名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第41期:我人生中的三個(gè)故事

[00:00.00]I learned about serif and san-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space 我學(xué)習(xí)寫帶短截線和不帶短截線的字體， [00:05.62]between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. 根據(jù)不同字母組合調(diào)整其間距，并學(xué)習(xí)怎樣把版式調(diào)整得更好。 [00:10.13]It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way 這門課太棒了，既有歷史價(jià)值，又有藝術(shù)造詣， [00:14.75]that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating. 這一點(diǎn)科學(xué)就做不到，我覺得它妙不可言。 [00:18.35]None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. 當(dāng)時(shí)我并不指望書法在我以后的生活中能有什么使用價(jià)值。 [00:23.37]But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. 但是，十年之后，我們?cè)谠O(shè)計(jì)第一臺(tái)Macintosh計(jì)算機(jī)時(shí)，它一下子浮現(xiàn)在我眼前。 [00:30.34]And we designed it all into the Mac. 于是，我們把這些東西全都設(shè)計(jì)進(jìn)了Macintosh計(jì)算機(jī)中。 [00:33.63]It was the first computer with beautiful typography. 這是第一臺(tái)有這么漂亮的文字版式的計(jì)算機(jī)。 [00:36.01]If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, 要不是我當(dāng)初在大學(xué)里偶然選了這門課， [00:39.69]the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. Macintosh計(jì)算機(jī)絕不會(huì)有那么多種印刷字體或間距安排合理的字號(hào)。 [00:43.88]And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. 要不是 Windows 照搬了 Macintosh, 個(gè)人電腦可能不會(huì)有這些字體和字號(hào)。 [00:55.66]If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on that calligraphy class, 要是我當(dāng)初沒有退學(xué)，我絕不會(huì)碰巧選了這門書法課。 [01:01.13]and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. 個(gè)人電腦也可能不會(huì)有現(xiàn)在這些漂亮的版式了。 [01:04.72]Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. 當(dāng)然，我在大學(xué)里不可能從這些點(diǎn)滴上看到它與將來(lái)的關(guān)系， [01:09.56]But it was very, very clear looking backwards 10 years later. 十年之后再回頭看，兩者之間的關(guān)系就非常、非常清楚了。 [01:13.35]Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward;you can only connect them looking backwards. 你們同樣不可能從現(xiàn)在這個(gè)點(diǎn)上看到將來(lái);只有回頭看時(shí)，才會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)它們之間的關(guān)系。 [01:19.33]So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. 所以，你們要相信這些點(diǎn)滴遲早會(huì)連接在一起。 [01:23.66]You have to trust in something—your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever— 你們必須相信某些東西——勇氣、命運(yùn)、生命、以及因果報(bào)應(yīng)，等等。 [01:28.45]because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, 要相信，這些點(diǎn)會(huì)為你鋪平前進(jìn)的道路，會(huì)給與你聽從自己的心聲的自信， [01:34.41]even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the difference. 會(huì)引導(dǎo)你走自己的路，然后取得成就。

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