????美東時間5月23日下午，也就是哈佛大學畢業典禮的前一天，哈佛大學商學院舉行了紀念活動，Facebook首席運營官謝莉爾?桑德伯格受邀參加并發表演講。這一天離5月18日Facebook鬧哄哄的上市大戲只隔了幾天，但Facebook已經遭遇了數不清的質疑和批評，說不定會令桑德伯格的演講以尷尬收場。

????那么她的演講上到底發生了什么？

????演講總體還算順利。當天碧空如洗，白云點點，只是天氣炎熱，人人汗流浹背。畢業典禮在哈佛商學院的貝克草坪上舉行，一共持續了90分鐘。當天的典禮由于前幾日一位名叫南森?比利邁爾的二年級學生（31歲）的突然死亡而蒙上了一層陰影。比利邁爾上周日晚與朋友飲酒慶祝后，在緬因州的波特蘭市失蹤，本周二在波特蘭的港口發現了他的尸體。他留下了一個懷孕的妻子。F班的畢業生盧克?馬克林在致歡迎辭時說：“人生中有些事情非常艱難。”

????桑德伯格當天穿了一件比天空還藍的藍色裙子。她的開場白是：“今天本應是一個盡情歡慶的日子，但我知道今天它不是了。”然后她切入到事先準備好的演講稿，演講的重點是給畢業生們的職業建議（“如果別人給了你一個火箭飛船上的座位，別問是什么座位，只需坐上去就行了”），還講了她作為一個女性在職場中的奮斗。比如她說，美國的企業高管中只有15%是女性，而且這個數據在過去十幾年間幾乎一直沒有變過。

????桑德伯格對Facebook的窘境一字未提，只是在演講結束時語氣幽默地帶過一筆：“明天隨著你和你的同學們奔赴全球各地，走上商界舞臺，我祝愿你們四件事：首先，希望你們通過Facebook繼續保持聯絡，這對你們未來的成功非常重要。而且現在我們上市了。所以你們登錄Facebook的時候能順便點擊一兩個廣告嗎？”

????譯者：樸成奎

????Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg was the keynote speaker this afternoon at Harvard Business School's Class Day, which precedes commencement. Days after a tumultuous May 18 initial public offering, the social network has come under a barrage of questions and criticisms which could have made the event, well, awkward.

????So what happened?

????Not a lot. It was a hot and sticky 90 minutes under a blue, cloud-splattered sky on Baker Lawn on the HBS campus. The day's event was overshadowed by the heartbreaking death of second-year student Nathan Bihlmaier, 31, known as "Nate." Bihlmaier disappeared Sunday night in Portland, Maine, after a night celebrating with friends. His body was recovered Tuesday in Portland harbor. He left behind a pregnant wife. "Some things in life are just hard," said graduate Luke Marklin, Section F, in his welcoming remarks.

????Sandberg, who wore a dress bluer even than the sky, began her remarks: "Today was supposed to be a day of unbridled celebration, and I know that's no longer true." Then she cut to her prepared remarks, which centered on career advice ("When you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat, just take it") as well as her struggles as a woman in the workplace. For example, she cited the fact that women today occupy only about 15% of C-level positions in corporate America, and the number's been stuck there for more than a decade.

????Sandberg made no reference to Facebook's (FB) struggles aside for one slightly humorous oblique mention at the end: "As you and your classmates spread out across the globe and walk across this stage tomorrow, I wish for you four things: First, that you keep in touch, via Facebook. This is critical to your future success. And we're public now. So can you click on an ad or two while you're there?"