TED演讲:有关激情的故事(1)
时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:TED演讲国际问题篇
英语课
Thank you so much. It's really scary to be here among the smartest of the smart. 非常感谢。站在你们这些绝顶聪明的人之间让我感到有一点可怕。
I'm here to tell you a few tales of passion. 我将会在这里讲述关于激情的故事。
There's a Jewish saying that I love. What is truer than truth? Answer: The story. 我很喜欢一句犹太谚语。比事实更为真实的是什么?答案:故事。
I'm a storyteller. I want to convey something that is truer than truth about our common humanity. 我善于讲故事。我希望能够向大家诉说比事实更为真实且有关于日常人性的故事。
All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. 我对所有的故事都感兴趣,让我念念不忘,直到我的写作结束。
Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty 1, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. 总有一些特定的话题涌入我的脑海:公正,诚实,暴力,死亡,政治以及社会问题,当然也包括自由。
I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic. 我知道在我们周围充满了神奇,所以我写下了关于偶遇,预感,感情,梦想,自然的力量,魔术的故事。
In the last 20 years I have published a few books, but I have lived in anonymity 2 until February of 2006, 在过去的20年间我出版了一些书籍,但是直到2006年2月我的生活一直很平淡,
when I carried the Olympic flag in the Winter Olympics in Italy. That made me a celebrity 3. 那时我在意大利冬奥会上举着奥林匹克旗,这让我成为了名人。
Now people recognize me in Macy's, and my grandchildren think that I'm cool. 现在去商场也能被认出来,我的孙子们都觉得这很酷。
Allow me to tell you about my four minutes of fame. 请允许我在四分钟内讲述关于荣誉的故事。
1 loyalty
n.忠诚,忠心
- She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
- His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。
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