TED演讲：解读羞耻(3)

 　　The first is: vulnerability is not weakness. 第一件事，脆弱不是弱点。

　　And that myth is profoundly dangerous. 并且这种错误理解非常危险。

　　Let me ask you honestly -- and I'll give you this warning, I'm trained as a therapist, so I can out-wait you uncomfortably 我想诚恳地请问大家 -- 先给个提醒，作为一个受过专业训练的治疗师，我知道你们会感觉不太自在

　　-- so if you could just raise your hand that would be awesome¹ -- 所以你们只要举手就很好了

　　-- how many of you honestly, when you're thinking about doing or saying something vulnerable  -- 坦诚地讲有多少人， 当你们想到做一些脆弱的事或说一些脆弱的话的时候，

　　think, "God, vulnerability is weakness." How many of you think of vulnerability and weakness synonymously? 会觉得：天啊，脆弱就是软弱，这就是软弱？有多少人认为脆弱和软弱是一回事？

　　The majority of people. Now let me ask you this question: This past week at TED²,  大部分人。现在我们这样来问：在TED刚过去的这周，

　　how many of you, when you saw vulnerability up here, thought it was pure courage? 有多少人，当你们看到（我在这儿讲）脆弱的时候，认为那是纯粹的勇气？

　　Vulnerability is not weakness. I define vulnerability as emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty³. 脆弱不是软弱。我把脆弱定义为：情感的风险、流露，以及不确定性。

　　It fuels our daily lives. And I've come to the belief -- this is my 12th year doing this research 它驱动我们的日常生活。并且我已经达成了这样一种信念 -- 我已经研究这个课题12年了

　　-- that vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage -- to be vulnerable, to let ourselves be seen, to be honest. -- 那就是，脆弱是对我们的勇气最精确的衡量 -- 保留脆弱，开放自我，保持真诚。

　　One of the weird⁴ things that's happened is, after the TED explosion, I got a lot of offers to speak all over the country 有个奇怪的事就是，在TED这个演讲轰动之后，我收到全国各地的很多邀请

　　-- everyone from schools and parent meetings to Fortune 500 companies. -- 从学校家长会到世界500强的公司。

　　And so many of the calls went like this, "Dr. Brown, we loved your TED talk. 很多电话都是这样的：“嗨，布朗博士，我们喜欢您的TED演讲。

　　We'd like you to come in and speak. We'd appreciate it if you wouldn't mention vulnerability or shame." 我们想邀请您来讲一讲。 但有一件事，希望您不要提到脆弱或者羞耻。”

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

4 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。