从失败中吸取经验获得成功的演讲稿thespider’sbitewheniwasinmiddleschool，apoisonousspiderbitmyrighthand.irantomymomforhelp—butinsteadoftakingmetoadoctor，mymomsetmyhandonfire.afterwrappingmyhandwithseverallayersofcotton，thensoakingitinwine，sheputachopstickintomymouth，andignitedthecotton.heatquicklypenetratedthecottonandbegantoroastmyhand.thesearingpainmademewanttoscream，butthechopstickpreventedit.allicoulddowaswatchmyhandburn-oneminute，thentwominutes–untilmomputoutthefire.yousee，thepartofchinaigrewupinwasaruralvillage，andatthattimepre-industrial.wheniwasborn，myvillagehadnocars，notelephones，noelectricity，notevenrunningwater.andwecertainlydidn’thaveaccesstomodernmedicalresources.therewasnodoctormymothercouldbringmetoseeaboutmyspiderbite.forthosewhostudybiology，youmayhavegraspedthesciencebehindmymom’scure：heatdeactivatesproteins，andaspider’svenomissimplyaformofprotein.it’scoolhowthatfolkremedyactuallyincorporatesbasicbiochemistry，isn’tit。butiamaphdstudentinbiochemistryatharvard，inowknowthatbetter，lesspainfulandlessriskytreatmentsexisted.soican’thelpbutaskmyself，whyididn’treceiveoneatthetime。fifteenyearshavepassedsincethatincident.iamhappytoreportthatmyhandisfine.butthisquestionlingers，andicontinuetobetroubledbytheunequaldistributionofscientificknowledgethroughouttheworld.wehavelearnedtoeditthehumangenomeandunlockmanysecretsofhowcancerprogresses.wecanmanipulateneuronalactivityliterallywiththeswitchofalight.eachyearbringsmoreadvancesinbiomedicalresearch-第1页共5页exciting，transformativeaccomplishments.yet，despitetheknowledgewehaveamassed，wehaven’tbeensosuccessfulindeployingittowhereit’sneededmost.accordingtotheworldbank，twelvepercentoftheworld’spopulationlivesonlessthan$2aday.malnutritionkillsmorethan3millionchildrenannually.threehundredmillionpeopleareafflictedbymalariaglobally.allovertheworld，weconstantlyseetheseproblemsofpoverty，illness，andlackofresourcesimpedingtheflowofscientificinformation.lifesavingknowledgewetakeforgrantedinthemodernworldisoftenunavailableintheseunderdevelopedregions.andinfartoomanyplaces，peoplearestillessentiallytryingtocureaspiderbitewithfire.whilestudyingatharvard，isawhowscientificknowledgecanhelpothersinsimple，yetprofoundways.thebirdflupandemicinthe2000slookedtomyvillagelikeaspellcastbydemons.ourfolkmedicinedidn’tevenhavehalf-measurestooffer.what’smore，farmersdidn’tknowthedifferencebetweencommoncoldandflu;theydidn’tunderstandthatthefluwasmuchmorelethalthanthecommoncold.mostpeoplewerealsounawarethattheviruscouldtransmitacrossdifferentspecies.sowhenirealizedthatsimplehygienepracticeslikeseparatingdifferentanimalspeciescouldcontainthespreadofthedisease，andthaticouldhelpmakethisknowledgeavailabletomyvillage，thatwasmyfirst“aha”momentasabuddingscientist.butitwasmorethanthat：itwasalsoavitalinflectionpointinmyownethicaldevelopment，myownself-understandingasamemberoftheglobalcommunity.harvarddaresustodreambig，toaspiretochangetheworld.hereonthiscommencementday，weareprobablythinkingofgranddestinationsandbigadventuresthatawaitus.asforme，iamalsothinkingofthefarmersinmyvillage.myexperiencehereremind第2页共5页smehowimportantitisforresearcherstocommunicateourknowledgetothosewhoneedit.becausebyusingthesciencewealreadyhave，wecouldprobablybringmyvillageandthousandslikeitintotheworldyouanditakeforgrantedeveryda...
