偶像勵(lì)志英語演講 第96期:如何解決這個(gè)世界最嚴(yán)重的不平等(6)

[00:00.25]I am optimistic that we can do this, 在這個(gè)問題上，我是樂觀的，我可以做到。 [00:03.35]but I talk to skeptics who claim there is no hope. 但是，我也遇到過那些感到絕望的懷疑主義者。 [00:08.10]They say: "Inequity has been with us since the beginning, 他們說：“不平等從人類誕生的第一天就存在， [00:12.22]and will be with us till the end-because people just don't care." 到人類滅亡的最后一天也將存在——因?yàn)槿祟悓?duì)這個(gè)問題根本不在乎?！? [00:19.39]I completely disagree. 我完全不同意這種觀點(diǎn)。 [00:23.01]I believe we have more caring than we know what to do with. 我相信，問題不是我們不在乎，而是我們不知道該怎么做。 [00:29.55]All of us here in this yard, at one time or another, 此刻在這個(gè)院子里的所有人，生命中總有這樣或那樣的時(shí)刻， [00:34.20]have seen human tragedies that broke our hearts, 目睹人類的悲劇，感到萬分傷心。 [00:38.03]and yet we did nothing-not because we didn't care, 但是我們什么也沒做——并非我們無動(dòng)于衷， [00:41.56]but because we didn't know what to do. 而是因?yàn)槲覀儾恢雷鍪裁础? [00:45.05]If we had known how to help, we would have acted. 如果我們知道如何做是有效的，那么我們就會(huì)采取行動(dòng)。 [00:49.11]The barrier to change is not too little caring; 改變世界的阻礙，并非人類的冷漠， [00:53.40]it is too much complexity. 而是世界實(shí)在太復(fù)雜。 [00:56.06]To turn caring into action, 為了將關(guān)心轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)樾袆?dòng)， [00:58.28]we need to see a problem, see a solution, and see the impact. 我們需要發(fā)現(xiàn)問題，找到解決問題的方法，評(píng)估影響。 [01:04.31]Bu complexity blocks all three steps. 但是世界的復(fù)雜性使得所有這些步驟都難以做到。 [01:09.19]Even with the advent of the Internet and 24-hour news, 即使有了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和24小時(shí)直播的新聞， [01:14.10]it is still a complex enterprise to get people to truly see the problems. 讓人們真正發(fā)現(xiàn)問題所在，仍然十分困難。 [01:19.52]When an airplane crashes, 當(dāng)一架飛機(jī)墜毀了， [01:21.39]official immediately call a press conference. 官員們會(huì)立刻召開新聞發(fā)布會(huì)， [01:24.28]They promise to investigate, determine the cause, and prevent similar crashes in the future. 他們承諾進(jìn)行調(diào)查、找到原因、防止將來再次發(fā)生類似事故。 [01:31.18]But if the officials were brutally honest, 但是如果那些官員們敢說真話， [01:34.09]they would say: "Of all the people in the world who died today from preventable causes, 他們就會(huì)說：“在今天這一天，全世界所有可以避免的死亡之中， [01:41.53]one half of one percent were on this plane. 只有0.5%的死者來自于這次空難。 [01:45.57]We're determined to do everything possible to solve the problem that took the lives of the one of one percent." 我們決心盡一切努力解決這個(gè)造成0.5%的人死亡的問題。”

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