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Members of the Harvard Family: Here in the Yard is one of the great collections of intellectual talent in the world.
哈佛是一個大家庭。這個院子里在場的人們，是全世界最有智力的人類群體之一。
For what purpose?
我們可以做些什么？
There is no question that the faculty, the alumni, the students, and the benefactors of Harvard have used their power to improve the lives of people here and around the world. But can we do more? Can Harvard dedicate its intellect to improving the lives of people who will never even hear its name?
毫無疑問，哈佛的老師、校友、學(xué)生和資助者，已經(jīng)用他們的能力改善了全世界各地人們的生活。但是，我們還能夠做更多嗎？有沒有可能，哈佛的人們可以將他們的智慧用來幫助那些甚至從來沒有聽到過“哈佛”這個名字的人？
Let me make a request of the deans and the professors-the intellectual leaders here at Harvard: As you hire new faculty, award tenure, review curriculum, and determine degree requirements, please ask yourselves:
請允許我向各位院長和教授提出一個請求——你們是哈佛的智力領(lǐng)袖：當(dāng)你們雇用新的老師、授予終身教職、評估課程、決定學(xué)位頒發(fā)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的時候，請問你們自己如下問題：
Should our best minds be more dedicated to sloving our biggest problems?
我們最優(yōu)秀的人才是否在致力于解決我們最大的問題？
Should Harvard encourage its faculty to take on the world's worst inequities? Should Harvard students know about the depth of global poverty...the prevalence of world hunger...the scarcity of clean water...the girls kept out of school...the children who die from diseases we can cure?
哈佛是否鼓勵它的老師們?nèi)パ芯拷鉀Q世界上最嚴(yán)重的不平等？哈佛的學(xué)生是否從全球那些極端的貧窮中學(xué)到了什么……世界性的饑荒……清潔水資源的缺乏……無法上學(xué)的女童？死于非惡性疾病的兒童？
Should the world's most privileged learn about the lives of the world's least priviledged?
那些世界上過著最優(yōu)越生活的人們，是否應(yīng)該對那些最困難的人們的境況有所了解？
These are not rhetorical questions-you will answer with your policies.
這些問題并非語言上的修辭。你必須用自己的政策來回答它們。
