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As a civilization, we will have so many gifts, just as you as individuals have so many individual gifts as you sit before me.
作為文明人，我們會擁有如此之多的天賦，就像是坐在我面前的你們，每一個生命個體都擁有許多獨特的夭賦。
How will you use these gifts? And will you take pride in your gifts or pride in your choices?
你們要如何運用這些天賦呢？你們會為自己的夭賦感到驕傲，還是會為自己的選擇感到驕傲？
Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life---the life you author from scratch on your own-begins.
明天，非?，F實地說，你們的人生——從零開始塑造的自己的人生——即將開啟。
How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make?
你們將如何運用自己的天賦？你們又將做出怎樣的抉擇？
Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions?
你們是被慣性所引導，還是追隨自己內心的熱情？
Will you follow dogma, or will you be original?
你們會墨守成規，還是勇于創新？
Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure?
你們會選擇安逸的生活，還是選擇一個奉獻與冒險的生活？
Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?
你們會屈從于批評，還是會堅守信念？
Will you bluff it out when you're wrong, or will you apologize?
你們會掩飾錯誤，還是會坦誠道歉？
Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love?
你們會因害怕拒絕而掩飾內心，還是會在面對愛情時勇往直前？
Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling?
你們想要波瀾不驚，還是想要搏擊風浪？
When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?
你們會在嚴峻的現實之下選擇放棄，還是繼續前行？
Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder?
你們要做憤世嫉俗者，還是踏實的建設者？
Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?
你們要不計一切代價地展示聰明，還是選擇善良？
I will hazard a prediction. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story. Thank you and good luck!
我要冒險做一個預測。在你們80歲時，只有你一個人靜靜對內心訴說著你的人生故事，其中最為充實、最有意義的那段講述，會被你們做出的一系列決定所填滿。最后，是選擇塑造了我們的人生。為你自己塑造一個偉大的人生故事吧！謝謝，祝你們好運！
