By the authority vested in me by the USC Board of Trustees, I hereby confer upon John M.

根據南加州大學董事會賦予我的權力，我特此授予約翰-M.

Chu the degree Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa.

Now it's my honor to invite Dr. Chu to deliver the commencement address for the class of 2025.

現在，我很榮幸地邀請朱棣文博士為 2025 屆學生髮表畢業典禮致辭。

How many Dr. Chus are there in this stadium right now?

現在體育館裡有多少個楚博士？

It feels good to be back at the Coliseum.

是的，黃金時段有五萬多名特洛伊人。

I'd walk here for games every Saturday kicking that flagpole on the way, but I also have a complicated relationship with this place.

我每週六都會走到這裡看比賽，一路上踢著旗杆，但我和這裡的關係也很複雜。

So you see, my high school girlfriend at the time got into a year after I did and I was so psyched.

你看，我當時的高中女友比我晚一年考上大學，我興奮極了。

I mean, this was gonna be our school to rule, and then on the first day she dumped me.

我是說，這將是我們共同的學校 但第一天她就把我甩了

And then she started dating the star football player here.

然後她開始和這裡的明星橄欖球運動員約會。

I know it's conflicting because it's like, oh he's so handsome, but also, ah.

我知道這很矛盾，因為它就像，哦，他是如此英俊，但也，啊。

Suddenly I couldn't walk to class without the fear I'd run into them together, so cute on their bikes, and I, so I had to take alternative routes to class and I stopped coming to games.

突然間，我不能走路去上課了，因為我擔心會碰到他們，他們騎著自行車，和我在一起，那麼可愛，所以我不得不選擇其他路線去上課，我也不再來看比賽了。

And then one Saturday, USC was playing a big rival school, which I will not name.

然後在一個週六，南加州大學對陣一所我不點名的強敵學校。

It was the final seconds, down to a few points.

They throw the ball to this guy for the game-winning touchdown, and he misses the ball.

他們把球傳給這個人，讓他達陣得分，但他沒傳中。

The whole campus was devastated, and as I, as a 18-year-old immature boy, I had the best week of my life, so I mean it when I say it's good to be back in the Coliseum.

整個校園都被摧毀了，而我，作為一個 18 歲的不成熟男孩，卻度過了人生中最美好的一週，所以我說回到競技場真好。

Now, now, I have the most extraordinary wife, Kristen, who's over there tonight, and lucky, she almost nixed that joke for me, but it's okay, and she said, lucky for me, she is not into athletes.

現在，我有一個最了不起的妻子，克里斯汀，她今晚就在那邊，幸運的是，她差點就幫我把這個笑話取消了，不過沒關係，她說，我很幸運，她不喜歡運動員。

She's more into middle-aged Asian guys with dad bods, so, and now she's married to a doctor, so you're welcome, babe.

她更喜歡亞洲中年男子，他們都有一副好身材，所以，現在她嫁給了一個醫生，所以不用謝，寶貝。

We've got five kids, a seven-year-old, a five-year-old, a three-year-old, a two-year-old, and a six-month-old, so she deserves all the applause, yes, and I am excited to have my family here at USC because this place means so much to me.

我們有五個孩子，一個七歲，一個五歲，一個三歲，一個兩歲，一個六個月大，所以她值得所有的掌聲，是的，我很高興我的家人能來到南加州大學，因為這個地方對我意義重大。

Every inch of the campus holds a memory or three chapters of my time here that built the pieces of who I am today.

校園的每一寸土地都承載著我在這裡的一段記憶或三個篇章，正是這些記憶和篇章成就了今天的我。

Like my freshman year, I lived over at Mark's Tower.

就像我大一的時候一樣，我住在馬克塔那邊。

Yeah, there's Mark's Tower people here, that's great.

是啊，這裡有馬克塔的人，太好了。

I'd spend Thursday nights at Tratty's, where I learned I was allergic to alcohol.

週四晚上，我在特拉蒂酒吧度過，在那裡我知道了自己對酒精過敏。

Tuesday nights at the Astaroma, where I learned I love carbs.

週二晚上在 Astaroma，在那裡我學會了愛吃碳水化合物。

It's the beginning of my dad bod, and I even snuck into the Oscars when they had them at the Shrine.

這是我父親身體的開端，我甚至在奧斯卡頒獎典禮在神社舉行時偷偷溜進去。

I made a fake pass, Kinkos, laminated, they can't take this away from me, right?

我做了一張假通行證，在 Kinkos 做的，貼了膜，他們不能把這個拿走，對嗎？

The cinematographer of my student film, Alice Brooks, just shot my latest film, Wicked, 22 plus years, yes, 22 plus years from when we had our first coffee at Starbucks, right across the street.

我的學生電影的攝影師愛麗絲-布魯克斯剛剛拍攝了我的最新電影《邪惡》，距離我們在街對面的星巴克喝第一杯咖啡已經過去了 22 多年，是的，22 多年。

And I know you're eager to get out into this world, but this campus will always feel like home to you when you return.

我知道你們很想出去闖一闖，但當你們回來時，這個校園對你們來說永遠都有家的感覺。

So take it in tonight, look at how beautiful you are, you made it.

所以，今晚好好享受吧，看看你有多美，你做到了。

Look at all your loved ones around you or texting you, they made it too.

看看你身邊所有的親人或給你發短信的人，他們也做到了。

And they know all your flaws, they know everything you did, and they still like you, that's pretty good.

他們知道你所有的缺點，知道你所做的一切，但他們仍然喜歡你，這就很不錯了。

In fact, they love you, and one day you'll need to remember that.

事實上，他們愛你，有一天你需要記住這一點。

In prepping for today, I have to admit, I've been thinking about you a lot, like a lot, a lot, about what you've been through, COVID, oh thank you, COVID, financial crisis, environmental catastrophes, and yet you made it through.

在為今天做準備的過程中，我不得不承認，我一直在想你，想了很多很多，想你所經歷的一切，COVID，哦，謝謝你，COVID，金融危機，環境災難，但你還是挺過來了。

You've managed to stay the course and get it done.

We're proud of you, we're all proud of you, and now you have a bigger task ahead.

我們為你們感到驕傲，我們都為你們感到驕傲，現在你們面臨著更艱鉅的任務。

Tasks that I, as a storyteller, have no idea how to give you advice on.

作為一個講故事的人，我不知道該如何給你建議。

I kept thinking, why am I the commencement speaker this year?

我一直在想，為什麼我是今年畢業典禮的演講者？

They should get a world leader, an inventor, get Will Ferrell back.

他們應該找一位世界領袖、一位發明家，讓威爾-費瑞爾回來。

Well, you're stuck with the guy who directed Step Up to the Streets, so and the more I thought about you, the more I think, that's great, there's some Moose fans out there, okay, the more I think some of the lessons in my life may actually help you on your journey, because our worlds are colliding, no matter what industry or discipline you're in.

我越想你就越覺得，這很好，外面有一些穆斯的粉絲，好吧，我越想我生命中的一些經驗教訓可能會對你的人生道路有所幫助，因為我們的世界正在碰撞，無論你身處哪個行業或學科。

Our futures are linked, and there's an urgency to be really real with you, so that you are prepared, because I believe your generation faces a task more profound than perhaps any generation before.

我們的未來是聯繫在一起的，我們迫切需要與你們真正坦誠相見，以便你們做好準備，因為我相信你們這一代人所面臨的任務或許比以往任何一代人都更為深遠。

I know you feel it, and I want to acknowledge that this is not normal.

我知道你有這種感覺，我想承認這是不正常的。

It is not just you being paranoid, it's true.

這不只是你的妄想，這是真的。

You are being asked not just to navigate a changing world, but to fundamentally define who we will become in the face of unprecedented technological, cultural, and political shifts.

你們不僅要駕馭這個不斷變化的世界，還要面對前所未有的技術、文化和政治變革，從根本上定義我們將成為什麼樣的人。

Your job is not simply to inherit a world, but to reimagine it and set the foundation for who we are moving forward, because we're living in a moment when those old stories of who we are and what we stand for are breaking down.

你們的工作不是簡單地繼承一個世界，而是重新想象這個世界，為我們的未來奠定基礎，因為我們正生活在這樣一個時刻，那些關於我們是誰以及我們代表什麼的舊故事正在瓦解。

It feels like fear, blame, and division dominate our airwaves, overwhelming the space where our dreams used to live, surviving instead of thriving.

恐懼、責備和分裂主宰著我們的電波，淹沒了我們曾經夢想的空間，我們只能苟延殘喘，而不是茁壯成長。

But here's the thing, this isn't necessarily cause for despair.

但問題是，這並不一定是絕望的原因。

In fact, it's a moment of profound opportunity, because when the old stories fall apart, it means it's time to write a new one.

事實上，這是一個充滿機遇的時刻，因為當舊的故事分崩離析時，就意味著是時候寫出新的故事了。

My story starts at a little Chinese restaurant in Los Altos, California called Chef Chews.

我的故事要從加利福尼亞州洛斯阿爾託斯一家名叫 "大廚嚼 "的小中餐館說起。

Oh, some of you have eaten there, I see, yes.

哦，你們中有人在那裡吃過飯，我明白了，是的。

My parents started, who are here tonight, they're over there.

我的父母今晚也來了，他們在那邊。

My parents started in 1969, and it's still open today, 56 years later.

我的父母從 1969 年開始經營，56 年後的今天仍在營業。

My dad, who's 82, still works there every day, and they are living the embodiment of the American dream.

我的父親已經 82 歲了，每天還在那裡工作，他們是美國夢的化身。

They moved here from Taiwan, and to them, America is the greatest story of the world.

他們從臺灣搬到這裡，對他們來說，美國是世界上最偉大的故事。

Their English was limited when they arrived, but they loved Elvis, and the Beatles, and Dean Martin.

他們剛來時英語水平有限，但他們喜歡貓王、披頭士和迪恩-馬丁。

And they had five kids, I'm the youngest, and they wanted us to be like the Kennedys, so they dressed us alike, and even would call me John John.

他們有五個孩子，我是最小的，他們希望我們像肯尼迪家族一樣，所以他們給我們穿得很像，甚至會叫我約翰-約翰。

And they loved, they loved movies, like movies on all the time at the house.

他們喜歡看電影，家裡經常放電影。

For context, this was a Reagan's 80s America, where Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were filling us with wonder.

就背景而言，這是一個里根時代的美國，史蒂文-斯皮爾伯格和喬治-盧卡斯讓我們充滿驚奇。

Michael Jackson made us believe we could float, Michael Jordan was proving we could actually fly, and Steve Jobs was my hometown hero.

邁克爾-傑克遜讓我們相信我們可以漂浮，邁克爾-喬丹證明我們真的可以飛翔，而史蒂夫-喬布斯則是我家鄉的英雄。

But the timeless American fairy tale that played in our household was Wizard of Oz, and my parents instilled in us that if we just follow the yellow brick road, faith, discipline, hard work, and loved what we did, then the American dream would lead us to the wizard who would grant us our heart's desire.

我的父母向我們灌輸，只要我們沿著黃磚路，堅定信念，遵守紀律，努力工作，熱愛我們所做的一切，美國夢就會把我們帶到魔法師那裡，讓我們實現心中的願望。

And as the ultimate hosts at their restaurant, my parents loved being part of the American fabric.

我的父母是他們餐廳的最終主人，他們喜歡成為美國社會的一部分。

John John, we might be the first Chinese family these customers have ever met.

約翰-約翰，我們可能是這些顧客遇到的第一個中國家庭。

We must not just fill their bellies, but fill their hearts, so that the next time they meet a Chinese family, they will give them more respect.

我們不僅要填飽他們的肚子，還要填飽他們的心，這樣他們下次遇到中國家庭時，就會給予他們更多的尊重。

The pinnacle of the year would be when we'd gather around the TV and watch the Academy Awards, the Oscars.

每年的巔峰時刻就是我們圍在電視機前觀看奧斯卡頒獎典禮的時候。

These Hollywood people were beautiful, cultural leaders, fashion icons, untouchable to normal human beings.

這些好萊塢人是美麗的，是文化領袖，是時尚偶像，是常人無法觸及的。

And when they spoke, the world stood in applause.

當他們發言時，全世界都報以熱烈的掌聲。

Oftentimes my parents would actually applaud right in the living room as well.

很多時候，我的父母也會在客廳裡為我鼓掌。

But to actually get to Hollywood, that was a far, far cry from the restaurant booth I do my homework in.

但要真正去好萊塢，這與我做作業的餐廳包廂相差甚遠。

We had zero connections into this world, and to me the gates were so high it didn't look like they let anyone in, let alone anyone who looked like my family.

我們與這個世界的聯繫為零，對我來說，大門高高聳立，似乎不允許任何人進入，更不用說像我的家人一樣的人了。

And then one day, I found the lens in the form of a little Sony camcorder, and it changed me.

後來有一天，我發現了索尼攝影機的鏡頭，它改變了我。

The moment I looked into the viewfinder, that little tubular eyepiece you put your eye against to see what the lens sees, everything around my vision dimmed to darkness, and only a small frame of light appeared.

當我看向取景器的那一刻，也就是把眼睛對著鏡頭看的那個小管狀目鏡的那一刻，我周圍的一切都暗了下來，只有一小框光出現在眼前。

Time slowed down, a surrender to the present.

時間放慢了腳步，向當下投降。

And through this little frame of light, I found moments, moments that I couldn't see otherwise.

通過這一小格光線，我發現了一些瞬間，一些我無法看到的瞬間。

Details about life, my dad grabbing the hand of my mother, my brother's long legs leaping from the stairs, a close-up of my sister's eyes opening wide while she watched my other sister open a birthday gift.

生活的細節，爸爸抓住媽媽的手，哥哥的長腿從樓梯上一躍而下，姐姐看著另一個妹妹打開生日禮物時睜大眼睛的特寫。

But when I would play back on the TV, it felt like I could share my secret, as if they were right there within my own eyes.

但當我在電視上回放時，我覺得我可以分享我的祕密，彷彿他們就在我的眼前。

And they would actually yell at the screen at me as if they were right there.

他們真的會對著螢幕對我大喊大叫，就好像他們就在現場一樣。

They'd say, move the camera down, John, stop moving, you're giving us a headache.

他們會說，把攝影機往下挪挪，約翰，別挪了，你讓我們頭疼。

I had never experienced a tool as powerful as this.

我從未體驗過如此強大的工具。

It just kept making me more curious at what else I could do.

這讓我更加好奇我還能做些什麼。

So I edited a family vacation video together with music and sat my parents down in the living room to watch.

於是，我用音樂剪輯了一段家庭度假視頻，讓父母坐在客廳裡觀看。

The moment they saw us on the bright screen, their eyes locked in.

他們在明亮的螢幕上看到我們的那一刻，目光就鎖定了我們。

They saw our family as the American dream fulfilled.

在他們眼中，我們的家庭實現了美國夢。

好萊塢導演朱浩偉，三代擁抱美國夢。終於，內心深處，我知道我到家了 | 勇敢面對，【擔憂是對想像力的濫用】| 南加大 2025畢業典禮演講 | 長文、註解、大字版、中英對照 (好萊塢導演朱浩偉，三代擁抱美國夢。終於，內心深處，我知道我到家了 | 勇敢面對，【擔憂是對想像力的濫用】| 南加大 2025畢業典禮演講 | 長文、註解、大字版、中英對照)

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