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[00:00.00]That ran counter to our core belief.
这将同我们的核心信念背道而驰
[00:04.11]Technology should benefit everyone.
技术应当让每个人受益
[00:07.33]So we worked to close the digital divide.
于是我们开始行动 试图缩小这一数字鸿沟
[00:10.98]I made a priority at Microsoft,
我原来在微软
[00:14.07]and Melinda and I made it an early priority at our Foundation.
以及我和梅琳达在盖茨基金会早期都确立了
[00:17.97]Donating personal computers to public libraries
向公共图书馆捐赠个人计算机这一优先事务
[00:21.83]to make sure that everyone had access.
以帮助每个人获得计算机使用权
[00:24.96]The digital divide was a focus of mine in 1997,
1997年 这一数字鸿沟是我的主要关注焦点
[00:30.90]when I took my first trip to South Africa.
当时我是第一次去南非
[00:34.49]I went there on business.
我是出公差
[00:36.92]So I spent most of my time in meetings in downtown Johannesburg.
大多数时间都在约翰内斯堡中心城区开会
[00:41.45]I stayed in the home of one of the richest families of South Africa.
住在南非国内非常有钱的一位富豪家里
[00:45.71]It had only been three years since the election of Nelson Mandela
当时离纳尔逊?曼德拉当选只有三年时间
[00:50.84]marked the end of apartheid.
种族隔离刚刚终结
[00:53.42]When I sat down for dinner with my hosts,
我同屋子的主人坐在一起用餐
[00:56.20]they used a bell to call the butler.
主人用铃来呼唤仆人
[00:58.84]After dinner, the women and men separated and the men smoked cigars.
餐后 女人们会和男人们分开 男人们会去抽雪茄
[01:03.25]I thought, good thing I read Jane Austen,
我心想 幸好我读过简·奥斯汀的作品
[01:06.81]or I wouldn't have known what was going on.
否则我估计根本无法理解这里发生了什么