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The students were unusually attentive, despite a plane circling overhead with a banner that exhorted "recycle all e-waste,"
盡管現(xiàn)場(chǎng)有架飛機(jī)掛著一張敦促喬布斯“回收所有電子廢物”的條幅，不停地在演講場(chǎng)地上方盤旋，但是學(xué)生們都聽(tīng)得異常專注。
and it was his third tale that enthralled them.
不過(guò)，深深吸引他們的是第三個(gè)故事。
It was about being diagnosed with cancer and the awareness it brought:
確診患有癌癥及這一事實(shí)所帶來(lái)的想法。
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.
記住自己很快就要死了，這是我面對(duì)人生重大選擇時(shí)最重要的工具。
Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure
因?yàn)椋瑤缀跻磺?-所有外界的期望，所有驕傲，所有對(duì)于困窘和失敗的恐懼，
these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
這些東西都在死亡面前煙消云散，只留下真正重要的東西。
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
記住自己終會(huì)死去，是我所知最好的方式，避免陷入認(rèn)為自己會(huì)失去什么的陷阱。
You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
你已是一無(wú)所有，沒(méi)理由不追隨內(nèi)心。
The artful minimalism of the speech gave it simplicity, purity, and charm.
喬布斯的極簡(jiǎn)主義，令這場(chǎng)講話簡(jiǎn)單、純粹，充滿魅力。
Search where you will, from anthologies to YouTube, and you won't find a better commencement address.
無(wú)論文集里還是YouTube上，你都找不到更好的畢業(yè)演講了。
Others may have been more important,
有些演講可能更重要，
such as George Marshall's at Harvard in 1947 announcing a plan to rebuild Europe, but none has had more grace.
如喬治·馬歇爾1947年在哈佛大學(xué)的演講，宣布重建歐洲的計(jì)劃，但是沒(méi)有哪個(gè)演講比喬布斯的更富魅力。
