[Listen] 解救世界各地貧窮國家的關鍵

大家有看過電影《搖滾教室》嗎? 在電視上重播過好幾次，主演男主角的喜劇演員Jack Black參加一個慈善活動，到非洲烏干達和一個無家可歸的流浪小孩一起度過一天(Watch highlight on Youtube)。就像很多慈善機構的紀錄片和宣傳片一樣，貧窮國家的生活，我們難以想像。

受影片感動之餘，接著馬上又看另一個TED演講，也是關於如何解決世界貧窮國家的問題，看完之後才了解，解決貧窮不單單是募款到很多的錢就能解決，貧窮問題的根源，早已深入整個國家的體制，沒錢而資源匱乏只是整個問題的一個環節。雖然主題有點沉重，但真是讓人省思的一個演講，賺取眼淚不能解決所有問題，我們還可以做得更多。Give it a try.




看完影片感觸最深的是，解決一個問題的方法，世界上有很多問題，貧窮的落後國家是其中一個，面對一個問題，立馬行動解決很好，Gary也告訴我們統計上可以看到很顯著的成效。但數據不能完全代表事實，而事實上是其實很多國家的貧窮狀況仍停留在原地。想更有效解決問題，必須深入調查了解需要幫助的對象，和整個問題的全貌。如果行動是個開始，了解問題的全貌便是能對症下藥的方法，恐怕也是最難和最關鍵的部分。一但根本問題持續改善，其他努力的效果也會擴大。

So next time, try to get a whole picture of your issues!


Quotes from the talk

That word, compassion, actually comes from two Latin words: cum passio, which simply mean "to suffer with."

The truth is, the poor of our world are trapped in whole systems of violence.

But the more fundamental reason that law enforcement for the poor in the developing world is so neglected, is because the people inside the developing world, with money, don't need it.

Words to take away
1. 第一次接觸到: first introduction
2. 不愉快的感受: jarring
I don't really remember what my first introduction to poverty was but I do remember the most jarring.
3. 引導、帶領我進入....: usher 
just ushered me in to the world of poverty.
4. 象徵、表現: manifestation
 The fight against global poverty is probably the broadest, longest running manifestation of the human phenomenon of compassion in the history of our species
5. 驚人的觀點: shattering insight
6. 一貧如洗: destitution
Brutus just came and threw Venus and the kids out of the house, stole all their land, and robbed their market stall. You see, Venus was thrown into destitution by violence.
7. 抓走、綁架: snatch
men from her community just snatched her off the street,
8. 扛、抬: hoist
I could drive past this rice mill and see this man hoisting these 100-pound sacks of rice upon his thin back
9. epidemic: 氾濫
I have come to call this epidemic of violence the Locust Effect.
10. 如災難般降臨:
Because in the lives of the poor, it just descends like a plague and it destroys everything.
11. 飛奔、衝向某處:
when a man started to tear his way into her home
12. 喝醉了: intoxicated = drunk
Or do you know if he is intoxicated or anything?
13. 破壞: bust
He's broken in before, busted down my door, assaulted me
14. 肆虐、激烈的進行中: rage on
And so the epidemic of everyday violence, it just rages on
15. 惡化、崩解: disintegration
So you would think that the disintegration of basic law enforcement in the developing world would be a huge priority for the global fight against poverty
16. 悲傷的、悲痛的: heart-wrenching
A fresh water organization tells a heart-wrenching story of girls who are raped on the way to fetching water
17. 丟臉的: scandalous
This is a massive and scandalous outrage.
18. 不可或缺的、必須的: indispensable
We have to start making stopping violence indispensable to the fight against poverty.
19. 無法理解的: inexplicable
20. In hindsight: 事後看來
21. inexusable: 無法原諒的
You know, from the hindsight of history, what's always most inexplicable and inexcusable are the simple failures of compassion.