偶像勵志英語演講 第103期:如何解決這個世界最嚴重的不平等(13)

[00:00.18]My mother, who was filled with pride the day I was admitted here, 我的母親在我被哈佛大學錄取的那一天，曾經(jīng)感到非常驕傲。 [00:05.14]never stopped pressing me to do more for others. 她從沒有停止督促我，去為他人做更多的事情。 [00:09.30]A few days before I was married, 在我結婚的前幾天， [00:11.56]she hosted a bridal event, 她主持了一個新娘進我家的儀式。 [00:13.47]at which she read aloud a letter about marriage that she had written to Melinda. 在這個儀式上，她高聲朗讀了一封關于婚姻的信，這是她寫給美琳達的。 [00:19.31]My mother was very ill with cancer at the time, 那時，我的母親已經(jīng)因為癌癥病入膏肓， [00:23.00]but she saw one more opportunity to deliver her message, 但是她還是認為這是又一個傳遞她的信息的機會。 [00:26.07]and at the close of the letter she said: 在那封信的結尾，她寫道： [00:30.06]From those to whom much is given, much is expected. 對于那些接受了許多幫助的人們，人們對你的期望也就很大。 [00:36.25]When you consider what those of us here in this yard have been given-in talent, privilege, and opportunity- 想一想吧，我們在這個院子里的這些人，被給予了什么——天賦、特權、機遇—— [00:53.49]there is almost no limit to what the world has a right to expect from us. 那么可以這樣說，全世界的人們幾乎有無限的權力，期待我們做出貢獻。 [01:00.04]In line with the promise of this age, 同這個時代的期望一樣， [01:02.39]I want to exhort each of the graduates here to take on an issue- 我也要勸告今天各位畢業(yè)生要選擇一個問題—— [01:07.56]a complex problem, a deep inequity, and become a specialist on it. 一個復雜的問題，一個有關于人類深刻的不平等的問題，然后你們要變成這個問題的專家。 [01:12.55]If you make it the focus of your career, that would be phenomenal. 如果你們能夠使得這個問題成為你們職業(yè)的核心，那么你們就會非常杰出。 [01:17.03]But you don't have to do that to make an impact. 但是，你們不必一定要去做那些大事。 [01:21.16]For a few hours every week, 每個星期只用幾個小時， [01:22.56]you can use the growing power of the Internet to get informed, 你就可以通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)得到信息， [01:27.57]find others with the same interests, 找到志同道合的朋友， [01:30.40]see the barriers, and find ways to cut through them. 發(fā)現(xiàn)困難所在并找到解決它們的途徑。

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