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JacquelineNovogratz_2010W-_过一种沉浸的人生_
I've been spending a lot of time traveling around the world these days talking to groups of students and professionals . 我有很长一段时间在 世界各地旅行 并且带上学生或专业人士
professionals:n.[管理]专业人员(professional的复数);
And everywhere I'm finding that I hear similar themes. 我发现,不管去到怎样的地方,我听到的都是类似的声音
On the one hand , people say, "The time for change is now." 一方面,人们会说 “现在就是要改变的时候了”
On the one hand:一方面;
They want to be part of it. 他们都希望成为改变的一部分
They talk about wanting lives of purpose and greater meaning. 他们希望过上一种有追求有意义的生活
But on the other hand , 但是另外一方面
on the other hand:另一方面;
I hear people talking about fear, a sense of risk aversion . 我也听到人们在谈论恐惧 一种希望避免风险的想法
aversion:n.厌恶;讨厌的人;
They say, "I really want to follow a life of purpose, but I don't know where to start. 他们会说,“我很希望真的过一种有意义的人生 但是我不知道该从哪里做起
I don't want to disappoint my family or friends." 我不想让我的家人或朋友失望”
I work in global poverty . 我是在扶贫这一领域工作的
global:adj.全球的;总体的;球形的; poverty:n.贫困;困难;缺少;低劣;
And they say, "I want to work in global poverty, but what will it mean about my career ? 有人听到这一点也会说,“我也想做扶贫的工作啊 但是我的职业会有保障吗？
career:n.职业;事业;生涯;经历;
Will I be marginalized ? 我会被别人边缘化吗？
marginalized:使边缘化;忽略;排斥(marginalize的过去式和过去分词);
Will I not make enough money? 我能赚到足够的钱吗？
Will I never get married or have children?" 我是否会因此而嫁不出去或者不能有小孩？”
And as a woman who didn't get married until I was a lot older -- and I'm glad I waited -- 我就是一个很晚才嫁出去的女人 但是我很高兴我很晚才嫁
(Laughter) （笑声）
- and has no children, 并且我现在没有小孩
I look at these young people and I say, "Your job is not to be perfect. 我看这些年轻人 我会说,“你的工作不是需要成为完美的人
Your job is only to be human. 你只需成为一个真正的人
And nothing important happens in life without a cost." 人生当中没有任何重要的事情 是不需要付出代价的”
These conversations really reflect what's happening at the national and international level. 这些对话反映了在国家以及国际层面 正在发生的一些事情
reflect:v.反映;映出(影像);反射;表明,表达;
Our leaders and ourselves want everything, but we don't talk about the cost, we don't talk about the sacrifice . 我们的领袖以及我们自身 希望获得所有东西 但是我们从来不会谈及代价 不会谈及牺牲
sacrifice:n.牺牲;舍弃;祭献;祭祀;祭品;v.牺牲;献出;作祭献
One of my favorite quotes from literature was written by Tillie Olsen, the great American writer from the South. 我最喜欢的一句文学格言 是来自蒂莉·奥尔森的一句话 她是来自美国南部的一位作家
quotes:n.引用,引号;报价(quote的复数);v.报价(quote的第三人称单数);引用;复述; literature:n.文学;文献;文艺;著作;
In a short story called "Oh Yes," 在一篇名为“Oh Yes”的故事里
short story:短篇小说(指一万字以内的小说);
she talks about a white woman in the 1950s who has a daughter who befriends a little African American girl. 她写的是发生在1950年代的一个故事 一位白人妇女有一个女儿 这个女儿和一位黑人女孩成为了朋友
befriends:vt.帮助;待人如友;扶助; African American:非洲裔美国人(指美国黑人);
And she looks at her child with a sense of pride, but she also wonders, what price will she pay? 她看着自己的女孩,觉得很骄傲 但同时她也在想 她是否会因此而付出什么代价？
'"Better immersion than to live untouched ." “与其淡漠度过一生 不如全身心的投入”
immersion:n.沉浸;陷入;专心; untouched:adj.未受影响的;未改变的;未触动过的;不受感动的;
But the real question is, what is the cost of not daring? 但真正的问题是 假如我们不去冒险,其代价又会是什么？
What is the cost of not trying? 不去尝试的代价是什么？
I've been so privileged in my life to know extraordinary leaders who have chosen to live lives of immersion. 我一生中遇到了 许多非常杰出的领袖 他们都选择了过一种全身心投入的人生
privileged:adj.有特权的; v.给予特权; (privilege的过去式和过去分词) extraordinary:adj.非凡的;特别的;离奇的;临时的;特派的;
One woman I knew who was a fellow at a program that I ran at the Rockefeller Foundation was named Ingrid Washinawatok. 当我还在洛克菲勒基金会工作的时候 曾主持一个项目 当时有一位叫殷歌丽·瓦什娜沃托克的妇女是那个项目的伙伴
Foundation:n.基础;地基;基金会;根据;创立;
She was a leader of the Menominee tribe , a Native American peoples. 她是密诺米尼部落的首领 那是一个北美的原住民部落
tribe:n.部落;族;宗族;一伙; Native American:n.美洲土著居民;
And when we would gather as fellows, she would push us to think about how the elders in Native American culture make decisions. 项目伙伴会经常聚会 她会让我们想 在北美原住民部落里的 老人是怎么做决定的
And she said they would literally visualize the faces of children for seven generations into the future, looking at them from the Earth. 她说,老人们会想象出他们的 后代的面孔 ——从现在数起的七个世代 眼睛看着他们的后代
literally:adv.按字面:字面上:确实地: visualize:vt.形象,形象化;想像,设想;vi.显现;
And they would look at them, holding them as stewards for that future. 而后代则看着这些老人,把他们看作是 后代的守护神
stewards:n.干事; v.管理;
Ingrid understood that we are connected to each other, not only as human beings, but to every living thing on the planet. 殷歌丽知道,我们所有人都是联系在一起的 不仅仅是与其他人 而且和地球上其他的生物也是联系在一起的
And tragically , in 1999 when she was in Columbia working with the U'wa people, focused on preserving their culture and language, she and two colleagues were abducted and tortured and killed by the FARC. 可悲的是, 1999年,当她去到哥伦比亚 和当地的U*wa部族的人 进行文化以及土著语言保护工作的时候 她以及她的两位同事被绑架了 并且被哥伦比亚革命武装力量折磨致死
tragically:adv.悲剧地;悲惨地; preserving:n.保留,保存; colleagues:n.同事;同行(colleague的复数); abducted:v.诱拐;劫持;绑架(abduct的过去分词和过去式) tortured:adj.遭受重创的; v.拷问; (torture的过去分词和过去式)
And whenever we would gather the fellows after that, we would leave a chair empty for her spirit. 那件事以后 每次我们组织的伙伴聚会活动上,我们都会空出一张椅子
And more than a decade later, when I talk to NGO fellows, whether in Trenton , New Jersey or the office of the White House , and we talk about Ingrid, they all say that they're trying to integrate her wisdom and her spirit and really build on the unfulfilled work of her life's mission . 十年多之后 每当我跟NGO的人谈起这事 不管是在新泽西州的特伦顿或者是在白宫的办公室 我们都会谈及殷歌丽 他们都会说希望把殷歌丽的智慧 以及她的精神,融入到他们的工作当中 并且继承殷歌丽未竟的事业 以及她的人生使命
Trenton:n.特伦顿(美国新泽西州首府); White House:n.白宫(美国总统官邸,位于首都华盛顿); integrate:v.成为一体;(使)加入;adj.完全的; wisdom:n.智慧;明智;才智;学问; unfulfilled:adj.未得到满足的;没有成就感的; mission:n.使命,任务;代表团;布道;v.派遣;向…传教;
And when we think about legacy , 每次我们想到某人留下的遗产的时候
legacy:n.遗赠,遗产;
I can think of no more powerful one, despite how short her life was. 我能想到的最具震撼力的 就是殷歌丽的遗产,虽然她生命非常短暂
despite:prep.尽管,不管;n.轻视;憎恨;侮辱;
And I've been touched by Cambodian women, beautiful women, women who held the tradition of the classical dance in Cambodia. 我也被柬埔寨的妇女感动过 她们都是非常美丽的妇女 她们在柬埔寨坚持民族舞蹈
Cambodian:n.柬埔寨人(高棉人);柬埔寨语;adj.柬埔寨的;柬埔寨语的; classical:adj.古典的;经典的;传统的;第一流的;n.古典音乐;
And I met them in the early 90s. 我在90年代初的时候曾经见过她们
In the 1970s, under the Pol Pot regime , the Khmer Rouge killed over a million people. 1970年代在波尔布特政权之下 红色高棉残杀了一百多万人
regime:n.政权,政体;社会制度;管理体制; Rouge:n.胭脂; v.擦口红; adj.(罕)红的(只用于:R-Croix(英国)纹章局四属官之一;
And they focused and targeted the elites and the intellectuals , the artists, the dancers. 他们主要是针对精英、知识分子 艺术家、舞蹈家这些阶层开刀
elites:n.精英(elite的复数); intellectuals:n.[劳经]知识分子(intellectual的复数);
And at the end of the war, there were only 30 of these classical dancers still living. 战争结束之时 只有30名古典舞蹈师存活下来
And the women who I was so privileged to meet when there were three survivors, told these stories about lying in their cots in the refugee camps. 我有幸见到了最后幸存至今日的 三名幸存者当中的一位 她说当时她们躺在 难民营的小床里
refugee:n.难民;避难者;逃亡者;v.避难;adj.避难的;
They said they would try so hard to remember the fragments of the dance, hoping that others were alive and doing the same. 她们那时候想尽办法去记住 舞蹈的细节 希望别人也能记住
fragments:n.碎片(fragment的复数);片断;[计]分段;v.破碎(fragment的三单形式);打碎;
And one woman stood there with this perfect carriage , her hands at her side, and she talked about the reunion of the 30 after the war and how extraordinary it was. 其中一位妇女当时这样站在马车旁边 手放在一边 跟我谈到 战争30年后的重逢 以及当时的战争是何等的激烈
carriage:n.运输;运费;四轮马车;举止;客车厢; reunion:n.团聚;聚会;团圆;重逢;
And these big tears fell down her face, but she never lifted her hands to move them. 说的时候热泪盈眶 但是她没有用手去摸眼泪
And the women decided that they would train, not the next generation of girls, because they had grown too old already, but the next generation. 于是这些幸存的舞者就决定 她们要教导下一代——而不仅仅是下一代的女性舞者 因为那时她们都已经很老了
And I sat there in the studio watching these women clapping their hands -- beautiful rhythms -- as these little fairy pixies were dancing around them, wearing these beautiful silk colors. 当时我坐在舞蹈室里 看着她们拍掌 并且伴以非常美妙的节律 仿佛她们周围有天使在 飞舞 并且还闪耀着漂亮的丝绸颜色
studio:n.工作室;[广播][电视]演播室;画室;电影制片厂; clapping:v.鼓掌,拍手;击掌;(clap的现在分词) rhythms:韵律; fairy:n.仙子;adj.美丽的;优雅的;妖精(一样)的; pixies:n.小鬼;小妖精(pixy的复数);
And I thought, after all this atrocity , this is how human beings really pray. 我在想,在经历了那么残酷的暴政之后 这就是她们祈祷的方式
atrocity:n.暴行;凶恶,残暴;
Because they're focused on honoring what is most beautiful about our past and building it into the promise of our future. 因为她们关注于保存和发扬 我们历史上最优秀的东西 并且将其带向更加 美好的未来
And what these women understood is sometimes the most important things that we do and that we spend our time on are those things that we cannot measure. 这些妇女非常清楚 有时候最重要的事情 以及那些我们花时间最多的事情 往往是一些我们不能衡量其价值的事情
I also have been touched by the dark side of power and leadership. 另外,我也看到过 权力以及领袖的黑暗一面
And I have learned that power, particularly in its absolute form, is an equal opportunity provider . 并且认识到 权力,特别是绝对的权力 也是一个平等机会提供者
particularly:adv.特别地,独特地;详细地,具体地;明确地,细致地; provider:n.供应者;养家者;
In 1986, I moved to Rwanda, and I worked with a very small group of Rwandan women to start that country's microfinance bank. 1986年,我去了卢旺达 在那里和一群当地的妇女开展工作 我们在那里开始了该国第一个微型信贷银行
microfinance:n.小额信贷;微型金融;
And one of the women was Agnes -- there on your extreme left -- she was one of the first three women parliamentarians in Rwanda, and her legacy should have been to be one of the mothers of Rwanda. 其中一位妇女是爱格妮思 就在你们的最左边 她是卢旺达最早成为国会议员的 三名妇女之一 她的丰功业绩本应该使她成为 卢旺达之母中的一员
extreme:adj.极端的;极度的;偏激的;尽头的;n.极端;末端;最大程度;极端的事物; parliamentarians:n.国会议员,熟练而又有经验的议员;adj.议会的;
We built this institution based on social justice , gender equity , this idea of empowering women. 我们当时建立的机构是基于社会正义 性别平等 以及对妇女进行赋权这几个原则而建立的
institution:n.制度;建立;(社会或宗教等)公共机构;习俗; justice:n.公平;公正;司法制度;审判; gender:n.性别; equity:n.公平,公正;衡平法;普通股;抵押资产的净值; empowering:v.授权;给(某人)…的权力;增加(某人的)自主权;(empower的现在分词)
But Agnes cared more about the trappings of power than she did principle at the end. 但是 Agnes 更关心权力 而不是原则
trappings:n.服饰,礼服;外部标志;马饰; principle:n.原理,原则;主义,道义;本质,本义;根源,源泉;
And though she had been part of building a liberal party, a political party that was focused on diversity and tolerance , about three months before the genocide , she switched parties and joined the extremist party, Hutu Power, and she became the minister of justice under the genocide regime and was known for inciting men to kill faster and stop behavin g like women. 虽然她也曾参与建立一个自由的政党 该党关注多元性 以及宽容和解 在种族屠杀发生前的三个月,她转换政党 加入了极端的胡图族权力党 并且成为了种族大屠杀时期的 司法部部长 她被指责煽动男人更快的杀害自己的同胞 不要像女人那么慢手慢脚
liberal:adj.宽宏大度的; n.理解且尊重他人意见的人; diversity:n.差异(性):多样性:多样化: tolerance:n.公差;耐量;宽容;容忍; genocide:n.种族灭绝;灭绝整个种族的大屠杀; extremist:n.极端主义者,过激分子; minister:n.部长;大臣;牧师;vi.执行牧师职务;辅助或伺候某人;
She was convicted of category one crimes of genocide. 后来她被指控 犯有一级种族屠杀罪
convicted:v.定罪;宣判…有罪;(convict的过去式和过去分词) category:n.种类,分类;[数]范畴;
And I would visit her in the prisons, sitting side-by-side , knees touching, and I would have to admit to myself that monsters exist in all of us, but that maybe it's not monsters so much, but the broken parts of ourselves, sadnesses , secret shame, and that ultimately it's easy for demagogues to prey on those parts, those fragments, if you will, and to make us look at other beings, human beings, as lesser than ourselves -- and in the extreme, to do terrible things. 我去监狱里看望她 跟她紧挨着坐下来,膝盖碰着膝盖 我不得不心里跟自己说 我们每个人的身上都有魔鬼的影子 或者也许不是魔鬼 而是我们自身有一些破碎的部分 例如悲伤、羞愧 而这些往往会被魔鬼所利用 魔鬼会附在这些东西之上 那时候 我们看待别人 就会觉得别人比我们低人一等 也会因此而做出一些非常恶劣的事情
side-by-side:adj.并肩的;并行的; sadnesses:n.悲哀; ultimately:adv.最终;最后;归根结底;终究; demagogues:n.煽动者;煽动家;煽动政治家; prey:n.猎物;受害者;受骗者;v.折磨;掠夺;捕食(on,upon);损害(on,upon); lesser:adj.较少的;次要的;更小的;adv.较少地;更小地;不及;
And there is no group more vulnerable to those kinds of manipulations than young men. 而再也没有比年轻的男子更 容易受到这样一种魔鬼的势力操控 的群体了
vulnerable:adj.易受攻击的,易受…的攻击;易受伤害的;有弱点的; manipulations:n.操作;管理措施;处理;操纵证券市场;变换;(manipulation的复数)
I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male. 我听人们说过,这个世界上最危险的动物 就是年轻的、少年期的男子
adolescent:adj.青春期的;未成熟的;n.青少年;
And so in a gathering where we're focused on women, while it is so critical that we invest in our girls and we even the playing field and we find ways to honor them, we have to remember that the girls and the women are most isolated and violated and victimized and made invisible in those very societies where our men and our boys feel disempowered , unable to provide. 而今天我们的聚会 是讲女子的 当然,重视女孩也非常重要 我们需要给女孩创造一个公平的环境 要更多的给女孩奖赏 我们也需要知道,很多时候 女孩和妇女正是被社会上的 男人所孤立和伤害的 男人让女人无法发出自己的声音,女人成了牺牲者 因为在那些社会里,男人也感到 没有任何的力量 不能承担任何东西
critical:adj.鉴定的;[核]临界的;批评的,爱挑剔的;危险的;决定性的;评论的; invest:v.投资;(把资金)投入;投入(时间、精力等);授予; playing field:n.运动场;操场; isolated:adj.偏远的; v.隔离,孤立,脱离; violated:v.违反,违背(法律、协议等); (violate的过去分词和过去式) victimized:vt.使受害;使牺牲;欺骗; invisible:adj.看不见的;n.看不见的人或物; disempowered:vt.剥夺(个人或团体)的选择与行动权;
And that, when they sit on those street corners and all they can think of in the future is no job, no education, no possibility, well then it's easy to understand how the greatest source of status can come from a uniform and a gun. 一旦他们坐在街头上 他们能想到的就是 一个没有工作、没有教育 没有可能的未来 假如你也在那样的情景下 你就会明白为何 一根枪和一件制服 可以成为最让人向往的身份象征
source:n.来源;水源;原始资料; status:n.地位;状态;情形;重要身份; uniform:adj.统一的;一致的;相同的;始终如一的;n.制服;v.使穿制服;使成一样;
Sometimes very small investments can release enormous , infinite potential that exists in all of us. 有时候,一些很少的投资 也能让人迸发出巨大而且无穷的潜力 并且我们每一个人都有这样的潜力
investments:n.[经]投资,投资的财产;投资学;(investment的复数) release:v.释放;发射;让与;允许发表;n.释放;发布;让与; enormous:adj.庞大的,巨大的;凶暴的,极恶的; infinite:adj.无限的,无穷的; n.无限; potential:n.潜能;可能性;[电]电势;adj.潜在的;可能的;势的;
One of the Acumen Fund fellows at my organization , 在Acumen Fund, 我们有一位伙伴,
Acumen:n.聪明,敏锐; Fund:n.基金;资金;存款;v.投资;资助; organization:n.组织;机构;体制;团体;
Suraj Sudhakar, has what we call moral imagination -- the ability to put yourself in another person's shoes and lead from that perspective . 他叫Suraj Sudhakar 我们都认为他有一种道德想象力 就是能够设身处地的为别人着想 并且由此出发去帮助别人
moral:n.寓意;品行;教益;adj.道德的;道义上的;道德上的;品行端正的; imagination:n.想象;想象力;创造力;想象的事物; perspective:n.观点;远景;透视图;adj.透视的;
And he's been working with this young group of men who come from the largest slum in the world, Kibera. 他经常和这群男孩在一起 他们来自于世界最大的贫民窟基贝拉
slum:vi.(为猎奇或救济等)去贫民窟;n.贫民窟;陋巷;脏乱的地方;
And they're incredible guys. 不过他们都是很了不起的人
incredible:adj.难以置信的,惊人的;
And together they started a book club for a hundred people in the slums , and they're reading many TED authors and liking it. 他们共同发起了一个读书会 会员就是贫民窟感兴趣的其中100个人 他们读的是TED讲者写的书,并且非常喜欢
book club:n.书友会(会员购书享受打折优惠); slums:n.贫民,[经]贫民区(slum的复数); v.到贫民窟去;
And then they created a business plan competition . 后来他们搞了个商业计划
competition:n.竞争;比赛,竞赛;
Then they decided that they would do TEDx's. 他们也希望做一个TEDx
And I have learned so much from Chris and Kevin and Alex and Herbert and all of these young men. 我从Chris, Kevin, Alex, Herbert 以及其他很多年轻人身上 学到了 许多东西
Alex, in some ways, said it best. 也许是Alex讲得最有道理
He said, "We used to feel like nobodies, but now we feel like somebodies ." 他说,“过去,我们认为自己没有什么用 但现在我们看到了自己可以做点什么。”
somebodies:n.大人物;重要人物;pron.有人;某人;
And I think we have it all wrong when we think that income is the link. 我们都曾以为经济收入是 维系人的链条,但我们都错了
What we really yearn for as human beings is to be visible to each other. 因为作为人,我们更渴望的是 能够看到彼此对方
yearn:vi.渴望,向往;思念,想念;怀念;同情,怜悯;
And the reason these young guys told me that they're doing these TEDx's is because they were sick and tired of the only workshops coming to the slums being those workshops focused on HIV , or at best, microfinance. 而这些年轻人他们做TEDx 的原因是 他们每天碰到的都只是 关于艾滋病以及微型信贷的 工作坊 这点让他们觉得很无聊
sick and tired:筋疲力尽的,完全厌烦的; workshops:n.工作坊,[工业]车间;研习会,讲习班(workshop的复数形式); HIV:n.艾滋病病毒;
And they wanted to celebrate what's beautiful about Kibera and Mathare -- the photojournalists and the creatives , the graffiti artists, the teachers and the entrepreneurs . 于是他们希望去 发掘基贝拉和马沙雷好的一面 去发掘本地的摄影师、创意人士 街头艺术家、教师、企业家
photojournalists:n.新闻摄影记者; creatives:n.创意人员(creative的复数); graffiti:n.墙上乱写乱画的东西(graffito的复数形式); entrepreneurs:n.企业家;(entrepreneur的复数)
And they're doing it. 并且马上开始这么做
And my hat's off to you in Kibera. 我在这里要向他们表示尊敬
My own work focuses on making philanthropy more effective and capitalism more inclusive . 我的工作主要是围绕着 如何使得慈善更加有效 以及如何使得资本主义更加包容来展开的
philanthropy:n.博爱,慈善;慈善事业; effective:adj.有效的,起作用的;实际的,实在的;给人深刻印象; capitalism:n.资本主义; inclusive:adj.包括的,包含的;
At Acumen Fund, we take philanthropic resources and we invest what we call patient capital -- money that will invest in entrepreneurs who see the poor, not as passive recipients of charity , but as full-bodied agents of change who want to solve their own problems and make their own decisions. 我们Acumen Fund做的就是寻找慈善资源 而后将其作为耐心资本进行投资 我们通常会给那些 有远见,将穷人看成是变革之先锋 而非被动的接受慈善捐助的企业家 他们也希望解决自己的问题 以及做出自己的决定
philanthropic:adj.博爱的;仁慈的; resources:n.[计][环境]资源; v.向…提供资金(resource的第三人称单数); patient:adj.有耐心的,能容忍的;n.病人;患者; passive:adj.被动的,消极的;被动语态的;n.被动语态; recipients:n.收件人(recipient的复数); charity:n.慈善;施舍;慈善团体;宽容;施舍物; full-bodied:adj.浓郁的;醇厚的;魁梧的;躯体大的; agents:n.代理人,经纪人;原动力;(agent的复数)
We leave our money for 10 to 15 years, and when we get it back, we invest in other innovations that focus on change. 我们的投资周期为10到15年 到了周期我们收回投资时,就会将其投到其他的创新项目里 并且我们关注的都是能够带来变革的项目
innovations:n.创新(innovation的复数);改革;
I know it works. 我知道这样的模式是行得通的
We've invested more than 50 million dollars in 50 companies. 我们已经为超过50家公司投资了五千万美元的资本
invested:v.投资;投入;(invest的过去分词和过去式)
And those companies have brought another 200 million dollars into these forgotten markets. 而这些公司则创造了两亿的经济效益 并且受益的是那些被大多数人遗忘的市场
This year alone, they've delivered 40 million services like maternal health care and housing, emergency services , solar energy, so that people can have more dignity in solving their problems. 单是今年,他们就提供了四千万的服务 有孕妇医疗服务、住房 紧急救援、太阳能装置等 人们享受到这些便利之余 也有了更大的信心去解决他们自身的问题
maternal:adj.母亲的;母性的;母系的;母体遗传的; health care:n.卫生保健; emergency services:n.应急服务机构(治安、消防、救护和海岸警卫); dignity:n.尊严;高贵;
Patient capital is uncomfortable for people searching for simple solutions, easy categories , because we don't see profit as a blunt instrument . 对于那些期待短期回报的人而言 耐心资本投资是很难想象的一个事情 因为我们这些投资的首要目的 不是为了单纯的赚钱
categories:n.(人或事物的)类别,种类(category的复数) profit:n.利润;利益;v.获利;有益; blunt:adj.钝的,不锋利的;生硬的;直率的;v.使迟钝; instrument:n.仪器;工具;乐器;手段;器械;
But we find those entrepreneurs who put people and the planet before profit. 我们看到了很多的企业家 他们把人以及地球 放在了追逐利益之前
And ultimately, we want to be part of a movement that is about measuring impact , measuring what is most important to us. 并且我们希望最终也能成为 旨在衡量企业社会影响的运动的一部分 这一运动的核心是重新去考量那些对我们真正重要的东西
impact:n.影响;效果;碰撞;冲击力;v.挤入,压紧;撞击;对…产生影响;
And my dream is we'll have a world one day where we don't just honor those who take money and make more money from it, but we find those individuals who take our resources and convert it into changing the world in the most positive ways. 我的梦想是,有朝一日 我们不仅仅是赞扬那些获得我们的投资 并且基于那笔投资而创造更多财富的人 而且还包括那些从我们这里获得了资源 而后将其变成一种 让世界变好的东西的人
individuals:n.[经]个人;[生物]个体(individual的复数); convert:v.转换; n.改变宗教(或信仰、观点)的人; positive:adj.积极的;[数]正的,[医][化学]阳性的;确定的;n.正数;[摄]正片;
And it's only when we honor them and celebrate them and give them status that the world will really change. 只有当我们去赞美那些人 给予他们认可和尊重的时候 这个世界才会发生真正的改变
Last May I had this extraordinary 24-hour period where I saw two visions of the world living side-by-side -- one based on violence and the other on transcendence . 去年5月,有那么一天 我经历了关于世界的两种截然相反的态度并立出现 在我的面前 其一是基于暴力的 另外一个是基于超越和友爱的
visions:n.愿景; v.想像; violence:n.暴力;侵犯;激烈;歪曲; transcendence:n.超越;卓越;超然存在;
I happened to be in Lahore, Pakistan on the day that two mosques were attacked by suicide bombers . 那时我在巴基斯坦的拉哈尔市 那天有两座清真寺 被自杀爆炸者袭击
mosques:n.清真寺(mosque的复数形式); suicide:n.自杀;自杀行为;自杀者;adj.自杀的;v.自杀;vi.自杀; bombers:n.[航][军]轰炸机;喷射机;扔炸弹的人(bomber的复数形式);
And the reason these mosques were attacked is because the people praying inside were from a particular sect of Islam who fundamentalists don't believe are fully Muslim. 而之所以会遭到袭击 是因为那些在里面祈祷的人是 来自于另外一个伊斯兰的教派 该教派在极端伊斯兰分子看来并不完全是穆斯林
sect:n.宗派; fundamentalists:n.原教旨主义者(fundamentalist的复数形式);基要派;
And not only did those suicide bombers take a hundred lives, but they did more, because they created more hatred , more rage , more fear and certainly despair . 那次的袭击不仅仅让 数百人丧命 而且还带来了 更多的仇恨、愤怒以及恐惧 当然,还有绝望
hatred:n.仇恨;憎恨;厌恶; rage:n.狂怒;暴怒;(某情况引起的)愤怒;v.发怒;怒斥;猛烈地继续;激烈进行; despair:v.绝望;失去希望;丧失信心;n.绝望;
But less than 24 hours, 但是在24小时之内
I was 13 miles away from those mosques, visiting one of our Acumen investees, and incredible man, Jawad Aslam, who dares to live a life of immersion. 我在13公里以外的另外一个清真寺里 走访Acumen的一位投资对象 他是一位非常杰出的人,叫Jawad Aslam 他敢于过一种沉浸的人生
Born and raised in Baltimore , he studied real estate , worked in commercial real estate , and after 9/11 decided he was going to Pakistan to make a difference . 他出生在巴尔的摩 学习过房地产并且曾在房地产行业工作 911之后,他去了巴基斯坦,希望带来一些改变
Baltimore:n.巴尔的摩(美国一座港市); real estate:n.房地产;不动产; commercial:adj.贸易的;商业的;赢利的;以获利为目的的;n.(电台或电视播放的)广告; make a difference:有影响,有关系;
For two years, he hardly made any money, a tiny stipend , but he apprenticed with this incredible housing developer named Tasneem Saddiqui. 有两年的时间,他几乎没有赚到任何的金钱,只是靠微小的补贴过日 那个时期,他在给一位杰出的房屋开发商 叫Tasneem Saddiqui作助手
stipend:n.奖学金;固定薪金;定期津贴;养老金; apprenticed:n.学徒;生手;vt.使…当学徒;vi.当学徒;
And he had a dream that he would build a housing community on this barren piece of land using patient capital, but he continued to pay a price. 他当时有个想法,就是希望能够在这块贫瘠的土地上建造 一个居住社区 并且是借由耐心资本的协助 但是他却一直为此而付出代价
community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体; barren:n.不毛之地;adj.贫瘠的;不毛的;不结果实的;不育的;
He stood on moral ground and refused to pay bribes . 他是站在了一个道德的平台上 不去向任何人行贿
bribes:n.贿赂;v.向(某人)行贿;贿赂(bribe的第三人称单数和复数)
It took almost two years just to register the land. 花了两年的时间才落实了土地权
register:v.登记;注册;记录;n.登记簿;登记表;注册簿;
But I saw how the level of moral standard can rise from one person's action. 但是我从他身上 看到了道德的标准如何会被提高
standard:n.标准;水准;旗;度量衡标准;adj.标准的;合规格的;公认为优秀的;
Today, 2,000 people live in 300 houses in this beautiful community. 今天,这个区域有2000多人居住在 他建造的300多座房子里
And there's schools and clinics and shops. 还有学校以及诊所、商店等
clinics:n.诊所(clinic的复数形式);
But there's only one mosque. 但只有一座清真寺
And so I asked Jawad, "How do you guys navigate ? This is a really diverse community. 我就问Jawad “你们平时是怎么协调的？这是很多元的一个社区啊
navigate:vt.驾驶,操纵;使通过;航行于;vi.航行,航空; diverse:adj.不同的;多种多样的;变化多的;
Who gets to use the mosque on Fridays?" 清真寺归谁用呢？”
He said, "Long story. 他说,“说来话长
It was hard, it was a difficult road, but ultimately the leaders of the community came together, realizing we only have each other. 过程非常艰难 但到最后,社区的领袖走到一起 他们意识到他们有的只是彼此
And we decided that we would elect the three most respected imams , and those imams would take turns , they would rotate who would say Friday prayer. 于是就从该地的三个派系分别 选出最值得尊重的阿訇 这三位阿訇就会轮流的 举行周五祈祷活动
imams:n.伊玛目(清真寺内率领穆斯林做礼拜的人,imam的复数); take turns:按顺序来 rotate:v.旋转;转动;轮换;使…轮流;
But the whole community, all the different sects , including Shia and Sunni , would sit together and pray." 在祈祷活动上,所有这个社区的人 不管是属于哪个派系,什叶派或逊尼派 都可以坐在一起,一同祈祷”
sects:n.教派;氏族与党派(sect的复数形式); Sunni:n.(伊斯兰)逊尼派教徒;
We need that kind of moral leadership and courage in our worlds. 我们正需要那样的道德领袖以及勇气 在我们这个世界上
We face huge issues as a world -- the financial crisis , global warming and this growing sense of fear and otherness . 我们正在面临着非常严峻的问题 例如金融危机 全球变暖 还有就是越来越强烈的恐惧以及排他感
issues:n.重要议题;争论的问题;v.宣布;公布;发出;(issue的第三人称单数和复数) financial:adj.金融的;财政的,财务的; crisis:n.危机;危险期;决定性时刻;adj.危机的;用于处理危机的; global warming:n.全球(气候)变暖;地球大气层变暖; otherness:n.差异性;相异;他物;
And everyday we have a choice. 但是,每一天,我们都有选择
we can take the easier road, the more cynical road, which is a road based on sometimes dreams of a past that never really was, a fear of each other, distancing and blame, or we can take the much more difficult path of transformation , transcendence, compassion and love, but also accountability and justice. 我们可以选择一条容易的路 或者说是更为愤世嫉俗的路 这一条路 通常是基于一些过往的未曾实现过的梦想 或者是一种对他人的恐惧 疏远或责备 我们也可以选择更为困难的道路 一种改变、超越的道路 一种基于慈悲和爱的道路 一种基于承担责任以及维护正义的道路
cynical:adj.愤世嫉俗的;冷嘲的; transformation:n.转变;(用于南非)民主改革; compassion:n.同情;怜悯; accountability:n.有义务;有责任;可说明性;
I had the great honor of working with the child psychologist Dr. Robert Coles who stood up for change during the Civil Rights movement in the United States. 我曾与心理学家博士罗伯特·科里斯 一道工作过 他在民权运动期间 就奋起要实现改变
psychologist:n.心理学家,心理学者; Coles:n.芸苔属植物(cole的复数); stood up for:维护,拥护; Civil Rights movement:n.(美国)民权运动(20世纪50年代和60年代非裔美国人争取平等权利的运动); United:adj.联合的; v.联合,团结; (unite的过去分词和过去式)
And he tells this incredible story about working with a little six year-old girl named Ruby Bridges, the first child to desegregate schools in the South -- in this case New Orleans . 他给我讲过一个非常震撼的故事 讲的是一个6岁的女孩,叫Ruby Bridges 她是第一个在南部进入非隔离学校上学的 具体是新奥尔良州
Ruby:n.红宝石;深红色;v.把…弄红;把…涂染成红色;adj.红宝石(色)的; desegregate:vt.使…废止种族隔离;vi.废止种族隔离; Orleans:n.奥尔良(法国城市);
And he said that every day this six year-old, dressed in her beautiful dress, would walk with real grace through a phalanx of white people screaming angrily , calling her a monster , threatening to poison her -- distorted faces. 他说,每天 这个6岁的女孩都会穿上美丽的衣服 走得也特别的神气 走在一大堆白人中间 他们会大声尖叫,说她是一个魔鬼 并且还威胁说会毒害她 使她毁容
grace:n.优雅;恩惠;魅力;慈悲;v.使优美; phalanx:n.趾骨,指骨;方阵;密集队形; angrily:adv.愤怒地; monster:n.怪物;恶魔;庞然大物;adj.巨大的; distorted:adj.歪曲的;受到曲解的;v.扭曲(distort的过去式和过去分词);
And every day he would watch her, and it looked like she was talking to the people. 罗伯特则每天看着她 她好像在跟别人说话
And he would say, "Ruby, what are you saying?" 他就会问,“Ruby, 你说了些什么？”
And she'd say, "I'm not talking." 她就会回答说;“我没有在说话”
And finally he said, "Ruby, I see that you're talking. 他最后忍不住,说,“Ruby,我确实看到你说话了
finally:adv.终于;最终;(用于列举)最后;彻底地;
What are you saying?" 你到底在说什么？”
And she said, "Dr. Coles, I am not talking; 她就说:“科里斯先生,我没有在说话
I'm praying." 我只是在祈祷。”
And he said, "Well, what are you praying?" “那你在祈祷什么？”
And she said, "I'm praying, Father forgive them for they know not what they are doing." “我祈祷上帝可以原谅他们 因为他们不知道自己在做什么。”
forgive:v.原谅;免除(债务,义务等);
At age six, this child was living a life of immersion, and her family paid a price for it. 那时她才6岁 就已经在过一种沉浸的生活了 当然,她的家庭为此付出了很多
But she became part of history and opened up this idea that all of us should have access to education. 但是她也成为了历史的一部分 并且让我们想到 我们每一个人都应当有权利接受教育
My final story is about a young, beautiful man named Josephat Byaruhanga who was another Acumen Fund fellow who hails from Uganda , a farming community. 最后一个故事讲的是一位年轻的男子 他叫Josephat Byruhanga 他也是一位Acumen Fund的伙伴 他住在乌干达农村
hails:n.冰雹; vt.致敬; vi.招呼; Uganda:n.乌干达(非洲国家);
And we placed him in a company in Western Kenya, just 200 miles away. 我们把他带到200英里以外的一个公司 那家公司在肯尼亚西部
And he said to me at the end of his year, "Jacqueline, it was so humbling , because I thought as a farmer and as an African 年底的时候他跟我说 “贾桂林,我觉得实在是太荣幸了 因为我觉得作为一位在非洲的农民
humbling:adj.令人羞辱的;v.羞辱(humble的ing形式);使…谦恭;使…卑贱;
I would understand how to transcend culture. 我该学会怎么去超越我们的文化
But especially when I was talking to the African women, 特别是当我在跟非洲的女性谈话的时候
especially:adv.尤其;特别;格外;十分;
I sometimes made these mistakes -- it was so hard for me to learn how to listen." 我有时候会犯这样的错误 有时候要学会倾听好像挺困难的”
And he said, "So I conclude that, in many ways, leadership is like a panicle of rice. 他说,“于是我想 领导力其实就像一个稻穗
conclude:v.断定:得出结论:终止:达成:缔结(协定)
Because at the height of the season, at the height of its powers, it's beautiful, it's green, it nourishes the world, it reaches to the heavens." 到成熟的季节 稻子长得最好的时候 那是非常的美、非常的绿,稻子养活了世界 它会朝向天际
nourishes:vt.滋养;怀有;使健壮;
And he said, "But right before the harvest, it bends over with great gratitude and humility to touch the earth from where it came." 但是一到收割的季节 它就会弯下来 让你感到似乎有一种感激之心以及一种谦卑之心 去抚摸土地”
gratitude:n.感谢(的心情);感激; humility:n.谦卑,谦逊;
We need leaders. 我们需要领袖
We ourselves need to lead from a place that has the audacity to believe we can ourselves extend the fundamental assumption that all men are created equal to every man, woman and child on this planet. 我们自己也需要成为领袖 我们需要有那样的勇气 去相信我们可以 把“人人生来平等” 的信念传递给每一个人 传递给这个地球上每一位男人、女人和孩子
audacity:n.大胆;厚颜无耻; extend:vt.延伸; vi.延伸; assumption:n.假定;设想;担任;采取;
And we need to have the humility to recognize that we cannot do it alone. 同时我们也需要有一颗谦卑的心 要认识到单靠我们自身的力量还无法完成此伟业
recognize:v.认识;认出;辨别出;承认;意识到;
Robert Kennedy once said that "few of us have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. 罗伯特·肯尼迪曾说 “只有少数的人能够影响历史 但是我们每一个人都能 改变历史进程中的每一小步
greatness:n.伟大;巨大; portion:n.部分;(食物的)一份;分担的责任;v.把…分成若干份(或部分);
And it is in the total of all those acts that the history of this generation will be written." 当这些改变加起来的时候 我们的历史就是这么写成的。”
Our lives are so short, and our time on this planet is so precious , and all we have is each other. 我们的生命是如此短暂 我们能够活在这个星球上 是如此的可贵 我们所拥有的,其实就是我们彼此
precious:adj.宝贵的;珍贵的;矫揉造作的;
So may each of you live lives of immersion. 希望你们每一个人 都能过一种沉浸的生活
They won't necessarily be easy lives, but in the end, it is all that will sustain us. 这样的生活也许并不容易 但是到最后,正是这样的生活才会让我们走下去
necessarily:adv.必要地;必定地,必然地; sustain:v.支持;支撑;遭受;证实;
Thank you. 谢谢大家。
(Applause) （掌声）