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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To the extent that tenure supports academic freedom, I support tenure. I want no person or system to have any power, real or apparent, to chill academic freedom.

就终身职位支持学术自由而言,我支持终身职位。我不希望任何人或任何制度有任何权力,无论是真实的还是表面的,来压制学术自由。

When you learn about the teaching and the practice of another tradition, you always have a chance to understand your own teaching and practice.

当你学习其他传统的教学和实践时,你总是有机会了解你自己的教学和实践。

I've always been more inclined to go out to work than carry on with academic studies.

我总是更愿意出去工作,而不是继续学业。

Tradition must be a springboard to the future, not an easy chair for resting.

传统必须是通向未来的跳板,而不是安乐椅。

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。