【乔布斯在斯坦福大学毕业典礼上的演讲原稿和译文】2005年4月，苹果公司创始人史蒂夫·乔布斯（Steve Jobs）在斯坦福大学的毕业典礼上发表了一次极具影响力的演讲。这次演讲不仅鼓舞了无数年轻人，也成为了许多人心中的经典。他用三个真实的故事，讲述了自己人生中最重要的经历与感悟。

原文：

"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 six months. But I didn't drop out of college. I just stopped going to classes and continued hanging around. I was a dropout, but I kept on taking classes that interested me. I took a calligraphy class, which I thought was going to be a waste of time. But it turned out to be one of the most important things I ever did in my life.

In the early days of Apple, when we were designing the Macintosh computer, we wanted to use beautiful typography. And because of that calligraphy class, I learned about the different fonts and the way they look. It was all a part of the design that made the Macintosh the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never taken that calligraphy class, the Mac would have never had such a beautiful typeface.

So, you can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future.

The second story is about love and loss.

I was adopted when I was born. My biological parents were young, unmarried, and not ready for a child. They gave me up for adoption, and I was raised by a family who didn’t have much money. But I was lucky. I grew up in a good home, and I was loved. But I always felt like an outsider. I was smart, and I was always trying to prove myself.

At 17, I started college, and at 20, I dropped out. At 21, I was fired from my job at Apple. I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. I was devastated. But I realized that I still had a lot of passion for what I did. I started a company called NeXT, and then another one called Pixar. Then I got married and had kids. And over the years, I came to realize that being fired from Apple was the best thing that ever happened to me.

The third story is about death.

When I was 30, I was diagnosed with cancer. The doctor told me I had a year to live. I was terrified. But as I sat there thinking about my mortality, I realized that I had been living with the fear of dying for too long. I decided to take action and make the most of the time I had left.

That experience changed my life. It made me focus on what really matters. It helped me make better decisions. And it taught me to live each day like it’s my last.

So, my message to you today is this: Don't settle. Stay hungry, stay foolish."

中文译文：

今天，我想跟大家分享我生命中的三个故事。就这么简单。没有特别的意思，就是三个故事。

第一个故事是关于“连接点”。

我在里德学院读了六个月就退学了。但我并没有真正离开大学。我只是不再去上课，而是继续留在那里。我是个退学生，但并没有放弃学习。我继续旁听那些让我感兴趣的课程。其中有一门书法课，我当时觉得这门课没什么用。但后来我发现，这是我一生中最重要的一门课之一。

在苹果公司早期，当我们设计第一台Macintosh电脑时，我们希望它能有漂亮的排版。而正是那堂书法课，让我学会了不同字体之间的区别以及它们的美感。这一切最终成为Macintosh电脑首次拥有漂亮字体的原因。如果我没有上过那门书法课，Macintosh就不会有如此优美的字体。

所以，你无法从现在往前看，把点连起来。你只能从过去回望，才能看到它们是如何连接在一起的。因此，你要相信，未来的某一天，这些点会自然而然地连起来。

第二个故事是关于爱与失去。

我出生后就被收养了。我的亲生父母年轻、未婚，还没有准备好要一个孩子。他们把我送人了，然后我被一对经济条件并不宽裕的家庭收养。但我很幸运，我成长在一个充满爱的家庭里。不过，我一直觉得自己像个局外人。我很聪明，总是试图证明自己。

17岁时，我开始上大学，20岁的时候退学了。21岁时，我被苹果公司解雇了。那时我完全不知道未来该怎么办。我非常沮丧。但后来我意识到，我对自己的工作仍然充满热情。于是我创办了NeXT公司，之后又创立了皮克斯动画工作室。然后我结婚了，有了孩子。多年来，我逐渐明白，被苹果公司解雇是我人生中最好的事情。

第三个故事是关于死亡。

当我30岁时，我被诊断出患有癌症。医生告诉我，我只剩下一年的时间了。我感到非常害怕。但当我坐在那里思考死亡的时候，我意识到，我已经对死亡产生了太多的恐惧。于是，我决定采取行动，充分利用剩下的时间。

这段经历改变了我的生活。它让我专注于真正重要的事情。它帮助我做出更好的决定。它教会我，每一天都要像最后一天一样去活。

所以，今天我要对你们说：不要妥协。保持饥饿，保持愚蠢。

结语：

乔布斯的演讲之所以打动人心，是因为他用最朴素的语言讲述了一个个真实的人生经历。他没有使用华丽的辞藻，也没有刻意煽情，而是用亲身经历告诉人们：人生的意义在于不断探索、坚持梦想，并勇敢面对未知。

无论你是正在寻找方向的年轻人，还是已经在职场打拼的成年人，乔布斯的这句话——“Stay hungry, stay foolish.”（保持饥饿，保持愚蠢）都值得深思。