TED演讲：解读羞耻(13)

 　　And so I'll leave you with this thought.  所以我想把这些思考留给大家。

　　If we're going to find our way back to each other, vulnerability is going to be that path.  如果我们想找到重归彼此的方法。脆弱将会是正确的路径。

　　And I know it's seductive to stand outside the arena¹, because I think I did it my whole life,  我知道站在竞技场外面是很诱人的，因为我想我一辈子都在这么做，

　　and think to myself, I'm going to go in there and kick some ass² when I'm bulletproof and when I'm perfect.  并且对自己说，我要进去踢某人的屁股，只要我已经刀枪不入并且完美无瑕。

　　And that is seductive. But the truth is, that never happens.  这就是种诱惑。不过真相是这永远不会发生。

　　And even if you got as perfect as you could and as bulletproof as you could possibly muster³ when you got in there, that's not what we want to see.  而且即使你已经尽可能的完美了，并且把自己尽可能的装备成刀枪不入，当你进去的时候，那并不是我们想看到的。

　　We want you to go in. We want to be with you and across from you.  我们希望你进去。我们想和你在一起，和你面对面。

　　And we just want, for ourselves and the people we care about and the people we work with, to dare greatly. 我们只是想要，为我们自己和我们在意的人以及和我们一起战斗的人，无所畏惧的征战。

　　So thank you all very much. I really appreciate it. 非常感谢大家。真的很感激。

1 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

2 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

3 muster   

v.集合，收集，鼓起，激起；n.集合，检阅，集合人员，点名册

参考例句：

• Go and muster all the men you can find.去集合所有你能找到的人。
• I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题。