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以下这篇英文演讲稿是Larry. Ellison(演讲人Larry. Ellison是Oracle的CEO)在耶鲁大学2000届毕业典礼上发表的最为狂妄、不受欢迎但又是现实真实状况的演讲，希望对大家有所启发。

Graduates of Yale University, I apologize if you he endured this type of prologue before, but I want you to do something for me. Please, take a ood look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at the classmate on your right. Now, consider this: five years from now, 10 years from now, even 30 years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to be a loser. The person on your right, meanwhile, will also be a loser. And you, in the middle? What can you expect? Loser. Loserhood. Loser Cum Laude.

耶鲁的毕业生们，我很抱歉如果你们不喜欢这样的开场。我想请你们为我做一件事。请你---好好看一看周围，看一看站在你左边的同学，看一看站在你右边的同学。请你设想这样的情况：从现在起5年之后，10年之后，或30年之后，今天站在你左边的这个人会是一个失败者;右边的这个人，同样，也是个失败者。而你，站在中间的家伙，你以为会怎样?一样是失败者。失败的经历。失败的优等生。

Youre upset. Thats understandable. After all, how can I, Lawrence Larry Ellison, college dropout, he the audacity to spout such heresy to the graduating class of one of the nations most prestigious institutions? Ill tell you why. Because I, Lawrence Larry Ellison, second richest man on the pla, am a college dropout, and you are not.

你们感到沮丧，这是可以理解的。为什么，我，埃里森，一个退学生，竟然在美国最具声望的学府里这样厚颜地散布异端?我来告诉你原因。因为，我，埃里森，这个行星上第二富有的人，是个退学生，而你不是。

Because Bill Gates, richest man on the pla -- for now, anyway -- is a college dropout, and you are not.

因为比尔盖茨，这个行星上最富有的人就目前而言---是个退学生，而你不是。

Because Paul Allen, the third richest man on the pla, dropped out of college, and you did not.

因为艾伦，这个行星上第三富有的人，也退了学，而你没有。

And for good measure, because Michael Dell, No. 9 on the list and moving up fast, is a college dropout, and you, yet again, are not.

再来一点证据吧，因为戴尔，这个行星上第九富有的人他的排位还在不断上升，也是个退学生。而你，不是。

Hmm . . . youre very upset. Thats understandable.

......你们非常沮丧，这是可以理解的。

So let me stroke your egos for a moment by pointing out, quite sincerely, that your diplomas were not attained in vain. Most of you, I imagine, he spent four to five years here, and in many ways what youve learned and endured will serve you well in the years ahead. Youve established good work habits. Youve established a work of people that will help you down the road. And youve established what will be lifelong relationships with the word therapy. All that of is good. For in truth, you will need that work.

现在，让我打击你一下。我要相当诚挚地指出：你们的文凭不是白拿的。你们中的大多数，我猜，已经在这里花费了4、5年时光，你们将以各种方式在未来使用你所学的东西。你们已经确立了好的工作习惯。你们已经建立了能帮你沿这条路前进的人际网。你们已经将自己这辈子与therapy(治疗)这个词建立了一种

联系。事实上，你们需要这些。

You will need those strong work habits. You will need that therapy.

你们将来需要这些有用的工作习惯。你将来需要这种治疗。

You will need them because you didnt drop out, and so you will never be among the richest people in the world. Oh sure, you may, perhaps, work your way up to No. 10 or No. 11, like Steve Ballmer. But then, I dont he to tell you who he really works for, do I? And for the record, he dropped out of grad school. Bit of a late bloomer.

你需要它们，因为你没辍学，所以你永远不会成为世界上最富有的人。哦，当然，你可以，也许，以你的方式进步到第10位，第11位，就像Steve。但，我没有告诉你他在为谁工作，是吧?根据记载，他是研究生时辍的学，开化得稍晚了些。

Finally, I realize that many of you, and hopefully by now most of you, are wondering, Is there anything I can do? Is there any hope for me at all? Actually, no. Its too late. Youve absorbed too much, think you know too much. Youre not 19 anymore. You he a built-in cap, and Im not referring to the mortar boards on your heads.

现在，我猜想你们中间很多人，也许是绝大多数人，正在琢磨，我能做什么?我究竟有没有前途?当然没有。太晚了，你们已经吸收了太多东西，以为自己懂得太多。你们再也不是19岁了。你们有了内置的帽子，哦，我指的可不是你们脑袋上的学位帽。

Hmm... youre really very upset. Thats understandable. So perhaps this would be a good time to bring up the silver lining.

嗯......你们已经非常沮丧啦。这是可以理解的。所以，现在可能是讨论实质的时候啦

Not for you, Class of 2000. You are a write-off, so Ill let you slink off to your pathetic $200,000-a-year jobs, where your checks will be signed by former classmates who dropped out two years ago.