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他是对的：放下头衔，投入工作，从中有所获得至关重要。所以我照做了。2003年职位降低和薪资削减后，我开始了在谷歌的职业生涯，和一些世界上最优秀的人一起工作、做一些了不起的事，就是威尔逊校长提到的：谷歌广告、谷歌应用程序、谷歌地图、谷歌实验室。我为自己、职业生涯、甚至可能为这个世界找到了更好的道路。

故事三：为了亡妻，跨界生物寻求癌症治愈之道

Now we’re at the third and last chapter in this story. It’s the most important one, and a difficult one for me to tell.

现在我们来谈谈第三个故事。这也是是最重要的，也是最难以启齿的故事。

It starts two decades ago, when I was asked by my then-employer to investigate an online dating service as a potential partner. It was called Match.com. I created a profile out of purely professional interest, of course.

二十年前，我被当时的雇主要求充当一个潜在伙伴去调查一个线上约会服务。网站叫做Match.com。当然纯粹的出于专业兴趣我创建了个人

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资料。

It was 1996, so there weren’t mobile phones with cameras, or

really digital photos at all. The service was kind of like Tinder or Hinge, but, you know, without pictures or phones or swiping. It was text-only; old school.

1996年时，还没有具备摄像头的手机和真正意义上的数码照片。这项服务就像Tinder 和Hinge（约会应用）一样，但是，你知道，不能拍照、通话、刷卡。只能打字；（真是）老派。

The first profile that caught my eye was of a woman named Laura. She was a designer and art director for magazines and was an expressive and gifted writer. I thought she seemed smart and super cool. On our first date, I went to her house to pick her up and was greeted by a beautiful, athletic, artistic hippie chick wearing a radiant smile, a long flowing dress, and cowboy boots. 第一个吸引我目光的个人资料是一个叫劳拉的女人。她曾是杂志的设计师、艺术总监，还是一个表现力极强有天赋的作家。我想她应该看起来很聪明也很有个性。第一次约会时，我去她家接她，映入眼帘的是一个美丽，阳光，风雅的嬉皮式女孩带着灿烂的笑容，穿着飘逸的长裙和牛仔靴。

I fell in love with Laura at the door. In that instant, she became a part of me.

我们很快坠入了爱河。在那一瞬间，她成为了我生命中不可或缺的一部

分。

We built an amazing life together over the next 20 years. We have two beautiful children, and hopefully future Illini, who are here today. They will come to believe, as we all do, that Orange and Blue actually really look good together!

在接下来的二十年里我们共同建立了美满的生活。我们有两个漂亮的孩子、光明的未来。他们会相信，正如我们所做的，橙色和蓝色在一起真的很棒！（伊利诺伊大学校徽配色为橙和蓝）

Laura became my partner in everything, and inspired me through her deep caring, kindness, willpower, and boundless positive energy to be a better person, a better husband, father, and human.

劳拉是我各个方面的理想伴侣，通过她深深的关切，善良，意志力和无限积极的正能量鼓舞着我成为一个更好的人，一个更好的丈夫，父亲。

But then one day, Laura told me she felt tired, which was unusual. She had always been super fit and high-energy.

但是突然有一天，劳拉告诉我她感到很疲惫，这有点不太寻常。她之前一直都很健康和充满活力。

We saw doctors, but none of the explanations seemed right. 我们看过很多医生，却都没有合理的解释。

Two years, one month, and one day ago we found the answer: a small tumor in her colon. It was cancer. Still, that’s treatable. Pretty straightforward surgery and good outcomes if you catch it early.

两年后的一个月，终于有一天我们找到了答案：她的结肠中有一个小肿瘤。那是癌症。不过，那是可以治疗的。如果你能早点发现，一个很简单的手术后会得到理想的疗效。

But before the surgery, the doctors did a CT scan. When we looked at the results, it just lit up. We saw that the cancer wasn’t just one small tumor. It had spread to her liver, her abdomen, her chest, and through her lymph system up to her neck. It was stage four cancer.

但是在手术之前，医生做了一个CT扫描。当我们看到结果，它刚被点亮时。我们看到那个癌症不仅仅只是一颗小肿瘤。它已经扩散到她的肝脏，她的腹腔，她的胸腔，并通过她的淋巴系统直到颈部。是癌症的第四阶段（晚期）。

Laura fought. God did she fight.