施瓦辛格在清华大学的演讲.docx

施瓦辛格在清华大学的演讲
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——美国加州前州长阿诺德·施瓦辛格在清华大学的演讲
itiswonderfultobehereatthisuniversity.whataspecialplace.ijustlookedaroundalittlebithere，it’sagorgeous，gorgeousplace.iwanttocongratulateyouforgoingtothismagnificentuniversityhere.
now，thelasttimeiwashereinchinawasfiveyearsago，andtheniwaspromotingmymovies.theyhadamoviefestivalhere，thearnoldschwarzeneggermoviefestival.iremembertheyshowedallmymoviesforaweek—whichwasararity，mayiremindyou—andtheyalsoshowedthemoviesontelevision.butwealsowereheretopromotespecialolympics，whichisanorganizationthathelpspeoplewithmentaldisabilities，soiwashereforbothreasons.
butthistimei’mhereasthegovernorofthegreatstateofcalifornia.i’mhererepresentingthepeopleofcalifornia，andwe’rehereonatrademissiontoseehowwecandomorebusinesswithchinaandtohelpeachother，becausebothcaliforniaisaveryfastgrowingstate，andchinaisaveryfastgrowingcountry，andtherearealotofthingsthatwecandoforoneanother.
butididn’twanttomisstheopportunitytocomeheretodayandtotalkwiththeyoungpeople;asamatteroffact，tothebrightestyoungpeopleofchina.andthisiswhyitissogreattobehereatthetsinghuauniversity，andi’mhonoredthatiwasinvitedhere.
now，ireadalittlebitaboutthehistoryoftsinghua，andilearnedthatactuallythisschooloriginallypreparedstudentstoattenduniversitiesinamerica.now，ialsoknowthatsincetheattackonourworldtradecentersithasbecomemoreandmoredifficulttogototheuniversitiesinamericabecauseyouneedtofilloutallkindsofpaperworknowandyouhavetogetvisas，andit’sverycomplicated，andyouhavetowaitamuchlongerperiodoftimetogooverthere.butletmetellyou，thingsareimprovingalready.i’veheardthatit’seasingup，therestrictions，andit’seasiertogetavisa.myyoungchinesefriends，iwanttotellyouthatincasenoonefromamericahaseverinvitedyou，letmedothisrightnowpersonally.iwanttowarmlyinviteallofyouheretocometotheunitedstates，andespeciallytocometocalifornia，becausethat’sthehappeningplace.californiaisthebestplace.
pleasecomeandvisitus，wewillwelcomeyou.iinviteyoualltocomethereandtotravel，tomeettheamericanpeople，andtocomethereandstudyinouruniversities，andsomedayhopefullyyouwillcomeanddobusinessoverthere，ormaybeyou’llwanttomoveoverthere.whateveryourgoalis，you’realwayswelcome.america，afterall，let’snotforget，isthelandofopportunity.andit’snotonlythelandofopportunityforaustrianslikeme，butforchinesepeopleaswell.rememberthat.
iknowthatbeginningwiththiscentury，chinaisalsobecomingalandofopportunity.
1it’safastgrowingplace，andasthestudentsofthisgreatuniversityandthecitizensofarisingchina，ithinkthatyouhaveagreatfuturealsohereinthiscountry.andtodayiwanttotalktoyoualittlebitaboutthedreams，aboutthedreamsofyourfuture，anddreamsforthiscountry.iwanttotalktoyoualittlebitaboutdreams，becauseitseemstomethati’msomewhatofanexpertindreams，becauseihadalotofmydreamsbecomeareality.soletmejustbrieflytellyoumystory，andtellyoualittlebitabouthowistartedwithmycareer.ithinkthatthisstorykindofrelatesalittlebitalsotoyou，andalsotochina.
istartedwaybackasaweightlifter.ialwayslikedtheideaofliftingweightsandbeingabodybuilder.fromthefirstmomentwhenigrippedabarbellandhelditaroundthebarandliftedthesteelupovermyhead，ifeltthisexhilaration，andiknewthenthatthisissomethingthati’mgoingtodo;thatiwasinlovewiththat，andthisisgoingtobesomethingthati’mgoingtodo.i’mgoingtopursuethesportofweightliftingandbodybuilding.
now，irememberthefirstrealworkoutthatihad.eightmilesawayfrommyhomevillageinaustriatherewasagymnasium，andirodetothatgymnasiumwithabicycle.andthereitrainedforhalfanhour，becausetheysaidthatafterhalfanhouryoushouldstopbecauseotherwiseyourbodywillgetreallysore.butafterhalfanhourilookedatmybody，andnothinghadhappened.soisaid，"i’dbetterworkoutforanotherhalfhour."soiliftedsomemore.mystrengthdidn’timprove，ididn’tseethemusclespopoutoranythinglikethat，soitrainedforanotherhalfanhour.andthenafteranotherhalfhouritrainedanotherhalfhour，andalltogetheritrainedtwoandahalfhours.well，letmetellyousomething.aftertwoandahalfhours—eventhoughtheytoldmethatishouldn’ttrainthatmuchoriwouldgetreallysore—ileftthegymnasium，irodemybicyclehome.andafterthefirstmileigotnumb，andicouldn’tfeelanymorethehandleofthebicycle，andifelloffthebikeandifellintotheditchonthesideoftheroad.soigotupagainanditrieditagain.anotherfewyards，ifelloffthebicycleagain.anditrieditthree，fourmoretimes，andijustcouldn’tridemybicyclebecausemybodywassonumbandmylegsfeltlikenoodles.
well，letmetellyousomething.thenextmorningwhenigotup，mybodywassosorethaticouldn’tevenliftmyarmstocombmyhair.ihadtohavemymothercombmyhair，andyouknowhowembarrassingthatis.butyouknowsomething。ilearnedaveryimportantlesson，thatpainmeansprogress.painisprogress.eachtimemymusclesweresorefromaworkoutiknewthattheyweregrowingandtheyweregettingstronger.
ithinkthereisareallifelessoninthat.aftertwoorthreeyearsofdisciplineanddeterminationandworkingouthard，iactuallychangedmybody，andichangedmystrength.andthattoldmesomething;thatificouldchangemybodythatmuch，andificouldchangethestrengthofmybodythatmuch，thenicouldalsochangeanythingelse.icouldchangemyhabits，icouldchangemyintelligence，icouldchangemyattitude，
2mymind，myfuture，mylife.andthisisexactlywhatihavedone.ithinkthatthatlessonappliestopeople，anditalsoappliestocountries.youcanchange，chinacanchange，everyoneintheworldcanchange.
myparents，ofcourse，ihavetotellyou，didn’tunderstandmydreamsatall.theywerealwayswondering，theysaid，"whatishedoing。whenareyougoingtogetajob，arealjob。whenareyougoingtomakemoney。"andallofthosequestionsigot.andtheysaid，"ihopewedidn’traiseabum，someonethatdoesn’tmakemoneyandjustwantstoliveinagymnasiumandthinkabouttheirbodies."well，ienduredallofthisnegativethinking，andthemorenegativethethinkinggot，andthemorenegativethequestionsgot，thestrongerandthemorepositiveibecame，thestrongeribecameinside.soofcoursesomeofyourfamiliesmaybethinkthesameway，andthisiswhyi’mmentioningthat.someofyourfamiliesmaybedon’tbelieveinyourdreams.butletmetellyousomething，myyoungfriends.keepyourdreams.nomatterwhat，keepyourdreams.don’tgiveuponthem，evenwhenyouaretemporarilydefeatedordenied.keepyourdreams.
irememberthefirsttimeiwenttotheunitedstatesandiwascompetinginacompetition，theworldchampionshipsinbodybuilding.ilost.icameinsecond，andiwasdevastated.iwascrushed.ifeltlikealoser，amajorloser，letmetellyou.icried，asamatteroffact，becauseifeltlikeidisappointedmyfriendsandidisappointedmyself.butthenextdayigotmyacttogether，ishiftedgears，andisaid，"i’mgoingtolearnfromthatlesson.i’mgoingtostayhereinamerica.i’mnotgoingtogobacktoeurope.i’mgoingtostayinamericaandi’mgoingtotrainwiththeamericanchampions，i’mgoingtotraintheamericanway.i’mgoingtoeattheamericanfood，i’mgoingtotrainwiththeamericanmachinesandtheprinciples.andayearlater，inamerica，ibecametheworldchampioninbodybuilding.soithinkthisisavery，veryimportantlesson.
andfromthenon，icontinued.mycareertookoff，andeverythingthatiwantedtodoiaccomplished.firstitwastobecomeachampioninbodybuilding.lateronibecameamoviestar，todoallthegreatmovies，theconanmoviesandtheterminatormoviesandallthis.thenibecamethegovernorofthegreatstateofcalifornia，ofthesixthlargesteconomyintheworld.allofthishappenedbecauseofmydreams，eventhoughotherpeopletoldmethatthosedreamswerebogusandtheywerecrazy，butiheldontomydreams.
andpeoplewouldalwayssay，nomatterwhat，eveninbodybuildingtheysaidiwouldnevermakeit.andlateroninthemovies，inhollywoodtheysaidiwouldnotmakeit.theysaid，"youwillnevermakeit.youhaveagermanaccent.nooneinhollywoodhasevermadeitwithagermanaccent.yeah，maybeyoucanplaysomenazirolesorsomethinglikethat，butyoucannotbecomealeadingstarwithanaccent.plusyourbody，you’reoverdeveloped，youhaveallthesemuscles.theydidherculesmovies20yearsago，that’soutdated.nowit’swoodyallen.woodyallenisin，his
3bodyisin."andthosewerethemessages."andalpacino，theskinnyguy，heisin.butnotyourbody，it’stoobig.andyourname，schwarzenegger，itwillneverfitonamovieposter.forgetit.forgetit，youwillnevermakeit.gobacktobodybuilding."
well，therestishistory.afterterminator3，ibecamethehighestpaidmoviestarinhollywood.andletmetellyousomething，itcontinuedon.evenwheniranforgovernorpeoplesaid，"arnold，youwillnevermakeit.youwillneverbecomegovernorofcalifornia.whatdoyouknowaboutgovernment。"well，thefactis，iknewexactlyasmuchaboutgovernmentastherestofthepeopleknewincalifornia，whichisthatgovernmentisoutoftouch，andit’soutofsyncwiththepeople，anditneededashakeup.soididn’tlistentoallthosepeoplethatsaidiwouldnevermakeit.icontinuedcampaigning，ilistenedtomydreams，andtherestalsoishistory.ibecamegovernor.
soalwaysitjustcarriedmeon，thosedreams.sobodybuildinggavemetheconfidence，moviesgavemethemoney，andpubicserviceandbeingagovernorgavemeapurposelargerthanmyself.andthatisthebriefstoryofmydreamsandabriefstoryofmyearlylife，andhowmydreamsmademesuccessful.
aperson，ofcourseshouldnotbestingywiththeirdreams.soi，ofcourse，don’tjustthinkanddreamaboutmyself，butialsohavedreamsforyou，anddreamsforchina.soletmejusttalkalittlebitaboutthat.china’seconomyhasbecomeanengineofhumanprogress，liftingmillionsofpeopleoutofpoverty.thisisamoralandeconomicgoodforchinaandfortherestoftheworldioftenreadthatchina’seconomyislikelytobecomethelargestintheworldoverthenext50years，andithinkthisisterrific.thisdoesnotmean，ofcourse，thatamericawillgetpoorer;itjustmeansthatchinawillgetricher，andtheunitedstateswillbenefitfromchina’sprogressasmuchastheu.s.benefitedfromtheriseofwesterneuropeafterworldwarii.
someinmycountryfearthatchina’sresearchanddevelopmentwillovertakeamerica’s，butibelievethatamericaandtheworldwillbenefitfromchina’sscientificandtechnologicaladvances.ithinkwewillbenefitfromthat.ifchinamakesadvancesinstemcellresearch，therestoftheworldwillbenefitfromthat.ifchinadiscoversanenergybreakthrough，thisisgoodfortherestoftheworld，suchasthebenefitofafreemarket.
somefearthatchinawillbuyupamericancompanies，butthatfearalsoexistedinthe‘80s，whenamericafearedthatjapanwasgoingtobuyupamericancompanies.sowhat。itwasjustgood，andtothebenefitofamerica.weshouldwelcomechina’sinvestmentinamericancompanies，justaswewelcomethebillionsofdollarsthatchinahasinvestedinu.s.treasurybonds.thisshowsthatchinahasfaithinamerica，andamericaninvestmentinchinashowsthatwehavefaithinyou.soibelievethatchinaandu.s.economicrelationswillbecomeevencloserintheyearsahead.certainlyirealizethatwedonotagreeoneverything，butwhodoes。certainlyirealize
4thatchinahasmajorhurdlestoovercome，butitisnotformetosayhowchinashouldovercomethosehurdlesandachieveitsdreams.
buticantellyou，however，whathasgivenamericasuchenergyandstrengthoverthelast200years，andperhapstherearesomeinsightsinthisforchina.americaisanationthatbelievesinthepoweroftheindividual，andwhattheindividualcanaccomplish，nomatterthecolor，nomatterthereligion，nomattertheethnicbackgroundoftheindividual.
recently，asyouprobablyhaveread，rosaparks，aformerseamstressmarriedtoabarber，marriedtoahairdresser，died，andshelayinhonorintherotundaoftheus.capitolinwashington.peoplefromaroundamericacametosayfarewelltoherandtothankherforchangingourhistoryandforchangingoursociety.now，whatdidthis92year-oldblackwomandothatdeservedsuchgreathonor。whatdidshedo。well，in1955，thedaysofracialsegregation，shehadrefusedtogiveupherseatonthebustoawhiteman.shehadrefused.hersimplerefusaltomovetothebackofthebusputintomotioneventsthatledtomycountry’sgreatcivilrightsmovement.thesmallprotestofawomanthatmaybeweighedlessthan100lbs.broughtdownaracistsystem.asyoucansee，theindividualcanmakeadifference.
letmetellyouaboutanotherindividual，kenbehring，amillionairecaliforniabusinessmanwhofoundhispassioningivingwheelchairstopoorandphysicallydisabledpeopleallaroundtheglobe，includingchina.hesaysthathehasmetpeoplewhohavespentyearsinroomswithnowindow，justlyingthereandstaringupattheceiling，neverseeingtheoutsideworldunlesssomeonewaswillingtopickupthatpersonandtakethemoutsidetoshowthemtheworld.hesaysthatit’snowondersomanyofthosephysicallydisabledpeopledreamaboutbeingabird.mr.behringsaysthatmostofusthinkthatawheelchairwouldbeaconfinement，buttomillionsofpeopleitisnotaconfinement，itisfreedom，freedomtomoveandtogotoschool，freedomtovote，freedomtogetajob，andfreedomforhopeforthefuture.hehasgivenfreedomandwheelchairsto400，000peoplearoundtheworld.theindividualcanmakeadifference.
mymother-in-law，eunicekennedyshriver—ialwaysliketomentionher，becauseitgetsmeonthegoodsideofher—she，forinstance，startedanorganizationcalledspecialolympics.shestaredspecialolympicswhichisforpeoplewithmentaldisabilities.andofcoursewhenshestartedthatorganizationshewastoldbytheexperts，"don’tdoit.youcannottakepeoplewithmentaldisabilitiesoutofmentalinstitutionsandhavethemparticipateinsportsevents.theywilldrownintheswimmingpools.theywillkilleachotheroutthere，theywillhurteachother.don’tdoit."buteunicekennedyshriverhadadreamandapassion，andtodaymillionsofpeoplecompeteinspecialolympicsaroundtheworld，includingrighthereinchina.thisiswhyiwasherefiveyearsago.fiveyearsagoyouhad50，000participantsinthespecialolympics.today，fiveyearslater，youhave500，000participantsinspecialolympics.500，000
5peoplearegettingachancetoparticipateinsportsprograms，gettingachancetohavehealthcare，haveachancetobetreatedequally，withrespectandwithtolerance.soeunicekennedyshriverexemplifiesthattheindividualcanmakeadifference.
andithinkwhati’mtryingtosaytoyouisthateachandeveryoneofyoucanmakeadifference.soasyoustudyandasyoubecomesmarter，andasyoubecomericher，thinkaboutthat，thattherearemillionsofpeoplethatneedyourhelp.now，youmaybeaskyourselfthequestion，whatcanido。well，letmetellyou.eventhoughyoumaybehavenomoneyoranything，youcangooutandhelpachildthathasnotyetlearnedyethowtoread.youmaybecangooutandhelpapersonthatisphysicallyhandicapped，toliftthemupandtotakethemoutsidesotheycanseetheworld.therearesomanydifferentthingsthatyoucando.youmaybecantakeapersonthatismentallydisabled，totakethemtoasoccergame.thereareallkindsofthingsthattheindividualcandotoreachoutandtohelp.
imaginewhatcouldbeaccomplishedifthedreamsofchina’s1.3billionindividualscouldbeunleashed.imaginewhatcouldhappen.eachofyouherehasthepoweroftheindividualwithinyou，youhavethepowerofyourdreamswithinyou，andthesearetremendouspowers.you’reyoung，you’reeducated，andyouaretheverybestchinahastooffer.myyoungchinesefriends，ibelieveinyourdreams.ibelievethatyoucanachievethem，andibelieveyoucanmakeadifference，abigdifference.allyouhavetodoisjustmakethecommitment.allyouhavetodoiscreatetheactionandcommit，andsay，"let’sdoit."gooutanddoit.i’maskingyou.doitforyourself，doitforchina，anddoitforthegoodoftheworld.thankyouverymuchforlistening.
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