The occasion is the annual TED conference, named for the convergence of technology, entertainment and design - with a dash of social activism thrown in recently as well.

这个庆典是一年一度的TED会议现场。TED的取名来自于技术，娱乐和设计三者结合的意思。

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At the Technology, Entertainment and Design 2010 Conference held in February in Long Beach, California, Microsoft founder Bill Gates reduced our planet's problem to a simple equation.

今年二月在加州长i滩举行的“技术、娱乐与设计2010年联会”上，微软的创始人比尔·盖茨将地球上的问题浓缩到一个简单的公式中。

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Twenty first century art, design and entertainment requires technology.

二十一世纪的艺术，缼设计和娱乐是需要科技的。

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Dr Brilliant, who is now the head of Google's philanthropy arm, made his wish known at the Technology Entertainment Design conference, an annual gathering in California of leading entrepreneurs and thinkers from the information-technology and entertainment industries.

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