Katie Couric 2012 Commencement Speech, 第一部分

Original Video - More videos at TinyPic 歡迎大家批評指正。 University of Virginia Commencement Keynote Address Katie Couric May 20, 2012 Thank you, so much Rector Dragas, President Sullivan, faculty, distinguished guests, friends and families, and most of all to the graduating class of 2012. Let me begin with a heartfelt salutation that will bond us for all eternity…WAHOO WAH! Ah, yes, I was tempted to sing the whole “Good Ol’ Song, “ but we’ll save that for later! You know, believe it or not, I’ve spoken at 10 graduations, and with all due respect to such fine institutions as Williams College, Case Western Reserve, Boston University and Princeton, my safety school, this is far and away the most meaningful commencement address I’ve ever delivered. In fact, for the last 33 years, I’ve waited- and waited, and waited – for the call… first on a rotary phone, then on a touchtone, then a cordless and finally an iPhone. But year after year, that call never came. In 1981, George Herbert Walker Bush got the nod. He was only a vice president at the time, people! Two years later, it was Senator Pete Domenici. Sure, he was New Mexico’s longest serving Senator. But hello, this is Virginia! You know, where I’M from? John Paul Stevens delivered the commencement back in 1998. O.k., a Supreme Court Justice, but I mean, really… there are NINE of them! Elizabeth Dole…well, at least she was a Tri-Delt. In 2007, John Grisham got tapped. So he’s sold 275 million books worldwide…WHATEVER!!!