哈佛大学最新演讲：你所接受的教育，决定了你的人生高度

哈佛大学新校长劳伦斯·巴科在最近发表了自己的就职演讲，引发了大家对于美国教育体系的思考。演讲中，劳伦斯·巴科一路回顾了自己的科研历程，同时也向一路上支持自己的家人、同事、学生们表示了感谢。劳伦斯·巴科还探讨了美国高等教育存在的机遇和挑战，重申了高等教育对于整个社会，乃至全世界的重要性。

下面就一起跟随小新鲜，来看看校长都有哪些金句吧~

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I am deeply honored to assume the leadership of this wonderful institution, and proud that as the nation’ s oldest university, Harvard has helped to shape the American system of higher education, which is magnificent in its independence, sweep, and diversity.

大意：我很荣幸能够成为哈佛校长，带领大家一同前行。我也十分自豪能在美国历史最悠久的学校里面任职。哈佛大学为美国塑造了一个独立、优秀、有深度的高等教育系统。

We need, together, to reaffirm that higher education is a public good worthy of support — and beyond that, a pillar of our democracy that, if dislodged, will change the United States into something fundamentally bleaker and smaller.

大意：需要声明的是，高等教育是值得大家支持的公共利益。高等教育更是国民的精神支柱。如果这个支柱倒塌，美国将从根本上变得虚无飘渺。

Even at some of the most difficult moments in our national history, our leaders understood that they could strengthen the nation by educating more of our society. Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act during the dark days of the Civil War, creating land-grant universities to spread useful knowledge across this immense raw continent.

大意：即使在历史上最困难的时刻，我们的领导人也明白，可以通过高等教育来挽救处于危难的国家。林肯在内战的黑暗时期签署了《莫里尔法案》，创建了赠地大学，为学子们提供接受良好教育的平台。

President Franklin Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill just two weeks after D-Day, making a college education one of the prime rewards for national service, and sending vast numbers of less-privileged Americans to college for the first time.

大意：罗斯福总统在二战诺曼底登陆后仅仅两周就签署了G.I.法案，将大学教育作为国家承担的主要内容之一，并让大量受到不公正对待的美国人平等地进入了大学。

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Every such expansion of higher education, every move toward openness to those previously excluded, has brought the United States closer to the ideal of equality and opportunity for all.

大意：高等教育机会的普及，使得大众有平等的机会接受良好教育。

Today, we have to embody and defend truth, excellence, and opportunity more than ever. We do this not to stave off our critics, but because these are the values that made our nation great.

大意：今天，我们必须去捍卫真理和知识的尊严。我们这样做不是为了满足自己，而是使国家更加伟大。

And it is precisely because we find ourselves in this post-factual world that strong colleges and universities are essential.

大意：正是因为我们周围的世界中充满的各种被“加工”的信息，优秀的大学和高等教育才显得更加不可或缺。

Here in Harvard Yard, we must embrace diversity in every possible dimension, because as Governor Baker said so eloquently, we learn from our differences — and that includes ideological diversity.

大意：在哈佛大学，我们能够体验多样化的教学和文化，因为正如州长贝克尔所说的那样，我们从差异中学习。这种差异包括了意识形态的多样、不同文化的差异性。

At the same time, it’s our responsibility to counter any current myths about the value of higher education and to continue telling children, in every corner of this nation and the world, the simple truth: that if they want to get ahead, education is the vehicle that will bring them there.

大意：与此同时，我们有责任去抨击任何关于高等教育价值的诽谤，我们要告诉在这个国家和世界每一个角落的孩子一个简单的事实：如果你们想在社会中有所作为，教育就是进步的阶梯。

Fortunately, many of the best and the brightest from around the world seek to study at America’s great colleges and universities. In engineering, mathematics, and computer sciences, over half the doctorates awarded each year are granted to foreign nationals. Many of these students will return home with their sights raised, and go on to build thriving companies and institutions of higher learning; to fight poverty, disease, and climate change throughout the world

大意：世界各地的最优秀和最聪明的人都在美国的大学学习。在工程领域、数学和计算机科学领域，每年颁发的博士学位有一半以上授予外国留学生。这些学生中的许多人将带着他们的眼界和见识回到自己的祖国，建立起发展迅速的公司和高等教育机构；并在世界各地与贫困，疾病和气候变化作斗争。

Today, I am inspired by the beauty of our mission, our history, and our values, by the power of our ambition, talent, and goodwill, and by the infinite possibilities before us, to use our strengths to help humanity as a whole to ascend.

大意：今天，我们历史观和价值观鼓励着我们不断前行。我们的雄心、才能和善意将帮助整个人类文明进步。

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