英语专业晨读美文人物篇:生命的绝唱(美音)

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:03.94]Randy Pausch Inspires Graduates [00:08.37]I am glad to be here today, Hell, [00:12.80]I am glad to be anywhere today. [00:14.62]President Cohon asked me to come [00:17.25]and give the charge to the graduates. I assure you, [00:20.32]it's nothing compared to the charge you have just given me. [00:23.04]Last August I was told that in all likelihood [00:26.22]I had three to six months left to live. [00:28.70]I am on month nine now and I am not to get down [00:31.80]and do any push-ups...But there will be [00:34.38]a short pick-up basketball game later. [00:36.47]Somebody said to me,"in light of those numbers, [00:39.76]wow, so you are really beating the Grim Reaper." [00:42.88]And what I said without even thinking about is that [00:46.84]we don't beat the Reaper by living longer. [00:49.22]We beat the Reaper by living well, and living fully. [00:52.60]For the Reaper will come for all of us, [00:54.87]the question is what we do between the time [00:59.35]we were born and the time he shows up. [01:00.58]Because when he shows up it is too late to do all the things [01:04.04]that you're always gonna kind of “get round to”. [01:06.52]So I think the only advice I can give you on [01:09.58]how to live your life well is, first off, remember, [01:13.30]it's a cliché, but I love clichés, [01:16.90]“it is not the things we do in life [01:19.01]that we regret on our deathbed, it is the things we do not”. [01:22.70]The second thing that I would add to that, [01:24.81]and I didn't coordinate on the subject of this word [01:27.09]but I think it's the right word that comes up, is passion. [01:30.76]And you will need to find your passion. [01:33.96]Many of you have already done it, many of you will later, [01:38.36]many of you may take till your 30s or 40s. [01:40.74]But don't give up on finding it. Alright? [01:43.20]Because then all you're doing is waiting for the Reaper. [01:46.79]Find your passion and follow it. [01:49.10]And if there's anything I have learned in my life, [01:51.87]you will not find that passion in things. [01:54.68]And you will not find that passion in money. [01:57.29]Because the more things and the more money you have, [01:59.84]the more you will just look around and use that as the metric, [02:03.39]and there will always be someone with more. [02:05.20]Find you passion and in my experience, [02:08.67]no matter what you do at work or what you do in official settings, [02:11.76]that passion would be grounded in people. [02:14.67]And it would be grounded in the relationships [02:17.26]you have with people, and what they think of you, [02:19.52]when your time comes. And if you can gain [02:22.46]the respect of those around you, [02:24.00]and the passion and true love, and I've said this before, [02:27.48]but I waited till 39 to get married [02:30.16]because I had to wait that long to find someone [02:32.05]where her happiness was more important than mine. [02:34.82]And if nothing else I hope that all of you can find [02:37.86]that kind of passion and that kind of love in your life. [02:40.92]Thank you!

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