2011年股东大会 · 读书速度快慢不要紧，重要的是保持阅读 — 文稿

M10:00

Keith McGowan，来自 Massachusetts 的 Norfolk。

Keith McGowan, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

谢谢你，Buffett 先生，还有 Munger 先生。

Thank you, Mr. Buffett and Mr. Munger.

谢谢你们成为大家的榜样。

Thank you for being a role model.

你们的道德操守、节俭、幽默感、诚实，还有你们分享投资理念、分享商业理念，都让这个世界对每个人来说变得更美好。

Your ethics, frugality, sense of humor, honesty, sharing your ideas on investing, sharing your ideas on business make this world a better place for everyone.

Charlie 刚才在前一个回答里提到了持续学习。

Charlie mentioned in a prior answer about continuous learning.

Buffett 先生，你每天大概要读五份报纸。

Mr. Buffett, you read about 5 newspapers a day.

你还会读很多年报和其他跟商业相关的报告，而且你的阅读速度比绝大多数人都快得多。

You also read many annual reports and other business-related reports, you have the ability to read much faster than the vast majority of people.

阅读是一件特别棒的事。

Reading is a fantastic thing.

对于那些想提升自己阅读速度的高中生、大学生，或者成年人，你会给他们什么建议？

What advice would you give to children in high school, college, or adults who want to increase their ability to read faster?

M21:14

嗯，这个问题很有意思，因为我确实像你说的那样，会读五份报纸，还有很多 10-K 和 10-Q。

Well, you know, that's an interesting question because I do read, as you described, the 5 papers and lots of 10-Ks and 10-Qs.

遗憾的是，我其实并不是个读得很快的人，而且我现在阅读的速度也没有以前那么快了。

Unfortunately, I'm not a fast reader, and I'm not as fast as I used to be at reading.

不过，我也不知道各种速读课程到底有多有效，如果它们真的有效的话——我也不确定。

But I don't know how effective various speed-reading classes may be, but if they are effective—I'm not sure.

不过你知道，我确实会建议任何能够提高阅读速度的人去这么做——我自己就一直希望我能读得比现在快得多。

You know, I would really suggest anybody that can improve their speed of reading—I wish I could read a lot faster than I can.

Charlie 读得就比我快，而能读得快是个巨大的优势。

Charlie can read faster than I can, and it's a huge advantage to be able to read fast.

还有，你知道，Woody Allen 有个老段子，说他去上了速读课，后来碰到一个人跟他说那课有多么神奇，那个人就说，来，给我举个例子。

And, you know, there's that old Woody Allen story about how he took the speed-reading course, and he met somebody who was telling him how wonderful it was, and the guy said, well, give me an example.

Woody Allen 就说，嗯，他说，我昨晚二十分钟就把《War and Peace》读完了。

And Woody Allen said, well, he said, I read War and Peace last night in 20 minutes.

是讲 Russia 的。

It's about Russia.

这就是我想读快的时候会碰到的问题。

That's the problem I have when I try and read fast.

我把整本书都读完了，最后只能说，嗯，是讲商业的。

I get all through reading the book and I say it's about business.

所以我真的不知道这类速读课程到底效果怎么样，不过如果你有朋友了解这方面，或者你自己能多学到一些，而且确实有有效的方法，那显然最好是很年轻的时候就去学，因为说真的，几乎没什么事情能比一读再读、一读再读更让人开心了。

So I really don't know the effectiveness of speed-reading-type courses, but if you know of any friends or if you can learn more about that, and there are effective techniques, obviously the thing to do is to learn them very young because there's really, you know, there's hardly anything more pleasurable, you know, than reading and reading and reading and reading.

Charlie 和我就读很多。

And Charlie and I do a lot of it.

我们到现在还是读很多，不过我读得没有我希望的那么快。

We continue to do a lot of it, but I don't do it as fast as I would like to.

Charlie？

Charlie?

M33:05

嗯，我觉得速度被高估了。

Well, I think speed is overestimated.

我在 Caltech 时有个室友，脑子特别出众，我做题能比他快，但他从来不出错，而我会出错。

I had a roommate at Caltech who had a very distinguished mind, and I could do problems faster than he could, but he never made a mistake, and I did.

所以，如果你必须稍微慢一点，也别太灰心。

So I wouldn't be too discouraged if you have to go a little slower.

这他妈能有多大区别？

What the hell difference does it make?

Warren，把那个 peanut brittle 递给我。

I'll pass that peanut brittle, Warren.

嗯。

Yeah.

谢谢。

Thank you.

谢谢。

Thank you.

M23:43

你们可能已经注意到了，我们在隔壁房间有一本十五磅重的书在卖，不过 Charlie 当时在找的是一本二十五磅重的书。

You may have noticed we have a 15-pound book out for sale in the other room, but Charlie was looking for a 25-pound book.

Becky？

Becky?