当地时间8月24日，耶鲁大学新生在戊西礼堂(Woolsey Hall)参加了耶鲁大学开学典礼，校长苏必德(Peter Salovey)发表了讲话。他在演讲中不断强调耶鲁大学的“好奇文化”，认为“一切伟大的发现，都是基于提出问题。” 世界有太多的未知，我们必须敢于承认自己的困惑和迷茫，并且勇于提出问题，寻找答案。

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　　Usually in an opening address, university presidents tell undergraduates that they are amazing individuals, selected from among the most talented high school students in the world today. That is of course true, but it is not the point I want to make.

　　通常来说，在开学演讲中，校长都会告诉学生：你们是从世界上万千的精英高中生里选拔出来的，都是能独挡一面的个体。当然，这是事实，不过这并非我今天想要表达的观点。

　　Instead, I want to encourage you to approach college unimpressed by how impressive you are; have more questions than answers; admit to being puzzled or confused; be willing to say, “I don’t know…but I want to find out.” And, most important, have the courage to say, “Perhaps I am wrong, and others are right.”

　　相比之下，我更鼓励你们：

　　不要因为自己的独特而怡然自得;

　　学生们应当多接触我们的校园;

　　相比答案，能更多地提出自己的问题;

　　能承认自己处于迷茫或困惑的状态;

　　愿意表达：“虽然我不太了解... ... 但我会去寻找答案。”

　　并且，最重要的是，我们的学生要勇于承认：“或许我错了，或许其他人的观点是正确的。”

　　That is how you will learn the most from your teachers and classmates. And that is why we have all come to this place. We are here to ask questions—questions about one another and about the world around us. We are at Yale to nurture a culture of curiosity.

　　这是新生们从老师与同学处最能学到的东西。并且，这也是我们聚集于此的原因。我们来耶鲁是为了提出问题，提出关于彼此、关于我们所处世界的问题。

　　Sometimes our questions lead us to a dead-end. We realize the question we asked wasn’t quite right, and a door closes. But along the way we have learned something. Perhaps in the future we will ask better questions.

　　有些时候，我们问题会把我们引向一条死胡同。这个问题或许并不能带来正确的解答，一扇知识的大门也因此无法打开。但请你们牢记，沿途中的那些收获，能帮助我们在将来提出更优秀的问题。

　　be willing to change your mind. Ask questions and embrace Yale’s culture of curiosity. Be open to different viewpoints and experiences, and see them as opportunities to learn—even if sometimes you get your hand bit.

　　我们的学生应当乐于转变自身的观念;勇于提问并且拥抱耶鲁的“好奇文化”;对不同的观点与经验持开放的态度，并将其视为一种学习的契机，即使有时会因此受到一些伤害。

　　There is so much we do not know. Let us embrace, together, our humility—our willingness to admit what we have yet to discover. After all, if you knew all the answers, you would not need Yale. And if humanity knew all the answers, the world would not need Yale.

　　世界上存在着太多的未知，因此，我们需要为自身的谦逊而庆贺——我们愿意承认目前存在许多我们尚未能发现的事物。毕竟，如果你知道所有的答案，你就不需要耶鲁。如果人类知道所有的答案，世界就不需要耶鲁。

　　Good luck, Class of 2023!

　　2023届的耶鲁新生们，祝你们好运!

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