一篇不同寻常的毕业演讲：我祝你不幸

近日，美国最高法院首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨（John Roberts）来到新罕布什尔州的卡迪根山中学（Cardigan Mountain School），参加儿子的初中毕业典礼，并发表演讲。其中的金句引发美国媒体和社交网络疯狂转发 ，因为这番演讲和一般毕业典礼演讲嘉宾说的话太不一样了！他没有祝福毕业生们有个光明美好的未来，却祝愿他们遭遇各种不幸……

From time to time in the years to come， I hope you will be treated unfairly， so that you will come to know the value of justice.

我希望在未來岁月中，你能时不时地遭遇不公，唯有如此，你才能懂得公正的价值。

I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty.

我希望你尝到背叛的滋味，这样你才能领悟到忠诚之重要。

Sorry to say， but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted.

抱歉，我还希望你们时常感到孤独，唯有如此，你才不会视朋友为理所当然。

I wish you bad luck， again， from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.

我祝你们偶尔运气不佳，这样你才会意识到机遇在人生中扮演的角色，从而明白你的成功并非天经地义，而他人的失败也不是命中注定。

And when you lose， as you will from time to time， I hope every now and then， your opponent will gloat over your failure. It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship.

當你偶尔失败时，我愿你的对手时不时地会幸灾乐祸。这样你才能懂得互相尊重的竞技精神的重要。

I hope you’ll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others， and I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion.

我希望你常被人无视，唯有如此，你才能懂得倾听他人有多重要。也祝你感受切肤之痛，从而学会同情。

Whether I wish these things or not， they’re going to happen. And whether you benefit from them or not will depend upon your ability to see the message in your misfortunes.

无论我祝愿与否，这些事都会发生。而你能否从中获益，则取决于你能否参透这些苦难中传递的信息。

（丽娜摘自未来网）