每天前20名注册可获免费名师辅导学英语记词汇练口语真人一对一教学抢注网址：www.englishvip.com/wenkxd.htm洛基国际英语竭诚为您服务Atage89,MaryFasanograduatedwithabachelorsdegreefromtheExtensionSchoollastweekandenteredthehistorybooksastheoldestpersontoearnanundergraduatedegreeatHarvard.Followingisthespeechshedelivered--"ThePowerofKnowledge"--attheExtensionSchooldiplomaawardingceremony:Irememberonenightafewyearsagowhenmydaughterwasfranticwithworry.AftermyHarvardExtensionSchoolclasses,Iusuallyarrivedatthebusstationnearmyhomeby11p.m.,butonthatnightIwasnowheretobefound.Mydaughterwasnervous.Itwasntsafeforasinglewomantowalkaloneonthestreetsatnight,especiallyoneasdefenselessasIam:Icanslayamuggerwithmysharpwit,butImjusttooshorttodoanyrealphysicaldamage.Thatnightmydaughtercheckedthebusstation,drovearoundthestreets,andcontactedsomefriends.Butshecouldntfindme--untilshecalledmyastronomyprofessorwhotoldherthatIwasontopoftheScienceCenterusingthetelescopetogazeatthestars.Unawareofthetime,IhadgottenlostintheheavensandwasonlythinkingaboutthenewthingsIhadlearnedthatnightinclass.ThisstoryillustratesahabitIhavedevelopedovertheyears:Ilosetrackofthetimewhenitcomestolearning.Howelsedoyouexplainawomanwhobeganhighschoolatage71andwhoisgraduatingwithabachelorsdegreeat89?Imayhavestartedlate,butIwillcontinuetolearnaslongasIamablebecausethereisnogreaterfeeling,inmyopinion,thantravelingtoafarawaycountryasIhaveandbeingabletoidentifybysightthepaintingofafamousartist,thestatueofanobscuresculptor,thecathedralofanancientarchitect.Ihavefoundthattheworldisafinalexamthatyoucanneverbepreparedenoughfor.SoIwillcontinuetotakeclassesandtellmystory.Latelyitseemsthateveryoneisaskingme,"Mary,whatadvicedoyouhaveforotherstudents?"SowhileIhaveyouallhere,Imgoingtoeasemyburdenofansweringyoueachindividually:Ifthesayingistruethatwisdomcomeswithage,youmaysafelyassumethatIamoneofthewisestpeopleinthishallandpossiblyatthisuniversitytoday.SolistentomewhenItellyouthis:Knowledgeispower.MystudieswereinterruptedwhenIwasinthe7thgrade,backsometimearoundWorldWarI.Il