①Today's ceremonies and tonight's banquet have been mighty and memorable events.②Nobody who has shared in them will ever forget them, but for the laureates these celebrations have had a unique importance. ③Each of us has participated in a ritual, a rite of passage, a public drama which has been commensurate with the inner experience of winning a Nobel Prize. ④The slightly incredible condition we have lived in since the news of the prizes was announced a couple of weeks ago has now been rendered credible. ⑤The mysterious powers represented by the words Nobel Foundation and Swedish Academy have manifested themselves in friendly human form.

⑥For me, it has been a great joy and a great reassurance to come to Stockholm and to meet at every turn people of such grace, such intelligence and such good will. ⑦Which is another way of saying that the whole week has not only been ceremonially impressive: it has also felt emotionally true, and it is that sense of something personally trustworthy at the centre of the great event that I finally value most, and cherish and give you thanks for. ⑧It has helped more than anything else to bring home to me the reality of the great honor I have received.

memorable [ˈmemərəbl] a．难忘的

participate in参加

commensurate [kəˈmenʃərət] a．相等的

reassurance [ˌri:əˈʃʊərəns] n．使安心