TED演讲:有关激情的故事(1)

 Thank you so much. It's really scary to be here among the smartest of the smart. 非常感谢。站在你们这些绝顶聪明的人之间让我感到有一点可怕。

I'm here to tell you a few tales of passion. 我将会在这里讲述关于激情的故事。

There's a Jewish saying that I love. What is truer than truth? Answer: The story. 我很喜欢一句犹太谚语。比事实更为真实的是什么？答案：故事。

I'm a storyteller. I want to convey something that is truer than truth about our common humanity. 我善于讲故事。我希望能够向大家诉说比事实更为真实且有关于日常人性的故事。

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. 我对所有的故事都感兴趣，让我念念不忘，直到我的写作结束。

Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty¹, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. 总有一些特定的话题涌入我的脑海：公正，诚实，暴力，死亡，政治以及社会问题，当然也包括自由。

I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic. 我知道在我们周围充满了神奇，所以我写下了关于偶遇，预感，感情，梦想，自然的力量，魔术的故事。

In the last 20 years I have published a few books, but I have lived in anonymity² until February of 2006, 在过去的20年间我出版了一些书籍，但是直到2006年2月我的生活一直很平淡，

when I carried the Olympic flag in the Winter Olympics in Italy. That made me a celebrity³. 那时我在意大利冬奥会上举着奥林匹克旗，这让我成为了名人。

Now people recognize me in Macy's, and my grandchildren think that I'm cool. 现在去商场也能被认出来，我的孙子们都觉得这很酷。

Allow me to tell you about my four minutes of fame. 请允许我在四分钟内讲述关于荣誉的故事。

1 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

2 anonymity   

n.the condition of being anonymous

参考例句：

• Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. 为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
• Our company promises to preserve the anonymity of all its clients. 我们公司承诺不公开客户的姓名。

3 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。