TED演讲:如何帮助年轻人构建更好的未来(3)

And young people are also telling me that they're worried about employment, that they won't be able to find a job.

年轻人也告诉我，他们担心就业，无法找到工作。

And again, they're right. Every month, 10 million young people reach working age.

他们也是对的。每个月，有1千万年轻人达到工作年龄。

It's a staggering number. Some will go on for further education, but many will enter the workforce¹.

这是一个惊人的数字。有些人会继续深造，但多数人会进入职场。

And our world is not creating 10 million new jobs each month.

然而我们的世界却无法在每个月都创造1千万个新的工作岗位。

The competition is fierce for the jobs that are available.

对现存工作机会的竞争非常激烈。

So, imagine being a young person today, needing a job, seeking a livelihood²,

所以，想象一下作为今天的年轻人，需要一份工作，需要谋生，

ready to build a future, and opportunities are hard to find.

准备闯出未来，然而合适的机会却凤毛菱角。

Young people are also telling me that they're worried that they're not getting the skills that they need.

年轻人也告诉我，他们担心无法获得所需的技能。

And again, they're right.

他们还是对的。

We are finding ourselves at a time in the world when the world is changing so fast for work.

我们发现我们所处的这个时代，全世界的工作岗位瞬息万变。

We're in the fourth industrial revolution.

我们正处于第四次工业革命。

Young people do not want to be on the farms and in rural communities.

年轻人不想呆在农场和乡村。

They want to go to the cities. They want to learn future skills for future work.

他们想要进入城市。他们想要学到未来工作的技能。

They want to learn digital technology and green technologies.

他们想要学习数字技术和绿色技术。

They want to have a chance to learn modern agriculture.

他们想要有机会学习现代农业。

They want to learn business and entrepreneurship, so that they can create a business of their own.

他们想要学习商业和创业精神，这样他们就可以创建自己的企业。

They want to be nurses and radiologists and pharmacists and doctors.

他们想成为护士、放射科专家、药剂师和医生。

And they want to have all of the skills that they'll need for the future.

他们想要拥有所有这些未来需要的技能。

They also want to learn the trades, like construction and electricians.

他们也想要学习建筑和电工等职业。

These are all the professions that a country needs, as well as the professions that have not been invented yet.

这些都是一个国家所需要的职业，以及还没有被发明出来的职业。

1 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

2 livelihood   

n.生计，谋生之道

参考例句：

• Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood.他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。
• My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。