B2169 字0:59演講美國腔發布於 2026年4月29日 · 更新於 2026年4月29日

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Steve was adopted at birth after his biological mother decided to find him a stable home.

史蒂夫在出生時就被領養了，因為他的生母決定為他找一個穩定的家。

His new parents made a promise that he would graduate from a university one day.

他的養父母許下承諾，他有一天會從大學畢業。

Because tuition was draining his working-class parents' savings, he decided to drop out of college.

因為學費正在耗盡他勞工階層父母的積蓄，他決定從大學輟學。

"I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out."

「我那時完全不知道我的人生想做什麼，也不知道大學要如何幫助我釐清這一點。」

He was fascinated by a calligraphy course and spent his time learning about beautiful letterforms.

他被一門書法課程深深吸引，並花時間學習美麗的字母形態。

He studied these artistic details even though they had no practical use for his career at the time.

儘管這些藝術細節在當時對他的職業生涯沒有實際用途，他還是研究了它們。

A decade later, he designed the first Macintosh and included everything he knew about elegant typography.

十年後，他設計了第一台麥金塔，並將他所知道關於優雅排版的一切都納入其中。

If he had not taken that class, personal computers would not have such beautiful fonts today.

如果他當時沒有上那堂課，現在的個人電腦就不會有如此美麗的字體。

Looking back, he believed that we must trust our destiny and the various experiences we collect along the way.

回首往事，他相信我們必須相信自己的命運，以及我們在人生道路上所累積的各種經驗。

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"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards."

展望未來時，你無法將生命中的點滴串聯起來；只有在回首過去時，你才能將它們聯繫在一起。

Steve Jobs at Stanford: Connecting the Dots賈伯斯：串連生命中的點滴

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