When we want to learn more about the immune system 当我们想更深入理解免疫系统 to help cure the worst diseases, 帮助治疗最严重的疾病时 we work with Stanford. 我们找到斯坦福一同合作 When we want to understand the changing landscape of hi
It's been 40 years since then, 从那时到现在 已经过了40年 and 20 years since Melinda and I were married. 我和梅琳达结婚也已经20年了 We are both more optimistic now than ever. 我们现在仍然坚持着这份乐观 甚至更甚于当年 But on our journey, our
So here is our appeal to you all. 我们呼吁你们所有人 As you leave Stanford, 在离开斯坦福之后 take all your genius and your optimism and your empathy, 使用你们所有的天分 乐观和同情心 and go change the world in ways that will make mil
But the next day I went to Soweto, 第二天 我去了索韦托 the poor town just southwest of Johannesburg, 约翰内斯堡西南面一个很贫穷的城镇 that had been the center of the antiapartheid movement. 曾经反种族隔离运动的中心 It was a short distanc
So let your heart break. 让自己沉浸于心碎 It will change what you do with your optimism. 这会改变你们对乐观的理解 On a trip to South Asia, 有一次去南亚 I met a desperately poor Indian woman who had two children 我碰到了一位赤贫的印度女性 她
Let me take this second to introduce our commencement speaker 请允许我介绍我们的毕业典礼演讲嘉宾 It truly is a privilege to have Elon Musk join us today 我们很荣幸地请到了伊隆马斯克 It doesn't need much of an introduction 我应该不需
So for example at Tesla 我想说 在特斯拉 we've never spent any money on advertising 我们从来不花钱做广告 We put all of the money into R&D and manufacturing and design 我们把所有的钱都用于研发 制造和设计 to try to make the car a
Or the people who see a trend toward inequality and a decline in opportunity 还是那些认为不平等会加重 机会会减少 and don't think innovation will change that? 不认为创新能够改变这些趋势的人 The pessimists are wrong, in my view. 在
My normal glasses really aren't all that different. 我平时用的眼镜其实也没有多大不同 There are so many remarkable things going on here at this campus, 这所学校里发生了很多了不起的事情 but if Melinda and I had to put into one wor
That ran counter to our core belief. 这将同我们的核心信念背道而驰 Technology should benefit everyone. 技术应当让每个人受益 So we worked to close the digital divide. 于是我们开始行动 试图缩小这一数字鸿沟 I made a priority at Microsoft, 我原来在微软
And that brings me to what I see is a paradox. 这在我看来是一个巨大的悖论 The modern world is an incredible source of innovation 现代世界是一个无可比拟的创新之源 and Stanford stands at the center of that, 斯坦福则位于这一切的中心 creating ne
All right. Thank you. I've got about apparently 5 or 6 minutes 谢谢大家 我有大概五六分钟时间 to say the most useful things I can think. I'm going to do my best 讲我认为最有用的东西 我会尽我所能 And it was suggested that I
Over the next generation, 在下一代 you, Sanford graduates, will lead a new wave of innovation. 你们这些斯坦福毕业生将会引领新一波创新 Which problems will you decide to solve? 你们决定处理哪些问题 If your world is wide, 如果你们的世界观足够宽广 y
So they rigged up an extension cord that ran 200 feet 人们只能临时拉了一根200英尺长的延长线 from the center to the diesel generator outside. 让社区中心能够接上外面的柴油发电机 Looking at this setup, I knew the minute the reporters lef
Congratulations, class of 2014! 祝贺2014届毕业生 Melinda and I are excited to be here. 我和梅琳达很高兴能来到这里 It would be a thrill for anyone 能受邀到斯坦福做毕业演讲 to be invited to speak at a Stanford commencement, 对任何人来说都是一
Bill and I talk about this with our own kids around the dinner table. 我和比尔在餐桌上同我们自己的孩子们讨论过这个问题 Bill worked incredibly hard 比尔工作无比努力 and he took risks and he made sacrifices for success. 他冒过很多风险 做过很多牺牲
I was so taken aback by what I saw that I had to ask myself, 亲眼所见的情形让我非常惊讶 我不得不问自己 did I still believe that innovation could solve the world's toughest problems? 我还相信创新能够解决世界上最困难的问题吗 I promised my
Bill Gates: Congratulations, Class of 2014! Melinda and I are excited to be here. It would be a thrill for anyone to be invited to speak at a Stanford Commencement – but it’s especially gratifying for
Good evening. Thank you, Professor Lin. It's great to be here today. Beida has an incredible history and I'm sure next year, as you celebrate your 120th-year anniversary, you'll get to look back on th
