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Some goals require more traditional paths; anyone who aspires to become a Supreme Court justice should probably start by attending law school.
有些目標的實現需要走較為傳統的路子，例如一個想做最高法院大法官的人應該從法學院的學習起步。
But even a vague goal can provide direction, a far-off guidepost to move toward.
但即使是一個模糊的目標也能為你提供人生的方向，它就像一個遠處的路標指引你前行。
With an eye on my childhood dream,
基于我童年的夢想，
the first job I took out of college was at the World Bank as research assistant to Larry Summers, who was serving a term as chief economist.
我大學畢業后的第一份工作便是擔任時任世界銀行首席經濟學家拉里·薩默斯的研究助理。
Based in Washington, D C., the Bank's mission is to reduce global poverty.
世界銀行位于美國華盛頓，旨在減少全球范圍內的貧困現象。
I spent my first nine months in the stacks of the Bank library on the corner of Nineteenth and Pennsylvania,
不過，我工作的頭9個月都在位于第19號大街與賓夕法尼亞大道拐角處的世界銀行圖書館里，
looking up facts and figures for Larry's papers and speeches.
為拉里·薩默斯的論文及演講查找所需要的資料與數據。
Larry then generously arranged for me to join an India health field mission to get a closer look at what the Bank actually did.
薩默斯隨后安排我加入了一個印度醫療特派團，以便更深入地了解世界銀行的工作內容。
Flying to India took me into an entirely different world.
到了印度后，我看到了一個完全不同的世界。
The team was working to eradicate leprosy, which was endemic in India's most remote and poorest regions.
整個團隊都在努力工作，以消除印度貧困地區的麻風病。
The conditions were appalling.
情況是令人震驚的：
Due to the stigma of the disease, patients were often exiled from their villages and ended up lying on dirt floors in awful places that passed for clinics.
由于患上這種疾病被看作是一種恥辱，得了病的人通常都會被驅逐出自己的村莊，最終躺在診所骯臟的地板上死去。
Facts and figures could never have prepared me for this reality.
之前我搜集的資料并沒有讓我為面對這樣的現實做好準備，
I have the deepest respect for people who provide hands-on help to those in crises.
因此我對那些切實地去幫助解決這類危機的人們懷有最深的敬意。
It is the most difficult work in the world.
這是世界上最困難的工作。
