历史英雄名人演讲 第34期:追逐远大的梦想(1)

 　　Chasing Your Ambitious¹ Dreams

　　追逐远大的梦想

　　I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams.

　　我认为，通常追寻雄心万丈的梦想更容易些。

　　I know that sounds completely nuts.

　　我知道这听起来简直是一派胡言。

　　But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you'll have little competition.

　　不过，既然没有别人疯狂到会做这种事，你就没有竞争对手了。

　　The best people want to work on the big challenges.

　　优秀的人喜欢接受大挑战。

　　That is what happened with Google.

　　这就是在谷歌发生的事情。

　　Our mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.

　　我们的目标是组合全球的信息，使其随手可得，随处可用。

　　How can that not get you excited?

　　那怎么能不让大家兴奋呢？

　　But we almost didn't start Google, actually, because my co-founder Sergey and I were too worried about dropping out of the PHD program.

　　但是我们那时几乎启动不成谷歌，因为我和联合创始人谢尔盖都太担心拿不到博士学位。

　　You are probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm!

　　要是你觉得自己是暴风雨下人行道上的一条生丘蚓，那你很可能就真的走对路了。

　　That is about how we felt after we maxed out three credit cards buying hard disks off the back of a truck.

　　那就是我们刷爆了三张信用卡，从一辆货车上买来硬盘后的感觉。

　　That was actually the first hardware for Google.

　　那就是谷歌最早的硬件设备。

　　Parents and friends: more credit cards always help.

　　家长和朋友们：多点信用卡总是有用的。

1 ambitious   

adj.有雄心的，劲头十足的，有野心的

参考例句：

• One may be poor but never ceases to be ambitious.人穷志不穷。
• He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。