It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
你為生存做些什麼，我不關心；我想知道你的渴求，你是否敢於夢想去滿足內心的渴望。

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
你的年齡有多大，我不關心；我想知道，為了愛，為了夢，為了生氣勃勃的奇遇，你是否願意像傻瓜一樣冒險。

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain!
是什麼磨圓了你的棱角，我不關心；我想知道，你是否觸碰過自己受傷的心，是否因生活辜負過你而變得豁達，抑或因為害怕更多的痛苦而變得消沉和封閉。

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it, or fix it.
我想知道，你是否能痛苦著我的痛苦而不是避開它，躲著它。

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.
我想知道，你是否能歡樂著我的歡樂，是否能狂舞一曲，讓快樂溢滿你的指尖和腳趾，而不是告誡我們要小心，要現實，要記住做人的局限。

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trust worthy.
你說的是真是假，我不關心；我想知道，你是否為了忠實於自己而敢於令他人失望，是否能承受背叛的指責而不出賣自己的靈魂；是否能做到誠實可靠從而值得信賴。

I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"
我想知道你是否能領略美是否因為生命的存在而追溯生命的起源；我想知道你能否身處逆境，卻仍然站在湖邊，對著銀色的月光喊道“真美”。

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
你在哪裡生活、擁有多少金錢，我並不關心；我想知道，在一個悲傷、絕望，受到嚴重傷害的夜晚之後，你能否重新站起來，為孩子們做些需要的事情。

It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
你是誰、何以成為現在的你，我不關心；我想知道，你是否會同我一起站在火焰的中心，毫不退縮。

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
你在哪裡受的教育、學了什麼或者同誰一起學習，我不關心；我想知道，當一切都背棄了你時，是什麼在內心支撐著你；你能否孤獨地面對你自己，是否真正喜歡你在空虛時結交的夥伴。

          這一天是十二月二十六日，星期五，大約吃晚飯的時候，一個牧羊的小傢伙哭哭啼啼奔進了拿撒勒村，他的哭聲叫人聽了毛骨悚然。

          幾個農民正在"藍獅酒店"裡喝啤酒，推開百葉窗，朝村子的果園裡張望，看見那小孩在雪地裡奔跑。他們認出這是柯內列茨的兒子，就朝窗外向他大聲喊道："喂，怎麼回事？快去睡覺吧。"

          可是孩子回答的聲音裡充滿了恐懼，他告訴他們西班牙人來了，已經放火燒農場了，他的媽媽被吊死在一棵栗樹的樹枝上，九個小妹妹也給捆綁在—棵大樹的樹幹上了。農民們趕快從酒店裡跑出來，圍住孩子，七嘴八舌地問這問那。他又告訴他們，這些兵穿著鋼制的盔甲，騎在馬背上，已經搶走他舅舅佩特律斯•克萊耶的牲口，馬上就要趕著牛羊，跑進樹林裡去了。

          他們一起朝"金日酒店"奔去，柯內列茨和他的姻兄弟正在那兒喝啤酒，酒店老闆這時候也趕快奔出屋子，奔到村子裡去傳播西班牙人來到的消息。

          拿撒勒村裡引起一陣巨大的騷動。婦女們推開了窗子，農民們拿著燈火離開自己的屋子向前奔去，他們奔到果園，熄了燈，由於積雪和圓圓的月亮，那兒像中午一樣明亮。他們聚集在酒店前面的廣場上，圍住了柯內列茨和克萊耶。很多人帶著乾草叉和草靶。他們在樹底下商量辦法，說話的語調裡透露著驚恐的情緒。

          他們正拿不定主意，有人跑去找教區神父，那座農場是他的，柯內列茨就在農場裡工作。他拿著教堂的鑰匙，由教堂司事陪伴，離家走了過來，大家一起跟著他走到教堂墓地裡，他站在鐘樓的頂上向大家宣告，不論田地那頭或者樹林裡，他都看不出有什麼動靜，只有在他農場的那個方向映照著一片紅紅的雲彩。其他地 方的上空，天是湛藍湛藍的，佈滿了星星。

          他們在教堂墓地裡商量了好久，最後，決定躲藏在西班牙人會經過的樹林裡，如果對方人數不多，就襲擊他們，奪回佩特律斯•克萊耶的牲口以及一切可能被他們帶走的掠奪物。

          男人用草耙和鏟子武裝自己，婦女同神父留在教堂裡。他們尋找一個適合於埋伏的地方，來到樹林邊緣靠近磨坊的一塊高地上，在那兒，可以看到火光映著夜晚的群星，一片通紅。一座結了冰的池塘旁邊有幾棵巨大的橡樹，他們在橡樹底下占好了位置。

          一個稱紅矮子的牧人攀登到小山頂上，向磨坊主報警，磨坊主一見到天邊的火光，早已停止碾磨。他讓牧人進了屋，兩人一起走到窗口，察看村外的動靜。

          月光皎潔，照耀著沖天大火，兩人看見一長串的人群在雪地上走動。他們察看完畢，矮子下了小山，回到等候在樹林裡的同伴們身邊。沒有一會兒，他們看到遠遠的草地上有一群牲口在吃草，牲口後面有四個人騎在馬上。厚厚的積雪把池塘映照得光亮耀目，他們穿著藍色的馬褲和紅色的披風站在池塘邊的樹底下四下裡 張望，祝司向他們指了指一排黃楊木樹籬，他們在樹籬的後面蹲伏下來。

          西班牙人趕著牛羊，踏著堅冰走來了，羊群剛走到樹籬旁邊，馬上啃起綠葉來了。柯內列茨一下子猛衝過去，別人跟著他沖進了月光裡，舉起他們的草耙。一場大屠殺在擠成一團的牛羊面前展開了，它們睜大著驚恐的眼睛，在月光底下觀看這場可怕的殺戮。

          他們殺死西班牙人和他們的馬匹以後，柯內列茨走進田野，朝熊熊大火的農場奔去，這時候，其他人把死人的衣服剝個精光。然後，他們趕著牛羊回到村裡。躲在教堂墓地裡的婦女們正在圍牆背後朝濃密的樹林那兒觀望，看見他們從樹叢中走出來，就同神父一起跑過去迎接。回來時，一路上載歌載舞，孩子們在他們身邊歡笑，狗在他們中間吠叫，來到幾棵梨樹底下，矮子把燈懸掛在樹上，仿佛是在進行一次露天集市，他們又盡情歡樂了一番，然後，向神父請教下一步該怎麼 辦。他們決定派出一輛大車，把被吊死的婦人的屍體和她的九個小女孩運回村裡來。已死婦人的姐妹和其他親屬上了大車，神父已上了年紀，身體又太胖，走路十分 困難，也一起上了大車。他們馳進樹林，在一片肅靜中到達廣闊的田野，在那兒，看見那些死去的士兵被剝掉衣服，精赤條條的，和馬匹一起仰面朝天地躺在樹叢中 間閃閃發亮的冰地上。他們繼續朝農場馳去，在遼闊的田野中間，農場的房屋還在燃燒。

          他們剛到達果園門口，一下子呆住了，一幅觸目驚心的悲慘景象映進他們的眼簾。柯內列茨的妻子，渾身一絲不掛，被吊死在一棵大栗樹的樹枝上。柯內列茨自己爬到一架梯子上，鑽在樹枝中間，他的九個小女孩在下面草地上等待她們的媽媽。柯內列茨鑽過頭頂上拱起的樹枝，向上爬去，突然間，發現底下有一群人正抬頭望著他，他們的輪廓在積雪的襯托下分外清晰。他泣不成聲，向他們打了個手勢，請他們來幫助他，他們一大群人，教堂司事、紅矮子、藍獅和"金日酒店"的老闆、拿著燈火的神父，以及其他一些農民，他們走進果園，爬進積雪蓋覆的栗樹裡，割斷繩索，把被吊死的婦人的屍體放了下來。婦女們站在樹底下伸出雙臂，抱住了屍體，就像另外一些婦女曾經照料吾主基督•耶穌一樣。

          她在第二天埋入了墳墓，下一個星期裡，拿撒勒村沒有發生不尋常的事情，可是再下一個星期天，望過大彌撒以後，幾頭餓狼在村子裡竄過，雪直到中午才停止，接著，太陽鑽出雲層，在天空中大放光明，農民象往常一樣回家吃中飯，他們穿上盛裝，準備參加祝福儀式。

          這時候，因為天氣特別寒冷，大家都待在家裡，廣場上空落落的沒有一個人影。只有狗和雞在樹木之間遊蕩，羊在三角地啃著草，神父的女僕在花園裡掃雪。

          一隊拿著武器的人走過村子盡頭的石橋，向果園那兒走去。幾個農夫跑出屋子，看見騎在馬上的是些西班牙人，馬上嚇得奔回屋裡，跑到窗口看看會發生什麼事情。一共有三十名騎兵，都穿著盔甲。他們蜂擁在一個白鬍子老人的前後。每一個騎兵都隨帶一名穿黃制服或紅制服的步兵。這些步兵跳下馬背，在雪地上奔跑 取暖，也有一些身穿盔甲的騎兵這時候也下了馬背。

          他們來到"金日酒店"，敲敲店門。裡面猶豫了一會兒，才開了門，西班牙人走進店去，在爐火旁取暖，要啤酒喝。臨走時，拿走了鍋子、水罐和麵包，給他們的夥伴和那個站在士兵中間等候的白鬍子老頭兒享用。這時候街上仍舊見不到人，指揮官派出一些騎兵，躲藏在房屋後面，監視著面向田野的那一部分村莊，還命令步兵，把兩歲和不到兩歲的嬰兒統統給他找來，他打算根據《馬太福音》上寫的例子，把他們全殺掉。

          士兵們首先跑進小小的"青菜酒店"和理髮師的小屋，這兩幢屋子正好肩並肩地座落在街道的中心部份。一個士兵打開豬圈，一窩豬都逃了出來，在村子裡亂跑。酒店老闆和理髮師跑出屋子，謙恭地詢問士兵們要些什麼，可是西班牙人聽不懂佛蘭芒語，逕自進屋搜尋小孩。酒店老闆有一個孩子，穿著小襯衫，正坐在餐桌旁啼哭。一個士兵一把抓住他跑出屋子，經過蘋果樹，把他帶走了，小孩的父母滿臉淚痕，跟在後面。接著，步兵們把箍桶匠、鐵匠和鞋匠的廄欄統統打開，於 是母牛，牛犢，豬，山羊，綿羊，在空場上逛來逛去，到處都是。當他們打破木匠屋子的窗戶時，教區裡一些最有錢、年紀最大的農民聚集在街頭，向西班牙人走去。他們對那個身穿天鵝絨衣服的頭目恭敬地脫下帽子，詢問他打算幹什麼，可是這個頭目也不懂他們的話，有人就跑去找神父。神父剛要主持祝福儀式，正在教堂的聖器收藏室裡穿他的十字架。農民們嚷道："西班牙人來了，正在果園裡！"他嚇得心驚肉跳，朝教堂大門口奔去，唱詩班的孩子們拿著香爐和蠟燭跟在他的後面。他站在門口，朝外面望去，只見草地上和雪地上到處都是從廄欄裡跑出來的牛羊和其他牲畜，還有西班牙騎兵，房屋的門前有步兵，沿街的樹上都 拴著馬匹，一個士兵抓著那個還穿著襯衫的孩子，男男女女在向他哀求。神父趕緊跑進教堂的墓地裡，農民們從梨樹中間出來，都朝著他那個方向奔來，他是他們的神父，他的出現，正像一個金光護體的神仙從天而降。當他站在那白鬍子老頭的面前時，他們緊緊地圍在他的周圍。他用弗朗特語和拉丁語說話，可是那軍官慢騰騰地聳了聳肩頭，表示他什麼也沒有聽懂。

          教民們低聲問他："他說些什麼？他要幹什麼？"別的村民看見神父站在果園裡，小心翼翼地從他們的小屋裡出來了，婦女們也匆匆地來到近旁，她們東一堆、西一堆悄悄地輕聲議論著。那些正在包圍那家小酒店的士兵看見人群聚集在廣場上，也跑了出來。

          沒有一會兒，那個抓住酒店老闆孩子的一條腿的士兵舉起劍，一劍把孩子的頭砍下了。農民們眼看著頭顱滾落下來，鮮血流滿一地。媽媽抱起孩子的屍體，忘掉了頭，朝自己的家裡奔去，路上被一棵樹絆了一下，一下子翻倒在雪地上，昏了過去，這當兒，那個做爸爸的同兩個士兵搏鬥著。

          有些年輕農民朝西班牙人扔石子，擲木塊，騎兵重新集合起來，長矛的矛頭朝下了，婦女們往四面八方散開了，神父和他的一些教民嚇得失聲喊叫起來，陪伴著羊的咩咩聲、鵝的呷呷聲、狗的狂吠聲，亂成一團。

          當士兵們又朝街道的那一頭走去時，他們才重新安靜下來，等著看會發生什麼事情。一隊士兵走進祝司的姐妹們開的店鋪，有七名婦女在裡面跪著做禱告，他們沒有碰她們就出來了。然後，他們進入"聖尼古拉斯的駝背酒店"。這家的門也馬上開了，希望這樣會使他們手下留情些，然而，當他們在一片混亂中重新出現時，他們的臂彎裡抱了三個孩子，駝背和他的妻子以及幾個女兒團團圍住他們，兩手十指交叉地緊握著，懇求他們發發慈悲。士兵們來到他們的頭目的跟前，把孩子 們放在一棵榆樹底下。這三個孩子，全都穿著星期日穿的好衣服，其中一個穿黃色衣服的站了起來，步履不穩地朝羊群跑過去。一個士兵拿著出鞘的利劍在後面追趕。孩子合撲倒了下去，死在地上。另外兩個孩子被殺死在樹旁。農民們和酒店老闆的女兒們發出刺耳的叫聲四下逃開，回到自己的家裡。在果園裡，只有神父孤零零地跪在地上懇求西班牙人，他兩臂交叉地按在自己的胸前，吐出令人哀憐的聲音，挪動著膝蓋，從一個人跟前移到另一個人跟前，被殺害的孩子們的父母坐在雪地上，撲在血肉模糊的屍體上傷心地痛哭。

          步兵們沿街搜索，注意到一幢藍色的巨大的農舍。他們試圖破門而入，可是門是橡樹木做的，門上還釘著很多大頭釘。他們在大門附近找到幾隻凍結在池塘裡的木盆，利用它們從二樓的窗子進入屋子。

          屋子裡正在舉行歡樂的集市：來了些親戚參加盛宴，對付那些雞蛋餅、火腿和牛奶蛋糊。一聽到砸窗聲，他們都在桌子後面蹲伏下來，一壺壺的飲料和一盆盆的菜肴還擺在桌面上。士兵們走進廚房，經過一場有很多人受傷的惡戰後，他們把幼小的男孩和女孩統統抓住，有一個小僕人咬了一個士兵的大拇指，也給他們抓 住，他們離開屋子，一出大門就把門緊緊關住，防止有人跟住他們。

          那些沒有孩子的，小心翼翼地走出自己的屋子，相隔一段距離跟在士兵們後面，可以看見他們走到老頭兒跟前，把手中的犧牲品丟在地上，用長矛和利劍對他們進行一場冷酷無情的屠殺。男男女女擁到藍色農舍和穀倉的視窗上，目不轉睛地望著他們那些穿粉紅色、紅色和白色衣服的孩子，只見孩子們一動不動地躺在樹 木之間的地上，他們舉起手臂，呼天搶地，咒駡個沒完。那個從"半月酒店"抓來的僕人，被士兵們吊死在街的另一面。村子裡長時間一片肅靜。

          現在成了一場大屠殺了。母親們逃出屋子，打算穿過菜園和花園逃到野外去，可是騎馬的士兵追上她們，把她們趕回到街上。農民們把帽子緊緊地抓在手裡，當士兵們拖走他們幼小的孩子時，他們撲倒在士兵們面前，在一片混亂中夾雜著高興的狗叫聲。神父朝天舉起了雙手，在一間間屋子裡奔出奔進，還在樹木之間奔來奔去，像一個殉道者那樣絕望地祈禱著。士兵們冷得直打哆嗦，有的一面走動，一面用手指打著呼哨，有的兩手插在褲袋裡，寶劍夾在胳肢窩下，懶散地站在他 們進去過的屋子的前面。不論那一個方向，一小隊一小隊士兵看到農民害怕的神色，就走進他們的屋裡，這種相似的場面在每一條街上出現。教堂附近的一間破舊的 紅磚小屋裡住著菜販的妻子，她拿著一把椅子，追趕兩個士兵，他們用一輛手推車把她的孩子們運走了。當她看到自己的孩子們死去時，她傷心極了，人們只得讓她靠著一棵樹，坐在一張椅子上。

          在一幢粉刷著丁香花顏色的農舍前面，幾個士兵爬上菩提樹，掀開瓦片，從那兒進去，當他們重新出現在屋頂上的時候，做父母親的伸直手臂緊緊跟住他們，士兵們必須用利劍朝他們的頭頂上砍去，才能迫使他們後退，擺脫他們，重新回到下面的街上來。

          有一家人家躲藏在一幢大屋子的地下室裡，他們站在格子門旁邊，傷心地痛哭著，做爸爸的不顧死活地揮舞著他的乾草叉，穿過格子門向外面刺去。屋子外面，一個禿頂老人坐在肥料堆上不住地抽泣。廣場上，一個穿黃衣服的婦女已經昏厥過去，她的丈夫流著眼淚，抱起她，讓她靠在一棵梨樹上。還有一個穿紅衣服的婦女緊緊抱住自己的小女孩，孩子的一雙手已經被砍掉，她提起孩子的兩條胳膊，看看她是不是還能動彈。有一個婦女朝野外逃跑，士兵們在乾草堆之間竄來竄去，追趕她，聳立在那兒的一垛垛乾草堆點綴著白雪皚皚的田野，特別顯眼。

          "埃蒙四子酒家"的門前是一片混亂景象。農民們設置了街壘，士兵們雖然把酒店包圍住了，卻沒法走進屋子。他們試圖從葡萄樹爬到招牌上去，忽然瞥見花園的大門後面有一架梯子。他們把梯子架在牆上，一個接一個的往上攀登。店主人一家，老老小小，拿起桌椅，對準他們擲下來，什麼瓶瓶罐罐呵，搖籃呵，也從窗子裡丟了出來，把梯子和士兵們一起打翻在地。

          一隊士兵走進村子外邊的一幢小小的木屋，屋子裡，一個上了年紀的婦女在熊熊的爐火前給她的孩子們洗澡。她又老又聾，沒有聽見他們進來。兩個士兵把浴桶連同孩子一起抬走了，那個給弄糊塗了的老媽媽趕緊起身追趕，手裡還拿著預備給嬰兒們穿上的衣服。一進村子，她看見地上一灘灘血跡，果園裡刀光劍影，街 上到處是毀壞了的搖籃，婦女們撲倒在她們死去的孩子們的身上祈禱著，擰著自己的手，見到這些景象，她一聲驚喊，朝士兵們撲打過去，士兵們不得不放下浴桶進行抵擋。神父三步並作兩步的奔到她的身邊，兩隻手依然交叉著，按在十字架上面，他當著在浴桶裡啼哭不止的赤裸裸的孩子們的面，懇求西班牙人發發善心。另外的士兵跑上來，把發了狂的媽媽綁在一棵樹上，抬起木桶走掉了。

          肉店老闆已經藏好他的小女孩，倚靠在店門前的門柱上，裝出一副漠不關心的樣子。一個步兵和一個穿著盔甲的騎兵進了他的家，在一隻銅罐裡找到他的 子，肉店老闆不要命的抓起一把屠刀，沖出去追趕，士兵們奪下他的刀，把他的兩隻手用牆上的鉤子吊了起來，他雙腳亂踢，在宰好的牲口中間死命掙扎，直到夜色 來臨。

          教堂墓地周圍，一大群人聚在一幢又長又矮的綠色農舍前面。這家主人站在門口傷心地痛哭。他是個胖子，長著一副討人喜歡的相貌，幾個士兵坐在牆跟前的陽光底下逗弄一隻狗，也許他的哭聲引起他們的同情，那個奪走他的孩子的士兵做了個手勢，似乎要表示："我能怎麼辦？這不能怪我！"

          一個農民後面有人緊緊追趕，他奔到石橋附近，跳進了一隻小船裡，於是，他和他的妻子以及孩子們迅速地劃著，穿過了那部分沒有結冰的池塘。西班牙人不敢跟上去，在池塘邊的蘆葦中間憤怒地走著。士兵們爬進岸邊的柳樹裡，打算用長矛刺那只小船。他們是鞭長莫及，只能發出一連串咒駡，嚇唬這幾個逃亡者，小 船在黑黝黝的水面上漂走了。

          果園裡依舊擠滿了人：就在那兒，在白鬍子指揮官的親眼目睹下，大多數孩子被殺害了。那些兩歲以上剛能走路的孩子，站在一起，吃著麵包和果醬，他們張大了眼睛，呆望著無助的遊伴們遭到殺戮，弄不懂是怎麼一回事，有的圍住了村子裡的那個傻子，聽他吹笛子。

          突然間，村子裡出現了一個一致的行動，農民們不約而同地朝那聳立在街盡頭的城堡方向奔去。他們瞥見堡主站在雉塔尖觀看這場大屠殺。他穿著天鵝絨鬥篷，戴著金色帽子，站在那兒，好像一個天上的國王，男男女女、老老少少，全都伸出了手，向他祈求。可是他只是舉起兩手，聳聳肩頭，表示無能為力，那些向他 祈求的人在越來越加深的絕望中光著頭跪倒在雪地裡，哭得令人心碎。他慢慢地轉過身子，回到他的塔樓裡。他們最後的希望消失了。

          所有的孩子已被殺死，疲憊不堪的士兵們在草上揩乾淨他們的利劍，在梨樹中間吃過晚飯，然後一對一對地騎上馬背，走過他們來的時候曾經經過的那座橋，離開了拿撒勒村。

          落日映照著樹林，好像一片火海，把村子染成血紅。神父已經完全精疲力竭，跌倒在教堂前面的雪地裡，他的僕人站在他的身旁。他們兩人朝街道和果園望去，那兒仍擠滿了穿著星期日盛裝的農民。在很多屋子的門口，父母們捧著孩子的屍體跪在地上，仍舊是一副茫然的呆楞楞的神色，為他們悲慘的遭遇感到傷心。有 的就在孩子們死去的地方，在木桶旁，在手推車底下，或者在池塘岸邊，撲倒在他們的小傢伙的身上哭泣。有的默默無聲地抱走了他們的死孩。有的著手洗刷凳子、 椅子、桌子和血跡斑斑的內衣，或者揀起被擲到街頭上的搖籃。很多做母親的從毛料衣服上認出自己的孩子，坐在樹底下哀悼他們的不幸。那些自己沒有孩子的人，在廣場上來回走動，勸慰傷心欲絕、飲泣不止的媽媽們。不再哭泣的男人，在狗的吠叫聲中，頑強地追趕走散了的牲口；有的男人已不聲不響開始工作，修理打壞了的窗子和破碎的屋面。

          月亮悄悄升起，浮游在寧靜的天空中，沉睡般的寂靜籠罩著村子，終於，村子裡一切有生命的東西，全都沒有動靜了。

The agonizing death of American liberalism hasn’t been fun to live through, but it’s starting to make for good art. Take Netflix’s new series House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood, a South Carolina politician scheming his way to the heights of power. It’s not only entertaining, but informative. Not for its accuracy—the series’ vision of American politics is skewed beyond recognition—but for what it gets wrong. House of Cards is a Freudian trip into the deep recesses of the liberal imagination.
美國自由主義的痛苦死亡對於親身經歷者來說一點兒也不好玩，但是這一事件卻有助於藝術創作。《House of Cards》信息量大，不是說它真實準確（該劇描寫美國政壇是面目全非的那種），而是因為該劇理解出錯的地方。帶領我們佛洛伊德式地進入自由主義想像力的深處。

Underwood is a Democratic majority whip on the warpath against his own party after losing out on an expected Secretary of State appointment. “Never again,” he tells his chief of staff, “will we allow ourselves to be put in such a position.” Outwardly Underwood takes his snubbing in stride—but he plans a political rise, destroying anyone standing in his way.
在劇中，Underwood 是眾議院多數黨「民主黨」的黨鞭。在失去他很想得到的國務卿之職後，他向自己的黨派開戰。表面上從容應對被冷落的處境，背地裡他策劃著向上爬，且摧毀任何阻擋他去路的人。

Like Tony Soprano or Breaking Bad’s Walter White, Underwood is a high-functioning sociopath who somehow keeps viewers rooting for him. The show makes clear, however, that its star isn’t tainting an otherwise pristine political environment, but rather playing by its perverse logic. Underwood meticulously plots, extorts and manipulates without any semblance of ideological motivation or political loyalty. It’s striking that a performance this cynical resonates so well just a few years after Obama’s hopey-changey revolution.
Underwood是一個很有手腕的反社會人格障礙患者。不過該劇說的很明白：Underwood並非在污染一個純樸的政壇，他只不過是依據政壇反常的邏輯出牌罷了。他精心地謀劃、敲詐和操控，不帶任何虛偽的思想動機，也沒有什麼政治上的忠誠。驚人的是：在Obama充滿希望的革命不過幾年之後，這樣一種玩世不恭的節目能夠在美國觀眾中引起如此強烈的共鳴。

The depiction of American politics as dominated by corporations and awash in corruption has a certain progressive appeal. It’s a healthy antidote to the West Wing, also now streaming on Netflix. That Aaron Sorkin-created series, dripping with respect for the American presidency, served as a therapeutic fantasy for liberals during the dark years of the Bush administration. Every few scenes, a double-door swings open and President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen) limps in and says something idealistic. An inspired staff springs to action. Tough choices are made as to whether or not to bomb this-or-that Third World country. Compromises are happily reached on domestic issues. Liberal House members offering any sort of resistance are portrayed as charmingly naïve. The Republicans who control Congress are thorny, but loyal, opponents. At the end of each episode the viewer is reminded that we are, indeed, all Americans after all.
《紙牌屋》把美國政壇描寫成被企業操縱且充斥著腐敗，從而具有了某種迎合進步人士喜好的色彩。該劇是Netfix網站上也可以看到的《The West Wing》的一劑健康解毒劑。Aaron Sorkin搞出來的那個劇，充滿對美國總統淋漓盡致的崇拜，是美國自由黨人在Bush執政黑暗歲月裡心理治療的奇幻劇。每隔幾幕場景，一扇雙開門蕩開，總統Josiah Bartlet緩步進來，高談理想主義。隨後一個被鼓舞了的工作人員一躍而起開始行動。總統需要作出的艱難的抉擇無非是究竟要轟炸哪一個第三世界國家那類問題。在國內問題上政客們皆大歡喜地達成妥協。那些表達反對意見的自由主義國會議員被塑造成憨態可掬。那些控制國會的共和黨人雖然棘手，但卻是忠誠的政治對手。在每一集的結尾處，觀眾一遍又一遍被提醒：歸根到底，我們大家都是地地道道的美國人。

After Obama’s election, liberals tried to make over Washington in The West Wing’s image—post-political, free of legislative rancor, fixed to the will of a single charismatic president. But they’ve run into a roadblock, an obstructionist Congress unbound by Sorkin-style civility.
在Obama選舉之後，自由主義者竭力要依照《The West Wing》重新打造華盛頓形象：爭權奪利之後、立法院間沒有積怨、集中突出一個富有魅力總統的個人意志。但他們碰到了一個路障：一個非Sorkin形式、彬彬有禮的束縛、蓄意阻撓的國會。

No wonder so many liberals eat up the seediness in House of Cards. Underwood is a leading member of the House of Representatives, an institution beset for decades by low approval ratings and lurid scandals. It’s not just legislative policy that is called into question by House of Cards, but the motivations of those doing the legislating.
難怪在《House of Cards》中，有那麼多自由派人士下流齷齪無所不用其極。Underwood是眾議院的主要成員；眾議院幾十年來一直被民眾的低支持率和聳人聽聞的醜聞所困擾。《House of Cards》不只對立法的政策提出了質疑，而且對於那些議員立法的動機也提出了質疑。

But today’s Congress is no place for a corrupt lone wolf. The Republican-led House is cohesive and earnestly political. It’s no surprise liberals find this confusing: They’re generalizing based on trends within their own Democratic Party. After the lean years of conservative advance in the 1980s, Bill Clinton’s “New Democrats” offered a policy vision fit for the neoliberal age—post-ideological, market-friendly and less wedded to entitlement programs.
然而今天的美國國會不存在個別的腐敗。共和黨主導的眾議院是有凝聚力的，對政治是熱忱的。自由主義者覺得困惑是毫不奇怪的：他們推論根據的是自身所屬的民主黨內的潮流。保守黨攻城掠地的80年代之後，Bill Clinton提出了一個切合新自由主義時代的政策願景；這一願景是後意識形態的、促進市場繁榮的、和應得權益計畫關係不那麼緊密的。

This new brand of liberal politics relies not on consent through rigorous debate, but rather the charismatic leadership of centrists like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Supporters within and outside of Congress are mobilized to pursue and carry out the executive’s agenda, even when that agenda—like Clinton's welfare reform—runs counter to long-standing progressive values.
這種自由主義政治思潮的新品牌靠的不是通過嚴苛的辯論贏得一致意見，而是像Clinton and和Obama 的中派人士領導魅力。他們通過領袖魅力動員國會內外的支持者，讓他們去追求和執行行政機關的議程，即便該議程與長期以來進步的價值觀背道而馳（如 Clinton and的福利制度改革）。

In contrast, the Republican majority in the House is a disciplined operation. Grover Norquist told the Conservative Political Action Committee last year that the next GOP president’s job will be simply to sign bills prepared by a Republican Congress. The Gingrich revolution that began two decades ago has taken effect. Earnest and politically motivated activist Republicans have turned the House of Representatives into a legislative body more parliamentary than at any time since Reconstruction. In the wake of the Tea Party revolution, there is no place for Underwood-style mercenaries, only foot soldiers for God and country.
與此相反，國會中的共和黨多數派卻是一個紀律嚴明的陣營。去年 Grover Norquist 告訴全國保守主義政治行動委員會：下一任共和黨主席的工作就是在國會的議案上簽名。二十年前開始的Gingrich革命起作用了。熱忱的和有政治動機的共和黨活動家們把眾議院改變成一個比「Reconstruction」之前任何時候都更像國會的機構。在「Tea Party revolution」之後，這裡容不下Underwood式的雇傭兵，只存在上帝和國家的馬前卒。

House Republicans bind themselves to an ideological code, ironically enforcing a set of standards reminiscent of European parties—in which dues are paid, vows made and members occasionally expelled. Oaths like Norquist’s “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” unite Republicans in Congress while a network of think tanks, political action committees, and organizations at the state level (where Republicans control the majority of the governorships and assemblies) keep the conservative project setting the national discourse, even as demographics continue to skew in the Democratic Party’s favor. Votes simply can’t be bought by the highest bidder like they are in House of Cards.
國會裡的共和黨人遵從意識形態的律令，反諷地強化了一套（讓人想起歐洲政黨的）標準；在這套標準中，他們要交黨費、要向黨宣誓效忠，成員偶爾會被驅逐出去。像Norquist「保護納稅人承諾」那樣的誓言團結了國會中的共和黨人；而一個由智庫、政治行動委員會和國家級機構組成的網連（在那裡共和黨人控制著大部分的州長和議會）保證美國國家話語中保守主義項目的存在，儘管人口結構不斷向有利於民主黨的方向傾斜。像在《House of Cards》裡那樣，出價最高的人買到選票的情況根本就不現實。

Still, much can be excused in the name of compelling drama, even when it stretches the limits of believability.
儘管如此，扣人心弦的戲劇性能夠讓我們原諒該劇的許多不足，即便是其大打折扣的可信度。

But easy cynicism shouldn’t be mistaken for considered political critique. House of Cards’ message is simple: Bad men and women inhabit Capitol Hill. It’s superficially progressive. Like the series’ creators, liberals have a tendency to see the structures of American political life—our Constitution, for example—as being inherently sound instruments of the popular will, rather than systems meant to protect against mob rule. The shortcomings that do exist can then be attributed to the callous intentions of a few who are unwilling to put the national interest above their own personal whims. House of Cards plays into that narrative, promoting a vapid anti-establishmentism that poses no real threat to the status quo.
然而，簡單的冷言冷語不應該被 誤認為是思慮周密的政治批判。《House of Cards》的資訊很簡單：國會山上有壞人。這表面上看是進步的。正如《House of Cards》主創人一樣，美國自由主義者有一個傾向：把美國政治生活的主要結構，比如美國憲法，看作本質上合理的民意工具，而不是為防止暴民統治而建立的制度。因此他們把現存的問題歸罪於不願把國家利益放在個人利益之上的少數人。《House of Cards》演繹了這一看法，提倡了一種索然無味的、對於現存次序沒有真正威脅的反傳統主義。

2014 第86屆奧斯卡入圍/得獎名單

《Mr. Hublot》 Oscars 2014 Best Animated Short Film

My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear--a care-woven garment that protects me from thy questionings and thee from my negligence.
我的朋友，我並不像你所見。那外表不過是罩在我身外的一襲衣飾——精心織就的衣飾，它會在你的好奇下將我保護，並能謹慎地掩蓋著我的粗疏。

The 'I' in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable.
朋友，那在我體內的“真我”被深鎖於沉默之屋，它將緘默其中直至永恆，無人知曉，不被接近。

I would not have thee believe in what I say nor trust in what I do--for my words are naught but thy own thoughts in sound and my deeds thy own hopes in action.
我並不求你相信我所說，也不要你信任我所做——因為我的言語並無意義，不過是把你的思想配上聲音，而我的作為也不過是把你的希冀付諸行動。

When thou sayest, 'The wind bloweth eastward,' I say, 'Aye it doth blow eastward'; for I would not have thee know that my mind doth not dwell upon the wind but upon the sea.
當你說：“這風從東方吹來。”我則應聲道：“是啊，這風確是從東方吹來。”因為我不想讓你知道我的心靈並非飄蕩於風中而是沉浮于大海。

Thou canst not understand my seafaring thoughts, nor would I have thee understand. I would be at sea alone.
你不會看透我在大海中蘊孕的思緒，而我也無意讓你們看透，我願獨自領略。我與大海同流。

When it is day with thee, my friend, it is night with me; yet even then I speak of the noontide that dances upon the hills and of the purple shadow that steals its way across the valley; for thou canst not hear the songs of my darkness nor see my wings beating against the stars--and I fain would not have thee hear or see. I would be with night alone.
當你的白晝降臨，我的朋友，我則沉浸於我的黑夜；但即使在那時，我也談論著那跳躍於山巒間的陽光，也賞評著那在山谷裡偷得一席之地的絳紫峰影；因此，你聽不到我夜晚縹緲的歌聲，也看不到我的翅膀向著群星奮力拍擊——而我愜意於你們得不聞不見，我只願獨居於黑夜。

When thou ascendest to thy Heaven I descend to my Hell--even then thou callest to me across the unbridgeable gulf, 'My companion, my comrade,' and I call back to thee, 'My comrade, my companion'--for I would not have thee see my Hell. The flame would burn thy eyesight and the smoke would crowd thy nostrils. And I love my Hell too well to have thee visit it. I would be in Hell alone.
當 你升上你的天堂，我則墜入我的地獄——儘管這時你在不可逾越的深淵那邊呼喚：“我的同伴，我的朋友。”我高聲回應：“我的朋友，我的同伴！”——而我並不 想讓你見識我的地獄。那裡熾熱的火焰會灼傷你的雙眼，彌漫的濃煙將窒息你的呼吸。我深愛我的地獄，因而無意邀你同遊。我只願獨居其中。

Thou lovest Truth and Beauty and Righteousness; and I for thy sake say it is well and seemly to love these things. But in my heart I laught at thy love. Yet I would not have thee see my laughter. I would laugh alone.
你崇尚真理、美與正義。為了附和你，我說，這種熱愛是適宜而體面的。但我的內心卻嘲笑你的信仰。然而我不會讓你看見什麼。我只想一個人笑個痛快。

My friend, thou art good and cautious and wise; nay, thou art perfect--and I, too, speak with thee wisely and cautiously. And yet I am mad. But I mask my madness. I would be mad alone.
我的朋友，你善良，嚴謹而明智；不，不僅如此，你是完美無瑕的——於是我也睿智而謹慎的與你交談。在那時，我變成了瘋人。但我在我的瘋狂外罩了一層面具。我只想獨自瘋狂。

My friend, thou art not my friend, but how shall I make thee understand? My path is not thy path, yet together we walk, hand in hand.
我的朋友，你實際並不是我的朋友，但我如何能讓你明白呢？我們也非同路人，儘管你我仍舊相伴同行，手挽著手。

12歲的鈴木瑟玟對全世界環境部長發出警語，簡單扼要卻直指人心，
要求「大人們」對於環保要說到做到，否則就是對下一代的不負責任。
演講日期：First UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro,1992

            I'm Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. - The Environmental Children's Organisation.
            大家好，我是 Severn Suzuki ，我代表兒童環境組織來此演講。

            We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference:Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg and me. We raised all the money ourselves to come six thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways. Coming here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future.
            我們 - Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg和我 - 是一個十三四歲的群體，我們想改變些什麼。我們自己募款籌備、旅行5000英里只為告訴你們成年人，你們必須改變你們的生活方式。今天我來到這裏，我背後沒有任何經紀人，我們為我們的未來而戰。

            Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few points on the stock market. I am here to speak for all generations to come. I am here to speak on behalf of the starving children around the world whose cries go unheard. I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet because they have nowhere left to go. We cannot afford to be not heard.
            失去未來不像選舉敗北或者股市浮動那麼簡單，我來到這裏是為了將來所有的世代而演講。
            我為世界所有忍受饑餓的兒童而演講，因為他們的哭泣無人聽見。
            我為這個行星上無數正在垂死的動物而演講，因為它們幾乎已經無處容身了。

            I am afraid to go out in the sun now because of the holes in the ozone. I am afraid to breathe the air because I don't know what chemicals are in it.
            我現在害怕曬太陽，因為臭氧層出現了空洞。我現在害怕呼吸空氣，因為我不知道那裏有多少化學物質。
            I used to go fishing in Vancouver with my dad until just a few years ago we found the fish full of cancers. And now we hear about animals and plants going extinct every day -- vanishing forever.
            以前和我爸爸經常在vancouver釣魚，但在近幾年卻發現魚的身上到處是癌細胞。我們每天都會聽說有的動物和植物絕種，那是永遠消失的事情。
            In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterfilies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.
            我一生的夢想就是能看到成群的野生動物，茂盛的叢林和大片的雨林中到處是鳥類和蝴蝶在飛舞。但是現在我想知道我們這些小孩是否還能再看到它們？

            Did you have to worry about these little things when you were my age?
            在您那個年代，您曾經擔心過我們現在擔心的事嗎？
            All this is happening before our eyes and yet we act as if we have all the time we want and all the solutions. I'm only a child and I don't have all the solutions, but I want you to realise, neither do you!
            所有這一切就發生在我們眼前，然而我們還是一直向大自然無度索取我們所需要的。我僅僅是個孩子，我不知道該怎麼辦。 但我們這些孩子——這個星球的未來需要讓您認識到，您不能說沒辦法！
            You don't know how to fix the holes in our ozone layer. You don't know how to bring salmon back up a dead stream. You don't know how to bring back an animal now extinct.And you can't bring back forests that once grew where there is now desert. If you don't know how to fix it, please stop breaking it!
            您不知道怎麼去修補大氣的臭氧空洞，您也不知道怎麼去從死亡的河流中拯救魚類，您更不知道如何把滅絕的動物復蘇，您也不能把沙漠中從前完整的森林帶回來。如果您不知道如何拯救，那麼請您停止破壞吧！

            Here, you may be delegates of your governments, business people, organisers, reporters or poiticians - but really you are mothers and fathers, brothers and sister, aunts and uncles - and all of you are somebody's child. I'm only a child yet I know we are all part of a family, five billion strong, in fact, 30 million species strong and we all share the same air, water and soil -- borders and governments will never change that. I'm only a child yet I know we are all in this together and should act as one single world towards one single goal.
            在這裏，您可能是政府商業人士的代表、組織部門、記者或政客。 但您們也是父親和母親、兄弟和姐妹、阿姨和叔叔，你們都會或多或少的為了下一代而活著。
            我只是一個小孩，但我知道我們都是一個大家庭的成員，超過60億人的大家庭，以及超過三千萬物種的大家庭，政府和國界永遠都無法改變這個事實。
            我只是一個小孩，但我知道我們都是大地懷抱中的孩子。我們應該為了相同的目的進行相同的行動！

            In my anger, I am not blind, and in my fear, I am not afraid to tell the world how I feel.
            然而事實卻讓我很憤怒，但我也很清醒，我雖然害怕，但我敢於告訴世界我真實的感受。
            In my country, we make so much waste, we buy and throw away, buy and throw away, and yet northern countries will not share with the needy. Even when we have more than enough, we are afraid to lose some of our wealth, afraid to share.
            在我的祖國，我們製造了如此之多的垃圾，我們購買商品，我們隨之丟棄，買來，再丟棄。然而有些國家，有些人，卻不會分享給那些真正需要的人們，甚至他們擁有的遠遠超過自身需要的時候。他們害怕分享，害怕失去自己的財富。

            In Canada, we live the privileged life, with plenty of food, water and shelter -- we have watches, bicycles, computers and television sets.
            在加拿大，他們過著特權般的生活，他們有很多食物、房子和水。他們擁有很多手錶，汽車，各種電器和奢侈品。
            Two days ago here in Brazil, we were shocked when we spent some time with some children living on the streets. And this is what one child told us: "I wish I was rich and if I were, I would give all the street children food, clothes, medicine, shelter and love and affection."
            在巴西，我被2天前見到的情景震驚了，那時我和當地的小孩在玩耍，其中一個小孩說：“我希望我能富裕起來，然後我會給這個街道所有的小孩飯吃，給他們衣服穿，醫療，住房和愛”。
            If a child on the street who has nothing, is willing to share, why are we who have everyting still so greedy?
            如果一個孩子在自己一無所有的時候都能願意分享，為什麼擁有一切的大人卻如此貪婪？

            I can't stop thinking that these children are my age, that it makes a tremendous difference where you are born, that I could be one of those children living in the Favellas of Rio; I could be a child starving in Somalia; a victim of war in the Middle East or a beggar in India.
            我永遠不能忘記這些和我同齡的孩子，當你出生的時候，他和我們真的很不相同，我也許生活在貧民窟，也可能是終日餓著肚子的小孩，也可能是中東戰爭的犧牲品，或者印度的小乞丐。
            I'm only a child yet I know if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this earth would be!
            我只是一個小孩，然而我知道，要是把花在戰爭上的錢，用在找尋環境問題答案上來，或用在結束貧窮並找到解決的方案上來，這個星球將是個多麼美好的地方啊！
            At school, even in kindergarten, you teach us to behave in the world. You teach us: not to fight with others, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share - not be greedy.
            在學校，甚至在幼稚園，你們大人教我們如何處世，你們告訴我們不要打架，要尊重對方。找出答案，解決矛盾。去分享，而不是貪婪。
            Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do?
            你們大人為什麼去做與你們教導孩子相反的事情呢？

            Do not forget why you're attending these conferences, who you're doing this for -- we are your own children. You are deciding what kind of world we will grow up in. Parents should be able to comfort their children by saying "everyting's going to be alright" , "we're doing the best we can" and "it's not the end of the world".
            不要忘記你們為何而來到這裏開會，你們為誰做事情？我們是你們的下一代，你們正在決定我們將要在一個什麼樣的環境中成長，父母需要能夠寬慰孩子們，告訴他們“一切都沒問題，那不是世界末日，我們正在盡其所能的改變”。
            But I don't think you can say that to us anymore. Are we even on your list of priorities? My father always says "You are what you do, not what you say."
            但我不能再相信這樣的話了，孩子們還是你們的優選名單嗎？我爸爸總是說：“聽其言，觀其行，是認識一個人最好的方法”

            Well, what you do makes me cry at night. You grown ups say you love us. I challenge you, please make your actions reflect your words.
            然而，你們所做的事讓我在夜晚哭泣，你們成年人說你們愛我們，我不會再相信了，因為只有行動和語言的合一，才是找回信任和未來的唯一方法！

　　Allow me to be the first one not to congratulate you. Through exertions that—let's be honest—were probably less than heroic, most of you have spent the last few years getting inflated grades in useless subjects in order to obtain a debased degree.
　　Now you're entering a lousy economy, courtesy of the very president whom you, as freshmen, voted for with such enthusiasm. Please spare us the self-pity about how tough it is to look for a job while living with your parents. They're the ones who spent a fortune on your education only to get you back— return-to-sender, forwarding address unknown.
　　請允許我成為第一個不對你說“恭喜”的人。經過那 －老實說吧－ 虛有其表的努力，你們大多數為了得到“學位”，把過去幾年花費在不實用課程的亮眼成績。
　　現在，基於你們大一“熱情”下投票而選出之總統所賜，你們即將進入一個非常糟糕的經濟結構。請不要可憐自己費心找工作的同時還與父母同住。不如想想：你的父母，曾經在你身上寄予厚望，可如今卻像位拿著退件郵包的發信人，茫然於這個郵包的未來地址。

　　No doubt some of you have overcome real hardships or taken real degrees. A couple of years ago I hired a summer intern from West Point. She came to the office directly from weeks of field exercises in which she kept a bulletproof vest on at all times, even while sleeping. She writes brilliantly and is as self-effacing as she is accomplished. Now she's in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban.
　　無疑地，你們某些人的確，克服了艱難或經歷過考驗後才得以畢業。幾年前，我雇用一位來自西點軍校的暑期實習生。“她”，在結束一段長達數周且隨時穿戴防彈背心(甚至就寢)的野外訓練後，就來辦公室報到。她的文筆流暢亦格外謙虛。現在的她，正在阿富汗對抗塔利班組織。

　　If you're like that intern, please feel free to feel sorry for yourself. Just remember she doesn't.
　　如果你的情況如同我那位實習生，你有權對自己的生活表示不滿。但請記住，她從來沒有那麼想過。
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　　Unfortunately, dear graduates, chances are you're nothing like her. And since you're no longer children, at least officially, it's time someone tells you the facts of life. The other facts.
　　可惜的是，各位畢業生，你們遠沒有達到她的成就。況且，你們已然不是小孩子，至少此刻，有人該告訴你一些關於人生的實情。一些“其他”的實情。

　　Fact One is that, in our "knowledge-based" economy, knowledge counts. Yet here you are, probably the least knowledgeable graduating class in history.
　　實情一，在這個知識決定命運的環境，知識仍備受重視。然而你們，或許是歷屆以來最缺乏知識的一屆畢業生。

　　A few months ago, I interviewed a young man with an astonishingly high GPA from an Ivy League university and aspirations to write about Middle East politics. We got on the subject of the Suez Crisis  of 1956. He was vaguely familiar with it. But he didn't know who was president of the United States in 1956. And he didn't know who succeeded that president.
　　幾個月前，我面試一位畢業於常春藤盟校加上超凡GPA成績、而且渴望著書寫關於中東政治文章的年輕人。我們開始談論1956年的蘇伊士運河危機。他只是大概了解這樁歷史，更不曉得當時美國總統的名字及其繼任者是誰。

　　Pop quiz, Class of '12: Do you?       隨堂小考一下，2012屆的畢業生們，你們知道嗎？

　　Many of you have been reared on the cliché that the purpose of education isn't to stuff your head with facts but to teach you how to think. Wrong. I routinely interview college students, mostly from top schools, and I notice that their brains are like old maps, with lots of blank spaces for the uncharted terrain. It's not that they lack for motivation or IQ. It's that they can't connect the dots when they don't know where the dots are in the first place.
　　「教育的目的不在灌輸記憶，而是學習思考」這句陳腔濫調，洗腦了你們大多數。簡直鬼扯！多數來自頂尖學院的在校生，在我例行面試下發覺，他們的思維就像古老的地圖嵌著大量未知領域的空白。這並非因為面試者缺乏動力或智力不足。而是因為不知道論點來源，導致他們無法貫通談話脈絡。

　　Now to Fact Two: Your competition is global. Shape up. Don't end your days like a man I met a few weeks ago in Florida, complaining that Richard Nixon had caused his New York City business to fail by opening up China.
　　再談實情二：你們面對著國際化的競爭。振作吧！不要像幾個禮拜前在Florida我所遇到的那位商人，在餘生中抱怨Nixon對中國的開放而毀了他紐約的業務。

　　In places like Ireland, France, India and Spain, your most talented and ambitious peers are graduating into economies even more depressed than America's. Unlike you, they probably speak several languages. They may also have a degree in a hard science or engineering—skills that transfer easily to the more remunerative jobs in investment banks or global consultancies.
　　在愛爾蘭、法國、印度和西班牙等地，更具天賦與野心的同儕們等待畢業後進入一個比美國更絕望的大環境。然而與在座不同的是，他們可能會多國語言甚至有理論科學或工程學的技能，進而升遷到銀行投資或諮詢公司中更高薪資的職位。

　　I know a lot of people like this from my neighborhood in New York City, and it's a good thing they're so well-mannered because otherwise they'd be eating our lunch. But if things continue as they are, they might soon be eating yours.
　　住在紐約大都會附近，我認識許多來自上述背景的有為人士。幸虧他們遵守良好的規範，我們這一代沒有感受到競爭的壓力。然而如果，經濟環境繼續惡化下去，也許他們不久將會開始搶你們這一代的飯碗。

　　Which reminds me of Fact Three: Your prospective employers can smell BS from miles away. And most of you don't even know how badly you stink.
　　這使我想起實情三：未來的老闆對於大言不慚的行為早有察覺。但你們多數人還不明白自己的作法是多麼糟糕。﹙B.S. ＝ Bull Shit﹚

　　When did puffery become the American way? Probably around the time Norman Mailer came out with "Advertisements for Myself." But at least that was in the service of provoking an establishment that liked to cultivate an ideal of emotional restraint and public reserve.
　　美國人何時靠吹噓而活？大概是源於Norman Mailer出版的《為自己打廣告》。但是至少，那本書是為了喚醒人們關於情緒管理以及社會公益的建立。

　　To read through your CVs , dear graduates, is to be assaulted by endless Advertisements for Myself. Here you are, 21 or 22 years old, claiming to have accomplished feats in past summer internships or at your school newspaper that would be hard to credit  in a biography of Walter Lippmann or Ernie Pyle .
　　親愛的各位，閱讀你們的簡歷，感覺像被無數本的《為自己打廣告》書籍淹沒。21、22歲，你們聲言在過去暑期實習或學校社報所達到的成就，其實遠超過Walter Lippmann和Ernie Pyle 在其傳記中的自述。

　　If you're not too bright, you may think this kind of nonsense goes undetected; if you're a little brighter, you probably figure everyone does it so yu must as well.
　　But the best of you don't do this kind of thing at all. You have an innate sense of modesty. You're confident that your résumé needs no embellishment. You understand that less is more.
　　或許你遲鈍地以為小動作不會被發現；或者你自顧地認為只是跟著大家一起做。
　　但是，你的善良面絕不會做這樣的事情。你具有天生的虛心。你要抱持著無需在簡歷中標榜自己的足夠信心。你明白“少即是多”的道理。

　　In other words, you're probably capable of thinking for yourself. And here's Fact Four: There will always be a market for people who can do that.
　　從另一個角度想，你可能有自我思考的能力。這就是實情四：能自我思考的人，總會有謀生管道。

　　In every generation there's a strong tendency for everyone to think like everyone else. But your generation has an especially bad case, because your mass conformism is masked by the appearance of mass nonconformism. It's a point I learned from my West Point intern, when I asked her what it was like to lead such a uniformed existence.
　　歷代以來，人云亦云的意向很是普遍。到了你們這一代，因為標新立異的表象下覆蓋著集體的盲從因襲，導致“局面”尤其不樂觀。這是當我詢問那位來自西點軍校的實習生：如何保持制式化生活，所體會到的特徵。
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　　Her answer stayed with me. Wearing a uniform, she said, helped her figure out what it was that really distinguished her as an individual.
　　她的答案仍言猶在耳。她說“穿著制服，讓我理解到自己與他人的不同之處。”

　　Now she's a second lieutenant, leading a life of meaning and honor, figuring out how to Think Different for the sake of a cause that counts. Not many of you will be able to follow in her precise footsteps, nor do you need to do so. But if you can just manage to tone down your egos, shape up your minds, and think unfashionable thoughts, you just might be able to do something worthy with your lives.
　　現在，她是位二階少尉，過著充滿意義和榮耀的人生以及對理想追求的獨到見解。
　　你們當中，或許沒有多少人能追隨她精確的腳步，當然你也不需要望其項背。但只要你試著放低身段、強化心智、獨立省思，你可以創造一番不枉此生的事業。

　　Silicon Valley has tried to distance itself from the controversial U.S. surveillance programs exposed by Edward Snowden, but there is a long history of close cooperation between technology companies and the intelligence community.
　　矽谷試圖拉開與斯諾登所披露的美國監控專案的距離，但是科技企業與情報機構之間的緊密合作由來已久。

　　Former U.S. officials and intelligence sources say the collaboration between the tech industry and spy agencies is both broader and deeper than most people realize, dating back to the formative years of Silicon Valley itself.
　　前美國官員和情報消息人士稱，科技行業和情報機構間的合作比大多數人認識到的更加廣泛和深入，並且能追溯到矽谷成立的年代。

　　As U.S. intelligence agencies accelerate efforts to acquire new technology and fund research on cybersecurity, they have invested in start-up companies, encouraged firms to put more military and intelligence veterans on company boards, and nurtured a broad network of personal relationships with top technology executives.
　　美國情報機構加大獲取新技術的努力，並為網路安全研究提供資金，他們投資了創業企業，鼓勵企業任命更多退伍兵和前情報人員進入董事會，並與大型科技企業高管建立了廣泛的個人關係網絡。
　　And they are using those connections to carry out specific espionage missions, current and former officials say, even as they work with the tech industry to avoid overt cooperation that might raise the hackles of foreign customers.
　　官員們稱，情報機構利用這些關係開展間諜任務，同時與科技行業共同努力避免合作招致外國客戶的憤怒。

　　Joel Harding, an intelligence officer for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the 1990s who went on to work at big defense contractors Computer Sciences Corp and SAIC, said spy agencies have at times persuaded companies to alter their hardware and software products to enable monitoring of foreign targets.
　　 Joel Harding 在20世紀90年代是美國參謀長聯席會議的一名情報人員，後來前往大型國防承包商和 SAIC 工作。 Harding 指出，情報機構有時能說服企業更改他們的硬體和軟體產品，從而對外國目標進行監控。
　　In one instance several years ago, an intelligence agency paid a tech company supervisor $50,000 to install tampered computer chips in machines bound for a customer in a foreign country so that they could be used for espionage, Harding said, declining to provide specifics. "They looked exactly the same, but they changed the chips," he said.
　　 Harding 稱，幾年前，一家情報機構向一家科技企業的主管支付了5萬美元，在賣給一個外國客戶的機器中安裝修改過的電腦晶片，從而進行間諜活動。“那些機器看起來和原來一模一樣，但是晶片被更換。”

　　A current U.S. intelligence operative, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the government often works through third parties, in part to shield the big tech companies from fallout if the operations are discovered.
　　一名現役美國情報人員匿名稱，政府經常通過協力廠商操作，部分原因是一旦行動敗露，能夠防止大型科技企業受到衝擊。
　　He cited a case more than a decade ago in which the government secretly created a computer reselling company to sell laptops to Asian governments. The reseller bought laptops from a company called Tadpole Computer, which made machines based on Sun Microsystems processors. The reseller added secret software that allowed intelligence analysts to access the machines remotely.
　　他提到了10多年前的一件事，政府秘密創建了一家轉售電腦的企業，向亞洲政府銷售筆記型電腦。該企業從一家名叫 Tadpole Computer 的企業購買筆記本， Tadpole 生產的筆記本基於 Sun Microsystems 處理器。這家轉售電腦的企業安裝了秘密軟體，使情報人員可以遠端登入這些機器。
　　Tadpole was later bought by defense contractor General Dynamics Corp in 2005. General Dynamics declined to comment. Sun's new owner, Oracle Corp, did not respond to an inquiry.
　　 Tadpole 於 2005 年被國防承包商 General Dynamics Corp 收購，而 Sun 則被甲骨文公司收購。 General Dynamics 和甲骨文都拒絕置評。

　　Despite these secret collaborations, former intelligence officials and company executives say the great fear of overseas customers — that widely used U.S. technology products contain a "back door" accessible only to the National Security Agency or Central Intelligence Agency - is exaggerated. They said computers and communications overseas are captured by other means, including third parties such as the laptop reseller and special software developed by the agencies.
　　前情報官員和公司高管們稱，雖然有這些秘密合作，但海外客戶對美國科技產品包含只有美國國家安全局或美國中央情報局能夠使用的“後門”的擔憂是誇大的。他們表示，入侵電腦和海外通信是通過其他方法，包括上述筆記型電腦轉售商等協力廠商機構和情報機構開發的特殊軟體等。
　　Defense contractors offer the government the means to break in to the products of virtually every major software vendor, according to a product catalogue reviewed by Reuters that was described as typical for the industry. The NSA did not respond to a request for comment.
　　路透社獲得的一個被稱為行業典型的產品目錄顯示，國防承包商向政府提供破解幾乎所有主流軟體提供商產品的方法。美國國家安全局拒絕置評。

　　More massive cooperation is rare because big tech companies sell to many countries and have too much business at stake in markets like China to risk installing a back door that could be discovered, said one intelligence veteran who had worked for Microsoft Corp.
　　一名曾在微軟工作的前情報人員稱，更大規模的合作很少見，因為大型科技企業面向很多國家銷售，安裝可能被發現的後門會讓在中國等市場的太多業務處於危險中。

　　"Microsoft is technically a U.S. company, but it's an international conglomerate with tons of subsidiaries," he said. "It's a major part of Microsoft strategy to sell to China." A spokeswoman for the company declined to comment.
　　“微軟技術上說是一家美國公司，但其實是一家國際性企業集團，擁有很多子公司，向中國銷售是微軟戰略的一個主要部分，”該人士說道。微軟發言人拒絕置評。

      You develop software for a living. Why are you such a cheap bastard?
你們開發軟體是為了生活，為什麼你們卻是一群如此廉價的混蛋？

      We’re not talking about your personal spending habits. If you are any good at what you do, you probably make a fair amount of money and spend it on whatever catches your fancy.
這兒說的可不是你們的個人消費習慣。如果你們真擅長你們所做的事，你們很可能掙了可觀的錢並在任何吸引你們眼球的東西上花掉了。

      We’re talking about the tools you use to do your job. Developers expect, no, demand free tools and services to do their jobs. Whether it is analytic services, integrated development environments (IDEs), application programming interfaces (APIs) or software developer kits (SDKs), developers almost always refuse to pay for the tools they use to do their jobs. Many developers would rather go out of their way to build their own tools or use bug-ridden free tools than plunk down the money it would take to buy a service or subscription that could actually help them do their jobs more efficiently.
這兒說的是你們工作上使用的工具。開發者期待...不，要求免費的工具和服務。不管是分析服務，整合式開發環境（IDE），應用程式設計發展介面(API)還是軟體開發套件（SDK），開發者往往拒絕購買工作工具。很多開發者寧願不怕麻煩地自己開發工具或使用錯誤百出的免費工具也不願意擲錢買真正能幫他們有效搞定工作的服務或訂閱。

@dan_rowinski   many will spend a week trying/configuring free tooling instead of paying for something that works out of the box.      許多人花費一周的時間去嘗試/配置免費工具，而不是購買資源盒以外的東西。      — Max Katz (@maxkatz) 2013年5月21日

Oxymoron: Developer-Focused Businesses Models      矛盾修飾法：聚焦開發者的商業模式

      The Mobile Revolution as we know it is about six years old now. About halfway through it in 2010, lots of companies saw an opportunity to make apps for the rush of developers building apps for the Apple App Store and (as it was called then) Android Market. The idea was to make their lives easier and make some money at the same time in a nascent market.
我們知道，移動革命距今將近六年了。2010年即革命中期的時候，很多公司看見 Apple App Store 和 Android Market （未改名前）開發者著手應用程式的淘金熱。當初的設想是，在新生市場裡讓開發者過得輕鬆的同時掙些錢。

      We saw a bunch of startups and (a little bit later) enterprise technology companies move to provide tools for these mobile developers. Companies like Localytics, Kinvey, StackMob, Appcelerator, appMobi, Sencha and many more all had the idea of providing developers with tools to help them do their jobs. Almost all of them have shifted their business models away from the “developer tools” avenue of making money. Because developers just don’t want to pay.
我們看到，很多創業公司和（中期之後）技術公司轉向為這些移動開發者提供工具。Localytics , Kinvey, StackMob, Appcelerator, appMobi, Sencha 以及更多公司都有給開發者提供工具以助其工作的想法。但幾乎所有公司的商業模式都從“開發者工具”這條掙錢大道上轉移開了，因為開發者不想付錢。

@dan_rowinski   engineers are cheap. they also prefer engineering solutions to paying.      工程師是廉價的。 他們喜歡工程解決方案勝於付錢。      — Alice Marshall (@PrestoVivace) 2013年5月21日

      Appcelerator, StackMob and Kinvey have gone with an enterprise-focused business model. Localytics' prime target is to sell to marketers that crave data to do their jobs. appMobi sold its HTML5 developers tools to Intel. Sencha makes money by, among other things, selling cloud services to developers (a common theme with several of these companies). Enterprises and marketers pay for data, tools and services. Developers? Not so much.
Appcelerator , StackMob 和 Kinvey 已經隨著企業集中型商業模式消失了。 Localytics 的首要目標是賣給急需資料來工作的行銷商。 appMobi 把 HTML5 開發員工具賣給了 Intel 。 Sencha 通過向開發者出售雲服務掙錢（幾家此類公司的主旋律）。企業和行銷商花錢買資料、工具和服務，開發者呢？很少見。

The Culture Of Free      免費文化

      Developers are spoiled. The big platforms basically give them all the tools they need for free. Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook basically give their tools to developers, hoping to entice them to write for their platforms. In Microsoft’s case, sometimes they even straight out pay developers to build for Windows or Windows Phone and entice them with thousands of dollars of free tools.
開發者們被寵壞了。基本上，大平台們免費給了他們所需要的所有工具，期望能誘使他們為自己的平台做開發。舉例來說，微軟有時甚至直接付費給開發者，讓他們為 Windows 或 Windows Phone 做開發，同時，還有成千上萬美元的免費工具引誘著開發者。

      Almost by nature, developers can be arrogant, stubborn people. It makes them good at their jobs. But it also means that they almost always won’t use something that is not free or open source. They will spend a week building something that they could pay for out of the box and have running in an hour.
開發者們基本上是自大而倔強的人。這一點使他們擅長他們的工作，但也意味著他們幾乎從不使用不免費或不開源的東西。他們會用一周時間開發一個資源盒外可以買到的、在一小時之內就能運行的東西。

      Developers have come to expect free. In an odd, preternatural kind of way, they gravitate toward it. And the tech industry enables them to do it. The goodies at developer conferences like Google I/O are always tasty treats for developers (this year they all got expensive Chromebook Pixels, last year a smartphones and tablets). For the big software companies, it is about building a community around their brand and getting developers to publish apps and services for their platforms. Part of the core mission for Google at this year’s I/O was to update the Google Play Developer Console to give developers a suite of free tools like a new Android-focused IDE, analytics and translations services.
開發者們一醒來就想著“免費”二字。他們以一種古怪而異常的方式被免費深深吸引著，而技術產業使他們可以這樣。開發者大會上的好東西比如 Google I/O 永遠是招待開發者美味（今年是昂貴的 Chromebook Pixels 筆記型電腦，去年是智慧手機和平板電腦）。對於大軟體公司來說，關鍵在於打造一個圍繞其品牌的社區並招攬開發者為其平台發佈應用和服務。今年 Google I/O 核心任務的一部分就是升級 Google 遊戲開發控制台，開發者們將得到一套免費工具，包括面向安卓的新IDE，分析包和翻譯服務。

@dan_rowinski   Leverage of labor. You want me to develop for your platform, you have to lower the barrier of entry.      勞動杠杆原理：想讓我為你的平臺做開發，你得把進去的門檻放低。      — Joshua Goldbard (@ThePBXGuy) 2013年5月21日

“As we give them more tools to make it easier to make great aps, they can try out more stuff,” said Google’s Ellie Powers in a recent interview with ReadWrite. “The basics are covered, people are generally very happy, they are giving us tremendous feedback on our product and great tools that we give them.”
“因為我們提供了更多的工具使開發好的應用程式更容易，他們便能嘗試更多的東西。” Google 遊戲產品經理 Ellie Powers 最近接受《ReaWrite》的採訪時說，“有了全方面的必需品，開發者們通常很高興，在產品以及所提供的工具給予巨大的回報。”

The Red Tape Of Paid Tools      付費工具的繁文縟節

      If has become fairly clear that developers – from the hobbyist to the professional developer studio to the enterprise-level wonk – hate paying for tools. Sometimes that has to do with their budgets (or lack thereof). Sometimes they think they can do better themselves.
已經相當清楚，開發者們——從業餘愛好者到專業人士到企業級的書呆子——都討厭花錢買工具。有時候跟他們的預算（或缺乏預算）有關，有時候因為他們覺得自己能做得更好。

      Developer focused site Stack Overflow had a great discussion on the topic a couple years ago. One developer, Erik B. sums up the problem with buying software tools in an enterprise nicely:
開發者雲集的網站 Stack Overflow 幾年前曾就此話題有過一次很好的討論 。一位名叫 Erik B 的開發者很好地總結了在企業裡購買軟體工具的問題：
      If I find a non-free tool I might be able to download a free trial, without telling the boss, but if I want to buy the full version of the tool I'll definitely gonna have to talk to my boss and he's not just gonna give it to me. I'm gonna have to motivate why I need it. He is definitely gonna ask if there are any free alternatives and "I don't know." is not a good enough answer. So if I want the non-free tool I'm gonna have to evaluate all the free tools first.
如果發現了一個不免費的工具，我大概會背著老闆下載免費試用版，但如果我想買這個工具，就必須跟老闆通報，結果是他不會同意。我得跟他闡述需要它的動機，他絕對會問是否有什麼免費替代品。對此，“我不知道”可不是夠好的答案。因此，如果我想要不免費的工具，我得先評估所有的免費工具。

What Developers Will Pay For      開發者們會為什麼買單

      If you can’t get developers to pay for tools, what the heck can you get them to pay for? Services and subscriptions. More appropriately, the cloud.
如果你無法讓開發者們為工具買單，那麼到底什麼能讓他們買單？服務和訂閱。更準確地說，雲端。

      Amazon pulls this off perfectly. They offer a lot of free SDKs and APIs, especially around its Appstore development program for the Kindle Fire. Once Amazon has its hooks into the developer, it can then push them to pay for cloud hosting and computing through Amazon Web Services.
Amazon 在這方面開展得很好。它提供大量免費的 SDK 和 API ，特別是為 "Kindle Fire" 平板電腦服務的應用程式商店開發計畫。一旦 Amazon 與開發者們掛上了鉤，它就能推動他們通過 Amazon Web Services 為雲端主機和雲端計算機付費了。

      In many ways, it is kind of a “freemium” model targeted at developers (which is ironic considering it is usually the developers that target freemium models on consumers). Get them in with the free tools, charge them for the cloud. This was essentially the model that appMobi used when it developed its litany of free HTML5 development tools. It would design for HTML5 and then sell developers cloud services to host and run their apps.
從很多方面來講，這可謂針對開發者的“免費中毒”模式（蠻諷刺的通常是開發者針對消費者施展“這種”模式）。用免費工具把開發者們吸引進來，讓他們為雲端付費，類似 appMobi 為免費 HTML5 開發 litany 時使用的模式。設計 HTML5 之後，開發者們為運行應用程式的雲主機和雲服務買單。

When Developers Should Pay For Tools      開發者何時應該為工具付費

      In a recent conversation with a developer friend, the topic of developers being cheap bastards came up. He said his rationale for when to pay for tools was fairly simple. If a developer is making around $80,000 a year, they are worth (depending on the scale) about $300 a day (considering time off for weekends and holidays). This scale slides, of course, but take the numbers as an example. So, if a developer downloads free software tools or tries to build them on their own, they are taking time out of their day from what is their normal job to configure those tools.
最近與一位開發者朋友聊天時，提起了開發員是廉價混蛋的話題。他關於何時為工具付費的根據相當簡單：假如一個開發者一年能掙約8萬美金，這些錢相當於（取決比例）約每天（不算週末和假期）300美元。當然，這個標準是活的，只不過用數字作為例子而已。所以，如果一個開發者下載免費軟體或嘗試自己編寫，配置軟體時間算是薪資工作期的抽取花費。

      Say a developer tool from a reputable source costs $300 and will work out of the box. If a developer wants to create a workaround, they should no more than one day on it. Otherwise it is no longer cost efficient to not buy the off-the-shelf product. Essentially, a developer should spend no more than one day trying to configure or build their own tools.
假設一個來自信譽良好資源庫的工具價格是300美元。開發者想創建一個工作區，他需要的時間不應超過一天，不然買現成產品應該會更高效。基本上，一個開發者花在配置或自己開發工具上的時間不應該超過一天。

      Developers: When do you pay for tools? Which ones do you pay for? Let us know in the comments.
開發者們：你們什麼時候花錢買工具？會買哪些工具呢？請在評論中告訴我們。

      It’s nice to be back at Princeton. I find it difficult to believe that it’s been almost 11 years since I departed these halls for Washington. I wrote recently to inquire about the status of my leave from the university, and the letter I got back began, “Regrettably, Princeton receives many more qualified applicants for faculty positions than we can accommodate.”
重返普林斯頓感覺不錯，很難相信，我離開校園赴華盛頓已經11年了。近期我向校方詢問了我的教職問題，回信是：“很遺憾，普林斯頓收到很多更有才華的學者的求職信，而教職有限。”

      I’ll extend my best wishes to the seniors later, but first I want to congratulate the parents and families here. As a parent myself, I know that putting your kid through college these days is no walk in the park. Some years ago I had a colleague who sent three kids through Princeton even though neither he nor his wife attended this university. He and his spouse were very proud of that accomplishment, as they should have been. But my colleague also used to say that, from a financial perspective, the experience was like buying a new Cadillac every year and then driving it off a cliff. I should say that he always added that he would do it all over again in a minute. So, well done, moms, dads, and families.
我將在稍後獻上對畢業生的最美好祝願，首先我要恭喜在座的家長們。作為父母，我知道這年頭供孩子讀完大學不容易，數年前，我的一個同事有3個孩子畢業于普林斯頓，儘管他們夫妻都不畢業於此，但我的同事常說，從財政角度講，這如同每年買輛卡迪拉克，然後讓車墜崖。他總會補充說，他會毫不猶豫的選擇重新來過。所以，感謝你們的工作，母親們，父親們，及家人們。

      This is indeed an impressive and appropriate setting for a commencement. I am sure that, from this lectern, any number of distinguished spiritual leaders have ruminated on the lessons of the Ten Commandments. I don’t have that kind of confidence, and, anyway, coveting your neighbor’s ox or donkey is not the problem it used to be, so I thought I would use my few minutes today to make Ten Suggestions, or maybe just Ten Observations, about the world and your lives after Princeton. Please note, these points have nothing whatsoever to do with interest rates. My qualification for making such suggestions, or observations, besides having kindly been invited to speak today by President Tilghman, is the same as the reason that your obnoxious brother or sister got to go to bed later--I am older than you. All of what follows has been road-tested in real-life situations, but past performance is no guarantee of future results.
這確實是做畢業典禮演講的合適場合，我認為，在這一講台上，每位精神導師都受過“十誡”的教誨，我沒有那樣的信心，而且無論如何，覬覦別人的財產不是目前的問題，所以今年前幾分鐘我將提出“十個建議”，或稱為對這個世界和你們畢業後的生活的十個觀察。請注意，這十點與利率毫無關係。我之所以有資格提出這些建議或觀察，除了普林斯頓的善意邀請外，理由和你們討厭的哥哥姐姐可以晚睡是一個道理：我比你們更老。以下內容均經過生活的考驗，但以往表現並不能確保未來的結果。

      1. The poet Robert Burns once said something about the best-laid plans of mice and men ganging aft agley, whatever “agley” means. A more contemporary philosopher, Forrest Gump, said something similar about life and boxes of chocolates and not knowing what you are going to get. They were both right. Life is amazingly unpredictable; any 22-year-old who thinks he or she knows where they will be in 10 years, much less in 30, is simply lacking imagination. Look what happened to me: A dozen years ago I was minding my own business teaching Economics 101 in Alexander Hall and trying to think of good excuses for avoiding faculty meetings. Then I got a phone call . . . In case you are skeptical of Forrest Gump’s insight, here’s a concrete suggestion for each of the graduating seniors. Take a few minutes the first chance you get and talk to an alum participating in his or her 25th, or 30th, or 40th reunion--you know, somebody who was near the front of the P-rade. Ask them, back when they were graduating 25, 30, or 40 years ago, where they expected to be today. If you can get them to open up, they will tell you that today they are happy and satisfied in various measures, or not, and their personal stories will be filled with highs and lows and in-betweens. But, I am willing to bet, those life stories will in almost all cases be quite different, in large and small ways, from what they expected when they started out. This is a good thing, not a bad thing; who wants to know the end of a story that’s only in its early chapters? Don’t be afraid to let the drama play out.
1、蘇格蘭詩人羅伯特的《致田鼠》翻譯：“不管是人是鼠，即使最如意的安排設計，結局也往往會出其不意。”當代哲學家阿甘曾講到人生和巧克力的相似性，你不知道下一塊巧克力的味道。人生確實難以預料，任何一個以為知道其10年後情況的畢業生，更不同說三十年了，我只能說他或她缺乏想像力。看看我吧，12年前我一心教經濟學入門課程，想著編造什麼理由不參加教學會議，結果我接到了那個電話。如過你有機會與畢業25年、30年或40年的校友交談，並使他們敞開心扉，他們將告訴你，他們對生活中哪些事滿意或不滿意，他們經歷過的高潮和低谷。但我敢打賭，他們的人生故事將與預期相異。這是好事而不是壞事，誰想在故事的開篇就知道結局呢？

      2. Does the fact that our lives are so influenced by chance and seemingly small decisions and actions mean that there is no point to planning, to striving? Not at all. Whatever life may have in store for you, each of you has a grand, lifelong project, and that is the development of yourself as a human being. Your family and friends and your time at Princeton have given you a good start. What will you do with it? Will you keep learning and thinking hard and critically about the most important questions? Will you become an emotionally stronger person, more generous, more loving, more ethical? Will you involve yourself actively and constructively in the world? Many things will happen in your lives, pleasant and not so pleasant, but, paraphrasing a Woodrow Wilson School adage from the time I was here, “Wherever you go, there you are.” If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won’t bring you much satisfaction.
2、是否人生偶然性之大的事實，意味著小的決定和行動無足輕重，不需要規劃和奮鬥呢？當然不是。無論未來人生如何，她將是一個宏大和漫長的項目，是你作為個人的發展過程。你的家人、朋友和你在普林斯頓的時光已經為你造就了良好的開端，未來你會如何？你會不斷學習、竭力思索、對重要的問題持批判態度嗎？你會成為情感上更強大、更大度、更有愛心、更道德的人嗎？你會更積極的、更建設性的參與世事嗎？你的人生會有很多故事，快樂的，及不太快樂的，如果你不為自己感到快樂，就連最偉大的成就業也不會讓你感到滿足。

      3. The concept of success leads me to consider so-called meritocracies and their implications. We have been taught that meritocratic institutions and societies are fair. Putting aside the reality that no system, including our own, is really entirely meritocratic, meritocracies may be fairer and more efficient than some alternatives. But fair in an absolute sense? Think about it. A meritocracy is a system in which the people who are the luckiest in their health and genetic endowment; luckiest in terms of family support, encouragement, and, probably, income; luckiest in their educational and career opportunities; and luckiest in so many other ways difficult to enumerate--these are the folks who reap the largest rewards. The only way for even a putative meritocracy to hope to pass ethical muster, to be considered fair, is if those who are the luckiest in all of those respects also have the greatest responsibility to work hard, to contribute to the betterment of the world, and to share their luck with others. As the Gospel of Luke says (and I am sure my rabbi will forgive me for quoting the New Testament in a good cause): “From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded” (Luke 12:48, New Revised Standard Version Bible). Kind of grading on the curve, you might say.
3、成功的概念促使我考慮所謂的精英主義及其含義。我們一直相信，能者居之 (meritocracy) 的制度和社會是公平的和成效的…… 但是否真的絕對公平？精英是在健康和基因上最幸運的人，他們在家庭支援、鼓勵上，或在收入上也是最幸運的，他們在教育和職業機遇上最幸運，他們在很多方面都最幸運，一般人難以複製。一個精英體制是否公平，要看這些精英是否有義務努力工作、致力於建設更好的世界，並與他人分享幸運。路加福音第十二章第48節：「多給誰、就向誰多取。多託誰、就向誰多要」類似班上成績曲線分布圖的道理。

      4. Who is worthy of admiration? Luke’s admonition--which is shared by most ethical and philosophical traditions, by the way--helps with this question as well. Those most worthy of admiration are those who have made the best use of their advantages or, alternatively, coped most courageously with their adversities. I think most of us would agree that people who have, say, little formal schooling but labor honestly and diligently to help feed, clothe, and educate their families are deserving of greater respect--and help, if necessary--than many people who are superficially more successful. They’re more fun to have a beer with, too. That is all you need to know about sociology.
4、誰值得尊重？是那些充分利用其優勢，或勇敢面對逆境的人。我想我們會認同，那些雖然接受的正式教育不多，但誠實勞動、勤勉的為家人提供衣食和教育的人，相比更多表面上很成功的人，更值得尊重，和他們喝兩杯是更有趣的事情。

      5. Since I have covered sociology, I might as well cover political science as well. In regard to politics, I have always liked Lily Tomlin’s line, in paraphrase: “I try to be cynical, but I just can’t keep up.” We all feel that way some time. Actually, having been in Washington now for almost 11 years, as I mentioned, I feel that way quite a bit. Ultimately, though, cynicism is a poor substitute for critical thought and constructive action. Sure, interests and money and ideology all matter, as you learned in political science. But my experience is that most of our politicians and policymakers are trying to do the right thing, according to their own consciences, most of the time. If you think that the bad or indifferent results that too often come out of Washington are due to base motives and bad intentions, you are giving politicians and policymakers way too much credit for being effective. Honest error in the face of complex and possibly intractable problems is a far more important source of bad results than are bad motives. For these reasons, the greatest forces in Washington are ideas, and people prepared to act on those ideas. Public service isn’t easy. But, in the end, if you are inclined in that direction, it is a worthy and challenging pursuit.
5、提到政治，憤世嫉俗是批判性思考和建設性行動的更糟糕的替代品。當然，利益、金錢和意識形態都有影響力，如你在政治課上所學。但我的感受是大部分政界人士都在尋求做正確的事情，大部分時候，這由他們的觀點和意識決定。在複雜及難於處理的問題上所犯的誠實錯誤，更是糟糕結果的主要原因，而非不良動機。因此，華盛頓最有影響的力量是觀念和想法，人們基於這些觀念去行動。公共服務並不輕鬆，如果你選擇了這一道路，那是值得的，並頗具挑戰性。

      6. Having given you the essence of sociology and political science, let me wrap up economics while I’m at it. Economics is a highly sophisticated field of thought that is superb at explaining to policymakers precisely why the choices they made in the past were wrong. About the future, not so much. However, careful economic analysis does have one important benefit, which is that it can help kill ideas that are completely logically inconsistent or wildly at variance with the data. This insight covers at least 90 percent of proposed economic policies.
6、經濟學是頗具詭辯性的思維領域，她在解釋決策者以往所犯錯誤方面顯得很崇高，但在預測未來時，則不僅如此。然而，謹慎的經濟分析確有重要益處，她能去除那些不合邏輯或與數據不符的想法，這對90%的經濟政策建議有影響。

      7. I’m not going to tell you that money doesn’t matter, because you wouldn’t believe me anyway. In fact, for too many people around the world, money is literally a life-or-death proposition. But if you are part of the lucky minority with the ability to choose, remember that money is a means, not an end. A career decision based only on money and not on love of the work or a desire to make a difference is a recipe for unhappiness.
7、我不會告訴你們金錢無用，反正你們也不會聽的。事實上，對全球很多人來說，金錢能夠決定生存還是死亡。但如果你屬於那些幸運得有能力進行抉擇的少數人，請記住，金錢只是途徑，而非最終目標。職業選擇基於收入、而非熱愛，或做出貢獻的熱情，是日後苦惱的根源。

      8. Nobody likes to fail but failure is an essential part of life and of learning. If your uniform isn’t dirty, you haven’t been in the game.
8、沒有人希望失敗，但失敗是生活和學習的一部分。如果你衣衫整齊，你並沒有進入比賽。

      9. I spoke earlier about definitions of personal success in an unpredictable world. I hope that as you develop your own definition of success, you will be able to do so, if you wish, with a close companion on your journey. In making that choice, remember that physical beauty is evolution’s way of assuring us that the other person doesn’t have too many intestinal parasites. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for beauty, romance, and sexual attraction--where would Hollywood and Madison Avenue be without them? But while important, those are not the only things to look for in a partner. The two of you will have a long trip together, I hope, and you will need each other’s support and sympathy more times than you can count. Speaking as somebody who has been happily married for 35 years, I can’t imagine any choice more consequential for a lifelong journey than the choice of a traveling companion.
9、我希望你們能夠發展自身對成功的定義，在這一過程中，你們能夠選擇一位親密的伴侶。在做出選擇時，要記住外表美只是人類演變的一種方式，它使我們確信對方沒有腸道寄生蟲。不要誤解我，我也為美麗、浪漫和性所吸引，不然美國影視業和廣告業怎麼生存下去呢？但儘管重要，這些不是尋找人生伴侶時唯一需要考慮的事情。你們將共同走過人生旅程，需要對方的支援和關愛。作為已婚35年的人士，我想像不到比選擇人生伴侶更重要的事情。

      10. Call your mom and dad once in a while. A time will come when you will want your own grown-up, busy, hyper-successful children to call you. Also, remember who paid your tuition to Princeton.
10、時不時的給父母打電話。早晚有一天，你希望自己長大成人、工作繁忙、超級成功的孩子給你來個電話，再者，請記著誰供養你上的大學。

      Those are my suggestions. They’re probably worth exactly what you paid for them. But they come from someone who shares your affection for this great institution and who wishes you the best for the future. Congratulations, graduates. Give ’em hell.
最後，畢業生們，給他們點顏色看看。

      Recently the Barbican museum in London held an exhibition called the Rain Room.
It was an installation in which water poured from the ceiling, but sensors detected where people were standing and would turn off the taps above their heads so they didn’t get wet. It was a clever and engaging piece of interactive art and was immensely popular. During the time this installation was open, my Twitter stream was filled with photos of people standing in the Rain Room, accompanied by the caption ‘Rain Room @ The Barbican!’ and a location attachment to prove that they were indeed in the Rain Room.

      最近倫敦Barbican博物館舉辦了一個叫“雨室”的展覽：一個房間，水從天花板各處灑下來，但參觀的遊客不會被淋濕，因為天花板上面會有感測器檢測到人所站的位置，關掉他們正頭頂的龍頭。這是項有趣而聰明的交互藝術，所以很受歡迎。這個展覽開放的當下，我的Twitter上常見到人們站在雨室中的照片，標題通常是“雨室@Barbican!”，當然，還有能證明他們確實到過那的位置資訊。

      This stream of homogenous photos got me thinking. What were people actually saying by Tweeting about their visit? They certainly weren’t sharing some hidden gem with their followers, nor were they bringing a unique interpretation of the artwork to the table. Ultimately, all they were doing was fulfilling the obligation that we have to Share. Not sharing in the sense of treasuring a moment with people close to us, but Sharing in the sense of ‘notify the world that I am doing a thing’.

      這些看起來都差不多的照片讓我開始想，他們真正想表達的是什麼？顯然，他們不是在同關注者分享什麼奇珍異寶，也沒有給出對這藝術作品的獨特見解。說起來，他們只是覺得他們應該分享，不是與親近的人分享快樂時光的那種分享，而是“告訴世界我在做一件事情”的那種分享。

      I’ve just spent a month in Singapore. Throughout the first couple of weeks I felt a constant nagging that everyone back home had to know what was going on. I felt like I should be photographing everything I did as proof; that all the exotic food I was eating and the sights I was seeing wouldn’t really matter if they weren’t digitally logged in a data centre somewhere in Utah. I found myself taking pictures purely to convey what an amazing time I was having, so that my friends would see it on their smartphones whilst riding the bus back in London and be impressed.

      我剛剛在新加坡待了一個月。最初的幾個星期，總覺得要讓家裡人知道我在幹嘛，就得多拍幾張照片來證明，比如那些吃過的異國佳餚和看到的風景，如果不把它們數位化回存到猶他州的某個資料中心，好像它們就會變得無關緊要。我發現拍照純粹是為了表達自己在歡度美好時光，這樣倫敦的朋友坐巴士回家時就可以在他們的手機上看到了

      It’s natural to want to share experiences with the people you care about. After all, the classic postcard greeting is ‘Wish you were here’. But I think our reasons for sharing experiences on social media are more cynical than that. It’s not sharing, it’s bragging. When we log in to Facebook or Twitter we see an infinitely updating stream of people enjoying themselves. It’s not real life, of course, because people overwhelmingly post about the good things whereas all the crappy, dull or deep stuff doesn’t get mentioned. But despite this obvious superficiality, it subconsciously makes us feel like everyone is having a better time than us. We try to compete by curating our own life experiences to make it look like we’re also having non-stop fun and doing important things. It breeds in us a Pavlovian response that means every time something good is happening to us we must broadcast it to as many people as possible.

      想要同你關心的人分享體驗是很自然的，如同傳統的明信片所傳達的意思，“要是你也在這就好了。”但我總覺得我們之所以要在社交網路上分享似乎卻有著更詭異的原因。其實那根本不是分享，更像是“吹牛”。每次我們登陸Facebook或者Twitter, 總能看見大家似乎都過的挺開心。這當然不是真實的生活，只是人們通常只會願意貼出“好東西”，而避而不談那些無聊、糟糕或是深沉的玩意。撇開浮誇不談，這種偏好會使得我們下意識中感覺，好像其他人都過得比我們好！ 我們試圖通過精心修飾自己的生活，顯得我們一直過的很開心，在做著重要的事情，以此來較勁。久而久之甚至形成了條件反射：每當有什麼好事發生的時候，我們一定得廣播給越多人知道越好。

      There are plenty of ‘Facebook is bad for you because X’ posts, but I’m talking about a mindset that goes beyond any single web service. This is the curse of our age. We walk around with the tools to capture extensive data about our surroundings and transmit them in real-time to the bedrooms and pockets of friends, family and every acquaintance we’ve made in the past eight years. We end up with a diminished perception of reality because we’re more concerned about choosing a good Instagram filter for our meal than we are about how it tastes. We become Martian rovers, trundling around our environment, uploading data without the ability or desire to make any sense of it. Ultimately, we end up externalising our entire lives.

      網上有很多《Facebook會給你帶來危害因為XXX》的文章，但我試圖談的是一種使用任何網路服務都會產生的心態。這是時代的詛咒。我們拿著那些數碼工具，把身邊這樣或那樣的資料一股腦兒抓下來，然後即時傳輸到親戚、朋友或是過去八年裡認識的每一個人。我們對現實的感覺變的越來越弱：吃飯時，我們更關心Instgram那個濾鏡效果好看，而不是面前的菜到底好不好吃。我們仿佛變成了好奇號火星探測車，在周邊環境裡轉來轉去，盲目地上傳著資料，而失去了探求意義的能力或願望。最終，我們外化了整個生活。

      I don’t think that it’s inherently wrong to want to keep the world updated about what you’re doing. But when you go through life robotically posting about everything you do, you’re not a human being. You’re just a prism that takes bits of light and sound and channels them into The Cloud, to be stored with all the other bits of light and sound from everyone else. You become nothing more than the thumb operating your smartphone.

      想讓世界知道你在做什麼其實不是什麼大錯，但是當你機械的把你的生活張貼到網上時，你變得不再像是一個活生生的人，反而像一塊稜鏡，把周遭的光影反射到“雲端”，同其他人的光影放在一起。你變成了操作手機的手指。

      The key thing to remember is that you are not enriching your experiences by sharing them online; you’re detracting from them because all your efforts are focussed on making them look attractive to other people. Your experience of something, even if similar to the experience of many others, is unique and cannot be reproduced within the constraints of social media. So internalise that experience instead. Think about it. Go home and think about it some more. Write about it in more than 140 characters; on paper even. Paint a picture of it. Talk about it face to face with your friends. Talk about how it made you feel.

      需要記住的是，當你把體驗分享到網上時，它們並沒有變得更好；相反，你會更容易受到干擾，因為你把更多的精力花在怎樣潤色它們，以給他人更好的印象。你對於某件事物的體驗可能與其他人的相似，但它更應該是獨特而不可複製的。所以，學著內化你的體驗。寫點超過140個字元的文章描述你的體驗(甚至用真實的紙筆)。畫一幅畫描繪你的體驗。跟你的朋友面對面談論你的體驗，說說它給你帶來的感覺。

      Once you stop seeing things through the eyes of the people following you on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram you become able to make experiences your own. You can relieve yourself of the burden of having to make everyone aware of what you’re doing at all times. You can make your experiences significant because you were there and you saw the sights and smelled the smells and heard the sounds, not because you snapped a photo of it through a half-inch camera lens built into your phone.

      當你不再用社交網路上關注者的視角來看待事物時，這些體驗才真正變成你自己的。你解脫了自己，不再有不必要的負擔，別掛心別人知不知道你在幹什麼。你可以讓你的體驗變得更有意義，因為是你自己本人，是你看到了那些畫面，聽到了那些聲音，聞到了那些氣味，而不是因為透過手機裡半英寸不到的鏡頭拍下了照片。

去年五月，Woz 曾到韓國濟州島參與一場論壇。在論壇結束後，一位負責編輯學校刊物的高二學生，寫信向 Woz 詢問有沒有任何建議可以給該校學生，Woz 這樣回信

First, I would be happy to send you a signed card of mine. Just send me a request for it and include your mailing address.

As for the students on Jeju island…

I look back to my own days as a student. It was a fun time where everything was provided for my entertainment in life. Our socialization was with friends at school, not via mobile tech devices as it is today. The best I can remember is that, like myself, most students found by accidental encounters what they enjoyed and wanted to do in life.

回顧我的學生時代，太陽底下永遠都有新鮮事，校園話題圍繞在朋友之間，而非新潮的科技產品。在我記憶中最美好的一件事情，就是包含我在內的許多學生，都是因為偶然而遇見了自己一生中最欣賞或最想做的事。

Near the end of high school and early college years I did a lot of internal thinking. This is the age that I hear a lot of students talking about right and wrong and what values are good and exploring religions if they haven’t had one pressed upon them by their parents.

在高中尾聲、大學初期，我獨自一人想了很多事情。那些沒有活在父母陰影下的學生，總會在這段過渡期談論何謂正義、價值觀的對錯或宗教信仰。

First, I came to the conclusion that I would rather be an average person joking all the time than a powerful businessman stressing over work every day. I also decided for myself that I‘d want to be ’in the middle‘ in almost every way. I looked hard and the extreme ends of politics and values and wealth were not desirable and led to corrupt behaviors for many. Early on I decided that I would never want to tell one story in different ways. The truth always comes out one way. I decided that telling 2 versions of the same thing is often hypocritical. The teller doesn’t feel that the truth about how they are and how they act is not good, so they hide it with deception and falsehoods. It‘s like having 2 different personalities in your head and can lead to psychological problems and neurosis. I did not want to be like that.

我得出的第一個結論：我寧願當個愛開玩笑的平凡人也不願成為一個高壓強勢的生意人。我要用中庸的步調過人生的每一天。在權術、資本和財富的盡頭，導致許多腐敗行為，看到令人沮喪的結果。更確切地說，早在厭惡八面玲瓏之際，我就決定作個平凡人。真相永遠只有一個。我認為同一事件卻有兩種說法等於偽善。說者本身不明白實際情況和經過的重要性，而採取謊言和瞞騙的手段。就像腦袋裡住著兩種人格，使人產生心理問題和精神衰弱。我不願走向那樣的不歸路。

I also decided that I did not have to convince others of my views for those views to be good. They only needed to be good to me. I didn’t have to argue and win points. Arguments rarely have ‘winners’ anyway. I could tell what I believed (even how to make a computer) and if others didn‘t agree, they were not bad. They just thought differently. I would have the belief that my thoughts were good and were inside my head and that’s all that mattered.

我告訴自己：不需說服別人認為我的意見就是好意見，我的意見只需對自己有利即可。不必辯論或贏得任何優勢，畢竟爭執後少有真正的贏家。我可以告訴別人我的看法（即便是製造一台計算機），那些念頭不會因為缺少認同而變質，只是別人思考方向不一樣。重要的是，對於所相信的事物，我將會抱持著肯定和共鳴的信條。

Also, my dad had told me that how far you go in a company usually is determined by how well liked you are. So I‘m always very nice to everyone. There’s no need to make enemies. You are recognized by your own skills and good work, and you don‘t have to criticize others for not doing good work. Just worry about your own skills.

父親曾告訴我：能在一家公司工作多久，取決於同事夥伴喜歡你多少。所以我總是親切的對待每個人，沒有理由製造敵人。你會透過技能和績效而被贊賞，不需要去批評別人做的不好，只要顧好自己的事就可以了。

One accident that happened to me was that I taught myself, with no books, how to design computers in high school. I loved doing it and designed computers all the time, from descriptions of them in manuals by the companies that made them. I designed the same computers over and over and made a game out of trying to use fewer and fewer parts, coming up with tricks to accomplish my task that could never be in a book. They were ’tricks‘ in my own head. I felt that some of these tricks would be used by probably no other computer designer in the world. In my game world, on paper, where I could never afford to build my designs, I felt I was one of the best in the world.

高中時，有個「意外」發生在我身上，就是我無師自通學會了如何組裝電腦。照著電腦出廠所附的手冊說明書，我愛上設計電腦且隨時都在做。對於同類型的電腦，我嘗試了一遍又一遍，挑戰自己用最少的零件，想出書本中不會出現的小技巧。這些法子出自我的腦袋，我感覺得到它們有一部份可能尚未被其他工程師所用。我的遊樂園不再限於紙上依樣畫葫蘆，我體會到自身的偉大。

The best things I did in my young years leading up to the early Apple computers were done because I had little money and had to think deeply to achieve the impossible. Also, I had never done those technologies or studied them. I had to write the book myself. Being self-taught, figuring out how to design computers with pencil and paper, made me skilled at finding solutions that I had not been taught.

年輕時最大的成就是，缺錢但不缺腦力的情況下，開發出早期的蘋果電腦。順帶一提，因為從未接觸或研讀過相關科技，我只好自己做筆記。作為一個利用紙筆推算電腦架構的自學者，賦予我在沒有人教導下也能找到應對方案的本領。

Every aspect of our lives and our companies will be changing and improving based on mobile technology. Young people are already ahead in this game and have good ideas of how any operation can be improved. Always focus on good human interface, user interface. Computer apps are not to be judged by what they do or how well they do it. Rather, it is more important that they feel natural to normal humans and they are led to the right actions. An ultimate example is when you speak what you want. If you don’t have to worry about having the right computer words, but just speak it as you would to a human, then the computer has totally gotten out of your way. Finding ways to do this will be very important in the future. The smartest approaches come from understanding normal people.

現在，我們的生活作息和人際關係隨著日新月異的科技而精進。在這波潮流中，年輕世代已經暫居領先，也擁有讓科技更完美的計畫，那就是使用者介面，更準確的說法是人性化的介面。App 電腦應用程式的接受度不是基於多酷或多炫，而是能讓普羅大眾輕易上手得到想要的功能。最根本的例子是，當你說出某個有意義的東西時，你不必擔心自己是否使用正確的程式指令，只需像對一般人說話，電腦就能理解給出你所期許的局面。完成這項目標將成為未來的里程碑。最棒的產品來自貼近人類的需求。

And every action you take on a smartphone has the ‘other end’ - the servers and storage in data centers. They are doing more calculation and organization and presentation of information than your handheld device, which is mainly displaying the results these days. The cloud represents the information content of the world, which could never be put on the storage [disk] in your mobile device, or even your personal computer. It‘s easy to see a world of job opportunities writing apps but don’t forget the importance of implementing the data center side of those apps. There‘s a lot of work to be done at that level too. Apps are like furniture. There are infinite variations until we have a few standards that change little. So this is a huge opportunity in the future.

此外，智慧手機裡你的一舉一動都牽動著另一端–伺服器和數據儲存庫。它們試著進一步地計算和整理所有使用記錄，你的掌上型裝備只是呈現幾天來的分析結果。雲端科技象徵著無法存入隨身硬碟或個人電腦的世界級資訊內容。我們可以預見一個充滿編寫app工作機會的領域，更不可以看輕app所帶來的充實數據庫。前置作業到這裡算告一段落。Apps 好比實體的家具，在找到變異較小的標準之前，仍存在著無窮的變數。未來這塊領域的人才是一大需求。

If you are not technical, you have many opportunities in your future just knowing how people do things. Do listen to elders. They are mentors who have been in this world working with other humans doing the important things that make life work a lot longer than you students. The world needs all kinds of human effort to work and to progress. It doesn’t need for everyone to be a computer programmer, for example. We need mathematicians, scientists, archaeologists, writers, and every capacity of job for things to work.

如果沒有技術背景，你要找更多機會去了解人們如何發揮專長，要多聽前輩的建議，他們是和其他人一起從事讓生活更有價值的重要議題之良師。這個世界需要各行各業去運作和發展。並不是每個人都必須成為電腦工程師，我們還需要數學家、科學家、考古學者、作家以及任何一種具備生活運轉的作業能力。

Look at companies that you might someday work for. The hot products suggest some of these companies. But pay attention to how good the companies are to employees. Do they respect the employees? Do they allow them a large amount of decision making at the bottom of the org chart? Are responsibilities moved down rather than coming as orders from above. Is there room for growth and advancement in a particular company? Does the company consider employees as family? Will they take care of you if at some point your job is not working out? Will they find a better role for you? It‘s a bad thought that companies easily fire employees and leave them with no income to support a family and home.

看看你未來可能會進去工作的團隊，熱門產品正在暗示其中幾家可以應徵的公司。但是要注意公司如何對待員工，公司尊重員工嗎？公司允許組織底層的員工作決策嗎？公司上層交付給下層的是責任還是命令？這家公司還有成長的潛力嗎？公司有把員工當成家人嗎？公司會在士氣低迷時鼓舞員工嗎？公司願意就員工狀態調整職務嗎？如果說，公司輕易開除員工，讓員工沒有薪水維持家計，那還真是糟糕。

best, 祝 一切順利             ʞɐıuzoʍ ǝʌǝʇs

Ever have one of those days when you're unsure if you can make it to the end of the day without snoozing at your desk? Those sleepless nights can be tough, but staying awake on the job is even more painful. Too much coffee can make you jittery, so read on to find out what else you can do to avoid snoring at work.

1.Pen Your Thoughts     寫下所思所想
Take notes to keep yourself focused on your tasks. It's also a good way to keep your sleep-deprived self from making careless mistakes.
記筆記讓自己集中注意力工作。這也能很好地驅趕睡意，避免粗心犯錯。

2.Splash of Cold Water     拍點冷水
There's nothing as refreshing as cool water on your face. Splash some on during a bathroom break to keep you alert.
再沒什麼能比往臉上拍點冷水更讓人神清氣爽了。去洗手間的時候順便拍點冷水，讓自己保持清醒吧。

3.Caffeine For the Eyes     來點滴眼液
Using minty eye drops will double the jolt. This is a great tip because you don't have to leave your desk to do it.
薄荷滴眼液能讓人格外清醒。這絕對是個好建議，畢竟滴眼藥水都不用離開辦公桌哦。

4.Mints to Refresh Your Mind     吃點薄荷糖醒醒腦
Personally, I find that in addition to freshening my breath, mints keep my thoughts fresh!
我個人覺得，薄荷糖不僅可以清新口氣，還能活躍思維！

5.Up and at 'Em     運動起來
Taking a quick break to do jumping jacks or stretching (perhaps in the bathroom for some privacy) is a good way to get the blood circulating and get you through the day.
做做開合跳或伸展運動就能快速地休息一下（隱私起見，或許可以在洗手間進行）。這樣做可以很好地促進血液迴圈，讓你一整天都能清醒工作。

6.No More Sugar Lovin'     拒絕甜食
Eating sugar-laden foods will only keep you awake for a short while. Once that sugar rush wears off, you will feel more sleepy than ever. Stay off the sweet stuff and munch on healthy options like nuts instead.
吃甜食只能讓你清醒一小會兒。一旦甜味沖淡，你會覺得更疲倦。遠離甜食，選擇堅果類的健康食物吧。

7.Keep That Belly Full     別餓著肚子
Eating a good and balanced meal will keep you energized throughout the day. Try not to overeat because that may induce food coma and make you feel sleepier.
美味平衡的飲食能讓你全天都精力充沛。但也別吃太飽，太飽的話容易厭倦，反倒覺得更困。

8.A Ray of Sunshine     曬曬太陽
Try to get some sun if you can. Bring the shades up or take a short walk to soak in the sunshine. It will make your body feel more awake and facilitate a better adjustment to daytime mode.
有條件的話就曬曬太陽吧。趕走陰氣，在陽光下散散步。這會喚醒你的身體，使它白天調整到更好的工作狀態。