《柯南脱口秀》第62期:遵循自己的好奇心

 Yes,I suppose.That's what I did. 我想是吧 那就是我做过的事

I was on the verge¹ of curing cancer when I said oh,jokes.That's where it's at. 我差点治愈了癌症 结果我说 笑话 这才是流行的

No,it's,it's funny.because I have a lot of young people over the years have come up to me and said, 不 这很有意思 因为这些年有很多年轻人来找我 对我说

I want to do what you're doing,so I'm studying communications in college. 我想当主持人 所以我在大学里学传媒

I always tell them,I have to break the news to them,I studied American history and literature. 我总是告诉他们 我得告诉他们这个坏消息 我学的是美国历史和文学

I studied literature of the American south.I studied,you know,I studied all kinds of interesting, 我学的是美国南方的文学 我学的很多有趣的

things that were interesting to me at the time,urban planning.I took a course in urban planning.Just interested in it. 那时候对我来说有趣的东西 城市规划 我上过城市规划的课 我对这很感兴趣

And I thought that would help inform me.Everything you need to know about show business, 我觉得那帮助我成型了 你需要对演艺界了解的一切事情

you can figure out,right Andy,in about 20 minutes of watching "Password". 你都能看20分钟的《密码》 然后统统搞清楚 对吧 安迪

That's true of a lot of jobs.People are so drum beat of skills base learning² and job training, 对于很多工作来说是这样 人们现在急于学习基础技能 进行职业训练

It's not turning people into engineers,because engineering³ is hard. 这没让人们成为工程师 因为工程学很难

And you either have the aptitude⁴ for science or you don't. 你要么有科学天资 要么没有

What it's doing is making people take a lot of majors that sound like they're directing you to a job. 这种观点让人们选择了很多看起来像是能帮你找到工作的专业

Like you know,business studies and media arts and communication sciences. 比如商业研究 传媒艺术和通信科学

And I think that people really should take real subject like English and history and math,whatever it is，learn the substance of all of that. 我觉得人们该上真正的课程 比如英语 历史 数学 不管是什么 学习那一切的实质

Learn how to learn.Learn how to write.Learn how to read.Learn how to follow your curiosity⁵. 学习如何学习 如何写作 如何阅读 如何遵循自己的好奇心

And then go out and work.You can figure out the rest. 然后去找工作 然后你就能弄明白剩下的事了

Working it not that hard.It takes hard work but it's not like rocket science.Right,right.Unless you want to be a rocket scientist. 工作没那么难 需要努力 但这并不复杂 不是火箭科学 是啊 除非你想成为火箭专家

 

1 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

3 engineering   

n.工程，工程学，管理，操纵

参考例句：

• The science of engineering began as soon as man learned to use tools. 人类一学会使用工具,工程科学就开始了。
• It was the first great engineering works in the world. 这是世界上第一家大型的工程工厂。

4 aptitude   

n.(学习方面的)才能，资质，天资

参考例句：

• That student has an aptitude for mathematics.那个学生有数学方面的天赋。
• As a child,he showed an aptitude for the piano.在孩提时代，他显露出对于钢琴的天赋。

5 curiosity   

n.好奇心，新奇的事物，珍品

参考例句：

• He gave in to curiosity and opened my letter.他抑制不住好奇心，拆开了我的信。
• The children are dying of curiosity to see what's in the parcel.孩子们出于好奇，迫不及待地想看看包裹中是什么东西。