公众人物毕业演讲第327期:推特CEO迪克2013密歇根大学(5)

 You're just going to be disappointed when the other people on stage with you don't do or say what you want them to do and you'll stand there frozen

"而台上的人没有按照你想的那样说 那样做" "你只会感到失望 你只会呆站在那里 不知如何是好"

Be in this moment." And he stopped everyone in the room and said "All of you right now, be in this moment

"只想此刻" 他让教室里所有的人都停下来 他说 "你们所有人 现在 只想此刻"

Now be here in this moment, now be here in this moment" I continued to stay in Chicago and improvised¹ there for many years

"现在 在这里 只想此刻 只想此刻" 我继续待在芝加哥 在那进行了很多年的即兴表演

And ultimately got lots of auditions² for shows and got all none of them Fortunately during this time, the internet happened

最终获得了很多试演机会 结果都没通过 幸运的是 就在这段时期 互联网出现

And that was great because when the internet happened -- I know it's funny to you guys

这很伟大 因为互联网出现时… 我知道 你们觉得这很滑稽

When I was your age, we didn't have the internet in our pants We didn't even have the internet not in our pants. That's how bad it was

我在你们这么大的时候 我们裤子口袋里可没有网络 甚至不在口袋里的网络 我们都没有 当时就有这么糟糕

I know I sound like my grandfather right now "We didn't have teeth

我听起来就像我的祖父一样 "我们没有牙齿"

There were no question marks, we just had words" What was I talking about?

"没有问号 我们只有词" 我讲到哪了

The internet So I dove into the internet because I saw it is this extensible structure

互联网 我于是全心投入到互联网中 因为我看到了它的可扩展结构

That had these amazing possibilities and I created a sequence of companies over the course of the next 20 years

它具有无穷无尽的可能性 之后20年中 我创立了一系列的公司

That led me to Twitter If there's ever an example

这将我引向推特 如果要我给一个例子说明

Of the importance of making bold bets and focusing on what you love it's Twitter

大胆选择和做所爱之事的重要性 我会举推特

1 improvised   

a.即席而作的,即兴的

参考例句：

• He improvised a song about the football team's victory. 他即席创作了一首足球队胜利之歌。
• We improvised a tent out of two blankets and some long poles. 我们用两条毛毯和几根长竿搭成一个临时帐蓬。

2 auditions   

n.（对拟做演员、歌手、乐师等人的）试听，试音( audition的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Find modeling auditions, casting calls& acting auditions, all in one place. 找一个立体感试听，铸造呼叫和表演试听一体的地方。 来自互联网
• We are now about to start auditions to find a touring guitarist. 我们现在准备找一个新的吉他手。 来自互联网