七月是毕业的季节，按传统各学校都会请名人演讲。这些演讲内容大都明朗积极、热情澎湃，为毕业生们描绘了一个光明美好的未来。但近日，美国联邦最高法院的大法官却不按套路出牌，在儿子卡迪根山中学的初中毕业典礼上，他为毕业生耿直地煲了一锅”毒鸡汤“：我祝福你遭遇不公、拥有痛苦和不幸......此演讲一出，迅速在社交媒体上爆红，虏获大批粉丝和媒体点赞、分享和评论。大法官先生的毒鸡汤说了什么，为何如此得人心?上师大附二外剑桥双语部小编就带大家一起去看看吧：

约翰·罗伯茨 John G. Roberts Jr

现任美国大法官，2005年9月就任美国联邦最高法院的第17任大法官，是美国两个世纪以来最年轻的大法官。

《华盛顿邮报》评论说：罗伯茨大法官本年度比较好的作品，不是某个案子的判决书，而是在儿子毕业典礼上的致辞。

演讲正文(中英文)：

2017级的学生们，你们已经度过了人生里程碑式的一站，祝贺你们! 然而我很遗憾的告诉你们，这算是你们人生最容易的时光了，虽然连这也已经成为了过去。

Congratulations, class of 2017. You’ve reached an important milestone. An important stage of your life is behind you. I’m sorry to be the one to tell you it is the easiest stage of your life, but it is in the books.

"通常，毕业典礼的演讲嘉宾都会祝你们好运并送上祝福。但我不会这样做，让我来告诉你为什么。

Now the commencement speakers will typically also wish you good luck and extend good wishes to you. I will not do that, and I’ll tell you why.

“在未来的很多年中，我希望你被不公正地对待过，唯有如此，你才真正懂得公正的价值。”

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.

“我希望你遭受背叛，唯有如此，你才领悟到忠诚之重要。”

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

“很抱歉，我会祝福你时常感到孤独，唯有如此，你才不会把良朋益友视为人生中的理所当然。"

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

“我祝福你人生旅途中时常运气不佳，唯有如此，你才意识到概率和机遇在人生中扮演的角色，进而理解你的成功并不完全是命中注定，而别人的失败也不是天经地义。"

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.

“当你失败的时候，时不时地，我希望你的对手会因为你的失败而幸灾乐祸，唯有如此，才能让你意识到有风度的竞争精神之重要。”

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.

“我祝福你会被忽视，唯有如此，你才会意识到倾听他人的重要性。”

I hope you’ll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others,

“我祝福你遭受切肤之痛，唯有如此，才能让你感同身受，从而对别人有同情的理解。”

and I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion.

“无论我的祝福送或不送，在今后的生活中这些都会发生，因为这就是生活。而你能否从中获益，取决于你是否能从你的不幸中领悟到积极的信息。”

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.

最后，他为毕业生深情朗读了美国艺术家鲍勃·迪伦的《永远年轻》，表达自己对毕业生，也是作为家长本身，对自己孩子的深切期望：

“愿上帝庇佑，护你前路;

愿你美梦均可成真;

愿你与人为善，相互扶持;

愿你建成通往群星的天梯，稳妥沿它而上;

愿你永远年轻;

愿你成为正直之人;

愿你成就真实自我;

愿你永远感知真理，

看向身边无尽光明;

愿你勇敢无惧，坚强可靠;

愿你永远年轻,拥有纯洁之心;

愿你双手永远忙碌，愿你脚步永远轻盈;

在变故横生之时，愿你根基牢靠;

愿你心中永远充满快乐，

愿你的歌声永远嘹亮;

愿你永远年轻。”

May God bless you and keep you always

May your wishes all come true

May you always do for others

And let others do for you

May you build a ladder to the stars

And climb on every rung

And may you stay forever young

May you grow up to be righteous

May you grow up to be true

May you always know the truth

And see the lights surrounding you

May you always be courageou stand upright and be strong

And may you stay forever young

May your hands always be busy

May your feet always be swift

May you have a strong foundation

When the winds of changes shift

May your heart always be joyful

May your song always be sung

And may you stay forever young.

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