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2009/08/02 23:02:58 網誌分類: 教育
02 Aug

微軟 (Microsoft) 創辦人比爾‧蓋茨 (Bill Gates) 近年專注慈善事業,較早前他在美國國內一所中學演講,他認為現在的學校教育沒有灌輸正確的價值觀,學校所教的與現實社會脫節,他於是向同學們提出 10 個忠告,我嘗試作中文翻譯,但希望言簡意賅之餘或有粗疏,各位網友若有更佳建議,請不吝賜教:

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! 

別怨天尤人,既來之則安之!

Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem.  The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. 

不要自視過高,先做些成績給大家看再談別的。

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.  You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. 

別指望一步登天,你的所有都要你自己努力爭取。

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. 

你以為你的老師很難搞? 等見到你的老闆再說罷!

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.  Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. 

幹粗活沒甚麼大不了,你祖父母的年代叫這做機會。

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. 

別諉過於人,應從中反省學習。


Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now.  They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were.  So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. 

在你出生之前,你父母的生活遠較現在閒適得多,所以請你先收拾好自己的房間,再出去拯救全人類。

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT.  In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.  This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

學校給你機會重讀重考,人生卻是一子錯,滿盤皆落索。


Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters.  You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.  Do that on your own time.

別假公濟私。

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life.  In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

不要給電視劇的情節愚弄,現實生活是人人都要離開咖啡店去工作。 

回應 (15)
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2009/08/05 23:38:10 回覆

好文章 , 要轉給朋友之子 ~

2009/08/05 11:53:55 回覆

成功的過來人,都會向年輕人苦口婆心的勸導,但真正會聽或聽得到的有幾個呢?

慳妹
慳妹 2009/08/04 22:27:53 回覆

壽哥: 所謂養子方知父母恩啊!

2009/08/04 21:39:36 回覆

我當日看時,最深刻印象是rule#7。

你可能嫌亞爸亞媽悶、老土,但佢地之所以變成咁,就係因為你呀,仔!

 

2009/08/04 16:21:50 回覆

hmmm,,,, ic ic............

慳妹
慳妹 2009/08/04 13:49:55 回覆

花姐:點解唔見咗林蛋大?

花姐
花姐 2009/08/04 12:43:00 回覆

差大哥中國人嗎

花姐
花姐 2009/08/04 12:42:29 回覆

大戶又玩逆思維

我走唔度

只好多坐一會

慳妹
慳妹 2009/08/04 10:03:44 回覆

花姐好少咁夜仲唔瞓!

欽差大臣
欽差大臣 2009/08/04 00:06:33 回覆

我都以为系冧把添,即系又多个烂赌鬼!啊哈哈!

盖茨某讲赌沃?!

真系有违文章意义。

花姐
花姐 2009/08/03 23:10:31 回覆

慳妹真爛賭kakakaka

慳妹
慳妹 2009/08/03 21:30:44 回覆

我走火入魔啊! 仲以為花姐嗰啲係股票冧巴。

2009/08/03 18:28:17 回覆

成功背後的實句

                送我喜歡星一粒

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2009/08/03 15:34:02 回覆

都是實事求是的話哦...

 

 

 

花姐
花姐 2009/08/03 11:51:54 回覆

我喜歡

rule, 1 ~ 3~  6~  8~  9

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