EBS 파워잉글리쉬 2014년 10월 14일 화요일 Warren Buffett Speech - Part 2

Warren Buffett Speech - Part 2

 

I’d like for the moment to have you pretend I've made you a great offer, and I've told you that you could pick any one of your classmates— and you now know each other probably pretty well after being here for a while. You have 24 hours to think it over and you can pick any one of your classmates, and you get 10 percent of their earnings for the rest of their lives. And I ask you, what goes through your mind in determining which one of those you would pick? You can’t pick the one with the richest father, that doesn't count. I mean, you've got to do this on merit. But, you probably wouldn't pick the person that gets the highest grades in the class. 

I mean, there’s nothing wrong with getting the highest grades in the class, but that isn't going to be the quality that sets apart a big winner from the rest of the pack. Think about who you would pick and why. And I think you’ll find when you get through, you’ll pick some individual— you've all got the ability, you wouldn't be here otherwise. And you've all got the energy. I mean, the initiative is here, the intelligence is here throughout the class. But some of you are going to be bigger winners than others. 

And it gets down to a bunch of qualities that, interestingly enough, are self-made. I mean it’s not how tall you are. It’s not whether you can kick a football 60 yards. It’s not whether you can run the 100 yard dash in 10 seconds. It’s not whether you’re the best looking person in the room. It’s a whole bunch of qualities that really come out of Ben Franklin, or the Boy Scout coders, or whatever it may be. I mean, it’s integrity, it’s honesty, it’s generosity, it’s being willing to do more than your share, it’s just all those qualities that are self-selected.

[Vocab Tips]

* merit - 장점

* self-made - 스스로 만든

* initiative - 진취성 

* integrity - 진실성

[Expression of the day]

You have 24 hours to think it over.

당신은 24시간 동안 그것에 대해 곰곰이 생각할 수 있다.

You have 24 hours to give it some thought.

You have 24 hours to mull it over.

You have 24 hours to think about it.