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Robert Gupta - Violinist
Violinist Robert Gupta joined the LA Philharmonic at the age of 19 -- and maintains a passionate parallel interest in neurobiology and mental health issues. He's a TED Senior Fellow.

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Violinist Robert Vijay Gupta joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the age of 19. He made his solo debut, at age 11, with the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. He has a Master's in music from Yale. But his undergraduate degree? Pre-med. As an undergrad, Gupta was part of several research projects in neuro- and neurodegenerative biology. He held Research Assistant positions at CUNY Hunter College in New York City, where he worked on spinal cord neuronal regeneration, and at the Harvard Institutes of Medicine Center for Neurologic Diseases, where he studied the biochemical pathology of Parkinson's disease.

Gupta is passionate about education and outreach, both as a musician and as an activist for mental health issues. He has the privilege of working with Nathaniel Ayers, the brilliant, schizophrenic musician featured in "The Soloist," as his violin teacher.

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TEDMED 2012

Robert Gupta: Between music and medicine

Robert Gupta: 音乐与医学

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Robert Gupta在医生和小提琴家两个职业选择中举棋不定,他后来发现适合他的位置是在两者中间。他手持琴弓,心怀社会公义。他讲述的关于社会边缘人群的故事,令人动容,而音乐疗法有比传统医学无法达到的作用。
- Violinist
Violinist Robert Gupta joined the LA Philharmonic at the age of 19 -- and maintains a passionate parallel interest in neurobiology and mental health issues. He's a TED Senior Fellow. Full bio

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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
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Thank you very much. (Applause掌声)
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非常感谢。(掌声)
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Thank you. It's a distinct不同 privilege特权 to be here.
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谢谢。能在这里演出是我的荣幸。
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A few少数 weeks ago, I saw a video视频 on YouTubeYouTube的
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几个星期前,我在YouTube上看到一段视频
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of Congresswoman众议员 Gabrielle加布里埃尔 Giffords吉福兹
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女性众议员Gabrielle Giffords
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at the early stages阶段 of her recovery复苏
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因为受伤而接受治疗
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from one of those awful可怕 bullets子弹.
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她受伤的原因是被子弹打中。
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This one entered进入 her left hemisphere半球, and
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一颗打中她的左脑半球,
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knocked被撞 out her Broca's布罗卡 area, the speech言语 center中央 of her brain.
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进入布洛克区,那是大脑的语言中枢区域。
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And in this session会议, Gabby's爱说话的 working加工 with a speech言语 therapist治疗师,
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在治疗初期, Gabby找一位语言治疗师
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and she's struggling奋斗的 to produce生产
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她要说简单的字也很困难
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some of the most basic基本 words, and you can see her
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你可以看到
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growing生长 more and more devastated满目疮痍, until直到 she ultimately最终
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她感觉越来越绝望,到最后
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breaks休息 down into sobbing抽泣 tears眼泪, and she starts启动 sobbing抽泣
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她奔溃了,眼泪掉了下来
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wordlessly无言 into the arms武器 of her therapist治疗师.
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她在治疗师的怀抱中无言地呜咽
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And after a few少数 moments瞬间, her therapist治疗师 tries尝试 a new tack,
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过了一会儿,治疗师尝试新的方法
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and they start开始 singing唱歌 together一起,
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他们一起唱起歌来
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and Gabby饶舌 starts启动 to sing through通过 her tears眼泪,
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Gabby 唱起歌,就不哭了
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and you can hear her clearly明确地 able能够 to enunciate明确地叙述
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可以听到她清晰的发音
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the words to a song歌曲 that describe描述 the way she feels感觉,
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这首歌的歌词正好描述了她的心情
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and she sings, in one descending scale规模, she sings,
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她不停的唱,用下降的音调,不停唱着
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"Let it shine闪耀, let it shine闪耀, let it shine闪耀."
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"让它闪烁,让它闪烁,让它闪烁。"
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And it's a very powerful强大 and poignant凄美 reminder提醒 of how
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这件事有力地提醒我们,
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the beauty美女 of music音乐 has the ability能力 to speak说话
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美妙的音乐可以表达的
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where words fail失败, in this case案件 literally按照字面 speak说话.
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是语言无法做到的,我指的是说话的语言。
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Seeing眼见 this video视频 of Gabby饶舌 Giffords吉福兹 reminded提醒 me
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Gabby Giffords的视频让我想到
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of the work of Dr博士. Gottfried戈特弗里德 SchlaugSchlaug,
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Gottfried Schlaug博士的研究
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one of the preeminent超群 neuroscientists神经学家 studying研究 music音乐 and the brain at Harvard哈佛,
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他是哈佛最德高望重的神经学家之一,研究音乐和大脑
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and SchlaugSchlaug is a proponent支持者 of a therapy治疗 called
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Schlaug支持一个治疗方法
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Melodic旋律 Intonation腔调 Therapy治疗, which哪一个 has become成为 very popular流行 in music音乐 therapy治疗 now.
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那就是旋律语调疗法,是现在很流行的音乐疗法。
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SchlaugSchlaug found发现 that his stroke行程 victims受害者 who were aphasic失语,
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Schlaug 发现他中风的病人失语了,
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could not form形成 sentences句子 of three-三- or four-word四字 sentences句子,
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无法组成3个字或4个字的句子
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but they could still sing the lyrics歌词 to a song歌曲,
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但他们仍然能唱歌曲的歌词
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whether是否 it was "Happy快乐 Birthday生日 To You"
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可能是"祝您生日快乐"
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or their favorite喜爱 song歌曲 by the Eagles老鹰 or the Rolling滚动 Stones石头.
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或他们钟爱的老鹰乐队或滚石乐队的歌曲。
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And after 70 hours小时 of intensive集约 singing唱歌 lessons教训,
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经过70小时密集的歌唱课程
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he found发现 that the music音乐 was able能够 to literally按照字面 rewire换铁线
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他发现音乐真的可以在病人大脑中
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the brains大脑 of his patients耐心 and create创建 a homologous同源
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建立新的连接,在右半脑中
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speech言语 center中央 in their right hemisphere半球
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建立类似语言中枢的区域
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to compensate补偿 for the left hemisphere's半球 damage损伤.
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来弥补左半球的伤害
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When I was 17, I visited参观 Dr博士. Schlaug'sSchlaug的 lab实验室, and in one afternoon下午
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我 17 岁时,参观了 Schlaug 博士的实验室
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he walked me through通过 some of the leading领导 research研究
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那天下午,他给我简单介绍了在音乐和大脑方面
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on music音乐 and the brain -- how musicians音乐家 had
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最领先的研究结果— — 音乐家和非音乐家
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fundamentally从根本上 different不同 brain structure结构体 than non-musicians非音乐家,
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的大脑结构完全不同
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how music音乐, and listening to music音乐,
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音乐和聆听音乐是如何
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could just light up the entire整个 brain, from
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开启我们整个脑部,
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our prefrontal前额叶 cortex皮质 all the way back to our cerebellum小脑,
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范围包括前额叶到小脑
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how music音乐 was becoming变得 a neuropsychiatric神经精神 modality形态
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音乐是如何应用到神经精神方法中
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to help children孩子 with autism自闭症, to help people struggling奋斗的
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来帮助自闭症儿童,以及生活在
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with stress强调 and anxiety焦虑 and depression萧条,
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压力、焦虑、犹豫中的人
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how deeply Parkinsonian帕金森病 patients耐心 would find that their tremor
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听音乐时,帕金森病患者会感到
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and their gait步态 would steady稳定 when they listened听了 to music音乐,
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抽搐减轻了,行走更稳定了
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and how late-stage后期 Alzheimer's老年痴呆症 patients耐心, whose谁的 dementia痴呆
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末期老人痴呆病人的痴呆程度发展到
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was so far progressed进展 that they could no longer recognize认识
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他们无法认出自己的家人
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their family家庭, could still pick out a tune by Chopin肖邦
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可是却能够在感情上演奏萧邦的曲子
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at the piano钢琴 that they had learned学到了 when they were children孩子.
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这是他们还是孩子时学习的曲子
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But I had an ulterior别有用心 motive动机 of visiting访问 Gottfried戈特弗里德 SchlaugSchlaug,
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我拜访Schlaug时,带着另一个的动机
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and it was this: that I was at a crossroads十字路口 in my life,
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那时 我正处于人生的十字路口,
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trying to choose选择 between之间 music音乐 and medicine医学.
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需要在音乐和医学之间做出选择。
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I had just completed完成 my undergraduate大学本科, and I was working加工
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我刚刚完成了我的本科,开始工作
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as a research研究 assistant助理 at the lab实验室 of Dennis丹尼斯 SelkoeSelkoe,
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担任Dennis Selkoe的研究助理
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studying研究 Parkinson's帕金森氏 disease疾病 at Harvard哈佛, and I had fallen堕落
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他在哈佛研究帕金森症,我深爱神经科学
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in love with neuroscience神经科学. I wanted to become成为 a surgeon外科医生.
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我想成为一名外科医生。
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I wanted to become成为 a doctor医生 like Paul保罗 Farmer农民 or Rick干草堆 Hodes霍兹,
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生像Paul Farmer或Rick Hodes那样的医生
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these kind of fearless不怕 men男人 who go into places地方 like Haiti海地 or Ethiopia埃塞俄比亚
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他们是无畏的人,前往海地、埃塞俄比亚那样的地方
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and work with AIDS艾滋病 patients耐心 with multidrug-resistant耐多药
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帮助得了抗药性肺结核的艾滋病人,
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tuberculosis结核, or with children孩子 with disfiguring毁容 cancers癌症.
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或是帮助
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I wanted to become成为 that kind of Red Cross交叉 doctor医生,
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我想成为红十字会医生,
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that doctor医生 without borders国界.
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无国界医生
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On the other hand, I had played发挥 the violin小提琴 my entire整个 life.
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另一方面,我一生都在演奏小提琴
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Music音乐 for me was more than a passion. It was obsession困扰.
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激情不足以形容我对音乐的痴迷。
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It was oxygen. I was lucky幸运 enough足够 to have studied研究
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它是氧气。我非常幸运
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at the Juilliard茱莉亚音乐学院 School学校 in Manhattan曼哈顿, and to have played发挥
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在曼哈顿茱莉亚音乐学院学习
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my debut登场 with Zubin祖宾 Mehta梅塔 and the Israeli以色列 philharmonic交响 orchestra乐队 in Tel联系电话 Aviv特拉维夫,
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我的处女秀在特拉维夫,和祖宾 · 梅塔和和特拉维夫以色列爱乐乐团同台
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and it turned转身 out that Gottfried戈特弗里德 SchlaugSchlaug
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其实Gottfried Schlaug
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had studied研究 as an organist风琴 at the Vienna维也纳 Conservatory温室,
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曾经在维也纳音乐学院学研究管风琴专业
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but had given特定 up his love for music音乐 to pursue追求 a career事业
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但他放弃了对音乐的热爱,致力医学事业
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in medicine医学. And that afternoon下午, I had to ask him,
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那天下午,我不得不问他,
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"How was it for you making制造 that decision决定?"
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"您是如何作出这个决定的?"
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And he said that there were still times when he wished希望
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他说,有好几次,他希望自己能回去
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he could go back and play the organ器官 the way he used to,
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像以前一样演奏管风琴
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and that for me, medical school学校 could wait,
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对我来说,医学院可以先等等
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but that the violin小提琴 simply只是 would not.
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但小提琴不可以等
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And after two more years年份 of studying研究 music音乐, I decided决定
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两年的音乐学习后,我决定
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to shoot射击 for the impossible不可能 before taking服用 the MCATMCAT
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我要去考MCAT,
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and applying应用 to medical school学校 like a good Indian印度人 son儿子
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像是一个印度好孩子一样,申请医学院
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to become成为 the next下一个 Dr博士. Gupta古普塔. (Laughter笑声)
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要成为下一个古普塔博士。(笑声)
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And I decided决定 to shoot射击 for the impossible不可能 and I took
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我决定挑战不可能的事
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an audition面试 for the esteemed尊敬 Los洛杉矶 Angeles洛杉矶 Philharmonic交响.
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我报名了著名洛杉矶爱乐乐团的甄选。
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It was my first audition面试, and after three days of playing播放
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这是我第一次甄选,在试演的礼拜
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behind背后 a screen屏幕 in a trial审讯 week, I was offered提供 the position位置.
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我在幕后演奏了三天,最后我得到了乐团的工作
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And it was a dream梦想. It was a wild野生 dream梦想 to perform演出
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那像一场梦。那是一个狂野的梦
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in an orchestra乐队, to perform演出 in the iconic标志性的 Walt沃尔特 Disney迪士尼 Concert音乐会 Hall大厅
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在交响乐团演奏,在圣殿级的沃尔特 · 迪斯尼音乐厅演奏
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in an orchestra乐队 conducted进行 now by the famous著名 Gustavo古斯塔沃 Dudamel杜达梅尔,
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由著名的Gustavo Dudamel指挥的乐团中演出,
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but much more importantly重要的 to me to be surrounded包围
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更重要的是,围绕在我身边的是
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by musicians音乐家 and mentors导师 that became成为 my new family家庭,
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即将成为我新的家人的音乐家和导师
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my new musical音乐 home.
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我的音乐之家
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But a year later后来, I met会见 another另一个 musician音乐家 who had also
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但一年后,我遇到了另一位音乐家
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studied研究 at Juilliard茱莉亚音乐学院, one who profoundly深深 helped帮助 me
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他也曾就读茱莉亚,他帮助了我很多
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find my voice语音 and shaped成形 my identity身分 as a musician音乐家.
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帮我找到自己的琴声,和音乐家的个性
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Nathaniel纳撒尼尔 Ayers艾尔斯 was a double bassist贝斯手 at Juilliard茱莉亚音乐学院, but
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Nathaniel Ayers曾经在茱莉亚学习双重贝斯,
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he suffered遭遇 a series系列 of psychotic精神病 episodes发作 in his early 20s,
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但是在他 20 岁出头时,他患上一系列精神问题
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was treated治疗 with thorazinethorazine at Bellevue贝尔维尤,
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需要服用贝尔维,作为镇静剂治疗
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and ended结束 up living活的 homeless无家可归 on the streets街道 of Skid刹车 Row
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此后的30年中,他在洛杉矶市中心
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in downtown市中心 Los洛杉矶 Angeles洛杉矶 30 years年份 later后来.
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Skid Row 的街头无家可归
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Nathaniel's纳撒尼尔的 story故事 has become成为 a beacon烽火 for homelessness无家可归
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Nathaniel的故事已成为整个美国
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and mental心理 health健康 advocacy拥护 throughout始终 the United联合的 States状态,
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帮助流浪者和精神健康运动的典型例子
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as told through通过 the book and the movie电影 "The Soloist独奏者,"
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在《独奏者》这本书和同名电影讲的就是他的故事
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but I became成为 his friend朋友, and I became成为 his violin小提琴 teacher老师,
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但我成了他的朋友,还是他的小提琴老师,
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and I told him that wherever哪里 he had his violin小提琴,
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我告诉他,无论何处,只要他带着他的琴
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and wherever哪里 I had mine, I would play a lesson with him.
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我带着我的琴,我就会给他上课,
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And on the many许多 times I saw Nathaniel纳撒尼尔 on Skid刹车 Row,
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很多次,我在Skid Row看到Nathaniel,
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I witnessed目击 how music音乐 was able能够 to bring带来 him back
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我亲眼目睹了音乐如何把他
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from his very darkest最黑暗 moments瞬间, from what seemed似乎 to me
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从最黑暗的时期,拯救回来
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in my untrained未经训练的 eye to be
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那是在我这个没受训练的人看来
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the beginnings开始 of a schizophrenic精神分裂症 episode插曲.
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他像是精神分裂症的前期。
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Playing播放 for Nathaniel纳撒尼尔, the music音乐 took on a deeper更深 meaning含义,
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为Nathaniel的演奏,音乐有了更深一层的含义,
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because now it was about communication通讯,
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因为它像是沟通
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a communication通讯 where words failed失败, a communication通讯
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这个沟通无法用语言传达,
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of a message信息 that went deeper更深 than words, that registered注册
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信息比语言到达地更深层,
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at a fundamentally从根本上 primal原始 level水平 in Nathaniel's纳撒尼尔的 psyche精神,
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达到了Nathaniel的心灵中真我的层次
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yet然而 came来了 as a true真正 musical音乐 offering from me.
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对我来说,也是音乐真正的馈赠
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I found发现 myself growing生长 outraged愤怒 that someone有人
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我发现自己对流浪者的现象越来越气愤,
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like Nathaniel纳撒尼尔 could have ever been homeless无家可归 on Skid刹车 Row
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Nathaniel因为精神疾病无家可归,
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because of his mental心理 illness疾病, yet然而 how many许多 tens of thousands数千
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像他一样,Skid Row里成千上百的人
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of others其他 there were out there on Skid刹车 Row alone单独
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独自流浪街头
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who had stories故事 as tragic悲惨 as his, but were never going to have a book or a movie电影
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他们之所以流浪,也有背后悲惨的故事,
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made制作 about them that got them off the streets街道?
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但没能写成书,拍成电影
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And at the very core核心 of this crisis危机 of mine, I felt somehow不知何故
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在我人生危机最急迫的时候,
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the life of music音乐 had chosen选择 me, where somehow不知何故,
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我感到,音乐人生选择了我,
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perhaps也许 possibly或者 in a very naive幼稚 sense, I felt what Skid刹车 Row
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或许可能很天真的意义上来说,
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really needed需要 was somebody like Paul保罗 Farmer农民
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我觉得Skid Row真正需要的是Paul Farmer那样的医生
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and not another另一个 classical古典 musician音乐家 playing播放 on Bunker掩体 Hill爬坡道.
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而不是Bunker Hill的古典音乐家。
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But in the end结束, it was Nathaniel纳撒尼尔 who showed显示 me
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但最终,是Nathaniel告诉了我
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that if I was truly passionate多情 about change更改,
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我是否真的要转到另一个领域
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if I wanted to make a difference区别, I already已经 had the perfect完善 instrument仪器 to do it,
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如果我要选择换一条路,我已经有最好的工具帮助我
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that music音乐 was the bridge that connected连接的 my world世界 and his.
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那就是音乐,连接着我和他世界的桥梁。
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There's a beautiful美丽 quote引用
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有一句美丽的名言
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by the Romantic浪漫 German德语 composer作曲家 Robert罗伯特 Schumann舒曼,
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是德国浪漫派作曲家罗伯特·舒曼说的
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who said, "To send发送 light into the darkness黑暗 of men's男装 hearts心中,
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“用光照亮人们内心的黑暗,”
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such这样 is the duty义务 of the artist艺术家."
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“这是艺术家的责任。”
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And this is a particularly尤其 poignant凄美 quote引用
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其实这句名言的背后也有残酷的故事
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because Schumann舒曼 himself他自己 suffered遭遇 from schizophrenia精神分裂症
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因为舒曼自己受精神分裂症煎熬,
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and died死亡 in asylum避难所.
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最后在庇护所去世
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And inspired启发 by what I learned学到了 from Nathaniel纳撒尼尔,
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我从Nathaniel那里学到的东西驱使我
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I started开始 an organization组织 on Skid刹车 Row of musicians音乐家
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开始组建一个由Skid Row 流浪音乐家组成的组织
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called Street Symphony交响乐, bringing使 the light of music音乐
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称为“街交响乐团”,为的是用音乐之光
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into the very darkest最黑暗 places地方, performing执行
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照亮最黑暗的地方,
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for the homeless无家可归 and mentally精神上 ill生病 at shelters候车亭 and clinics诊所
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为Skid Row庇护所和诊所中的无家可归者和精神病人表演
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on Skid刹车 Row, performing执行 for combat战斗 veterans老兵
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为患有创伤后遗症的退伍老兵表演
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with post-traumatic创伤后 stress强调 disorder紊乱, and for the incarcerated嵌顿
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为在监狱里服刑,为那些
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and those labeled标记 as criminally刑事责任 insane.
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有犯罪精神问题的人表演
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After one of our events事件 at the Patton巴顿 State Hospital醫院
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我们去圣贝纳迪诺巴顿州立医院表演
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in San Bernardino圣贝纳迪诺, a woman女人 walked up to us
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结束后,一名女子走到我们跟前
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and she had tears眼泪 streaming down her face面对,
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泪珠顺着她的脸留下来,
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and she had a palsy麻痹, she was shaking发抖,
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她患有麻痹症,会不停地在颤抖,
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and she had this gorgeous华丽 smile微笑, and she said
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她笑得很灿烂,她告诉我们,
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that she had never heard听说 classical古典 music音乐 before,
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她之前从没通过古典音乐,
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she didn't think she was going to like it, she had never
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她觉得自己不会喜欢,
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heard听说 a violin小提琴 before, but that hearing听力 this music音乐 was like hearing听力 the sunshine阳光,
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没有我们的话,她永远不会听到小提琴,但我们的音乐像是阳光一般,
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and that nobody没有人 ever came来了 to visit访问 them, and that for the first time in six years年份,
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之前从未有人来过,这是六年来的头一次
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when she heard听说 us play, she stopped停止 shaking发抖 without medication药物治疗.
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她听到我们的演奏,即使没有服药,她停止了颤抖。
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Suddenly突然, what we're finding发现 with these concerts音乐会,
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突然间,我们找到了演奏会
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away from the stage阶段, away from the footlights脚灯, out
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舞台,灯光,燕尾服
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of the tuxedo晚礼服 tails尾巴, the musicians音乐家 become成为 the conduit导管
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音乐家成为强大的治疗渠道
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for delivering交付 the tremendous巨大 therapeutic治疗 benefits好处
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把有利于治疗的音乐传送到
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of music音乐 on the brain to an audience听众 that would never
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听众的大脑里
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have access访问 to this room房间,
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这些听众以前是不可能听到
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would never have access访问 to the kind of music音乐 that we make.
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我们演奏的这种音乐
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Just as medicine医学 serves供应 to heal愈合 more
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这样的音乐就像良药
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than the building建造 blocks of the body身体 alone单独,
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它的治愈效果不仅仅是修补身体
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the power功率 and beauty美女 of music音乐 transcends超越 the "E"
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它的力量和美超越了“E”
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in the middle中间 of our beloved心爱 acronym缩写.
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“E”是我们敬爱的人的首字母缩写中间的那个字母
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Music音乐 transcends超越 the aesthetic审美 beauty美女 alone单独.
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音乐超越了单独的审美
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The synchrony同步 of emotions情绪 that we experience经验 when we
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听到瓦格纳的歌剧、勃拉姆斯的交响乐,或贝多芬的室内乐
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hear an opera歌剧 by Wagner瓦格纳, or a symphony交响乐 by Brahms勃拉姆斯,
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会体验到步调一致的感情,·
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or chamber music音乐 by Beethoven贝多芬, compels迫使 us to remember记得
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这必定会唤起我们的记忆
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our shared共享, common共同 humanity人性, the deeply communal公社
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那是我们共享的共通的人性,
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connected连接的 consciousness意识, the empathic感情移入的 consciousness意识
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互相紧密意识联结,和同情心
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that neuropsychiatrist神经精神病 Iain伊恩 McGilchristMcGilchrist says is hard-wired硬连线
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根据神经心理学家Iain McGilchrist,以上这些
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into our brain's大脑的 right hemisphere半球.
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在我们的右脑中是天生的
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And for those living活的 in the most dehumanizing非人性化 conditions条件
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那些在最差的条件下生活的
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of mental心理 illness疾病 within homelessness无家可归
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患有精神疾病的流浪汉和监狱犯人
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and incarceration监禁, the music音乐 and the beauty美女 of music音乐
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音乐和音乐的美
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offers报价 a chance机会 for them to transcend超越 the world世界 around them,
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提供他们机会,看到他们世界以外的东西
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to remember记得 that they still have the capacity容量 to experience经验
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让他们知道,他们任由能力体验
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something beautiful美丽 and that humanity人性 has not forgotten忘记了 them.
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美妙的事物,社会没有遗忘他们
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And the spark火花 of that beauty美女, the spark火花 of that humanity人性
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音乐的美,人性的美的火花
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transforms变换 into hope希望,
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转化成希望
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and we know, whether是否 we choose选择 the path路径 of music音乐
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我们知道,无理论我们选择音乐事业,
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or of medicine医学, that's the very first thing we must必须 instill灌输
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或医学事业,首要一点是
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within our communities社区, within our audiences观众,
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我们渗透到我们的社区和观众中
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if we want to inspire启发 healing复原 from within.
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这样才能启发从内而外治疗
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I'd like to end结束 with a quote引用 by John约翰 Keats济慈,
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我要用英国浪漫诗人约翰·济慈的一句名言
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the Romantic浪漫 English英语 poet诗人,
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结束我的演讲
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a very famous著名 quote引用 that I'm sure all of you know.
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我相信你们都知道这句著名的名言
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Keats济慈 himself他自己 had also given特定 up a career事业 in medicine医学
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济慈当年同样放弃了医学事业
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to pursue追求 poetry诗歌, but he died死亡 when he was a year older旧的 than me.
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投生诗歌创作,但他去世的年纪,比我现在的年龄大一岁
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And Keats济慈 said, "Beauty美女 is truth真相, and truth真相 beauty美女.
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济慈说,"美是真理,真相是美。
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That is all ye你们 know on Earth地球, and all ye你们 need to know."
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这是你们所知道的地球,和你们需要知道的全部。
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(音乐)
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(Applause掌声)
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Translated by Eva Cao
Reviewed by Jenny Yang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robert Gupta - Violinist
Violinist Robert Gupta joined the LA Philharmonic at the age of 19 -- and maintains a passionate parallel interest in neurobiology and mental health issues. He's a TED Senior Fellow.

Why you should listen

Violinist Robert Vijay Gupta joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the age of 19. He made his solo debut, at age 11, with the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. He has a Master's in music from Yale. But his undergraduate degree? Pre-med. As an undergrad, Gupta was part of several research projects in neuro- and neurodegenerative biology. He held Research Assistant positions at CUNY Hunter College in New York City, where he worked on spinal cord neuronal regeneration, and at the Harvard Institutes of Medicine Center for Neurologic Diseases, where he studied the biochemical pathology of Parkinson's disease.

Gupta is passionate about education and outreach, both as a musician and as an activist for mental health issues. He has the privilege of working with Nathaniel Ayers, the brilliant, schizophrenic musician featured in "The Soloist," as his violin teacher.

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