An estimated（估计） 65% of the students entering school today will have jobs that do not yet exist. Computational thinking and problem-solving skills are key to the future. We must prepare our students for tomorrow. My great-grandfather, who was a marginal（记在页边的） farmer, had just passed away, leaving my great-grandmother a young widow（寡妇） with two sons and no source of income（收入）. To provide for her sons and their future, she had to move to a town nearby（在附近） and make some difficult choices. She became a domestic（国内的） servant but still could only afford to send one of her sons to school.

  While the two boys were close in age, both in grade school, one was seen as being more responsible, while the other was a bit of a troublemaker. My great-grandmother opted（选择） to send the more responsible, diligent（勤勉的） son, viewed as having more potential（潜在的）, into the workforce（劳动力）. He became a day laborer（ 体力劳动者） at a construction（建造） site. He would continue in that field for the rest of his life, never given（做） the opportunity to gain（获得） new skills and higher level employment. The other son was sent to the local school, and that boy was my grandfather. Despite（不管） being seen as being less responsible, he continued through school and eventually became a police officer.

  Despite entering the workforce nearly a decade after his brother, his starting salary was exponentially higher. It was my grandfather's education and the eventual（最终的） career that enabled（使能够） my father to pursue（继续） his own education, which eventually allowed me to follow my own passions. The opportunity my grandfather was given impacted the trajectories of the generations to come. This personal story reflects that often repeated adage, talent is everywhere but opportunity is not. Today's event is about education and technology. More specifically, it is about empowering（授权与） the students of today to create the world of tomorrow.

  We live an amazing time of technological（科技的） progress. Every aspect（方面） of our lives, economies and societies are being shaped（形成） by digital technologies. However, technology is also creating disruption（ 动乱）. There is a growing concern（关心） over job growth, economic opportunity and the world we are building for the next generation. The real question is how can technology create more opportunity, not for a few, but for all? Addressing（写名字地址） that question is core（果实的心） to our mission（使命） to empower（授权与） every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

  This is not just a set of words for us, but something we care deeply（深刻地） about.