TED中英双语演讲稿My wish_ Help me stop pandemics.pdfVIP

My wish: Help me stop pandemics Larry Brilliant 2006-07-25 /talks/larry_brilliant_my_wish_help_me_stop_pandemics Pollykann - A powerful video player (App) for learning languages provided technical support for the subtitles. 本字幕由【小鹦看看】- 用了会后悔，不用更后悔的外语学习App，提供技术支持。 Im the luckiest guy in the world. 我是世界上最幸运的人 I got to see the last case of killer smallpox in the world. 我亲眼看到了世界最后一例的天花被消灭 I was in India this past year, 今年我又到了印度 and I may have seen the last cases of polio in the world. 我马上会看到世界最后一个小儿麻痹症案例 Theres nothing that makes you feel more -- 没有其他别的东西可以让你感到更加——尤其是当你在这一领域工作的话 the blessing and the honor of working in a program like that -- 看到这些疾病被消灭 than to know that something that horrible no longer exists. 没有比这更大的光荣与幸福了 So Im going to tell you -- 接下来——（掌声） (Applause) so Im going to show you some dirty pictures. 我会给大家展示一些很难看的图片 They are difficult to watch, but you should look at them with optimism, 它们很刺眼，但是我觉得我们需要以一种乐观主义的心态来看待它们 because the horror of these pictures will be matched 因为我们看到的这些恐怖的面容—— by the uplifting quality of knowing that they no longer exist. 造成这样的疾病已经被根除了 But first, Im going to tell you a little bit about my own journey. 首先我想讲一下我自己的历史 My background is not exactly the conventional medical education 我并不是从传统的医学院出来的 that you might expect. 你也许想象不到 When I was an intern in San Francisco, 当我还是在旧金山当实习生的时候 I heard about a group of Native Americans who had taken over Alcatraz Island, 我听说有一群北美的土著占据了恶魔岛 and a Native American who wanted to give birth on that island, 还有个土著希望在那个岛上生产 and no other doctor wanted to go and help her give birth. 但是没有任何一个医生愿意去那里为她提供帮助 I went out to Alcatraz, and I lived on the island for several weeks. 于是我去了恶魔岛, 在那里住了好几个星期 She gave birth; I caught the baby; I got off the island; 她顺利的生下了孩子，我也离开了那个岛 I landed in San Francisco; 去到了旧金山，所有的报纸都希望采访我 and all the press wanted to talk to me, because my three weeks on the island made me an expert in Indian affairs. 似乎我在那个岛上三周的生活使我成为了印度问题专家 (Lau