盖茨夫妇的一封信LetterfromBillandMelindaGatesMorethanadecadeago,thetwoofusreadanarticleaboutthemillionsofchildrenwhoweredyingeveryyearinpoorcountriesfromdiseasesthatwerelongagoeliminatedinthiscountry.Onediseasewehadneverevenheardofrotaviruswaskillingliterallyhalfamillionkidseachyear.Wethought:Thatsgottobeatypo.Ifasinglediseasewerekillingthatmanykids,wewouldhaveheardaboutit,becauseitwouldhavebeenfront-pagenews.Butitwasntatypo.Wecouldntescapethebrutalconclusionthatinourworldtodaysomelivesareseenasworthsavingandothersarenot.Wesaidtoourselves:Thiscantbetrue.Butifitistrue,itdeservestobethepriorityofourgiving.WesentthearticletoBillsfather,BillGatesSr.,withanoteattachedthatsaid,Dad,maybewecandosomethingaboutthis.Andhehelpedusgetstarted.WecreatedtheGatesFoundationin2000becausewebelieveintheprinciplethateveryhumanlifehasequalworth.Thelifeofanimpoverishedchildinadevelopingcountryisaspreciousasthelifeofamiddle-classkidinadevelopedone.AfamilystrugglingtomakeendsmeetinanAmericaninnercitymattersasmuchasafamilythrivinginasafe,suburbanneighborhood.Today,billionsofpeopleneverevenhavethechancetoliveahealthy,productivelife.Wewanttohelpallpeoplegetthatopportunity.Weresohopefulaboutthepotentialforrapidprogressthatwevedecidedthefoundationwillspendallitsmoneyinthenext100years.Inthiscentury,ourworldhastheopportunitytofulfillthegreathumanpromisethatallliveshaveequalvalue.BillandMelindaGatessignatureBillGatesandMelindaF.Gates扩展：分类词汇之教育campus：学校的全部场址园地primaryschool：小学coeducational：男女合校教育的certificate：毕业证书(指中学的)schoolterm：学期goodgrades：好分数Freshman：大学一年级学生(美语)Junior：大学三年级学生(美语)middleschool：中学Secondaryschool：中学graduateschool：讨论院undergraduate：大学毕业生collegeofarts：文学院boardandroom：膳宿credits：学分kindergarten：幼稚园publicschool：公立学校diploma：文凭(指大学的)schoolyear：学年semester：学期(美语)fullmarks：满分laboratoryfee：实验费togotocollege：入学院读书tomajOrinliterature：主修文学collegeOfengineering：工程学院degreeofbachelor(master，doctor)：学士学位(硕士学位，博士)applicationforentranceexamination：申请入学考试matriculation：大学入学考试(英语)Sophomore：大学二年级学生(美语)Senior：大学四年级学生(美语)highschool：中学(美语)college：学院，大学graduate：毕业生flunk：不及格tuition：学费
