公眾人物畢業(yè)演講(MP3+字幕)第24期:比爾蓋茨夫婦于斯坦福大學(xué)(5)

That ran counter to our core belief.

這將同我們的核心信念背道而馳

Technology should benefit everyone.

技術(shù)應(yīng)當(dāng)讓每個(gè)人受益

So we worked to close the digital divide.

于是我們開始行動(dòng) 試圖縮小這一數(shù)字鴻溝

I made a priority at Microsoft,

我原來(lái)在微軟

and Melinda and I made it an early priority at our Foundation.

以及我和梅琳達(dá)在蓋茨基金會(huì)早期都確立了

Donating personal computers to public libraries

向公共圖書館捐贈(zèng)個(gè)人計(jì)算機(jī)這一優(yōu)先事務(wù)

to make sure that everyone had access.

以幫助每個(gè)人獲得計(jì)算機(jī)使用權(quán)

The digital divide was a focus of mine in 1997,

1997年 這一數(shù)字鴻溝是我的主要關(guān)注焦點(diǎn)

when I took my first trip to South Africa.

當(dāng)時(shí)我是第一次去南非

I went there on business.

我是出公差

So I spent most of my time in meetings in downtown Johannesburg.

大多數(shù)時(shí)間都在約翰內(nèi)斯堡中心城區(qū)開會(huì)

I stayed in the home of one of the richest families of South Africa.

住在南非國(guó)內(nèi)非常有錢的一位富豪家里

It had only been three years since the election of Nelson Mandela

當(dāng)時(shí)離納爾遜?曼德拉當(dāng)選只有三年時(shí)間

marked the end of apartheid.

種族隔離剛剛終結(jié)

When I sat down for dinner with my hosts,

我同屋子的主人坐在一起用餐

they used a bell to call the butler.

主人用鈴來(lái)呼喚仆人

After dinner, the women and men separated and the men smoked cigars.

餐后 女人們會(huì)和男人們分開 男人們會(huì)去抽雪茄

I thought, good thing I read Jane Austen,

我心想 幸好我讀過簡(jiǎn)·奧斯汀的作品

or I wouldn't have known what was going on.

否則我估計(jì)根本無(wú)法理解這里發(fā)生了什么