初中英語閱讀拓展名人勵志演講釋放你的創(chuàng)造力素材.docx

釋放你的創(chuàng)造力Ive always be an optimist and I supposed that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place.我一直是個樂觀主義者。我認為創(chuàng)新和智慧可以讓世界更美好。這一觀點已經(jīng)深深扎根于我的信念中。For as long as I can remember, Ive loved learning new things and solving problems. So when I sat down at a computer for the first time in seventh grade, I was hooked. It was a clunky old teletype machine and it could barely do anything compared to the computers we have today. But it changed my life.從記事起，我就很喜歡學習新知識，解決問題。所以當我七年級第一次坐在電腦旁的時候，我一下子被吸引了。其實只是一臺哐當作響的舊機器，跟現(xiàn)在的電腦比起來幾乎什么都做不了。但是它改變了我的生活。When my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft 30 years ago, we had a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home, which probably sounded a little too optimistic at a time when most computers were the size of refrigerators. But we believe that personal computers would change the world. And they have.30年前，我和朋友保羅艾倫開辦微軟的時候，我們有一個構(gòu)想。那就是“每家每個桌子上都有一臺電腦”。那時候大部分電腦和冰箱一樣大，所以可能這個想法聽起來有些太樂觀了。但是我們相信個人電腦將改變世界。現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)實現(xiàn)了。And after 30 years, Im still as inspired by computers as I was back in seventh grade.30年之后，我仍然像七年級的時候那樣為計算機而著迷。I believe that computers are the most incredible tool we can use to feed our curiosity and inventiveness-to help us solve problems that even the smartest people couldnt solve on their own.我相信電腦是最不可思議的工具。我們可以用它來滿足我們的好奇心，發(fā)揮我們的獨創(chuàng)能力，并幫助我們解決最聰明的人都不能獨立解決的問題。Computers have transformed how we learn, giving kids everywhere a window into all of the worlds knowledge. Theyre helping us build communities around the things we care about and to stay close to the people who are important to us, no matter where they are.電腦已經(jīng)改變了我們的學習方式，讓孩子們在任何地方都有學習世界所有知識的窗口。電腦幫我們圍繞我們關(guān)注的事物建立“群”，讓我們和那些對我們來說很重要的人保持密切聯(lián)系，不管他們身處何方。Like my friend Warren Buffett, I feel particularly lucky to do something every day that I love to do. He calls it tap-dancing to work. My job at Microsoft is as challenging as ever, but what makes me tap-dance to work is when we show people something new, like a computer that can recognize your handwriting or your speech, or one that can store a lifetimes worth of photos, and they say: “I didnt know you can do that with a PC!像我的朋友沃倫巴菲特一樣，我為自己可以每天做喜歡的事情感到非常幸運。他把這個稱之為“跳著踢踏舞去工作”。我在微軟的工作總充滿挑戰(zhàn)，但是讓我“跳著踢踏舞去工作”的是當我們給人們介紹新產(chǎn)品的時候，比如一臺可以識別指紋或者語音的電腦或者一臺能夠儲存一生的珍貴照片的電腦，人們驚訝地說：“我無法想象你竟然可以用個人電腦做到這個。”But for all the cool things that a person can do with a PC, there are lots of other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work to improve our world. There are still far too many people in the world whose basic needs go unmet. Every year, for example, millions of people die from diseases that are easy to prevent or treat in the developed world.但是，除了能用電腦做出很酷的事情之外，我們還可以用其他方式發(fā)揮創(chuàng)造力和智慧以改變世界。世界上還有很多很多人連基本需要都無法滿足。比如，每年有數(shù)百萬人死于發(fā)達國家很容易預(yù)防和治療的疾病。I believe that my own good fortune brings with it a responsibility to give back to the world. My wife, Melinda, and I have committed to improving health and education in a way that can help as many people as possible.我相信我自己的巨額財富也使我負有回饋社會的責任。我的妻子梅林達和我致力于為盡可能多的人改善健康和教育。As a father, I believe that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignant or tragic than the death of a child anywhere else and that it doesnt take much to make an immense difference in these childrens lives.作為一個父親，我相信非洲一個孩子的死亡和其他任何地方一個孩子的死亡一樣令人心酸，悲痛不已。讓這些孩子的命運徹底改變并不費事。Im still very much optimist, and I believe that progress on even the worlds toughest problems is possible-and its happening every day. Were seeing new drugs for deadly diseases, new diagnostic tools, and new attention paid to the health problems in the developing world.我仍然是個非常樂觀的人，我相信甚至是世界上最棘手的問題也可能會有進展這種事情每天都在發(fā)生。我們正在見證在發(fā)展中國家，治療絕癥的新藥出現(xiàn)，新的診斷工具投入使用，醫(yī)學問題受到更多關(guān)注。Im excited by the possibilities I see for medicine, for education and, of course, for technology. And I believe that through our natural inventiveness, creativity and wil