○  史上最狂妄的英语演讲稿：不因为学历束缚自我  ○

　　演讲人 Larry. Ellison是Oracle的CEO。 Larry. Ellison在耶鲁大学2000届毕业典礼上发表了以下世人看来最为狂妄、不受欢迎但又是现实真实状况的演讲。

　　Graduates of Yale University, I apologize if you have endured this type of prologue before, but I want you to do something for me. Please, take aood look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at the classmate on your right. Now, consider this: five years from now, 10 years from now, even 30 years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to be a loser. The person on your right, meanwhile, will also be a loser. And you, in the middle? What can you expect? Loser.Loserhood. Loser Cum Laude.

　　耶鲁的毕业生们，我很抱歉——如果你们不喜欢这样的开场。我想请你们为我做一件事。请你---好好看一看周围，看一看站在你左边的同学，看一看站在你右边的同学。请你设想这样的情况：从现在起5年之后，10年之后，或30年之后，今天站在你左边的这个人会是一个失败者;右边的这个人，同样，也是个失败者。而你，站在中间的家伙，你以为会怎样?一样是失败者。失败的经历。失败的优等生。

　　"You're upset. That's understandable. After all, how can I, Lawrence 'Larry'Ellison, college dropout, have the audacity to spout such heresy to the graduating class of one of the nation's most prestigious institutions? I'll tell you why. Because I, Lawrence "Larry" Ellison, second richest man on the planet, am a college dropout, and you are not.

　　你们感到沮丧，这是可以理解的。为什么，我，埃里森，一个退学生，竟然在美国最具声望的学府里这样厚颜地散布异端?我来告诉你原因。因为，我，埃里森，这个行星上第二富有的人，是个退学生，而你不是。

　　"Because Bill Gates, richest man on the planet -- for now, anyway -- is a college dropout, and you are not.

　　因为比尔·盖茨，这个行星上最富有的人——就目前而言---是个退学生，而你不是。

　　"Because Paul Allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped out of college, and you did not.

　　因为艾伦，这个行星上第三富有的人，也退了学，而你没有。

　　"And for good measure, because Michael Dell, No. 9 on the list and moving up fast, is a college dropout, and you, yet again, are not.

　　再来一点证据吧，因为戴尔，这个行星上第九富有的人——他的排位还在不断上升，也是个退学生。而你，不是。

　　"Hmm . . . you're very ups

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