英語演講稿——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. 　　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 world'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. 　　我天生樂觀，堅信人類憑創(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�知，我上七年級時第一次坐在計算機前是何等著迷，如入無我之境。那是一臺鏘鏘作響的舊牌機器，和我們今天擁有的計算機相比，它相當遜色幾乎一無所用，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，我們幻想實現(xiàn)“在每個家庭、在每張辦公桌上都有一臺計算機”，這在大多數(shù)的計算機體積如同冰箱的尺寸的年代，聽起來有點異想天開。但是我們相信個人電腦將改變世界。今天看來果真如此。30年后，我仍然象上七年級的時候那樣為計算機而狂熱著迷。　　我相信計算機是我們用來滿足好奇心及發(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法應對的難題都將迎刃而解。計算機已經(jīng)改變了我們的學習方式，為全球各地的孩子們開啟了一扇通向大千世界知識的窗戶。它可以幫我們圍繞我們關注的事物建立“群