2017英语四六级备考小憩:美文鉴赏之Larry Smithr在TED演讲(2)

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　　2017年6月英语四六级考试报名已结束，文都四六级小编希望各位考生在报名备考的同时，也不要忘记英语自身的魅力。现下就为大家奉上美文鉴赏之Larry Smithr在TED演讲：为什么你干不成一番大事业(第二篇)。

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　　I'm not quite sure why you decide not to do it. You're too lazy to do it. It's too hard. You're afraid if you look for your passion and don't find it, you'll feel like you're an idiot, so then you make excuses about why you're not going to look for your passion. And they are excuses, ladies and gentlemen. We're going to go through a whole long list, your creativity, and thinking of excuses not to do what you really need to do if you want to have a great career.
　　我不太确定你为什么决定不去做。 你太懒了。这事太难。 你害怕如果你去寻找梦想然后找不到， 你会觉得你像个白痴，所以你给自己找借口， 为什么你不去追寻你的梦想。 这些都是借口，女士们先生们。 我们要列一个长单子，你的创造力， 想想你不去做成就伟业该做的事情 的借口。
　　So, for example, one of your great excuses is, "Well, great careers are really and truly, for most people, just a matter of luck, so I'm going to stand around, I'm going to try to be lucky, and if I'm lucky, I'll have a great career. If not, I'll have a good career." But a good career is an impossibility, so that's not going to work.
　　所以，举例来说，你众多借口之一是， “嗯，伟业实际上对于大多数人来说 只是运气问题，所以我就在这待着， 我就试试做那个幸运的人，然后如果我真幸运的话， 我就能成就伟业。如果不能，我就找个还不错的事业。” 但是没有还不错的事业，所以这个行不通。
　　Then, your other excuse is, "Yes, there are special people who pursue their passions, but they are geniuses. They are Steven J. I'm not a genius. When I was five, I thought I was a genius, but my professors have beaten that idea out of my head long since." (Laughter) Mm? "And now I know I am completely competent." Now, you see, if this was , being completely competent, that would have given you a great career. But guess what? This is almost , and saying to the world, "I am totally, completely competent," is damning yourself with the faintest of praise.
　　然后，你还有其他借口：“是的，有那些与众不同的人 追寻自己的梦想，但是他们是天才。 他们是Steven J. 我不是天才。 我五岁的时候以为自己是天才， 但是我的教授们早就把这个念头 打消了。“（笑声）嗯？ ”然后现在我知道自己完全有能力。“ 现在你看，如果这是在年， 完全有能力， 就能让你成就伟业。 但是你知道么？现在几乎是年了， 对世界说”我完全，绝对，有能力，“ 就是用最无力的称赞谴责你自己。
　　And then, of course, another excuse: "Well, I would do this, I would do this, but, but, well, after all, I'm not weird. Everybody knows that people who pursue their passions are somewhat obsessive. A little strange? Mm? Mm? Okay? You know, a fine line between madness and genius. I'm not weird. I've read Steven J.'s biography. Oh my goodness. I am not that person. I am nice. I am normal. I'm a nice, normal person, and nice, normal people don't have passion. Ah. But I still want a great career. I'm not prepared to pursue my passion, so I know what I'm going to do, because I have, I have a solution, I have a strategy. It's the one Mommy and Daddy told me about. Mommy and Daddy told me that if I worked hard, I'd have a good career. So, if you work hard and have a good career, if you work really, really, really hard, you'll have a great career. Doesn't that, like, mathematically make sense?" Hmm. Not. (Laughter) But you've managed to talk yourself into that.
　　然后，当然，另外一个借口： ”嗯，我会做这个，我会做这个，但是，但是， 嗯，毕竟，我不是个怪人。 每个人都知道那些追寻自己梦想的人 都多少有点强迫症。有点奇怪？嗯？嗯？好吧？ 你知道的，疯子和天才一线之隔。 我不是个怪人。我读过Steven J的传记。 我的天呐。我不是那种人。我是好人。 我是正常人。我是正常的好人， 而且正常的好人 没有梦想。 啊。但是我还是想要成就伟业。 我还没准备好去追寻梦想，所以我知道 我要做什么，因为我有办法， 我有策略。 就是爸爸妈妈告诉过我的那个。 爸爸妈妈告诉我说如果我努力工作， 我会有个不错的事业。所以，如果你努力工作， 而且有个不错的事业，如果你工作特别特别特别努力， 你就能成就伟业。 这在数学上不是也成立么？“ 嗯...不是的。（笑声） 但是你还是让自己信了这话。
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