Thank you Chancellor Wiley， distinguished platform party， friends， guests and the very reason for our presence here today—the members of the class of 2003.
Before I start my remarks， I"d like everyone just to do something for me. AVery ******—so everyone can kind of just get to know everyone else—on the count of three， I"d like everyone to turn around and shake the hand of the person sitting right behind you.One， two， three—right now， everybody， please do that.
So， I guess you still have a few things to learn.
My parents cried when I left for California. Not because I was leaving， rather， I think， because they were afraid I"d be coming back.Not one teacher I ever had in grade school， high school or college would"ve believed that there was even the slightest chance that one day I would be asked to give the commencement address at major university.
Many， given the opportunity， would"ve bet large sums of money against it， putting up their homes and children as collateral. Actually， I really like the idea of that， not because I"m vindictive—B although in a few minutes I"m going to read the names of all the people in my life who never thought I would amount to anything—but because life should be unpredictable.And I"m very grateful that I never wasted any time trying to become somebody else"s image of what I should be.
So， thirty-one years ago today， I drove from Madison， Wisconsin， to Los Angeles， California. On the way， I passed Camp Randall， where my college graduation ceremony was in progress.I thought about going to the ceremony， but it meant I would"ve arrived in Hollywood one day later， and at the time I just didn"t see the point.I would get there.
Gertrude Stein once said about Hollywood，“When you get there， there is no‘there’there.”That"s true. However， there will be a swimming pool and tennis court.In the end， though， it"s probably not enough to justify a life"s journey.CGetting there， particularly in show business， is tough enough.You need a combination of talent， ambition， luck and willingness to tell actors how beautiful they look today.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析Sentence Structures
AVery ******—so everyone can kind of just get to know everyone else—on the count of three， I"d like everyone to turn around and shake the hand of the person sitting right behind you.
非常简单的一件事，这样你们能稍微认识其他一些人。当我数到三时，我希望每个人转身与坐在你身后的人握握手。
kind of稍微，有点。例如：I"m not sure why， but I feel kind of sorry for him.不知为什么，我有点为他惋惜。
BAIthough in a few minutes I"m going to read the names of all the people in my life who never thought I would amount to anything.
虽然几分钟后我将会说出一些在我生命中出现过的人名，这些人总不认为我会做成什么事。
amount to指做成，达成某事。
CGetting there， particularly in show business， is tough enough.
在那里，尤其是在娱乐行业闯荡是非常艰难的。
show business表示演艺业，娱乐界。
112.Live Your Life Now 活在当下
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AIn retrospect， getting there was the easy part.Finding a“there”there is much harder.So today， before you get into your cars and race off to the rest of your lives， I want to give you some advice on how to get there.And I want to help make sure that when you get there， you find a“there”there.
To that end， I will give you my five rules to think about. BQuickly forget， but years from now kick yourself for not having listened to.
Don"t think about your future， especially right now. You"ll miss my speech.There will be plenty of time to contemplate your future right after the ceremony， but then you"ll miss all the celebrating and adulation.So just wait until you get home and have a good think about something that will happen in the future that will make you happy.
When I graduated from college， I spent a lot of time thinking about how cool it would be to be on the Johnny Carson show. A few years later， it happened.We appeared on the“Tonight”show， Joey Bishop was the guest host.We were dreadful.For years I ran into people who would stop me and say，“Hey， I saw you on the“Tonight”show.Huh……What"s Joey Bishop like？”Eventually I got over the embarrassment， but I never got those years back—years I spent waiting for some future event to make me happy.CI had tricked myself into thinking，“As soon as I get there， I"ll be OK.”
I work in a business where almost everyone is waiting for the next big thing. Sometimes it comes， and sometimes it doesn"t.But it doesn"t matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping.So get out there and go for it， but don"t be caught waiting.It"s great to plan for your future.Just don"t live there， because really nothing ever happens in the future.Whatever happens now， so live your life where the action is—now.And one more thing：If you"re going to be on television， don"t call your friends and tell them to watch until after you"ve seen it.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析Sentence Structures
AIn retrospect， getting there was the easy part.
回想起来，到达那里是比较简单的。
in retrospect 回顾，追溯。例如：In retrospect， it"s easy to see why we were wrong.回顾过去就很容易明白我们为什么错了。
BQuickly forget， but years from now kick yourself for not having listened to.
如果数年之后，你们懊悔没有认真听我讲，那就只能怪你们自己了。
kick oneself指懊悔，内疚，自责。
CI had tricked myself into thinking，“As soon as I get there， I"II be OK.”
我曾欺骗自己，只要到了那里，我就会过得很好。
trick sb. into doing sth.用计谋使某人做某事。
113.Pursue Your Dream and Be Confident追求你的梦想，相信自己
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