名校勵志英語演講 第105期:執(zhí)著于你的夢想(10)
My mother in-law, Eunice Kennedy Shriver—I always like to mention her, because it gets me on the good side of her—she, for instance, started an organization called Special Olympics. She stared Special Olympics which is for people with mental disabilities. And of course when she started that organization she was told by the experts, "Don’t do it. You cannot take people with mental disabilities out of mental institutions and have them participate in sports events.They will drown in the swimming pools. They will kill each other out there, they will hurt each other. Don’t do it." But Eunice Kennedy Shriver had a dream and a passion, and today millions of people compete in Special Olympics around the world, including right here in China. This is why I was here five years ago. Five years ago you had 50,000 participants in the Special Olympics. Today, five years later, you have 500,000 participants in Special Olympics. 500,000people are getting a chance to participate in sports programs, getting a chance to have healthcare, have a chance to be treated equally, with respect and with tolerance. So Eunice Kennedy Shriver exemplifies that the individual can make a difference.
我總是很樂意提起我的岳母尤尼斯·肯尼迪·施萊弗，因為這讓我看到她善良的一面。她創(chuàng)立了特殊奧林匹克運動會。她專門為智障人士創(chuàng)立了這一組織。當然，在她創(chuàng)立這一運動會時，也有專家告訴她，“不要那樣做，你不可能把智障人士帶出精神病院，讓他們參加運動會。他們會在游泳池溺水。一旦出了精神病醫(yī)院，他們就會相互傷害、相互殘殺。不要去做。”因為尤尼斯·肯尼迪·施萊弗有夢想，也有激情，如今全世界數(shù)百萬人參加殘奧會，包括中國在內。這也是我五年前來到這兒的原因。五年前中國有5萬人參加了殘奧會。今天，中國參加殘奧會的有50萬人。50萬殘疾人有機會參加體育比賽、有機會享受醫(yī)療保險，能受到在尊重和寬容的基礎上的平等對待。因此尤尼斯·肯尼迪·施萊弗向我們證明了：個人可以產生深遠的影響。
And I think what I’m trying to say to you is that each and every one of you can make a difference. So as you study and as you become smarter, and as you become richer, think about that, that there are millions of people that need your help.
我想跟你們說的就是，你們每一個人都可以產生深遠影響。所以，當你們不斷學習變得更加精明時，當你們變得更加富有時，想想有數(shù)百萬人還需要你們的幫助。
