【正文】 　　當(dāng)然，你必須有一些統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字。你也必須讓他人知道，兒童死亡人數(shù)下降了多少。
　　but if you want to inspire people to participate, you have to show more than numbers。ndash。你必須展示你的項(xiàng)目的人性因素，這樣其他人就會(huì)感到拯救一個(gè)生命，對(duì)那些處在困境中的家庭到底意味著什么。rsquo。ndash。 yet this was the most boring panel iamp。ve ever been on amp。 ever. so boring even i couldnamp。t bear it.
　　幾年前，我去瑞士達(dá)沃斯旁聽一個(gè)全球健康問題論壇，會(huì)議的內(nèi)容有關(guān)于如何拯救幾百萬條生命?！?。
　　what made that experience especially striking was that i had just e from an event where we were introducing version 13 of some piece of software, and we had people jumping and shouting with excitement. i love getting people excited about software amp。 but why canamp。t we generate even more excitement for saving lives?
　　那次經(jīng)歷之所以讓我難忘，是因?yàn)橹拔覀儎倓偘l(fā)布了一個(gè)軟件的第 13 個(gè)版本，我們讓觀眾激動(dòng)得跳了起來，喊出了聲。rsquo。ndash。如何做到這一點(diǎn)，并不是一件簡單的事。rsquo。ndash。ndash。rsquo。不錯(cuò)，人類的不平等有史以來一直存在，但是那些能夠化繁為簡的新工具，卻是最近才出現(xiàn)的。
　　the defining and ongoing innovations of this age amp。 biotechnology, the puter, the internet amp。 give us a chance weamp。ve never had before to end extreme poverty and end death from preventable disease.
　　這個(gè)時(shí)代無時(shí)無刻不在涌現(xiàn)出新的革新 。 它們給了我們一個(gè)從未有過的機(jī)會(huì)，去終結(jié)那些極端的貧窮和非惡性疾病的死亡。他說： “。事實(shí)上，經(jīng)過層層傳播，想要真正地把握形勢(shì)，是根本不可能的。
　　thirty years after marshall made his address, as my class graduated without me, technology was emerging that would make the world smaller, more open, more visible, less distant.
　　馬歇爾發(fā)表這個(gè)演講之后的三十年，我那一屆學(xué)生畢業(yè)，當(dāng)然我不在其中。
　　the emergence of lowcost personal puters gave rise to a powerful network that has transformed opportunities for learning and municating.
　　低成本的個(gè)人電腦的出現(xiàn)，使得一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)有機(jī)會(huì)誕生，它為學(xué)習(xí)和交流提供了巨大的機(jī)會(huì)。ndash。它還極大地增加了懷有共同想法的人們聚集在一起的機(jī)會(huì)，我們可以為了解決同一個(gè)問題，一起共同工作。
　　at the same time, for every person in the world who has access to this technology, five people donamp。t. that means many creative minds are left out of this discussion smart people with practical intelligence and relevant experience who donamp。t have the technology to hone their talents or contribute their ideas to the world.
　　與此同時(shí)，世界上有條件上網(wǎng)的人，只是全部人口的六分之一。那些有著實(shí)際的操作經(jīng)驗(yàn)和相關(guān)經(jīng)歷的聰明人，卻沒有技術(shù)來幫助他們，將他們的天賦或者想法與全世界分享。新技術(shù)正在創(chuàng)造一種可能，不僅是政府，還 包括大學(xué)、公司、小機(jī)構(gòu)、甚至個(gè)人，能夠發(fā)現(xiàn)問題所在、能夠找到解決辦法、能夠評(píng)估他們努力的效果，去改變那些馬歇爾六十年前就說到過的問題 。
　　members of the harvard family: here in the yard is one of the great collections of intellectual talent in the world.
　　哈佛是一個(gè)大家庭。
　　what for?
　　我們可以做些什么?
　　there is no question that the faculty, the alumni, the students, and the benefactors of harvard have used their power to improve the lives of people here and around the world. but can we do more? can harvard dedicate its intellect to improving the lives of people who will never even hear its name?
　　毫無疑問，哈佛的老師、校友、學(xué)生和資助者，已經(jīng)用他們的能力改善了全世界各地人們的生活。 哈佛 “。ndash。 你們是哈佛的智力領(lǐng)袖，當(dāng)你們雇用新的老師、授予終身教職、評(píng)估課程、決定學(xué)位頒發(fā)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的時(shí)候，請(qǐng)問你們自己如下的問題：
　　should our best minds be dedicated to solving our biggest problems?
　　我們最優(yōu)秀的人才是否在致力于解決我們最大的問題?
　　should harvard encourage its faculty to take on the worldamp。s worst inequities? should harvard students learn about the depth of global poverty ……。 the scarcity of clean water ……。 the children who die from diseases we can cure?
　　哈佛是否鼓勵(lì)她的老師去研究解決世界上最嚴(yán)重的不平等?哈佛的學(xué)生是否從全球那些極端的貧窮中學(xué)到了什么 ……。 世界性的饑荒 ……。 清潔的水資源的缺乏 ……。 無法上學(xué)的女童 ……。 死于非惡性疾病的兒童 ……。 哈佛的學(xué)生有沒有從中學(xué)到東西?
　　should the worldamp。s most privileged people learn about the lives of the worldamp。s least privileged?
　　那些世界上過著最優(yōu)越生活的人們，有沒有從那些最困難的人們身上學(xué)到東西?
　　these are not rhetorical questions amp。 you will answer with your policies.
　　這些問題并非語言上的修辭。
　　my mother, who was filled with pride the day i was admitted here amp。 never stopped pressing me to do more for others. a few days before my wedding, she hosted a bridal event, at which she read aloud a letter about marriage that she had written to melinda. my mother was very ill with cancer at the time, but she saw one more opportunity to deliver her message, and at the close of the letter she said: from those to whom much is given, much is provided
　　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。在我結(jié)婚的前幾天，她主持了一個(gè)新娘進(jìn)我家的 儀式。那時(shí)，我的母親已經(jīng)因?yàn)榘┌Y病入膏肓，但是她還是認(rèn)為這是又一個(gè)傳播她 的信念的機(jī)會(huì)。 對(duì)于那些接受了許多幫助的人們，他們還在期待更多的幫助。
　　when you consider what those of us here in this yard have been given amp。 in talent, privilege, and opportunity amp。 there is almost no limit to what the world has a right to expect from us.
　　想一想吧，我們?cè)谶@個(gè)院子里的這些人，被給予過什么 。 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)。ndash。rsquo。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(huì)非常杰出。每個(gè)星期只用幾個(gè)小 時(shí)，你就可以通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)得到信息，找到志同道合的朋友，發(fā)現(xiàn)困難所在，找到解決它們的途徑。rsquo。要成為一個(gè)行動(dòng)主義者。它將成為你生命中最重要的經(jīng)歷之一。 you must start sooner, and carry on longer.
　　在座的各位畢業(yè)的同學(xué)，你們所處的時(shí)代是一個(gè)神奇的時(shí)代。你們已經(jīng)了解到了世界 上的不平等，我們那時(shí)還不知道這些。你們比我們擁有更大的能力。
　　knowing what you know, how could you not?
　　知道了你們所知道的一切，你們?cè)趺纯赡懿徊扇⌒袆?dòng)呢?
　　and i hope you will e back here to harvard 30 years from now and reflect on what you have done with your talent and your energy. i hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional acplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the worldamp。s deepest inequities ……。我希望，在那個(gè)時(shí)候，你們用來評(píng)價(jià)自己的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，不僅僅是你們的專業(yè)
　　成就，而包括你們?yōu)楦淖冞@個(gè)世界深刻的不平等所做出的努力，以及你們?nèi)绾紊拼切┻h(yuǎn)隔千山萬水、與你們毫不涉及的人們，你們與他們唯一的共同點(diǎn)就是同為人 類