名校勵志英語演講 第168期:服務(wù)—衡量成功的真正標準(9)

[00:00.40]Now, let me tell you, careers focused on lifting up our communities—— 現(xiàn)在，讓我來告訴你們，那些旨在提高我們社區(qū)生活水平的職業(yè)—— [00:04.33]whether it's helping troubled schools or creating after-school programs or training workers for green jobs — 無論是幫助改善陷入困境的學(xué)校，還是建立課外項目，還是培訓(xùn)工人從事綠色工作—— [00:12.02]these careers are not always obvious, but today they are necessary, 這些職位常常并不顯眼，但是今天我們確實需要這些職業(yè)。 [00:17.40]solutions to our nation's most challenging social problems are not going to come from Washington alone. 解決我們國家所面臨的最具挑戰(zhàn)性的社會問題的方法并不一定單單來自于華盛頓。 [00:24.46]Real innovation often starts with individuals who apply themselves to solve a problem right in their own community. 真正的革新經(jīng)常始于那些致力于解決他們自己社區(qū)問題的個人。 [00:31.46]That's where the best ideas came from. 最好的主意來自他們。 [00:34.26]And some pretty incredible social innovations have been launched by young people all across this world. 一些很有創(chuàng)意的社會革新已經(jīng)由世界各地的青年人發(fā)動起來了。 [00:42.12]Teach for American in this country is a great example. “為美國而教書”就是很棒的一個例子。 [00:45.50]It was created by Wendy Kopp as a part of her undergraduate senior thesis in 1989. 該口號是文帝·科普1989年在其本科畢業(yè)論文里提出來的。 [00:52.04]And now, as a result of her work then, more than 6,200 corps members 由于她當時的努力，現(xiàn)在有超過6200名隊員正在我國最貧窮的社區(qū)教書， [00:57.41]are teaching in our country's neediest communities, reaching approximately 400,000 students. 他們教授的學(xué)生數(shù)量大概有40萬名。 [01:05.21]And then there's Van Jones, who recently joined the Obama administration, as a special adviser to the President on green jobs, 還有凡·瓊斯，他最近也加入了奧巴馬政府，成了總統(tǒng)在綠色工作方面的特別顧問。 [01:12.50]Van started out as a grassroots organizer and became an advocate an d a creator of "Green collar" jobs— 凡開始時是一名民間組織者，后來成了“綠領(lǐng)”工作口號的創(chuàng)始者和倡導(dǎo)者—— [01:20.49]jobs that are not only good for the environment, but also provide good wages and career advancement for both skilled and unskilled workers; 這種工作不但對環(huán)境有利，而且技術(shù)工人和非技術(shù)工人都會得到不錯的工資待遇及職業(yè)生涯， [01:29.39]jobs similar to ones big created right here at UC Merced as this green campus continues to grow. 這種工作類似于加州大學(xué)摩賽德分校隨著綠色校園面積的擴大而創(chuàng)造出的工作。

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