公众人物毕业演讲第20期:比尔盖茨夫妇于斯坦福大学(1)

 　　Congratulations, class of 2014!

　　祝贺2014届毕业生

　　Melinda and I are excited to be here.

　　我和梅琳达很高兴能来到这里

　　It would be a thrill for anyone

　　能受邀到斯坦福做毕业演讲

　　to be invited to speak at a Stanford commencement,

　　对任何人来说都是一件令人激动的事情

　　but it's especially gratifying for us.

　　我们尤是如此

　　Stanford is rapidly becoming the favorite university for members of our family,

　　斯坦福正迅速成为我们家人最喜欢的一所大学

　　and it's long been a favorite university for Microsoft and our foundation¹.

　　它也一直是微软以及我们基金会最偏爱的一所大学

　　Our formula² has been to get the smartest, most creative people

　　我们喜欢招募最聪明 最有创造性的人

　　working on the most important problems.

　　去解决最重要的问题

　　It turns out that a disproportionate number of those people are at Stanford.

　　事实证明 我们这里很大一部分人都来自于斯坦福

　　Right now, we have more than 30 foundation research projects underway here.

　　现在 这里有30多个基金会研究项目正在进行

1 foundation   

n.[pl.]地基；基础；基金会；建立，创办

参考例句：

• The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
• The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。

2 formula   

n.公式；配方，外方；规则，一定的做法

参考例句：

• His father is acting on his formula.他的父亲总是按他的原则办事。
• Here are some applications of Taylor's formula.下面举例说明泰乐定理的应用。