下文是比爾·蓋茨在哈佛大學畢業(yè)典禮上的演講的翻譯。他在其中談到了很多事情，包括他的學生時代、他的退學經歷、以及他眼中人生最有意義的事情。

    President Bok, former President Rudenstine, incoming President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, parents, and especially, the graduates:

    尊敬的Bok校長，Rudenstine前校長，即將上任的Faust校長，哈佛集團的各位成員，監(jiān)管理事會的各位理事，各位老師，各位家長，各位同學：

    I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: "Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree."

    有一句話我等了三十年，現在終于可以說了：“老爸，我總是跟你說，我會回來拿到我的學位的！”

    I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I’ll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.