VOA常速英语:Silicon Valley School Uses Unconventional Methods to Train Young Entrepreneurs(翻译)

“Come with me, Take the first step.”Most of the students did not expect jumping into a chilly pool with a billionaire investor would be their first step at Draper University.But the unexpected is the norm at Draper.Aima Ohiwerei from Nigeria is experiencing it first-hand.“It’s not like your regular school and kind of like pushes you to try and imagine more than you can actually think you can imagine.”Such as crossing the street blindfolded with only the help of verbal instructions.
“跟我一起来，迈出第一步。令绝大多数学生都意想不到的是，和一个亿万富翁投资者跳进寒冷的游泳池，是德雷普英雄学院迎接他们的第一步。但是在英雄学院，这些让人意想不到的事情可以说是稀松平常。来自尼日利亚的艾玛·欧弗丽对此有着亲身体验：“它不像常规的学校，更像是去逼迫你打破自己想象力的极限。”例如，其中有一个项目是蒙上双眼，仅凭他人的口头指令穿过街道。

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.”
英雄学院想要教给学生们的是，思考、行为要敢于打破常规，学院的创办人、风险资本家蒂姆·德雷普如是说。“人们必须能够走出去，远离人群，尝试不平凡的事情，当今，人们之间的联系更加紧密，全世界范围内交流增多，敢于走出去做些异于常人的事情更显得尤为重要。”

But Draper says for entrepreneurs to step outside their comfort zone takes a certain mindset and emotional tenacity.“I’m trying to get into people’s heads that starting a business is very difficult.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’d like to know how to be fearless and just go full speed without stopping.”
但是德雷普表示，对于企业家来说，走出安全区需要具有某种特定的思维方式和坚韧不拔的品质。“我想要向人们灌输的观念是：创业极其艰难，途中你会遇到各种压力，我们希望，通过这个培训项目，你能够对迎面而来的压力具有免疫功能。”这也正是欧弗丽想要从这个为期七周的课程中学到的，努力战胜所有的负面想法，也不被别人对你的企业以及对你自身的负面评价所打败，我想学的就是如何才能扛过这一切。”“我想学会如何才能坚强勇敢地坚持全力奋斗。”

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 this volleyball game where the rules keep changing.
来自70多个国家的数百名学生报名参加了此次创业培训课程，这些学生年龄大多在18岁至28岁之间，想要学习如何在心态和情感上做好创业准备。通过听取硅谷创业者们的讲座，其中既有成功者的经验之谈，又不乏失败者的反思教训。他们需参加一些非常规的训练，如进行排球比赛，而比赛规则不断变化。

“Different things start to happen and their brains start to open up and they start thinking 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.
“会发生不同的事情，他们的思维会得到拓展，他们开始相信没有什么事情是不可能的。”与这所独树一帜的学校一样，学生们毕业时俨然成为了“超级英雄”，他们每人会得到一个斗篷和面具，寓意着他们将要离开学校开始创业，并用自己独一无二的观念改变世界。

Elizabeth Lee, VOA News, San Mateo, California.
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