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比尔盖茨的2014年终总结 I?ended?2013?by?compiling?something?slightlyunusual:?a?list?of?some?of?the?good?news?you?mighthave?missed.?I?thought?it?was?a?pretty?good?note?toend?the?year?on,?and?people?seemed?to?like?readingabout?some?of?the?ways?the?world?is?becoming?abetter?place.?This?year,?I?thought?I’d?do?it?again。 Of?course,?we?can’t?ignore?the?fact?that?it’s?been?aturbulent?year,?in?the?United?States?and?many?other?countries.?But?it’s?worth?taking?a?momentto?celebrate?some?of?the?good?news?too.?More?children?are?surviving?than?ever?before.?We’remaking?progress?against?some?of?the?world’s?deadliest?diseases.?These?are?some?of?the?mostfundamental?ways?to?measure?the?world’s?progress—and?by?that?measure, 2014?wasdefinitely?another?good?year。 1.More?Fifth?Birthdays?Than?Ever?Before To?me,?one?of?the?best?ways?to?measure?progress?is?to?look?at?how?many?children?are?dying?ofpreventable?causes。 And?today,?more?kids?are?living?to?see?their?fifth?birthday?than?ever?before.?This?year,?for?atleast?the?42nd?year?in?a?row,?the?child?mortality?rate?has?fallen.?And?it’s?not?just?moving?in?theright?direction—it’s?falling?faster?than?anyone?expected。 The?Economist?ran?a?great?article?about?this?in?September,?where?it?estimated?that?just?since2001,?the?world?has?saved?13.6?million?children’s?lives.?It’s?hard?to?think?of?a?better?sign?theworld?is?improving。 2.We?Hit?a?Big?Milestone?in?Fighting?AIDS The?world?has?done?an?impressive?job?of?providing?treatment?to?people?living?with?HIV.?But?foryears?we?were?falling?behind,?because?for?all?the?people?who?started?getting?treatment,?evenmore?would?become?infected。 Not?anymore,?though.?New?data?released?this?month?show?that?2013?was?the?first?year?whenmore?people?started?getting?treatment?than?became?infected?with?HIV.?Why?does?that?matter?Because?treating?people?not?only?keeps?them?alive,?it?also?dramatically?reduces?the?odds?thatthey?will?pass?the?virus?on?to?anyone?else.?As?the?epidemiologists?say,?we?can?start?to?bendthe?curve?of?the?disease。