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第4期:雪莉桑德伯格哈佛大学2014毕业典礼演讲(4)

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when a staff member informed me very firmly that the ladies' room was over there and I should be sure not to go up stairs
结果一位员工很肯定地告诉我女卫生间在那里我务必不要上楼去

because women are never allowed in this building
因为女性不允许进入这座建筑

I didn't realize I was in an all-male club until that minute
我直到这时才意识到自己来到了一家全男性俱乐部

I spent the rest of the night wondering what I was doing there
剩下的整个晚上我一直都在纳闷自己来这里做什么

wondering what everyone else was doing there
纳闷其他人都在做什么

wondering if any of my friends in San Francisco would invite me to a party at a club that didn't allow Blacks or Jews or Asians or gays
纳闷旧金山会不会有朋友邀请我去一个不允许黑人犹太人亚洲人或同性恋者的俱乐部派对

Being invited to give a business speech at this club hit me even more egregious, because she couldn't claim that it was only social business that was done there
被邀请到这家俱乐部做商业演讲就更让人不爽了因为这根本就不是单纯的社交活动场所

My first thought was, "Really?" Really
我首先想到的是真的吗真的

A year after "Lean In", this dude thought it was a good idea to invite me to give a speech to his literal all-boys club
《向前一步》出版一年后这个伙计竟然认为邀请我到一家全男性俱乐部做演讲是一个好主意

And he wasn't alone,there is an entire committee of well respected businessman who joined him in issuing this kind invitation
他不是一个人很多备受尊敬的商务人士都和他一起发出了这份邀请

To paraphrase Groucho Marx and don't worry, I won't try to do the voice
转述格鲁乔·马克思的一句话别担心我不打算模仿他的声音

I don't want to speak in any club that won't have me as a member
我不会去任何不愿加我为会员的俱乐部做演讲

So I said no and I did it in a way I probably wouldn't have even 5 years before
我拒绝了我还做了一件也许五年前我不会做的事

I wrote a long and passionate email arguing that they should change their policies
我回了一长篇饱含激情的电子邮件告诉他们应当改变这一做法

They thanked me for my prompt response and wrote that perhaps things will eventually change
他们感谢了我的迅速回函写道也许情况最终会有所改变

Our expectations are too low
我们的期望值太低了

Eventually needs to become immediately
"最终"需要转化为"立刻"才行

We need to see the truth and speak the truth
我们需要看到真相讲出真相

We tolerate discrimination and we pretend that opportunity is equal
我们容忍歧视假装机会是平等的

Yes we elected an African-American president, but racism is pervasive still
没错我们选举了一位非裔美国人总统但种族主义仍然无处不在

Yes, there are women who run Fortune 500 companies,5 percent to be precise
没错确实有女性掌管着财富500强企业准确说是5%

but our road there is still paved with words like pussy and bossy
但我们的道路上充满了母老虎跋扈老女人这样的恶语

while our male peers are leaders and results focused
而我们的男性同行却被尊为领袖被认为成就卓著

African-American women have to prove that they're not angry
非裔美国女性总需要证明自己没有生气

Latinos risk being branded fiery hot heads
拉丁裔总是被打上暴躁急性子的标签

A group of Asian-American women and men in Facebook wore pins one day that said I may or may not be good enough
Facebook有一群亚裔男女胸口带着牌子说我有可能不够好

Yes, Harvard has a woman president and in two years, the United States may have a woman president
没错哈佛有一位女性校长也许两年后美国也会迎来首位女总统

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雪莉·桑德伯格（Sheryl Sandberg），1969年8月26日，生于华盛顿，2011年41岁，Facebook首席运营官，2011福布斯权势女性榜排名第5位。2008年3月，正当Facebook从一家受到广泛关注的创业公司向一家互联网巨头迈进时，桑德伯格从谷歌跳槽至这家社交网站。她负责Facebook的销售、营销、收购、合作、人士、公共政策和联络事宜，使该网站CEO马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）可以专注于Facebook的设计和新功能。雪莉·桑德伯格给此家初出茅庐的新兴企业带来了难得的成熟气息，帮助Facebook从一家热门创业公司走向互联网世界的主宰。在她的努力下，Facebook克服用户隐私问题的困扰，在全世界获得了5亿以上的用户，成为最重要的互联网企业之一。

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重点单词		查看全部解释
opportunity	[.ɔpə'tju:niti]	想一想再看 n. 机会，时机
tolerate	['tɔləreit]	想一想再看 vt. 容忍，忍受
pretend	[pri'tend]	想一想再看 v. 假装，装作 adj. 假装的	联想记忆 X 单词pretend 联想记忆： pre提前+tend伸展→提前伸出[想好借口]→假装，借口
precise	[pri'sais]	想一想再看 adj. 精确的，准确的，严格的，恰好的	联想记忆 X 单词precise 联想记忆： pre预先＋cise切开→预先切好→精确的，清楚的
prompt	[prɔmpt]	想一想再看 adj. 迅速的，敏捷的，立刻的 vt. 激起
social	['səuʃəl]	想一想再看 adj. 社会的，社交的 n. 社交聚会
paraphrase	['pærəfreiz]	想一想再看 n. 释义，解述，改写 v. 改写，解述	联想记忆 X 单词paraphrase 联想记忆： para旁边，phrase语言－写在旁边的语言－注释；意译
respected	[ri'spektid]	想一想再看 adj. 受尊敬的 v. 尊敬；重视（respect的过
fortune	['fɔ:tʃən]	想一想再看 n. 财产，命运，运气
informed	[in'fɔ:md]	想一想再看 adj. 见多识广的 v. 通告，告发 vbl. 通告，