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We were reading all these morbidity and mortality ratios but in 2001, I want to take my first foundation trip to really see the people behind the statistics
分析所有這些發病率和死亡率數據但在2001年 我第一次從基金會走出去真正看到數據背后真實的人
I went to India and Thailand and so when I was in the foot of the Himalayas I was in a village. I toured the village most of the day
我去了印度和泰國我到了喜馬拉雅山腳下我到了一個村莊 整天都在村莊考察
Spent a lot of time with the villagers and the people At the end of the day a woman invited me into her home
同很多村民們談話這一天最后一位女性邀請我到她家中
And I have to admit I didn't quite know what to expect And as we walked into her small home, she pulled two lawn chairs off of the nail from her kitchen wall
我承認 我想不到接下來會發生什么我們步入她的小房子里她從廚房墻面的釘子上拿下兩把躺椅
And they were those aluminum kind of folding lawn chairs. You know what, that itchy fabric seat you might've sat on a few for a few hours in Krzyzewskiville She whipped them out and put them on a back porch
這是那種鋁制的折疊躺椅 你們應該知道上面鋪有令人發癢的面料 你們排隊買籃球票時可能坐過她拿出這兩把躺椅 放到后陽臺上
And what she wanted to do was gaze up at the Himalayas and it reminded me of that my family used to use those same lawn chairs in Dallas We'd sit out in the back patio at night gazing at the stars
她是想坐在這里 仰望喜馬拉雅山這讓我回想起 我和家人在達拉斯時 也是在后院睡在這種躺椅上 其樂融融地看星星
And this woman wanted to talk to me about what my family life was like what inspired me She wanted to tell me the dreams and the hopes she had for her children and her family
這位女性問我我的家庭生活是怎樣的是什么激我奮進她跟我講她對她的子女和家人的希望和夢想
As I left her village and I was traveling home I realized that the biggest difference between her and me was not what we dreamt about
離開這個村莊后回家途中我認識到 她和我最大的差異并不在于夢想是什么
But about how hard it was going to be for her to make her dreams come true Now some people assume that Bill and I are too rich
而在于實現夢想的難度 她要比我大得多有些人會說比爾和我太富有
To make a connection with somebody who's poor even if we have the right intent but I want to tell you that words like rich and poor
不會同那些窮人真正建立聯系哪怕我們的意圖是好的但我想告訴你們的是 富有和貧窮
They don't define who we are They don't define who we are as human beings The universe is like computer code in that way
并不能定義我們是誰并不能定義我們作為人類的存在宇宙在這方面就像計算機代碼一樣
It's binary There's life and then there's everything else
它是二進制的一面是生活一面是一切其它事物
