Be Great, and Be Good 成为伟大而优秀的人(节选)

在美国大学的毕业典礼上，校方通常会邀请一些名人来进行演讲。以下这篇演讲是美国通用电气公司的主席兼首席执行官杰弗里·R·伊梅尔特梅尔特在他的母校达特茅斯大学的毕业典礼上所作的。他以自己的亲身经验为母校的毕业生们提出了宝贵的建议，激励他们在以后的职业生涯中有所作为。

I hope you had a great time at Dartmouth. If you stop here, if you really think these were your best days, then you truly have nothing. But if you go forward and build on the values of Dartmouth, you can live a life that will be both great and good.

我希望你们在达特茅斯度过了一个美好的时光。如果你们从此驻足不前，如果你们认为这些年就是你们最好的日子，那么你们实际上是一无所获。可是，如果你们以达特茅斯的价值观为基础继续前进，你们的人生会变得非凡而卓越。

For the last 25 years, I’ve had a career that’s been both interesting and fun. I have a powerful job, but I’ve never wanted to be powerful. I hope to be judged by what I do and not how much money I make. I want to create a company that’s powered by ideas and values and people. And I hope to reflect what I learned right here and in some small way repay my debt to Dartmouth.

在过去的25年里，我一直从事着一份很有乐趣的职业。我有一份权利很大的工作，但我权利从不热衷。我希望别人通过我做的事来衡量我，而不是看我赚了多少钱。我想创建一家以理念、价值观和人才为优势的公司。我也希望反思我在这里所学的一切，并略尽绵力来报答达特茅斯对我的栽培。

I’m a son of Dartmouth, a husband, a father, a business leader; I’m loyal to my friends and I love my family. I am, and always will be, an optimist. But the great part about life is that sometimes ordinary Dartmouth grads, people like you and me, get a chance to do extraordinary things. And if you’re sitting out there wondering about the future, sad to leave your friends, or hoping desperately for this speech to end, I want you to know that there are some amazing days ahead. Ultimately you define your own success. Some of you will be doctors or lawyers or parents or teachers, but make five choices: that you will keep learning; that you will live and work with passion and courage; that you will give of yourself to earn trust of others; that you will always take on the world’s toughest problems; and that you will be an optimist. Live the values of Dartmouth --- a commitment to be both great and good in a world where the journey truly counts.

我是达特茅斯的子弟，我是一位丈夫、一位父亲和一位商界领导;我对朋友忠诚，我热爱我的家庭。我是一个乐观的人，并将继续保持乐观。但生命的精彩之处在于，像我和你们这样普普通通的达特茅斯的毕业生，有时也有机会取得非凡的成就。如果你们只是坐在那里为未来而茫然，为离开你们的朋友而悲伤，又或者极度希望这个演讲尽快结束，那么我希望你们知道，未来还有许多精彩的日子在等着你们。最终还是由你们来定义自己的成就。你们当中的一些人会成为医生、律师、父母或者教师，但是请作出下面这五个决定：我会继续学习;我会充满热情和勇气地生活和工作;我会奉献自己，赢得他人的信任;我总是会担负起世界上最困难的事情;我会做一个乐观的人。要实践达特茅斯的价值观，那就是永不放弃对伟大和优秀的追求，因为在这个世界上，追求的过程才是真正重要的。