An Astronaut's Guide to Optimism
2015我們,樂觀進取
We're all moving so fast. Just standing on the equator with the world spinning underneath us, we're all going over a thousand miles an hour. What if, just for a moment, we stopped?
我們?nèi)斑M得如此快速。僅僅站在赤道上隨著地球在我們下方轉(zhuǎn)動，我們就全都行進超過時速一千里。假如，只是一瞬間，我們停止下來呢？
There're problems with everything, and nothing is yet perfect. But that shouldn't be cause to bemoan; that should be cause to achieve. Our world is a better place than we often claim it to be.
每件事都有難題，且沒任何事是已臻完美的。但那不應(yīng)是去哀嘆的理由；那應(yīng)是去達成目標的理由。我們的世界是一個比我們常宣稱的還要更好的地方。
We're living in an all time high for health and wellness, and literacy has been sharply on the rise for decades. More people are living longer. And during childbirth, both infant and maternal mortality rates have plummeted in the last century, saving the lives of millions. We've seen a host of horrific diseases completely eradicated, and there are many more for which eradication is under way.
我們正處在一個健康與保健有史以來最高水準的時期，且識字率已急劇提升數(shù)十載。越來越多人活得更久。而在生產(chǎn)過程，嬰兒和母親的死亡率兩項都已在過去這世紀大幅下降，挽救數(shù)百萬人的性命。我們看見許多恐怖的疾病被徹底消滅，且有更多滅除行動正在進行的疾病。
We live the way we do because people chose to tackle their problems head on. In a hundred years, we've gone from filming the Wright brothers to landing a camera on Titan—a moon eight hundred million miles away.
我們會以我們現(xiàn)在的方式生活，是因為過去人們選擇正面解決他們的難題。在一百年內(nèi)，我們從拍下萊特兄弟，發(fā)展到讓一臺相機登陸到泰坦星上－－一顆八億里遠的衛(wèi)星。
There are a growing number of organizations and foundations leading the way to research, innovate, and effect change in the world. And partnering together, they're helping the world's poorest people lift themselves out of hunger and poverty.
有越來越多的組織和機構(gòu)指引著研究、改革、和影響世界變化的道路。共同合作，他們正幫助世界上最窮困的人們讓自己擺脫飢餓和貧窮。
When thinking if you're gonna be optimistic this year, remember, nobody changes the world on their own. It all starts with a resolution. What's yours?
在思考你今年是否要樂觀之際，記住，沒有人是靠他們自己改變世界的。一切全始于一個決心。那你的決心是什么呢？
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