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1、比尔盖茨夫妇TED演讲稿MelindaGates:ThisisinAfrica,ourveryfirsttrip,thefirsttimeeitherofushadeverbeentoAfrica,inthefallof1993.Wewerealreadyengagedtobemarried・Wemarriedafewmonthslater,andthiswasthetripwherewereallywenttoseetheanimalsandtoseethesavanna.Itwasincredible・Billhadnevertakenthatmuchtimeofffromwork.
2、Butwhatreallytouchedus,actually,werethepeople,andtheextremepoverty.Westartedaskingourselvesquestions・Doesithavetobelikethis?梅琳达•盖茨:这是我们第一次旅行,在非洲拍的。我们俩都是第一次去非洲,那是1993年的秋天,我们已经订婚。几月后,我们结婚了,我们想通过这次旅行看看野生动物和热带草原。真是太美了。比尔和我从来没有放过这么长的假。但是真正让我们深受触动的是那儿的人,那儿的贫穷。我们开始扪心自问,一切只能是这样吗?BillGates:Well,wedecidedt
3、hatwe'dpicktwocauses,whateverthebiggestinequitywasglobally,andtherewelookedatchildrendying,childrennothavingenoughnutritiontoeverdevelop,andcountriesthatwerereallystuck,becausewiththatlevelofdeath,andparentswouldhavesomanykidsthatthey'dgethugepopulationgrowth,andthatthekidsweresosickthatt
4、heyreallycouldn'tbeeducatedandliftthemselvesup.Sothatwasourglobalthing,andthenintheU.S.,bothofushavehadamazingeducations,andwesawthatasthewaythattheU.S.couldliveuptoitspromiseofequalopportunityisbyhavingaphenomenaleducationsystem,andthemorewelearned,themorewerealizedwe'renotreallyfulfilli
5、ngthatpromise・比尔•盖茨:我们决定选择两个方面:任何世界上最不公平的事,这指的是垂死的儿童,营养跟不上的儿童,因为高死亡率发展停滞不前的国家,国家人口剧长,孩子病得太重,他们没法受教育养活自己。这是世界的情况,而在美国,我们夫妻俩都受过良好的教育,我们看到美国实现“机会平等”这一承诺的途径就是其良好的教育体系。我们了解的越多,就越深刻地意识到我们并没有完全兑现我们的承诺。Sothisisastorylargelyofvaccines.Smallpoxwaskillingacouplemillionkidsayear.Thatwaseradicated,sothatgotdo
6、wntozero.Measleswaskillingacouplemillionayear.That'sdowntoafewhundredthousand.Anyway,thisisachartwhereyouwanttogetthatnumbertocontinue,andit'sgoingtobepossible,usingthescieneeofnewvaccines,gettingthevaccinesouttokids.Wecanactuallyacceleratetheprogress.所以这个故事主要说的是疫苗。以前,每隹有几百万的儿童死于天花。现在我们摆脱
7、它了,死亡数变成了零。每年有百万人死于麻疹,现在这个数字是几十万。总Z,在这张图表屮,如果你让数字继续下去,就有可能利用新疫苗技术为儿童提供疫苗。我们可以加快这个进程。Becausewebuiltthisthingtogetherfromthebeginning,it'sthisgreatpartnership・IhadthatwithPaulAllenintheearlydaysofMicrosoft・Ihaditwith