公眾人物畢業(yè)演講第26期:比爾蓋茨夫婦于斯坦福大學(7)

So they rigged up an extension cord that ran 200feet

人們只能臨時拉了一根200英尺長的延長線

from the center to the diesel generator outside.

讓社區(qū)中心能夠接上外面的柴油發(fā)電機

Looking at this setup, I knew the minute thereporters left,

看到這種情形 我知道一旦記者離開

the generator would get to a more urgent task.

發(fā)電機就會被用到更緊急的任務

And the people at the community center would go back to worry about challenges

而社區(qū)中心的人們也需要重新去面對

that couldn't be solved by a personal computer.

那些不是個人計算機就能解決的問題

When I gave my prepared remarks to the press, I said Soweto is a milestone.

我按照事先準備的講稿 對媒體說索韋托是一個里程碑

There's major decisions ahead about whether technology

在未來 為了不讓發(fā)展中國家在技術上落后

will leave the developing world behind.

顯然還有很多重大決定要做

This is to close the gap.

我們將像這樣 努力縮小技術上的鴻溝

But as I read those words, I knew they weren't super relevant.

但在我閱讀這份講稿時 我深知情況遠遠沒有這么簡單

What I didn't say was, by the way,

講稿上有一段我沒有讀 也就是

we're not focused on the fact that half a million people on this continent are

我們還沒開始關注這塊大陸上 每年有大約

dying every year from malaria.

五十萬人死于瘧疾這一事實

But we are sure as hell going to bring you computers.

但我們至少能夠給大家?guī)碛嬎銠C

Before I went to Soweto, I thought I understood the world's problems

在我去索韋托之前 我以為我了解世界的問題

but I was blind to many of the most important ones.

事實上 我對很多重要問題都一無所知