公众人物毕业演讲第30期:比尔盖茨夫妇于斯坦福大学(11)

 　　Many of these women had been abandoned¹ by their husbands.

　　她们很多人都被丈夫抛弃了

　　That's why they even went into prostitution.

　　不得已靠卖身为生

　　They wanted to be able to feed their children.

　　她们必须想办法养活自己的孩子

　　They were so low in the eyes of society

　　她们在社会的眼中如此卑贱 以致于

　　that they could be raped² and robbed³ and beaten by anyone, even the police,

　　任何人 甚至警察都可以随意强奸 抢劫和殴打她们

　　and nobody cared.

　　但却没人关心

　　Talking to them about their lives was so moving to me,

　　同她们的对话让我动容

　　but what I remember most was how much they wanted to be touched.

　　我印象最深刻的是 她们很希望同人接触

　　They wanted to touch me and to be touched by them.

　　她们希望接触我 也希望我接触她们

　　It was if physical contact

　　似乎只有通过这种身体接触

　　somehow proved their worth.

　　她们才能体会到自己的存在价值

　　And so before I left,

　　于是我在离开之前

　　we linked arms hand in hand and did a photo together.

　　同她们手拉着手照了合影

　　Later that same day,

　　还是那一天

　　I spent some time in India in a home for the dying⁴.

　　我后来又去了一所垂死之家

　　I walked into a large hall and I saw rows and rows of cots

　　我走过大厅 看到一排排病床

　　and every cot was attended to except for one, that was far off in the corner.

　　每张病床都有人照料 除了角落里的那张略显孤独

　　And so I decided⁵ to go over there.

　　于是我决定过去看看

　　The patient who was in this room was a woman in her 30s.

　　床上是一位三十多岁的女性

　　And I remember her eyes.

　　我深深记得她的眼睛

　　She had these huge, brown, sorrowful eyes.

　　她有一对充满悲伤的棕色大眼睛

1 abandoned   

adj.被抛弃的，废置的

参考例句：

• The baby had been abandoned by its mother. 这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。
• The child was found abandoned but unharmed. 该弃儿被人们发现时安然无恙。

2 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

3 robbed   

v.抢夺( rob的过去式和过去分词 )；抢劫；掠夺；使丧失

参考例句：

• Would you be able to identify the man who robbed you? 你能够认出那个抢你东西的人吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They stood looking on while the man was robbed. 正当那个人被抢劫时，他们却站在那儿袖手旁观。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 dying   

adj.垂死的，临终的

参考例句：

• He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
• She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子，那里有一个垂死的人。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。