名校勵(lì)志英語演講 第112期:21世紀(jì)的挑戰(zhàn)(6)

[00:00.30]Today, technology has made us all virtual neighbors. 今天，高科技使我們天涯若比鄰。 [00:05.22]From laptops to lasers, from microchips to megabytes, an information revolution 從筆記本電腦到激光技術(shù)、從微芯片到兆字節(jié)儲(chǔ)存器，信息革命 [00:12.33]is lighting the landscape of human knowledge, bringing us all closer together. 正在照亮人類知識(shí)領(lǐng)域，將我們更緊密地聯(lián)結(jié)起來。 [00:19.30]Ideas, information, and money cross the planet at the stroke of a computer key, 人們只要敲一下電腦的鍵盤，觀念、信息和資金就能跨越全球， [00:27.17]bringing with them extraordinary opportunities to create wealth, to prevent and conquer disease, 為人們創(chuàng)造財(cái)富、預(yù)防和征服疾病、 [00:34.33]to foster greater understanding among peoples of different histories and different cultures. 加深具有不同歷史和文化背景人民之間的了解，帶來了極大的機(jī)會(huì)。 [00:41.15]But we also know that this greater openness and faster change mean that problems 但我們也知道，更大的開放和更快的變革也意味著， [00:46.32]which start beyond one nations borders can quickly move inside them—the spread of weapons of mass destruction, 別國產(chǎn)生的問題會(huì)很快蔓延到本國境內(nèi)，如大規(guī)模毀滅性武器的擴(kuò)散、 [00:54.51]the threats of organized crime and drug trafficking, of environmental degradation, and severe economic dislocation. 有組織的犯罪和販賣毒品的威脅、環(huán)境的惡化和嚴(yán)重的經(jīng)濟(jì)混亂等問題。 [01:03.26]No nation can isolate itself from these problems, and no nation can solve them alone. 沒有哪個(gè)國家能避免這些問題，沒有哪個(gè)國家能獨(dú)自解決這些問題。 [01:11.31]We, especially the younger generations of China and the United States, must make common cause of our common challenges, 我們，特別是中美兩國的年輕一代必須以迎接這些共同的挑戰(zhàn)為共同的事業(yè)， [01:23.00]so that we can, together, shape a new century of brilliant possibilities. 共創(chuàng)一個(gè)光輝燦爛的新世紀(jì)。 [01:29.13]In the 21st century—your century—China and the United States will face the challenge of security in Asia. 二十一世紀(jì)是你們的世紀(jì)。中美兩國將面臨亞洲安全的挑戰(zhàn)。 [01:39.29]On the Korean Peninsula, where once we were adversaries, today we are working together 我們兩國曾在朝鮮半島為敵，現(xiàn)在我們攜手合作， [01:45.21]for a permanent peace and a future freer of nuclear weapons. 為一個(gè)永久和平和無核武器的未來而努力。

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