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 complexity.
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 advent of the Internet and 24-hour news, it is still a complex enterprise 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 brutally 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 determined 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 prosper.
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。 |