名校勵志英語演講 第36期:如何解決這個世界上最嚴(yán)重的不平等?

[00:00.00]Members of the Harvard Family: 哈佛大家庭的成員們， [00:02.20]Here in the Yard is one of the great collections of intellectual talent in the world. 這個院子里在場的人們，你們是全世界最有智力的人類群體之一。 [00:08.72]For what purpose? 我們可以做些什么? [00:11.54]There is no question that the faculty, the alumni, the students, and the benefactors of Harvard 毫無疑問，哈佛的老師、校友、學(xué)生以及哈佛的資助者， [00:20.56]have used their power to improve the lives of people here and around the world. 已經(jīng)用他們的能力改善了全世界各地人們的生活。 [00:26.24]But can we do more? 但是，我們還能夠做更多嗎? [00:28.95]Can Harvard dedicate its intellect to improving the lives of people who will never even hear its name? 哈佛的人們能將他們的智慧用來幫助那些甚至從來沒有聽到過"哈佛"這個名字的人嗎? [00:37.14]Let me make a request of the deans and the professors—the intellectual leaders here at Harvard: 請允許我向各位院長和教授提出一個請求——你們是哈佛的智力領(lǐng)袖， [00:44.58]As you hire new faculty, award tenure, review curriculum, 當(dāng)你們雇用新的老師、授予終身教職、評估課程、 [00:50.90]and determine degree requirements, please ask yourselves: 決定學(xué)位頒發(fā)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的時候，請問你們自己如下的問題： [00:55.24]Should our best minds be dedicated to solving our biggest problems? 我們最優(yōu)秀的人才是否更加應(yīng)該致力于解決我們最大的問題? [01:00.89]Should Harvard encourage its faculty to take on the world's worst inequities? 哈佛是否應(yīng)該鼓勵它的老師去研究解決世界上最嚴(yán)重的不平等? [01:18.20]Should Harvard students learn about the depth of global poverty... 哈佛的學(xué)生是否應(yīng)了解全球那些極端的貧窮...... [01:22.20]the prevalence of world hunger...the scarcity of clean water... 世界性的饑荒......清潔的水資源的缺乏...... [01:26.08]the girls kept out of school...the children who die from diseases we can cure? 無法上學(xué)的女童......死于可治愈疾病的兒童?

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