第一单元
Could anyone rely on the kindne of strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to without any money, relying solely on the good will of his fellow Americans.The idea intrigued me.So I decided to make a trip from the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic Coast without a penny.I rose early on September 6,1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge.During the six weeks’ journey, I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles acro.I found that people were generally compaionate.Hearing I had whatever they happened to have with me.In Jamestown, Tenneee, a science teacher invited me to talk to her cla about my trip.All the kids were well-mannered and attentive.Their questions kept coming.I told the students how proud I was to live in a country where people were still willing to help out a stranger.I told them, “No matter who you are, you can still depend on the kindne of strangers.”
任何人都可以依靠陌生人这些天的好意呢？对此进行测试的一种方法是让一个人的旅程从东海岸到没有钱，只是他的美国同胞的良好意愿依托。这个想法吸引了我。所以，我决定从太平洋沿岸到大西洋海岸之旅没有一分钱。我于1994年9月6日清早起来，为首的金门大桥。在六周的旅程，我拴82游乐设施和覆盖4223英里跨越。我发现，人们普遍同情的。听到我不管他们碰巧有我。在詹姆斯敦，田纳西州，一个科学老师邀请我去跟她的课对我的行程。所有的孩子都彬彬有礼，周到。他们的问题不断涌现。我告诉学生我多么自豪是生活在一个国家，人们仍然愿意帮忙一个陌生人。我告诉他们，“不管你是谁，你仍然可以依靠陌生人的仁慈。”
第二单元
Optimism and peimism are powerful forces, and each of us must choose which we want, so as to shape our outlook and our expectations.From which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in hope or down in despair? An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; it’s a neceity.The way you look at life will determine how you feel, perform, and how well you will get along with others.Conversely, negative thoughts,attitudes, and expectations feed on themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy.Peimism creates a sad and hopele place where no one wants to live.When the world is seen as a hopeful, positive place, people are more likely to achieve.Optimism doesn’t need to be naïve.You can be an optimist and still recognize that problems exist and that some of them are not deal with easily.Yet optimism draws our attention away from negativism and channels it into positive, constructive thinking.When you’re an optimist, you’re more concerned with problem-solving than with usele fault-finding.To tackle a big problem, one needs both optimism and persistence.乐观和悲观都是强大的力量，和我们每个人都必须选择我们想要的，这样才能塑造我们的世界观和我们的预期。从哪个角度看我们要查看的生活吗？我们将在绝望中查找在希望或向下？乐观的态度不是一种奢侈品;这是一种必然。你看待生活的方式将决定你的感受，执行，你将如何与人相处。相反，消极的想法，态度和预期饲料本身;他们成为一个自我实现的预言。悲观创造一个没有人愿意住悲伤和绝望的地方。当世界被看作是一个乐观，积极的地方，人们更容易实现。乐观并不需要太天真。你可以是一个乐观主义者，仍然认识到存在的问题，他们中的一些不与轻松应对。然而，乐观吸引我们的注意力从消极和渠道它带到积极的，建设性的思考。当你是一个乐观主义者，你比无用挑毛病更关心的是解决问题。为了解决一个很大的问题，需要双方的乐观和坚持。
第三单元
There’s a difference between “being a writer” and writing.As a matter of fact, many who wish to be writers are longing for wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at the type-writer.They are not aware of the fact that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair.I remember when I became a freelance writer,I had no prospects at all.What I did have was a friend and a small storage room in an apartment building.It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom.Immediately I bought a used manual typewriter and plunged myself into writing.After a year or so, however, I was offered a job earning $6,000 a year.As the dollars were dancing in my head, something cleared my senses.From deep inside a bull-headed resolution welled u .I heard myself saying,“I’m going to stick it out and write.” I realized that you had to make sacrifices and live creatively to keep working at your dreams.Then, in 1970,17 years after I left the Coast Guard, Roots was published.The shadows had turned into dazzling limelight.有“当作家”和写作之间的差异。作为事实上，许多谁希望成为作家是财富和名望，而不是长时间独自打字机向往。他们不知道的事实，写作是孤独的，私人和收入差的行业事件。我还记得当我成为一名自由撰稿人，我没有前景可言。我唯一拥有的是一个朋友，在一座公寓楼的小储藏室。它甚至没有关系，这是冷的，没有浴室。我立刻买了一辆二手手动打字机，陷入自己写下来。一年半载之后，不过，我有一个工作机会年薪$ 6,000。由于美元在我的脑海跳舞，东西清除我的感官。从深牛市为首的分辨率里面涌出ü。我听见自己说，“我会坚持下去，写。”我意识到，你必须作出牺牲和生活创造性地守在你梦想的工作。然后，在1970年，我离开海岸警卫队建国后17年，根发表。阴影变成了耀眼的聚光灯下。
第四单元
In his commencement addre, Jobs tells us three stories from his life.The first story is about connecting the dots.Here “dots” refers to the many, varied experiences in your life.Jobs wants to stre that you can never know in advance what life will become.You can only know the significance of your various experiences by looking backwards.Therefore, you must bravely trust your intuition, believing that the path you have chosen will lead you to the life you truly want even when it leads you off the well-worn path.The second story Jobs tells is about love and lo.You’ve got to find what you love, and that is as true for work as it is for your lovers.The only way to be truly satisfied with life is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do.If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle.Sometimes the turn of events may be devastating, but don’t lose faith.All the loes you have stumbled into may bring about huge benefits later on.The third story Jobs tells is about death.Needle to say, no one wants to die, yet death is the destination we all share.Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.Don’t be trapped by dogma.Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice, and always have the courage to follow heart and intuition.在他的毕业典礼演讲上，乔布斯告诉我们，从他的生活中的三个故事。第一个故事是关于这点的。这里的“点”是指在你生活中的许多人来说，不同的经验。乔布斯想强调的是，你永远无法预知什么样的生活会变成。您只能通过回头看，知道你的各种经验的重要意义。因此，你必须勇敢地相信自己的直觉，相信你所选择的道路将引领你到你真正想要，即使它会导致你摆脱陈腐道路的使用寿命。
第二个故事讲述乔布斯是关于爱和损失。你必须要找到你所爱的东西，因为它是你的爱人是工作为真。只有这样，才能获得真正满足的生活就是做你相信是伟大的工作，做伟大工作的唯一途径就是热爱自己的工作。如果你还没找到这些事，继续找，别停顿。有时候，事情的转变可能是灾难性的，但不要丧失信心。你已经闯进了所有的损失可能会带来巨大的效益以后。
第三个故事讲述乔布斯是关于死亡。不用说，没有人愿意死，但是死亡是我们共同的终点。你的时间有限，所以不要浪费时间活在别人的生活里。不要被教条束缚。不要让别人的意见淹没了你内心的声音，始终要有勇气去听从心脏和直觉。
