公众人物毕业演讲第464期:扎克伯格2017哈佛毕业演讲(8)

 　　The second is redefining our idea of equality, so everyone has the freedom to pursue their purpose.

　　第二件事是，重新定义平等，让每个人都有追求他们目标的自由。

　　Now, many of our parents had stable jobs throughout their careers.

　　我们这一代人的父母，很多在整个职业生涯中都有稳定的工作。

　　But, in our generation, we're all of little entrepreneurial, whether we're starting projects or finding our role or another one.

　　但是现在，我们这一代人都是企业家，无论我们是刚开始还是在寻找、或是已经扮演着这个角色，还是另外的角色。

　　And you know, that's great. Because our culture of entrepreneurship is how we create so much progress.

　　这都很棒，我们的创业文化恰好是我们能有如此多进步的原因。

　　And an entrepreneurial culture thrives when it's easy to try lots of new ideas.

　　现在的创业文化让我们在尝试新想法的路上减少了很多阻碍。

　　Facebook wasn't the first thing I built.

　　脸书并不是我做的第一件事，

　　I also built chat systems and games, study tools and music players. I'm not alone.

　　我还做过聊天系统、游戏、学习工具和音乐播放器。我不是一个人，

　　JK Rowling got rejected 12 times before she finally wrote and published Harry¹ Potter.

　　因为JK罗琳在出版《哈利波特》之前被拒绝了12次，

　　Even Beyonce had to make hundreds of songs to get Halo.

　　即使是碧昂丝也不得不写了数百首歌曲，才有了今天Halo这首歌获得的光环。

　　马克一家人

　　The greatest successes come from having the freedom to fail.

　　最大的成功来自于我们享有失败的自由。

　　Now today, we have a level of wealth inequality that hurts everyone.

　　然而今天，财富不均会让每个人都受到伤害。

　　When you don't have the freedom to take your idea and turn it into a historic enterprise, we all lose.

　　当你没有自由把你的想法变成一个历史性的企业的时候，就输了。

　　And right now today, our society is way over-indexed on rewarding people and their successful

　　现在，我们的社会在通往成功的路上有过多的指引，

　　and we don't do nearly enough to make sure that everyone can take lots of different shots.

　　但我们做的不够，并不是每个人都能够轻易获得成功。

　　Now, let's face it. There is something wrong with our system when I can leave here and make billions of dollars in 10 years

　　那么面对现实吧，我们的社会体系是存在一定问题的，当我能够离开哈佛并在10年内赚取数十亿美元的时候，

　　while millions of students can't even afford to pay off their loans, let alone start a business.

　　还有数百万学生甚至无法偿还贷款，更不用说开始创业。

　　Look, I know a lot of entrepreneurs, and I don't know a single person who gave up on starting a business because they were worried they might not make enough money.

　　我认识很多企业家，然而我并不知道是否有一个人，他担心因为没有足够的钱而放弃了创业。

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。