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That other day I went to an amusement park with my soon-to-be 4-yeas-old son.
前幾天，我?guī)е焖臍q的兒子去游樂場(chǎng)。
And I watch him play arcade games.
我看著他玩街機(jī)游戲。
He was incredible focused, throwing his ball at the target.
他玩的無比專注，努力朝著靶子投球。
Jewish mother than I am, I skipped 20 steps
作為一名猶太裔老媽，我跳過20步，
and was already imagining him as a major league player with what is his arm and his arm and his concentration.
已經(jīng)開始想象他成為大聯(lián)盟球手，頭球精準(zhǔn)，手臂健壯，用心專注。
But then I realized what he want. He was playing to trade in his tickets for the crappy plastic toy.
但后來我才明白他想要的是什么。他玩投球是為了用票換取粗劣的塑料玩具。
The prize was much more exciting than the game to get it.
最終的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)比游戲的過程更令他興奮。
I of course wanted to urge him to take joy and the challenge of the game,
我當(dāng)然想鼓勵(lì)他享受游戲的快樂和挑戰(zhàn)，
the improvement upon practice, the satisfaction of doing something well,
不斷練習(xí)帶來的進(jìn)步，因表現(xiàn)出色而得到的滿足感，
and even feeling the accomplishment when achieving the game's goals.
甚至還有完成游戲目標(biāo)時(shí)的成就感。
But all of these aspects were shaded by the 10 cent plastic men with sticky stretchy blue arms that adhere to the walls.
但這些都比不過一毛錢的塑料小人，小人伸出黏黏的手臂，還可以貼在墻上。
That-that was the prize. In a child's nature, we see many of our own innate tendencies.
這就是獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。從孩子的本性中，我們看到許多自己天生的偏好。
I saw myself in him and perhaps you do too.
我看到了我自己，也許你們也能。
Prizes serve as false idols everywhere. Prestige, wealth, fame, power.
隨處可見，獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)被當(dāng)成虛假偶像來崇拜。威望、財(cái)富、名聲、權(quán)勢(shì)。
You'll be exposed to many of these, if not all.
你們將來就算不會(huì)全部遇到，至少也會(huì)遇到其中幾個(gè)。
Of course, part of why I was invited to come to speak today beyond my being a proud alumna is that
當(dāng)然我今天來演講的部分原因，除了我是個(gè)自豪的哈佛校友之外，
I've recruited some very coveted toys in my life including a not so plastic, not so crappy one: an Oscar.
就是我在生命中得到了一些非常令人羨慕的玩具：奧斯卡小金人。
So we bump up against the common troll I think of the commencement address people who have achieved a lot telling you
在畢業(yè)演講時(shí)我們會(huì)撞到常見的煩事，那就是成功人士來告訴你，
that the fruits of the achievement are not always to be trusted.
成功帶來的結(jié)果并非那么值得信任。
But I think that contradiction can be reconciled and is in fact instructive.
但我覺得這種矛盾可以被彌合，而且是有教導(dǎo)意義的。
Achievement is wonderful when you know why you're doing it.
成就總是美妙的，但你得知道為何這樣做。
And when you don't know, it can be a terrible trap.
如果你不知道，它就會(huì)變成可怕的陷阱。
