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KatherineFulton_2007-_你就是慈善的未来_
I want to help you re-perceive what philanthropy is, what it could be, and what your relationship to it is. 我希望可以帮助大家重新理解什么是慈善 以及慈善可以怎么做 还有是你们可以跟 慈善发生什么关系
philanthropy:n.博爱,慈善;慈善事业;
And in doing that, I want to offer you a vision , an imagined future, if you will, of how, as the poet Seamus Heaney has put it, "Once in a lifetime the longed-for tidal wave of justice can rise up, and hope and history rhyme ." 为了达到那样的目的,我希望可以给大家带来一个视界 一个想象中的未来 就如诗人Seamus Heaney所说的 “人生中总会有那么一次 人们期待已久的正义的浪潮会卷起, 希望与历史也与之呼应。”
vision:n.视力;美景;幻象;想象力;v.想象;显现;梦见; longed-for:adj.梦寐以求的;朝思暮想的; tidal:adj.潮汐的;潮的,有关潮水的;定时涨落的; justice:n.公平;公正;司法制度;审判; rhyme:韵律
I want to start with these word pairs here. 我想先是由这些词语的配对开始
We all know which side of these we'd like to be on. 我希望大家可以知道我们到底是站在那一边
When philanthropy was reinvented a century ago, when the foundation form was actually invented, they didn't think of themsevles on the wrong side of these either. 一百年前,当人们重新发明慈善的时候 基金会的形式被发明出来了 那时候的人们也不会想到他们是站在了错误的一边。
reinvented:v.以新形象示人;以新形式出现;(reinvent的过去分词和过去式) foundation:n.基础;地基;基金会;根据;创立; on the wrong side of:过了…岁;已过…岁;亏欠;
In fact they would never have thought of themselves as closed and set in their ways, as slow to respond to new challenges, as small and risk-averse . 事实上,他们根本也不会想到 那时候的慈善做法是非常封闭、保守 反应迟钝 规模小、并且常常规避风险的
respond:vi.回答;作出反应;承担责任;n.应答;唱和; risk-averse:adj.风险规避的;不愿承担风险的;
And in fact they weren't. They were reinventing charity in those times. 但事实上那不是。在那个时代,我们的前辈事实上是在重新发明慈善
reinventing:v.以新形象示人;以新形式出现;(reinvent的现在分词) charity:n.慈善;施舍;慈善团体;宽容;施舍物;
What Rockefeller called "The business of benevolence ." 洛克菲勒称之为“仁慈的事业”
benevolence:n.仁慈;善行;
But by the end of the twentieth century, a new generation of critics and reformers had come to see philanthropy just this way. 到了20世纪的末期 新一代的批评家以及改革家 就是以这样的方式来看待慈善的
critics:n.评论家;批评者;吹毛求疵的人(critic的复数); reformers:维新派;
The thing to watch for as a global philanthropy industry comes about, and that's exactly what is happening, is how the aspiration is to flip these old assumptions . 而当一个全球性的慈善事业 发展起来之后 ——这恰恰是正在发生的事情 ——我们需要的是重新评估老的法则 甚至是颠覆以往对慈善的假定。
global:adj.全球的;总体的;球形的; aspiration:n.渴望;抱负;送气;吸气;吸引术; flip:n.浏览;空翻;轻抛;捻掷;v.迅速翻动;按(开关);按(按钮);开(或关)(机器等); assumptions:n.假定;假设;承担;获得;(assumption的复数)
For philanthropy to become open and big and fast and connected, in service of the long term. 要使得慈善成为一个可以长期延续的、开放的 迅速发展、相互关联的体系。
This entrepreneurial energy is emerging from many quarters. 这样一种创业的精神 现在正是从各个方面展现出来
entrepreneurial:adj.企业家的,创业者的;中间商的; emerging:adj.新兴的;v.出现,浮现,露出;暴露;(emerge的现在分词)
And it's driven and propelled forward by new leaders, like many of the people here, by new tools, like the ones we've seen here, by new pressures. 很多新的领袖,像这里的很多人正在推进促使它的发展 新的工具,比如我们在这里所看到的这些 新的压力也同样起着推进作用
propelled:adj.推进的;v.推动;驱使(propel的过去分词);
I've been following this change for quite a while now, and participating in it. 我很久以前就在跟踪这一动态,并且参与其中。
participating:v.参加;参与(participate的现在分词)
This report is our main public report. 这是我们制作的最主要的公开报告
What it tells is the story of how today actually could be as historic as 100 years ago. 它所讲述的就是 为何今天会成为跟100年前同样有历史意义 的故事。
historic:adj.有历史意义的;历史上著名的;
What I want to do is share some of the coolest things that are going on with you. 我希望可以与大家分享一些最有趣的故事 这些故事也许就发生在你们的身上
And as I do that, I'm not going to dwell much on the very large philanthropy that everybody already knows about, the Gates and the Soros and the Google . 需要指出的是,我不打算谈大的慈善 这里很多人都已经讲过了 那也是盖茨、索罗斯和Google在做的事情
dwell:v.居住;栖身; Google:谷歌;谷歌搜索引擎;
Instead, what I want to do is talk about the philanthropy of all of us. 我今天想说的,是我们所有人的 慈善
The democratization of philanthropy. 或曰慈善的民主化
democratization:n.民主化;
This is a moment in history when the average person has more power than at any time. 这也是普通人 也能比历史上的人拥有更多力量的时代
What I'm going to do is look at five categories of experiments, each of which challenges an old assumption of philanthropy. 我想给大家看看五个方面的实验 他们每一个都挑战着我们对于慈善的传统看法
categories:n.(人或事物的)类别,种类(category的复数)
The first is mass collaboration , represented here by Wikipedia . 首先是大规模协作,其代表就是维基百科
mass:n.块,团; adj.群众的,民众的; v.聚集起来,聚集; collaboration:n.合作;勾结;通敌; represented:v.代表; (represent的过去式和过去分词) Wikipedia:维基百科;
Now, this may surprise you. 这也许真的会让你感到吃惊
But remember, philanthropy is about giving of time and talent, not just money. 但你必须记住,慈善本来就是一种付出时间与精力的行为,而不是金钱
Clay Shirky, that great chronicler of everything networked, has captured the assumption that this challenges in such a beautiful way. Clay Shirky这位著名的网络记录者, 就非常漂亮的记录了时代变化所带来的新契机 写得非常好
Clay:n.黏土;陶土; chronicler:n.记录者;年代史编者; captured:adj.捕获的;被俘的;v.捕获;占领;引起;(capture的过去式和过去分词)
He said, "We have lived in this world where little things are done for love and big things for money. 他说,我们生活的这个世界 人们为了爱去做小事 为赚钱去做大事
Now we have Wikipedia. 而现在,我们有维基百科
Suddenly big things can be done for love." 突然,我们也可以因为喜爱而成就大事
Watch, this spring, for Paul Hawken's new book. 今年春天,保罗·霍肯出了一本新书
Author and entrepreneur many of you may know about. ——相信你们很多人都认识这位作家和企业家
The book is called " Blessed Unrest ." 那本书的书名是《看不见的力量》
Blessed:adj.神圣的; v.求上帝降福于; (bless的过去分词和过去式) Unrest:n.不安;动荡的局面;不安的状态;
And when it comes out, a series of wiki sites under the label WISER, are going to launch at the same time . 书推出的时候,也推出了系列的基于维基的网站 并且都带有WISER这个标志
series:n.系列,连续;[电]串联;级数;丛书; sites:n.网站(site的复数);遗址,举办地点;v.使...位于(site的单三形式); label:n.标签;标记;谓;唱片公司;v.贴标签于;用标签标明; launch:v.发射(导弹,火箭等); n.发射; at the same time:同时;另一方面;与此同时;
WISER stands for World Index for Social and Environmental Responsibility. WISER的意思是 全球社会与环境责任索引
Index:n.指标;指数;索引;指针;v.做索引;指出;编入索引中;
WISER sets out to document, link and empower what Paul calls the largest movement and fastest growing movement in human history. 它的使命是记录这一保罗所称的人类历史上最规模大 发展最为迅速的运动 连结他们,为他们带来更大的力量
empower:vt.授权,允许;使能够;
Humanity's collective immune response to today's threats. 整个人类作为一个有机体 在协力迎对今天的挑战
collective:adj.集体的;共同的;集合的;集体主义的;n.集团;集合体;集合名词; immune response:n.免疫应答(机体对抗原的应答);
Now, all of these big things for love experiments aren't going to take off. 当然,并非上述所讲的这些大的追求 都会轻易成功。
But the ones that do are going to be the biggest, the most open, the fastest, the most connected form of philanthropy in human history. 但是,那些最终走向成功的项目 必将成为人类历史上规模最大、最为开放 发展最为迅速以及联系最为广泛 的慈善行动
Second category is online philanthropy marketplaces . 第二类是在线的慈善行动
category:n.种类,分类;[数]范畴; marketplaces:n.市场;集贸市场(marketplace的复数);
This is, of course, to philanthropy what eBay and Amazon are to commerce . 这就如慈善领域的 eBay以及Amazon
Amazon:亚马逊;古希腊女战士; commerce:n.商业;(尤指国际间的)贸易;商务;
Think of it as peer-to-peer philanthropy. 或者你可以将其看作是点对点的慈善
peer-to-peer:n.对等;对等网络;
And this challenges yet another assumption, which is that organized philanthropy is only for the very wealthy. 这又挑战了我们 的另外一个设想 即慈善仅仅是富人才干得起的事情
organized:adj.有组织的; v.组织; (organize的过去分词和过去式)
Take a look, if you haven't, at DonorsChoose. 假如你还不知道,请看看 DonorsChoose 这个网站吧
Omidyar Network has made a big investment in DonorsChoose. Omidyar Network 为这个慈善网站投入了大量的钱
investment:n.投资;投入;封锁;
It's one of the best known of these new marketplaces where a donor can go straight into a classroom and connect with what a teacher says they need. 它是最为知名的一个慈善网站之一 你可以直接通过网站与某个学校的老师取得联系 然后帮助那位老师解决他的所需
donor:n.捐赠者;供者;赠送人;adj.捐献的;经人工授精出生的;
Take a look at Changing the Present, started by a TEDster, next time you need a wedding present or a holiday present. 下一次你需要婚礼礼品或节日礼品的时候, 不妨去看看 Changing the Present 这个网站吧。它是由一位TED参加者发起的。
Take a look at:看一看;检查;
GiveIndia is for a whole country. 还有 GiveIndia
And it goes on and on . 以及其他很多很多
on and on:继续不停地;
The third category is represented by Warren Buffet . 第三类是由巴菲特所代表的
Warren:n.养兔场;大杂院;拥挤的地区; Buffet:n.自助餐; vt.对…打来打去; adj.快餐式的
Which I call aggregated giving. 汇集性捐助
aggregated:adj.聚合的;合计的;
It's not just that Warren Buffet was so amazingly generous in that historic act last summer. 这里要看到的是,不仅仅巴菲特非常慷慨 特别是当你看到他把大部分财产捐给盖茨基金会的时候
generous:adj.慷慨的,大方的;宽宏大量的;有雅量的;
It's that he challenged another assumption, that every giver should have his or her own fund or foundation. 而且他的行为也挑战了另外一个传统观念 即每一位捐助者都应当设立一个基金 或基金会
giver:n.给予者,赠予人;送礼者; fund:n.基金;资金;存款;v.投资;资助;
There are now, today, so many new funds that are aggregating giving and investing , bringing together people around a common goal, to think bigger. 这个社会涌现出了大量新的基金 它们正慢慢的汇集起来,被用来投资 让关心同样问题 的人 得以走到一块,去想象一个更宽广的未来
funds:n.[会计]资金,现金(fund的复数);基金;v.资助(fund的三单形式);提供资金; aggregating:v.总计;合计;(aggregate的现在分词) investing:v.投资;投入(时间、精力等);(invest的现在分词)
One of the best known is Acumen Fund, led by Jacqueline Novogratz, a TEDster who got a big boost here at TED. 其中一个很好的例子就是 Acumen Fund,它是由 Jacqueline Novogratz 主管的 她也多次在TED的舞台上谈及这样的经历
Acumen:n.聪明,敏锐; boost:n.提高;增长;帮助;激励;v.使增长;使兴旺;偷窃;
But there are many others. New Profit in Cambridge , 这样的例子还有很多。比如 New Profit,它是位于剑桥的
Profit:n.利润;利益;v.获利;有益; Cambridge:n.剑桥(英国城市);坎布里奇(美国马萨诸塞州城市);
New School's Venture Fund in Silicon Valley , 位于硅谷的 New School*s Venture Fund
Venture:v.敢于;冒险;投机;n.企业;风险;冒险; Silicon Valley:n.硅谷(美国加利福尼亚州一处计算机和电子公司聚集地,有时用以指任何计算机公司聚集地);
Venture Philanthropy Partners in Washington, 位于华盛顿的 Venture Philanthropy Partners
Global Fund for Women in San Francisco. 位于旧金山的 Global Fund for Women
Take a look at these. 看看这些例子吧
These funds are to philanthropy what venture capital , private equity , and eventually mutual funds are to investing. 这些基金对于慈善行业的意义 就有如投资基金、私人投资以及共同资金 对投资行业的意义
venture capital:风险投资; equity:n.公平,公正;衡平法;普通股;抵押资产的净值; eventually:adv.最后,终于; mutual:adj.共同的;相互的,彼此的;
But with a twist , because often a community forms around these funds, as it has at Acumen and other places. 但这里有一个非常巧妙的地方 因为很多时候社区就是围绕着这些基金形成的 这样的事情已经在 Acumen以及其他地方发生了
twist:v.捻;扭转;曲折;扭动;n.捻;拧;扭动;搓; community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体;
Now, imagine for a second these first three types of experiments, mass collaboration, online marketplaces, aggregated giving. 好吧,现在大家设想一下 这三样的实验 大规模协作、在线慈善以及汇聚性的捐助
And understand how they help us re-perceive what organized philanthropy is. 想一想这些对于我们重新想象 慈善这一概念的意义
It's not about foundations necessarily; it's about the rest of us. 慈善早已不仅仅是基金会的事情,它已经成为了我们每一个人可以做的事情
foundations:n.基础;地基;基金会;粉底;(foundations是foundation的复数)
And imagine the mash-up , if you will, of these things, in the future, when these things come together in the experiments of the future -- imagine that somebody puts up, say, 100 million dollars for an inspiring goal -- 再设想一下,未来几样东西的大融合 在实验中慢慢走向融合 设想有人要拿出 1亿美金 来解决某个大问题
mash-up:混聚; inspiring:adj.鼓舞人心的;灌输的;v.鼓舞;激发;使感悟;(inspire的现在分词)
there were 21 gifts of 100 million dollars or more in the US last year, not out of the question -- but only puts it up if it's matched by millions of small gifts from around the globe. 美国去年就有21份礼物的价值超过了1亿 所以这不是没有可能的 但这个一亿唯有在 来自全球的小额的捐助与参与下才会兑现
out of the question:不可能;不知底细;根本谈不上;
Thereby engaging lots of people, and building visibility and engaging people in the goal that's stated. 通过这样的方式来让许许多多人参与进来 构建出一种透明度以及调动人们的参与 来实现这个共同的目标
Thereby:adv.从而,因此;在那附近;在那方面; engaging:adj.有趣的; v.吸引住(注意力、兴趣); (engage的现在分词) visibility:n.可见性;能见度;能见距离
I'm going to look quickly at the fourth and fifth categories, which are innovation , competitions and social investing. 好了,接下来我要带大家看看第四第五个范畴 即创新、竞争以及社会投资
innovation:n.创新,革新;新方法; competitions:n.比赛,[生态]竞争(competition的复数形式);
They're betting a visible competition, a prize, can attract talent and money to some of the most difficult issues , and thereby speed the solution . 有些人认为,假如能够设立一个竞赛和一个奖 那应该可以吸引大量的人参与解决某些非常复杂的问题 并且最终寻找到解决问题的答案
betting:n.打赌;赌钱;v.下赌注(于);用…打赌;敢说;(bet的现在分词) visible:adj.明显的;看得见的;现有的;可得到的;n.可见物;进出口贸易中的有形项目; 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) solution:n.解决方案;溶液;溶解;解答;
This tackles yet another assumption, that the giver and the organization is at the center, as opposed to putting the problem at the center. 这就打破了另外一个假设 即慈善必须是以人（捐赠者以及受助者）为中心的 实际上问题也可以成为慈善的中心
tackles:v.应付,处理,解决; n.用具; (tackle的第三人称单数和复数) organization:n.组织;机构;体制;团体; opposed:adj.强烈反对; v.反对(计划、政策等); (oppose的过去分词和过去式)
You can look to these innovators to help us especially with things that require technological or scientific solution. 你可以期待这些创新者 用特殊的科技手段和科学方法 为我们提供帮助
innovators:n.创新者;发明家签证;革新消费者(innovator的复数形式); especially:adv.尤其;特别;格外;十分; technological:adj.技术[工程](上)的;因工艺技术高度发展而引起的; scientific:adj.科学的,系统的;
That leaves the final category, social investing, which is really, anyway, the biggest of them all. 最后一个范畴,即社会投资 恰恰也是最大的一个
Represented here by Xigi.net. 大家可以看看这方面最好的范例,即 Xigi.net
And this, of course, tackles the biggest assumption of all, that business is business, and philanthropy is the vehicle of people who want to create change in the world. 它又一次打破了我们的传统思维 即商业就是商业 而慈善则是那些希望改变世界的人的事情
vehicle:n.[车辆]车辆;工具;交通工具;运载工具;传播媒介;媒介物;
Xigi is a new community site that's built by the community, linking and mapping this new social capital market. Xigi 是一个全新的社会网站 完全由社区驱动 它联系并记录了社会投资市场的成长
It lists already 1,000 entities that are offering debt and equity for social enterprise. 上面有1000家机构 正在为社会企业提供贷款或资助
entities:n.实体;存在(entity的复数形式);字符实体; debt:n.债务;借款;罪过;
So we can look to these innovators to help us remember that if we can leverage even a small amount of the capital that it seeks to return, the good that can be driven could be astonishing . 我们回头看看这些创新者 无非是让我们明白 即使我们只能拉动很小一部分的资本 而这笔资本是期待回报的 那么它所能带动的社会价值是巨大的
leverage:n.影响力;杠杆作用;杠杆效力;v.举债经营;借贷收购; seeks:v.寻求;寻找;探索;搜索; astonishing:adj.令人十分惊讶的;v.使十分惊讶;使吃惊;(astonish的现在分词)
Now, what's really interesting here is that we're not thinking our way into a new way of acting. 这里边有趣的是 我们不是要启发我们自身 去以别的方式去行动
We're acting our way into a new way of thinking. 而是我们在通过行动去达到一种新的思维
Philanthropy is reorganizing itself before our very eyes. 慈善改变了自身的定义 出现在我们眼前
reorganizing:v.重新组织;改组;整顿;(reorganize的现在分词)
And even though all of the experiments and all of the big givers don't yet fulfill this aspiration, 即使那些巨额捐赠者的 实验都没有全都成功
givers:n.给予者,赠予人;送礼者; fulfill:v.执行,贯彻;完成,实现;兑现;达到;起到;
I think this is the new zeitgeist : open, big, fast, connected. 我还是会认为我们已经进入了新的时代 一个开放的、大规模的、快速发展的、相互联系的时代
zeitgeist:n.时代思潮,时代精神;
And, let us also hope, long. 让我们同样希望
We have got to realize that it is going to take a long time to do these things. 我们需要一个长期的过程来做这些事情
If we don't develop the stamina to stick with things -- whatever it is you pick, stick with it -- all of this stuff is just going to be, you know, a fad . 假如我们没有一种韧性去坚持做这些事情 不管是做什么事,都需要坚持去做 那么我们之前讲到的都不过是空谈
stamina:n.毅力;精力;活力;持久力; stuff:n.东西:物品:基本特征:v.填满:装满:标本: fad:n.时尚;一时的爱好;一时流行的狂热;
But I'm really hopeful. 但我依然是十分充满希望
And I'm hopeful because it's not only philanthropy that's reorganizing itself. 原因是不单慈善事业里头的人 在重塑自身
It's also whole other portions of the social sector , and of business, that are busy challenging " business as usual ." 社会其他领域的人也在重塑自身 包括商业也是 他们都在挑战“延续旧思维”的做法
portions:n.部分; v.把…分成若干份(或部分); (portion的第三人称单数和复数) sector:n.部门;扇形,扇区;象限仪;函数尺;vt.把…分成扇形; business as usual:na.照常营业;
And everywhere I go, inculding here at TED, 另外,不管我去到哪里,包括在TED这里
I feel that there is a new moral hunger that is growing. 我都能感受到一种道德上的渴望 这种渴望正在增长
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;
What we're seeing is people really wrestling to describe what is this new thing that's happening. 我们看到的是很多人都在 努力去理解正在发生的这些事情
wrestling:n.摔跤运动;v.摔跤;奋力对付;全力解决;(wrestle的现在分词) describe:v.描述;形容;把…称为;画出…图形;
Words like "philanthrocapitalism," 并且出现了像“慈善资本主义”、
and "natural capitalism ," and "philanthroentrepreneur," “自然资本主义”、“慈善资本家”
capitalism:n.资本主义;
and "venture philanthropy." 以及“慈善投资”这样的名词
We don't have a language for it yet. 我们至今还没有能够找到一种合适的语言去描绘这一现象
Whatever we call it, it's new, it's beginning, and I think it's gong to quite significant . 且不管我们对此的讲法 它是一个崭新的、正在开始起步的东西 并且发展得相当迅速
gong:n.锣;钟状物;奖章;v.鸣锣传唤;.鸣锣;发出铜锣般的声音; significant:adj.重大的;有效的;有意义的;值得注意的;意味深长的;n.象征;有意义的事物;
And that's where my imagined future comes in. 这也正是我想象中的未来之所在
Which I am going to call the social singularity . 姑且将此称为“社会奇点”吧
I am going to:我将要做什么事情 singularity:n.奇异;奇点;突出;稀有;
Many of you will realize that I'm ripping a bit off of the science fiction writer 也许有些人已经听懂了,就是我在借用科幻小说的话语
ripping:adj.极好的;美妙的;v.撕破,裂开;突然拉开;(rip的现在分词) science fiction:科幻小说;
Vernor Vinge's notion of a technological singularity, where a number of trends accelerate and converge and come together to create, really, a shockingly new reality. 技术奇点这个说法最初就是由科幻小说作家Vernor Vinge提出来的 当一系列的趋势在加速并且汇聚的时候 将会创造出一个让人惊讶的全新的未来
notion:n.观念;信念;理解; trends:n.趋势;倾向;动态;动向;(trend的第三人称单数和复数) accelerate:v.加快;加速;n.接受速成教育的学生; converge:vt.使汇聚;vi.聚集;靠拢;收敛; shockingly:adv.怕人地,非常地;不正当地;
It may be that the social singularity ahead is the one that we fear the most. 也许我们面前的这一社会奇点是 我们最应当感到恐惧的
A convergence of catastrophes , of environmental degradation , of weapons of mass destruction , of pandemics , of poverty . 它伴随着系列的灾难 环境的恶化 大规模杀伤性武器以及传染病的扩散 还有贫困
convergence:n.[数]收敛;会聚,集合; catastrophes:n.灾难;灾祸;横祸;不幸事件;困难;(catastrophe的复数) degradation:n.退化;降格,降级;堕落; destruction:n.破坏,毁灭;摧毁; pandemics:大流行;流行病; poverty:n.贫困;困难;缺少;低劣;
That's because our ability to confront the problems that we face has not kept pace with our ability to create them. 因为 我们应对这些危机的能力 跟不上我们创造这些危机的速度
confront:v.直面;无法回避;降临于;处理;对抗;
And as we've heard here, it is no exaggeration to say that we hold the future of our civilization in our hands as never before. 正如我们先前听到的 未来就掌握在我们的手上 这不是随便说的 这一事实比以往任何时候都更为真切
exaggeration:n.夸张;夸大之词;夸张的手法; civilization:n.文明;文明社会;文明世界;(特定时期和地区的)社会文明;
The question is, is there a positive social singularity? 问题是,是否有可能出现一个积极的社会奇点？
positive:adj.积极的;[数]正的,[医][化学]阳性的;确定的;n.正数;[摄]正片;
Is there a frontier for us of how we live together? 是否有一种未来 我们可以彼此友善相处？
Our future doesn't have to be imagined. 我们不需想象我们的未来
We can create a future where hope and history rhyme. 我们可以创造一个充满希望,让后辈引以为傲的未来
But we have a problem. 但我们也遇到了难题
Our experience to date, both individually and collectively , hasn't prepared us for what we're going to need to do, or who we're going to need to be. 我们现今的经验,包括个人的以及集体的 都不能保证我们未来可以应对诸多的挑战 也不能保证我们会成为怎样一个群体
individually:adv.个别地,单独地; collectively:adv.共同地,全体地;
We are going to need a new generation of citizen leaders willing to commit ourselves to growing and changing and learning as rapidly as possible. 我们需要的是 新一代的公民领袖 他们乐见成长、变化以及热爱学习 并且能够跟随变化的步伐
commit:v.犯(罪等);干(坏事等);[法]提(审);判处;
That's why I have one last thing I want to show you. 这是我希望给大家展示的最后一页
This is a photograph taken about 100 years ago of my grandfather and great-grandfather . 这是一张一百年前拍下来的照片 照片上的是我的祖父以及增祖父
great-grandfather:n.曾祖父;
This is a newspaper publisher and a banker. 他们分别是保证出版商以及银行家
publisher:n.出版者,出版商;发行人;
And they were great community leaders. 他们都是优秀的社区领袖
And, yes, they were great philanthropists . 他们也都是很优秀的慈善家
philanthropists:n.慈善家,博爱主义者;乐善好施的人;
I keep this photograph close by to me. 我将这张照片留在我身边。
It's in my office. 这是我的办公室
Because I've always felt a mystical connection to these two men, both of whom I never knew. 我总能够感受到跟他们的一种神秘的亲近感 虽然我从来没有跟他们接触过
mystical:adj.神秘的;神秘主义的;
And so, in their honor, 为了纪念他们
I want to offer you this blank slide. 我希望带给大家这张空白的幻灯片
And I want you to imagine that this a photograph of you. 我希望大家可以想象一下 这张照片上的人就是你
And I want you to think about the community that you want to be part of creating. 我希望你们可以想象一下你们希望 构建的一个社群
Whatever that means to you. 不管那对于你的意义是什么
And I want you to imagine that it's 100 years from now, and your grandchild, or great-grandchild , or niece or nephew or god-child, is looking at this photograph of you. 我还希望大家想象一下 一百年之后 你的孙子或者你的曾孙 或者儿媳或小小孙子 在看着这照片上的你
great-grandchild:n.曾孙女,曾孙; niece:n.外甥女,侄女;
What is the story you most want for them to tell? 你希望他们会想起怎样一个故事？
Thank you very much. 谢谢大家。
(Applause) (掌声)