比爾·蓋茨的十大人生定律

導讀：比爾·蓋茨的成功令很多人羨慕，也是無數人學習的榜樣。是什么力量令比爾·蓋茨獲得如此巨大的成功呢？來看看他的這些名言吧。

Life is not fair， get used to it.

生活是不公平的，你要去適應它。

The world wont care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.

這世界并不會在意你的自尊，而是要求你在自我感覺良好之前先有所成就。

You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You wont be a vice president with a car， until you earn both.

剛從學校畢業時你不可能一年掙4萬美元，更不會成為哪家公司的副總裁，還擁有一部汽車，直到你將這些都掙到手的那一天。

If you think your teacher is tough， wait till you get a boss. He doesnt have tenure.

如果你認為學校的老師過于嚴厲，等你上班以后再來想一想。你的老板可是沒有任期限制的。

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping； they called it opportunity.

賣漢堡包并不會損傷你的尊嚴。你的祖父母對賣漢堡包有著不同的理解，他們稱之為“機遇”。

If you mess up， its not your parents fault， so dont whine about our mistakes， learn from them.

如果你陷入困境，那不是你父母的過錯，不要將你理應承擔的責任轉嫁給他人，而要學著從中吸取教訓。

Before you were born， your parents werent 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，你的父母并不像現在這樣乏味。他們變成今天這個樣子是因為這些年來一直在為你付賬單、給你洗衣服、聽你說你有多酷。所以，當你想消滅你父母那一代的寄生蟲去拯救雨林時，先將你自己的房間清理干凈吧。

Your school may have done away with winners and losers， but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades； theyll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesnt bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life.

你所在的學校也許已經不再分優等生和劣等生，但生活卻并不如此。在某些學校已經沒有不及格的概念，學校會不斷地給你機會讓你進步，這和現實生活沒有一點相似之處。

Life is not divided into semesters. You dont get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own.

走出學校后的生活不像在學校一樣有學期之分，也沒有暑假之說。沒有幾位老板樂于幫你發現自我，你必須依靠自己去完成。

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

電視不是真實的生活。現實生活中，人們不得不離開咖啡館去工作。

Vocabulary

accomplish v. （尤指通過努力）完成，實現

earn v. 掙得

tough adj. 嚴厲的

fault n. 責任，過錯

bear v. 具有（相似之處或關系）

semester n. 學期