偶像励志英语演讲 第96期:如何解决这个世界最严重的不平等(6)

　　I am optimistic that we can do this, but I talk to skeptics who claim there is no hope. They say: "Inequity has been with us since the beginning, and will be with us till the end-because people just don't care." I completely disagree.
在这个问题上，我是乐观的，我可以做到。但是，我也遇到过那些感到绝望的怀疑主义者。他们说：“不平等从人类诞生的第一天就存在，到人类灭亡的最后一天也将存在——因为人类对这个问题根本不在乎。”我完全不同意这种观点。
I believe we have more caring than we know what to do with.
我相信，问题不是我们不在乎，而是我们不知道该怎么做。
All of us here in this yard, at one time or another, have seen human tragedies that broke our hearts, and yet we did nothing-not because we didn't care, but because we didn't know what to do. If we had known how to help, we would have acted.
此刻在这个院子里的所有人，生命中总有这样或那样的时刻，目睹人类的悲剧，感到万分伤心。但是我们什么也没做——并非我们无动于衷，而是因为我们不知道做什么。如果我们知道如何做是有效的，那么我们就会采取行动。
The barrier to change is not too little caring; it is too much complexity¹.
改变世界的阻碍，并非人类的冷漠，而是世界实在太复杂。
To turn caring into action, we need to see a problem, see a solution, and see the impact. Bu complexity blocks all three steps.
为了将关心转变为行动，我们需要发现问题，找到解决问题的方法，评估影响。但是世界的复杂性使得所有这些步骤都难以做到。
Even with the advent² of the Internet and 24-hour news, it is still a complex enterprise³ to get people to truly see the problems. When an airplane crashes, official immediately call a press conference. They promise to investigate, determine the cause, and prevent similar crashes in the future.
即使有了互联网和24小时直播的新闻，让人们真正发现问题所在，仍然十分困难。当一架飞机坠毁了，官员们会立刻召开新闻发布会，他们承诺进行调查、找到原因、防止将来再次发生类似事故。
But if the officials were brutally⁴ honest, they would say: "Of all the people in the world who died today from preventable causes, one half of one percent were on this plane. We're determined⁵ to do everything possible to solve the problem that took the lives of the one of one percent."
但是如果那些官员们敢说真话，他们就会说：“在今天这一天，全世界所有可以避免的死亡之中，只有0.5%的死者来自于这次空难。我们决心尽一切努力解决这个造成0.5%的人死亡的问题。”
重点讲解：
1. turn into
（使）变成；（使）成为；
eg. We shall turn this piece of wasteland into wheat fields.
我们要把这块不毛之地改成麦田。
eg. The cheater boasted that he could turn stone into gold.
那个骗子吹嘘道，他能点石成金。
2. the advent of
出现，问世，到来；
eg. Since the advent of jet aircraft,travel has been speeded up.
自从喷气式飞机出现以来，旅行的速度大为提高。
eg. With the advent of the new chairman, the company began to prosper⁶.
随著新主席的到来，公司也开始有了起色。
3. promise to do sth.
承诺；保证；答应做某事；
eg. Don't worry about the damage; I promise to square it up.
别为这损失担心，我保证赔偿。
eg. I promise to return your bicycle in good condition.
我答应把你的自行车完好无损地归还你。
4. be determined to do sth.
下定决心的；决意的；坚定的；
eg. They are determined to show that their last win was no fluke.
他们决心证明他们上一次的胜利绝非侥幸。
eg. She's determined to ferret out the truth.
她决心查明真相。

1 complexity   

n.复杂(性)，复杂的事物

参考例句：

• Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
• The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。

2 advent   

n.(重要事件等的)到来，来临

参考例句：

• Swallows come by groups at the advent of spring. 春天来临时燕子成群飞来。
• The advent of the Euro will redefine Europe.欧元的出现将重新定义欧洲。

3 enterprise   

n.企业单位，商业公司，事业，计划

参考例句：

• They are determined to carry forward the enterprise.他们决心把事业进行下去。
• The enterprise has excellent prospects.这家企业的远景极其美好。

4 brutally   

adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地

参考例句：

• The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
• A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。

5 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

6 prosper   

v.成功，兴隆，昌盛；使成功，使昌隆，繁荣

参考例句：

• With her at the wheel,the company began to prosper.有了她当主管，公司开始兴旺起来。
• It is my earnest wish that this company will continue to prosper.我真诚希望这家公司会继续兴旺发达。