TED中英官方演讲稿-AndrewMwenda_2007G另眼看非洲.docxVIP

1.I am very, very happy to be amidst some of the most -- the lights are really disturbing my eyes and theyre reflecting on my glasses. 我非常非常的高兴能和这么多…… 这些灯光太刺眼了 它们反射到我的镜片上了2.I am very happy and honored to be amidst very, very innovative and intelligent people. 我非常高兴且荣幸和 非常聪明、有创造力的人们在一起3.I have listened to the three previous speakers, and guess what happened? 在此之前我已经听了3个人的演讲了 猜一下发生了什么事？4.Every single thing I planned to say, they have said it here, and it looks and sounds like I have nothing else to say. 每一个我想说的事情都已经被他们说完了 看上去我好象没有什么可以说的了5.(Laughter) But there is a saying in my culture that if a bud leaves a tree without saying something, that bud is a young one. （笑声） 但是在我的祖国有一句谚语 如果一朵花一句话也不说就离开了树干 那朵花一定还稚嫩6.So I will -- since I am not young and am very old -- I still will say something. 所以，既然我已不再稚嫩 我还是要说一点的7.We are hosting this conference at a very opportune moment because another conference is taking place in Berlin. 我们正在一个非常合时宜的时候开这个会 因为另一个会议正在柏林召开8.It is the G8 Summit. 这就是八国首脑峰会9.The G8 Summit proposes that the solution to Africas problems should be a massive increase in aid, something akin to the Marshall Plan. G8峰会建议，解决非洲问题的办法 应该是继续加大对非洲的援助 这和当年的马歇尔计划很相似10.Unfortunately, I personally do not believe in the Marshall Plan. 不幸的是，我个人并不相信马歇尔计划11.One, because the benefits of the Marshall Plan have been overstated. 首先，马歇尔计划的成果被夸大了12.Its largest recipients were Germany and France, and it was only 2.5 percent of their GDP. 它最大的受援国是德国和法国 但援助只占了他们GDP的2.5%13.An average African country receives foreign aid to the tune of 13, 15 percent of its GDP, and that is an unprecedented transfer of financial resources 平均每个非洲国家接受的外国援助 竟达到了他们GDP的13%-15%那么多 这是一个史无前例的金融资源大迁移14.from rich countries to poor countries. 从富裕的国家到贫穷的国家15.But I want to say that there are two things we need to connect. 但是我想说的是，有两件事情我们需要提及16.How the media covers Africa in the West, and the consequences of that. 西方媒体是如何报道非洲和那些援助成果的17.By displaying despair,