演讲文本

You will change the world
你们将能改变世界
Let that sink in
记住这一点
You will change the world
你们将能改变世界
I want you to take the craziest dream you've ever had
我要你们勇敢去做最疯狂的梦
that dream that you're too embarrassed to tell anyone about
哪怕这个梦想让你觉得讲出来很不好意思
and I want you to go out there
我希望你们努力去实现
I want you to make it a reality
努力让梦想变为现实
I don't want you to dream. I want you to do
除了梦想 我还希望你们着手去做
Let me tell you about this dream that I had, this crazy dream
我给你们讲讲我做过的疯狂的梦
It's 10 years ago
这是十年前
I've decided to run the New York City marathon
我决定去跑纽约市马拉松赛
I want to raise money for the public school system
希望借此给公立学校系统筹钱
I raise $2 million
我要筹两百万美元
I even got a call from Oprah
欧普拉还打电话给我
who said that if I beat her marathon time
如果我能突破她的马拉松时间
she would donate a lot of money to the course
她愿意为我捐很多钱
but there was a catch
但这有个问题
I had to finish the whole thing. I had to finish the entire race
我需要跑完整个马拉松赛
Now the marathon is 26.2 miles
马拉松全长26.2英里
Have any of you been on a treadmill for one mile?
你们在跑步机上跑过哪怕1英里吗
With 26.2 miles
这可是26.2英里
there were a lot of brothers and sisters running that thing
有很多兄弟姐妹都在参赛
Now here's the crazy point
疯狂的地方在这里
the recommended training time for marathon is six months
马拉松的推荐训练时间是六个月
but I came up with this idea where only eight weeks left to train
但我想到要跑马拉松时 只剩下八周训练时间
only had eight weeks
只有八周
Nobody believed I would finish, everybody thought I was crazy
没人相信我能完成 大家都认为我疯了
but there was something in me that just wouldn't listen to them
不过我不会听别人怎么说我

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介
本视频是比尔·盖茨和夫人梅琳达·盖茨在斯坦福大学2014年毕业典礼上的演讲。整个演讲以“乐观”为主线，强调了他们对科技的乐观态度，以及对世界美好未来的乐观态度。盖茨夫妇轮流讲述了自己的亲身经历和故事，告诉学生应该站在他人的立场上，感同身受那些处境不及自己的人，尽自己所能去帮助那些需要帮助的人，让全世界所有人类同胞都有一样的美好未来。