And I want to remind you that the giants upon whose shoulders today's intelligentsia stand did not have to have English, they didn't have to pass an English test. Case in point, Einstein. He, by the way, was considered remedial at school because he was, in fact, dyslexic. But fortunately for the world, he did not have to pass an English test. Because they didn't start until 1964 with TOEFL, the American test of English. Now it's exploded. There are lots and lots of tests of English. And millions and millions of students take these tests every year. Now you might think, you and me, those fees aren't bad, they're okay, but they are prohibitive to so many millions of poor people. So immediately, we're rejecting them.
我想要提醒你們，扶持當代知識分子的這些“巨人肩膀"不必非得具有英文能力，他們不需要通過英語考試。愛因斯坦就是典型的例子。順便說一下，他在學校還曾被認為需要課外補習，因為他其實有閱讀障礙。但對整個世界來說,很幸運的當時他不需要通過英語考試，因為他們直到1964年才開始使用托福。現在英語測驗太泛濫了，有太多太多的英語測驗，以及成千上萬的學生每年都在參加這些考試。現在你會認為，你和我都這么想，這些費用不貴，價錢滿合理的。但是對數百萬的窮人來說，這些費用高不可攀。所以，當下我們又拒絕了他們。
It brings to mind a headline I saw recently: "Education: The Great Divide." Now I get it, I understand why people would focus on English. They want to give their children the best chance in life. And to do that, they need a Western education. Because, of course, the best jobs go to people out of the Western Universities, that I put on earlier. It's a circular thing.
這使我想起最近看到的一個新聞標題：“教育：大鴻溝”現在我懂了。我了解為什麼大家都重視英語，因為他們希望給孩子最好的人生機會。為了達成這目的，他們需要西方教育。畢竟，不可否認，最好的工作都留給那些西方大學畢業出來的人。就像我之前說的，這是一種循環。
Okay. Let me tell you a story about two scientists, two English scientists. They were doing an experiment to do with genetics and the forelimbs and the hind limbs of animals. But they couldn't get the results they wanted. They really didn't know what to do, until along came a German scientist who realized that they were using two words for forelimb and hind limb, whereas genetics does not differentiate and neither does German. So bingo, problem solved. If you can't think a thought, you are stuck. But if another language can think that thought, then, by cooperating, we can achieve and learn so much more.
好，我跟你們說一個關於兩位科學家的故事：有兩位英國科學家在做一項實驗，是關於遺傳學的，以及動物的前、後肢。但他們無法得到他們想要的結果。他們真的不知道該怎么辦，直到來了一位德國的科學家。他發現在英文裡前肢和後肢是不同的二個字，但在遺傳學上沒有區別。在德語也是同一個字。所以，叮!問題解決了。如果你不能想到一個念頭，你會卡在那裡。但如果另一個語言能想到那念頭，然後通過合作我們可以達成目的，也學到更多。
My daughter, came to England from Kuwait. She had studied science and mathematics in Arabic. It's an Arabic medium school. She had to translate it into English at her grammar school. And she was the best in the class at those subjects. Which tells us that, when students come to us from abroad, we may not be giving them enough credit for what they know, and they know it in their own language. When a language dies, we don't know what we lose with that language.
我的女兒從科威特來到英格蘭，她在阿拉伯的學校學習科學和數學。那是所阿拉伯中學。在學校里，她得把這些知識翻譯成英文，而她在班上卻能在這些學科上拿到最好的成績。這告訴我們，當外籍學生來找我們，我們可能無法針對他們所知道的給予讚賞，因為那是來自於他們母語的知識。當一個語言消失時，我們不知道還有什麼也會一併失去。
This is -- I don't know if you saw it on CNN recently -- they gave the Heroes Award to a young Kenyan shepherd boy who couldn't study at night in his village like all the village children,because the kerosene lamp, it had smoke and it damaged his eyes. And anyway, there was never enough kerosene, because what does a dollar a day buy for you? So he invented a cost-free solar lamp. And now the children in his village get the same grades at school as the children who have electricity at home. (Applause) When he received his award, he said these lovely words: "The children can lead Africa from what it is today, a dark continent, to a light continent." A simple idea, but it could have such far-reaching consequences.
這是--我不知道各位有沒有看最近的CNN--他們將一座英雄獎授予一位年輕的肯亞牧童。在他住的村莊裡，他和村里其它的孩童一樣無法在夜晚讀書，因為煤油燈產生的煙霧會弄傷他的眼睛。再說，他也沒有足夠的煤油——畢竟，每天只有一塊美金的收入，你還能買什麼?所以他發明了不需成本的太陽能燈。現在他們村裡的孩子們的成績都和那些家裡有電的孩子相同(掌聲)。當他接受獎勵時，說了下面這句話："這些孩子可以帶領非洲這塊黑暗大陸迎向光明"一個簡單的想法，卻有著深遠的影響。
People who have no light, whether it's physical or metaphorical, cannot pass our exams, and we can never know what they know. Let us not keep them and ourselves in the dark. Let us celebrate diversity. Mind your language. Use it to spread great ideas.
沒有“光”的人——無論具體來說，還是抽象來說，都無法通過我們的測驗。我們也無法了解他們擁有的知識。別讓他們和我們自己都身處在黑暗裡，讓我們一同為多元性歡呼!關注你自己的語言，用它來宣揚偉大的想法。
Thank you very much.
非常謝謝各位。
關於堅持的英語演講稿（中英文對照）篇3
Keep Your Direction 堅持你的方向
What would you do if you failed? Many people may choose to give up. However, the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal.
On your way to success, you must keep your direction. It is just like a lamp, guiding you in darkness and helping you overcome obstacles on your way. Otherwise, you will easily get lost or hesitate to go ahead.
Direction means objectives. You can get nowhere without an objective in life.
You can try to write your objective on paper and make some plans to achieve it. In this way, you will know how to arrange your time and to spend your time properly. And you should also have a belief that you are sure to succeed as long as you keep your direction all the time.
翻譯：
如果失敗了你會怎么做?很多人可能會選擇放棄。然而，要想成功，最可靠的方法就是堅持你的方向和目標。
在通往成功的路上，你必須堅持你的方向。它就像一盞燈，在黑暗中為你指路，幫助你度過難關。否則，你很容易就會迷失方向或猶豫不前。
方向意味著目標。人生如果沒有目標，將一事無成。
你可以試著把你的目標寫在紙上，並制定實現目標的計畫。這樣，你就會懂得如何合理安排時間，如何正確地支配時間。而且你還要有這樣的信念：只要你一直堅持自己的方向，你就一定可以成功。