财富精英励志演讲101:艰难的抉择(2)

 　　Now of course sure Sloanes, so you know it's also really important it's all about the numbers, absolutely; it's all about the technology without a doubt. But only people can build products and produce numbers. And so I decided¹ to write that book. Now if you decide to read the book which I, of course, hoped you will. You will find that the first thing I deal with in this book, in the very first two pages, is the fact that I got fired. It was, of course, a hugely public event. It made headlines alt over the world. It causes lots of people still to say. "Gosh, you failed." By the way I don't think I failed, I do think that I was fired. But we will come to that in a moment. But I decided I had to start with that, because if I could not deal with that, most public of events, in an authentic² way, the reader wouldn't believe the rest of the book. And so I start with that.

　　你们是斯隆的学生，当然知道这是十分重要的，生意绝对是关乎数字，生意也无疑是关乎科技的。但是只有人才能造就产品和带来数据，所以我决定写这本书。如果你打算看这本书——我当然希望如此，你将会发现我在这本书的前两页就提到我被辞退。这已是众人皆知的事情，是全球的头条新闻。人们依然在说“天哪，你失败了！” 顺便说一下，我不认为我失败了，我是被解雇了。我们过会儿再谈论这一问题。当时，我决定将此作为这本书的幵头，因为如果我不说明白这件大家都知晓的事情，读者就不会相信书中的其他内容。所以我以此幵头。

　　What happened and how I felt and how I got up the next day and went on. I do spend a chapter talking about my time at MIX. Because my time here made a big difference, and I want to just talk to about three classes that I took here, because they are, they made being impact³ on me. By the way, you know, I loved, actually maybe four classes.

　　—开始我就说了发生了什么事、我的感受以及后来发生了什么。我用一章的篇幅叙述了我在麻省理工的曰子，因为在这里的日子对我影响深远。 其中，我谈到了对我有重大影响的三门课程。顺便说一下，其实我喜欢的大概有四门课。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

3 impact   

n.冲击，碰撞；影响；vt.装紧，压紧

参考例句：

• The computer had made a great impact on modern life.计算机对现代生活产生了巨大的影响.
• How will the war impact on such a poet?战争对这样一个诗人会产生什么影响？