2016考研英语阅读：扎克伯格《写给女儿的一封信》

　　This is another long term effort that can be advanced by technology and partnership. It will take inventing new technology to make the internet more affordable and bring access to unconnected areas. It will take partnering with governments, non-profits and companies. It will take engaging with communities to understand what they need.

　　这是利用科技进步和合作的另一项长期努力。但这需要发明新技术，以令互联网变得更廉价，并可连通无网地区。这需要与政府、非营利组织、公司合作，需要与社区接触以便理解他们的需求。

　　Good people will have different views on the best path forward, and we will try many efforts before we succeed. But together we can succeed and create a more equal world. Technology can’t solve problems by itself. Building a better world starts with building strong and healthy communities. Children have the best opportunities when they can learn. And they learn best when they’re healthy.

　　具体未来要怎样操作，人们会有不同的看法，我们需要尝试多次。我们的共同努力定可取得成功，创造一个更加平等的世界。科技无法自己解决问题，建造更好世界需要以建造更强、更健康社区为起点。孩子们学习时需要有最好的机会，而只有他们身体健康才能保证更好地学习。

　　Health starts early — with loving family, good nutrition and a safe, stable environment. Children who face traumatic experiences early in life often develop less healthy minds and bodies. Studies show physical changes in brain development leading to lower cognitive ability.

　　健康从很早就要开始，包括相亲相爱的家庭、良好的营养以及安全稳定的环境。生活早期受过创伤的孩子经常出现不健康的思想和身体。研究显示，大脑发育的变化可导致认知能力降低。

　　Your mother is a doctor and educator, and she has seen this firsthand. If you have an unhealthy childhood, it’s difficult to reach your full potential.If you have to wonder whether you’ll have food or rent, or worry about abuse or crime, then it’s difficult to reach your full potential.

　　你的母亲是一位医生和教育者，她亲眼见证了这些情况。如果你有不健康的童年，很难完全发挥潜力;如果你想知道自己是否有足够食物或居所，或担心受到虐待或犯罪，那也很难发挥潜力。

　　If you fear you’ll go to prison rather than college because of the color of your skin, or that your family will be deported because of your legal status, or that you may be a victim of violence because of your religion, sexual orientation or gender identity, then it’s difficult to reach your full potential. We need institutions that understand these issues are all connected.

　　如果你担心自己因肤色将会进入监狱而不能上大学，或这你的家人因为你的身份地位可能被驱逐，或你因为宗教、性倾向成为暴力受害者，你也很难发挥全部潜力。我们需要能够了解这些问题的机构，并将他们联合起来。

　　That’s the philosophy of the new type of school your mother is building. By partnering with schools, health centers, parent groups and local governments, and by ensuring all children are well fed and cared for starting young, we can start to treat these inequities as connected. Only then can we collectively start to give everyone an equal opportunity.

　　这就是你的母亲正在创建的新式学校的理念。通过与学校、健康中心、家长团体以及当地政府合作，通过确保所有孩子从小都能获得良好的食物和照料，我们开始将这些无法获得平等机会的人连通起来。只有那时，我们才能真正开始给每个人以平等机会。

　　It will take many years to fully develop this model. But it’s another example of how advancing human potential and promoting equality are tightly linked. If we want either, we must first build inclusive and healthy communities.

　　要想完全实现这个目标，可能需要多年时间，但这是推进人类潜能与促进平等之间紧密相联的另一个例证。如果我们要实现这两个使命，我们必须首先建立包容性的健康社区。

　　For your generation to live in a better world, there is so much more our generation can do. Today your mother and I are committing to spend our lives doing our small part to help solve these challenges.

　　对于你们这一代生活在更好世界中的人来说，你们将能够比我们做的更多。今天，我和你的母亲承诺，我们将竭尽全力帮助解决这些挑战。

　　I will continue to serve as Facebook’s CEO for many, many years to come, but these issues are too important to wait until you or we are older to begin this work. By starting at a young age, we hope to see compounding benefits throughout our lives.

　　我将继续担任Facebook CEO多年，但这些问题太重要，可能需要你们长大或我们老时才会开始产生效果。可是从年轻时开始，我们希望在生活中能看到更多变化。

　　As you begin the next generation of the Chan Zuckerberg family, we also begin the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to join people across the world to advance human potential and promote equality for all children in the next generation. Our initial areas of focus will be personalized learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities.

　　当你作为扎克伯格与陈氏家族的下一代出生时，我们也开始了陈-扎克伯格倡议活动，加入世界各地许多致力于推进人类潜能和促进平等的人的行列。我们最初关注的领域将是个性化学习、治愈疾病、连通人们以及建立强大社区。

　　We will give 99% of our Facebook shares — currently about $45 billion — during our lives to advance this mission. We know this is a small contribution compared to all the resources and talents of those already working on these issues. But we want to do what we can, working alongside many others.

　　在我们有生之年，我们会捐出持有的Facebook 99%股份帮助实现这些使命。我们知道，与那些开始应对这些问题的天才相比，我们的贡献相当小，但我们将竭尽全力。

　　We’ll share more details in the coming months once we settle into our new family rhythm and return from our maternity and paternity leaves. We understand you’ll have many questions about why and how we’re doing this. As we become parents and enter this next chapter of our lives, we want to share our deep appreciation for everyone who makes this possible.

　　一旦我们适应新的家庭节奏，并从育儿假回归后，我们将在未来数月分享更多细节。我们知道，你们对我们为何和如何做这些项目存在许多疑问。随着我们为人父母，并翻开生活的新篇章，我们希望对每个人深表谢意。

　　We can do this work only because we have a strong global community behind us. Building Facebook has created resources to improve the world for the next generation.

　　我们之所以要做这些工作，只因为我们的背后有强大的全球社区支持。建立Facebook已经创造了为下一代改善世界的资源。

　　Every member of the Facebook community is playing a part in this work. We can make progress towards these opportunities only by standing on the shoulders of experts — our mentors, partners and many incredible people whose contributions built these fields.

　　Facebook社区的每个成员都在发挥作用。我们只有站在专家的肩头才能取得进展，我们的导师、合作伙伴以及许多令人难以置信的人，都在为这些领域的建设做出贡献。

　　And we can only focus on serving this community and this mission because we are surrounded by loving family, supportive friends and amazing colleagues. We hope you will have such deep and inspiring relationships in your life too.

　　我们只关注服务社区和这个使命，因为我们被相亲相爱的家庭、真心相待的朋友以及和睦相处的同事所包围。我们希望你的生活中也能拥有同样深刻和鼓舞人心的亲情和友情。

　　Max, we love you and feel a grat responsibility to leave the world a better place for you and all children. We wish you a life filled with the same love, hope and joy you give us. We can’t wait to see what you bring to this world.

　　麦克斯，我们爱你，并觉得为你和所有孩子打造一个更好世界是我们的责任。我们希望你的生活中充满了同样的爱与希望，我们甚至已经等不及将你带入这样的世界。

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