偶像勵(lì)志英語演講 94:如何解決這個(gè)世界最嚴(yán)重的不平等(4)

[00:00.09]You graduates came to Harvard at a different time. 在座的各位同學(xué)，你們是在與我不同的時(shí)間來到哈佛的。 [00:04.44]You know more about the world's inequities than the classes that came before. 你們比以前的學(xué)生更多地了解世界的不平等。 [00:10.39]In your years here, I hope you've had a chance to think about how- 在你們的哈佛求學(xué)過程中，我希望你們已經(jīng)思考過一個(gè)問題—— [00:16.05]in this age of accelerating technology- 在這個(gè)技術(shù)加速發(fā)展的時(shí)代—— [00:19.36]we can finally take on these inequities, and we can solve them. 我們最終怎樣應(yīng)對這些不平等，以及我們怎樣來解決這些問題。 [00:25.40]Imagine, just for the sake of discussion, 為了討論的方便，請想象一下， [00:28.52]that you had a few hours a week and a few dollars a month to donate to a cause- 假如你每個(gè)星期可以獻(xiàn)出一些時(shí)間、每個(gè)月可以捐獻(xiàn)一些錢—— [00:34.43]and you wanted to spend that time and money 你希望這些時(shí)間和金錢， [00:37.18]where it would have the greatest impact in saving and improving lives. 可以用到對拯救生命和改善人類生活有最大作用的地方。 [00:42.26]Where would you spend it? 你會(huì)在哪兒花費(fèi)它們? [00:44.55]For Melinda and for me, the challenge is the same: 這也是美琳達(dá)(注：蓋茨的妻子)和我面臨的問題： [00:47.54]how can we do the most good for the greatest number with the resources we have. 我們?nèi)绾文苁刮覀兯鶕碛械馁Y源發(fā)揮其最大的作用，為最多的人做有益的事情。 [00:53.57]During our discussions on this question, Melinda and I read an article 在討論這個(gè)問題的過程中， 美琳達(dá)和我讀到了一篇文章， [00:58.44]about the millions of children who were dying every year in poor countries from diseases that we had long ago made harmless in this country, 說在那些貧窮的國家，每年有數(shù)百萬的兒童死于那些在美國早已不成問題的疾?。? [01:08.46]measles, malaria, pneumonia, hepatitis B, yellow fever. 麻疹、瘧疾、乙型肝炎、黃熱病， [01:15.05]One disease I had never even heard of, rotavirus, 還有一種以前我從未聽說過的輪狀病毒。 [01:19.27]was killing half a million kids each year- 這種疾病每年導(dǎo)致50萬兒童死亡， [01:22.56]none of them in the United States. 但是在美國一例死亡病例也沒有。 [01:25.50]We were shocked. 我們震驚了。 [01:27.25]We had just assumed that if millions of children were dying and they could be saved, 心想，如果幾百萬兒童正在死亡線上掙扎，而且他們是可以被挽救的， [01:33.07]the world would make it a priority to discover and deliver the medicine to save them. 那么世界理應(yīng)把發(fā)現(xiàn)并派送藥物拯救他們作為頭等大事。 [01:39.08]But it did not. 但是事實(shí)并非如此。 [01:40.57]For under a dollar, there were interventions that could save lives that just weren't being delivered. 那些價(jià)格還不到一美元的救命的藥劑，并沒有被送到他們的手中。

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