偶像勵志英語演講 第103期:如何解決這個(gè)世界最嚴(yán)重的不平等(13)
我的母親在我被哈佛大學(xué)錄取的那一天，曾經(jīng)感到非常驕傲。
[00:05.14]never stopped pressing me to do more for others.
她從沒有停止督促我，去為他人做更多的事情。
[00:09.30]A few days before I was married,
在我結(jié)婚的前幾天，
[00:11.56]she hosted a bridal event,
她主持了一個(gè)新娘進(jìn)我家的儀式。
[00:13.47]at which she read aloud a letter about marriage that she had written to Melinda.
在這個(gè)儀式上，她高聲朗讀了一封關(guān)于婚姻的信，這是她寫給美琳達(dá)的。
[00:19.31]My mother was very ill with cancer at the time,
那時(shí)，我的母親已經(jīng)因?yàn)榘┌Y病入膏肓，
[00:23.00]but she saw one more opportunity to deliver her message,
但是她還是認(rèn)為這是又一個(gè)傳遞她的信息的機(jī)會。
[00:26.07]and at the close of the letter she said:
在那封信的結(jié)尾，她寫道：
[00:30.06]From those to whom much is given, much is expected.
對于那些接受了許多幫助的人們，人們對你的期望也就很大。
[00:36.25]When you consider what those of us here in this yard have been given-in talent, privilege, and opportunity-
想一想吧，我們在這個(gè)院子里的這些人，被給予了什么——天賦、特權(quán)、機(jī)遇——
[00:53.49]there is almost no limit to what the world has a right to expect from us.
那么可以這樣說，全世界的人們幾乎有無限的權(quán)力，期待我們做出貢獻(xiàn)。
[01:00.04]In line with the promise of this age,
同這個(gè)時(shí)代的期望一樣，
[01:02.39]I want to exhort each of the graduates here to take on an issue-
我也要勸告今天各位畢業(yè)生要選擇一個(gè)問題——
[01:07.56]a complex problem, a deep inequity, and become a specialist on it.
一個(gè)復(fù)雜的問題，一個(gè)有關(guān)于人類深刻的不平等的問題，然后你們要變成這個(gè)問題的專家。
[01:12.55]If you make it the focus of your career, that would be phenomenal.
如果你們能夠使得這個(gè)問題成為你們職業(yè)的核心，那么你們就會非常杰出。
[01:17.03]But you don't have to do that to make an impact.
但是，你們不必一定要去做那些大事。
[01:21.16]For a few hours every week,
每個(gè)星期只用幾個(gè)小時(shí)，
[01:22.56]you can use the growing power of the Internet to get informed,
你就可以通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)得到信息，
[01:27.57]find others with the same interests,
找到志同道合的朋友，
[01:30.40]see the barriers, and find ways to cut through them.
發(fā)現(xiàn)困難所在并找到解決它們的途徑。
