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Pony Ma Huateng, chairman and CEO, Tencent, points to technology’s power to help the
underprivileged
腾讯董事长兼首席执行官马化腾指出，科技有能力去帮助弱势群体
Philanthropy
can be woven into the fabric of our daily lives
慈善事业可以融入我们日常生活的方方面面
AS MOBILE internet and smartphones
penetrate
every corner of the world, social networks and value-added services are changing many aspects of our daily lives.
随着移动互联网和智能手机遍及了世界的每一个角落，社交网络和增值服务正在改变我们日常生活的方方面面。
In China, this evolution is happening even faster and going even further than it is in other parts of the world.
与世界其他地区相比，这种演变在中国发生的更快速且更深远。
The trend will be ever more evident in 2019, as it sweeps across industries such as retail and fintech.
随着其对零售和金融科技这类行业的横扫，这种趋势在2019年将会变得更加明显。
Take Shenzhen, for example, the city in southern China where Tencent was founded 20 years ago.
以中国南方城市深圳为例，20年前腾讯就是在那里创立的。
There we can shop online, order food at restaurants or takeaways, pay utilitybills and fares for public transport, book a medical appointment or even register to get married—all with a few taps of our fingers on a smartphone screen.
在深圳，我们可以网上购物、点堂食或者点外卖、支付水电费以及公共交通费、预约挂号甚至是登记结婚——所有这一切都只需在手机上轻点几下便可完成。
Thanks to the internet and other cutting-edge technologies, many of us are now living a better quality of life than we could have once imagined possible.
我们许多人现在过的生活比我们曾经想象的生活有着更高的生活质量，这都得益于互联网以及其他尖端技术的发展。
That is of course welcome. Yet a question crosses my mind: can we also deploy technology to alleviate the toil and hardship for the disadvantaged and offer help to those in need?
我们当然欢迎这一切了。但是，我的脑海中浮现出一个问题：我们是否可以利用科技去减轻弱势群体的劳动和负担，并给那些需要的人提供帮助呢？
Many people will not hesitate to donate generously for disaster relief, or to help the sick and the poor.
许多人会毫不犹豫地为救灾或帮助病人和穷人而慷慨解囊。
However, it takes time both to
solicit
donations and to get the money into the hands of the needy. Unexpected situations causing further delays may also occur.
然而，募捐以及把募捐得到的钱
送到
有需要的人的手里都需要时间，并且还可以会发生导致进一步延误的意外情况。
(红色标注词为重难点词汇)
（本文翻译：
Ida、Vinnie；编辑：
Vinnie
)
重难点词汇：
underprivileged [,ʌndɚ'prɪvəlɪdʒd] adj. 贫困的；被剥夺基本权力的；社会地位低下的
philanthropy [fɪ'lænθrəpi] n. 博爱，慈善；慈善事业
penetrate [ˈpɛnɪˌtreɪt] vt. 渗透；穿透；洞察 vi. 渗透；刺入；看透
solicit [sə'lɪsɪt] vt./vi. 征求；招揽；请求；乞求
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