贝佐斯2010年在普林斯顿的演讲稿中英文

英语演讲稿经典名人英语演讲稿47：选择塑造人生（Amazon杰夫·贝索斯普林斯顿大学演讲）mp3But that I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy---they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.但是今天我想对你们说的是，天赋和选择不同。

聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。

天赋得来很容易——毕竟它们与生俱来。

而选择却颇为艰难。

如果一不小心你可能被天赋所诱惑，这可能会损害到你做出的选择。

This is a group with many gifts. I’m sure one of your gifts is the gift of a smart and capable brain. I’m confident that’s the case because admission is competitive and if there weren’t some signs that you’re clever, the dean of admission wouldn’t have let you in.在应各位都拥有许多夭赋。

我确信你们的天赋之一就是拥有精明能干的头脑。

我之所以如此确信，是因为入学竞争十分激烈，如果你们不能表现出聪明智慧，便没有资格进入这所学校。

在我还是一个孩子的时候，我的夏天总是在德州祖父母的农场中度过。

我帮忙修理风车，为牛接种疫苗，也做其它家务。

每天下午，我们都会看肥皂剧，尤其是《我们的岁月》。

我的祖父母参加了一个房车俱乐部，那是一群驾驶Airstream拖挂型房车的人们，他们结伴遍游美国和加拿大。

每隔几个夏天，我也会加入他们。

我们把房车挂在祖父的小汽车后面，然后加入300余名Airstream探险者们组成的浩荡队伍。

我爱我的祖父母，我崇敬他们，也真心期盼这些旅程。

那是一次我大概十岁时的旅行，我照例坐在后座的长椅上，祖父开着车，祖母坐在他旁边，吸着烟。

我讨厌烟味。

在那样的年纪，我会找任何借口做些估测或者小算术。

我会计算油耗还有杂货花销等鸡毛蒜皮的小事。

我听过一个有关吸烟的广告。

我记不得细节了，但是广告大意是说，每吸一口香烟会减少几分钟的寿命，大概是两分钟。

无论如何，我决定为祖母做个算术。

我估测了祖母每天要吸几支香烟，每支香烟要吸几口等等，然后心满意足地得出了一个合理的数字。

接着，我捅了捅坐在前面的祖母的头，又拍了拍她的肩膀，然后骄傲地宣称，“每天吸两分钟的烟，你就少活九年!”我清晰地记得接下来发生了什么，而那是我意料之外的。

我本期待着小聪明和算术技巧能赢得掌声，但那并没有发生。

相反，我的祖母哭泣起来。

我的祖父之前一直在默默开车，把车停在了路边，走下车来，打开了我的车门，等着我跟他下车。

我惹麻烦了吗?我的祖父是一个智慧而安静的人。

他从来没有对我说过严厉的话，难道这会是第一次?还是他会让我回到车上跟祖母道歉?我以前从未遇到过这种状况，因而也无从知晓会有什么后果发生。

我们在房车旁停下来。

祖父注视着我，沉默片刻，然后轻轻地、平静地说：“杰夫，有一天你会明白，善良比聪明更难。

”选择比天赋更重要今天我想对你们说的是，天赋和选择不同。

聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。

天赋得来很容易——毕竟它们与生俱来。

而选择则颇为不易。

如果一不小心，你可能被天赋所诱惑，这可能会损害到你做出的选择。

亚马逊CEO杰夫·贝索斯英语演讲稿Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy they re given after all. Choices canbe hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you re not careful, and if you do, it ll probablybe to the detriment of your choices.聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。

天赋得来很容易毕竟它们与生俱来。

而选择却颇为艰难。

如果一不小心，你可能被天赋所诱惑，这可能会损害到你做出的选择。

As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranchin Texas. I helped fixwindmills, vaccinate cattle, and do other chores. We also watched soap operas everyafternoon, especially Days of our Lives. My grandparents belonged to a Caravan Club, a groupof Airstream trailer owners who travel together around the U.S. and Canada. And every fewsummers, we d join the caravan. We d hitch up the Airstream trailer to my grandfather s car,and off we d go, in a line with 300 other Airstream adventurers. I loved and worshipped mygrandparents and I really looked forward to these trips. On one particular trip, I was about 10years old. I was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of the car. My grandfather wasdriving. And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips, andI hated the smell.在我还是一个孩子的时候，我的夏天总是在德州祖父母的农场中度过。

亚马逊CEO杰夫·贝索斯英语演讲稿Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy —they're given after all. Choices canbe hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probablybe to the detriment of your choices.聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。

天赋得来很容易——毕竟它们与生俱来。

而选择却颇为艰难。

如果一不小心，你可能被天赋所诱惑，这可能会损害到你做出的选择。

As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas. I helped fixwindmills, vaccinate cattle, and do other chores. We also watched soap operas everyafternoon, especially "Days of our Lives." My grandparents belonged to a Caravan Club, a groupof Airstream trailer owners who travel together around the U.S. and Canada. And every fewsummers, we'd join the caravan. We'd hitch up the Airstream trailer to my grandfather's car,and off we'd go, in a line with 300 other Airstream adventurers. I loved and worshipped mygrandparents and I really looked forward to these trips. On one particular trip, I was about 10years old. I was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of the car. My grandfather wasdriving. And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips, andI hated the smell.在我还是一个孩子的时候，我的夏天总是在德州祖父母的农场中度过。

亚马逊创始人jeff bezos在普林斯顿大学20XX年毕业典礼上的讲话（Speech by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos at Princeton University's graduation ceremony in 2010）“我们就是我们的选择”杰夫·贝佐斯的演讲，作为2010班的学生学士学位20XX年5月30日小时候，我和祖父母一起在德克萨斯的农场度过夏天。

我帮助修理风车，给牛接种疫苗，做其他家务。

我们也看肥皂剧，每天下午，尤其是“我们的日子”。

我的祖父母是一个房车俱乐部，一组气流拖车车主们一起旅行，在美国和加拿大。

每隔几个夏天，我也会加入他们。

我们把房车挂在我爷爷的车，然后我们就去了，在一个与其他300个气流冒险家线。

我爱并崇拜我的祖父母，我真的很期待这些旅行。

有一次，我10岁。

我在汽车后面的大板凳上打滚。

我爷爷在开车。

我祖母有乘客座位。

她在这些旅行中抽烟，我讨厌这种气味。

在那个年龄，我会找任何借口做估计，做一些小算术。

我会计算我们的汽油里程——计算出诸如杂货消费之类的无用统计数据。

我听过一个有关吸烟的广告活动。

我记不清细节了，但基本上广告说，每吸一支烟就要花掉你几分钟的时间：我想每发一次烟可能要两分钟。

无论如何，我决定为我的祖母计算数学。

我估计每一天香烟的数量，估计每支香烟的数量，等等。

当我很满意我想出了一个合理的数字时，我把头伸到汽车前面，轻轻拍了拍奶奶的肩膀，自豪地宣称：“每两分钟一次，你就把你的生命浪费了九年！”我对所发生的事情有一个清晰的记忆，而不是我所期望的。

我期待着为我的聪明和算术技巧而鼓掌。

”杰夫，你真聪明。

你必须做一些棘手的估计，算出一年中的分钟数，然后做一些除法。

相反，我的祖母突然大哭起来。

我坐在后座，不知道该怎么做。

我祖母坐在那里哭，我祖父默默地开车，把车停在公路的路肩上。

他下了车，转过身来，打开我的门，等着我跟着。

我遇到麻烦了吗？我的祖父是一个智慧而安静的人。

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And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.God bless you all, and God bless America.谢谢大家！尊敬的芮恩奎斯特大法官卡特总统布什总统克林顿总统尊敬的来宾们我的同胞们这次权利的和平过渡在历史上是罕见的但在美国是平常的。

选择造就了我们--杰夫贝索斯在普林斯顿大学2010届毕业典
礼上的演讲
Jeff Bezos;胡君(译)
【期刊名称】《新东方英语》
【年(卷),期】2013(000)012
【摘要】你会不会因自己天资聪颖而沾沾自喜？会不会因自己头脑灵光而以捉弄
别人为乐？你该如何利用自己的天资？如何作出正确的抉择？下面就让我们来听一听亚马逊的创始人杰夫•贝索斯在普林斯顿大学毕业典礼上所作的演讲。

通过演讲，他希望告诉大家：聪明是一种天资，善良是一种选择，最终造就我们的并非天资，而是一路走来的各种选择。

【总页数】4页(P38-41)
【作者】Jeff Bezos;胡君(译)
【作者单位】
【正文语种】中文
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背后故事：抵抗天赋的诱惑JeffBezos在普林斯顿的毕业典礼演讲稿。

一、谷歌的失败Jeff Bezos在演讲中提到了谷歌的失败。

谷歌的前CEO，Eric Schmidt，曾说过：“天赋是很重要的，但不足以成功。

做得更好的是，要有一个刻意的过程。

” Schmidt也许不曾想到，对于大多数人而言，让天赋见效，通常会比刻意练习更难。

在谷歌仍然处于初创期的时候，该公司的工程师 Ron Conway 提供了 $50,000美元的风险投资，以便他有机会投资该公司。

不幸的是，当时 Ron Conway 束手无策，没能抓住这个机会。

二十多年后，当 Conway 获得了 $50,000美元的利润时，他同谷歌一度失去联系。

Eric Schmidt 向 Ron Conway 描述了他当时的一种观点：谷歌的创造者具有与生俱来的技能，而这种技能是无法复制的。

他们有一种特殊的奇纳老字号基因，能够构建这样一种庞大的机器，这个机器用它们的搜索算法可以理解互联网，并找到你搜索的任何内容。

Eric Schmidt 的信仰是，谷歌的创造者是那种与生俱来的技能的化身。

二、打破天赋理论然而，任总也指出了天赋理论的不足之处。

如果一直相信，每个人都是天生高手，那么人就很容易把天赋视为绝对优势。

这将导致一些人不去尝试新的领域，因为他们相信已经达到极限了。

而那些原本不被认为是高手的人则更容易尝试新的领域，因为他们知道他们距离天赋差得更远。

这种反思，彰显出了他的人性和责任。

在与微软创始人比尔·盖茨的对话中，Bezos认为如果人们只注重“才华（talent）”，那么他们就必然会遇到局限和挫折。

他们必须要有冷静和操纵来应对生命中各种挑战，并把握到机会的时刻。

人们可以通过工作和实践来提高自己，不可停步于才华，这是他的信念。

三、抵抗天赋的诱惑Jeff Bezos说，我们必须要抵抗天赋的诱惑。

如果你相信你有一项非常特别的天赋，那么一旦这项才能在某些领域落后，你可能就会被拖入问题的汪洋大海中，在那里无法挣脱。

亚马逊CEO杰夫·贝索斯英语演讲稿Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy —they're given after all. Choices canbe hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probablybe to the detriment of your choices.聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。

天赋得来很容易——毕竟它们与生俱来。

而选择却颇为艰难。

如果一不小心，你可能被天赋所诱惑，这可能会损害到你做出的选择。

As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas. I helped fixwindmills, vaccinate cattle, and do other chores. We also watched soap operas everyafternoon, especially "Days of our Lives." My grandparents belonged to a Caravan Club, a groupof Airstream trailer owners who travel together around the U.S. and Canada. And every fewsummers, we'd join the caravan. We'd hitch up the Airstream trailer to my grandfather's car,and off we'd go, in a line with 300 other Airstream adventurers. I loved and worshipped mygrandparents and I really looked forward to these trips. On one particular trip, I was about 10years old. I was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of thecar. My grandfather wasdriving. And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips, andI hated the smell.在我还是一个孩子的时候，我的夏天总是在德州祖父母的农场中度过。