Class of 2020, family and friends: It is an honor to talk with you, even in this unusual way. I know you'd rather stay on campus-I also hope you can be here-but I'm glad that we can all do our part to reduce the spread of coronavirus pneumonia-19 and stay healthy.
All the 2020 graduates and their families and friends: I am honored to talk to you here, although in different ways. I know you'd rather go to the campus (and I hope you can be here), but I'm also glad that we are all trying our best to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and keep healthy.
This crisis is a wake-up call for all of us. It has overwhelmed the health care system. It threatens families and the global economy.
This crisis is a wake-up call for all of us. It brought the medical and health system to the brink of collapse; It threatens our economy, from the family to the whole world.
Like many tragedies, it exposes the huge gap between the luckiest and the most vulnerable. Long after the epidemic has subsided, we will need to devote ourselves to finding new and creative solutions to these long-term problems.
Like many tragedies, the epidemic exposed a huge gap between the luckiest and the most vulnerable groups. When the global epidemic finally subsides, we still need to devote ourselves to finding innovative solutions to these long-standing problems.
It is too early to say what we have learned from all this. But at least, we see our interdependence as a human society more clearly than before. Our deep connection and need for each other are the weaknesses exploited by infectious diseases. However, in uncertain times, our interdependence is also the source of strength and vitality-in fact, it has always been so.
It may be too early to talk about what we have learned from it, but at least one thing we have seen more clearly than before is our interdependence as human beings. The deep connection between us and our need for each other have become the weaknesses in the utilization of infectious diseases. However, in this uncertain period, in fact, at any time, our interdependence is also the source of strength and vitality.
Many of us found inspiration in the sacrifices of frontline hospitals and health care workers; Commitment of key employees; As well as the contributions of public health experts and a large number of volunteers. Around us, we see ordinary people become heroes.
Many of us are deeply encouraged by the sacrifices of frontline hospitals and medical staff, the commitment of staff who stick to their posts, and the selfless dedication of public health experts and volunteers. We have witnessed ordinary people become heroes.
When this crisis is over, I hope we can remember this lesson: we must show urgent concern and sympathy for our neighbors we know and don't know; For people on the street and people on the other side of the world.
When this crisis is over, I hope we can remember this lesson together: we must have the same urgent concern and sympathy for our neighbors we know and don't know, including yours and people on the other side of the globe.
However, in the face of disappointment and difficulties, you are still committed to your research. You have been inventing, imagining and creating. You keep in touch with friends and family. You rejected isolation and supported the community. As a university and a human family, you have strengthened the ties that bind us together.
However, in the face of disappointment and difficulties, you can not forget your studies and persist in invention, imagination and creation; You are in close contact with your relatives and friends; You refuse to isolate and embrace the community. You have strengthened our ties as a university and a human family.
Today, I encourage you to look at this good Samaritan from a new perspective: not how great or magical he is, but how ordinary he is. Life calls us ordinary people to make extraordinary courage.
Today, I encourage you to look at this kind Samaritan with a brand-new eye (note: the story comes from Luke chapter 10 of the Bible), not how great or magical he is, but how ordinary he is. Life calls every one of us, every ordinary person, to act with extraordinary courage.
This is not an ordinary time. The world needs each and every one of you, ready to meet any challenge. I believe that with wide eyes and full of sympathy, you will bring Yale's mission of light and truth to your neighbors near and far.
This is not an ordinary era. The world needs each and every one of you to be ready for the challenges of the future. You are broad-minded and compassionate. I believe you will pass on Yale's mission of "light and truth" to your neighbors who are close at hand and far away.