I'm here because of you. Because I can't think of a more tenacious, more courageous graduating class. I mean, look at you all, wearing your robes. Usually when you're wearing a robe at 10 in the morning, it means you've given up.
因为你们，我才来到这里，没有比你们更坚韧、更勇敢的毕业生了。看看你们自己，穿着学士袍。通常情况下，如果在上午10点还穿着睡袍，说明你们已经放弃人生了。
I'm here because I love New Orleans. I was born and raised here, I spent my formative years here, and like you, while I was living here I only did laundry six times.
今天我来这里，是因为我热爱新奥尔良。我在这里出生，在这里长大，在这里度过了我的童年时代。和你们一样，我在这里生活时，只洗过6次衣服。
When I finished school, I was completely lost. And by school, I mean middle school, but I went ahead and finished high school anyway.
当我毕业后，我完全迷失了。我指的学校是初中，但是我接着上学，念完了高中。
And I-I really, I had no ambition, I didn't know what I wanted to do. I did everything from - I shucked oysters, I was a hostess, I was a bartender, I was a waitress, I painted houses, I sold vacuum cleaners, I had no idea.
但我当时真的没有什么野心，不知道自己想做什么。我什么都做过。我剥过牡蛎，当过迎宾员，做过酒保、服务员，粉刷过房子，卖过吸尘器。我完全不知道自己想做什么。
And I thought I'd just finally settle in some job, and I would make enough money to pay my rent, maybe have basic cable, maybe not, I didn't really have a plan, my point is that, by the time I was your age, I really thought I knew who I was, but I had no idea.
我想随便找个工作稳定下来，只要有足够的钱付房租，有线电视可有可无，我完全没有计划。这里我要强调的是，我像你们这么大的时候，我真的以为我了解自己，但其实并非如此。
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Speaker: Ellen DeGeneres