名校勵(lì)志英語演講 第169期:服務(wù)—衡量成功的真正標(biāo)準(zhǔn)(10)

[00:00.34]And then one of my heroes, Geoffrey Canadas, grew up in the South Bronx. 還有我心目中的英雄之一——杰弗瑞·凱那德，他在南布朗克斯長大。 [00:05.15]After graduating from Bowdoin and getting his masters at Harvard, 在拿到鮑登學(xué)院的學(xué)士學(xué)位和哈佛大學(xué)的碩士學(xué)位后， [00:08.37]he returned to New York city and used his education to ensure that the next generation would have a chance at the same opportunity. 他返回紐約，運(yùn)用所學(xué)到的知識，確保下一代能夠擁有平等的機(jī)會。 [00:16.33]Geoffrey's Harlem Children's Zone is a nationally recognized program that covers 1oo blocks 杰佛瑞創(chuàng)辦的“哈雷姆兒童地帶”組織獲得了全國性的認(rèn)可， [00:22.26]and reaches nearly 10,000 children with a variety of social services to ensure that all kids are prepared to get a good education. 該項(xiàng)目覆蓋100個(gè)街區(qū)，給近1萬名兒童提供各種社會服務(wù)，以保證所有孩子們都能為接受良好的教育做好準(zhǔn)備。 [00:32.08]And in an effort to invest in and encourage the future Wendy Kopps, 為了使溫蒂·柯璞、凡·瓊斯以及杰佛瑞·凱那德所建的項(xiàng)目 [00:36.31]Van Joneses and Geoffrey Canadas, the Obama administration recently launched the office of social innovation at the White House. 在未來得到投資個(gè)鼓勵(lì)，奧巴馬政府最近在白宮設(shè)立了“社會革新辦公室”。 [00:45.20]The president has asks Congress to provide $50 million in seed capital to fund great ideas like the ones I just described. 總統(tǒng)已經(jīng)請求國會撥款5千萬美元作為種子資金來資助那些了不起的想法，就像我剛才所說的那些項(xiàng)目。 [00:55.02]The office is going to identify the most promising, results-oriented non-profit programs and expand their reach throughout the country. 該辦公室將會認(rèn)同那些最有前景、結(jié)果明確的非盈利項(xiàng)目，并將擴(kuò)大它們在全國的業(yè)務(wù)。 [01:03.36]And this university is blessed with some of the leading researchers and academics 這所大學(xué)幸運(yùn)地?fù)碛幸恍┮涣鞯难芯咳藛T和專業(yè)學(xué)者， [01:08.30]who are focusing already their attention on solving some of our nation's most critical issues, 他們正把研究重點(diǎn)放在解決我們國家最迫切的問題上， [01:14.07]like the energy crisis, global warming, climate change, and air pollution. 例如能源危機(jī)、全球變暖、氣候變化以及空氣污染。 [01:18.44]And you, the students, the graduates and faculty on this campus, you're capable of changing the world, that's for sure. 而你們——這所學(xué)校的大學(xué)生們、畢業(yè)生們以及教職工們——你們有能力改變這個(gè)世界，這是肯定的。 [01:27.43]Where you are right now is no different from where Wendy and Van and Geoffrey were when they graduated, remember that. 你們現(xiàn)在的起點(diǎn)和當(dāng)年溫迪、凡、杰佛瑞畢業(yè)的時(shí)候的起點(diǎn)并無二致，記住這一點(diǎn)。

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