公众人物毕业演讲 第462期:扎克伯格2017哈佛毕业演讲(6)

 　　So first, let's take on big meaningful projects.

　　首先，让我们来说说做有意义的项目。

　　Our generation is gonna have to deal with tens of millions of jobs replaced by automation¹ like self-driving cars and trucks.

　　我们这一代将不得不面对数千万的工作被机器取代的情况，比如自动驾驶。

　　But we have the potential to do so much more than that.

　　但我们还是有很多潜能去做更多的事。

　　Every generation has its defining² works.

　　每一代都有属于自己一代的使命。

　　More than 300,000 people worked to put a man on the moon – including that janitor³.

　　比如有超过30万人一起努力，让人类登上了月球——包括那个看门的人；

　　Millions of volunteers immunized children around the world against polio.

　　数百万志愿者为世界各地的小儿麻痹症患者打疫苗；

　　And millions of more people built the Hoover dam and other great projects.

　　数以百万计的人为建立胡佛水坝和其他伟大的项目贡献了自己的力量。

　　And now it's our generation's turn to do great things.

　　现在轮到我们这代来做一些伟大的事了。

　　Now I know, maybe you're thinking: I don't know how to build a dam, I don't know how get a million people involved in anything.

　　我知道，你可能会想：我不知道如何建造大坝，或者如何让一百万人参与到任何事情中来。

　　Well, let me tell you a secret: no one does when they begin.

　　但我想告诉你一个秘密：没有人从一开始就知道如何做，

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　　Ideas don't come out fully⁴ formed.

　　想法并不会在最初就完全成型。

　　They only become clear as you work on them.

　　只有当你工作时才变得逐渐清晰，

　　You just have to get started.

　　你只需要做的就是去开始它。

　　If I had to know everything about connecting people before I started, I never would've built Facebook.

　　如果我必须在开始（脸书）之前就了解清楚“如何连接人与人”的想法，那么我就不会启动脸书了。

　　Movies and pop culture just get this all wrong.

　　或许电影和流行文化只会误导我们，

　　The idea of a single eureka moment is a dangerous lie.

　　比如说有些想法会出现在一些灵光一闪的时刻，这其实是一个危险的假话。

　　It makes us feel inadequate⁵ because we feel like we haven't had ours yet.

　　这让我们感到我们的准备还不充分，

　　And it prevents people with seeds of good ideas from ever getting started in the first place.

　　这会阻止那些拥有好想法的人去开始行动。

　　Oh, and you know what else movies get wrong about innovation⁶?

　　对了，你知道电影当中还有什么是对创新的误解吗？

　　No one writes math formulas on glass. okay. All right, That's not a thing, okay?

　　那就是，没有人会在玻璃上写数学公式。

　　It's really good to be idealistic. But be prepared to be misunderstood.

　　其实，理想主义是好事，但你要做好被误解的准备。

1 automation   

n.自动化（技术），自动操作

参考例句：

• Automation will mean the loss of many jobs in this factory.自动化将意味着这个工厂要减少许多工作职位。
• Automation has helped to increase production.自动化促进了生产的发展。

2 defining   

规定( define的现在分词 )； 使明确； 精确地解释； 画出…的线条

参考例句：

• You can customise the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re-brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services. 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集，您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为，通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记。
• This point can be put another way in defining poverty. 这一点还能从另一方面来加以说明以佐证贫困的涵义。 来自英汉非文学 - 新闻报道

3 janitor   

n.看门人，管门人

参考例句：

• The janitor wiped on the windows with his rags.看门人用褴褛的衣服擦着窗户。
• The janitor swept the floors and locked up the building every night.那个看门人每天晚上负责打扫大楼的地板和锁门。

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

6 innovation   

n.改革，革新，新观念，新方法，新发明

参考例句：

• There are all sorts of possibilities for technical innovation.技术革新的门道很多。
• An enterprise should encourage innovation.企业应鼓励创新。