名校励志英语演讲 第36期:如何解决这个世界上最严重的不平等?

[00:00.00]Members of the Harvard Family: 哈佛大家庭的成员们， [00:02.20]Here in the Yard is one of the great collections of intellectual talent in the world. 这个院子里在场的人们，你们是全世界最有智力的人类群体之一。 [00:08.72]For what purpose? 我们可以做些什么? [00:11.54]There is no question that the faculty, the alumni, the students, and the benefactors of Harvard 毫无疑问，哈佛的老师、校友、学生以及哈佛的资助者， [00:20.56]have used their power to improve the lives of people here and around the world. 已经用他们的能力改善了全世界各地人们的生活。 [00:26.24]But can we do more? 但是，我们还能够做更多吗? [00:28.95]Can Harvard dedicate its intellect to improving the lives of people who will never even hear its name? 哈佛的人们能将他们的智慧用来帮助那些甚至从来没有听到过"哈佛"这个名字的人吗? [00:37.14]Let me make a request of the deans and the professors—the intellectual leaders here at Harvard: 请允许我向各位院长和教授提出一个请求——你们是哈佛的智力领袖， [00:44.58]As you hire new faculty, award tenure, review curriculum, 当你们雇用新的老师、授予终身教职、评估课程、 [00:50.90]and determine degree requirements, please ask yourselves: 决定学位颁发标准的时候，请问你们自己如下的问题： [00:55.24]Should our best minds be dedicated to solving our biggest problems? 我们最优秀的人才是否更加应该致力于解决我们最大的问题? [01:00.89]Should Harvard encourage its faculty to take on the world's worst inequities? 哈佛是否应该鼓励它的老师去研究解决世界上最严重的不平等? [01:18.20]Should Harvard students learn about the depth of global poverty... 哈佛的学生是否应了解全球那些极端的贫穷...... [01:22.20]the prevalence of world hunger...the scarcity of clean water... 世界性的饥荒......清洁的水资源的缺乏...... [01:26.08]the girls kept out of school...the children who die from diseases we can cure? 无法上学的女童......死于可治愈疾病的儿童?

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