Open Letter 公开信
道歉，声明
Tim Cook出柜信
一封信的开端：开头定主要基调，你要解决的问题，目的
保护自己的武器，我不是要说你，怪你
draw attention 吸引别人的注意
humble roots 草根家庭，不是单纯为自己发声，苹果focus在产品本身
What are you doing for others?
每次到十字路口，我能为别人带去的影响力，价值，才是自身的价值
That’s what has led me to today.
第二段出现整封信基调，问题
帮助谁？怎么帮？
出柜 sexual orientation 性取向
加州学校基础信息-男，女，异性恋，同性恋
gay 男同;同性恋的
I’m gay
embrace people’s differences
接纳多样性的
I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.
不是每个人都能接纳的，这个是立场的点，每个人看法不同，要分辨fact和choose事实和观点的区别
讲完观点，so what？
讲完经历，那又怎样？炫耀的武器
立场的最后一段：
minority 少数派
玻璃天花板;种族歧视都是少数分子
provided a window into
让我们了解到，打开一扇窗
empathetic 同理心
写文章要有意义何在？GCD growth, change, development 故事才有意义
rise above adversity and bigotry
偏执和固执的目光
the skin of a rhinoceros
不怕他人言语，锻炼心智，钝感-敏感
comes in handy
派上用场
Still,
话虽如此，但是
if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.
最棒的一句话
trade-off
妥协，让步，得失
影响
多想想
come to term with
customers, developers, shareholders, and supplier partners
客户、程序员、股东和供应商合作伙伴
advocate for equality for all people
为平等大声疾呼
until my toes point up
直至生命最后一刻
call back 前后呼应
All it does is allow me to look at those pictures and know that I’m doing my part, however small, to help others.
开篇基调 如何帮助他人，结尾呼应
最后暗喻
We pave the sunlit path toward justice together, brick by brick. This is my brick.
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