TED中英官方演讲稿-JacquelineNovogratz_2009S“援助”思考的第三极.docxVIP

1.Clearly were living in a moment of crisis. 显然我们处在一个满是危机的时刻。2.Arguably the financial markets have failed us and the aid system is failing us. 现时的金融市场可以说是使我们失望的， 同时这个援助体系也使我们失望。3.And yet I stand firmly with the optimists who believe that there has probably never been a more exciting moment to be alive. 但是我坚决地站在乐观者的一边 因为乐观者们都坚信这可能是我们生命中最令人兴奋的时刻。4.Because of some of technologies weve been talking about. 由于我们现正谈论的科技。5.Because of the resources, the skills, and certainly the surge of talent were seeing all around the world, with the mindset to create change. 由于现有的资源，以及技艺， 当然还有世界各地涌现的各种各样的人才们， 以及他们具有的进行变革的决心。6.And weve got a president who sees himself as a global citizen, who recognizes that no longer is there a single superpower, but that weve got to engage in a different way with the world. 而且我们还拥有一位视己为世界一份子的总统， 并且认识到全球不再仅有一个超级大国， 但是我们需要用一种全新的方式与世界进行衔接。7.And by definition, every one of you who is in this room must consider yourself a global soul, a global citizen. 从字面义上讲，在这屋子里面的所有人 一定要把自己当做全球的一份子， 当做全球公民。8.You work on the front lines. And youve seen the best and the worst that human beings can do for one another and to one another. 你们都是一线工作者。你们也看见过人性中 最美好与最悲戚的画面。9.And no matter what country you live or work in, youve also seen the extraordinary things that individuals are capable of, even in their most ordinariness. 不管你是在那个国家工作或居住， 你们都应该见过人所能承受的极限， 即使是在最普通的人的身上。10.Today there is a raging debate as to how best we lift people out of poverty, how best we release their energies. 今时正有一场辩论在迅速蔓延 是关于怎样最好的将人们从贫困中拯救出来， 怎样帮助他们最好地发挥他们的潜能。11.On the one hand, we have people that say the aid system is so broken we need to throw it out. 一方面，有人认为 援助体系已濒崩溃，所以我们应将之抛弃。12.And on the other we have people who say the problem is that we need more aid. 另一方面，则认为 问题的根结是需要更多的援助。13.And what I want to talk about is something that compliments both systems. 而我想谈论的是一个同时对双方进行赞美的事物。14.We call it patient capital. 我称它为耐心资本。15.The critics point to the