Randy Pausch是美国卡内基梅隆大学的计算机科学、人机交互及设计教授。2006年9月，他被诊断患有胰腺癌。2007年9月18日，他在卡内基梅隆大学做了一场风靡全美的“最后的演讲”，根据这次演讲，他出版的“The Last Lecture”一书则成为亚马逊网站上最为畅销的书籍之一。Randy教授所传达的讯息之所以如此震撼人心，是因为他以诚恳、幽默的态度去分享他独特的经验。他谈的不是死亡，而是人生中的重要议题，包括克服障碍、实现儿时梦想、帮助别人实现梦想、把握每一个时刻……

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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."