- What up everyone?

- 大家好嗎？

It's your girl Superwoman,

這是你的女孩 Superwoman

and it's a casual Friday.

而這是一個很輕鬆的星期五

You know, woke up in New York,

你懂的，在紐約的早晨醒來

winged my liner,

畫畫眼線啊

and now I'm chilling with Bill Gates.

然後跟 Bill Gates 一起聊聊

(laughs)

- What a huge honor.

- 我真的非常榮幸

Thank you so much for being on my YouTube channel.

很感謝你能來到我的 YouTube 頻道

This is proof.

證據在此

This is not PhotoShop.

不是 PS 的喔！

This is a real thing happening right now.

現在這件事真的在發生

For those of you that don't know,

如果有人不知道的話

Bill and his wife Melinda release an annual open letter,

Bill 跟他的太太 Melinda 釋出一封公開信件

discussing, basically, how to change the planet.

基本上談到了該如何改變地球

This year's focus is on global health,

今年關注的焦點在全球的健康、

touching on Women's Rights.

並涉及女權的議題

You released this letter.

你公開這封信

And, obviously, it has amazing statistics in it.

很明顯，它有很多很棒的數據支持

I want to ask you though,

但我想請教的是

do you actually think the world is becoming a better place,

你真的認為世界正逐漸變得更好嗎？

because according to people on Twitter,

因為根據在 Twitter 上的使用者

and everything you see on social media,

和所有在社群媒體上看到的

sometimes it feels like the world is kind of going to hell,

有時候，會覺得世界好像要變成煉獄

and we're all epic fails ...

我們都是大輸家

I thought we could play this game.

所以我想我們可以玩個遊戲

I read a Tweet from someone

我讀一條 Tweet ，來自某人...

who clearly has a problematic life

很明顯有著充滿問題的人生

and I challenge you to rebuttal that Tweet

我來挑戰你能不能反駁這條 Tweet

with proof that the world is actually a better place

並舉證這個世界正變得更好

for more humans.

對於大部分的人類而言

Are you up for the challenge?

你要接受這個挑戰嗎？

- Oh, you bet.

- 你最好小心點！

- Okay, all right, okay.

- 好的，好的！

First world problems versus real world solutions.

第一個人生問題對決實際解決辦法！

"My heated steering wheel broke again.

「我的方向盤又壞了！

They just don't make Cadillacs like they used to.

現在凱迪拉克已經比不上舊的了！(註：凱迪拉克爲美國豪華汽車品牌)

Sigh."

嘆氣」

What would you say to this person?

你要對這個人說什麼呢？

- Well, it's bad when you don't have control over your life

- 當你沒辦法控制你的人生時，的確很糟糕

and things surprise you.

且會有很多意外

One of the big things that we've been working on,

最近我們正努力的其中一項是

is making sure that women

就是在確保那些

who want to have contraception have access.

想要避孕的女性能有選擇權

There's about 300 million women using modern contraception,

大約有 3 億的女性使用現代的避孕方法

but about 200 million who want it, who can't get it.

但有 2 億的女性想要用，但卻無法取得

One of our goals is to get those tools out to those women,

我們的目標之一就是讓這些女性能得到工具

so they have control.

讓她們對自己有控制權

- Do more women now have access to contraceptives?

- 所以有更多的女性有取得避孕工具的管道了嗎？

- Absolutely.

- 完全正確

We set a goal of closing that gap

我們設定了終結這個差距為目標

and now we have over 50 million who didn't have it before,

現在則有 5 千萬的女性，之前沒有避孕工具

have it now.

但現在有了！

- So I guess you Cadillac might, you know...

- 所以我猜你的凱迪拉克不是很重要，你知道的...

(Bill laughs)

"I accidentally bought a really nasty, gross bottle of wine,

「我不小心買了一瓶超級爛超級噁心的酒

and now I have to drink it or waste 25 bucks."

現在我得把它喝完或者浪費 25 塊英鎊」

What would you say to this person?

你會對這個人說什麼呢？

- Well, it's terrible to waste money.

- 浪費錢真的超糟的

I mean, we've all got limited money.

我是說我們都只有有限的財富

We want to get the best deal.

我們希望能得到最划算的交易

- Of course.

- 當然

- When it comes to saving lives,

- 當說到拯救生命時

the best deal is vaccines.

最划算的交易就是疫苗

Vaccines are cheap.

疫苗非常便宜

They only cost a few dollars.

只要幾塊美元

- Less than $25, would you say?

- 絕對低於 25 英鎊，對吧？

- Oh yeah.

- 喔當然啊

A few dollars.

幾塊錢

(laughs)

For every dollar we put into vaccines,

我們投入在疫苗的每一美元

the economic benefits are over $44,

它的經濟效益超過 44 美元

so quite a good buy.

所以真的挺划算的

- So while you drink that nasty wine,

- 所以當你在喝你那瓶超糟的酒時

think about that.

你可以想想這件事

(laughs)

"I ran out of Perrier, so I guess I have three days

「我的沛綠雅氣泡水沒了，我猜我還剩三天

before I die of thirst."

就要死於口渴」

What would you say to this person?

你要對這個人說什麼呢？

- Well, water's pretty important,

- 水真的蠻重要

and I hope they find some kind of water.

而我希望這個人能找到某種水

- Some Perrier to quench that thirst.

- 一些沛綠雅來終結你的口渴

- Basic food is critical, because if you don't get enough

- 基本的食物是很重要的，因為你如果沒取得足夠的食物

your body never fully develops.

你的身體將無法完整的發展

So both physically and mentally,

在身體和心靈上

you never achieve your potential.

你都無法達到你的潛力

In a lot of poor countries,

在很多的貧窮國家

it's about 40% of the kids never develop.

大約有百分之四十的小孩從未發育

Malnutrition's been coming down about 5% a year.

營養不良的比例大約每年下降 5% 左右

We're trying to figure out how to make it

我們一直都嘗試如何讓它

come down even faster,

下降得更快速

but today there's a 1/3 as many kids,

但今天和十五年前相比，仍然有三分之一的孩子

who have this problem, as 15 years ago.

深陷這個問題之中

- There you have it, for your Perrier.

- 你聽到了嗎？給你的沛綠雅應對之道

"I hate going to Costco on my days off,

「我超討厭在休假的時候去好市多

because the free samples ruin my diet."

因為那些免費的試吃會毀了我的節食計畫」

What would you say to this person?

你對這個人有什麼要說的呢？

- Well, it's great that they have access

- 他們能取得

to those free samples.

這些免費試吃真的蠻棒的

- Right.

- 沒錯

- One thing that is really stunning

- 一件很驚人的事情是

is what's happened with poverty.

貧窮的問題

We asked if people could believe that it'd been cut in half,

我們詢問人們能否相信貧窮問題已經降低了一半

which is the truth.

這是真的

(whooshing)

Poverty's half today of what it was in 1990.

貧窮問題和 1990 年已經減少了一半

- Wow.

- 天阿

- But only 1% knew that.

- 但只有 1% 的人知道這件事

99% thought hey, that's way too good.

99% 的人則心想，這也太過樂觀了吧

That couldn't have happened.

這怎麼可能

They weren't even sure it had improved at all,

他們甚至不能確定它有沒有被改善

not to mention having less than half as a many people

更別說已經有低於一半的人

in poverty.

身處貧窮之中

- I did not know that at all.

- 我完全不知道這件事

And I would like to also point out there's no teleprompter

我也想跟大家說，這裡是沒有提詞機

saying these facts.

在講那些數據的

They're actually just facts you know.

這些就是你知道的事實

Which is very impressive.

真的非常了不起

(Bill laughs)

Here I am with my cue cards, reading one Tweet,

而我跟我的提示卡，讓我能讀這條 Tweet

because I can't memorize them.

因為我背不起來

"I now technically have two remotes per TV

「技術上來說，我每台電視都有兩個遙控器

and it annoys me."

我真的快被煩死」

"Grr."

(被惹怒聲音)

- Well, that's painful.

- 那真的蠻痛苦的

I'd say that zero is even better,

我覺得零個會是個好的選擇

because what we try to do with diseases,

因為我們嘗試對疾病

you know, first we get the numbers down,

你知道，首先我們讓數字降低

save as many kids as we can.

拯救越多的孩子越好

But then we decide to eradicate them,

但接著，我們決定要撲滅這些疾病

and there, the magic number's not two or one,

你可以看到，那個神奇的數字不是 2 或 1

it's zero.

是 0

Not a single kid in the world who has the disease.

世界上沒有任何一個小孩有疾病

Right now, we're very close with polio.

現在，在小兒麻痺的部分我們已經很接近了

With luck, this will be the last year any kid gets polio,

幸運一點，這將是最後一年有小孩得到小兒麻痺

and it would join smallpox as the second big disease

接著，會是天花，第二大疾病

to be completely eradicated.

會被完全撲滅

- Wow.

- 哇

That is amazing.

這真的太棒了

So basically what you're saying to me,

所以基本上你的意思是

is that even though almost every establishment I go to

雖然每一間餐廳加酪梨醬

charges extra for guac,

還要另外收費

the world is actually becoming a better place

世界還是正在變得更好

for more people.

對於更多的人來說都是

- You bet.

- 沒錯

The more people get engaged,

越多人參與

the more progress we'll make.

我們就會有更多的進展

- The goal of this exercise was to show you

- 這項運動的目的是讓大家知道

that optimism is actually really important.

正面的態度實際上真的很重要

Knowing that when you are generous,

了解當你很慷慨時

and you do decide to make a change,

而你下定決心要做出改變

it actually can make a difference in the world.

你就真的能讓世界改變

And optimism is a big part of your letter.

而樂觀主義在你的信件佔了很大的比重

Why do you think it's so important

為何你會認為在本年度中

that optimism was included this year?

樂觀主義被包含在其中是很重要的？

- Americans are generous.

- 美國人民是非常大方、寬容的

Over 30 billion a year is given to save people

超過三百億的經費投入到拯救

who have malaria or HIV.

感染瘧疾或者人類免疫缺陷病毒

We should thank them.

我們應該感謝他們

They should know that money is not being wasted.

他們應該知道那些錢並沒有被浪費

It's really changing lives.

它真的在拯救人命

- So what you're saying is,

- 所以你的意思是

we should keep doing our part to save the planet,

我們應該繼續盡自己的努力拯救這個星球

because what we're doing is actually working.

因為我們在做的事真的有效

Boom.

蹦！

That's right.

完全正確

Even if you like your boyfriend's old Instagram picture,

甚至你幫你男友的舊 IG 照點個讚、

even if you gotta watch a 30 second YouTube ad,

看個 30 秒的 YouTube 廣告、

and even if Snapchat can't detect your face,

或者 Snapchat 沒辦法偵測你的臉

and now you can't use a cute filter,

害你不能有可愛的濾鏡

the world is still becoming a better place

這個世界正在逐漸變得更好

for more humans than ever before.

對於更多的人們都是如此

Let's keep doing our part.

我們就繼續扮演我們的角色

So you've done a lot of amazing, wonderful things,

所以你已經做了這麼多驚人又美好的事

but I would be doing myself a crime

但我會讓我自己後悔

if I did not ask you this.

如果我沒有問你這個問題

Is it true that you hacked your school's scheduling system?

你是不是真的駭進你學校的分班系統？

- Yes. (laughs)

- 是真的

I was in charge of the scheduling,

我就能分配排程

so I got to decide who was in which section.

所以我能決定誰要在哪個班級

There were a particularly nice group of girls,

那邊有一些很美的女孩

not that I ever talked to them or anything,

我之前從來沒跟她們說過話

but they were there, sitting in my classroom.

然後她們就坐在我的教室了

- Knowledge can also do other things,

- 知識也能做其他的事

and not just save the planet.

不只是拯救地球

It can also improve your social life,

它也能改善你的人際關係

if you choose to talk to them.

如果你決定試著跟他們聊天

- I'm working on that.

- 我正在努力這塊

- Team Super,

- Superwoman 隊伍的粉絲們

if you want to learn more of these amazing facts

如果你想要知道更多驚人的事實

on how you can change the planet,

或者如何改變我們的星球

and the difference we're all making,

還有我們在做的改變

you can read Bill's annual letter.

你可以去看看 Bill 的年度公開信

Where can they find it?

他們可以在哪裡找到呢？

- Just on the web at gatesletter.com.

- 在 gatesletter.com 就有

- There it is.

- 就在這裡

So easy-peasy lemon squeeze-y.

超級無敵跟擠檸檬一樣簡單

Read it, learn.

讀一讀，學習一下吧！

Learn how to change the world,

學著如何改變世界

because clearly we're changing it

因為我們已經在改變它了

and clearly we're gonna do even better in the future.

而且很明顯地我們會越做越好

- You bet. - It's gonna be amazing.

- 等著看吧！ - 會變得非常棒的！

High-five. - All right.

擊個掌！ - 好的！

- Killing the game.

- 大殺全場

Thank you so much.

非常謝謝你

What up everyone?

大家好嗎？

It's your girl Superwoman.

這是你的女孩 Superwoman

If you like this video, which you should,

如果你喜歡這部影片，我猜應該是，

give it a big thumbs up.

幫它按個讚

You can check out my last video right over there.

你可以在這裡看到最新的影片

Second channel right over there.

我的第二個頻道在這裡

Bill's letter is in the description.

Bill 的公開信在影片下面

And, hey, subscribe, because together

還有記得訂閱，因為

we can keep changing the world.

我們可以一起改變世界

One love, Superwoman.

愛你們，Superwoman

That is a wrap and zoop!

就先這樣了！