公众人物毕业演讲第348期:梅琳达2013在杜克大学(7)

 　　Taught me that Paul had made the moral choice to do the deep connection to do that hard work to understanding that love is part of healing All those little small acts that Paul did and his staff保罗做的是一种道德选择 希望建立更深的人际联系更努力去理解 爱其实也是治疗的一部分保罗及其团队所做的一切看似微小Those are born out of a big idea and that is the dignity of all people Of course, not everybody here is going to be Paul Farmer却孕育出一个伟大理念也就是 所有人都是有尊严的当然 这里并非所有人都会成为保罗.法默Not all of you are going to dedicate your whole life to eradicating¹ poverty but just because you don't qualify for sainthood doesn't mean you can't form deep human connections并非所有人都会一生致力于消除贫穷但是即便你当不了圣人也并不意味着 你不能建立深厚的人际联系Or that your connections can't make a difference in the world And to me, that's where technology comes in If you make the moral choice to connect deeply with others并不意味着 你的这种联系不会对世界造成改变在我看来 这就是科技出场的时候了如果你在道德上作出选择 愿意同他人建立深厚联系Then your computer, your phone, the internet it makes it so much easier to do today In Africa那么电脑 手机 互联网就能让你的行动变得更加容易在非洲There are 700 million cellphone subscribers When I go to Kenya, I was in Nairobi I was in a large slum there, Kibera有7亿手机用户记得有一次我去肯尼亚内罗毕到了当地的一个大贫民窟 基贝拉Some people consider it the largest slum in Africa I was there last year you know what I saw unbelievable ingenuity² I saw a kiosk that had hundreds of phones有人认为这是非洲最大的贫民窟我是去年去的 所见情景非常难以置信一个小摊上摆有数以百计的手机Where young entrepreneur served the business of recharging people cell phones When they got their cell phones back you know what they were doing?

　　年轻的摊贩提供手机充电服务 并以此盈利手机冲完电后你猜人们拿它做什么Texting Evidently their favorite way of communicating is your favorite way of communicating too发短信他们最喜欢的通讯方式也正是你们最喜欢的通讯方式

1 eradicating   

摧毁，完全根除( eradicate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Objective: To study the acute and chronic toxicity of Ten-flavor-acne eradicating-capsule. 目的：探讨复方中药合剂十味平痤胶囊的急性及慢性毒性。
• We are on the verge of eradicating polio in the world. 我们已在世界消除小儿？痹症的边缘了。

2 ingenuity   

n.别出心裁；善于发明创造

参考例句：

• The boy showed ingenuity in making toys.那个小男孩做玩具很有创造力。
• I admire your ingenuity and perseverance.我钦佩你的别出心裁和毅力。