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2016-05-30 中国移动动感地带俱乐部

Trust yourself

相信自己

First Lady Michelle Obama at Tuskegee University

第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马在塔斯克基大学

I want you all to stay true to the most real, most sincere, most authentic parts of yourselves. I want you to ask those basic questions: Who do you want to be? What inspires you? How do you want to give back? And then I want you to take a deep breath and trust yourselves to chart your own course and make your mark on the world.

我希望所有人都能忠实于内心最真实，最诚恳，最真诚的自己。我希望大家都能问自己一些最基本的问题：你想成为什么样的人?是什么激励了你?你希望怎样回报他们?然后我希望你深呼吸，相信自己能够绘制出自己的人生航线，在世界上留下自己的印记。

Don't let others judge you

不要让他人评判你

Actor Ed Helms at the University of Virginia

演员艾德·赫尔姆斯在佛吉尼亚大学

As you go out in the world, you'll find that people are always quick to define you, to pigeonhole you, to whittle you down to their preconceived notions—which bring me to my point: Never let others define you. Define yourselves.

当你走出校园步入社会，你会发现人们总是很快地为你做出规定，为你设定框架，为你灌输一些先入为主的观念——这些引出了我的观点：千万不要让别人定义你。自己为自己定义。

Take action

行动起来

Apple CEO Tim Cook 

at The George Washington University

苹果CEO蒂姆·库克在乔治华盛顿大学

The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena. There are problems that need to be solved. Injustice that needs to be ended. People that is still being persecuted. Diseases are still in need of cure. No matter what you do next, the world needs your energy, your passion, your impatience for progress. Don't shrink from risk. And tune out those critics and cynics. History rarely yields to one person, but think, and never forget, what happens when it does. That can be you. That should be you. That must be you.

旁观不是你想要的生活。世界需要你登上舞台，有很多问题需要你来解决，正义需要得到伸张，人们依然受到迫害，疾病仍需治愈。无论你接下来要做什么，世界需要你的能量、激情和对进步的渴望。不要害怕风险，远离那些嘲讽者和批评者，历史很少由一个人来书写，但永远不要忘记，历史由一个人来书写时会产生多么大的影响。而书写历史的人可以是你，应该是你，也必须是你。

Follow your intuition

遵循你的直觉

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright 

at Tufts University

前国务卿玛德琳·奥尔布赖特在塔夫茨大学

From this day forward, you will have to rely not on grades or guidance from professors to tell you how you're doing and where you stand. You will have to rely, instead, on an inner compass; whether that compass is true will determine whether you become a drifter who is blown about by every breeze; or a doer, an active citizen determined to chart your own course, question your assumptions, and, when necessary, sail unafraid against strong winds. 

从今以后，你不能再依赖成绩或教授的指导来告诉你你做的怎么样，你的立场是什么。你要依靠内心的罗盘，这个罗盘是否精准将决定你成为在暴风雨中摇曳的漂泊者，还是成为实干家，成为决心绘制自己人生，质疑过往的积极的公民。必要的时候，你会无所畏惧地乘风破浪。

Be yourself

做自己

Journalist and TV Host Meredith Vieira 

at Boston University

记者、电视节目主持人

梅勒迪斯·维埃拉在波士顿大学

Only authenticity will keep your head on straight and your feet firmly planted. So don't strive for somebody else's notion of perfection. It's an unattainable and ultimately ridiculous goal. Strive instead to be uniquely yourself. And, when in doubt, listen to your gut, because it already knows what you want to become. 

只有真诚才能让你昂首挺胸，脚踏实地。所以，不要为他人的完美概念而奋斗。那是可望而不可即的，并且你最终会认为荒诞至极。努力做独一无二的自己。当你心存怀疑的时候，听从你的直觉，因为你的内心知道你想要成为什么样的人。

It's okay to fake it

假装已获得成功

US Ambassador to the United Nations 

Samantha Power 

at University of Pennsylvania

美国驻联合国大使

萨曼莎·鲍尔在宾夕法尼亚大学

First, and this is foundational, if you want to change the world, start by 'acting as if.' Prior generations have put it a different way—'Fake it 'til you make it.'

首先，也是最根本的，如果你想要改变世界，从‘假装’开始。而成功的前辈们则用另一种说法来描述——‘假装你已经做到了，直到真的成功。’

Don't stop learning

不要停止学习

Scientist Bill Nye at Rutgers University

科学家比尔·奈在罗格斯大学

Keep reaching. Keep seeking. Keep using your abilities to bring out the best in those around you, and let them bring out the best in you. Become the next great generation! You can and you will—dare I say it, change the world!

不断追求新目标。不断探索新事物。不断利用自己的能力发掘周围人的优点，也让他们激发出自己最大的潜力。成为成功的新一代。我敢说，你能够，你也将会改变世界！

Create your own set of standards

打造自己的标准

TV Host Stephen Colbert at Wake Forest University

电视节目主持人史蒂芬·科尔伯特在威克弗里斯特大学

People my age will sometimes say to you, 'Hey, that work you did, that thing you said, that cause you championed, it's not good.' Well, having your own standards will help you weather moments like that. Having your own standards allows you to perceive success where others may see failure.

我这个年龄的人有时可能会对你说，‘嘿，你做的那项工作，你说的那件事，你为之奋斗的那份事业，并不是那么好。’拥有自己的标准将帮你安然度过这样的时刻，让你在其他人只能看到失败的形势中预见到成功。

Take some time 

to really think

花点时间认真思考

Journalist Katie Couric 

at University of Wisconsin-Madison

记者凯蒂·库里克在威斯康星大学

Now is the time to consider all the infinite possibilities with introspection, deliberation and thoughtfulness. Visualize the road ahead. Think about what excites you, what really gets your engine going. Engage in some real soul searching. Take a good, hard look at your strengths and weaknesses. A fulfilling professional life can be found at the intersection of what you love and what you're good at. And when you think you've discovered it, go at it full throttle.

现在是时候深入，沉着，谨慎地思考所有无限的可能性了。设想未来的道路。设想什么事情让你充满激情，什么事情让你为之奋斗。进行真正的深入灵魂的反思。认真细致地查看自己的优势和弱点。在你喜欢的事情和你擅长的事情的交叉点，你一定能找到让你满意的职业生活。当你认为你找到的时候，全力以赴地去追求。

Be 'present' at work

认真投入工作

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney 

at Saint Anselm College

马萨诸塞州前州长米特·罗姆尼

在圣安塞尔姆学院

Don't waste time bemoaning your job. Don't skim by with the minimum of effort. Dive in. Get more from your job than the paycheck. Hard work is living large." 

不要浪费时间抱怨你的工作。不要吝惜一丝一毫的努力。投入工作。你从工作中得到的收获远远超过薪水。努力工作就是最充实而有意义的生活。

Put in the hard work

付出努力

Actor Matthew McConaughey 

at the University of Houston

演员马修·麦康纳在休斯敦大学

Life's not easy. Don't try and make it that way. It's not fair, it never was, it isn't now, it won't ever be. Do not fall into the entitlement trap of feeling you are a victim, you are not. Get over it and get on with it. And yes, most things are more rewarding when you break a sweat to get them.

生活并不容易。不要试图让其变得容易。世界并不公平，过去不公平，现在也不公平，将来也不会公平。不要陷入痛苦的陷阱，认为你是受害者，你并不是。克服它，超越它。是的，付出就会有收获。

Keep an open mind

听取他人的意见

Actress Maya Rudolph at Tulane University

玛雅·鲁道夫在杜兰大学

So if I must give any of you advice it would be Say Yes. Say Yes, And... and create your own destiny.

如果我要给你们任何一个人提供建议的话，那就是：说‘是的’。努力创造你自己的命运。

A diploma isn't the only thing that matters

文凭不是最重要的

Vice President Joe Biden at Yale University

副总统乔·拜登在耶鲁大学

Don't forget about what doesn't come from this prestigious diploma—the heart to know what's meaningful and what's ephemeral; and the head to know the difference between knowledge and judgment."

不要忘记这张耀眼的文凭没有展现出来的——心中要铭记哪些是有意义的，哪些是转瞬即逝的。大脑要明晰知识和判断力之间的区别。

Don't let fear get in the way

不要让恐惧阻挡前进的脚步

Journalist Robin Roberts at Emerson College

记者罗宾·罗伯茨在爱默生学院

Don't worry about the fear factor. Everybody in here has felt it and will feel it. It is something that you have to realize that if you wait for it to pass you're going to be sitting on the sidelines for a very long time.

不要担心恐惧。这里的每一个人都曾经感觉到，将来也会感觉到。你必须意识到，如果你坐以待毙，等着这些因素成为过去，你很长时间内都只是旁观者。

（来源：新航道英语）