Randy Pausch是美國卡內基梅隆大學的計算機科學、人機交互及設計教授。2006年9月，他被診斷患有胰腺癌。2007年9月18日，他在卡內基梅隆大學做了一場風靡全美的“最后的演講”，根據這次演講，他出版的“The Last Lecture”一書則成為亞馬遜網站上最為暢銷的書籍之一。Randy教授所傳達的訊息之所以如此震撼人心，是因為他以誠懇、幽默的態(tài)度去分享他獨特的經驗。他談的不是死亡，而是人生中的重要議題，包括克服障礙、實現兒時夢想、幫助別人實現夢想、把握每一個時刻……

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Jai
New Year's Eve
Dylan
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
over-the-top
Natalie Portman
Dustin Hoffman
Jai tries to focus on each day, rather than the negative things down the road. "It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow," she says. This last New Year's Eve, though, was very emotional and bittersweet in our house. It was Dylan's sixth birthday, so there was a celebration. We also were grateful that I had made it to the New Year. But we couldn't bring ourselves to discuss the elephant in the room: the future New Year's Eves without me. I took Dylan to see a movie that day, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, about a toymaker. I had read an online description of the film, but it didn't mention that Mr. Magorium had decided it was time to die and hand over the shop to an apprentice. So there I was in the theater, with Dylan on my lap, and he was crying about how Mr. Magorium was dying. Dylan doesn't yet know my prognosis. If my life were a movie, this scene of me and Dylan would get slammed by critics for over-the-top foreshadowing. There was one line in the film, however, that remains with me. The apprentice, Natalie Portman, tells the toymaker, Dustin Hoffman, that he can't die; he has to live. And he responds: "I already did that."