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And we can see the tragedy of Africa in the first few bars here. Growth was negative.
我們可以看到非洲的悲劇就從這個條形圖的前幾個條。負增長！
People were actually getting poorer than their parents, and sometimes even poorer than their grandparents had been.
人民越來越窮，都比不上他們父母的生活水平。有時甚至比他們的祖父母還窮。
But at the end of the 20th century, the beginning of the 21st century, we saw growth in Africa.
但在二十世紀(jì)末，二十一世紀(jì)初，我們看到非洲也開始發(fā)展。
And I think, as you'll see, there's reasons for optimism, because I believe that the best is yet to come. Now why.
正如你將會看到，我認為我們有理由樂觀。因為我相信好戲還在后頭呢！為什么這么說呢？
On the cutting edge today it's new ideas which are driving growth.
在今天的發(fā)展的最前沿主要是創(chuàng)新在推動經(jīng)濟增長。
And by that I mean it's products for which the research and development costs are really high, and the manufacturing costs are low.
也就是說，尖端產(chǎn)品的特點是它的研究和開發(fā)費用非常高，但是制造成本很低。
More than ever before it is these types of ideas which are driving growth on the cutting edge. Now ideas have this amazing property.
這種創(chuàng)新，比以往任何時候都更加能夠推動尖端技術(shù)的發(fā)展。創(chuàng)新有一個很了不起的性質(zhì)。
Thomas Jefferson, I think, really expressed this quite well. He said, "He who receives an idea from me receives instruction himself, without lessening mine.
我認為托馬斯·杰斐遜表達得相當(dāng)好。他說過，“他接受我的一個想法，他自己受到教育，而我的想法并沒有減少。
As he who lights his candle at mine receives light without darkening me."
就象他借用我的蠟燭來點燃他的，他有了光，而我并沒有變暗。”
Or to put it slightly differently: one apple feeds one man, but an idea can feed the world.
或者換一個說法，一個蘋果可以喂一個人，但一個創(chuàng)意可以哺育整個世界。
Now this is not new. This is practically not new to TEDsters. This is practically the model of TED.
這并沒有什么新奇的。尤其對參加TED的代表們。這實際上恰恰是TED的模式。
But what is new is that the greater function of ideas is going to drive growth even more than ever before.
這里面真正的創(chuàng)新是認識到創(chuàng)意會起到更大的功能，它會比以往任何時候都更能推動經(jīng)濟增長。
This provides a reason why trade and globalization are even more important, more powerful than ever before, and are going to increase growth more than ever before.
這就是為什么貿(mào)易與全球化比以往任何時候都更重要，更有力。而且比以往任何時候都能更快地促進經(jīng)濟增長。
