公众人物毕业演讲第24期:比尔盖茨夫妇于斯坦福大学(5)
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：公众人物毕业演讲
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That ran counter to our core 1 belief.
这将同我们的核心信念背道而驰
Technology should benefit everyone.
技术应当让每个人受益
So we worked to close the digital divide.
于是我们开始行动 试图缩小这一数字鸿沟
I made a priority 2 at Microsoft,
我原来在微软
and Melinda and I made it an early priority at our Foundation 3.
以及我和梅琳达在盖茨基金会早期都确立了
Donating personal computers to public libraries
向公共图书馆捐赠个人计算机这一优先事务
to make sure that everyone had access.
以帮助每个人获得计算机使用权
The digital divide was a focus of mine in 1997,
1997年 这一数字鸿沟是我的主要关注焦点
when I took my first trip to South Africa.
当时我是第一次去南非
I went there on business.
我是出公差
So I spent most of my time in meetings in downtown Johannesburg.
大多数时间都在约翰内斯堡中心城区开会
I stayed in the home of one of the richest families of South Africa.
住在南非国内非常有钱的一位富豪家里
It had only been three years since the election 4 of Nelson Mandela
当时离纳尔逊?曼德拉当选只有三年时间
marked the end of apartheid.
种族隔离刚刚终结
When I sat down for dinner with my hosts,
我同屋子的主人坐在一起用餐
they used a bell to call the butler.
主人用铃来呼唤仆人
After dinner, the women and men separated and the men smoked cigars.
餐后 女人们会和男人们分开 男人们会去抽雪茄
I thought, good thing I read Jane Austen,
我心想 幸好我读过简·奥斯汀的作品
or I wouldn't have known what was going on.
否则我估计根本无法理解这里发生了什么
n.中心；核心；(苹果、梨等果实的)果心
- We didn't get to the core of the subject.我们没触及问题的核心。
- The pear is rotten to the core.这梨全烂了。
n.优先处理的事，居先，优先（权）
- The development of the national economy is a top priority.发展国民经济是应予以最优先考虑的事。
- Things should be taken up in order of priority.办事应有个先后次序。
n.[pl.]地基；基础；基金会；建立，创办
- The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
- The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。
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