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There are lots and lots of ways of measuring time,
在許多計量時間的方法中
but a really bizarre base 60 system
古怪的60進制制度
known as hours and minutes and seconds is nearly universal around the world.
也就是時分秒計量單位，幾乎被全世界采用
There are many, many ways of imprinting CDs or DVDs,
有很多很多方法壓印CD和DVD
but those are all being standardized as well.
但它們也同樣標準化了
And you can probably think of many, many more in your own everyday lives.
也許你可以想到更多生活中的例子
And so our modern world now is confronting us with a dilemma.
那么現代社會面臨著一個困境
And it's the dilemma that this Chinese man faces,
這個困境，也是這個中國人面臨的
who's language is spoken by more people in the world than any other single language,
他的口頭語言比起世界上任何其他的單一語言都有更多的使用者
and yet he is sitting at his blackboard, converting Chinese phrases into English language phrases.
但是他坐在黑板前，把中文詞組翻譯成英文詞組
And what this does is it raises the possibility to us
這個行為給我們提出了一種可能性
that in a world in which we want to promote cooperation and exchange,
在這世界上，我們想要促進合作和交流的可能性
and in a world that might be dependent more than ever before on cooperation
在一個史無前例地、依賴于合作的世界上
to maintain and enhance our levels of prosperity, his actions suggest to us
為了去維持和促進我們的繁榮程度，他的行為告訴我們
it might be inevitable that we have to confront the idea
也許我們不得不承認
that our destiny is to be one world with one language. Thank you.
我們的命運會是：一個世界一種語言。謝謝。
