公众人物毕业演讲第36期:比尔盖茨夫妇于斯坦福大学(17)

 　　Or the people who see a trend toward inequality and a decline in opportunity

　　还是那些认为不平等会加重 机会会减少

　　and don't think innovation will change that?

　　不认为创新能够改变这些趋势的人

　　The pessimists¹ are wrong, in my view.

　　在我看来 悲观主义者是错误的

　　But they are not crazy.

　　但他们的想法并不疯狂

　　If innovation is purely² market driven,

　　如果创新纯粹是市场驱使的

　　and we don't focus on the big inequities,

　　没人关心不平等的加剧

　　then we could have amazing advances in inventions

　　那么世界就算有再多美妙发明也是白搭

　　that leave the world even more divided.

　　只能让世界分化越发严重

　　We won't improve public schools.

　　我们将无法改善公立学校条件

　　We won't end malaria³.

　　我们将无法根除疟疾

　　We won't end poverty.

　　我们将无法根除贫困

　　We won't develop the innovations poor farmers need

　　我们将无法开发出贫苦农民所需的创新

　　to grow food in a changing climate.

　　让他们能在变化的气候条件下种出作物

　　If our optimism doesn't address the problems

　　如果我们的乐观不能解决这些问题

　　that affect so many of our fellow human beings,

　　不能帮助很多需要帮助的同胞

　　then our optimism needs more empathy.

　　那么这种乐观就需要更多同情心

　　If empathy channels our optimism,

　　如果同情心能够引导我们的乐观

　　we will see the poverty and the disease and the poor schools.

　　我们就肯定能看到贫困 疾病和糟糕教育条件

　　We will answer with our innovations

　　我们就肯定能通过创新给出答案

　　and we will surprise the pessimists.

　　我们就肯定能让悲观主义者大吃一惊

1 pessimists   

n.悲观主义者( pessimist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Pessimists tell us that the family as we know it is doomed. 悲观主义者告诉我们说，我们现在的这种家庭注定要崩溃。 来自辞典例句
• Experts on the future are divided into pessimists and optimists. 对未来发展进行预测的专家可分为悲观主义者和乐观主义者两类。 来自互联网

2 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

3 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。