If you're relying on charity to resolve problems of poverty,

如果你依赖救济金解决贫困问题
it's going to be applied very unevenly and

它将无法得到均衡分配
it would be salient examples of poverty. Like,

并将成为贫困的主要典型
if a child is suddenly stricken with some unusual illness and

如果一个孩子突然得了怪病
it gets written up in the newspapers,

并登上了报纸
then generous contributions would come pouring into that child,

那么这个孩子会得到大量的捐赠
but other children who are not so blessed get nothing.

可其他不被上帝眷顾的孩子将一无所获
In the United States, we were about the last country

在美国大约是在上世纪
to jump onto the bandwagon, begun in Germany--partly I guess

我们也投身于这一源自德国的浪潮
because the U.S. Is more free enterprise in its orientation.

我想部分原因是美国定位是多发展自由企业
Maybe it doesn't like to adopt ideas from Europe.

可能美国不愿接受来自欧洲的思想
It wasn't until the Great Depression that the U.S. Adopted

直到经济大萧条时期