名校勵志英語演講 第131期:珍惜現(xiàn)在 把握將來(7)
至少要讓其中的一部分理想融入你們的生活。給予可以提升心靈，而索取在某種程度上永遠不可能做到?；蛟S真的像奧斯卡·王爾德所說的那樣：“渴望再多工作一天的人就不會死去。”
One small but shocking sentence: each year three million children die in Africa from preventable disease or conflict.
有一句雖簡短卻很震撼的話：非洲每天有300萬兒童死于可預(yù)防性疾病和暴力沖突。
The key word? Preventable.
關(guān)鍵詞是什么呢?是“可預(yù)防的”。
When all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
當談及言出必行時，人們通常都是說得多做得少。
Be a doer not a commentator. Seek responsibility rather than shirk it. People often ask me about leadership, I say: leadership is about wanting the responsibility to be on your shoulders,not ignoring its weight but knowing someone has to carry it and, reaching out for that person to be you. Leaders are heat-seekers not heat-deflectors.
要做一個實干家而不是評論家。要勇于承擔責任，不要逃避退縮。人們經(jīng)常問我關(guān)于領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力的事情，我說，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力就是想要肩負責任，而不是忽視責任之重;領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力就是知道必須有人站出來承擔責任，而且要努力成為那個人。領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者是勇于承擔責任而非逃避責任的人。
And luck?
那運氣呢?
You have all the luck you need. You are here, at Yale, and what - apart from the hats - could be better?
你們具備成功所需的一切運氣。你們在耶魯學(xué)習(xí)生活——還有什么比擁有耶魯大學(xué)的桂冠更幸運的呢?
You have something else: your parents.
你們還擁有其他的，比如你們的父母。
When you are your age, you can never imagine being our age. But believe me, when you're our age we remember clearly being your age. That's why I am so careful about young men and my daughter, "Don't tell me what you're thinking. I know what you're thinking."
你們在這個年齡的時候很難想象我們這個年齡的人的狀況。但請相信我，當你們像我這么大時，我還能清楚記得我們在你們這個年齡所經(jīng)歷的事情。這就是我如此關(guān)心年輕人和我的女兒的原因，“不要告訴我你們在想什么，我知道你們在想什么。”
