THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Hello, Indiana! It’s good to be back close to home. Everybody have a seat, have a seat. Well, first of all, let me thank Henry and everybody for extending such a warm
Little formal schooling but labor honestly and diligently to help feed, clothe, and educate their families are deserving of greater respect-- and help, if necessary-- 接受过很少正规教育 但诚实和勤恳劳动 为家人提供食物 衣服 教育的
Honest error in the face of complex and possibly intractable problems is a far more important source of bad results than are bad motives 糟糕政策结果更主要的原因是 碰到复杂难解问题时所犯下的诚实错误 而不是出于恶劣动机 For these reasons, th
Hi Well, it's nice to be back at Princeton I find it difficult to believe that it's been almost 11 years 嗨 很高兴能回到普林斯顿 很难相信我离校赴华盛顿任职 Since I departed these halls for Washington I wrote recently
Little formal schooling but labor honestly and diligently to help feed, clothe, and educate their families are deserving of greater respect-- and help, if necessary-- 接受过很少正规教育 但诚实和勤恳劳动 为家人提供食物 衣服 教育的
Honest error in the face of complex and possibly intractable problems is a far more important source of bad results than are bad motives 糟糕政策结果更主要的原因是 碰到复杂难解问题时所犯下的诚实错误 而不是出于恶劣动机 For these reasons, th
Hi Well, it's nice to be back at Princeton I find it difficult to believe that it's been almost 11 years 嗨 很高兴能回到普林斯顿 很难相信我离校赴华盛顿任职 Since I departed these halls for Washington I wrote recently
Is really entirely meritocratic meritocracies may be fairer and more efficient than some alternatives But fair in an absolute sense? Think about it 是真正意义上的完全精英体系 精英体系可能比其它体系更加公平和高效 但绝对意义上讲 它真的公平吗 想想这个
Your smarts will come in handy because you will travel in a land of marvels. 你们的聪明才智必定会派上用场，因为你们将在一片充满奇迹的土地上行进。 We humans - plodding as we are - will astonish ourselves. 我们人类，尽管跬步前行，却终将令自己大吃一惊。 We'
I should say that he always added that he would do it all over again in a minute So, well done, moms, dads This is indeed an impressive and appropriate setting for a commencement 但他总会补充说 再让他选择 他还是会这样做
I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. 我告诉我的老板我想开办一家在网上卖书的公司。 He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said,
Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions? 你们会屈从于批评，还是会坚守信念？ Will you bluff it out when you're wrong, or will you apologize? 你们会掩饰错误，还是会坦诚道歉？ Will you guard your heart aga
And not on love of the work or a desire to make a difference is a recipe for unhappiness 8 而不是因爱好或追求卓越所做出的职业选择 不过是日后苦恼的根源 八 Nobody likes to fail but failure is an essential part of life and of learnin
I have a vivid memory of what happened next, and it was not what I expected. 我清晰地记得接下来发生了什么，而那是我意料之外的。 I expected to be applauded for my cleverness and arithmetic skills. 我本期待着小聪明和算术技巧能赢得掌声。 "Jef
We had a dream of being outside for this occasion. 我们曾经想要在外边举办这个活动。 A reality intervened and we're in here. 但现实就是这样，所以我们只能在这里。 We we live in the real world, we're deal in the real world. 我们生活在现实世界中，面对
But we were ready to leave, we were ready to get out there. 但当时我们准备好离开了，我们准备好迈向新天地了。 And we felt very much as if we had accumulated this sort of whole wheel of Brie of knowledge. 我们觉得自己积累的全部知识，就像一整块布里
And in the great tradition of these speeches, 同样，在演讲这一伟大传统中， generally what happens is the speaker says something along the lines of you need to chase your dreams. 通常情况下，演讲者会说一些类似于“你们需要追逐你们的梦想”的话。 But
Thank you. It's a tremendous honor to be here. 谢谢你们。能来到这里是我莫大的荣幸。 I know we were all hoping to be outside. 我知道我们都想在外面举办这次活动。 But in this magnificent surroundings, 不过在这个华丽的环境中， I for one am enjoying th
And I'm supposed to tell you that the rest of your life, 我要告诉你们，在你们的余生里， you're not going to be regretting the fact that you've left here. 你们不会为你们的离开而感到遗憾。 All I can really say is there's probably a r
And so much of the resources, intellectual resources, financial resources of of my generation 我们这一代人有很多的资源，知识资源、财政资源， have gone into communications infrastructure and achieved wonderful things, 都用在了通信
