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The Stanford Commencement
斯坦福大學畢業典禮演講
Jobs kept his continuing battle with the cancer secret -- he told everyone that he had been "cured"
喬布斯隱瞞了他繼續與癌癥抗爭的實情，告訴大家，他已被“治愈”了，
just as he had kept quiet about his diagnosis in October 2003.
這一如他2003年10月癌癥確診后的緘口不言。
Such secrecy was not surprising; it was part of his nature.
這樣保密并不稀奇，它是喬布斯本性的一部分。
What was more surprising was his decision to speak very personally and publicly about his cancer diagnosis.
更為令人驚奇的是，他決定公開談論自己的健康問題。
Although he rarely gave speeches other than his staged product demonstrations,
除了登臺演示產品，喬布斯平時很少作演講，
he accepted Stanford's invitation to give its June 2005 commencement address.
但他仍然接受了斯坦福大學2005年畢業典禮的演講邀請。
He was in a reflective mood after his health scare and turning fifty.
在癌癥確診之后，即將50歲的他，處于一種反思狀態。
For help with the speech, he called the brilliant scriptwriter Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, The West Wing).
為了完成演講，喬布斯找到了杰出的編劇艾倫·索金，其作品包括電影《好人寥寥》和《白宮風云》。
Jobs sent him some thoughts.
喬布斯給索金發了電子郵件，表達了自己的一些想法。
"That was in February, and I heard nothing, so I ping him again in April, and he says, 'Oh, yeah,' and I send him a few more thoughts," Jobs recounted.
喬布斯回憶道：“當時是2月，他沒有回復，于是4月的時候我又發了一次郵件，他說‘哦，好啊。’然后我又發了些新想法給他。
"I finally get him on the phone, and he keeps saying 'Yeah,'
后來終于電話聯系上了，他不停地說‘嗯’，
but finally it's the beginning of June, and he never sent me anything."
但是一直到6月初，他什么都沒給我。”
