甲骨文总裁LarryEllison在耶鲁大学英语演讲稿

1、甲骨文总裁Larry Ellisn在耶鲁大学英语演讲稿racle CE拉里.埃里森 在耶鲁大学的演讲英文原文：Larry Ellisn (racle CE)Graduates f Yale University, I aplgize if yu have endured this type f prlgue befre, but I want yu t d smething fr me. Please, take a gd lk arund yu. Lk at the classmate n yur left. Lk at the classmate n yur right.耶鲁的毕业生们，我

2、很抱歉-如果你们不喜欢这样的开场白。我想请你们为我做一件事。请你-好好看一看周围，看一看站在你左边的同学，看一看站在你右边的同学。Nw, cnsider this: five years frm nw, 10 years frm nw, even thirty years frm nw, dds are the persn n yur left is ging t be a lser. The persn n yur right, meanwhile, will als be a lser.And yu, in the middle? What can yu epect? Lser. Lser

3、hd.Lser Cum Laude. In fact, as I lk ut befre me tday, I dntsee a thusand hpes fr a bright tmrrw. I dnt see a thusand future leaders in a thusand industries. I see a thusand lsers.请你设想这样的情况：从现在起5年之后，某年之后，或30年之后，今天站在你左边的这个人会是一个失败者;右边的这个人，同样，也是个失败者。而你，站在中间的家伙，你以为会怎样?一样是失败者。失败的经历。失败的优等生。说实话，今天我站在这里，并没有看

4、到一千个毕业生的灿烂未来。我没有看到一千个行业的一千名卓越领导者，我只看到了一千个失败者。Yure upset. Thats understandable. After all,hw can I,Lawrence Larry Ellisn, cllege drput, have the audacity t sput such heresy t the graduating class f ne f the natins mst prestigius institutins? Ill tell yu why. Because I, Lawrence Larry Ellisn, secnd ri

5、chest man n the planet, am cllege drput, and yu are nt.Because Bill Gates, richest man n the planet-fr nw anyway-is a cllege drput, and yu are nt. Because Paul Allen, the third richest man n the planet, drpped ut f cllege, and yu did nt. And fr gd measure, because Michael Dell, N.9 n the list and mv

6、ing up fast, is a cllege drput, and yu, yet again, are nt.你们感到沮丧，这是可以理解的。为什么，我，埃里森，一个退学生，竟然在美国最具声望的学府里这样厚颜地散布异端?我来告诉你原因。因为，我，埃里森，这个行星上第二富有的人，是个退学生，而你不是。因为比尔盖茨，这个行星上最富有的人-就目前而言-是个退学生，而你不是。因为艾伦，这个行星上第三富有的人，也退了学，而你没有。再来一点证据吧，因为戴尔，这个行星上第九富有的人-他的排位还在不断上升，也是个退学生。而你，不是。Hmm . yure very upset. Thats understa

7、ndable.你们非常沮丧，这是可以理解的。S let me strke yur Egs fr a mment by pinting ut, quite sincerely, that yur diplmas were nt attained in vain. Mst f yu, I imagine, have spent fur t five years here, and in many ways what yuve learned and endured will serve yu well in the years ahead. Yuve established gd wrk habi

8、ts. Yuve established a netwrk f peple that will help yu dwn the rad. And yuve established what will be lifelng relatinships with the wrd therapy. All that f is gd.你们将来需要这些有用的工作习惯。你将来需要这种“治疗”。你需要它们，因为你没辍学，所以你永远不会成为世界上最富有的人。哦，当然，你可以，也许，以你的方式进步到第10位，第11位，就像Steve。不过，我没有告诉你他在为谁工作，是吧?根据记载，他是研究生时辍的学，开化得稍晚了

9、些。Finally, I realize that many f yu, and hpefully by nw mst f yu, Are wndering, Is there anything I can d? Is there any hpe fr me at all? Actually, n. Its t late. Yuve absrbed t much, think yu knw t much. Yure nt 19 anymre. Yu have a built-in cap,and Im nt referring t the mrtarbards n yur heads.现在，我

10、猜想你们中间很多人，也许是绝大多数人，正在琢磨，/能做什么?我究竟有没有前途?/当然没有。太晚了，你们已经吸收了太多东西，以为自己懂得太多。你们再也不是19岁了。你们有了内置的帽子，哦，我指的可不是你们脑袋上的学位帽。Hmm . yure really very upset. Thats understandable. S perhaps this Culd be a gd time t bring up the silver lining. Nt fr yu, Class f 00. Yu are a write-ff, s Ill let yu slink ff t yur patheti

11、c $200,000-a-year jbs, where yur cheques will be signed by frmer classmates wh drpped ut tw years ag. Instead, I want t give hpe t any underclassmen here tday. I say t yu, and I cant stress this enugh: leave. Pack yur things and yur ideas and dnt cme back. Drp ut. Start up. Fr I can tell yu that a cap and gwn will keep yu dwn just as surely as these security guards dragging me ff this stage are keeping me dwn.(At this pint The racle CE was ushered ff stage.)嗯. 你们已经非常沮丧啦。这是可以理解的。所以，现在可能是讨论实质的时候啦-绝不是为了你们，某年毕业生。你们已经