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1、比爾蓋茨夫婦TED演講稿MelindaGates:ThisisinAfrica,ourveryfirsttrip,thefirsttimeeitherofushadeverbeentoAfrica,inthefallof1993.Wewerealreadyengagedtobemarried?Wemarriedafewmonthslater,andthiswasthetripwherewereallywenttoseetheanimalsandtoseethesavanna.Itwasincredible?Billhadnevertakenthatmuchtimeofffromwork.
2、Butwhatreallytouchedus,actually,werethepeople,andtheextremepoverty.Westartedaskingourselvesquestions?Doesithavetobelikethis?梅琳達(dá)?蓋茨:這是我們第一次旅行,在非洲拍的。我們倆都是第一次去非洲,那是1993年的秋天,我們已經(jīng)訂婚。幾月后,我們結(jié)婚了,我們想通過這次旅行看看野生動物和熱帶草原。真是太美了。比爾和我從來沒有放過這么長的假。但是真正讓我們深受觸動的是那兒的人,那兒的貧窮。我們開始捫心自問,一切只能是這樣嗎?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?比爾?蓋茨:我們決定選擇兩個(gè)方面:任何世界上最不公平的事,這指的是垂死的兒童,營養(yǎng)跟不上的兒童,因?yàn)楦咚劳雎拾l(fā)展停滯不前的國家,國家人口劇長,孩子病得太重,他們沒法受教育養(yǎng)活自己。這是世界的情況,而在美國,我們夫妻倆都受過良好的教育,我們看到美國實(shí)現(xiàn)“機(jī)會平等”這一承諾的途徑就是其良好的教育體系。我們了解的越多,就越深刻地意識到我們并沒有完全兌現(xiàn)我們的承諾。Sothisisastorylargelyofvaccines.Smallpoxwaskillingacouplemillionkidsayear.Thatwaseradicated,sothatgotdo
6、wntozero.Measleswaskillingacouplemillionayear.That'sdowntoafewhundredthousand.Anyway,thisisachartwhereyouwanttogetthatnumbertocontinue,andit'sgoingtobepossible,usingthescieneeofnewvaccines,gettingthevaccinesouttokids.Wecanactuallyacceleratetheprogress.所以這個(gè)故事主要說的是疫苗。以前,每隹有幾百萬的兒童死于天花?,F(xiàn)在我們擺脫
7、它了,死亡數(shù)變成了零。每年有百萬人死于麻疹,現(xiàn)在這個(gè)數(shù)字是幾十萬??俍,在這張圖表屮,如果你讓數(shù)字繼續(xù)下去,就有可能利用新疫苗技術(shù)為兒童提供疫苗。我們可以加快這個(gè)進(jìn)程。Becausewebuiltthisthingtogetherfromthebeginning,it'sthisgreatpartnership?IhadthatwithPaulAllenintheearlydaysofMicrosoft?Ihaditwith