Bill Gates給中學生的忠告（摘錄）

看看咱這世界首富Bill Gates是如何教育中學生的。他又直接，又實際，可不是跟你說教而已----這成功者就是不一樣，連說話都很成功哪。那每一句話，都是對你人生的一次啟迪。

1。 Life is not fair, get used to it.
　　生活是不公平的。你要去適應它。

2。The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
　　這個世界從來不在意你的自尊。這個世界隻指望你在自我感覺良好之前先做點什麽。

3。You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won"t be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.
　　高中一畢業，你不會一年掙4萬美元。你也不可能成為一個公司的副總裁，並且車裏還有電話，除非你把兩者（職位和帶電話的汽車）都掙到了手。

4。If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.
　　如果你認為你的老師嚴厲，等你有了老板再這麽說吧。那老板可是沒有任期期限的。

5。Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.
　　幹翻烙牛肉夾餅這活，可沒掃你的威風。你的祖父母對烙牛肉餅可有著不同的定義；那就叫：機遇。

6。If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about our mistakes, learn from them。
　　如果你陷入了困境，那可不是你父母的錯。所以啊，你不要尖叫抱怨自己的錯誤，從中吸取教訓吧。

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 are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try "delousing' the closet in your own room.
　　在你出生之前，你的父母可不像現在這般無聊乏味。他們變成今天這樣子，那完全是因為這些年來一直在為你付賬單，給你洗衣服，聽你大談你是如何的了不起(酷）。所以呀，你想要消滅你父母那一輩的"寄生蟲"來拯救雨林的話，你還是先去清除一下你房間衣儲裏的蟲子吧。

8。Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; 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.
　　也許你的學校已經不再分什麽優等生和劣等生，但生活可不是這樣。某些學校已經廢除了不及格留級；學校會給你n-次機會，隻要你想找到正確答案。這可和現實生活中的任何事都沒有一丁點相似之處。

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.
　　生活可沒有分什麽學期。你沒有那暑假可以休息，也沒有那個雇主想要幫你發現你的自我。你自個的事，得自個來。

10。Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
　　電視裏演的可不是真實的生活。現實中的人，可都得離開咖啡屋，去幹活。

11。Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
      你要善待那些呆頭呆腦的人（書蟲）。在現實中那可是太有可能了---到頭來啊，你得在一個極其乏味的人手下工作也不一定。

[林貝卡]

well-said.

[melly]

Not only for high school students but also me, an adult, who needs to be reminded from time to time. Thanks a lot.