自从龙虾君出了那篇「2017波士顿高校毕业典礼蹭讲座指南」之后，后台有很多小伙伴在哭喊没时间没票没法看讲座。
贴心如龙虾君。知道你们懒，帮你们整理出了几所高校值得一读的毕业典礼演讲稿。正所谓「听君一席话，胜读十年书」。
今天先来说说的5月12日举行毕业典礼的UMass Amherst，演讲嘉宾是Elizabeth Warren，美国民主党籍政治人物，麻州的资深联邦参议员。
你可能不太了解她，但她最近可以经常被美国人们议论。说她之前还要先科普一个单词：美国证券交易委员会，SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
川普上台之后，提名让
Clayton
做证券交易委员会会长。Clayton是谁？他是
律师
，为华尔街很多证券公司做过代理。不夸张的说差不多整个华尔街都是他以前的客户。

证券交易委员会是干啥的？是用来管理华尔街上的那些厉害的证券交易所的。也就是说Clayton现在翻身变凤凰，管起以前的客户了。
当然这是一件很危险的事情，因为华尔街那些大亨都是他的客户，保不齐他
不以人民的名义
，以那些客户的名义做事。注意了！这个时候Elizabeth Warren登场了。

她一出场，就从各个角度论证了让Clayton成为会长的各个隐患。把Clayton说的是哑口无言，一句明白话都说不清楚。打响了她的名号，雷厉风行。

好了好了，回归正题。了解了更多背景，我们也能更好的了解Elizabeth毕业典礼上说的内容。龙虾君也把她演讲的完整视频放在上面，感兴趣的可以边看视频边看下面的文章。
简单来说，在UMass Amherst的毕业典礼上，她主要呼吁大家要「Get more involved in our democracy」
It’s easy to say, “I don’t like politics” or “I don’t like any political party.”
It is no longer possible to assume that democracy will work if most Americans simply wait until election time to learn a little about the candidates and otherwise ignore what’s going on.
她呼吁人们要为自己的权益发声。政府会根据人民的声音去做决策。如果政府听不到我们的声音，那么他们就回去听华尔街那些有权势的人。
而那些人发声只会为了保障自己的权益。久而久之，社会只会对他们越来越有利，世界也会随之改变。
Our country – our democracy – is not a machine that will run on its own. If elected officials don’t hear from people like you, then the policies will be set by the people they do hear from. 
They hear plenty from corporate CEOs, from Wall Street, from giant corporations and from others who spend buckets of money to make sure that their interests are heard. 
Your elected officials are increasingly working only for the few, the very wealthy few, and they are setting policies only to benefit the few, the very wealthy few. And if that doesn’t change soon, then this country will fundamentally change.
她也提到了3点，大众应该如何合理理性的发声。
第一，就是去关心你真正为之关心的。不要让你爸你妈，或者你的老师朋友，甚至是Emma Watson或者Taylor Swift来左右你的观点与想法。
The first, is start with something that’s at the core of who you are. If you know what you believe in and if you are willing to fight for it.
you have to think hard about what really matters to you—not to your mom and dad, or to your girlfriend or to your dog.
Don’t just pick whatever cause that Emma Watson or Taylor Swift are supporting this week – no matter how much you want to be in their squad.
第二，做决定选择立场之前要先去了解。不要在你什么都不了解的情况下做出一些决定，了解更多可以帮助我们更好的解决问题，和做决策。
Second, do a little studying. 
Study up because knowing something about an issue makes a difference. So go online and read the facts. Not the alternative facts, the real facts.
第三，
找到一个组织
来和你一起发声。一个人的声音也许很难被听到，但是群体的发声会让越来越多的人重视这个问题。

Third, join with others. Find a group that is engaged on the issues that you care about. 
A group makes a difference. More good ideas. More information. More ways to get your voice heard. 
One voice is powerful, but two voices are more than twice as powerful, and ten or ten thousand voices create a force to be reckoned with. 
她还表示，
不同的Generation面临不同的问题
。每一代人的发声都会使整个社会变得更好，她举了二战和越南战争的例子。

而我们现在这一代面临的与之前的问题不同，解决现在的问题，就需要我们勇敢的发声。
Each generation must rebuild democracy to serve its own time and its own needs. 
If democracy for you simply means leaving it to others, letting others set the terms of the political debate,then our country will work better and better for a smaller and smaller number of people. 
But if democracy for you means connecting up, studying, making hard decisions and defending them with intelligence and commitment, then this country will flourish.
其实虽然Elizabeth Warren说这话面向的是有投票权的美国人民，但是她的主旨其实对我们也同样有效。可以点击「阅读原文」访问UMass Amherst官网查看演讲文章。
如果你有什么观后感的话，也可以在评论里留下你的看法和大家讨论。
最后祝Umass Amherst的小伙伴毕业快乐啦。
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