公众人物毕业演讲第190期:苏珊沃西基2014在约翰霍普金斯大学(3)

 　　You probably cannot imagine a world

　　你们可能无法想象一个

　　without texting, emailing, blogging, friending, tweeting, googling

　　没有发信息 发电子邮件 写博文 互粉 发推文 谷歌搜索

　　and yes watching YouTube videos

　　以及观看YouTube视频的世界

　　probably when you are supposed to be studying on D-level

　　特别是在D层学习的时候

　　I just learned that

　　我刚知道这个说法

　　Yet, none of those verbs existed when I was in my cap and gown

　　我身着学位服毕业那年 这些动词都不存在

　　and now the world has over 2 billion people doing those things every day

　　而现在 世界上每天都有超过20亿人在做这些事情

　　Back then, only really bad things went viral

　　当年 只有很糟糕的事才会像病毒一样扩散

　　like mono

　　例如传染性单核细胞增多

　　things you definitely did not want

　　这些东西你们显然不希望沾上边

　　Now things, videos, like David after Dentist or Psy Gangnam Style

　　现在 很多视频 如大卫拔牙之后 Psy的江南Style

　　or you know, the recent video, a cat's rescuing kids from vicious dogs go viral

　　还有最近猫从恶狗那里救下小孩的视频 都在疯狂扩散

　　That proves it. The world has changed a lot since I graduated

　　这证明了 世界自我毕业以来发生了重大变化

　　The acceleration¹ of technological² progress is unmatched in our history

　　技术进步的加速在人类历史上是空前的

　　And it's not going to slow down

　　它不会减缓

　　It's only going to speed up

　　只会提速

　　So I want to share a few stories, 3 stories from my life

　　我希望分享我人生中的三个故事

　　and how I think they can help you

　　讲讲它们对大家可能有什么帮助

　　in the new, fast-moving world that you're about to enter

　　在你们即将步入的这一个快速变化的新世界中

　　I joined Google during the height of the first .com boom in the late 1990s

　　我加入谷歌是在第一次.com繁荣鼎盛的1990年代

　　Now I know this seems like ancient time to you guys

　　你们肯定觉得这是很古老的年代

　　but it really was not that long ago

　　但实际上 当时离现在并没过多久

　　At the time, I was newly married

　　当时我刚结婚

　　and my husband and I decided to buy a house which was a huge decision

　　我和丈夫决定买一栋房子 这是很重大的决定

　　We could barely afford the mortgage

　　我们还房贷有些吃力

　　So we decided we would rent part of our house and the garage

　　于是决定将房子的一部分以及车库出租

1 acceleration   

n.加速，加速度

参考例句：

• All spacemen must be able to bear acceleration.所有太空人都应能承受加速度。
• He has also called for an acceleration of political reforms.他同时呼吁加快政治改革的步伐。

2 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。