I want to talk about the goal of the course, what it is you'll be able to do at the end of this course when you get through it, and then I want to begin talking about the concepts and tools of computational thinking, which is what we're primarily going to focus on here.

我想讲讲课程目标，也就是当你们完成了这门课时,应该达到的程度，接下来我想开始谈谈,计算思维的概念和方法，即这门课程的核心内容。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

You may take on a long-term project and then die before you've been able to complete it; or alternatively, you may peak too soon and then continue to stick around in an anti-climactic way.

你可能承担了一个长期的项目,然后在你能完成之前就死了，或者，你可能太快达到人生高峰,然后继续在平淡中徘徊。

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