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1、MadamPresidentFaustmembersoftheHarvardCpationtheBoardofOverseers(監(jiān)管理事會(huì))facultyfamilyfriendsmostimptantlytoday’sgraduatesThankyouflettingmesharethiswonderfuldaywithyou.IamnotsureIcanliveuptothehighstardsofHarvardCommencem
2、entspeakers.LastyearJ.K.Rowlingthebillionairenovelistwhostartedasaclassicsstudentgracedthispodium(演講臺(tái)).TheyearbefeBillGatesthemegabillionairephilanthropist(慈善家)computernerd(電腦迷)stoodhere.Todaysadlyyouhaveme.Iamnotwealthy
3、butatleastIamanerd.IamgratefultoreceiveanhonarydegreefromHarvardanhonthatmeansmetomethanyoumightcaretoimagine.YouseeIwastheacademicblacksheepofmyfamily.MyolderbrotherhasanM.D.Ph.D.(醫(yī)學(xué)博士)fromMIT(MassachusettesMassachusett
4、esinstituteinstituteofofTechnologyTechnology麻省理工學(xué)院)HarvardwhilemyyoungerbrotherhasalawdegreefromHarvard.WhenIwasawardedaNobelPrizeIthoughtmymotherwouldbepleased.Notso.WhenIcalledheronthemningoftheannouncementshereplied“T
5、hat’snicebutwhenareyougoingtovisitmenext.”NowasthelastbrotherwithadegreefromHarvardmaybeatlastshewillbesatisfied.AnotherdifficultywithgivingaHarvardcommencement(畢業(yè)典禮)addressisthatsomeofyoumaydisapproveofthefactthatIhaveb
6、rowedmaterialfrompreviousspeeches.Iaskthatyoufgivemeftworeasons.Firstindertohaveimpactitisimptanttodeliverthesamemessagemethanonce.Inscienceitisimptanttobethefirstpersontomakeadiscoverybutitisevenmeimptanttobethelastpers
7、ontomakethatdiscovery.Secondauthswhobrowfromothersarefollowinginthefootstepsofthebest.RalphWaldoEmersonwhograduatedfromHarvardattheageof18noted“Allmybestthoughtswerestolenbytheancients.”Picassodeclared“Goodartistsbrow.Gr
8、eatartistssteal.”Whyshouldcommencementspeakersbeheldtoahigherstardhavereceived.Itwillbethelivesyouhavetouchedthedifferenceyouhavemade.AfternineyearsatBelllabsIdecidedtoleavethatwarmcozyivytower(舒適安逸的象牙塔)fwhatIconsideredt
9、obethe“realwld”auniversity.BellLabstoquotewhatwassaidaboutMaryPoppinswas“practicallyperfectineveryway”butIwantedtoleavebehindsomethingmethanscientificarticles.Iwantedtoteachgivebirthtomyownsetofscientificchildren.TedGeba
10、lleafrienddistinguishedcolleagueofmineatStanfdwhoalsowentfromBerkeleytoBellLabstoStanfdyearsearlierdescribedourmotivesbest:“Thebestpartofwkingatauniversityisthestudents.Theycomeinfreshenthusiasticopentoideasunscarred(無(wú)疤痕
11、的)bythebattlesoflife.Theydon’trealizeitbutthey’retherecipientsofthebestoursocietycanoffer.Ifamindiseverfreetobecreativethat’sthetime.Theycomeinbelievingtextbooksareauthitativebuteventuallytheyfigureoutthattextbooksprofes
12、ssdon’tknoweverythingthentheystarttothinkontheirown.ThenIbeginlearningfromthem.”MystudentspostdoctalfellowstheyoungresearcherswhowkedwithmeatBellLabsStanfdBerkeleyhavebeenextradinary.Over30fmergroupmembersarenowprofesssm
13、anyatthebestresearchinstitutionsinthewldincludingHarvard.Ihavelearnedmuchfromthem.Evennowinraremomentsonweekendstheremainingmembersofmybiophysicsgroupmeetwithmeintheetherwldofcyberspace.Ibeganteachingwiththeideaofgivingb
14、ackIreceivedmethanIgave.Thisbringsmetothefinalmovementofthisspeech.Itbeginswithastyaboutanextradinaryscientificdiscoveryanewdilemmathatitposes(造成,呈現(xiàn)).It’sacalltoarmsaboutmakingadifference.Inthelastseveraldecadesourclimat
15、ehasbeenchanging.Climatechangeisnotnew:theEarthwentthroughsixiceagesinthepast600000years.Howeverrecentmeasurementsshowthattheclimatehasbeguntochangerapidly.ThesizeoftheNthPolarIceCapinthemonthofSeptemberisonlyhalfthesize
16、itwasamere50yearsago.Thesealevelwhichbeenrisingsincedirectmeasurementsbeganin1870ataratethatisnowfivetimesfasterthanitwasatthebeginningofrecdedmeasurements.Here’stheremarkablescientificdiscovery.Fthefirsttimeinhumanhisty
17、scienceisnowmakingpredictionsofhowouractionswillaffectthewld50100yearsfromnow.ThesechangesareduetoanincreaseincarbondioxideputintotheatmospheresincethebeginningoftheIndustrialRevolution.TheEarthhaswarmedupbyroughly0.8deg
18、reesCelsius(攝氏度)sincethebeginningoftheRevolution.Thereisalreadyapproximatelya1degreerisebuiltintothesystemevenifwestopallgreenhousegasemissionstoday.WhyItwilltakedecadestowarmupthedeepoceansbefethetemperaturereachesanewe
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