根据这所古老学府的传统,我该慷慨激昂地传授你们一些终生受用的智慧。而现在我站在讲坛上,这身打扮也许已经吓坏了那些声名显赫的祖先们,可我既然来了,那么还是来聊聊真理吧。其实,早在2007年冬我刚上任时,就已经开始准备这次讲话了。当我在克克兰学舍吃午饭、在莱弗里特吃晚饭时,当我在 Based on the traditions of this ancient institution of study, I am impassioned to teach you some of the wisdom of life. And now that I’m standing on the pulpit, this body-dressing may have frightened those prominent ancestors, but since I came, let’s talk about the truth. In fact, as early as the winter of 2007, when I took office, I had already started preparations for this speech. When I was lunch at Cochran School, I was at Leverett for dinner