英語(yǔ)演講稿——比爾·蓋茨：釋放你的創(chuàng)造力（中英）
i've always been an optimist and i suppose that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place. for as long as i can remember, i've loved learning new things and solving problems. so when i sat down at a computer for the first time in seventh grade, i was hooked. it was a clunky old teletype machine and it could barely do anything compared to the computers we have today. but it changed my life. when my friend paul allen and i started microsoft 30 years ago, we had a vision of "a computer on every desk and in every home," which probably sounded a little too optimistic at a time when most computers were the size of refrigerators. but we believed that personal computers would change the world. and they have. and after 30 years, i'm still as inspired by computers as i was back in seventh grade. i believe that computers are the most incredible tool we can use to feed our curiosity and inventiveness —— to help us solve problems that even the smartest people couldn't solve on their own. computers have transformed how we learn, giving kids everywhere a window into all of the world's knowledge. they're helping us build communities around the things we care about and to stay close to the people who are important to us, no matter where they are.
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like my friend warren buffett, i feel particularly lucky to do something every day that i love to do. he calls it "tap-dancing to work." my job at microsoft is as challenging as ever, but what makes me "tap-dance to work" is when we show people something new, like a computer that can recognize your handwriting or your speech, or one that can store a lifetime's worth of photos, and they say, "i didn't know you could do that with a pc!" but for all the cool things that a person can do with a pc, there are lots of other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work to improve our world. there are still far too many people in the world whose most basic needs go unmet. every year, for example, millions of people die from diseases that are easy to prevent or treat in the developed world. i believe that my own good fortune brings with it a responsibility to give back to the world. my wife, melinda, and i have committed to improving health and education in a way that can help as many people as possible. as a father, i believe that the death of a child in africa is no less poignant or tragic than the death of a child anywhere else. and that it doesn't take much to make an immense difference in these children's lives. i'm still very much an optimist, and i believe that progress on even the w
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orld's toughest problems is possible —— and it's happening every day. we're seeing new drugs for deadly diseases, new diagnostic tools, and new attention paid to the health problems in the developing world. i'm excited by the possibilities i see for medicine, for education and, of course, for technology. and i believe that through our natural inventiveness, creativity and willingness to solve tough problems, we're going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas in my lifetime. 我天生樂(lè)觀，堅(jiān)信人類憑創(chuàng)造力和聰明才智可以讓世界日益美妙，這一設(shè)想一直根植于我的內(nèi)心深處�！ ∽詮挠浭缕�，我就熱衷于接觸新事物、挑戰(zhàn)難題�？上攵疑掀吣昙�(jí)時(shí)第一次坐在計(jì)算機(jī)前是何等著迷，如入無(wú)我之境。那是一臺(tái)鏘鏘作響的舊牌機(jī)器，和我們今天擁有的計(jì)算機(jī)相比，它相當(dāng)遜色幾乎一無(wú)所用，但正是它改變了我的生活�！ �30年前，我和朋友保羅·艾倫創(chuàng)辦微軟時(shí)，我們幻想實(shí)現(xiàn)“在每個(gè)家庭、在每張辦公桌上都有一臺(tái)計(jì)算機(jī)”，這在大多數(shù)的計(jì)算機(jī)體積如同冰箱的尺寸的年代，聽起來(lái)有點(diǎn)異想天開。但是我們相信個(gè)人電腦將改變世界。今天看來(lái)果真如此。30年后，我仍然象上七年級(jí)的時(shí)候那樣為計(jì)算機(jī)而狂熱著迷�！ ∥蚁嘈庞�(jì)算機(jī)是我們用來(lái)滿足好奇心及發(fā)明創(chuàng)造的最神奇的工具——有了它們的幫助，甚至是最聰明的人憑自身力量無(wú)法應(yīng)對(duì)的難題都將迎刃而解。計(jì)算機(jī)已經(jīng)改變了我們的學(xué)習(xí)方式，為全球各地的孩子們開啟了一扇通向大千世界知識(shí)的窗戶。它可以幫我們圍繞我們關(guān)注的事物建立“群”，讓我們和那些對(duì)自己重要的人保持密切聯(lián)系，不管他們身處何方�！ 【拖裎业呐笥盐謧悺げ挤且粯�，我為每天都能做自己熱愛的事情而感到無(wú)比幸運(yùn)。他稱之為“踢踏舞工作”。我在微軟的工作永遠(yuǎn)充滿挑戰(zhàn)，但使我一直堅(jiān)持“踢踏舞工作”的是我們向人們展示某些新成果的那些時(shí)刻，當(dāng)他們看到計(jì)算機(jī)能辨認(rèn)筆跡、語(yǔ)音或者能存儲(chǔ)值得保留一輩子的照片時(shí)就會(huì)贊不絕口：“我不敢相信個(gè)人電腦竟如此萬(wàn)能”。但是，除了能用電腦做出很酷的事情之外，我們還能通過(guò)許多別的方式在工作中發(fā)揮自己的創(chuàng)造力和聰明才智，以改善我們的世界。全球仍有許許多多的人連最基本的生存需求都未能解決。舉例來(lái)說(shuō)，每年仍有數(shù)以萬(wàn)計(jì)的人死于那些在發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家易于預(yù)防和治療的疾病�！ ∥艺J(rèn)為，我所擁有的大量財(cái)富也使我負(fù)有回饋社會(huì)的責(zé)任。我的妻子梅林達(dá)和我致力于為盡可能多的人改善健康和教育. 作為一個(gè)父親，我認(rèn)為，非洲孩子死去所引起的痛苦和悲傷絲毫不亞于任何其他的孩子的死亡；我認(rèn)為，
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使這些孩子們的命運(yùn)發(fā)生翻天地覆的變化并不費(fèi)太大力氣。 我仍是一個(gè)堅(jiān)定的樂(lè)觀主義者，我堅(jiān)信即使世界級(jí)難題取得進(jìn)展都是有可能的——其實(shí)每天也都在發(fā)生著這種事情。我們看到治療致命疾病的新藥、新的診斷器械不斷出現(xiàn)，而且，發(fā)展中國(guó)家的健康問(wèn)題進(jìn)入了人們的視野并日益得到重視�！ ∥覟獒t(yī)藥、教育，當(dāng)然還有技術(shù)發(fā)展的諸多前景而歡欣鼓舞。我相信，憑借人類與生俱來(lái)的發(fā)明創(chuàng)造能力和不畏艱難、堅(jiān)忍不拔的品格，在我的有生之年里我們將在所有這些領(lǐng)域都創(chuàng)造出可喜的成就
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