TED演讲：你为何不会成就伟业(7)

 　　What do you want me to say? 你们想让我说什么？

　　Now, do you really want me to say now, tell you, "Really, I swear I don't kick children." 现在，你们真的想让我说，告诉你们，“真的，我发誓我不踢小孩。”

　　Look at the worldview you've given yourself. You're a hero no matter what. 嗯？看看你给自己定的世界观。无论如何你都是个英雄。

　　And I, by suggesting ever so delicately that you might want a great career, must hate children. 然而我，通过暗示，这么小心翼翼地，说你可能想要成就伟业，一定痛恨小孩。

　　I don't hate children. I don't kick them. 我不恨小孩。我不踢他们。

　　Yes, there was a little kid wandering through this building when I came here, and no, I didn't kick him. 是的，刚才我来的时候有个小孩走过来，我没踢他。

　　Course, I had to tell him the building was for adults only, and to get out. 当然，我不得不告诉他这个楼是给大人的，他得出去。

　　He mumbled¹ something about his mother, and I told him she'd probably find him outside anyway. 他含糊地说他妈妈什么的，然后我跟他说他妈估计在外面找他呢。

　　Last time I saw him, he was on the stairs crying. What a wimp². 我上次看到他的时候他正在台阶上哭呢。真是个懦夫。

　　But what do you mean? That's what you expect me to say. 但是你是什么意思？这就是你们期待我说的。

　　Do you really think it's appropriate that you should actually take children and use them as a shield? 你真的认为，你真的认为拿小孩当挡箭牌合适吗？

　　You know what will happen someday, you ideal parent, you? 你知道有一天会发生什么，你，完美的父母，对吗？

　　The kid will come to you someday and say, "I know what I want to be. I know what I'm going to do with my life." 你的孩子有一天会跟你说，“我知道我想做什么。我知道我想怎么度过一生。”

　　You are so happy. It's the conversation a parent wants to hear, 你特别高兴。这种对话父母最爱听了，

　　because your kid's good in math, and you know you're going to like what comes next. 因为你的孩子数学好，而且你知道你会爱听你孩子接下来的话。

　　Says your kid, "I have decided³ I want to be a magician. I want to perform magic tricks on the stage." 你孩子说，“我决定了，我想做个魔术师。我想在舞台上表演魔术。”

1 mumbled   

含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话，可我没太听清楚。
• George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。

2 wimp   

n.无用的人

参考例句：

• The more she called her husband a wimp,the more timid he became.她越叫她先生懦夫，他就越胆小怯懦。
• I hate those who get on their high horses in front of wimps.我最恨那些在弱者面前盛气凌人的人。

3 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。