公众人物毕业演讲第326期:推特CEO迪克2013密歇根大学(3)

And there are four people up on stage, there are about 10 of us in the class and these guys are improvising¹ that they're in a laundromat

舞台上有4个人 课上总共大约有10个人 这些人在即兴表演自助洗衣店里的情景

And the scene ends and Don asked all of us in the room "What do you see up there on that stage right now?"

一幕下来 唐问教室里所有人 "现在的舞台上 你们看到什么"

And there was nothing up there, so we described what we see up on the stage It's an empty stage

舞台上空无一物 于是我们照实说了 舞台是空的

And Don says, "So far today you guys have improvised² that you're in an apartment

唐说 "今天到目前为止" "你们即兴表演了公寓"

An apartment, a laundromat and an apartment What are you afraid of?"

"公寓 洗衣店 和公寓的情景" "你们害怕什么"

We all kind of looked at each other like "What do you mean what are we afraid of?" And he said,

我们面面相觑 "什么叫害怕什么" 他说

"You need to make more courageous³ choices The reason that stage is completely⁴ empty and doesn't have a set on it

"你们需要作出更有胆识的选择" "舞台上之所以完全是空的 之所以没有布景"

Is so that you can go out there and be in the Keebler Elf factory or be on the space shuttle

"是为了让你们上台 把它当作奇宝饼干工厂" "或当成太空船"

As an astronaut who's never even tried to fly a plane before Make bigger choices, take courageous risks"

"让你们这些甚至没开过飞机的人 把自己当成宇航员" "作出更大胆的选择 更勇敢地承担风险"

And a few months later I was studying at Second City with another legendary⁵ director⁶ there Martin de Maat

几个月后 我还是在第二城市学习 教我的是另一位传奇导演马丁.德.马特

And Steve Carell was out on stage Steve and I were on the same group and he was improvising something

而史蒂夫.卡莱尔在舞台上 史蒂夫和我在同一个组 他正即兴表演着什么

I was back stage and I thought of this amazing line and I thought

我在后台 我想到了一句很棒的台词 我想

"I got to go out there and get into the scene and I'm going to get this line out" And so I entered the stage

"我要到台上 把这一句演出来" 于是我步入舞台

And I try to start moving the scene in the direction of what I wanted to say and Martin stops the scene

试图引导这一幕 从而让我能说出那句台词 马丁叫停了这一幕

He says, "Stop, stop" And he says to the whole class

他说 "停 停" 他和整个班说

But really he's talking to me. He says "You can't plan a script

实际上是针对我 他说 "你不能提前拟好剧本"

The beauty of improvisation is you're experiencing it in the moment If you try to plan what the next line is suppose to be

"即兴表演之美在于当前此刻的瞬间体验" "如果你计划好下一句应该是什么"

1 improvising   

即兴创作（improvise的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• I knew he was improvising, an old habit of his. 我知道他是在即兴发挥，这是他的老习惯。
• A few lecturers have been improvising to catch up. 部分讲师被临时抽调以救急。

2 improvised   

a.即席而作的,即兴的

参考例句：

• He improvised a song about the football team's victory. 他即席创作了一首足球队胜利之歌。
• We improvised a tent out of two blankets and some long poles. 我们用两条毛毯和几根长竿搭成一个临时帐蓬。

3 courageous   

adj.勇敢的，有胆量的

参考例句：

• We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
• He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。

4 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

5 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

6 director   

n.主管，导演；主任；理事；董事；处长

参考例句：

• The director has taken the visitors off to his office.经理把客人带到他办公室去了。
• The new director is easy to get along with.新来的主任很好处。