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Musicians, actors, politicians, business leaders, writers, and Nobel Prize winners were among the commencement speakers in 2023.
音乐家、演员、政治家、商界领袖、作家和诺贝尔奖获得者都是2023年的毕业典礼演讲者。
At Howard University in Washington, D.C., graduates heard from U.S. President Joe Biden.
在华盛顿特区的霍华德大学，毕业生们听取了美国总统乔·拜登的演讲。
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin spoke at New York University.
芬兰总理桑娜·马林在纽约大学发表了演讲。
And the actor, Tom Hanks, visited Harvard University to offer his words.
演员汤姆·汉克斯访问了哈佛大学，发表了自己的演讲。
Other speakers included Nobel Peace Prize-winner Maria Ressa, who spoke at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee;
其他演讲者包括诺贝尔和平奖得主玛丽亚·雷沙，她在田纳西州纳什维尔的范德比尔特大学发表了演讲；
the jazz musician Wynton Marsalis at the University of Michigan;
爵士音乐家温顿·马萨利斯在密歇根大学发表了演讲；
and Nobel Prize-winning chemist Carolyn Bertozzi, who spoke with medical students at Stanford University in California.
诺贝尔奖获得者、化学家卡罗琳·贝尔托齐向加州斯坦福大学的医学生发表了演讲。
In most cases, students cheered advice and encouragement from the speaker.
在大多数情况下，学生们为演讲者给出的建议和鼓励而欢呼。
But in at least one case, they called out in protest.
但至少有一次，他们大声抗议。
That happened on May 21 at Boston University to David Zaslav, the head of the media company Warner Brothers Discovery.
5月21日，在波士顿大学，媒体公司华纳兄弟探索的负责人戴维·扎斯拉夫就遭遇了这种情况。
As Zaslav talked, the students called out, "Pay your writers!" so often he had to stop speaking.
就在扎斯拉夫讲话时，学生们大喊：“付钱给你们的编剧！”很多时候，他不得不停止演讲。
The students were supporting striking film and television writers.
学生们支持罢工的影视编剧。
Not all the events at Boston University caused disagreement.
并非所有发生在波士顿大学的事件都遭到了反对。
Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black female member of the U.S. Supreme Court, spoke to law school graduates.
美国最高法院首位黑人女法官凯坦吉·布朗·杰克逊向法学院毕业生发表了演讲。
Brown Jackson discussed her legal career and her love for musical theater.
布朗·杰克逊谈到了她的法律生涯以及她对音乐剧的热爱。
She mentioned the famous show Hamilton and said students should work to "find something you care about, and get yourself into the room where it happens."
她提到了著名的电视剧《汉密尔顿》，并表示学生们应该努力“找到你们关心的事情，并进入事发之室”。
The Room Where It Happens is a song from the show.
《The Room Where It Happens》是这部电视剧的一首插曲。
At New York University, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin told graduates that it is not enough to want change.
在纽约大学，芬兰总理桑娜·马林告诉毕业生们，光想要改变是不够的。
"To change things, you have to take over," she said.
她说：“要想改变现状，你必须接管”。
Marin told the students they must not wait for others to solve the world's problems.
马林告诉学生们，他们不能等着别人来解决世界上的问题。
She talked about the war in Ukraine and climate change.
她谈到了乌克兰战争和气候变化。
She expressed her concerns about artificial intelligence.
她表达了自己对人工智能的担忧。
And she told the graduates to take charge and make changes if they are concerned.
她告诉毕业生们，如果他们担心，就应该承担起责任并做出改变。
"These are challenges that need to be solved," she said.
她说：“这些都是需要解决的挑战”。
"And there is no one else to do that, other than you."
“除了你们，没有其他人能做到。”
Sabrina Vazquez was one of the graduates who gathered to listen to Marin on May 17.
萨布丽娜·巴斯克斯是5月17日听马林演讲的毕业生之一。
She agreed with the message and told VOA:
她同意这一观点，并告诉美国之音：
"Through our … education and our experiences, we were like given the tools to be able to enact change, maybe not immediate because change never happens overnight, but it's something that if we work towards consistently and it's always a goal that we are trying to reach, we can enact change."
“通过我们的教育和经验，我们就像被赋予了能够实施变革的工具，也许不会立竿见影，因为变革从来不会在一夜之间发生，但如果我们一直朝着这个目标努力，这一直是我们努力实现的目标，我们就可以实施变革。”
Just days earlier, U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with students at Howard University, an HBCU, or Historically Black College or University.
就在几天前，美国总统乔·拜登在霍华德大学，历史上的黑人学院或大学，发表了演讲。
Jheannelle Johnson is the first person in her family to graduate from college.
詹妮尔·约翰逊是她家第一个大学毕业生。
She said she was honored that the president wanted to speak to her and fellow graduates.
她说，总统想要向她和其他毕业生发表演讲，她感到很荣幸。
Johnson told VOA that Biden's message was similar to what he might have used in the campaign.
约翰逊告诉美国之音，拜登传达的信息与他在竞选中可能使用的信息相似。
But he also told the 2023 graduates that they have a chance to "change the trajectory of the country."
但他也告诉2023届毕业生，他们有机会“改变国家的轨迹”。
The president then added, "… and I know you will meet the moment."
总统接着补充道：“我知道你们会遇到那个时刻的。”
"This is something that I want to take with me, that the President could come here to my university, and say that we have the power to change things in a climate where it feels like sometimes change isn't moving as fast as we want it to. It's knowing that the future is still bright."
“这是我想要记住的东西，总统来到我的大学，说我们有能力改变一些事情，虽然在某种情况下，感觉变化不像我们所希望的那样快发生，但我们知道未来仍然是光明的。”
Both Johnson and Vazquez agreed that they, and fellow graduates, have a chance to change people's lives, even if it is just in a small way.
约翰逊和巴斯克斯都认为，他们和其他毕业生都有机会改变人们的生活，即使只是在很小的方面。
"It's an important message for us to understand we can be change-makers, even right now," Johnson said.
约翰逊说：“这对我们来说是一个重要的信息，让我们明白我们可以成为变革者，甚至现在就能成为变革者。”
Commencement is an English word that means "the beginning."
Commencement是一个英文单词，意思是“开始”。
So while both Vazquez and Johnson celebrated the end of something, they also know the next part of their lives is coming fast.
因此，当巴斯克斯和约翰逊都在庆祝某件事结束时，他们也知道他们生命的下一个阶段即将到来。
"It's important to know that my work shouldn't stop here," Johnson said.
约翰逊说：“重要的是要知道，我的工作不应该止步于此”。
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