名校勵志英語演講 第151期:跨越物質(zhì)的藩籬 讓世界今非昔比(8)

[00:01.05]We too often let the external, the material things, serve as indicators that we're doing well, 我們過多地把那些外在的、物質(zhì)的東西看成是我們?nèi)〉贸删偷臉?biāo)記， [00:08.20]even though something inside us tells us that we're not doing our best; 雖然我們內(nèi)心明白自己并沒有盡力； [00:12.48]that we're avoiding that which is hard, but also necessary; 自己正在逃避必須經(jīng)歷的困難； [00:16.02]that we're shrinking from rather than rising to the challenges of the age. 自己面對時代的挑戰(zhàn)，沒有奮起迎接，而是選擇了退縮。 [00:22.19]And the thing is, in this new hyper-competitive age, none of us—none of us can afford to be complacent. 問題是，在這個竟?fàn)帢O度激烈的新時代，我們中沒有任何人能夠付得起自滿的代價。 [00:31.19]That's true whatever profession you choose. 無論選擇何種職業(yè)，都不能自滿。 [00:35.47]Professors might earn the distinction of tenure, but that doesn't guarantee 教授可能會獲得終身教授的榮譽(yù)， [00:39.49]that they'll keep putting in the long hours and late nights and have the passion and the drive to be great educators. 但這并不能保證他們擁有成為偉大教育家的激情和動力。 [00:49.20]The same principle is true in your personal life. 這一原則也適用于個人生活。 [00:51.45]Being a parent is not just a matter of paying the bills, doing the bare minimum. 父母的職責(zé)不只是支付賬單、做最低限度的事情， [00:57.33]It's not just bringing a child into the world that matters, 也不只是把孩子帶到這個世界上來， [01:00.43]but the acts of love and sacrifice it takes to raise and educate that child and give them opportunities. 而是用愛和奉獻(xiàn)教育孩子，并給他們提供機(jī)遇。 [01:07.30]It can happen to presidents as well. If you think about Abraham Lincoln and Millard Fillmore had the very same title. 縱使對于總統(tǒng)也是如此。你們想想看，亞伯納罕·林肯和米勒德·菲爾莫爾有相同的頭銜， [01:27.39]They were both presidents of the United States, but their tenure in office and their legacy could not be more different. 他們都曾是美國總統(tǒng)，但他們的總統(tǒng)任期和為人類創(chuàng)造的價值卻又天壤之別。

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