If I hadn't owned to my mistake and confronted failure fast
如果我沒有快速承認(rèn)和改正錯(cuò)誤
instead of ignoring it, I would not be here today
如果我忽略了這個(gè)錯(cuò)誤 就不會(huì)有今天的我
So maybe another possible thing for you guys to remember
也許你們可以記住另外一點(diǎn)
see, I'm trying to help you guys
看到了嗎 我是想幫助大家
when you fail
在你失敗時(shí)
face your failure, face it head on, admit it, grow from it
直面失敗 承認(rèn)失敗 并從它獲得成長(zhǎng)
When the world spins so fast, it means no one knows what the right answer is
世界發(fā)展日新月異 沒人知道正確答案是什么
and everyone will face failure
所有人都會(huì)遭遇失敗
Ideas that were once can't miss missed
一度認(rèn)為不可能失敗的想法可能會(huì)失敗
Companies that were surefire
覺得肯定能成的公司
went down in flames
也可能會(huì)轟然崩塌
It's what you do when that happens that determinates
在遭遇失敗時(shí)怎么做決定了
who ultimately succeeds and who does not
你最終是否能夠取得成功
Failure is part of the process
失敗只是過程中的一部分
It's where we learn the most
失敗能夠讓人得到最大進(jìn)步
And it's what makes us who we are
是成就我們的必經(jīng)之路
Now as I look out at all of you, I'm reminded of my own graduation
看到你們 讓我想到了我自己的畢業(yè)
I remember there were an awful lot of question marks for me
我記得 當(dāng)時(shí)我心中有很多疑問
Graduating meant leaving behind my friends, my college life
畢業(yè)意味著我要離開朋友 離開大學(xué)生活
It meant I'd have to figure out what to do with my real, my "real" life
意味著我需要去面對(duì)"真正的"生活
And I had no idea what I was going to do
我對(duì)自己要做什么 心里沒底
I had no job lined up, no prospects
我沒有太多工作計(jì)劃和展望
My big plan was to go home
我只想回家
live with my parents, and share the family car with my little sister
同父母住在一起 同小妹共用家里的車
Now to some of you, that might sound like a strange fear
我的這種恐懼或許會(huì)讓你們覺得有些陌生
Hopkins is a unique place
霍普金斯是一個(gè)獨(dú)特的地方
and that some of you have known exactly what you've wanted to do
從踏上這所學(xué)校的那一天起
since you set foot on this campus
有些人就很明確自己想做什么
Many of you have useful degrees
你們很多人都拿到了有用的學(xué)位
biomedical engineering
生物醫(yī)學(xué)工程
public health
公共衛(wèi)生
economics
經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)
applied math
應(yīng)用數(shù)學(xué)
computer science
計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)