4. 倾听你内心的声音，定义你的角色

And I want to be clear that your intuition is different from your conscience. They work in tandem, but here's the distinction: Your conscience shouts, 'here's what you should do,' while your intuition whispers, 'here's what you could do.' Listen to that voice that tells you what you could do. Nothing will define your character more than that.

我想让你（们）明白，直觉和良心是截然不同的。它们协同工作，但却有着不同的使命：你的良心会对你呐喊"这个才是你应该做的"，而你的直觉却在沙沙低语"这个是你能做的"。倾听那个告诉你能做什么的声音。这是最能定义你的角色的了。

【语言点解析】

Whisper 为四六级、考研词汇，可作为名词、及物动词和不及物动词。

作为名词时，意思为“低语，窃窃私语”。

She said it in a whisper that she wanted quit the job.

她低声对我说她想辞职。

作为动词，意思为“低声耳语，沙沙作响”。

Before the teacher came , students had been whispering.

老是来之前，学生们一直在低身说话。

The wind was whispering along the street.

街上风声瑟瑟。

5. 不要逃避现实和痛苦

But then I directed The Color Purple. And this one film opened my eyes to experiences that I never could have imagined, and yet were all too real. This story was filled with deep pain and deeper truths, like when Shug Avery says, 'Everything wants to be loved'.

之后我执导了《紫色》，这部电影让我大开眼界，体验了前所未有、却如此真实的感受。这个故事充满了深深的痛苦和更加深刻的真理，就像Shug Avery所说的"世间万物都渴望被爱"。

My gut, which was my intuition, told me that more people needed to meet these characters and experience these truths.

我的直觉告诉我，更多的人需要见识一下这样的角色，感受此种真理。

I hope all of you find that sense of mission. Don't turn away from what's painful. Examine it. Challenge it.

我希望你们都能找到这种使命感。不要逃避苦痛。检验它、挑战它。

6. 珍惜你的家人和伙伴

Sticking to your character requires a lot of courage. And to be courageous, you're going to need a lot of support. And if you're lucky, you have parents like mine. I consider my mom my lucky charm.

坚持你的角色需要很大的勇气，勇敢起来，你还需要很多支持。如果你足够幸运，有像我父母一样的父母。我想起了我妈妈——我的幸运符。

But look, if your family's not always available, there's backup. Near the end of It's a Wonderful Life - you remember that movie, It's a Wonderful Life? Clarence the Angel inscribes a book with this: "No man is a failure who has friends." And I hope you hang on to the friendships you've made here at Harvard. And among your friends, I hope you find someone you want to share your life with.

但是，想一想，如果你的家人并不总是支持你，还有其他办法。在《生活多美好》这部影片剧终前——你们记得这部影片吗，《生活多美好》？天使克拉伦斯在一本书中题著了这句话："有朋友的人，不是失败者"。我希望你们能够坚持在哈佛建立的友谊。我也希望，在你们的朋友中，能找到与你们一起分享生活的另一半。(沪江英语)