TED演讲： 休假的力量(1)

 　　I run a design studio in New York. 我在纽约开一家设计工作室。

　　Every seven years, I close it for one year to pursue¹ some little experiments, 每七年我都关闭一年，让我进行一些小实验，

　　things that are always difficult to accomplish during the regular working year. 一些通常不容易在正常的工作年度里达成的事。

　　In that year, we are not available for any of our clients². We are totally closed. 关闭的一年，我们不接受任何顾客，完全关门。

　　And as you can imagine, it is a lovely and very energetic time. 可想而知，那是一段美好又充满能量的时光。

　　I originally had opened the studio in New York to combine my two loves, music and design. 我起先在纽约开了这家工作室，为的是结合我的两项酷爱：音乐和设计。

　　And we created videos and packaging for many musicians that you know, and for even more that you've never heard of. 我们制作录像和设计装璜，其中有很多是你们熟悉的音乐家，更多是你们没有听闻过的音乐家。

　　As I realized, just like with many many things in my life that I actually love, I adapt to it. 我发觉，就像生活中很多我喜爱的事物。

　　And I get, over time, bored by them. And for sure, in our case, our work started to look the same. 一旦习以为常，便渐渐变得沉闷。我的工作室也不例外，我们的作品开始变得类同。

　　You see here a glass eye in a die cut of a book. 看到了吧，书中藏着一颗玻璃眼睛。

　　Quite the similar idea, then, a perfume³ packaged in a book, in a die cut. 同样的设计，用于香水包装，书中藏着一瓶香水。

　　So I decided⁴ to close it down for one year. 因此我们决定关门一年。

1 pursue   

vt.继续，从事；追赶，追踪；追求

参考例句：

• He began to pursue an easy and comfortable life.他开始追求安逸舒适的生活。
• This is the path that we shall continue to pursue.这是我们要继续走的道路。

2 clients   

n.顾客( client的名词复数 )；当事人；诉讼委托人；[计算机]客户端

参考例句：

• a lawyer with many famous clients 拥有许多著名委托人的律师
• She understood the importance of establishing a close rapport with clients. 她懂得与客户建立密切和谐的关系的重要性。

3 perfume   

n.香水(料，气)；vt.使充满芳香；洒香水

参考例句：

• The air was heavy with the perfume of the flower.空气中充满了花香。
• Those roses perfume the whole garden.那些玫瑰花使满园飘香。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。