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工商時報【Nikki Lu】 閱讀暖身Mark Zuckerberg今年在哈佛大學畢業典禮發表演說，他說，千禧世代，只找到個人的使命是不夠的，我們必須創造一個每個人都擁有使命感的世界，一起做偉大的事；花一點時間幫助其他人、讓每個人有實現目標的自由，是世界進步的關鍵。以下是演講節錄。進入本文前，請先想想以下英文單字怎麼說：A.守衛；管理員 B.決定性的 C.使免疫 "Today I want to talk about purpose. But I'm not here to give you the standard commencement about finding your purpose. We're millennials. We'll try to do that instinctively. Instead, I'm here to tell you finding your purpose isn't enough. The challenge for our generation is creating a world where everyone has a sense of purpose." 今天我想談談目標，我不打算發表制式演說，告訴你們要尋找目標。我們是千禧一代，找到目標是我們的本能。我要說的是，找到目標是不夠的。我們這代人的挑戰，是創造一個人人都有使命感的世界。 "One of my favorite stories is when John F Kennedy visited the NASA space center, he saw a (A)janitor carrying a broom and he walked over and asked what he was doing. The janitor responded: 'Mr. President, I'm helping put a man on the moon'. Purpose is that sense that we are part of something bigger than ourselves, that we are needed, that we have something better ahead to work for. Purpose is what creates true happiness." 我最喜歡的故事之一是，小甘迺迪訪問NASA時，見到一個拿著掃把的管理員，他走過去問這人在幹什麼。管理員回答：「總統先生，我正在協助送一個人上月球。」 目標，是意識到我們屬於比自己更大的東西，世界需要我們，我們有需要努力的東西。目標能創造真正的快樂。 "Every generation has its (B)defining works. More than 300,000 people worked to put a man on the moon - including that janitor. Millions of volunteers (C)immunized children around the world against polio. Millions of more people built the Hoover dam and other great projects." 每一代都有自己的決定性作品。超過30萬人一起努力，讓人類登上月球─包括那位管理員；數百萬志願者為世界各地的孩童施打小兒麻痺疫苗；數以百萬計的人建造了胡佛水壩和其他偉大的計畫。 "In our society, we often don't do big things because we're so afraid of making mistakes that we ignore all the things wrong today if we do nothing. The reality is, anything we do will have issues in the future. But that can't keep us from starting." 在我們的社會裡，我們不常做偉大的事，因為我們害怕犯錯。但什麼都不做就是忽視今天所有的錯誤。事實上，我們做的任何事情將來都會有問題，但這不應該阻擋我們去解決它。 "So what are we waiting for? It's time for our generation-defining public works. How about stopping climate change before we destroy the planet and getting millions of people involved manufacturing and installing solar panels? How about curing all diseases and asking volunteers to track their health data and share their genomes? Today we spend 50x more treating people who are sick than we spend finding cures so people don't get sick in the first place. That makes no sense. We can fix this. How about modernizing democracy so everyone can vote online, and personalizing education so everyone can learn?" 那我們還在等什麼？ 該創造定義我們這一代的公共事務了。在我們摧毀地球之前，如何阻止氣候變遷？如何讓數百萬人參與生產、安裝太陽能發電板？如何治療所有疾病，要求志願者追蹤他們的健康數據，分享他們的基因組合？今天，比起預防人們罹患疾病，我們花了50倍以上的費用治療病人，這是不合理的，我們可以解開這個癥結點。或者我們如何讓民主現代化，每個人都能在網上投票，以及通過個人化教育，讓每個人都能學習？ These achievements are (1)within our reach. Let's do them all in a way that gives everyone in our society a role. Let's do big things, not only to create progress, but to create purpose. 這是我們能力範圍內可實現的成就，我們可以讓社會中每個人都有角色一同實現。讓我們做一些偉大的事，不只要創造進步，更創造目標使命。 世界公民，這是商業英語的last mile！ 很多人都說，英文好薪水會加倍，可以換到外商工作、可以更輕鬆溝通……英文確實可以為你做很多很多事，但是，它能為你的人生帶來的最大祝福是：找回失去的自信、耐心、膽量……還有，花了二十年還在跟英文纏鬥的人。人生不要一輩子都在跟英文纏鬥吧，要嘛放棄它不要有罪惡感，要不就征服它帶來成就感，英文學習的最後一站，報名電話（台北）02-27215033、（新竹）03-5782199，www.core-corner.com。