【每日英语听力】20180914 每天听一点新闻 Chinese Tech Mogul Jack Ma Ponders Life After Alibaba

马爸爸教师节宣布退休这件事登上了这几天的热搜,引起媒体的激烈讨论。

而在此之前马云接受彭博电视台的采访时就已经透露自己准备退休后从事教育慈善方面的事业。

当被记者问及是否会像比尔盖茨一样捐掉大部分财产,马爸爸机智的用一个玩笑避免了正面回答的尴尬——“我或许永远无法和他一样富有,但我能比他更早退休。”他也在最后坦言,会用自己的方式回报社会。

And what are the most pressing issues that philanthropist should be focusing on now do you think?

你认为当今慈善家最需要关注哪些问题?

I do a lot of things on education; this is because I think education is so critical for the future.

我在教育方面做了很多;因为我认为教育对未来至关重要。

So, education, environment, these are two things that I focus a lot.

教育、环境,这是我最关注的两方面。

There is no one thing is the most important; the most important is everybody do something.

没有哪件事情是最重要的:最重要的是每个人都要做应当做的事情。

To what extent do you think your identity as an entrepreneur has been shaped and forged by your. . . your first love, your first job, which is of course as an English teacher?

你认为你的第一份热情,第一份工作,也就是作为一名英语教师。是如何塑造你作为企业家的身份的?

People don't like me talk a lot, cuz I speak most uh to speak in China and all the forums that because of I'm a teacher, the only thing I can do is share.

人们不喜欢我讲的太多,因为我经常在中国,在各种论坛上讲话,但是我是一名教师,我唯一能做的就是分享。

I learned so much from Alibaba, I learned so much from the Alibaba journey in the past 19 years.

我在阿里巴巴学到了很多,我也在和阿里巴巴一起度过的19年旅程中学到了很多。

I think it's my responsibility to share whether people like it or don't like it, agree or disagree, that's not. . . it's okay.

我认为分享是我的义务,无论人们是否喜欢它,是否同意它,这都无所谓。

The thing is you have to share because society gave us, gave me so much resources, so much experience, you should not waste it. Share with the others.

重要的是你要去分享,因为社会给予我们,给予了我如此多的资源和经验,不能浪费它们,要分享给别人。

Maybe it's a professional disease I've got in teaching, you know?

也许这是作为一名老师的职业病。

Do you miss teaching? Would you like to be back in the classroom?

你怀念做老师吗?你想要回到课堂吗?

I miss it very much. I think I came to business field, it's by. . .

it's an accident.

我非常怀念。我认为我进入商界是纯属意外。

I just came in, started to do it. I think someday and very soon I'll go back to teach. . . go back to education.

我只不过是进入这个领域,然后开始做事。我认为有一天,而且不久之后我会回归教学,专注教育。

This is something I have more confidence. I think I can do much better than being Alibaba CEO.

我对此有更多的信心。我认为我做老师会比阿里巴巴的CEO做得更好。

Well, that would be quite something.

这确实不错。

Oh yeah, I love that. I think this is why I prepared Jack Ma Foundation, rural area teachers, headmasters, kindergartens. . . all these things that I've been preparing for 10 years.

对,我热爱教育。这也是我为乡村教师、校长和幼儿园筹备马云基金会的原因,这些事情我已经准备了10年。

So this is something that I want to devote of most of my time when I retire.

这就是我想在退休后全身心投入的事情,

Well, when could that be? That transition?

那将会是什么时候呢?

Very soon. You will know that.

很快。你会知道的。

So this would be you stepping away from your executive chairman role to focus solely on the Jack Ma Foundation with a focus on education?

那么你将会离开董事局主席的位置,然后全身心关注致力于教育的马云基金会吗?

Education, yeah.

教育,对。

Would you look at the Bill Gates model, for example, of giving away most of your wealth?

你会参考比尔·盖茨的模式吗?比如捐献你的大部分财产?

I think there are a lot of things I can learn from Bill Gates and he's been with. . . you know, many years ago, people say, Jack, well, you know Bill Gates?

我认为我可以从比尔·盖茨那里学到很多。许多年前曾有人问我,马云,你知道比尔·盖茨吗?

I said, well, I can never be as rich as Bill Gates, but one thing I can do better than him: I can retire earlier than him, right?

我说,我永远都不会像他一样富有,但是我可以在一件事上做得比他好:我可以比他更早退休,对吗?

I can do something that is for education field, I can do unique, different, and something in my Jack Ma's mind.

我可以在教育领域做一些独一无二、与众不同的事情,而这些事情我已经在脑海中构思好了。

So I will learn from Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and a lot of great philanthropist in the world, but I want to do something using my own way.

我会向比尔·盖茨、沃伦·巴菲特等著名慈善家学习,但我将会采用我自己独有的方式。

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