TED演讲：我为什么划船横渡太平洋(4)
时间：2018-11-08 06:15:50
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And the oars1 kind of became a symbol of just in how many ways I went beyond what I thought were my limits. 这些桨也变成了我可以用多种方式来突破我自认为是极限的标志。
I suffered from tendinitis on my shoulders and saltwater sores on my bottom. 肩部的腱鞘炎让我十分痛苦，海水也杀的臀部非常疼。
I really struggled psychologically, totally overwhelmed by the scale of the challenge, 我在心理上也非常挣扎过，完全是因为挑战的规模之大击垮了我，
realizing that, if I carried on moving at two miles an hour, 3,000 miles was going to take me a very, very long time. 我意识到，如果我按照每小时2英里的速度划行，3000英里会让我划行很长很长时间。
There were so many times when I thought I'd hit that limit, 好几次，我都觉得自己已经达到了极限，
but had no choice but to just carry on and try and figure out how I was going to get to the other side without driving myself crazy. 但我没有别的选择，只有一路向前，我必须努力克制自己，好让自己能够知道如何前行，达到彼岸。
And eventually after 103 days at sea, I arrived in Antigua. 最终，在海上航行了103天以后，我终于抵达了安提瓜。
I don't think I've ever felt so happy in my entire life. 在我整个人生里，我从没这么高兴过。
It was a bit like finishing a marathon and getting out of
solitary2 confinement3 and winning an Oscar all rolled into one. 这有点像把完成了马拉松、走出禁闭室，以及赢得了奥斯卡的感觉合在一起的感觉。
I was euphoric. And to see all the people coming out to greet me and
standing4 along the cliff tops and clapping and cheering, 那一刻，我心潮澎湃。所有的人都跑过来向我问候，人们站在悬崖顶上鼓掌和唤呼，
I just felt like a movie star. It was absolutely wonderful. 我觉得自己像电影明星。那感觉简直太棒了。
And I really learned then that, the bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of achievement when you get to the end of it. 我也确实明白了一个道理，困难越大，往往最终获得的成就感就越大。
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