SDcamps•演辩营全国英语演讲与辩论赛
That to me is absolutely fascinating. 这于我而言，是绝对的百思不得其解。 I mean if I ever write a book it will be called: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things. 如果我要写本书的话，书名就是《为什么 聪明人净干蠢事》。 My partner says it should be autobiographical. But this might be an interesting illustration. 我的合伙人说那本书就是他的自传。这真 的是一个有趣的演示。 They are perfe...
And 17 years later I did go to college. 在十七岁那年 ，我真的上了大学。 But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, 但是我很愚蠢的选择了一个几乎和你们斯坦福大学一样贵的学校, and all of my working-class parent‘s savings were being spent on my college tuition. 我父母还处于蓝领阶层，他们几乎把所有积蓄都花在了我的学费上面。 After six months, I couldn&...
But time is the friend of the wonderful business; it is the enemy of the lousy business. 时间是好生意的朋友，却是坏生意的敌人。 If you are in a lousy business for a long time, you are going to get a lousy result even if you buy it cheap. 如果你陷在糟糕的生意里太久的话，你的结果也一定会糟糕，即使你的买入价很便宜。 If you are in a wonderful business for a long time, even if yo...
Now I get to work in a job that I love, but I have always worked in a job that I loved. 我热爱我的工作，但是我从来如此， I loved it just as much when I thought it was a big deal or to make 1,000 bucks. 无论我在谈大生意，还是只赚1000美元的时候，我也爱我所做的亊情。 I urge you to work in jobs that you love. 我希望你们也做自己喜欢的工作。 I mean I think you are out of your mind...
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; 再次说明的是,你在向前展望的时候不可能将这些片断串连起来； you can only connect them looking backwards. 你只能在回顾的时候将点点滴滴串连起来。 So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. 所以你必须相信这些片断会在你未来的某一天串连起来。 You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life,...
But we put in a bid on Wednesday morning. By that, I was in Boston Montana. 星期三的早上，我们出了一个报价。那时，我已经在蒙塔那了。 And I talked to Bill McDonough at the New York Federal. 我和纽约储备局的比尔·麦克唐纳通了话。 At 10 o'clock we were having a meet with bankers at 10 o’clock that morning in New York. 他们在10点会和一批银行家碰头。 And I called them, we actu...
And yet 16 guys with very high IQs and very decent people entered into that game. 我所不能理解的是，这16 个如此高智商的能人怎么就会玩这样一个游戏。 You know I think it is madness. 简直就是疯了。 It is produced by an overall reliance to same extent on things. 某种程度上，他们的决定基本上都依赖于一个客观上的联系。 You know those guys would tell me back at Salomon, a six Sigma ...
Class of 2009! 2009届的同学们， I don't think I hurt you. 我不认为这伤害了你们。 First I’d like you to stand up, and wave and cheer your supportive family and friends! 首先我希望大家都站起来，向支持你们的亲朋好友挥手致意！ I’m sure you can find them out there. 我相信你们都能在人群中找到他们。 Show your love! 把你们的爱表现出来吧! It is a great honor for me to be here tod...
I didn't see it then, 我当时没有觉察, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. 但是事后证明，从苹果公司被炒是我这辈子发生的最棒的事情。 The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again,less sure about everything. 尽管前景为卜，但从头开始的轻松感取代了保持成功的沉重感。...
I'd like to just say a few words primarily and then the highlight for me will be getting your questions in a few minutes. 我想先讲几分钟的套话，然后我就主要来接受你们的提问。 I want to talk about what is on your mind. 我想谈的是你们的所思所想。 I urge you to throw a hard ball. 我鼓励你们给我抛一些高难度的球， It’s more fun for me if you, if you feel a little speed of amb...
My third story is about death. 我的第三个故事是关于死亡的。 When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." 当我十七岁的时候, 我读到了一句话:“如果你把每一天都当作生命中最后一天去生活的话,那么有一天你会发现你是正确的。” It made an impression on me, 这句话给我留下了深刻...
I lived with that diagnosis all day. 我整天和那个诊断书一起生活。 Later that evening I had a biopsy, 后来有一天晚上我作了一个活切片检查， where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, 医生将一个内窥镜从我的喉咙伸进去,通过我的胃, 然后进入我的肠子, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. 用一根针在我的胰腺上...
This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: 这是我距离死亡最近的一次，我希望它也是未来几十年里我离死亡最近的一次。经历了这件事，死亡对我而言已经不再只是一种有益却仅限于纯粹...
Letter to my grandchildren 给孙儿们的一封信 To my beautiful grandchildren: 我的好孙儿们: Our world is changing so fast and there are many things I wish for you… 我们生活的世界变化非常快，我希望你们能做到下面这些事: I’d really like for you to know about hand-me-down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. 我非常希望你们愿意穿哥哥姐姐们穿...
Steps to happiness 一步步走向幸福 Everybody Knows: 每个人都知道： You can't be all things to all people. 你无法为每个人办到每件事。 You can't do all things at once. 你无法立刻完成所有的事。 You can't do all things equally well. 你无法把所有的事都做的尽善尽美。 You can't do all things better than everyone else. 你无法把每件事都做的比别人好， Your humanity is s...
Lessons from a dandelion 蒲公英 I recall as a young child bringing bouquets of brilliant yellow flowers to my mother. 我想起了孩提时代我把几束鲜艳的黄色花朵送给妈妈的事。 It didn't matter that the stems felt sticky or that both my parents cursed the presence of these flowers in the lawn. 我记得那些花的华茎很黏，我爸妈当时都在埋怨草坪里怎么会长出这些花，但我都没在意， I t...
What will matter 要紧的事 Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. 不管有没有准备好，总有一天一切将走到终点。 There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. 不再有日出，不再有分钟，不再有小时，也不再有日子。 All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. 所有你积攒的东西，不管是你所珍藏的的还是已遗忘的，都将归属...
A feline perspective 猫儿看世界 There once was a kitty named Bear. 从前有只叫贝尔的小猫， He loved to play, run outside and chase spiders. 他很爱玩，喜欢在外面跑来跑去，还喜欢逮蜘蛛。 He was a happy cat without a care in the world. 他是只快乐的猫，远离着身边嘈杂世界的烦扰。 He would often sit on top of the fence next to his owner's condo and listen to all the human noise...
What do angels look like? 天使是什么样子？ What Do Angels Look Like? 天使是什么样子？ They are— 天使就像— Like the little old lady who returned your wallet yesterday. 那个昨天捡到钱包并把它交还给你的身材矮小的年老妇人。 Like the taxi driver who told you that your eyes light up the world when you smile. 那个告诉你当你微笑时你的双眸能照亮世界的出租车司机。 Like the small child...
KFC's Colonel Sanders 肯德基爷爷的真实故事 When I read last week that a majority of Americans ages 18 to 25 didn't know who Colonel Sanders was,I was shocked. 上周报上的一条消息让我感动非常震惊:大多数18到25岁的年轻人不知道桑德斯上校是谁。 According to USA Today,61% of respondents didn't know who the guy with the beard in the KFC logo was. 据《今日美国》报道，61%...