公众人物毕业演讲(MP3+字幕)第95期:耶伦纽约大学(5)

Kandel's life, I believe demonstrates how a persistent curiosity can help us reach ambitious goals even with great roadblocks in the way

坎德尔的一生 很好地证明了持续的好奇心对雄心壮志的实现有多么重要它能让你不惧艰难险阻

A second tool for lifelong intellectual growth is a willingness to listen carefully to others

对于智力发展 受益终生的另一个工具是认真倾听他人的意愿

These days, technology allows us access to a great breadth of perspectives but it also allows us to limit what voices we hear to the narrow range we find most agreeable

现如今 科技让我们具有了前所未有的信息获取广度不过我们还是更愿意将自己听到的声音限定在自己最赞同的那一狭小范围内

Listening to others especially those with whom we disagree tests our own ideas and beliefs

倾听他人特别是那些你不赞同的人能够测试我们自身的想法和信念

It forces us to recognize, with humility that we don't have a monopoly on the truth

它能迫使我们谦逊地承认我们对真理并没有垄断权

Yankee Stadium is a natural venue for another lesson:

洋基体育场则见证了另一则启示

You won't succeed all the time

没人能够总是成功

Even Ruth, Gehrig and DiMaggio failed most of time when they stepped to the plate

就算是鲁斯 盖里格和狄马乔踏上棒球场时 很多时候也无法避免失败

Finding the right path in life, more often than not, involves some missteps

探索正确人生道路的过程中 自然也无法避免犯错

My Federal Reserve colleagues and I experienced this as we struggled to address a financialand economic crisis that threatened the global economy

我和美联储的同事都经历过这种挫折面对肆虐全球的金融和经济危机