公众人物毕业演讲第38期:比尔盖茨夫妇于斯坦福大学(19)

 　　So let your heart break.

　　让自己沉浸于心碎

　　It will change what you do with your optimism¹.

　　这会改变你们对乐观的理解

　　On a trip to South Asia,

　　有一次去南亚

　　I met a desperately² poor Indian woman who had two children

　　我碰到了一位赤贫的印度女性 她有两个孩子

　　and she begged me to take them home with me.

　　她请求我把这两个孩子带回去领养

　　And when I begged her for her forgiveness she said,

　　在我请她原谅我的无能为力时 她说

　　well, then please, just take one of them.

　　那请你领养其中一个孩子行吗

　　On another trip to south Los Angeles,

　　还有一次我去南洛杉矶

　　I met with a group of the students from a tough neighborhood.

　　见了一群来自艰苦社区的学生

　　A young girl said to me,

　　一个小女孩跟我说

　　do you ever feel like we are the kids

　　你有没有觉得我们这些孩子

　　whose parents shirked their responsibilities

　　都被父母放置不理

　　and we are just the leftovers³?

　　我们只不过是多余的东西

　　These women broke my heart.

　　这些女性让我感到心碎

　　And they still do.

　　现在仍然如此

　　And the empathy intensifies⁴ if I admit to myself, that could be me.

　　如果想想"这也可能是我" 同情心便会越发强烈

　　When I talk with the mothers I meet during my travels,

　　我在其它地方碰到过很多母亲

　　there's no difference between what we want for our children.

　　我们想为子女提供的东西其实并没有太大差别

　　The only difference is our ability to provide it to our children.

　　唯一差别在于我们为子女提供这些东西的能力

　　So what accounts for that difference?

　　这种差异是如何造成的

1 optimism   

n.乐观，乐观主义

参考例句：

• Don't pour cold water on their optimism.别给他们的乐观态度泼冷水。
• Optimism made him alive through the hard days.乐观主义使他在艰难的岁月里活了下来。

2 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

3 leftovers   

n.剩余物，残留物，剩菜

参考例句：

• He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers.他能用厨房里几样剩饭做出一顿美餐。
• She made supper from leftovers she had thrown together.她用吃剩的食物拼凑成一顿晚饭。

4 intensifies   

n.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的名词复数 )v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A clear atmosphere intensifies the blue of the sky. 纯净的空气使天空变得更蓝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Blowing on fire intensifies the heat. 吹火使热度加强。 来自《简明英汉词典》