你能做出的决定是你现在想什么，你需要准备好不断修改自己的决定。让我说得更明白一些。我不是在试图说服你们都成为音乐家或者作家。成为医生、律师、科学家、工程师或者经济学家没有什么不好，这些都是可靠的、可敬的选择。我想说的是你需要思考它，认真地思考。我请求你们 做的，是根据正确的理由做出你的选择。我在敦促你们的，是认识到你的道德自由并热情拥抱它。
and most of all, don't play it safe. resist the seductions of the cowardly values our society has come to prize so highly: comfort, convenience, security, predictability, control. these, too, are nets. above all, resist the fear of failure. yes, you will make mistakes. but they will be your mistakes, not someone else's. and you will survive them, and you will know yourself better for having made them, and you will be a fuller and a stronger person.
最重要的是，不要太过小心翼翼。去拒绝或否定我们社会给予了过高奖赏的那些卑怯的价值观的诱惑：舒服、方便、安全、可预测 的、可控制的。这些，同样是罗网。最重要的是，去拒否失败的恐惧感。是的，你会犯错误。可那是你的错误，不是别人的。你将从错误中缓过来，而且，正是因为 这些错误，你更好地认识你自己。由此，你成为更完整和强大的人。
it's been said—and i'm not sure i agree with this, but it's an idea that's worth taking seriously—that you guys belong to a "postemotional" generation. that you prefer to avoid messy and turbulent and powerful feelings. but i say, don't shy away from the challenging parts of yourself. don't deny the desires and curiosities, the doubts and dissatisfactions, the joy and the darkness, that might knock you off the path that you have set for yourself. college is just beginning for you, adulthood is just beginning. open yourself to the possibilities they represent. the world is much larger than you can imagine right now. which means, you are much larger than you can imagine.
人们常说你们年轻人属于“后情感”一代，我想我未必赞同这个说法，但这个说法值得严肃对待。你们更愿意规避混乱、动荡 和强烈的感情，但我想说，不要回避挑战自我，不要否认欲望和好奇心、怀疑和不满、快乐和阴郁，它们可能改变你预设的人生轨迹。大学刚开始，成年时代也才刚 开始。打开自己，直面各种可能性吧。这个世界的深广远超你现在想象的边际。这意味着，你自身的深广也将远超你现在的想象。
