金墉美国东北大学(3)

Once when he was eating his contraband ramen

有一次 他正在无照小摊旁边吃面

next to the vendor, police started chasing the vendors and all the customers

警察来了 开始驱赶小摊贩和顾客

But my father told me

但我的父亲告诉我

that as he was running, he kept eating his noodles

他一边跑一边还在吃他的面

because he knew he wouldn't be able to afford any more

因为他知道自己买不起另一碗面了

My mother was born in China near Shanghai

我的母亲出生在中国上海附近

among a small community of Korean expatriates

一个韩国侨民居住的小社区

After returning to Korea, on a day she will never forget

回到韩国后 有一天 她永远都不会忘记

my grandmother went outside to hang the laundry and she never saw here again

我的外祖母出去晾衣服就再也没有回来

she was probably either taken or killed by North Korean soldiers

她可能是被北朝鲜士兵绑架或杀害了

With the war closing in around her

随着战争的临近

at the age of 15, my mother became a refugee

我的母亲在15岁时成了难民

and literally walked, with her younger brother on her back

为了躲避战火 她背着她弟弟

for 200 miles to escape the fighting

徒步走了200英里

Luckily, she was able to resume her schooling in a tent in the southern city of Masan

幸运的是 她在南部马山市的一顶帐篷里得以继续学业

She was an excellent student and with great good luck

她是一个好学生 非常幸运地

she received a scholarship from a secret women's society in the United States

获得了美国一个秘密妇女学会提供的奖学金

and enrolled as a freshman at Scarritt College in Nashville, Tennessee

进入田纳西州纳什维尔的斯卡里特学院

Through almost unthinkably divergent and unlikely paths

通过几乎是无法想象的完全不同和不可能的路径

my parents ended up meeting in New York City at a Christmas party

我的父母最终在纽约市的一次圣诞聚会上邂逅相遇

that gathered together the few hundred Korean students

那次圣诞聚会聚集了几百名当时居住

who were living in the United States at that time

在美国的韩国学生

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。


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