ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Maysoon Zayid - Comedian and writer
Writer, actor, comedian, Maysoon Zayid is the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival.

Why you should listen

Early in her acting career, Maysoon Zayid realized she'd get a lot more stage time if she showed off how funny she was. As she told the BBC, "It became very obvious to me that in the United States of America, a fluffy ethnic disabled chick was never going to get a job unless she did stand-up."

A Palestinian woman from New Jersey, Zayid jokes about her family, global culture, and her life with cerebral palsy. Along with Dean Obeidallah, she founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, now in its 10th year. She spends several months of the year in the Palestinian Territories running workshops for disabled and orphaned kids in refugee camps, using art to help them deal with trauma. And yes -- if you're an Adam Sandler fan, you'll recognize Zayid as the woman behind the beauty-shop counter in You Don't Mess With the Zohan.

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TEDWomen 2013

Maysoon Zayid: I got 99 problems ... palsy is just one

梅逊·扎伊德: 我有99个麻烦....脑瘫只是其中之一

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“我患有脑瘫。我无时不刻不在颤抖,“这是梅逊·扎伊德(Maysoon Zayid)振奋人心而又诙谐幽默的演讲的开场白。(的确,这个演讲很搞笑) ”我就像夏奇拉遇到了穆罕默德•阿里。” 这位优雅机智的阿裔美国人将带领我们回顾她所曾做的一切: 演员,单口喜剧家,慈善家, 致力于维护残疾人利益的社会活动家。
- Comedian and writer
Writer, actor, comedian, Maysoon Zayid is the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival. Full bio

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00:12
Hello你好, TEDWomenTEDWomen, what's up.
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各位女同胞们,大家好! 你们还好吗?
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(Cheers干杯)
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(欢呼声)
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Not good enough足够.
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再大声点
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Hello你好, TEDWomenTEDWomen, what is up?
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各位女同胞们,大家好!你们还好吗?
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(Cheers干杯)
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(欢呼声)
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My name名称 is MaysoonMaysoon Zayid扎耶德,
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我叫Maysoon Zayid
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and I am not drunk,
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虽然接生我的医生当时喝醉了
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but the doctor医生 who delivered交付 me was.
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但我可清醒着呢!
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He cut my mom妈妈 six different不同 times
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他从六个不同的方向
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in six different不同 directions方向,
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切了我妈的肚皮六次
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suffocating令人窒息 poor较差的 little me in the process处理.
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差点闷死我
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As a result结果, I have cerebral颅内 palsy麻痹,
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就这样,我得了脑瘫
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which哪一个 means手段 I shake all the time.
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每天无时不刻地都在颤抖
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Look.
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你们看
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It's exhausting辛苦. I'm like Shakira夏奇拉, Shakira夏奇拉
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这太累了。我觉得自己特像夏奇拉
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meets符合 Muhammad穆罕默德 Ali阿里.
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夏奇拉遇到了穆罕默德•阿里
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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C.P. is not genetic遗传.
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脑瘫不会遗传
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It's not a birth分娩 defect缺陷. You can't catch抓住 it.
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这不是生来就有的病。你根本无法预料
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No one put a curse诅咒 on my mother's母亲 uterus子宫,
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没人诅咒我妈的子宫
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and I didn't get it because
my parents父母 are first cousins表兄弟,
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我有这个毛病
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which哪一个 they are.
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也不是因为我的父母是表兄妹
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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It only happens发生 from accidents事故,
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在我出生那天
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like what happened发生 to me on my birth分娩 day.
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发生了一场意外
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Now, I must必须 warn警告 you, I'm not inspirational励志,
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我得提醒你们,我可不是什么励志人物
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and I don't want anyone任何人 in this room房间
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也不希望各位
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to feel bad for me,
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会觉得我可怜
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because at some point in your life,
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在某些时刻
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you have dreamt梦见 of being存在 disabled.
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你们会希望自己有点残疾
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Come on a journey旅程 with me.
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我们来一起看看吧
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It's Christmas圣诞 Eve前夕, you're at the mall购物中心,
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圣诞前夜
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you're driving主动 around in circles looking for parking停車處,
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你开车在超市转来转去,想找个停车位
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and what do you see?
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猜猜你会看到什么?
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Sixteen十六 empty handicapped残废 spaces空间.
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十六个空的残疾人停车位
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And you're like, "God, can't I just be
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你会想,“ 天哪!
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a little disabled?"
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我怎么就不能有点残疾呢?”
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Also, I gotta总得 tell you,
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我得告诉你们
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I got 99 problems问题, and palsy麻痹 is just one.
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我有99个麻烦,脑瘫只是其中之一
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If there was an Oppression压迫 Olympics奥运会,
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如果有什么类似受压迫奥运会
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I would win赢得 the gold medal勋章.
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我肯定能拿金牌
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I'm Palestinian巴勒斯坦的, Muslim穆斯林, I'm female, I'm disabled,
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我是巴勒斯坦人,穆斯林,女性,残疾人
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and I live生活 in New Jersey新泽西.
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还有,我住在新泽西
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(Laughter笑声) (Applause掌声)
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(笑声)(鼓掌)
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If you don't feel better about
yourself你自己, maybe you should.
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如果你自我感觉不太好的话,或许可以考虑参加
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Cliffside摩崖 Park公园, New Jersey新泽西 is my hometown家乡.
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新泽西的Cliffiside Park是我的家乡
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I have always loved喜爱 the fact事实
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我感到高兴的是
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that my hood引擎罩 and my affliction痛苦
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我的家乡和我的残疾
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share分享 the same相同 initials声母.
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有着相同的首字母
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I also love the fact事实 that if I wanted to walk步行
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我还感到高兴的是
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from my house to New York纽约 City, I could.
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我可以从家步行到纽约市
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A lot of people with C.P. don't walk步行,
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很多有脑瘫的人根本走不了
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but my parents父母 didn't believe in "can't."
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但是我的父母相信一切皆有可能
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My father's父亲的 mantra口头禅 was,
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我父亲的口头禅是
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"You can do it, yes you can can."
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“ 你可以做到。是的,你一定行!”
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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So, if my three older旧的 sisters姐妹 were mopping扫荡,
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如果我的三个姐姐在拖地
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I was mopping扫荡.
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我也得和她们一块儿拖
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If my three older旧的 sisters姐妹 went to public上市 school学校,
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如果她们去上公立学校
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my parents父母 would sue起诉 the school学校 system系统
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而我去不了
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and guarantee保证 that I went too,
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我的父母就会起诉学校
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and if we didn't all get A's,
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如果我们的成绩不是全A
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we all got my mother's母亲 slipper拖鞋.
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我妈就会用拖鞋砸我们
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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My father父亲 taught me how to walk步行
when I was five years年份 old
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我五岁时,父亲开始教我如何走路
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by placing配售 my heels脚跟 on his feet
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我的脚后跟踩着他的脚
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and just walking步行.
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就这样走着
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Another另一个 tactic战术 that he used is he would dangle吊着
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他曾在我面前晃着一美元钞票
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a dollar美元 bill法案 in front面前 of me and have me chase it.
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让我追着跑
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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My inner stripper脱衣舞 was very strong强大, and by --
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那时我跳脱衣舞的欲望非常强烈
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Yeah. No, by the first day of kindergarten幼儿园,
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的确如此。第一天去幼儿园时,
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I was walking步行 like a champ冠军
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我走路的样子
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who had been punched one too many许多 times.
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像是被打了好几下的拳击冠军
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Growing生长 up, there were only six Arabs阿拉伯人 in my town,
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在我成长的小镇上,原来只有六个阿拉伯人
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and they were all my family家庭.
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而且他们都是我的家人
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Now there are 20 Arabs阿拉伯人 in town,
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现在有二十个阿拉伯人了
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and they are still all my family家庭. (Laughter笑声)
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他们仍然都还是我的家人( 笑声)
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I don't think anyone任何人 even noticed注意到 we weren't Italian意大利.
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我想没人注意到我们不是意大利人
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(Laughter笑声) (Applause掌声)
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(笑声)(鼓掌)
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This was before 9/11 and before politicians政治家
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那是在911事件发生前
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thought it was appropriate适当 to use "I hate讨厌 Moslems穆斯林"
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那时候政客们还没拿“我憎恶穆斯林”
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as a campaign运动 slogan口号.
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作为竞选口号
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The people that I grew成长 up with
had no problem问题 with my faith信仰.
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和我一起长大的小伙伴们对我的信仰没什么意见
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They did, however然而, seem似乎 very concerned关心
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但是他们担心
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that I would starve饿死 to death死亡 during Ramadan斋月.
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我会在斋月期间饿死
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I would explain说明 to them that I have enough足够 fat脂肪
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我会和他们说
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to live生活 off of for three whole整个 months个月,
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我的脂肪足够多,可以熬过整整三个月
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so fasting禁食 from sunrise日出 to sunset日落 is a piece of cake蛋糕.
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所以整个白天不吃饭对我来说不是什么难事
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I have tap-danced自来水跳舞 on Broadway百老汇.
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我在百老汇跳过踢踏舞
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Yeah, on Broadway百老汇. It's crazy. (Applause掌声)
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百老汇! 这感觉太棒了!(鼓掌)
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My parents父母 couldn't不能 afford给予 physical物理 therapy治疗,
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我的父母付不起理疗费用
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so they sent发送 me to dancing跳舞 school学校.
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所以送我到舞蹈学校
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I learned学到了 how to dance舞蹈 in heels脚跟,
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我学会如何踩着高跟鞋跳舞
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which哪一个 means手段 I can walk步行 in heels脚跟.
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这样我也能踩着高跟鞋走路了
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And I'm from Jersey新泽西,
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我来自泽西岛
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and we are really concerned关心 with being存在 chic别致,
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这儿的人都希望自己看上去很时髦
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so if my friends朋友 wore穿着 heels脚跟, so did I.
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如果我有朋友穿高跟鞋,我也会和她们一样
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And when my friends朋友 went and
spent花费 their summer夏季 vacations休假
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当朋友们都去泽西海岸度假时
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on the Jersey新泽西 Shore支撑, I did not.
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我却没跟着去
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I spent花费 my summers夏天 in a war战争 zone,
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我在一个战区度过了自己的暑假
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because my parents父母 were afraid害怕
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我的父母担心
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that if we didn't go back to Palestine巴勒斯坦
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如果我们每个夏天
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every一切 single summer夏季,
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都不回巴勒斯坦
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we'd星期三 grow增长 up to be Madonna麦当娜.
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我们以后就会变成麦当娜
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Summer夏季 vacations休假 often经常 consisted of
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每个暑假
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my father父亲 trying to heal愈合 me,
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我的父亲都在尝试帮助我
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so I drank deer's鹿 milk牛奶,
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让我喝鹿奶
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I had hot cups on my back,
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在我的后背绑着滚烫的杯子
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I was dunked扣篮 in the Dead Sea,
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让我浸泡在死海中
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and I remember记得 the water burning燃烧 my eyes眼睛
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我还记得,海水灼烧着我的眼睛
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and thinking思维, "It's working加工! It's working加工!"
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我在想,“啊!起作用了!起作用了!”
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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But one miracle奇迹 cure治愈 we did find was yoga瑜伽.
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最后我们发现,唯一有效的治疗方法是瑜伽
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I have to tell you, it's very boring无聊,
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我不得不说,瑜伽实在是太无聊了
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but before I did yoga瑜伽,
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在我做瑜伽前,
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I was a stand-up站起来 comedian喜剧演员 who can't stand up.
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我是一个站不起来的单口相声演员
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And now I can stand on my head.
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但是现在我可以倒立了
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My parents父母 reinforced加强 this notion概念
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我的父母不断向我灌输这样的思想
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that I could do anything,
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没有我做不到的事情
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that no dream梦想 was impossible不可能,
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没有实现不了的梦想
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and my dream梦想 was to be
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我的梦想
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on the daytime白天 soap肥皂 opera歌剧 "General一般 Hospital醫院."
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是能够上日间肥皂剧《综合医院》
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I went to college学院 during affirmative肯定 action行动
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在反歧视运动中,我上了大学
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and got a sweet scholarship奖学金 to ASUASU,
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并在ASU获得了一份数目可观的奖学金
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Arizona亚利桑那 State University大学,
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亚利桑那州立大学
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because I fit适合 every一切 single quota配额.
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这是因为我百分之百符合学校的要求
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I was like the pet宠物 lemur狐猴 of the theater剧院 department.
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我就像剧院里的狐猴
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Everybody每个人 loved喜爱 me.
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每个人都喜欢我
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I did all the less-than-intelligent低于智能 kids'孩子们 homework家庭作业,
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我做了其他一些不太聪明的孩子的功课
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I got A's in all of my classes,
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我不但自己获得了全A
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A's in all of their classes.
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还帮他们获得了全A
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Every一切 time I did a scene现场
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每次当我排演话剧
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from "The Glass玻璃 Menagerie动物园,"
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《玻璃动物园》
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my professors教授 would weep哭泣.
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教授们都会感动得泪流满面
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But I never got cast.
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但我从来没得到过一个角色
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Finally最后, my senior前辈 year,
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大四那年
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ASUASU decided决定 to do a show显示 called
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ASU准备排练一个节目
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"They Dance舞蹈 Real真实 Slow in Jackson杰克逊."
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叫做《在杰克逊翩翩起舞》
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It's a play about a girl女孩 with C.P.
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这个戏剧是关于一个患有脑瘫的女孩
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I was a girl女孩 with C.P.
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那不就是我!
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So I start开始 shouting叫喊 from the rooftops屋顶,
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我在屋顶大叫大嚷
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"I'm finally最后 going to get a part部分!
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我终于有机会表演啦!
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I have cerebral颅内 palsy麻痹!
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真高兴我患有脑瘫!
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Free自由 at last! Free自由 at last!
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自由万岁! 自由万岁!
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Thank God almighty大能, I'm free自由 at last!"
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感谢万能的上帝!自由万岁!
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I didn't get the part部分. (Laughter笑声)
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可是我没得到那个角色。(笑声)
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Sherry雪莉酒 Brown棕色 got the part部分.
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Sherry Brown 成为了那个女孩
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I went racing赛跑 to the head of the theater剧院 department
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crying哭了 hysterically歇斯底里, like someone有人 shot射击 my cat,
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哭的死去活来,好像有人打死了我的猫似的
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to ask her why,
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问她为什么
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and she said it was because
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戏剧部认为我演不了那些动作
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I said, "Excuse借口 me, if I can't do the stunts特技,
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”拜托!
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neither也不 can the character字符."
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要是我演不了,她也一样“
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(Laughter笑声) (Applause掌声)
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This was a part部分 that I was literally按照字面 born天生 to play
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and they gave it, they gave it to a non-palsy非麻痹 actress演员.
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但他们却给了一个健全的人
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College学院 was imitating冒充 life.
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大学只不过是在模仿生活而已
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Hollywood好莱坞 has a sordid污秽 history历史
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让健全的演员饰演残疾人
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of casting铸件 able-bodied身强力壮 actors演员
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在这一点上
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to play disabled onscreen在屏幕上.
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好莱坞有着不堪回首的历史
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Upon graduating毕业, I moved移动 back home,
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毕业后,我搬回家
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and my first acting演戏 gig演出 was
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我的第一个表演机会
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as an extra额外 on a daytime白天 soap肥皂 opera歌剧.
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是作为一名日间肥皂剧的临时演员
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My dream梦想 was coming未来 true真正.
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我的梦想快要实现了
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And I knew知道 that I would be promoted提拔
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我知道自己不久
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from "diner餐车 diner餐车" to "wacky古怪 best最好 friend朋友" in no time.
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将会从《路边小饭馆》走到《奇葩好友》
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But instead代替, I remained保持 a glorified荣耀 piece of furniture家具
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然而,我仍是那个徒有虚名的小演员
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that you could only recognize认识
from the back of my head,
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你只能从我的后脑勺认出我
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and it became成为 clear明确 to me
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显而易见
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that casting铸件 directors董事
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导演们
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didn't hire聘请 fluffy蓬松, ethnic民族, disabled actors演员.
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不会用那些肤浅的患有残疾的少数民族
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They only hired雇用 perfect完善 people.
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他们只会任用那些完美无瑕的人
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But there were exceptions例外 to the rule规则.
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但是凡事都有例外
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I grew成长 up watching观看 Whoopi乌比戈 Goldberg戈德堡,
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我从小是看着乌比•戈德宝
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Roseanne罗珊娜 Barr巴尔, Ellen艾伦,
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罗西妮•巴尔和艾伦长大的
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and all of these women妇女 had one thing in common共同:
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这些女人都有一个共性:
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they were comedians喜剧演员.
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她们都是喜剧演员
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So I became成为 a comic滑稽.
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所以后来我成为了其中一员
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(Laughter笑声) (Applause掌声)
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(笑声)(鼓掌)
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My first gig演出 was driving主动 famous著名 comics漫画
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我的初次亮相是带着那些著名的喜剧演员
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from New York纽约 City to shows节目 in New Jersey新泽西,
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开车从纽约市到新泽西的表演场地
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and I'll never forget忘记 the face面对 of the first comic滑稽
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我永远忘不了
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I ever drove开车 when he realized实现
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当驶过新泽西高速公路时
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that he was speeding超速 down the New Jersey新泽西 Turnpike收费公路
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我第一位乘客意识到他的司机是一位患有脑瘫的女孩
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with a chick小鸡 with C.P. driving主动 him.
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所流露出的表情
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I've performed执行 in clubs会所 all over America美国,
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我在全美的各种俱乐部中表演
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and I've also performed执行 in Arabic阿拉伯 in the Middle中间 East,
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我还在中东用阿拉伯语表演过
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uncensored未经审查 and uncovered裸露.
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没有审查,也没有报道
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Some people say I'm the first
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有人说我是第一个
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stand-up站起来 comic滑稽 in the Arab阿拉伯 world世界.
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在阿拉伯国家表演的单口相声演员
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I never like to claim要求 first,
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但我从不这么说
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but I do know that they never heard听说
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我知道他们肯定没听过那些荒唐的言论
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that nasty讨厌 little rumor谣言 that women妇女 aren't funny滑稽,
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女人一点儿也不幽默
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and they find us hysterical歇斯底里.
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他们发现我们神经过敏
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In 2003, my brother哥哥 from another另一个 mother母亲 and father父亲
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在2003年,我的异父异母的哥哥
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Dean院长 ObeidallahObeidallah and I started开始
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Dean Obeidallah和我举办了一个活动
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the New York纽约 Arab-American阿拉伯裔美国人 Comedy喜剧 Festival,
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叫做”纽约市阿裔美国人喜剧节“
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now in its 10th year.
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现在已经是第十个年头了
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Our goal目标 was to change更改 the negative image图片
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我们希望可以改变媒体上
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of Arab-Americans阿拉伯裔美国人 in media媒体,
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阿拉伯裔美国人的负面形象
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while also reminding提醒 casting铸件 directors董事
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同时也告诉那些导演们
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that South Asian亚洲 and Arab阿拉伯 are not synonymous代名词.
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南亚人和阿拉伯人并不一样
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Mainstreaming主流化 Arabs阿拉伯人 was much, much easier更轻松
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相比于战胜对残疾人的诽谤
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than conquering征服 the challenge挑战
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阿拉伯的主流人群
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against反对 the stigma柱头 against反对 disability失能.
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好相处的多
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My big break打破 came来了 in 2010.
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我职业生涯的突破起源于2010年
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I was invited邀请 to be a guest客人
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我去一家有线新闻台
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on the cable电缆 news新闻 show显示
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做嘉宾
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"Countdown倒数 With Keith基思 OlbermannOlbermann."
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《Keith Olberman 倒计时》
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I walked in looking like I was going to the prom舞会,
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我走了进去,感觉像是去参加舞会
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and they shuffle拖曳 me into a studio工作室
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他们拖着我进了演播室
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and seat座位 me on a spinning纺织, rolling压延 chair椅子.
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让我坐在一个不停旋转晃动的椅子上
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So I looked看着 at the stage阶段 manager经理 and I'm like,
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我看着舞台监督
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"Excuse借口 me, can I have another另一个 chair椅子?"
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“请问一下,能给我换个椅子吗?"
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And she looked看着 at me and she went,
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她看着我,说道
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"Five, four, three, two ..."
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”五,四,三,二...."
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And we were live生活, right?
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我们正在直播,不是吗?
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So I had to grip onto the anchor's锚的 desk
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所以我只能紧紧地抓住主持人的桌子
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so that I wouldn't不会 roll off the
screen屏幕 during the segment分割,
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确保不会从镜头中突然消失
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and when the interview访问 was over, I was livid铁青.
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访谈结束后,我气炸了
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I had finally最后 gotten得到 my chance机会 and I blew自爆 it,
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我得到自己梦寐以求的机会,却又搞砸了
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and I knew知道 I would never get invited邀请 back.
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我知道自己再没有机会了
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But not only did Mr先生. OlbermannOlbermann invite邀请 me back,
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但是Olbermann不仅把我邀请回去
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he made制作 me a full-time全职 contributor贡献者,
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而且全程都非常尊重我 给我机会去讲话
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and he taped录音 down my chair椅子.
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并把我的椅子用胶带固定住
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(Laughter笑声) (Applause掌声)
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(笑声)(鼓掌)
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One fun开玩笑 fact事实 I learned学到了 while on the air空气
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在和Keith Olbermann做节目的过程中
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with Keith基思 OlbermannOlbermann
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我学到了一个有趣的事
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was that humans人类 on the Internet互联网 are scumbags人渣.
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网络上的人类总是丑陋的
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People say children孩子 are cruel残忍,
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人们总是说,孩子有时候会很残忍
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but I was never made制作 fun开玩笑 of as a child儿童 or an adult成人.
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但在成长的过程中,我从来没受过别人的嘲笑
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Suddenly突然, my disability失能 on the
world世界 wide web卷筒纸 is fair公平 game游戏.
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突然,我的残疾却在网络上遭到攻击
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I would look at clips剪辑 online线上
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我会看看网上的一些片段
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and see comments注释 like,
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再看些评论
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"Yo, why's为什么是 she tweakintweakin?"
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“ 哇,为什么她在不停地扭动身体?”
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"Yo, is she retarded智障?"
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“哇,她是不是智力有问题啊?”
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And my favorite喜爱, "Poor较差的 Gumby-mouth古比口 terrorist恐怖分子.
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我喜欢的是,“这个可笑的恐怖分子
11:17
What does she suffer遭受 from?
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她到底怎么回事?
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We should really pray祈祷 for her."
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我们该为她祈福祷告。”
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One commenter评论者 even suggested建议
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一个评论家甚至建议
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that I add my disability失能 to my credits学分:
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我把自己的残疾视为一种荣誉
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screenwriter编剧, comedian喜剧演员, palsy麻痹.
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剧作家,喜剧演员,瘫痪
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Disability失能 is as visual视觉 as race种族.
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残疾如同一个人的肤色一样明显
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If a wheelchair轮椅 user用户 can't play Beyonc碧昂斯é,
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如果腿脚不便的人演不了碧昂斯
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then Beyonc碧昂斯é can't play a wheelchair轮椅 user用户.
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那么碧昂斯也演不了坐轮椅的人
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The disabled are the largest最大
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残疾人是最大的
11:43
Yeah, clap for that, man. C'mon来吧.
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喝彩加油吧!
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
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People with disabilities残疾人 are the largest最大 minority少数民族
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残疾人是世界上最大的少数群体
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in the world世界, and we are the most underrepresented代表性不足
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在娱乐节目中
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in entertainment娱乐.
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几乎看不到残疾人的身影
11:58
The doctors医生 said that I wouldn't不会 walk步行,
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医生曾说我走不了
12:01
but I am here in front面前 of you.
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但我现在就站在这儿
12:03
However然而, if I grew成长 up with social社会 media媒体,
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但是,如果我从小与社交媒体相伴
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I don't think I would be.
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我可能就真的走不了
12:08
I hope希望 that together一起
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我希望
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we can create创建 more positive images图片
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能在媒体以及人们的日常生活中
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of disability失能 in the media媒体 and in everyday每天 life.
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为残疾人营造更多的积极形象
12:15
Perhaps也许 if there were more positive images图片,
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或许通过这种方式
12:18
it would foster培育 less hate讨厌 on the Internet互联网.
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互联网会少些诋毁
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Or maybe not.
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或许什么改变都没有
12:23
Maybe it still takes a village
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教育好我们的孩子
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to teach our children孩子 well.
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这也许需要全村人的努力
12:28
My crooked journey旅程 has taken采取 me
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我坎坷的经历却把我带到了
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to some very spectacular壮观 places地方.
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一些美妙的地方
12:32
I got to walk步行 the red carpet地毯
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我曾和肥皂剧的女主角Susan Lucci
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flanked两侧 by soap肥皂 diva耍大牌 Susan苏珊 Lucci卢奇
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以及偶像Lorraine Arbus
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and the iconic标志性的 Lorraine洛林 Arbus阿勃丝.
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一起走过红地毯
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I got to act法案 in a movie电影 with Adam亚当 Sandler桑德勒
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我将和Adam Sandler出演一部电影
12:42
and work with my idol偶像,
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并和我的偶像
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the amazing惊人 Dave戴夫 Matthews马修斯.
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Dave Matthews 一起工作
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I toured参观 the world世界 as a headliner顶篷
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作为《狂野的阿拉伯人》的主演
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on Arabs阿拉伯人 Gone Wild野生.
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我环游世界
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I was a delegate代表
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我代表
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representing代表 the great state of New Jersey新泽西
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新泽西州
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at the 2008 DNCDNC.
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出席了2008年的民主党全国委员会
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And I founded成立 Maysoon'sMaysoon的 Kids童装,
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我成立了Maysoon儿童基金会
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a charity慈善机构 that hopes希望
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希望
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to give Palestinian巴勒斯坦的 refugee难民 children孩子
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能给巴勒斯坦难民营的儿童
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a sliver裂片 of the chance机会 my parents父母 gave me.
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一点点我当初父母曾给我的希望
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But the one moment时刻 that stands站立 out the most
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但是最重要的时刻是
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was when I got -- before this moment时刻 --
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当我将要----在此之前
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(Laughter笑声) (Applause掌声) —
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(笑声)(鼓掌)
13:20
but the one moment时刻 that stands站立 out the most
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但是最重要的时刻是
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was when I got to perform演出
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当我将要为
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for the man who floats彩车 like a butterfly蝴蝶
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一个身手敏捷
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and stings蜇伤 like a bee蜜蜂,
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出手直击要害的人表演
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has Parkinson's帕金森氏 and shakes奶昔 just like me,
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他有帕金森病, 也像我一样会不停地颤抖
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Muhammad穆罕默德 Ali阿里.
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穆罕默德•阿里
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(Applause掌声)
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(鼓掌)
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It was the only time
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这是唯一一次
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that my father父亲 ever saw me perform演出 live生活,
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我父亲看我的直播表演
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and I dedicate奉献 this talk to his memory记忆.
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我把这个演讲献给他
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(In Arabic阿拉伯)
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(阿拉伯语)
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My name名称 is MaysoonMaysoon Zayid扎耶德,
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我的名字叫Maysoon Zayid
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and if I can can, you can can.
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如果我可以, 你一定也行
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(Applause掌声)
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(鼓掌)
Translated by 晨星 徐
Reviewed by Alex Ho

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Maysoon Zayid - Comedian and writer
Writer, actor, comedian, Maysoon Zayid is the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival.

Why you should listen

Early in her acting career, Maysoon Zayid realized she'd get a lot more stage time if she showed off how funny she was. As she told the BBC, "It became very obvious to me that in the United States of America, a fluffy ethnic disabled chick was never going to get a job unless she did stand-up."

A Palestinian woman from New Jersey, Zayid jokes about her family, global culture, and her life with cerebral palsy. Along with Dean Obeidallah, she founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, now in its 10th year. She spends several months of the year in the Palestinian Territories running workshops for disabled and orphaned kids in refugee camps, using art to help them deal with trauma. And yes -- if you're an Adam Sandler fan, you'll recognize Zayid as the woman behind the beauty-shop counter in You Don't Mess With the Zohan.

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Maysoon Zayid | Speaker | TED.com