乔布斯演讲稿英文版.doc

Ｔｈａnk　ｙｏｕ。　I'ｍ　honoｒed　ｔo ｂe ｗｉtｈ　you　ｔｏdａy for　yｏuｒ ｃomｍenｃemｅｎt from one ｏｆ ｔhｅ　fiｎeｓt uｎiversｉties in tｈe　woｒld。 Trｕtｈ　ｂｅ ｔolｄ， I ｎevｅr　gｒaduaｔeｄ ｆrｏm ｃollｅgｅ　and　ｔｈis iｓ the ｃlｏsesｔ I've ｅｖｅr gｏtteｎ ｔo　a cｏllｅｇe　graduatiｏn.
Tｏｄaｙ I　waｎt to tｅｌl　yoｕ ｔhｒee　ｓtories　fｒoｍ my ｌiｆｅ。 That’ｓ　ｉt．　Ｎｏ ｂig deal。 Just tｈｒeｅ　ｓｔories。 Thｅ ｆiｒｓt　ｓｔory ｉs　about cｏnnｅctｉｎｇ　tｈｅ ｄots。
Ｉ　drｏｐped oｕt of Reｅd Coｌlege　aｆter　tｈe　fiｒst　six ｍｏｎtｈｓ buｔ then stayｅｄ ａround　aｓ　ａ ｄｒop-ｉn for　ａnotｈer　eｉghtｅｅn ｍｏnthｓ or so befoｒｅ I reallｙ quｉt。 Ｓｏ ｗｈｙ did I dｒop ouｔ? Iｔ stａrted before I ｗａｓ bｏｒn. Ｍy　biｏｌoｇｉcal mother wａs　a yoｕnｇ，　unｗed graduａｔe sｔuｄent， aｎd ｓｈe　ｄecｉdｅｄ to　pｕｔ ｍｅ uｐ fｏr　aｄoptiｏn．　Ｓhe felt　vｅｒy　stｒonglｙ　thaｔ　Ｉ　ｓｈｏｕｌd ｂe adｏpteｄ bｙ　cｏｌｌｅｇｅ grａduａteｓ， ｓo　eｖerｙthiｎｇ was　alｌ set for mｅ ｔｏ be　aｄoｐted　ａt　birｔｈ by ａ lawyer aｎｄ ｈｉｓ wｉｆｅ， eｘcｅpｔ　thaｔ ｗhｅn I ｐoppeｄ ｏut, theｙ decided　at the ｌasｔ mｉｎute ｔｈaｔ ｔhey　ｒｅａllｙ ｗantｅｄ a　gｉrl. Ｓｏ my　ｐaｒｅntｓ,　wｈｏ werｅ oｎ　a ｗａitｉng lisｔ, ｇｏt a call in　the ｍｉddle oｆ　tｈｅ nｉghｔ　aｓｋinｇ, "Ｗe＇ｖe ｇot　ａn unexpected baby boy。　Dｏ　yｏｕ want　ｈiｍ？” Ｔhey ｓaid, "Of couｒｓe。” My biｏloｇicaｌ motｈer fｏｕnd　out latｅｒ that my mｏther had　nevｅｒ　gradｕated ｆrom ｃolｌeｇｅ anｄ　thａt　ｍy father had nevｅｒ ｇｒadｕaｔed　frｏｍ hiｇｈ ｓchｏｏl。　She rｅｆｕsed tｏ sign　ｔhｅ fｉnａl adopｔion pａｐers． Sｈｅ oｎlｙ　relenｔｅｄ　ａ　fｅw ｍｏnths lａｔer when my　paｒentｓ　ｐｒｏｍｉsed　that I　wｏｕld ｇｏ　tｏ　colleｇe.
Thｉｓ　ｗas thｅ　ｓｔａrt ｉn my ｌifｅ.