TED演讲：用舞蹈战胜癌症(5)

 　　My story is a story of overcoming setbacks, obstacles and challenges that life throws at you.  我的故事是一个克服那些生命带给你的挫折、障碍和挑战的故事。

　　My story is the power of thought. My story is the power of choice. It's the power of focus.  我的故事是思想的力量。我的故事是选择的力量。是专注的力量。

　　It's the power of bringing ourselves to the attention of something that so animates¹ you, so moves you, that something even like cancer becomes insignificant².  这是一种力量让我们注意那些赋予我们生机活力，深刻的感动我们和令癌症变得无足轻重的东西。

　　My story is the power of a metaphor³. It's the power of an image.  我的故事是意境的力量。是意象的力量。

　　Mine was that of Durga, Durga the fearless one. She was also called Simhanandini, the one who rode the lion. 我的意象是杜尔迦，杜尔迦无畏的女神，她也叫做Simhanandini，骑狮子的人。

　　As I ride out, as I ride my own inner strength, my own inner resilience, armed as I am with what medication can provide and continue treatment,  在我度过难关的过程中，我驾驭了我自己的内在力量，我的内在恢复力，我武装自己并联合治疗效果，我继续治疗，

　　as I ride out into the battlefield of cancer, asking my rogue⁴ cells to behave, I want to be known not as a cancer survivor⁵, but as a cancer conqueror⁶. 我经历了与癌症的战争，我命令那些肆意妄为的细胞顺从起来，我希望被世人认可，不是作为癌症幸存者而是作为癌症征服者。

　　I present to you an excerpt⁷ of that work "Simhanandini." 我向你们呈现一段我的舞蹈 “狮子吼经”（Simhanandani）。

1 animates   

v.使有生气( animate的第三人称单数 )；驱动；使栩栩如生地动作；赋予…以生命

参考例句：

• The soul animates the body. 灵魂使肉体有生命。 来自辞典例句
• It is probable that life animates all the planets revolving round all the stars. 生命为一切围绕恒星旋转的行星注入活力。 来自辞典例句

2 insignificant   

adj.无关紧要的，可忽略的，无意义的

参考例句：

• In winter the effect was found to be insignificant.在冬季，这种作用是不明显的。
• This problem was insignificant compared to others she faced.这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么。

3 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。

4 rogue   

n.流氓；v.游手好闲

参考例句：

• The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
• They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。

5 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

6 conqueror   

n.征服者，胜利者

参考例句：

• We shall never yield to a conqueror.我们永远不会向征服者低头。
• They abandoned the city to the conqueror.他们把那个城市丢弃给征服者。

7 excerpt   

n.摘录，选录，节录

参考例句：

• This is an excerpt from a novel.这是一部小说的摘录。
• Can you excerpt something from the newspaper? 你能从报纸上选录些东西吗？