Name: 阿伯的忠告！ (An old mans advice.)
Uploaded: 2026-01-04T19:05:18.000Z
Duration: 5 min 54 s

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I thought I'd talk to you a little bit this morning about, oh, by the way, this is a new computer and it does all kinds of things.

我今天早上想跟大家聊聊，對了，這是我的新電腦，它什麼都會做。

I'm not the sharpest tack in the box when it comes to this new equipment.

說到這些新設備，我真的不是最懂的那個。

You're talking to a guy or a guy speaking to you now that started driving a model, a car.

你現在聽我說話，我可是個從開車的舊款車開始的人。

I remember the first jet airplane and many first things.

我還記得第一架噴射機，還有很多第一次。

The iceman, delivering ice to an ice box, taking it off of a mule drawn wagon.

以前有送冰塊的，從騾子拉的貨車上把冰塊送到冰桶裡。

But I'd like to speak to you a little bit this morning about young people.

不過，今天早上我想跟各位聊聊年輕人。

In particular about accomplishing things.

When I was young, as you know, I had a difficult childhood.

就像你們知道的，我年輕的時候童年過得很辛苦。

But there's no excuse for people not being able to do what they want to do.

但這不能成為人們做不到自己想做之事的藉口。

你們可以做任何你們想做的事。

For example, as I've told you before, I lived in the back of an old car.

舉例來說，就像我之前跟你們說過的，我曾經住在一部舊車的後面。

所以如果你們還年輕，請不要放棄。

不要說這個世界就是跟我作對。

I went to college, got a little bit of college.

I've studied scripture for many, many years.

I buried a mother, father, sister, brother, wife and daughter.

我埋葬了我的母親、父親、姊姊、弟弟、妻子和女兒。

So a person can accomplish anything that they want.

所以一個人可以達成任何他想要的事情。

One time, to prove to myself that I was not an ignorant person, I bought a blackboard and I purchased a correspondence course for computer programming and I completed it with the blackboard.

有一次，為了證明自己不是一個無知的人，我買了一塊黑板，買了一門電腦程式設計的函授課程，然後用黑板把它學完了。

隨時都要努力讓自己變得更好。

Because when you do that, things expand, you understand more, you're happier, you're healthier.

因為當你這樣做時，事情會擴展，你會更瞭解，你會更快樂，你會更健康。

This old saying that if you don't use it, you lose it is absolutely true.

這句老話說「不用就會失去」是絕對正確的。

If you don't use that brain that God put in your head, one of these days you'll be sitting on a front porch somewhere and you won't hardly know what's going on.

如果你不用上帝放在你腦袋裡的那個大腦，總有一天你會坐在門廊上，對周遭發生的事一無所知。

If times are hard, good things nor bad things last forever.

如果時光艱難，好事壞事都不會永遠持續。

But most generally, we are in control of our own destiny.

但總的來說，我們掌握著自己的命運。

If you're not getting ahead, you need to do something to allow yourself to get ahead.

如果你沒有進步，你需要做些什麼來讓自己有所進步。

If you want a good job, if you want a secure future, you have to have something to offer a prospective employer.

如果你想要一份好工作，想要一個穩定的未來，你必須要有東西能提供給未來的僱主。

Now, I'm not saying you need a PhD or a master's degree.

現在，我不是說你需要博士或碩士學位。

But you do have to have something to offer.

There's going to be a time in this country that people that know how to work with their hands, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, cement layers, machine operators, mechanics, people that know how to work with their hands are going to be in great demand.

在這個國家，將會有一段時間，那些懂得用手工作的人，像是水電工、電工、木工、水泥工、機械操作員、技工，這些懂得用手工作的人，將會非常搶手。

You have to have education and training to be an engineer or a doctor or a lawyer.

你需要接受教育和訓練才能成為工程師、醫生或律師。

I'm a guy that came from living in the back of an old car to having a nice retirement.

我是個從開著舊車住在後面，到現在能有個不錯退休生活的人。

And to be able to talk to you on this thing.

而且還能透過這個東西跟你說話。

So I'm going to close, but I just wanted to share that with you this morning.

所以我要結束了，但我只是想在今天早上跟你分享這件事。

My grandmother always said, you know, when a baby smiles, the angels sing.

我奶奶總是說，你知道的，當寶寶微笑時，天使就會歌唱。

But young people, you're the backbone of this country.

但是年輕人，你們是這個國家的棟樑。

I don't care if you're in Asia, Africa, Korea, Japan.

我不在乎你們是在亞洲、非洲、韓國、日本。

You are the leaders, the future leaders of this world.

你們是領導者，是這個世界的未來領導者。

Don't be afraid to go after what you need.

Have a great day, and I'll see you tomorrow.