網路上流傳著 Bill Gates (比爾蓋茲) 曾經對一所高中演講 叫做 11 Rules your kids did not learn in school. 讀完後,感同身受,不禁把 Bill Gates 這篇演講和 賈伯斯在史丹福大學的演講 相互連結.在我近一步想要瞭解這些Rules時, 才發現這些金玉良言不是出字Bill Gates 而是Charles Sykes 的 書之所以被傳為是Bill Gates說的,而且又被精簡成11 Rules的原因是 第11條: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. (nerd 是笨蛋) 也許大家都認為 用 nerd 來形容 比爾蓋茲最為恰當
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
今天的功課是將這最廣為流傳的11句依照上課中所規定的題號寫出中文翻譯
範例: Rule 12:Humilation is a part of life. Deal with it.受到屈辱是生活中的一部分
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