偶像勵志英語演講 第100期:如何解決這個世界最嚴重的不平等(10)

[00:00.16]Still, I'm optimistic. 同前面一樣，在這個問題上，我依然是樂觀的。 [00:03.18]Yes, inequity has been with us forever, 不錯，人類的不平等有史以來一直存在， [00:06.40]but the new tools we have to cut through complexity have not been with us forever. 但是那些能夠化繁為簡的新工具，卻是最近才出現(xiàn)的。 [00:13.30]They are new-they can help us make the most of our caring- 這些新工具可以幫助我們，將人類的同情心發(fā)揮最大的作用， [00:18.12]and that's why the future can be different from the past. 這就是為什么將來同過去是不一樣的。 [00:23.26]The defining and ongoing innovations of this age-biotechnology, the personal computer, and the Internet- 這個時代無時無刻不在涌現(xiàn)出新的發(fā)明——生物技術(shù)，個人計算機和互聯(lián)網(wǎng)——它 [00:32.50]give us a chance we've never had before to end extreme poverty and end death from preventable disease. 們給了我們一個從未有過的機會，去終結(jié)那些極端的貧窮和可預(yù)防的疾病的死亡。 [00:43.16]Sixty years ago, George Marshall came to this commencement 六十年前，喬治·馬歇爾也是在這個地方的畢業(yè)典禮上， [00:48.49]and announced a plan to assist the nations of post-war Europe. 宣布了一個計劃，幫助那些歐洲國家進行戰(zhàn)后建設(shè)。 [00:54.20]He said: "I think one difficulty is that the problem is one of such enormous complexity 他說：“我認為，困難的一點是這個問題太復雜， [01:03.54]that the very mass of facts presented to the public by press and radio 報紙和電臺向公眾源源不斷地提供各種事實， [01:10.13]make it exceedingly difficult for the man in the street to reach a clear appraisement of the situation. 使得大街上的普通人極難于清晰地判斷形勢。 [01:17.44]It is virtually impossible at this distance to grasp at all the real significance of the situation." 事實上，經(jīng)過層層傳播，想要真正地把握形勢是根本不可能的?！? [01:27.40]Thirty years after Marshall made his address, 馬歇爾發(fā)表這個演講之后的三十年， [01:32.25]which is thirty years ago, as my class graduated without me, 也就是三十年前我那一屆學生畢業(yè)，當然我不在其中。 [01:37.55]technology was emerging that would make the world smaller, more open, more visible, less distant. 那時，新技術(shù)剛剛開始萌芽，它們將使得這個世界變得更小、更開放、更容易看到、距離更近。

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