比尔盖茨夫妇斯坦福大学2014年度毕业典礼演讲.docVIP

Stanford Stanford University 斯坦福大学 Bill and Melinda Gates 比尔盖茨夫妇 Bill：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 to be invited to speak at a Stanford commencement, but it’s especially gratifying for us. 能受邀到斯坦福做毕业演讲对于任何人来说都是一件令人激动的事情, 我们尤是如此。 Stanford is rapidly becoming the favorite university for members of our family, and it’s long been a favorite university for Microsoft and our foundation. 斯坦福正迅速成为我们家人最喜欢的一所大学，它也一直是微软以及我们基金会最偏爱的一所大学。 Our formula has been to get the smartest, most creative people working on the most important problems. 我们喜欢招募最聪明最有创造性的人去解决最重要的问题。 It turns out that a disproportionate number of thost people are at Stanford. 事实证明，我们这里很大一部分人都来自于斯坦福。 Right now, we have more than 30 foundation research projects underway here. 现在这里有30多个基金会研究项目正在进行。 When we want to learn more about the immune system to help cure the worst diseases we work with Stanford. 当我们想更深入理解免疫系统帮助治疗最严重的疾病时，我们找到斯坦福一同合作。 When we want to understand the changing landscape of higher education in the United States, so that more low-income students get college degrees, we work with Stanford. 当我们想了解美国高等教育现状的改变趋势,帮助更多低收入家庭的学生获得大学学位时，我们找到斯坦福一同合作。 This is where genius lives. 斯坦福是一个盛产天才的地方。 There’s a flexibility of mind here, and openness to change, an eagerness for what’s new. 这里的思想充满了灵活性，开放性和创新性。 This is where people come to discover the future, and have fun doing it. 斯坦福是促进人类探索未来并乐在其中的地方。 Melinda: Now, some people call you all nerds and we hear that you claim that label with pride. 有些人把你们称作“书呆子”，听说你们很喜欢这个称谓。 Bill: Well, so do we. 我们也喜欢。 夫妇同时戴眼镜 My normal glasses really aren’t all that different. Laughing。台下大笑。 我平时用的眼睛其实也没有多大不同。 There are so many remarkable things going on here at this campus, but if Melinda and I had go put into one word what we love most about Stanford, it’s the optimism. 这所学校里发生了很多了不起的事情。如果要我和梅琳达用一个词来总结对斯坦福的热爱，我们会说是“乐观”。 There’s an infectious feeling here that innovation can s