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Life doesn't always present you with the perfect opportunity at the perfect time
生活不會總在完美時間將完美機遇放到你的面前
Opportunities come when you least expect them
機遇經常出現在你最不指望它們出現的時候
or when you're not ready for them
或是你沒有做好準備的時候
Rarely are opportunities presented to you in the perfect way
機遇很少會以完美方式出現在你的面前
in a nice little box with a yellow bow on top
放在扎有蝴蝶結的精美禮品盒中
Here, open it, it's perfect, you'll love it
給 打開它 它很完美 你會喜歡它的
Opportunities, the good ones
好的機遇
they're messy
都很雜亂
and confusing and hard to recognize
令人困擾 難于辨別
They're risky
風險很大
They challenge you
挑戰不小
But things happened so fast
不過一切都會很快發生
because our world is changing so much
這是世界的快速發展使然
You have to make decisions without perfect information
你需要在沒有完美信息的情況下作出決定
You have to make decisions based on the fact that the world
你做決定時 需要考慮到世界
is going to continue to change
會持續變化
Believe that the status quo will be supplanted by something better
需要相信現狀總會被更好的事物所取代
that someone's crazy business idea will become real and important
有些人的瘋狂經營理想會實現 并變得很重要
Believe that this technology however small today is going to be big in the future
相信現在看起來很不起眼的技術 以后會產生深遠影響
It could make life better, easier, more meaningful
會讓生活更好 更容易 更有意義
for millions of people maybe billions
造福數以百萬計 甚至數以十億計的人
Believe that this groundbreaking cancer research is going to save lives
相信這個開創性癌癥研究將能挽救無數生命
Believe that next year, Johns Hopkins Lacrosse will win a national championship
相信明年 約翰霍普金斯長曲棍球隊能夠獲得全國冠軍
Look, I know
看 我知道
that the opportunity I had with Google may seem one-of-a-kind
谷歌給我的這種機遇可能看起來像是獨一無二的
but think how much our world has changed since you've all grown up
但想想在你們成長起來的這段時間里 世界變化了多少
think of the new companies, technologies, discoveries just in your lifetimes
想想這期間出現了多少新公司 新技術 新發現
Smartphones came out when you were in high school
智能手機在你們讀高中的時候出現
and now you can't live without them
現在你們已經離不開它了
