Chapter 1　教育热点

硅谷传奇学校别出心裁打造企业家　Silicon Valley School Uses Unconven-tional Methods to Train Entrepreneurs

News Background

新闻导读

德雷普英雄学院（D r a p e r University of Heroes），是美国硅谷的一家民办高校，也是一个硅谷7周的创业培训项目，由德丰杰的创始人蒂姆·德雷普（Tim Draper）创办，并宣称是《哈利·波特》上的霍格沃茨魔法学院的硅谷现实版。蒂姆·德雷普建造这座学校的原因是“这个世界需要更多英雄”——更多的创业者，去解决我们实际存在的问题。德雷普英雄学院的最大特色是：每个学员在加入时都要签保密协议，保证打死都不会告诉别人到底在里面学了什么。外面的人万一问起，都要一脸神秘地回答：“不能说，但绝对改变你的人生。”

News Transcript

新闻正文

Most of the students did not expect jumping into a chilly pool with a billionaire investor would be their frst step at Draper University. But the unexpected is the norm at Draper, and Aima Ohiwerei from Nigeria is experiencing it frst-hand.

It's not like your regular school. Kind of like pushes you to try and imagine more than you can actually think you can imagine.Such ascrossing the street blindfolded with only the help of verbal instructions.Thinking about doing something beyond the conventional is what Draper University tries to teach, says the school's founder and venture capitalist Tim Draper.

People need to be able to step out, apart from the crowd, and try extraordinary things and now that we're all interconnected, and all communicating with each other throughout the entire world, it's even more important for people to be able to step out and do something a little different.

Draper says for entrepreneurs to step outside their comfort zones takes a certain mindset and emotional tenacity. I'm trying to get into people's heads that starting a business is very diffcult.You will be up against a lot of pressures and we want you to, after going through this program, we want you to be able to be immune to the pressures that are going to be coming against you.

That's exactly what Ohiwerei hopes to learn in this seven-week course. Just push through all the negative thoughts and all the negative comments towards your startup, toward you, just push through that's what I want to learn.I would like to know how to be fearless, just go full speed without stopping.

Hundreds of students from more than 70 countries have attended this entrepreneurship course. Students between 18 and 28 years old learn to be emotionally prepared for entrepreneurship by listening to Silicon Valley startup founders who have succeeded and those who have failed.They also experience some unusual training, like a volleyball game they play where the rules keep changing.

Different things start to happen and their brains start to open up and they start thinking，“Hey, anything is possible”. Consistent with the uniqueness of the school, the graduates become superheroes.They get a cape and mask as they are sent out as entrepreneurs to change the world with their unique ideas.

Translaton

参考译文

大多数学生都未曾料想到，他们在德雷普英雄学院学到的第一课竟是跟着一位身价过亿的投资人一起跳进冰冷的水池里。不过，在这所学校里，意料之外的事情才是常态，而来自尼日利亚的学生艾玛·奥希韦耶正切实感受着这一点。

这所学校不像你们脑海里的常规学校。它有点儿类似于推动着你去尝试并想象超乎你所能想象的事情，比如蒙着眼睛、在他人的口头引导下试着横穿街道。该校创始人兼投资人蒂姆·德雷普说，考虑做打破常规的事情正是德雷普英雄学院力图实现的目标。

我们需要走出去，远离人群，尝试做一些出格的事情。而且在这样一个全世界的人彼此联系、彼此沟通的世界里，跨出去一步、做与众人略不相同的事情就更重要了。

德雷普说，对企业家来说，要想走出舒适区，没有一定的思维模式、没有锲而不舍的韧性，是做不到的。我想让人们明白创业维艰。你会面临许多压力，而我们就是希望能通过学校里这样的项目来让你能够对未来可能遭受的压力产生抗体。

那就是奥希韦耶希望在这为期7周的课程中学到的东西——排除创业路上向你扑面而来的负面想法和负面评论，不要去管它们，这就是我想学到的东西。我的初衷是想知道如何做到无畏——就是全速前进不要停。

来自70多个国家的上百名学生参加了这个企业家课程。通过聆听硅谷创业者们或成功或失败的经验，这些18至28岁的学生们学会了怎样为创业做好心理上的准备。他们还参加了一些非同寻常的培训，比如适应规则不断变化的排球比赛。

他们的身上有了不一样的地方，他们的头脑开始变得开放，开始思考，“嘿，一切皆有可能”。德雷普英雄学院的学生们传承了学校特色，毕业后成了超级英雄。在毕业离校、奔往世界各地去用自己独特的想法改变世界时，他们已经为此做好了准备。

Listening Comprehension

听力理解

1.What's the frst step of most of students at Draper University?

2.Hundreds of students from more than 70 countries have attended this____course.

3.Different things start____and their brains start to open up and they start____

A. to happen；to think

B. to happen；thinking

C. happening；thinking

Hot Words

新闻热词

billionaire[ˌbɪljəˈneə（r）]n.亿万富翁；巨富

unexpected[ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪd]adj.想不到的，料不到的

blindfold[ˈblaɪndfəʊld]v.蒙住……的眼睛；遮住……的视线

conventional[kənˈvenʃənl]adj.（行为、观念等）传统的，符合习俗的

extraordinary[ɪkˈstrɔːdnri]adj.非凡的；优秀的

tenacity[təˈnæsəti]n.坚韧；坚毅

immune[ɪˈmjuːn]adj.免疫的；有免疫力的

startup[ˈstɑːtʌp]n.新兴公司

succeed[səkˈsiːd]v.达到目的；成功做成

consistent[kənˈsɪstənt]adj.一致的，吻合的，不矛盾的

Listening Analysis

精彩解析

1.People need to be able to step out, apart from the crowd, and try extraordinary things……

apart from除去，撇开……来说，离开

例句

Apart from some spelling mistakes, the composition is fairly good.

除了一些拼写错误，这篇文章写得很不错。

Apart from this teams should start looking for a purpose in what they are doing.

除此之外，团队应该开始为自己的工作寻求一个更远大的目标。

2.Draper says for entrepreneurs to step outside their comfort zones takes a certain mindset and emotional tenacity.

comfort zone舒适区，安逸的环境

例句

In order to grow, I must stretch beyond my comfort zone.

为了成长，我必须离开眼前的安逸。

Every person's personal comfort zone is different.

每个人的舒适区是不同的。

答案

1.Jumping into a chilly pool with a billionaire investor is the frst step of most of students at Draper University.

2.entrepreneurship

3.B