今天在网上看到的一个关于Randy Pausch教授的《最后一课》

月25日，美国Carnegie Mellon大学计算机系教授兰迪·波许（Randy Pausch），因晚期癌症去世，享年47岁。
在去世前的10个月，也就是2007年9月18日，他做过一个著名的演说《最后一课》（The Last Lecture），回顾了自己的一生。这篇演说反响极大，数百万人观看了网上的视频，ABC电视网将他选为“2007年年度人物”之一，《时代》杂志将他列入了“世界上影响最大的100人”，同名书籍至今仍然排在“建议类畅销书”的榜首。


他患的是生存率最低的“癌中之王”胰腺癌。只要得病，几乎必死无疑，

他是一个很坚强的人
在他的演讲中这样说到：
We can’t change it, and we just have to decide how we’re
going to respond to that. We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we
play the hand. If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to
disappoint you. [laughter] And I assure you I am not in denial. It’s not like I’m not
aware of what’s going on. My family, my three kids, my wife, we just decamped.
We bought a lovely house in Chesapeake, Virginia, near Norfolk, and we’re doing
that because that’s a better place for the family to be, down the road. And the
other thing is I am in phenomenally good health right now. I mean it’s the greatest
thing of cognitive dissonance you will ever see is the fact that I am in really good
shape. In fact, I am in better shape than most of you. [Randy gets on the ground
and starts doing pushups] [Applause] So anybody who wants to cry or pity me can
down and do a few of those, and then you may pity me. [laughter]

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1 楼 nighthawk 2008-08-13  

兰迪.波许