局限于资深政治家、法官以及宗教领袖。
On the contrary, writers, business leaders, sportsmen, TV personalities, entertainers and scientists now dominate the ranks. Thus students this year have heard from people such as Oprah Winfrey (chat-show host); Jim Yong Kim (head of the World Bank); Julie Andrews (actress); Annie Lennox (singer); Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist); the ** Lama (the Buddhist leader); Arianna Huffington (journalist); and Sheri McCoy (CEO of Avon Products). True, there have been some politicians and senior government officials: Barack Obama, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and Michael Bloomberg have spoken too. But after perusing the numbers, it seems to me that the statesmen were vastly outnumbered by cultural commentators. (In the interests of disclosure I should admit that I have skewed that list too, since I was one of several journalists who spoke, in my case at Baruch College in New York.)
相反,作家、商界领袖、运动员、电视名人、演艺界人士以及科学家如今成为毕业致辞者的主流。今年的毕业生们聆听了以下名人的致辞:奥普拉•温弗瑞(Oprah Winfrey,脱口秀主持人)、金墉(Jim Yong Kim,世界银行(World Bank)行长)、朱莉•安德鲁斯(Julie Andrews,演员)、安妮•伦诺克斯(Annie Lennox,歌手)、奈尔•德格拉斯•泰森(Neil deGrasse Tyson,天文物理学家)、达赖喇嘛(** Lama,佛教领袖)、阿里安娜•赫芬顿(Arianna Huffington,资讯工作者)以及雪莉•麦科伊(Sheri McCoy,雅芳(Avon Products)首席执行官)。的确,在致辞者中也有一些政治家和高级政府官员:巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)、科瑞•布克(Cory Booker)、柯尔斯顿•吉利布兰德(Kirsten Gillibrand)以及迈克尔•布隆伯格(Michael Bloomberg)也在今年的毕业典礼上发表了演讲。但我仔细研读数据后发现,政治家的数量远远少于文化评论家。(出于信息公开的目的,我应该坦诚,我自己也有份使这份名单变得比例失衡,因为我也是受邀发表毕业致辞的几位资讯工作者之一,在纽约市立大学柏鲁克分校(Baruch College, The City University of New York))做了演讲。)
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