偶像勵志英語演講 93:如何解決這個世界最嚴重的不平等(3)

[00:00.15]What I remember above all about Harvard was being in the midst of so much energy and intelligence. 不管怎樣，我對哈佛的回憶主要與充沛的精力和智力活動有關。 [00:07.48]It could be exhilarating, intimidating, 哈佛的生活令人愉快，也令人感到有壓力， [00:11.09]sometimes even discouraging, but always challenging. 有時甚至會感到泄氣，但永遠充滿了挑戰(zhàn)。 [00:15.21]It was an amazing privilege, 在哈佛生活是一種吸引人的特殊待遇， [00:17.44]and though I left early, 雖然我離開得比較早， [00:19.40]I was transformed by my years at Harvard, the friendships I made, and the ideas I worked on. 但是我在這里的經歷、在這里結識的朋友、在這里發(fā)展起來的一些想法，永遠地改變了我。 [00:27.51]But taking a serious look back... 但是，如果現(xiàn)在認真的回憶起來， [00:31.03]I do have one big regret. 我確實有一個很大的遺憾。 [00:35.02]I left Harvard with no real awareness of the awful inequities in the world- 我離開哈佛的時候，根本沒有意識到這個世界是多么的不平等—— [00:41.10]the appalling disparities of health, and wealth, and opportunity 人類在健康、財富和機遇上的不平等大得可怕， [00:46.22]that condemn millions of people to lives of despair. 它們使得無數(shù)的人被迫生活在絕望之中。 [00:51.09]I earned a lot here at Harvard about new ideas in economics and politics. 我在哈佛接受了很多經濟學和政治學的新思想。 [00:56.24]I got great exposure to the advances being made in the sciences. 我也了解了很多科學上的新進展。 [01:01.39]But humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, 但是，人類最大的進步并不來自于這些發(fā)現(xiàn)， [01:06.36]but in how those dicoveries are applied to reduce inequity. 而是來自于那些發(fā)現(xiàn)如何有助于減少人類不平等。 [01:12.54]Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity- 不管通過何種手段——民主制度、健全的公共教育體系、高質量的醫(yī)療保健、還是廣泛的經濟機會—— [01:30.03]reducing inequity is the highest human achievement. 減少不平等才是人類最大的成就。 [01:34.44]I left campus knowing little about the millions of young people cheated out of educational opportunities here in this country. 我離開校園的時候，根本不知道在這個國家里，有幾百萬的年輕人無法獲得接受教育的機會。 [01:44.24]And I knew nothing about the millions of people living in unspeakable poverty and disease in developing countries. 我也不知道，發(fā)展中國家里有無數(shù)的人們生活在無法形容的貧窮和疾病之中。 [01:52.54]It took me decades to find out. 我花了幾十年才明白了這些事情。

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