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Since then, I've carved out this little niche for myself on the internet as an inventor of useless machines,

从那时起我在互联网上为自己发掘出了这么一个商机:无用机器发明者,
because as we all know, the easiest way to be at the top of your field is to choose a very small field.
因为大家都知道,成为你所在行业顶尖人物的最简单方法,就是选择一个非常小的行业。
So I run a YouTube channel about my machines, and I've done things like cutting hair with drones.
所以我在运营一个关于我的机器的YouTube频道,我有试过用无人机剪头发。
To a machine that helps me wake up in the morning, Ow! To this machine that helps me chop vegetables.
我还做过一台闹钟机器,噢!还有这台帮我切菜的机器。
I'm not an engineer. I did not study engineering in school. But I was a super ambitious student growing up.
我不是个工程师,我没学过工程学。但我从小就是个特别有远大志向的学生。
In middle school and high school, I had straight A's, and I graduated at the top of my year.
无论初中还是高中,我一路拿的都是A,而且我毕业那年还是名列前茅的。

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On the flip side of that, I struggled with very severe performance anxiety.

但另一面是,我当时有非常严重的表现焦虑。
Here's an email I sent to my brother around that time. "You won't understand how difficult it is for me to tell you, to confess this.
这是一封当时我写给我兄弟的邮件。“你不会明白,光是告诉你这件事,对我来说有多难。
I'm so freaking embarrassed. I don't want people to think that I'm stupid. Now I'm starting to cry too. Damn."
实在是太难堪了。我不希望人们觉得我是个傻子。我现在居然还开始哭了。真讨厌。”
And no, I did not accidentally burn our parents' house down.
别误会,我可没有不小心把爸妈的房子烧了。
The thing I'm writing about in the email and the thing I'm so upset about is that I got a B on a math test.
信里面那件让我如此焦虑不安的事,其实是有一次数学测验我只拿了B。
So something obviously happened between here and here.
所以这两种情况之间一定发生了什么事情。

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ambitious [æm'biʃəs]

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adj. 有雄心的,有抱负的,野心勃勃的

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understand [.ʌndə'stænd]

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vt. 理解,懂,听说,获悉,将 ... 理解为,认为<

 
anxiety [æŋ'zaiəti]

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n. 焦虑,担心,渴望

 
severe [si'viə]

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adj. 剧烈的,严重的,严峻的,严厉的,严格的

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upset [ʌp'set]

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adj. 心烦的,苦恼的,不安的
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vt. 掷,弹,轻击
vi. 翻转

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adj. 尴尬的,局促不安的,拮据的

 
performance [pə'fɔ:məns]

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n. 性能,本

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