譯者：公子鴿兒? ? 生詞、短語整理：陳雷雷
? ? ? ? ? ? ? translation：
Excerpt from commencement speech by Oprah Winfrey at Harvard University
節選自Oprah Winfrey在哈佛大學的畢業演講
It doesn’t matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble because if you’re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you’re constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages not to mention the Myth of Icarus predicts that you will at some point fall.
不管你會有多大的成就，在某些時候，你注定會受挫，因為如果你一直在做我們也在堅持的事情——不斷提高你的標準，如果你在不斷要求自己站得更高，且不說伊卡洛斯神話，僅僅是平均律就可以預測，你一定會在某個節點跌倒。
【注】伊卡洛斯神話：伊卡洛斯是希臘神話中代達羅斯的兒子，與代達羅斯使用蠟和羽毛造的翼逃離克里特島時，因飛得太高，雙翼上的蠟被太陽融化而跌落在水中喪生，被埋葬在海島上。
And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. Now when you’re down there in the hole, it looks like failure. So this past year I had to spoon feed those words to myself. And when you’re down in the hole, when that moment comes, it’s really okay to feel bad for a little while. Give yourself time to mourn what you think you may have lost but then here’s the key, learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are. And then figure out what is the next right move. And the key to life is to develop an internal moral, emotional G.P.S. that can tell you which way to go.
當你真的跌倒時，我希望你知道并記住：失敗其實并不存在，那只是生活試圖把我們拉向另一個方向前進罷了，只是當你跌到坑里的時候，你會以為，這就是失敗。過去的整整一年，我都在向自己灌輸這個道理。當你跌倒的那一刻真的來臨，難過一會兒是完全沒問題的，你可以給自己一點時間來懷念你以為自己丟失的東西。但關鍵在于，要向每一個錯誤學習，因為每段經歷，每段遭遇，尤其是你犯的錯誤，都會教育你，并推動你成為你真正的自己。跌倒后，找出下一步要怎么走。生活的關鍵在于你發展出自己的內在準則和情緒導航儀，來引領你前進的方向。
But the challenge of life I have found is to build a résumé that doesn’t simply tell a story about what you want to be but it’s a story about who you want to be. It’s a résumé that doesn’t just tell a story about what you want to accomplish but why. A story that’s not just a collection of titles and positions but a story that’s really about your purpose. Because when you inevitably stumble and find yourself stuck in a hole that is the story that will get you out. What is your true calling? What is your dharma? What is your purpose?
但我發現生活的真正挑戰在于建設你的人生履歷，這并不是簡單地講述你想做什么，而更在于表達你想成為什么樣的人。這是一份不僅僅說明你想做到什么，更說明你為什么想做到這些的履歷。你的傳記不僅僅是頭銜和職位的堆砌，而應該說明你真正的目標。因為當你不可避免地摔倒，并陷入困境時，這才是能幫助你走出來的東西。你真正的使命是什么？你的信條是什么？你的目標又是什么？
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? new words：
1. stumble 英? ['st?mb(?)l] 美? ['st?mbl] vi. 躊躇，蹣跚；失足；犯錯
e.g. He stumbled and almost fell.
他絆了一下，差點兒摔倒。
2. mourn 英? [m??n] 美? [m?rn] v. 哀悼；憂傷
e.g. If this era is over, few will mourn its passing.
如果這個時代結束，很少人會哀悼它的消逝。
3. encounter 英? [?n'ka?nt?; en-] 美? [?n'ka?nt?] n. 遭遇
e.g.? What will be the nature of this encounter?
這種遭遇的本質將會是什么？
4. calling 英? ['k??l??] 美? ['k?l??] n. 使命
e.g. He was a consultant physician, a serious man dedicated to his calling.
他是一名顧問醫生，一個專注于其使命的嚴肅認真的人。
5. dharma 英? ['dɑ?m?; 'd??m?] 美? ['dɑrm?] n. 指佛法、一切事物和現象；（印度教的）法則
e.g. Have you attended Dharma classes?
你參加過佛法課程嗎？
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? phrases：
be bound to 必然
raise the bar 更上一層樓
the law of averages 平均律
not to mention 更不必說
spoon feed 填鴨式灌輸
figure out 解決；算出；想出
the key to life 生命的真諦、人生的關鍵
titles and positions 頭銜和職位
