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Bill Gates: How state budgets are breaking US schools

比尔·盖茨:美国各州预算如何危害教育

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美国的教育制度由五十个州出资建设。在这场慷慨激昂的演讲中,比尔·盖茨谈到州预算存在的诸多疑点,它掩饰了医疗保障以及养老金的实际成本,赤字不断扩大--正导致教育资金流失。
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Well, this is about state budgets预算.
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这与州预算有关
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This is probably大概 the most boring无聊 topic话题
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这可能是整个上午
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of the whole整个 morning早上.
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最无聊的话题
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But I want to tell you, I think it's an important重要 topic话题
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但是我想告诉你们,我认为这是个重要的话题
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that we need to care关心 about.
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值得我们关注
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State budgets预算
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州预算
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are big, big money --
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是一大笔钱--
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I'll show显示 you the numbers数字 --
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我给大家看这些数字--
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and they get very little scrutiny审查.
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而这些数字几乎没有经过审计
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The understanding理解 is very low.
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这令人费解
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Many许多 of the people involved参与
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许多相关人员
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have special特别 interests利益 or short-term短期 interests利益
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只看到特殊或短期的利益
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that get them not thinking思维
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而忽视了
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about what the implications启示 of the trends趋势 are.
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这么做在将来会产生什么后果
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And these budgets预算
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这些预算
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are the key for our future未来;
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对于我们的未来至关重要
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they're the key for our kids孩子.
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它们是孩子成长的关键
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Most education教育 funding资金 --
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绝大多数教育资金--
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whether是否 it's K through通过 12,
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不论是幼儿园到高中
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or the great universities高校 or community社区 colleges高校 --
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还是重点大学或社区大学--
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most of the money for those things
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大多数被投入这些方面的资金
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is coming未来 out of these state budgets预算.
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都是从州预算中拨出
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But we have a problem问题.
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但这里出了个问题
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Here's这里的 the overall总体 picture图片.
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这是总体的情况
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U.S. economy经济 is big --
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美国的经济非常庞大--
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14.7 trillion.
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十四万七千亿
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Now out of that pie馅饼,
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而在这块馅饼中
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the government政府 spends 36 percent百分.
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政府开支占了36%
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So this is combining结合 the federal联邦 level水平,
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这是联邦政府一级--
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which哪一个 is the largest最大,
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也就是最大的这部分--
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the state level水平 and the local本地 level水平.
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州一级、地方一级的支出总和
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And it's really in this combined结合 way
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只有从整体的角度看
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that you get an overall总体 sense of what's going on,
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你才能大体了解实际的情况
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because there's a lot of complex复杂 things
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因为里面有许多复杂的事情
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like Medicaid医疗补助 and research研究 money
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如医疗保障以及研究经费
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that flow across横过 those boundaries边界.
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在这些分界线之间
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But we're spending开支 36 percent百分.
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但我们的支出占了36%
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Well what are we taking服用 in?
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而我们的收入是多少?
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Simple简单 business商业 question.
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简单的商业问题
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Answer回答 is 26 percent百分.
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答案是26%
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Now this leaves树叶 10 percent百分 deficit赤字,
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那么10%的赤字就产生了
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sort分类 of a mind-blowing令人兴奋 number.
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有点骇人听闻
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And some of that, in fact事实, is due应有 to the fact事实
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在某种程度上,这是由于
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that we've我们已经 had an economic经济 recession不景气.
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我们刚遭受了经济衰退的影响
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Receipts go down,
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收入降低
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some spending开支 programs程式 go up,
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而一些支出项目增多
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but most of it is not because of that.
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然而这些并不是主要原因
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Most of it is because of ways方法
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主要原因在于
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that the liabilities负债 are building建造 up
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负债不断累积
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and the trends趋势,
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后果逐渐暴露
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and that creates创建 a huge巨大 challenge挑战.
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因而产生了一个巨大的挑战
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In fact事实, this is the forecast预测 picture图片.
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实际上,这就是未来的发展趋势
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There are various各个 things in here:
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这里涉及了不同的内容
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I could say we might威力 raise提高 more revenue收入,
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可以说我们可能会筹到更多收入
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or medical innovation革新 will make the spending开支 even higher更高.
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或着说,医疗创新的支出将增大
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It is an increasingly日益 difficult picture图片,
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事态越来越严重
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even assuming假设 the economy经济 does quite相当 well --
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这还是在经济发展景气下的预期--
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probably大概 better than it will do.
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也许比实际情况要乐观一些
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This is what you see
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这是从总体角度
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at this overall总体 level水平.
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所看到的情况
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Now how did we get here?
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那么我们是怎么落到这一地步的?
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How could you have a problem问题 like this?
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怎么会出现这样的问题?
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After all, at least最小 on paper,
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毕竟,至少在书面上
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there's this notion概念 that these state budgets预算 are balanced均衡.
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白纸黑字写着这些州政府的预算是收支平衡的
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Only one state says
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只有一个州报告说
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they don't have to balance平衡 the budget预算.
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他们不需要平衡预算
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But what this means手段 actually其实
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言下之意就是
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is that there's a pretense虚伪.
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其中存在猫腻
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There's no real真实, true真正 balancing平衡 going on,
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根本不存在真正意义上的收支平衡
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and in a sense, the games游戏 they play to hide隐藏 that
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但从某种意义上说,他们所玩的把戏
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actually其实 obscure朦胧 the topic话题 so much
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实际上掩盖了实质问题
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that people don't see things
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模糊了人们的视线
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that are actually其实 pretty漂亮 straight-forward直截了当 challenges挑战.
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看不到迫在眉睫的挑战
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When Jerry杰瑞 Brown棕色 was elected当选,
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杰里·布朗当选加州州长后
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this was the challenge挑战 that was put to him.
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这些挑战就等着他来应付了
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That is, through通过 various各个 gimmicks噱头 and things,
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通过许多不为人知的手段
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a so-called所谓 balanced均衡 budget预算
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一份所谓的收支平衡的预算报告出炉了
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had led him to have 25 billion十亿 missing失踪
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结果,在他所提议的760亿支出中
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out of the 76 billion十亿 in proposed建议 spending开支.
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有250亿元的空白
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Now he's put together一起 some thoughts思念:
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现在他整理了一下思路:
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About half of that he'll地狱 cut,
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他将要削减一半的支出
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another另一个 half,
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而另一半
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perhaps也许 in a very complex复杂 set of steps脚步,
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也许可以通过非常繁琐的一系列步骤
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taxes will be approved批准.
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能够通过收税来弥补
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But even so,
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但即便如此
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as you go out into those future未来 years年份,
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几年以后
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various各个 pension养老金 costs成本, health健康 costs成本 go up enough足够,
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各项补贴,医疗成本都会提高
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and the revenue收入 does not go up enough足够.
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而政府收入提高的幅度不够
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So you get a big squeeze.
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那到时候你就捉襟见肘了
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What were those things that allowed允许 us to hide隐藏 this?
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我们通过什么样的手段掩盖了这一切?
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Well, some really nice不错 little tricks技巧.
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一些非常高明的把戏
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And these were somewhat有些 noticed注意到.
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这些把戏多少已经露出了马脚
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The paper said, "It's not really balanced均衡.
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报告上说:“收支并未真正平衡。”
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It's got holes.
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“其中有猫腻。”
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It perpetuates延续 deficit赤字 spending开支.
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“这使得赤字不断扩大。”
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It's riddled百病 with gimmicks噱头."
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“其中充满了骗人的把戏。”
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And really when you get down to it,
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如果你仔细进行调查
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the guys at Enron安然 never would have doneDONE this.
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安然公司的那帮人绝对不会得逞
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This is so blatant明显的,
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这太明目张胆了
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so extreme极端.
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太极端了
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Is anyone任何人 paying付款 attention注意
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难道没有人注意到
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to some of the things these guys do?
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这些人的所做所为吗?
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They borrow money.
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他们借东家补西家
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They're not supposed应该 to, but they figure数字 out a way.
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他们本不应这么做,但他们还是想出了对策
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They make you pay工资 more in withholding预提
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他们让你缴纳更多税钱
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just to help their cash现金 flow out.
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帮助他们周转资金
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They sell off the assets资产.
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他们变卖资产
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They defer延缓 the payments支付.
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他们赊账
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They sell off the revenues收入 from tobacco烟草.
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他们变卖烟草的收入
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And California's加州 not unique独特.
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加利福尼亚州不是唯一的案例
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In fact事实, there's about five states状态 that are worse更差
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实际上,约有五个州的情况比加州更严重
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and only really four states状态
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只有四个州
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that don't face面对 this big challenge挑战.
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不存在这样巨大的挑战
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So it's systemic系统的 across横过 the entire整个 country国家.
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这在整个国家已形成了体系
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It really comes from the fact事实
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挑战来自于
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that certain某些 long-term长期 obligations义务 --
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某些长期的支出项目--
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health健康 care关心, where innovation革新 makes品牌 it more expensive昂贵,
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医学创新需要花更多的钱
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early retirement退休 and pension养老金, where the age年龄 structure结构体 gets得到 worse更差 for you,
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提早退休与养老金等问题让你对年龄结构更加头疼
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and just generosity慷慨 --
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还有公益事业--
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that these mis-accounting误会计 things
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这些方面的假帐
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allow允许 to develop发展 over time,
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如果持续发展下去
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that you've got a problem问题.
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就会出现问题
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This is the retiree退休 health健康 care关心 benefits好处.
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这是退休人员的医疗福利
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Three million百万 set aside在旁边, 62 billion十亿 dollar美元 liability责任 --
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预算拨款为三百万美元,而实际负债为620亿美元--
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much worse更差 than the car汽车 companies公司.
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这比汽车公司的情况遭多了
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And everybody每个人 looked看着 at that
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不管是谁看了
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and knew知道 that that was headed当家 toward a huge巨大 problem问题.
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都知道这最终会产生巨大的问题
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The forecast预测 for the medical piece alone单独
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医疗预算的走势
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is to go from 26 percent百分 of the budget预算
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将从预算的26%
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to 42 percent百分.
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增加到42%
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Well what's going to give?
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钱从哪里来?
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Well in order订购 to accommodate容纳 that,
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为了照顾这一块
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you would have to cut education教育 spending开支 in half.
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你不得不将教育开支削减一半
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It really is this young年轻 versus the old
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从某种角度来看
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to some degree.
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这还真是青年人与老年人之间的利益之争
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If you don't change更改 that revenue收入 picture图片,
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如果你不改变收入状况
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if you don't solve解决 what you're doing in health健康 care关心,
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不解决医疗保障问题
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you're going to be deinvestingdeinvesting in the young年轻.
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你就只能减少对年轻一代的投资
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The great University大学 of California加州 university大学 system系统,
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宏伟的加利福尼亚高校体系
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the great things that have gone走了 on,
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正在进行的各项伟大事业
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won't惯于 happen发生.
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都将不复存在了
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So far it's meant意味着 layoffs裁员,
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现在,这意味着失业
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increased增加 class sizes大小.
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以及课堂规模的增大
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Within the education教育 community社区 there's this discussion讨论 of,
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在教育界,人们在讨论
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"Should it just be the young年轻 teachers教师 who get laid铺设 off,
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“究竟应该让年轻教师下岗
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or the less good teachers教师 who get laid铺设 off?"
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还是让不合格教师下岗?”
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And there's a discussion讨论: if you're going to increase增加 class sizes大小,
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还有一个讨论:如果要增大课堂规模
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where do you do that? How much effect影响 does that have?
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你从何入手?这会产生多大的影响?
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And unfortunately不幸, as you get into that, people get confused困惑 and think,
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不幸的是,你问得越多,人们就越迷惑,他们会想:
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well maybe you think that's okay.
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“这么说,你觉得这没问题。”
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In fact事实, no, education教育 spending开支 should not be cut.
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实际上,教育支出不应被削减
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There's ways方法, if it's temporary临时,
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如果教育支出的削减只是暂时的
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to minimize最小化 the impact碰撞,
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那么总有办法把影响减小到最低
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but it's a problem问题.
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但这是个大问题
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It's also really a problem问题 for where we need to go.
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另一个大问题是我们应从哪里入手
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Technology技术 has a role角色 to play.
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技术这方面的作用非常重要
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Well we need money to experiment实验 with that,
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而我们需要资金来进行实验
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to get those tools工具 in there.
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才能引入那些技术
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There's the idea理念 of paying付款 teachers教师 for effectiveness效用,
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我们建议根据教师的教学成效来对其支付工资
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measuring测量 them, giving them feedback反馈,
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对其工作进行衡量,给他们反馈
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taking服用 videos视频 in the classroom课堂.
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为课堂录像
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That's something I think is very, very important重要.
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我认为这么做非常非常重要
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Well you have to allocate分配 dollars美元
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你必须为这个制度
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for that system系统
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以及激励性薪资
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and for that incentive激励 pay工资.
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分配资金
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In a situation情况 where you have growth发展,
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在你的资金有所增长的情况下
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you put the new money into this.
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你把新增资金投入这一方面--
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Or even if you're flat平面, you might威力 shift转移 money into it.
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即使你的资金没有增长,你也应该从别处筹钱投入进去
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But with the type类型 of cuts削减 we're talking about,
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然而这种教育支出的削减
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it will be far, far harder更难
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会让我们更加难以
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to get these incentives奖励 for excellence卓越,
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提供激励薪资
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or to move移动 over
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或进一步
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to use technology技术 in the new way.
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以新的方式利用技术
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So what's going on?
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那么情况到底怎么样?
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Where's哪里 the brain trust相信
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究竟是哪个幕后智囊团
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that's in error错误 here?
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出了错误
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Well there really is no brain trust相信.
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其实,这里根本就不存在智囊团
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(Laughter笑声)
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(众人笑)
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It's sort分类 of the voters选民. It's sort分类 of us showing展示 up.
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这只是我们这些选民,站出来指出问题
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Just look at this spending开支.
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看看这些支出
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California加州 will spend over 100 billion十亿,
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加州将支出1000多亿美元
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Microsoft微软, 38,
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微软公司380亿
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Google谷歌, about 19.
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谷歌公司约为190亿
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The amount of IQ智商 in good numeric数字 analysis分析,
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谷歌与微软
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both inside Google谷歌 and Microsoft微软
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内部与外部都有善于进行数据分析的
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and outside, with analysts分析师 and people of various各个 opinions意见 --
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这些众多分析师与相关人员--
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should they have spent花费 on that?
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他们应该把钱花在那方面吗?
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No, they wasted浪费 their money on this. What about this thing? --
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不,他们把钱浪费在这里了。这个怎么样?
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it really is quite相当 phenomenal非凡的.
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真是太复杂了
07:50
Everybody每个人 has an opinion意见.
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每个人都各抒己见
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There's great feedback反馈.
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得到的反馈巨大
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And the numbers数字 are used to make decisions决定.
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而这些数据对我们做出决策很有帮助
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If you go over the education教育 spending开支 and the health健康 care关心 spending开支 --
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如果你浏览教育支出和医疗保障支出--
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particularly尤其 these long-term长期 trends趋势 --
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尤其是这些长期的项目--
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you don't have that type类型 of involvement参与
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你会发现,在平等与教育
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on a number that's more important重要
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这些更为重要的方面
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in terms条款 of equity公平, in terms条款 of learning学习.
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资金投入不足
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So what do we need to do?
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我们该怎么做呢?
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We need better tools工具.
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我们需要更好的工具
08:15
We can get some things out on the Internet互联网.
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我们可以求助于互联网
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I'm going to use my website网站
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我将利用我的网站
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to put up some things that will give the basic基本 picture图片.
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来展示基本的情况
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We need lots more.
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我们还需要做更多工作
08:23
There's a few少数 good books图书,
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这里有一些很有用的书
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one about school学校 spending开支 and where the money comes from --
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其中有一本与教育支出和教育资金的来源有关--
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how that's changed over time, and the challenge挑战.
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随时间的发展,它如何变化,以及所面临的挑战
08:30
We need better accounting会计.
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我们需要更好地完成会计工作
08:32
We need to take the fact事实
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我们必须认识到
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that the current当前 employees雇员, the future未来 liabilities负债 they create创建,
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我们应在当前的预算中
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that should come out of the current当前 budget预算.
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涵盖未来将用于目前在职员工身上的支出
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We need to understand理解 why they've他们已经 doneDONE the pension养老金 accounting会计
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我们必须明白他们为何以现在这样方式
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the way they have.
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计算养老金
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It should be more like private私人的 accounting会计.
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这应该更像是私人会计服务
08:45
It's the gold standard标准.
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这是黄金法则
08:47
And finally最后, we need to really reward奖励 politicians政治家.
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最后,我们需要好好奖励政治家
08:50
Whenever每当 they say there's these long-term长期 problems问题,
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如果他们说存在长期性问题
08:52
we can't say, "Oh, you're the messenger信使 with bad news新闻?
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我们不能说:“你是乌鸦嘴吗?
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We just shot射击 you."
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我们一枪毙了你。”
08:57
In fact事实, there are some like these:
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事实上,下面这几位:
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Erskine厄斯金 Bowles鲍尔斯, Alan艾伦 Simpson辛普森 and others其他,
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厄斯金·鲍尔斯,阿兰·辛普森以及其他几位
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who have gone走了 through通过 and given特定 proposals建议
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他们都为州一级的
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for this overall总体 federal联邦 health-spending医疗支出 state-level国家级 problem问题.
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联邦医疗总支出出谋划策
09:08
But in fact事实, their work was sort分类 of pushed off.
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而实际上,他们的工作并没有取得成效
09:10
In fact事实, the week afterwards之后,
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事实上,就在上一周
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some tax cuts削减 were doneDONE
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他们削减了税收
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that made制作 the situation情况 even worse更差
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让情况更加恶化
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than their assumptions假设.
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这超出了他们的预期
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So we need these pieces.
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我们需要继续做这些工作
09:21
Now I think this is a solvable可解 problem问题.
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我认为这是可以得到解决的
09:24
It's a great country国家 with lots of people.
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这是一个人口众多的大国
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But we have to draw those people in,
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我们必须吸引人们的注意力
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because this is about education教育.
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因为这事关教育大计
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And just look at what happened发生 with the tuitions学费
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看看加利福尼亚大学
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with the University大学 of California加州
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学费的变化
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and project项目 that out for another另一个 three, four, five years年份 --
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以及未来三年,四年,五年里将进行的项目
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it's unaffordable负担不起.
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我们没有足够的资金
09:43
And that's the kind of thing --
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这可是
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the investment投资 in the young年轻 --
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对年轻一代的投资--
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that makes品牌 us great, allows允许 us to contribute有助于.
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这是一项伟大的事业,也是我们贡献力量的机会
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It allows允许 us to do the art艺术,
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这让我们能够成就艺术
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the biotechnology生物技术, the software软件
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生物技术,软件技术
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and all those magic魔法 things.
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以及其它妙不可言的事业
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And so the bottom底部 line线 is
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因此,最重要的是
09:59
we need to care关心 about state budgets预算
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我们必须关注州预算
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because they're critical危急 for our kids孩子 and our future未来.
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因为这对我们的孩子,我们的未来至关重要
10:04
Thank you.
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感谢各位
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(Applause掌声)
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(众人鼓掌)
Translated by Lili Liang
Reviewed by Angelia King

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Bill Gates - Philanthropist
A passionate techie and a shrewd businessman, Bill Gates changed the world while leading Microsoft to dizzying success. Now he's doing it again with his own style of philanthropy and passion for innovation.

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Bill Gates is the founder and former CEO of Microsoft. A geek icon, tech visionary and business trailblazer, Gates' leadership -- fueled by his long-held dream that millions might realize their potential through great software -- made Microsoft a personal computing powerhouse and a trendsetter in the Internet dawn. Whether you're a suit, chef, quant, artist, media maven, nurse or gamer, you've probably used a Microsoft product today.

In summer of 2008, Gates left his day-to-day role with Microsoft to focus on philanthropy. Holding that all lives have equal value (no matter where they're being lived), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has now donated staggering sums to HIV/AIDS programs, libraries, agriculture research and disaster relief -- and offered vital guidance and creative funding to programs in global health and education. Gates believes his tech-centric strategy for giving will prove the killer app of planet Earth's next big upgrade.

Read a collection of Bill and Melinda Gates' annual letters, where they take stock of the Gates Foundation and the world. And follow his ongoing thinking on his personal website, The Gates Notes. His new paper, "The Next Epidemic," is published by the New England Journal of Medicine.

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