TED演讲 如果我有一个女儿…(3)

 All right, so I want you to take a moment, and I want you to think of three things that you know to be true. 好吧，我想让大家花点时间,想出三件你们认为是真的事情。

They can be about whatever you want-- technology, entertainment, design, your family, what you had for breakfast. 它们会是你想到的任何事--科技，娱乐，设计，你的家庭，你早餐吃了什么等等。

The only rule is don't think too hard. Okay, ready? Go. Okay. 这仅有的规则就是不要想得特复杂。准备好了吗？开始。好吧。

So here are three things I know to be true. 这是我认为的3件真事。

I know that Jean-Luc Godard was right when he said that, "A good story has a beginning, a middle and an end, although not necessarily¹ in that order." 我知道让·卢克·戈达尔是对的，他说过，“一个好故事 有开头，发展和结尾，但不需要都是这顺序。”

I know that I'm incredibly nervous and excited to be up here, which is greatly inhibiting³ my ability to keep it cool. 我知道我站在着儿异常紧张和兴奋，我努力控制好我自己保持冷静。

And I know that I have been waiting all week to tell this joke. 我知道我已经等了整整一周才来讲这笑话。

Why was the scarecrow invited to TED²? Because he was outstanding in his field. 稻草人为什么会被邀请到TED大会？因为他站在那舞台上特显眼。

I'm sorry. Okay, so these are three things I know to be true. But there are plenty of things I have trouble understanding. 抱歉。好的，这3件事对我而说是真的。但有很多事是我不理解的。

So I write poems to figure things out. Sometimes the only way I know how to work through something is by writing a poem. 所以我用写诗来搞明白。有时唯一让我搞明白事情的方式就是通过写诗。

Sometimes I get to the end of the poem, look back and go, "Oh, that's what this is all about," 有时我写完诗，回过头看看，“哦，这是怎么一回事。”

and sometimes I get to the end of the poem and haven't solved anything, but at least I have a new poem out of it. 有时我完成诗，却没有解决任何事，但至少我有一首新诗。

Spoken-word poetry is the art of performance poetry. 口语诗是诗歌的艺术表现。

I tell people it involves creating poetry that doesn't just want to sit on paper, that something about it demands it be heard out loud or witnessed⁴ in person. 我告诉人们口语诗创新了诗歌，使它不是只出现在书本上，它使诗歌被大声朗读传咏或让人们亲身体验口语诗。

 

1 necessarily   

adv.必要地，必需地；必定地，必然地

参考例句：

• More work does not necessarily call for more men.增加工作量不一定就要增添人员。
• A voter must necessarily be no younger than eighteen.选民必须在18岁以上。

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 inhibiting   

抑制作用的，约束的

参考例句：

• The high cost of borrowing is inhibiting investment by industry in new equipment. 借款的高成本抑制了企业对新设备的投资。
• The pesticides affect the nervous system by inhibiting the enzyme cholinesterase. 这类农药抑制胆碱酯酶而影响神经系统。

4 witnessed   

v.作证( witness的过去式和过去分词 )；表示；（摆证据）…就是证据；是…的迹象

参考例句：

• Severe damage witnessed the destructive force of the storm. 严重的损失表明了这场暴风雨巨大的破坏力。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He witnessed to having seen the man enter the building. 他作证说看见那个人走进那幢房子。 来自《简明英汉词典》