苹果总裁出柜了！热爱英语的你只能看懂一部分？太可惜了，让高手来帮你吧！看看用初中生的词汇量改写的“基情宣言”你是否能看懂。
Ever since I started my career, I tried not to let people know too much about my personal life. I wasn’t born rich, and I don’t want to draw attention to myself. People already pay close attention to Apple and I think we should focus on our products and the great things customers get out of them.
At the same time, I believe what Dr. Martin Luther King said: “The most important question about life is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ ” I often ask myself that question, and now I know, my strong desire for keeping my personal life has stopped me from doing more important things for others. That’s why I"m sharing my secret with you today.
For years, I’m not afraid of telling people that I love man more than woman. Plenty of colleagues at Apple know I’m gay, and I don’t see any difference in the way they treat me. Of course, I’m very lucky to work at a great company. This company loves to make something new and and knows that the only way to make new things successful is that you never say no to people’s differences. Not everyone is so lucky.
While I have never said I’m not a gay, I haven’t said I’m a gay to the public either, until now. So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I believe being gay is one of the greatest gifts God has given me.
As a gay, I understand better about other gays. As a gay, I start to understand other people who are in a smaller group. I start to understand what they’re facing every day. It’s made me a nicer man. It made me live a richer life. It’s been tough and uncomfor at times, but it has given me the confidence to be myself, to follow my own way, and to fight against all kinds difficulties. It’s also made me stronger. It’s very useful when you’re the CEO of Apple.
The world has changed so much since I was a kid. America is giving people more freedom on marriage. More and more famous people are brave to come out. This has changed people’s mind and made people able to accept what other people say or do even if they don’t agree with it. Laws in some states still allow employers to fire people only because they’re gay. In many places, house owners can kick you out only because you are gay. You’re not allowed to visit sick partners and share the money or things when they die. A lot of people, especially kids, are living in fear and treated badly every day only because they are gay.
I don’t think I’m an activist, but I know I’ve benefited a lot from what others did. So if someone starts feeling better with who she or he is, someone doesn’t feel alone anymore, someone is brave enough to ask for the same rights after you hear my story, then it’s not a big deal to share some of my secrets with you.
I have to say this wasn’t easy. Privacy is important to me, and I’d like to keep some of it to myself. Apple is my life’s work. I’ll spend almost all the time on work as long as I’m awake. I just want to be the best CEO I can be. I think that’s what people need me to do,our employees,our customers, developers, shareholders, and supplier partners. Our society is getting better. People don’t judge each other just by their sex, their colors, and who they love. I’m an engineer, an uncle, a nature lover, a fitness nut, a son of the South, a sports fanatic, and many other things. I hope that people will see all these things, because they’re the things that I’m good at, they’re the things that makes me happy.
My company did a lot for human rights. We support people who want the same rights at work. We support people who want the same rights in marriage. We said no when they’re trying to make a law rule which is unfair to the gay. We’ll continue to do the right thing, and I believe that any CEO of this company would do the same thing. And I will continue to fight for the same rights for all people until I’m dead.
When I arrive in my office each morning, I see the photos of Dr. King and Robert F. Kennedy. I’m not writing this to pretend I’m one of them. I’m just doing my part, however small, to help others. We’re in a group. I’m happy to be part of it.
啥？啥？啥？还是看不懂？
那只好给你翻译成大白话喽！
从开始工作到现在，我就一直是个低调的人。咱一穷人家的娃，有啥好得瑟的？要说张扬，没有哪个公司比苹果更有资格的了。我就觉着吧，咱的本分就是做好产品，回馈消费者，回馈社会。
但时不时的呢，我又经常想起以前老金（马丁路德金）说的那话：“人活着，这辈子可不能光为了自己”。这话有道理哈！我经常琢磨这事，经常问自己，你这辈子为别人做过啥事不？你这么低调，是不是也太怂了点？你一怂人能为别人干啥事呢？这不，我咬了咬牙就决心今天给大家说点啥。
其实关于我是个基友这事，只要有人问，我从来没打过哈哈，所以很多同事都知道。俺也从没觉得他们斜眼看我。当然，这和企业文化也有一定的关系，都知道苹果是个创新型的公司，喜欢捯饬新鲜玩意儿。要创新，你就得鼓励“绽放基情”嘛！但是，不是人人都能像我这么狗屎运摊上这么个好公司。
到现在为止，虽然我从没否认过我是基男，但也从没有拿大喇叭吆喝过。所以，今天，在这里，我就郑重声明一下：我做基男，我骄傲！我做基男，是这辈子最大的荣耀！
当上基男之后我才真正体会到，做为人类的一小撮，做基男不容易啊！不光是基男不容易，其它不学常人过日子的少数派也不容易。作为基友的一员，我开始理解别人了，我的人生阅历也丰富了许多。虽然时不时地还会有人羞皮臊脸地给你难堪，但这同时也让我变得更加坚强，坚定了我做基友的决心：走自己的路，让那些偏见死一边去吧！我要像犀牛一样披上盔甲！做为苹果的老大，不正需要这么一件刀枪不入的“牛皮大衣”么？
星转斗移，世事变迁。就谁和谁结婚这事，美国人也学会睁一眼闭一眼了。我们这个社会之所以开始变得理性有温情，也正是因为很多有头有脸地人能站出来勇敢地说出自己是基友。虽然，还是有那么一些犄角旮旯，老板可以名正言顺地因为员工是同性恋就炒他们鱿鱼，还是有那么一些犄角旮旯，房东因为你是同性恋就可以把你赶到大街上。如果你是同性恋，基友生病了你也不能看，因为你是同性恋，基友死了你也拿不到他们的遗产。还有好多好多的人，尤其是孩子，因为他们喜欢同性而挨打受骂。
虽然我从来没把自己当根葱，但我心里烂明白，前人栽树，后人乘凉，没有之前那些前仆后继、首尾相接的战友，哪有我们基友的今天！所以，今天我讲的这些，如果能够让某些基友明白你不是一个人在战斗，如果能够坚定某些网友排除万难一心做基男的信念，那我老库今天的话就算没有白说！
话说回来，今天能站出来说这些掏心窝子的话真是脸红了又白白了又红。毕竟我还是个要面子的人。我爱企业如家，除了睡觉，我大部分时间都铺在工作上了，就想着当好这个老大。不容易啊！那么一大家子员工，还不用说那么多果粉，开发商，股东，供应商都盯着呢！咱们常说时代不同了，社会进步了，进步在哪儿呢？进步就进步在你不能用老眼光看人了。一个人是男是女，是黑是白，喜欢公的还是母的，这重要吗？这不重要。就像我，虽然是基男，但我同时也是出类拔萃的工程师啊！一个和蔼可亲的大叔啊！我还热爱大自然，是个健身狂，运动迷。大家别光盯着档下那点事，也关注一下其它那些我又会玩还能玩到爆的事情。
要说我所在的这家公司，那做好人好事可不是一天两天的事了。我们跟国会干架，坚持办公场所人人平等。我们跟加州议会死掐，争取婚姻自主。我们对亚里桑那州议会竖中指，因为他们歧视同性恋。只要我们认为是对的，就会继续干下去。我想这事不光是我，换一个老总，不管他是男是女，是黑是白，是不是基友，都会同意我的观点。我个人也会继续为共产主义事业而奋斗！鞠躬尽萃，死而后已！
每天早晨我来到办公室，第一眼看到的就是办公桌上金老和肯老的照片。我这么做并不是攀高枝，好像我跟他们一样有多牛逼似的。我说这些就是为了有资格能当着他们的面说，老金老肯啊，我小库总算为别人做了一点事了，虽然与您二老还有差距，但是我尽力了！如果说大家正在齐心协力铺一条通往共产主义事业的金光大道的话，那我就是这条金光大道上的一块小小的砖。
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