Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again … And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France.
我们活着的每一秒都是世界上独一无二、不可重现的。我们应该教给我们的孩子些什么呢?2+2=4,法国的首都是巴黎?
We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move.
我们应该对他们每一个说:你知道自己是什么吗?——你是一个奇迹。你是独一无二的。过往的所有日子里,从来没有出现过像你一样的孩子。你的腿,你的手,你灵巧的手指,你的一举一动都是与众不同的。
You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?
你可以成为莎士比亚,米开朗琪罗,或者是贝多芬。你有成就一切的能力。是的,你是一个奇迹。而当你长大之后,你会忍心去伤害另一个如你一般的奇迹么?
You must work — we must all work — to make the world worth of its children.
我们必须同心协力,让这个世界成为值得孩子们生活的乐土。