偶像勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 95:如何解決這個(gè)世界最嚴(yán)重的不平等(5)

[00:00.10]If you believe that every life has equal value, 如果你認(rèn)為生命都是平等的， [00:03.37]it's revolting to learn that some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not. 那么當(dāng)你發(fā)現(xiàn)某些生命被挽救了，而另一些生命被放棄了，你會(huì)感到無(wú)法接受。 [00:11.13]We said to ourselves: "This can't be true. 我們對(duì)自己說(shuō)：“事情不可能是如此。 [00:14.41]But if it is true, it deserves to be the priority of our giving." 如果這是真的，那么它理應(yīng)是我們努力的頭等大事?！? [00:20.18]So we began our work in the same way anyone here would begin it. 所以，我們倆用在座任何人都會(huì)想到的方式開(kāi)始工作。 [00:27.01]We asked: "How could the world let these children die?" 我們心存疑問(wèn)：“這個(gè)世界怎么可以眼睜睜看著這些孩子死去?” [00:31.55]The answer is simple, and harsh. 答案很簡(jiǎn)單，也很殘酷。 [00:34.25]The market did not reward saving the lives of these children, 在市場(chǎng)，拯救兒童是一項(xiàng)沒(méi)有利潤(rùn)的工作， [00:39.10]and governments did not subsidize it. 政府也不會(huì)提供任何補(bǔ)助。 [00:42.26]So the children died because their mothers and their fathers had no power in the market and no voice in the system. 這些兒童之所以會(huì)死亡，是因?yàn)樗麄兊母改冈诮?jīng)濟(jì)上沒(méi)有實(shí)力，在政治上沒(méi)有發(fā)言權(quán)。 [00:51.49]But you and I have both. 但是，你們和我在經(jīng)濟(jì)上有實(shí)力，在政治上有發(fā)言權(quán)。 [00:54.21]We can make market forces work better for the poor 那么我們就可以讓市場(chǎng)更好地為窮人服務(wù)， [00:59.14]if we can develop a more creative capitalism- 如果我們能夠設(shè)計(jì)出一種更有創(chuàng)新性的資本主義制度—— [01:03.20]if we can stretch the reach of market forces 如果我們可以改變市場(chǎng)， [01:07.14]so that more people can make a profit, or at least make a living, 讓更多的人可以獲得利潤(rùn)，或者至少可以維持生活—— [01:12.18]serving people who are suffering from the great inequities. 那么，這就可以幫到那些正在極端不平等的狀況中受苦的人們; [01:17.40]We also can press governmetns around the world 我們還可以向全世界的政府施壓， [01:20.59]to spend taxpayer money in ways that better reflect the values of the people who pay the taxes. 要求他們將納稅人的錢(qián)，花到更體現(xiàn)納稅人價(jià)值的地方。 [01:29.51]If we can find approaches 如果我們能夠找到這樣一種方法， [01:31.52]that meet the needs of the poor in the ways that generate profits for business and votes for politicians, 既可以幫到窮人，又可以為商人帶來(lái)利潤(rùn)，為政治家?guī)?lái)選票， [01:39.13]we will have found a sustainable way to reduce inequity in the world. 那么我們就找到了一種減少世界性不平等的可持續(xù)的發(fā)展道路。 [01:44.24]This task is open-ended. 這個(gè)任務(wù)是永無(wú)止境的。 [01:47.19]It can never be finished. 它不可能全部完成， [01:49.27]But a conscious effort to answer this challenge can change the world. 但是任何自覺(jué)地解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題的嘗試，都將會(huì)改變這個(gè)世界。

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