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Thirty years after Marshall made his address, which was thirty years ago, as my class graduated without me, technology was emerging that would make the world smaller, more open, more visible, less distant.
馬歇爾發表這個演講三十年后，也就是三十年前，我那一屆學生畢業，當然我不在其中。那時，新技術剛剛開始萌芽，它們將使得這個世界變得更小、更開放、更容易看到、距離更近。
The emergence of low-cost personal computers gave rise to a powerful network that has transformed opportunities for learning and communicating.
低成本的個人電腦的出現，使得一個強大的互聯網誕生，它為學習和交流提供了巨大的機會。
The magical thing about this network is not just that it collapses distance and makes everyone your neighbor. It also dramatically increases the number of brilliant minds we can bring in and work together on the same problem—and that scales up the rate of innovation to a staggering degree.
網絡的神奇之處，不僅僅是它縮短了物理距離，使得天涯若比鄰。它還極大地增加了懷有共同想法的人們聚集在一起的機會，我們可以為了解決同一個問題，一起共同工作。這就大大加快了革新的進程，發展速度簡直讓人震驚。
At the same time, for every person in the world who has access to this technology, five people don't. That means many creative minds are left out of this discussion—smart people with practical intelligence and relevant experience who don't have the technology to hone their talents or contribute their ideas to the world.
與此同時，世界上有條件上網的人只是全部人口的六分之一。這意味著，許多有創造性思想的人們，沒有加入到我們的討論中來。那些有著實際的智力水平和相關經驗的人才，卻沒有技術來幫助他們，將他們的天賦或者想法與全世界分享。
We need as many people as possible to gain access to this technology, because these advances are triggering a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, corporations, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches, and measure the impact of their efforts to address the hunger, poverty, and desperation George Marshall spoke of 60 years ago.
我們需要盡可能地讓更多的人有機會使用這項技術，因為這些新技術正在引發一場革命，人類將因此可以互相幫助。這些新技術正在創造一種可能，不僅是國家政府，還包括大學、公司、小機構、甚至個人，能夠發現問題所在、能夠找到解決辦法、能夠評估他們努力的效果，去改變馬歇爾六十年前就說過的問題——饑餓、貧窮和絕望。
