俞敏洪:相信奮鬥的力量（雙語）

同學們好：

我始終相信任何一個人想要改變自己的人生，想要改變自己的命運，最佳的法寶或者說最好的力量，就是去進行奮鬥，我相信在座的各位同學坐在這兒也是來吸取這種力量。

我們每一個人出生都不一樣，曾經年輕的時候，抱怨自己生長在一個貧困家庭。曾經年輕的時候抱怨過自己的父母，什麼也不能給我。混遍北大整整七年，沒有一個女人愛上我的時候，我發現我的很多同學都已經談了好幾次戀愛。有的同學已經娶上了美麗的女人，成立了美好的家庭。當我發現至少每個同學都擁有一個健康身體的時候，我在大學三年級的時候得了肺結核。發現好像所有的生活黑暗和不如意都集中在你一個人身上，幸虧在這樣的過程中間我始終沒有放棄自己身上唯一的力量，這個力量就是我覺得只要努力，只要奮鬥，只要給我足夠的時間，我應該能夠改變自己的命運，我應該能夠讓自己的生活變得更好。而這種感覺來自於什麼地方呢，就是來自於我從小在農村的那種生活，來自於我自己大學聯考的啟示，因為對於我來說，農村孩子長大唯一可能的歸宿就是在農村。

Good students:

I always believe that any one person wants to change your life, want to change their own destiny, the best weapon or the best strength, is to struggle, I believe you all sitting here is to absorb the force.

Every one of us is born are not the same, when I was young, complain that they grew up in a poor family. Once when I was young, complain that their parents, what also can't give me. Mixing times of Peking University for seven years, not a woman fall in love with me, I find many of my classmates have talked several times in love. Some students have to marry a beautiful woman, set up a happy family. When I found at least each of the students have a healthy body, I got tuberculosis in the third grade of university. All life seems dark and unhappy are focused on you alone, but in the middle of this process I never give up on themselves the only power, the power is I think as long as you work hard, as long as the struggle, just give me enough time, I should be able to change their own destiny, I should be able to to make our lives better. And this feeling comes from what place, is from the I grew up in the rural life, from my own entrance of the enlightenment, because for me, the only possible end result of rural children grew up in the countryside.

我十四歲國中畢業，緊接著命運就對我做出了宣判，當時中國有一個政策，叫做貧下中農子女，一家只能有一個上高中，我姐上了高中，因此就輪不到我。所以其實我在十四歲的時候就認認真真地當過一回農民，在那個時候我就料定了自己這輩子大概只能在農村待著了。但是，老天給了我一個非常好的機會，這個機會就是“四人幫”粉碎以後，教育政策立刻就改變了。我們的國中老師想起了我，說俞敏洪是一直喜歡讀書的人，我們是不是可以把他破例地重新放到高中裡面來。我媽聽說我這個事情以後就非常地興奮，就找公社大隊的領導和學校的校長去不斷地說，說我兒子就是可以來的，所以我這輩子我最感激的就是我媽。這就是我的第一次機會，這個不是我奮鬥來的，是黨和國家給我的。

I am fourteen years old graduated from junior high school, then the fate I made the sentence, then Chinese has a policy, called the children of the poor and lower-middle peasants, a company can only have one high school, my sister went to high school, and therefore won't get me. So I was fourteen when I seriously when a farmer, at that time I knew your this life is probably only stay in the countryside. But, God gave me a very good opportunity, this opportunity is the "Gang of four" after grinding, education policy immediately changed. Our junior high school teacher reminds me, said Yu Minhong is always people who like reading, we Is it right? Can put him back on the high school consistently. My mom told me that after very excited, can commune brigade and the leadership of the headmaster of the school to continue to say, said my son is coming, so I this life I appreciate most is my mother. This is my first opportunity, this is not my struggle, is the party and the country to me.

高中畢業的時候，其實整個班全是農民，因為我們就是農村中學，幾乎沒有一個人會有信心說能考上大學，但是這個時候我碰上了一個好老師。這個老師現在還在南京，已經八十歲了，他在我們複習大學聯考的時候，高二的時候就對我們說了一句話，他說我知道你們在座的小子沒有一個能考上大學的，你們以後一定都是農民，但是我依然要求你們每一個人都去考大學，因為當你們以後回到農村，在田頭勞動的時候，當你拄著鋤頭仰望藍天，嘆息自己命運悲哀的時候，你會想起來，你曾經為了改變自己的命運而奮鬥過一次。

Graduation from high school, the whole class is full of farmers, because we are the rural middle school, almost no one can say with some confidence can be admitted to university, but this time I met a good teacher. The teacher is still in Nanjing, already eighty years old, when he was in our review of the college entrance examination, high school is said to us in a word, he said I know you here. No one can enter the University, you will all farmers, but I still want to ask each one of you to be admitted to the University, because when you return to the rural areas, in the field of labor, when you walk with a hoe to look up to the blue sky, when sigh their fate sad, you will think of it, you have to change your own destiny struggle once.

這句話，我到今天還能記得，大家想想這個印象多深，所以我就認定了自己一定要考大學，第二是我認定了一定要讓這個老師失望一次。但這只是一次美好的願望，我大學聯考第一年出來以後，英語分數只考了33分，儘管當年這個錄取的英語分數線也不高，最低大專錄取分數線就是我們江蘇有一個地區師範學院，只有40分，但是我只考了33分，差了7分，那麼我就想，如果我再努力一年，我也許就超過40分了，也許我就進這個大專去了，所以我就邊幹農活邊複習。當時農村連電燈都還沒有，在煤油燈底下複習，我就是在大學聯考複習的第二年眼睛近視了，所以第二年去大學聯考的時候考出來，考了55分，我拿到這個分數就特別高興，為什麼呢，我想錄取分數線是40分，我是55分，那麼我無論如何能夠進那個師範學院了。結果分數線下來以後，師範學院的分數線提到了60分，結果又差了5分。大學聯考兩次失敗以後反而讓我增加了信心，我就覺得我非要考第三年不可，所以我就跟我母親說，第三年我無論如何不幹農活，就是說一定要每天，所有的時間都交給我，但是我母親就說我再給你一年時間，但是我們家確實很窮，所以第三年如果你再考不上的話，你就只能是老老實實回來當農民。所以我第三年就拼命了，每天早上六點起來，晚上十二點睡覺，到第三年參加大學聯考的時候，成績一出來我就發現我的成績超過了北京大學的錄取分數線，所以後來就有幸跟撒貝南這樣的名人成了校友。

This sentence, I remember to this day still, you think about how deep this impression, so I knew that he must be admitted to the University, I have identified second is must let the teacher down a. But this is just a good wish, after my first year of college entrance examination, English scores only got 33 points, although the admission English score is not high, the lowest college admission scores that we have in Jiangsu normal college in one area, only 40 points, but I only got 33 points, difference 7 points, so I thought, if I try hard for a year, maybe I should just over 40 points, maybe I would enter the college to go to, so I'll edge farm edge review. When the countryside even lights are not, in the kerosene lamp under review, I was in the college entrance examination review second years near sighted, so when the second year to the college entrance examination test, test 55 points, I got this fraction is particularly happy, why, I think the admission scores 40 points, I was the 55 in any case, then I can get into the college. Results the fractional line down, normal school fractional line mentioned 60 points, and the difference of 5 points. After the college entrance examination two times but failed to increase my confidence, I think I am not to test third years can not, so I said to my mother, third years I in any case not to do farm work, that is to say every day, all the time to me, but my mother said I'll give you a years, but our family is very poor, so third years if you do not test, you are only just come back when the farmer. So I third years hard, every morning at six points, twelve points to sleep at night, to third years in the college entrance examination, the result came out I found my grades than Peking University admission scores, so later had the honor with Sa Beining celebrities such as alumni.

其實北京大學這四個字在我腦袋中連閃都沒閃過，所以這個例子給同學們又一個啟示。什麼啟示呢?人是要有夢想的，但是你夢想再大，你不去努力是不管用的，就像你爬山的時候，就算你不看那個山頭，你只要知道自己在向上爬，只要你爬的路是對的，你到達山頭只是一個時間問題。所以，回想我自己的生命，我覺得往往是我生活中帶來的一些失敗，最後促使我反彈起來，又夠著了一個新的目標。

In fact, this four word Peking University in my head didn't flash flash, so this example to give students a revelation. What enlightenment? A man must have a dream, you dream big, you don't go is useless, like when you climb a mountain, even if you do not see the mountain, as long as you know yourself in to climb, as long as you climb the right path, you get is just a question of time hill. So, back in my own life, I feel is often fail to bring about in my life, finally prompted me to bounce back, and reach a new goal.

我後來在八十年代末的時候想要出國去讀書，但是我聯絡幾十個大學，十幾個大學給我發錄取通知書，沒有一個大學給我發獎學金，都說你只能自己出錢了，而當時我在北大的工資，連獎金帶基本工資加起來大概一個月二百塊錢，換成美元，三十美元左右。美國的最低學費一個大學大概三萬美金，還不算你的生活費，我算了一下，一百年不吃不喝都不夠。所以我就想到了我應該要賺更多的錢，怎麼賺更多的錢呢?人有了需求就會有想法，有了想法就會有創新。當時剛好中國的外語培訓業已經開始轟轟烈烈地起來了，所以我就想我為什麼不自己辦一個培訓班呢?所以就有了新東方。新東方完全不是我理想的產物，有人說俞老師你做新東方，是不是想到了你要為中國教育要做貢獻，我想到的就是我要錢。但是今天的我，倒真的實實在在想要為中國的培訓事業，和中國的教育做點事情了。為什麼?因為你有了這樣的實力，你有了這樣力量，你有了這樣的基礎，那自然你就會做，所以我們不用去想太多.很多你沒有想到的事情可能會做到，那麼為什麼會做到呢?就是因為你在不斷地改變自己。我們永遠不可能說我們站在這個舞臺的中央，你就坐著，天上就掉下餡餅來，永遠不可能!這個世界上有偶然的運氣，有必然的運氣，如果你把偶然的運氣當做必然的運氣，你的生命就會越來越差。但是一個人可以追求必然的運氣，什麼叫必然的運氣，必然運氣就是通過自己的努力，踏踏實實地使自己達到了某一個狀態，達到了某一個境界，用你這個狀態，用你這個境界，用你這個身價去換取你所需要的東西，二十五年前的我在北大拿一百多塊錢的工資，這就是我的身價。十五年前的我在新東方我能掙的錢也就是勉強能夠養活自己，但是今天的我已經算是中國的在美國比較好的上市公司的老總之一，這個東西是我自己通過努力得來的，所以就不太容易被人剝奪，這個東西是我自己努力得來的，所以我得到了心安理得。這個東西是我努力得來的，所以我更加相信努力的力量，為我自己的後半輩子，我還會去持續不斷地繼續努力，這就是一個正向的，積極心態的迴圈。

I want to go abroad to study in the late eighty's, but I contacted dozens of University, more than a dozen University sent me the admission notice, not a university to send me a scholarship, all say that you only pay for their own, and I was in the north of the salary, bonus of base salary even with add up to about a two hundred yuan per month, in dollars, $thirty. The lowest tuition USA a university about $thirty thousand, not counting your living expenses, I forget what, eat or drink for one hundred years is not enough. So I think I should earn more money, how to make more money? A demand would have thought, have the idea will have the innovation. At that time just China foreign language training industry has started with vigour and vitality to it, so I thought, why don't I own a training class? So there will be a new oriental. Product of New Oriental is not my ideal, some people say that teachers do New Oriental, Is it right? Thought of you to Chinese education should make contributions, I think is me for money. But today I, really really want to Chinese training business, and Chinese education to do something. Why? Because you have this power, you have strength, you do, that you will do, so we don't have to think too much. You didn't think that things may be, so why do it? Just because you are constantly change their. We never said we stand at this stage of the central, sit, heaven will fall pie, never! This is dumb luck world, there is luck, if you make dumb luck as inevitable luck, your life will be getting worse. But one can pursue inevitably luck, what must inevitably luck, luck is through their own efforts, will make oneself achieved a certain state, reached a certain level, the state with you, with you this realm, with you this value for what you need, twenty-five years ago I took more than 100 dollars in the north of the wages, this is my worth. I was fifteen years ago in the New Oriental I can earn money also is barely enough to feed themselves, but today I was in one of the Chinese American Mister good listing Corporation, this thing is I through their own efforts to, so it is not easy to be deprived of, this thing is my own efforts to feel at ease and justified, so I got. This is something I worked for, so I believe that more efforts for the rest of my life, my own, I will go to continue to continue to work, this is a positive, positive cycle.

比如說現在的小年輕，我常常覺得很痛苦，為什麼呢?第一個，虛榮心特別地強，虛榮心強他關注的什麼呢?他關注的不是自己生活的狀態，他關注的是周邊人跟自己的比較以後，我能不能勝過周邊人。比如說中國人結婚以後，中國的女人比自己的丈夫，比的最多的就是你看你看，你的同學怎麼怎麼樣了。你看你看，隔壁的老張怎麼樣了，完了以後你看你這個窩囊廢，到現在還這個樣子。她從來不去想這個丈夫本身的好處在什麼地方，他的優缺點在什麼地方，她是通過個人比較，而比較的標準又特別地庸俗，不是比較對方更有錢，就是比較對方地位更高了。隔壁老張都升了局長了，你這窩囊廢，你跟他是同班同學，你現在還是個處長，你看你怎麼活的，還不如我嫁給老張算了，好面子就變成了一個人奮鬥的動力，而不是說真正的追求幸福的這個心態去變成自己奮鬥的動力，所以現在比如說很多年輕人都是貸款，買房買車，完了變成了房奴和車奴，完了生活就被毀掉了。為什麼呢?因為你在年紀輕輕的時候就背上了負擔以後，你有了一份工作你就不敢扔了，(被)鎖在一份工作上當然很好，表面上你很專注，但是另外一個方向就是，你失去了一切讓自己的生命可以在其它方向騰飛的機會。

For example, young now, I often feel very painful, why? First, particularly strong vanity, vanity strong he pay attention to what? He is not concerned with his life, he is concerned with the comparison of the surrounding people with their own future, I can not overcome the surrounding people. For example Chinese after marriage, China woman than her husband, than the most is you see you see, what your classmates. You see, how the next Zhang, after you see you this loser, still like this. She never went to the husband's own benefit in what place, what advantages and disadvantages in his place, she is the person comparison, and comparison criteria and in particular the vulgar, not to compare each other more money, is the position of the other side is higher. The next I raised the Secretary, you loser, you and he are classmates, you are still a director, you see how you live, not as good as I marry I forget it, good face became a power struggle, but is not that the mind and the pursuit of happiness to be true their power struggle, so now, like many young people buy a house to buy a car loan, a mortgage slave, finished and car mortgage slave, life has been destroyed. Why? Because after you when age gently on the back of the burden, you have a job you don't throw, (be) lock in a job is good, on the surface you are focused, but another direction is, you lose all your life can take off in the other the direction of the opportunity.

我當初之所以敢從北大出來，當初我自信地從北大出來，很簡單，我沒房沒車，北大給我安排的當時的宿舍就是十平米的宿舍，我想這十平米的宿舍不住也罷。所以出來，天地都在我身邊，就這種感覺，所以你不怕丟。一個人要不怕丟，因為你怕丟什麼東西都不可能得到，你想談戀愛你就可能失戀了。你想找工作你就可能會失業了。你要想高興就可能會失落。你想創業你就可能會失敗，所以失可能比你得還要更加地重要。

I'm from the north, at the outset I confidently from the north, is very simple, I have no house no car, north to my arrangement of the dormitory is ten square meters of dormitory, I think this ten square meters of dormitory not worth mentioning. So, the world is all in my side, just this kind of feeling, so you are not afraid of losing. A person should not be afraid of losing, because you are afraid of losing what things are impossible to get, you want to fall in love you may love. You want to find a job you may be unemployed. You want to be happy may be lost. You want to start you may fail, so the loss may be more important than you have to.

至於說我們的家庭背景，我在大學演講的時候會遇到很多學生來跟我討論問題，有同學說俞老師你看，你看我的同學，他們擁有無數的社會資源，現在社會資源越來越集中，完了像我們這樣窮人家來的孩子，我們已經爭取不到這個機會，這個世界是如此地不公平，我們這些人該怎麼辦?這個世界從來就沒有公平過，即使你到美國，也不可能有這樣的公平，但是中國其實還有另外一個好處，中國從來沒有社會，真正的社會階層等級概念。你從一個最普通的老百姓，只要你願意奮鬥出來，你就會被人一視同仁。所以儘管我們會發現周圍有資源的人會比你更早地擁有資源，但是人生不是百米賽跑，讓他們先得到好了，你給自己一輩子，這個自信人生二百年，會當擊水三千里，我們也許活不到二百年，但是一百年總可以吧。所以在我大學畢業的時候，全班同學畢業典禮上，大家每個人都要上去表態，我上去說的我到今天還依依稀稀記得。我說同學們大家都很厲害，你們的學習成績都那麼好，但是請大家相信我不會放棄自己，你們做了五年的事情，我做十年，你們做十年的我做二十年，你們做二十年的我做四十年，實在不行，這輩子我要保持健康心態，保持心情愉快，身體健康，到了八十歲以後，把你們一個一個送走了，我再走。

As for our family background, when I was in University speech will encounter a lot of students to talk with me, some students said Yu teacher you see, you see my classmates, they have a lot of social resources, social resources are now more and more concentrated, finished like us poor to children, we have to in this opportunity, the world is so unfair, we these people how to do? This world was never fair, even if you go American, it is impossible to have such a fair, but Chinese actually have another benefit, Chinese never society, the real social hierarchy concept. You from one of the most ordinary people, as long as you are willing to fight for it, you will be make no exception. So although we will find the resources around them will earlier than you have the resources, but life is not a 100 meter race, let them get good, you give yourself a lifetime, this two hundred years of self-confidence in life, when will Jishui 3000, we may not live to two hundred years, but one hundred years total. So when I graduated from the University, the class graduation ceremony, everyone will go to statement, I said to this day I still remember so thin. I said the classmates all very much, your grades are so good, but please believe that I won't give up yourself, you do the things I do for five years, ten years, you have ten years of me for twenty years, you have twenty years to do forty years, it is not, in this life I want to maintain a healthy state of mind, to maintain a pleasant mood, physical health, after eighty years old, give you a go, I go.

其實人生奮鬥沒法比，每個人都有自己的事業，每個人都有自己的人生，最重要的什麼呢?你跟自己比，就你跟自己比，你的今天是不是比昨天好，你的明天是不是比今天好，你的明年會不會比今年好，十年以後的你會不會比十年前站在這的今天的你要更好。還有的同學很有意思來問我說俞老師你看，我這個長相不怎麼樣，也影響了我的事業發展。比如說我去面試的時候，人家老闆一看我長得這副挫樣，他就不要我了。我說你敢這麼說，說明你內心還是有點自信的，所以人是什麼呢，人在三十歲以前長相可能是有一定的關係的。女孩子就算你再漂亮，過了三十歲你還能說老孃長得很妖嬈嗎?這感覺不對吧?就是說人是要有一點外表上的乾淨利落的感覺，但是到此為止了。一個男人天天在鏡子面前花半個小時打扮自己，我真看到過這樣的男人，半個小時都不止，我覺得男人連鏡子都不應該照的。你要知道，你這麼好的時間你不用在讓自己的生命變得更加有魅力上面，有什麼用呢?你再打扮，你能不老嗎?你再打扮到年紀大了，你能皺紋不上臉嗎?當你皺紋上臉的(時候)，皺紋中透露出的是庸俗還是透露的是智慧，這全是你現在要做的事情，所以同學們長相跟你沒關係。有一次一個小男孩，我在演講的時候跑上來，很矮。他說俞老師，我這樣一個人，在男人堆裡找不到自己，在女人堆裡我也找不到自己，實在太矮了，他說你看我這輩子怎麼辦?我說，你知道魯迅多高嗎?1米58。你知道鄧小平多高嗎?1米57。你知道拿破崙多高嗎?1米56。我說你多高，他說我1米55，我說你知道你應該變成什麼樣的人了吧。

In fact, life immeasurably, everyone has their own business, everyone has their own life, what is the most important? You tell yourself, you compare yourself, you Is it right? Today is better than yesterday, tomorrow you would Is it right? Better than today, you will next year than this year, ten years later, you will be better than ten years ago in this of you today. The students also very interesting to ask me that Yu teacher you see, my appearance is not how, also affected my career development. For example, when I went to the interview, boss look I have this pair of frustration, he do not want me. I say you dare to say so, that your heart is still a little self-confidence, so what is it, before thirty years old appearance may have a certain relationship. The girl even if you re beautiful, over the age of thirty you can say I am very enchanting? This doesn't feel right? That is to say the person should have a point on the surface of the smooth and clean feeling, but so far. A man every day in front of the mirror takes half an hour to dress myself, I really saw this man, more than half an hour, I think the man should not be taken even mirror. You know, you're such a good time you don't have to let my life become more attractive above, what is the use? You dress up again, can you not old? You go up to the older, you can wrinkle is not on the face? When you wrinkles on the face (time), revealed the wrinkles is vulgar or disclose is wisdom, this is all you have to do something now, so the students looks like you never mind. Once a little boy, I ran up during speeches, very short. He said Mr. Yu, I am such a person, not to find himself in the pile of men, in the woman that I can not find myself, really too short, he said that you see in this life I do? I said, do you know Lu Xun high? 1 meters 58. You know, Deng Xiaoping how high? 1 meters 57. You know how tall is Napoleon? 1 meters 56. I say you how high, he said I 1 m 55, I say you know you should become what kind of person.

人生是自己的選擇，你要把自己變成的是一個能夠不是對得起自己長相，而是對得起自己的內心，對得起自己的能力的人，應該是這樣去做的。所以同學們，大家一起共同努力，只要你自己相信，奮鬥能讓你改變自己，你的生命一定會越來越燦爛，我的演講到此為止，謝謝大家!

Life is a choice, you have to turn yourself into a can not live up to their appearance, but to live up to his heart, to pay their own capacity, should be to do so. So the students, everyone together, as long as you believe, strive to let you change yourself, your life will be more and more brilliant, my speech so far, thank you!