名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第38期:如何解決這個(gè)世界上最嚴(yán)重的不平等?
For a few hours every week, you can use the growingpower of the Internet to get informed, find others withthe same interests, see the barriers, and find ways tocut through them.
每個(gè)星期只用幾個(gè)小時(shí)，你就可以通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)日益增長(zhǎng)的效力得到信息，找到志同道合的朋友，發(fā)現(xiàn)困難所在并找到解決它們的途徑。
Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take onthe big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.
不要讓這個(gè)世界的復(fù)雜性阻礙你前進(jìn)。要成為一個(gè)行動(dòng)主義者。將解決人類的不平等視為己任。它將成為你生命中最重要的經(jīng)歷之一。
You graduates are coming of age in an amazing time. As you leave Harvard, you have technologythat members of my class never had. You have awareness of global inequity, which we did nothave. And with that awareness, you likely also have an informed conscience that will tormentyou if you abandon these people whose lives you could change with very small effort. You havemore than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.
在座的各位畢業(yè)生，你們所處的時(shí)代是一個(gè)神奇的時(shí)代。當(dāng)你們離開哈佛的時(shí)候，你們擁有的技術(shù)是我們那一屆學(xué)生所沒有的。你們已經(jīng)了解到了世界上的不平等，而我們那時(shí)還不知道這些。了解了這些之后，要是你再棄那些你可以幫助的人們于不顧，就將受到良心的譴責(zé)，只需一點(diǎn)小小的努力，你就可以改變那些人們的生活。你們比我們擁有更大的能力;你們必須盡早開始，盡可能長(zhǎng)時(shí)期堅(jiān)持下去。
Knowing what you know, how could you not?
知道了你們所知道的一切，你們?cè)趺纯赡懿徊扇⌒袆?dòng)呢?
And I hope you will come back here to Harvard 30 years from now and reflect on what you havedone with your talent and your energy. I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professionalaccomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities ...on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but theirhumanity.
我希望，30年后你們還會(huì)再回到哈佛，想起你們用自己的天賦和能力所做出的一切。我希望，在那個(gè)時(shí)候，你們用來評(píng)價(jià)自己的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，不僅僅是你們的專業(yè)成就，還包括你們?yōu)楦淖冞@個(gè)世界深刻的不平等所做出的努力，以及你們?nèi)绾紊拼切┻h(yuǎn)隔千山萬水、除了同為人類之外與你們毫無共同之處的人們。
Good luck.
最后，祝各位同學(xué)好運(yùn)。
每個(gè)星期只用幾個(gè)小時(shí)，你就可以通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)日益增長(zhǎng)的效力得到信息，找到志同道合的朋友，發(fā)現(xiàn)困難所在并找到解決它們的途徑。
Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take onthe big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.
不要讓這個(gè)世界的復(fù)雜性阻礙你前進(jìn)。要成為一個(gè)行動(dòng)主義者。將解決人類的不平等視為己任。它將成為你生命中最重要的經(jīng)歷之一。
You graduates are coming of age in an amazing time. As you leave Harvard, you have technologythat members of my class never had. You have awareness of global inequity, which we did nothave. And with that awareness, you likely also have an informed conscience that will tormentyou if you abandon these people whose lives you could change with very small effort. You havemore than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.
在座的各位畢業(yè)生，你們所處的時(shí)代是一個(gè)神奇的時(shí)代。當(dāng)你們離開哈佛的時(shí)候，你們擁有的技術(shù)是我們那一屆學(xué)生所沒有的。你們已經(jīng)了解到了世界上的不平等，而我們那時(shí)還不知道這些。了解了這些之后，要是你再棄那些你可以幫助的人們于不顧，就將受到良心的譴責(zé)，只需一點(diǎn)小小的努力，你就可以改變那些人們的生活。你們比我們擁有更大的能力;你們必須盡早開始，盡可能長(zhǎng)時(shí)期堅(jiān)持下去。
Knowing what you know, how could you not?
知道了你們所知道的一切，你們?cè)趺纯赡懿徊扇⌒袆?dòng)呢?
And I hope you will come back here to Harvard 30 years from now and reflect on what you havedone with your talent and your energy. I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professionalaccomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities ...on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but theirhumanity.
我希望，30年后你們還會(huì)再回到哈佛，想起你們用自己的天賦和能力所做出的一切。我希望，在那個(gè)時(shí)候，你們用來評(píng)價(jià)自己的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，不僅僅是你們的專業(yè)成就，還包括你們?yōu)楦淖冞@個(gè)世界深刻的不平等所做出的努力，以及你們?nèi)绾紊拼切┻h(yuǎn)隔千山萬水、除了同為人類之外與你們毫無共同之處的人們。
Good luck.
最后，祝各位同學(xué)好運(yùn)。
