04:57 (Sigh)
04:58 and you're so happy. You found something you're interested in.
05:03 'I have an interest! I have an interest!'
05:05 You tell me. You say, 'I have an interest!' I say, 'That's wonderful! And what are you trying to tell me?' 'Well, I have an interest.' I say, 'Do you have passion?' 'I have an interest,' you say. 'Your interest is compared to what?' 'Well, I'm interested in this.' 'And what about the rest of humanity's activities?' 'I'm not interested in them.' 'You've looked at them all, have you?' 'No. Not exactly.'
05:31 Passion is your greatest love. Passion is the thing that will help you create the highest expression of your talent. Passion, interest -- it's not the same thing. Are you really going to go to your sweetie and say, 'Marry me! You're interesting.'
05:49(Laughter)
05:52 Won't happen. Won't happen, and you will die alone. 試譯：孤獨(dú)終老
05:56(Laughter)
05:58 What you want, what you want, what you want, is passion. It is beyond interest. You need 20 interests, and then one of them, one of them might grab you, one of them might engage you more than anything else, and then you may have found your greatest love, in comparison to all the other things that interest you, and that's what passion is.
06:21 I have a friend, proposed to his sweetie. He was an economically rational person. He said to his sweetie, 'Let us marry. Let us merge our interests.'
06:34 (Laughter)
06:36 Yes, he did.
06:38 'I love you truly,' he said. 'I love you deeply. I love you more than any other woman I've ever encountered. I love you more than Mary, Jane, Susie, Penelope, Ingrid, Gertrude, Gretel -- I was on a German exchange program then. I love you more than --' All right. She left the room halfway through his enumeration of his love for her. After he got over his surprise at being, you know, turned down, he concluded he'd had a narrow escape from marrying an irrational person. Although, he did make a note to himself that the next time he proposed, it was perhaps not necessary to enumerate all of the women he had auditioned for the part.
07:28(Laughter)
Note:
1.grab: [VN] to get sb's attention
?I'll see if I can grab the waitress and get the bill.
我要看能不能引起服務(wù)員的注意,讓她拿賬單來(lái)。
?Glasgow's drugs problem has grabbed the headlines tonight (= been published as an important story in the newspapers).
格拉斯哥的毒品問(wèn)題成了今晚報(bào)紙的頭條新聞。
2.engage: [VN] (formal) to succeed in attracting and keeping sb's attention and interest
?It is a movie that engages both the mind and the eye.
3.in comparison (with/ to sth)
eg: By comparision with other European countries, car prices in the UK are very high.
eg: He was a loud friendly man. In comparison, his brother was rather shy.
5.halfway: (adv.)
I was halfway home when I realized I had forgotten my briefcase.
(informal) I'm willing to eat anywhere as long as the food is halfway decent. [=fairly good]
6.enumerate:: to name (things) one after another in a list
Let me enumerate my reasons for doing this.
enumeration
8.surprise [U, C] ~ (at sth) ~ (at seeing, hearing, etc.) a feeling caused by sth happening suddenly or unexpectedly
9. turn down (someone or something) or turn (someone or something) down : to say no to (someone or something) especially in a polite way
She turned the offer down.
They turned down our invitation.
I asked her out , but she turned me down.
10. narrow:usually before noun] only just achieved or avoided
?a narrow victory 險(xiǎn)勝
?He lost the race by the narrowest of margins.
他以極小的差距在賽跑中落敗。
?She was elected by a narrow majority.
她以微弱多數(shù)當(dāng)選。
?He had a narrow escape when his car skidded on the ice.
車在冰上打滑,他險(xiǎn)些出事。
11. audition:[VN] ~ sb (for sth) to watch, listen to and judge sb at an audition
· 對(duì)(某人)面試；讓(某人)試演(或試唱、試音):
?We auditioned over 200 children for the part.
我們?yōu)檫@個(gè)角色面試了 200 多名兒童。
07:30 But the point stands. You must look for alternatives so that you find your destiny, or are you afraid of the word 'destiny'? Does the word 'destiny' scare you? That's what we're talking about. And if you don't find the highest expression of your talent, if you settle for 'interesting,' what the hell ever that means, do you know what will happen at the end of your long life? Your friends and family will be gathered in the cemetery, and there beside your gravesite will be a tombstone, and inscribed on that tombstone it will say, 'Here lies a distinguished engineer, who invented Velcro.' But what that tombstone should have said, in an alternative lifetime, what it should have said if it was your highest expression of talent, was, 'Here lies the last Nobel Laureate in Physics, who formulated the Grand Unified Field Theory and demonstrated the practicality of warp drive.'
08:32(Laughter)
08:34 Velcro, indeed!
08:36(Laughter)
08:39 One was a great career. One was a missed opportunity. But then, there are some of you who, in spite of all these excuses, you will find, you will find your passion. And you'll still fail.
08:59 You're going to fail, because -- because you're not going to do it, because you will have invented a new excuse, any excuse to fail to take action, and this excuse, I've heard so many times: 'Yes, I would pursue a great career, but, I value human relationships --
09:31(Laughter)
09:32 more than accomplishment. I want to be a great friend. I want to be a great spouse. I want to be a great parent, and I will not sacrifice them on the altar of great accomplishment.'
09:47(Laughter)
09:48 What do you want me to say? Now, do you really want me to say now, tell you, 'Really, I swear I don't kick children.'
09:55(Laughter)
09:58 Look at the worldview you've given yourself. You're a hero no matter what. And I, by suggesting ever so delicately that you might want a great career, must hate children. I don't hate children. I don't kick them. Yes, there was a little kid wandering through this building when I came here, and no, I didn't kick him.
10:17(Laughter)
10:19Course, I had to tell him the building was for adults only, and to get out. He mumbled something about his mother, and I told him she'd probably find him outside anyway. Last time I saw him, he was on the stairs crying.
10:32(Laughter)
10:33What a wimp.
10:34(Laughter)
Note:
1.stand:
2.settle for sth: to accept sth that is not exactly what you want but is the best that is available
· 勉強(qiáng)接受；將就:
?In the end they had to settle for a draw.
最后,他們只好接受平局的結(jié)果。
?I couldn't afford the house I really wanted, so I had to settle for second best.
我真心想要的房子我買不起,所以只得退而求其次了。
3. gravesite 墓地
4. tombstone 墓碑
5.Laureate：a person who has been given an official honour or prize for sth important they have achieved榮譽(yù)獲得者；獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)?/span>:
?a Nobel laureate
6.at / on the altar of sth (formal) because of sth that you think is worth suffering for 因?yàn)?為了(值得為之受苦的事物):
?He was willing to sacrifice his happiness on the altar of fame.
為了名聲,他心甘情愿犧牲幸福。
7.mumble：to speak or say sth in a quiet voice in a way that is not clear 嘟噥；口齒不清地說(shuō)
【SYN】 mutter :
?I could hear him mumbling to himself.
我可以聽到他在喃喃自語(yǔ)。
8. wimp：(informal, disapproving) a person who is not strong, brave or confident 懦夫；窩囊廢
【SYN】 weed
10:35 But what do you mean? That's what you expect me to say. Do you really think it's appropriate that you should actually take children and use them as a shield? You know what will happen someday, you ideal parent, you? The kid will come to you someday and say, 'I know what I want to be. I know what I'm going to do with my life.' You are so happy. It's the conversation a parent wants to hear, because your kid's good in math, and you know you're going to like what comes next. Says your kid, 'I have decided I want to be a magician. I want to perform magic tricks on the stage.'表演魔術(shù)
11:18(Laughter)
11:19 And what do you say? You say, you say, 'That's risky, kid. Might fail, kid. Don't make a lot of money at that, kid. I don't know, kid, you should think about that again, kid. You're so good at math, why don't you --'
11:35 The kid interrupts you and says, 'But it is my dream. It is my dream to do this.' And what are you going to say? You know what you're going to say? 'Look kid. I had a dream once, too, but -- But --' So how are you going to finish the sentence with your 'but'? 'But. I had a dream too, once, kid, but I was afraid to pursue it.' Or are you going to tell him this: 'I had a dream once, kid. But then, you were born.'
12:07(Laughter)
12:10(Applause)
12:12 Do you really want to use your family, do you really ever want to look at your spouse and your kid, and see your jailers? There was something you could have said to your kid, when he or she said, 'I have a dream.' You could have said -- looked the kid in the face and said, 'Go for it, kid! Just like I did.' But you won't be able to say that, because you didn't. So you can't.
12:51(Laughter)
12:56 And so the sins of the parents are visited on the poor children. Why will you seek refuge in human relationships as your excuse not to find and pursue your passion? You know why. In your heart of hearts, you know why, and I'm being deadly serious. You know why you would get all warm and fuzzy and wrap yourself up in human relationships. It is because you are -- you know what you are.
13:33 You're afraid to pursue your passion. You're afraid to look ridiculous. You're afraid to try. You're afraid you may fail. Great friend, great spouse, great parent, great career. Is that not a package? Is that not who you are? How can you be one without the other? But you're afraid.
14:03 And that's why you're not going to have a great career. Unless -- 'unless,' that most evocative of all English words -- 'unless.' But the 'unless' word is also attached to that other, most terrifying phrase, 'If only I had ...' 'If only I had ...' If you ever have that thought ricocheting in your brain, it will hurt a lot.
14:44 So, those are the many reasons why you are going to fail to have a great career. Unless --
14:57Unless.
15:00Thank you.
15:02(Applause)
Note:
1.take:used to introduce sb / sth as an example
?Lots of couples have problems in the first year of marriage. Take Ann and Paul.
在婚后頭一年里,許多夫婦都出現(xiàn)一些問(wèn)題。安和保羅就是個(gè)例子。
2.magician 魔術(shù)師 syn:conjuror
3.at that: used when giving more information about something or someone that was just mentioned
It's a fancy new car, and a sports car at that.
— usually used in the phrase and a bad/good (etc.) one at that
The band did a remake of the song, and a bad one at that.
She is a lawyer, and a very talented one at that.
4. 'visit sth on / upon sb / sth(old use)
· to punish sb / sth
· 對(duì)…進(jìn)行懲罰:
?The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children (= children are blamed or suffer for what their parents have done).
父輩作的孽報(bào)應(yīng)到子女頭上。
5.refuge:[U] ~ (from sb / sth) shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc. 庇護(hù)；避難:
?A further 300 people have taken refuge in the US embassy.
又有 300 人在美國(guó)大使館避難。
?They were forced to seek refuge from the fighting.
他們被迫尋求庇護(hù),以躲避戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
?a place of refuge
避難所
?As the situation at home got worse she increasingly took refuge in her work.
隨著家庭情況的惡化,她越來(lái)越在工作中尋求慰藉。
6.in your heart (of hearts): if you know, feel or believe sth in your heart, you are secretly sure about it although you may not admit it
eg:In her heart she knew she would never go.
eg: Deep in his heart, he wanted Laura back.(Longman)
8.fuzzy:covered with short soft fine hair or fur 覆有絨毛的；毛茸茸的
【SYN】 downy
9.package:a group of related things that go together
My new job offers a great benefits package. [=my new job offers great benefits]
The financial aid packages we'll be awarding this year are smaller than we had hoped they would be.
(informal) If you let her move in with you, living with her cat is all part of the package. [=it is part of the situation that you will have to accept]
good things come in small packages
— used to say that people or things do not have to be large to be good
10.evocative:~ (of sth) making you think of or remember a strong image or feeling, in a pleasant way引起記憶的；喚起感情的:
?evocative smells / sounds / music
引起回憶的氣味/聲音/音樂
?Her new book is wonderfully evocative of village life.
她的新書喚起人們對(duì)鄉(xiāng)村生活的美好感情。
11.ricochet:[V +adv. / prep.] (of a moving object 運(yùn)動(dòng)的物體) to hit a surface and come off it fast at a different angle 彈開；反彈出去:
?The bullet ricocheted off a nearby wall.
子彈從附近的一面墻上彈飛了。
12. a lot:— used to say that you feel a particular emotion very strongly
“Did you like the movie?” “Yes, I liked it a lot.” [=very much]
I miss her a lot since she went away.
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