TED演讲：用舞蹈战胜癌症(4)

 　　But I needed something else. I needed something to go that extra mile, and I found it in that metaphor¹ which I had learned from my mother when I was four.  但是我需要另外一些东西，我需要增加我的旅程，我在意象中找到了它，那是从我四岁就学起的。

　　The metaphor of Mahishasura Mardhini, of Durga. Durga, the mother goddess, the fearless one, created by the pantheon of Hindu gods.  湿婆神的意象杜尔迦女神。杜尔迦女神，无畏的神母，由印度诸神所创造。

　　Durga, resplendent, bedecked, beautiful, her 18 arms ready for warfare², as she rode astride her lion into the battlefield to destroy Mahishasur.  杜尔迦女神，辉煌、雍容、美丽，她的十八支手臂随时准备战斗，她乘坐神狮进入战场去毁灭水牛阿修罗。

　　Durga, the epitome³ of creative feminine energy, or shakti.  杜尔迦女神，女性创造力量的象征或者叫女性力量。

　　Durga, the fearless one. I made that image of Durga and her every attribute, her every nuance⁴, my very own. 杜尔迦无畏的女神。我做成了杜尔迦女神的意象和她所有的属性和特质，我专属的意象。

　　Powered by the symbology of a myth and the passion of my training, I brought laser-sharp focus into my dance, laser-sharp focus to such an extent that I danced a few weeks after surgery.  在她那种神秘符号的推动下，并伴随着我对训练的热情，我像激光刀般精准的专注于我的舞蹈，像激光刀般专注这样一个领域，在手术之后我跳了几周的舞。

　　I danced through chemo and radiation cycles, much to the dismay of my oncologist.  在化疗和放射疗法的治疗周期我依然跳舞，我的治疗医生很惊异。

　　I danced between chemo and radiation cycles and badgered him to fit it to my performing dance schedule.  我在化疗和放射的期间跳舞，我纠缠着让他使治疗周期配合我的舞蹈计划。

　　What I had done is I had tuned⁵ out of cancer and tuned into my dance. Yes, cancer has just been one page in my life. 我所成就的是我摆脱了癌症，专注于我的舞蹈，是的，癌症只成为我生命中的一页。

1 metaphor   

n.隐喻，暗喻

参考例句：

• Using metaphor,we say that computers have senses and a memory.打个比方，我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。
• In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。

2 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

3 epitome   

n.典型，梗概

参考例句：

• He is the epitome of goodness.他是善良的典范。
• This handbook is a neat epitome of everyday hygiene.这本手册概括了日常卫生的要点。

4 nuance   

n.(意义、意见、颜色)细微差别

参考例句：

• These users will easily learn each nuance of the applications they use.这些用户会很快了解他们所使用程序的每一细微差别。
• I wish I hadn't become so conscious of every little nuance.我希望我不要变得这样去思索一切琐碎之事。

5 tuned   

adj.调谐的，已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味，老少皆宜。
• The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。 来自《简明英汉词典》