偶像励志英语演讲 93:如何解决这个世界最严重的不平等(3)

[00:00.15]What I remember above all about Harvard was being in the midst of so much energy and intelligence. 不管怎样，我对哈佛的回忆主要与充沛的精力和智力活动有关。 [00:07.48]It could be exhilarating, intimidating, 哈佛的生活令人愉快，也令人感到有压力， [00:11.09]sometimes even discouraging, but always challenging. 有时甚至会感到泄气，但永远充满了挑战。 [00:15.21]It was an amazing privilege, 在哈佛生活是一种吸引人的特殊待遇， [00:17.44]and though I left early, 虽然我离开得比较早， [00:19.40]I was transformed by my years at Harvard, the friendships I made, and the ideas I worked on. 但是我在这里的经历、在这里结识的朋友、在这里发展起来的一些想法，永远地改变了我。 [00:27.51]But taking a serious look back... 但是，如果现在认真的回忆起来， [00:31.03]I do have one big regret. 我确实有一个很大的遗憾。 [00:35.02]I left Harvard with no real awareness of the awful inequities in the world- 我离开哈佛的时候，根本没有意识到这个世界是多么的不平等—— [00:41.10]the appalling disparities of health, and wealth, and opportunity 人类在健康、财富和机遇上的不平等大得可怕， [00:46.22]that condemn millions of people to lives of despair. 它们使得无数的人被迫生活在绝望之中。 [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经济学和政治学的新思想。 [00:56.24]I got great exposure to the advances being made in the sciences. 我也了解了很多科学上的新进展。 [01:01.39]But humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, 但是，人类最大的进步并不来自于这些发现， [01:06.36]but in how those dicoveries are applied to reduce inequity. 而是来自于那些发现如何有助于减少人类不平等。 [01:12.54]Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity- 不管通过何种手段——民主制度、健全的公共教育体系、高质量的医疗保健、还是广泛的经济机会—— [01:30.03]reducing inequity is the highest human achievement. 减少不平等才是人类最大的成就。 [01:34.44]I left campus knowing little about the millions of young people cheated out of educational opportunities here in this country. 我离开校园的时候，根本不知道在这个国家里，有几百万的年轻人无法获得接受教育的机会。 [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，发展中国家里有无数的人们生活在无法形容的贫穷和疾病之中。 [01:52.54]It took me decades to find out. 我花了几十年才明白了这些事情。

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