There's an academic tradition called the 'Last Lecture.' Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture, what would you say to your students? Well, for me, there's an elephant in the room. And the elephant in the room, for me, it wasn't hypothetical.

  • -- Randy Pausch 兰迪·波许

有一个学术传统叫做“最后一课”。假设,如果你知道自己就要死了,而你还有最后一堂课,你会对你的学生说什么?对我来说,房间里有一头大象。房间里的大象,对我来说,这不是假设。

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You'll be dedicated and that's what you should want to be in anything in life - whether it's sports or academics or your relationship. It all stems from finding that fun, that thrill, that excitement.

你会全身心投入,这就是你在生活中想要做的事情——无论是运动、学业还是恋爱关系。这一切都源于找到那种乐趣,那种刺激,那种兴奋。

Just as no monkey is as good-looking as the ugliest of humans, no academic is worthier than the worst of the creators.

正如没有哪只猴子长得像人类中最丑陋的猴子一样,没有哪位学者比最糟糕的创造者更有价值。

The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect.

甘地家族有着好客的传统。当你拜访他们时,他们对你非常尊重。

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.

你不需要真正的现代化才能完全和完整地存在。你需要现代和传统的结合。

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

有些人在睡梦中说话。当别人睡觉时,老师们却在讲话。

A lecture is much more of a dialogue than many of you probably realize.

演讲比你们许多人可能意识到的更像是对话。