公众人物毕业演讲第26期:比尔盖茨夫妇于斯坦福大学(7)

So they rigged up an extension cord that ran 200feet

人们只能临时拉了一根200英尺长的延长线

from the center to the diesel generator outside.

让社区中心能够接上外面的柴油发电机

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

看到这种情形 我知道一旦记者离开

the generator would get to a more urgent task.

发电机就会被用到更紧急的任务

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

而社区中心的人们也需要重新去面对

that couldn't be solved by a personal computer.

那些不是个人计算机就能解决的问题

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

我按照事先准备的讲稿 对媒体说索韦托是一个里程碑

There's major decisions ahead about whether technology

在未来 为了不让发展中国家在技术上落后

will leave the developing world behind.

显然还有很多重大决定要做

This is to close the gap.

我们将像这样 努力缩小技术上的鸿沟

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

但在我阅读这份讲稿时 我深知情况远远没有这么简单

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

讲稿上有一段我没有读 也就是

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

我们还没开始关注这块大陆上 每年有大约

dying every year from malaria.

五十万人死于疟疾这一事实

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

但我们至少能够给大家带来计算机

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

在我去索韦托之前 我以为我了解世界的问题

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

事实上 我对很多重要问题都一无所知