公众人物毕业演讲第21期:比尔盖茨夫妇于斯坦福大学(2)

 　　When we want to learn more about the immune¹ system

　　当我们想更深入理解免疫系统

　　to help cure the worst diseases,

　　帮助治疗最严重的疾病时

　　we work with Stanford.

　　我们找到斯坦福一同合作

　　When we want to understand the changing landscape of higher education in the United States,

　　当我们想了解美国高等教育现状的改变趋势

　　so that more low-income students get college degrees,

　　帮助更多低收入家庭的学生获得大学学位时

　　we work with Stanford.

　　我们找到斯坦福一同合作

　　This is where genius lives.

　　斯坦福是一个盛产天才的地方

　　There's a flexibility² of mind here,

　　这里的思想充满了灵活性

　　an openness to change, an eagerness for what's new.

　　开放性和创新性

　　This is where people come to discover the future, and have fun doing it.

　　斯坦福是促进人类探索未来并乐于其中的地方

　　Now, some people call you all nerds

　　有些人把你们称作"书呆子"

　　and we hear that you claim that label with pride.

　　听说你们很喜欢这个称谓

　　Well, so do we.

　　我们也很喜欢

1 immune   

adj.免疫的，有免疫力的，不受影响的，免除的

参考例句：

• I am immune from the disease,for I had it once.我对这病有免疫力，因为我已得过一次了。
• Be immune from corruption.拒腐蚀，永不沾。

2 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。