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.
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 willingness to solve tough problems, were going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas in my lifetime.
注释:
1.be rooted in:扎根于;深深地存在于
2.It was a clunky old teletype machine and it could barely do anything compared to the computers we have today.那是一台笨重的旧式电传打字机,跟我们今天的电脑相比几乎干不了什么事。本句中,barely意为almost not;compare to在美国英语中也可以等同于compare with 。
3.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.电脑帮助我们就我们所关心的事情建立一个交流的场所,并且与那些我们认为对我们有重要意义的人密切相处,不管他们身在何处。care about指不管喜欢或不喜欢的事情都很关心、介意、在乎、计较。
4.tapdancing to work:跳着踢踏舞工作。tap原意是叩击、轻敲tap dance是踢踏舞。这里实际意思是轻轻敲击键盘的工作。
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