1、甲骨文總裁Larry Ellisn在耶魯大學英語演講稿racle CE拉里.埃里森 在耶魯大學的演講英文原文：Larry Ellisn (racle CE)Graduates f Yale University, I aplgize if yu have endured this type f prlgue befre, but I want yu t d smething fr me. Please, take a gd lk arund yu. Lk at the classmate n yur left. Lk at the classmate n yur right.耶魯的畢業生們，我

2、很抱歉-如果你們不喜歡這樣的開場白。我想請你們為我做一件事。請你-好好看一看周圍，看一看站在你左邊的同學，看一看站在你右邊的同學。Nw, cnsider this: five years frm nw, 10 years frm nw, even thirty years frm nw, dds are the persn n yur left is ging t be a lser. The persn n yur right, meanwhile, will als be a lser.And yu, in the middle? What can yu epect? Lser. Lser

3、hd.Lser Cum Laude. In fact, as I lk ut befre me tday, I dntsee a thusand hpes fr a bright tmrrw. I dnt see a thusand future leaders in a thusand industries. I see a thusand lsers.請你設想這樣的情況：從現在起5年之后，某年之后，或30年之后，今天站在你左邊的這個人會是一個失敗者;右邊的這個人，同樣，也是個失敗者。而你，站在中間的家伙，你以為會怎樣?一樣是失敗者。失敗的經歷。失敗的優等生。說實話，今天我站在這里，并沒有看

4、到一千個畢業生的燦爛未來。我沒有看到一千個行業的一千名卓越領導者，我只看到了一千個失敗者。Yure upset. Thats understandable. After all,hw can I,Lawrence Larry Ellisn, cllege drput, have the audacity t sput such heresy t the graduating class f ne f the natins mst prestigius institutins? Ill tell yu why. Because I, Lawrence Larry Ellisn, secnd ri

5、chest man n the planet, am cllege drput, and yu are nt.Because Bill Gates, richest man n the planet-fr nw anyway-is a cllege drput, and yu are nt. Because Paul Allen, the third richest man n the planet, drpped ut f cllege, and yu did nt. And fr gd measure, because Michael Dell, N.9 n the list and mv

6、ing up fast, is a cllege drput, and yu, yet again, are nt.你們感到沮喪，這是可以理解的。為什么，我，埃里森，一個退學生，竟然在美國最具聲望的學府里這樣厚顏地散布異端?我來告訴你原因。因為，我，埃里森，這個行星上第二富有的人，是個退學生，而你不是。因為比爾蓋茨，這個行星上最富有的人-就目前而言-是個退學生，而你不是。因為艾倫，這個行星上第三富有的人，也退了學，而你沒有。再來一點證據吧，因為戴爾，這個行星上第九富有的人-他的排位還在不斷上升，也是個退學生。而你，不是。Hmm . yure very upset. Thats understa

7、ndable.你們非常沮喪，這是可以理解的。S let me strke yur Egs fr a mment by pinting ut, quite sincerely, that yur diplmas were nt attained in vain. Mst f yu, I imagine, have spent fur t five years here, and in many ways what yuve learned and endured will serve yu well in the years ahead. Yuve established gd wrk habi

8、ts. Yuve established a netwrk f peple that will help yu dwn the rad. And yuve established what will be lifelng relatinships with the wrd therapy. All that f is gd.你們將來需要這些有用的工作習慣。你將來需要這種“治療”。你需要它們，因為你沒輟學，所以你永遠不會成為世界上最富有的人。哦，當然，你可以，也許，以你的方式進步到第10位，第11位，就像Steve。不過，我沒有告訴你他在為誰工作，是吧?根據記載，他是研究生時輟的學，開化得稍晚了

9、些。Finally, I realize that many f yu, and hpefully by nw mst f yu, Are wndering, Is there anything I can d? Is there any hpe fr me at all? Actually, n. Its t late. Yuve absrbed t much, think yu knw t much. Yure nt 19 anymre. Yu have a built-in cap,and Im nt referring t the mrtarbards n yur heads.現在，我

10、猜想你們中間很多人，也許是絕大多數人，正在琢磨，/能做什么?我究竟有沒有前途?/當然沒有。太晚了，你們已經吸收了太多東西，以為自己懂得太多。你們再也不是19歲了。你們有了內置的帽子，哦，我指的可不是你們腦袋上的學位帽。Hmm . yure really very upset. Thats understandable. S perhaps this Culd be a gd time t bring up the silver lining. Nt fr yu, Class f 00. Yu are a write-ff, s Ill let yu slink ff t yur patheti

11、c $200,000-a-year jbs, where yur cheques will be signed by frmer classmates wh drpped ut tw years ag. Instead, I want t give hpe t any underclassmen here tday. I say t yu, and I cant stress this enugh: leave. Pack yur things and yur ideas and dnt cme back. Drp ut. Start up. Fr I can tell yu that a cap and gwn will keep yu dwn just as surely as these security guards dragging me ff this stage are keeping me dwn.(At this pint The racle CE was ushered ff stage.)嗯. 你們已經非常沮喪啦。這是可以理解的。所以，現在可能是討論實質的時候啦-絕不是為了你們，某年畢業生。你們已經