名校勵(lì)志英語演講 第35期:如何解決這個(gè)世界上最嚴(yán)重的不平等?
Thirty years after Marshall made his address, whichwas thirty years ago, as my class graduated withoutme, technology was emerging that would make theworld smaller, more open, more visible, less distant.
馬歇爾發(fā)表這個(gè)演講三十年后，也就是三十年前，我那一屆學(xué)生畢業(yè)，當(dāng)然我不在其中。那時(shí)，新技術(shù)剛剛開始萌芽，它們將使得這個(gè)世界變得更小、更開放、更容易看到、距離更近。
The emergence of low-cost personal computers gaverise to a powerful network that has transformed opportunities for learning and communicating.
低成本的個(gè)人電腦的出現(xiàn)，使得一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)誕生，它為學(xué)習(xí)和交流提供了巨大的機(jī)會(huì)。
The magical thing about this network is not just that it collapses distance and makes everyoneyour neighbor. It also dramatically increases the number of brilliant minds we can bring in and worktogether on the same problem—and that scales up the rate of innovation to a staggering degree.
網(wǎng)絡(luò)的神奇之處，不僅僅是它縮短了物理距離，使得天涯若比鄰。它還極大地增加了懷有共同想法的人們聚集在一起的機(jī)會(huì)，我們可以為了解決同一個(gè)問題，一起共同工作。這就大大加快了革新的進(jìn)程，發(fā)展速度簡直讓人震驚。
At the same time, for every person in the world who has access to this technology, five peopledon't. That means many creative minds are left out of this discussion—smart people with practicalintelligence and relevant experience who don't have the technology to hone their talents orcontribute their ideas to the world.
與此同時(shí)，世界上有條件上網(wǎng)的人只是全部人口的六分之一。這意味著，許多有創(chuàng)造性思想的人們，沒有加入到我們的討論中來。那些有著實(shí)際的智力水平和相關(guān)經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人才，卻沒有技術(shù)來幫助他們，將他們的天賦或者想法與全世界分享。
We need as many people as possible to gain access to this technology, because these advances aretriggering a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possiblenot just for national governments, but for universities, corporations, smaller organizations, and evenindividuals to see problems, see approaches, and measure the impact of their efforts to addressthe hunger, poverty, and desperation George Marshall spoke of 60 years ago.
我們需要盡可能地讓更多的人有機(jī)會(huì)使用這項(xiàng)技術(shù)，因?yàn)檫@些新技術(shù)正在引發(fā)一場革命，人類將因此可以互相幫助。這些新技術(shù)正在創(chuàng)造一種可能，不僅是國家政府，還包括大學(xué)、公司、小機(jī)構(gòu)、甚至個(gè)人，能夠發(fā)現(xiàn)問題所在、能夠找到解決辦法、能夠評估他們努力的效果，去改變馬歇爾六十年前就說過的問題——饑餓、貧窮和絕望。
馬歇爾發(fā)表這個(gè)演講三十年后，也就是三十年前，我那一屆學(xué)生畢業(yè)，當(dāng)然我不在其中。那時(shí)，新技術(shù)剛剛開始萌芽，它們將使得這個(gè)世界變得更小、更開放、更容易看到、距離更近。
The emergence of low-cost personal computers gaverise to a powerful network that has transformed opportunities for learning and communicating.
低成本的個(gè)人電腦的出現(xiàn)，使得一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)誕生，它為學(xué)習(xí)和交流提供了巨大的機(jī)會(huì)。
The magical thing about this network is not just that it collapses distance and makes everyoneyour neighbor. It also dramatically increases the number of brilliant minds we can bring in and worktogether on the same problem—and that scales up the rate of innovation to a staggering degree.
網(wǎng)絡(luò)的神奇之處，不僅僅是它縮短了物理距離，使得天涯若比鄰。它還極大地增加了懷有共同想法的人們聚集在一起的機(jī)會(huì)，我們可以為了解決同一個(gè)問題，一起共同工作。這就大大加快了革新的進(jìn)程，發(fā)展速度簡直讓人震驚。
At the same time, for every person in the world who has access to this technology, five peopledon't. That means many creative minds are left out of this discussion—smart people with practicalintelligence and relevant experience who don't have the technology to hone their talents orcontribute their ideas to the world.
與此同時(shí)，世界上有條件上網(wǎng)的人只是全部人口的六分之一。這意味著，許多有創(chuàng)造性思想的人們，沒有加入到我們的討論中來。那些有著實(shí)際的智力水平和相關(guān)經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人才，卻沒有技術(shù)來幫助他們，將他們的天賦或者想法與全世界分享。
We need as many people as possible to gain access to this technology, because these advances aretriggering a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possiblenot just for national governments, but for universities, corporations, smaller organizations, and evenindividuals to see problems, see approaches, and measure the impact of their efforts to addressthe hunger, poverty, and desperation George Marshall spoke of 60 years ago.
我們需要盡可能地讓更多的人有機(jī)會(huì)使用這項(xiàng)技術(shù)，因?yàn)檫@些新技術(shù)正在引發(fā)一場革命，人類將因此可以互相幫助。這些新技術(shù)正在創(chuàng)造一種可能，不僅是國家政府，還包括大學(xué)、公司、小機(jī)構(gòu)、甚至個(gè)人，能夠發(fā)現(xiàn)問題所在、能夠找到解決辦法、能夠評估他們努力的效果，去改變馬歇爾六十年前就說過的問題——饑餓、貧窮和絕望。
