ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stella Young - Comedian, journalist, activist
Writer, comedian and advocate Stella Young was the editor of Ramp Up, an online space for news, discussion and opinion about disability in Australia.

Why you should listen

Born in Stawell in Western Victoria, Australia, Stella Young cut her activist teeth at the age of 14 by conducting an access audit of shops on the local main street. It didn’t take long -- it was a pretty short street.

She became active in the disability community in a variety of roles, including membership of the Victorian Disability Advisory Council, Ministerial Advisory Council for the Department of Victorian communities and Women With Disabilities Victoria. Young was a two-time state finalist in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Raw Comedy competition; and hosted eight seasons of Australia’s first disability culture program, No Limits, aired on Channel 31 and community stations across the country.

With a strong interest in issues facing women and young people with disabilities, Young worked with the Youth Disability Advocacy Service to establish the LiveAccess project, advocating for better access to live music venues. She held a degree in journalism from Deakin University and a Diploma of Secondary Education from the University of Melbourne. Prior to joining the ABC, Stella worked in Public Programs at Melbourne Museum, where she taught kids about bugs, dinosaurs and other weird and wonderful things.

Young passed away at the age of 32 on December 8, 2014.

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Stella Young: I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much

史黛拉•杨(Stella Young): 我不是你们的励志榜样,谢谢。

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史黛拉•杨(Stella Young)是一位喜剧演员,也是一名新闻记者。她与其他人不同的仅仅是她是一名残疾人。她始终在强调,这一点并不代表她理所当然就应该成为人们的励志榜样。在这个有趣的演讲中,杨把社会将残疾人当做励志范本进行的宣传描述成了“励志情色片”。
- Comedian, journalist, activist
Writer, comedian and advocate Stella Young was the editor of Ramp Up, an online space for news, discussion and opinion about disability in Australia. Full bio

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I grew成长 up in a very small country国家 town
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in Victoria维多利亚.
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一个小乡镇长大。
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I had a very normal正常, low-key低调 kind of upbringing教养.
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我受的教育平凡而普通。
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I went to school学校, I hung鸿 out with my friends朋友,
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我上学,跟朋友一起玩,
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I fought战斗 with my younger更年轻 sisters姐妹.
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跟妹妹们吵架。
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It was all very normal正常.
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一切都再普通不过了。
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And when I was 15, a member会员 of my local本地 community社区
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在我15岁的时候,一名社区的工作人员
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approached接近 my parents父母
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找到我的父母,
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and wanted to nominate提名 me
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想要提名我
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for a community社区 achievement成就 award.
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一个社区成就奖。
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And my parents父母 said, "HmHM, that's really nice不错,
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我的父母说:“嗯,这是件好事儿,
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but there's kind of one glaring刺眼 problem问题 with that.
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不过有个比较明显的问题。
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She hasn't有没有 actually其实 achieved实现 anything." (Laughter笑声)
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她从来也没取得什么成就啊。“(笑声)
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And they were right, you know.
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他们说的对。
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I went to school学校, I got good marks分数,
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我上学,成绩还不错。
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I had a very low-key低调 after school学校 job工作
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毕业之后在妈妈的
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in my mum's妈妈的 hairdressing理发 salon沙龙,
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发型设计沙龙有个很普通的工作,
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and I spent花费 a lot of time watching观看
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我还花很多时间看各种肥皂剧,
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"Buffy巴菲 the Vampire吸血鬼 Slayer杀手" and "Dawson's道森 Creek."
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比如”吸血鬼猎人巴菲“和”恋爱时代“。
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Yeah, I know. What a contradiction矛盾.
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没错,是有点矛盾。
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But they were right, you know.
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不过他们说得对,
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I wasn't doing anything that was out of the ordinary普通
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我压根儿也没有过任何
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at all.
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不寻常的作为。
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I wasn't doing anything that could
be considered考虑 an achievement成就
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我从来也没做过任何可以被当做是成就的事情,
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if you took disability失能 out of the equation方程.
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如果不考虑身体有缺陷这一点的话。
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Years年份 later后来, I was on my second第二 teaching教学 round回合
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几年以后,我再次回到
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in a Melbourne墨尔本 high school学校,
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一个墨尔本高中的教书,
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and I was about 20 minutes分钟 into
a year 11 legal法律 studies学习 class
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当我在11年级(相当于中国高中)的一堂法律课上刚讲了大概20分钟时,
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when this boy男孩 put up his hand and said,
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一个男孩举手问道:
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"Hey miss小姐, when are you going
to start开始 doing your speech言语?"
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“女士,你什么时候才能开始演讲?”
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And I said, "What speech言语?"
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我说:”什么演讲?“
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You know, I'd been talking them
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事实上,我已经就诽谤法
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about defamation诽谤 law for a good 20 minutes分钟.
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讲了二十多分钟了。
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And he said, "You know, like,
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然后他说:”比方说
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your motivational动机 speaking请讲.
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励志演说什么的。
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You know, when people in
wheelchairs轮椅 come to school学校,
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当坐着轮椅的人来到学校,
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they usually平时 say, like, inspirational励志 stuff东东?"
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他们一般都会说一些鼓舞人心的故事,是吧?“
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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"It's usually平时 in the big hall大厅."
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”不过这种演讲一般都是在大报告厅里进行的呀。“
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And that's when it dawned破晓 on me:
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就是在那个时候我开始意识到:
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This kid孩子 had only ever experienced有经验的 disabled people
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这孩子一直把残障人士当做
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as objects对象 of inspiration灵感.
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一种励志对象。
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We are not, to this kid孩子 --
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对这个孩子来说,我们并不是什么激励对象,
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and it's not his fault故障, I mean,
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这也不是他的错,
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that's true真正 for many许多 of us.
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很多人都有这种想法。
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For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers教师
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对很多人来说,残障人士并不是老师,
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or our doctors医生 or our manicurists美甲师.
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医生或者美甲师。
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We're not real真实 people. We are there to inspire启发.
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我们不是真实的人,我们的存在只是为了激励别人。
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And in fact事实, I am sitting坐在 on this stage阶段
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现在,我在这个讲台上,
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looking like I do in this wheelchair轮椅,
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坐着轮椅演讲,
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and you are probably大概 kind of expecting期待 me
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你们可能多少也会期待我
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to inspire启发 you. Right? (Laughter笑声)
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能对你们有所激励,对吧?(观众笑声)
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Yeah.
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我说的没错吧。
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Well, ladies女士们 and gentlemen绅士, I'm afraid害怕
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不过,女士们先生们,恐怕
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I'm going to disappoint辜负 you dramatically显着.
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我要让你们非常失望了。
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I am not here to inspire启发 you.
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我在这里不是为了激励你们。
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I am here to tell you that we have been lied说谎 to
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我来这儿是想告诉你们
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about disability失能.
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我们对残疾有错误的认识。
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Yeah, we've我们已经 been sold出售 the lie谎言
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没错,我们一直被错误的灌输
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that disability失能 is a Bad Thing, capital首都 B, capital首都 T.
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残疾是件坏事,很——糟——糕的事。
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It's a bad thing, and to live生活 with a disability失能
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这是件坏事,带着残缺生活
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makes品牌 you exceptional优秀.
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会让你与众不同。
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It's not a bad thing, and it doesn't
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其实,这并不是件坏事,
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make you exceptional优秀.
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也不会让你变得多出众。
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And in the past过去 few少数 years年份, we've我们已经 been able能够
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在过去的几年,这个谎言
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to propagate传播 this lie谎言 even further进一步
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通过社交媒体
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via通过 social社会 media媒体.
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被传的更广了。
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You may可能 have seen看到 images图片 like this one:
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你们可能看过这样的图片:
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"The only disability失能 in life is a bad attitude态度."
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”生活中唯一的残缺就是消极的态度。“
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Or this one: "Your excuse借口 is invalid无效." Indeed确实.
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或者这个:”你的理由不成立。”
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Or this one: "Before you quit放弃, try!"
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亦或者:“不要轻易放弃,继续尝试!”
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These are just a couple一对 of examples例子,
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这只是其中的几个例子,
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but there are a lot of these images图片 out there.
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这样的图片还有很多。
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You know, you might威力 have seen看到 the one,
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你们还可能看到过这个,
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the little girl女孩 with no hands
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一个没有手臂的小女孩儿
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drawing画画 a picture图片 with a pencil铅笔 held保持 in her mouth.
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把笔刁在嘴里画画。
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You might威力 have seen看到 a child儿童 running赛跑
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你们可能也见过一个孩子借助
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on carbon fiber纤维 prosthetic假肢 legs.
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碳纤维义肢奔跑。
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And these images图片,
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类似这样的图片,
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there are lots of them out there,
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太多了,
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they are what we call inspiration灵感 pornA片.
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我们管这些叫励志情色片。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(观众笑声)
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And I use the term术语 pornA片 deliberately故意,
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我故意用“情色片”这个词的,
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because they objectify物化 one group of people
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因为他们为了另一群人的利益,
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for the benefit效益 of another另一个 group of people.
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而把一群人物化。
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So in this case案件, we're objectifying客观化 disabled people
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现在,我们正在物化残障人士,
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for the benefit效益 of nondisabled无残疾 people.
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以满足非残障人士的利益。
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The purpose目的 of these images图片
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这些图片是
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is to inspire启发 you, to motivate刺激 you,
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想要鼓舞你们,激励你们,
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so that we can look at them
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这样我们看到这些残疾人的时候
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and think, "Well, however然而 bad my life is,
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就会想:“哦,我的生活再糟,
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it could be worse更差.
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也还是有比我更糟的。
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I could be that person."
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还好我不是那个人。”
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But what if you are that person?
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但如果你就是那个人呢?
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I've lost丢失 count计数 of the number of times that I've
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我已经记不清有几次,
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been approached接近 by strangers陌生人
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有陌生人向我走过来,
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wanting希望 to tell me that they think I'm brave勇敢
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想要告诉我他们认为我很勇敢,
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or inspirational励志,
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很励志,
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and this was long before my work
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这还是在我没有
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had any kind of public上市 profile轮廓.
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成为公众人物之前的事。
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They were just kind of congratulating祝贺 me
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他们只是因为我早上能够正常起床,
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for managing管理的 to get up in the morning早上
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还能记着我自己的名字
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and remember记得 my own拥有 name名称. (Laughter笑声)
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而祝贺我。(观众笑声)
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And it is objectifying客观化.
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这就是物化。
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These images图片, those images图片
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这些图片
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objectify物化 disabled people
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物化了残障人士,好让他们
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for the benefit效益 of nondisabled无残疾 people.
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能够激励非残障人士。
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They are there so that you can look at them
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他们的存在,就在于能够让你们
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and think that things aren't so bad for you,
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庆幸自己过的还不坏,
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to put your worries into perspective透视.
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把担心抛在脑后。
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And life as a disabled person
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不过残障人士的生活
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is actually其实 somewhat有些 difficult.
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的确有些挑战。
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We do overcome克服 some things.
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我们确实需要克服一些困难。
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But the things that we're overcoming克服
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不过我们需要克服的那些事
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are not the things that you think they are.
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跟你们想像的不一样。
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They are not things to do with our bodies身体.
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这些事跟我们身体本身的缺陷没什么关系。
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I use the term术语 "disabled people" quite相当 deliberately故意,
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我刻意使用“残疾人”这个词,
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because I subscribe订阅 to what's called
the social社会 model模型 of disability失能,
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因为我可以接受这种社会普遍认同的残疾,
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which哪一个 tells告诉 us that we are more disabled
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这让我们认识到,相比较我们身体本身的
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by the society社会 that we live生活 in
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缺陷和病症,我们所居住的社会
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than by our bodies身体 and our diagnoses诊断.
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让我们更觉得自己是残疾人。
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So I have lived生活 in this body身体 a long time.
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其实我像现在这样已经相当久了。
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I'm quite相当 fond喜欢 of it.
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感觉还挺不错的。
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It does the things that I need it to do,
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我想做什么都能做,
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and I've learned学到了 to use it to the best最好 of its capacity容量
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而且我也知道怎么做那些力所能及的事儿,
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just as you have,
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就跟你们一样,
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and that's the thing about those
kids孩子 in those pictures图片 as well.
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图片里的那些孩子也是这样。
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They're not doing anything out of the ordinary普通.
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他们并没做什么不同寻常的事儿。
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They are just using运用 their bodies身体
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他们只是最大程度的
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to the best最好 of their capacity容量.
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让自己的身体发挥功能。
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So is it really fair公平 to objectify物化 them
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那么通过传播这些图片
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in the way that we do,
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来物化他们
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to share分享 those images图片?
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真的公平吗?
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People, when they say, "You're an inspiration灵感,"
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当人们说:”你真励志,”
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they mean it as a compliment赞扬.
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他们以为这是一种赞美。
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And I know why it happens发生.
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我知道大家为什么这么做。
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It's because of the lie谎言, it's because we've我们已经 been sold出售
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是因为我们一直以来都被灌输一种错误的思想:
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this lie谎言 that disability失能 makes品牌 you exceptional优秀.
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残缺可以让你变得出色。
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And it honestly老老实实 doesn't.
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其实不是。
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And I know what you're thinking思维.
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我知道你们在想什么。
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You know, I'm up here bagging装袋 out inspiration灵感,
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我在讲台上否认这种激励作用,
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and you're thinking思维, "Jeez哎呀, Stella斯特拉,
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你们就会想:“天呐,史黛拉,
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aren't you inspired启发 sometimes有时 by some things?"
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难道你就不会受其他事物的激励吗?”
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And the thing is, I am.
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事实是,我会。
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I learn学习 from other disabled people all the time.
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我无时无刻不在从其他残障人士身上学习。
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I'm learning学习 not that I am luckier幸运 than them, though虽然.
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不过我学习,并不是我比他们幸运多少。
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I am learning学习 that it's a genius天才 idea理念
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我学到的是,用烧烤棍
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to use a pair of barbecue烧烤 tongs
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把你掉的东西捡起来
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to pick up things that you dropped下降. (Laughter笑声)
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是个相当不错的主意。(观众笑声)
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I'm learning学习 that nifty俏皮的 trick where you can charge收费
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我觉得用电动轮椅的电池给手机充电
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your mobile移动 phone电话 battery电池 from your chair椅子 battery电池.
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也是个绝妙的点子。
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Genius天才.
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太有才了!
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We are learning学习 from each
others'其他' strength强度 and endurance耐力,
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我们互相学习彼此的坚强和隐忍,
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not against反对 our bodies身体 and our diagnoses诊断,
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不是对抗身体缺陷和疾病的坚强,
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but against反对 a world世界 that exceptionalizesexceptionalizes
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而是对抗整个社会区别对待我们,
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and objectifies物化 us.
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物化我们的这种风气。
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I really think that this lie谎言 that we've我们已经 been sold出售
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我真心认为这种针对我们残障人士的谎言
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about disability失能 is the greatest最大 injustice不公正.
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就是最大的不公。
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It makes品牌 life hard for us.
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这让我们的生活变得很困难。
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And that quote引用, "The only disability失能 in life
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还有那句名言:”生活中唯一的残疾
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is a bad attitude态度,"
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就是消极的态度“,
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the reason原因 that that's bullshit废话
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这简直就是胡说八道,
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is because it's just not true真正,
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因为事实根本不是这样
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because of the social社会 model模型 of disability失能.
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这只是社会认同的残疾。
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No amount of smiling微笑 at a flight飞行 of stairs楼梯
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笑的再多也不会让你费力攀爬的楼梯
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has ever made制作 it turn into a ramp舷梯.
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变成可以通过轮椅的斜坡。
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Never. (Laughter笑声) (Applause掌声)
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永远都不会。(观众笑声)(掌声)
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Smiling微笑 at a television电视 screen屏幕
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对着电视机屏幕笑,
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isn't going to make closed关闭 captions字幕 appear出现
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也不能让聋哑人听懂
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for people who are deaf.
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没有字幕的节目。
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No amount of standing常设
in the middle中间 of a bookshop书店
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在书店里呆的再久,
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and radiating散热 a positive attitude态度
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释放再积极的正能量,
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is going to turn all those books图书 into braille点字.
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也不能把这些书变成盲文。
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It's just not going to happen发生.
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这都是不可能的事情。
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I really want to live生活 in a world世界
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我真心期待能活在这样一个世界里,
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where disability失能 is not the exception例外, but the norm规范.
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残疾不再是当成一种特殊,
仅仅是普通现象。
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I want to live生活 in a world世界 where a 15-year-old-岁 girl女孩
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一个坐在卧室里
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sitting坐在 in her bedroom卧室
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看”吸血鬼猎人巴菲”
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watching观看 "Buffy巴菲 the Vampire吸血鬼 Slayer杀手"
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的15岁女孩,
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isn't referred简称 to as achieving实现 anything
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不会因为她能正常坐着
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because she's doing it sitting坐在 down.
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就被提名什么成就奖。
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I want to live生活 in a world世界
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在我期望的社会里,
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where we don't have such这样 low expectations期望
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人们不放低他们对
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of disabled people
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残障人士的期待,
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that we are congratulated祝贺 for getting得到 out of bed
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不会因为他们早上能正常起床,
记得自己的名字
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and remembering记忆 our own拥有 names in the morning早上.
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就对他们大加赞赏。
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I want to live生活 in a world世界 where
we value genuine真正 achievement成就
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我期待的社会,人们会认可残障人士
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for disabled people,
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真正的成就,
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and I want to live生活 in a world世界
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我期待的社会里,
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where a kid孩子 in year 11 in a Melbourne墨尔本 high school学校
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一个墨尔本高中11岁的孩子
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is not one bit surprised诧异
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不会因为他的新老师需要轮椅代步
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that his new teacher老师 is a wheelchair轮椅 user用户.
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而感到吃惊。
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Disability失能 doesn't make you exceptional优秀,
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残障不会让你变得出色,
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but questioning疑问 what you
think you know about it does.
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但质疑你原本自以为了解的事物,可以让你进步。
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Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
Reviewed by Philo Tang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stella Young - Comedian, journalist, activist
Writer, comedian and advocate Stella Young was the editor of Ramp Up, an online space for news, discussion and opinion about disability in Australia.

Why you should listen

Born in Stawell in Western Victoria, Australia, Stella Young cut her activist teeth at the age of 14 by conducting an access audit of shops on the local main street. It didn’t take long -- it was a pretty short street.

She became active in the disability community in a variety of roles, including membership of the Victorian Disability Advisory Council, Ministerial Advisory Council for the Department of Victorian communities and Women With Disabilities Victoria. Young was a two-time state finalist in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Raw Comedy competition; and hosted eight seasons of Australia’s first disability culture program, No Limits, aired on Channel 31 and community stations across the country.

With a strong interest in issues facing women and young people with disabilities, Young worked with the Youth Disability Advocacy Service to establish the LiveAccess project, advocating for better access to live music venues. She held a degree in journalism from Deakin University and a Diploma of Secondary Education from the University of Melbourne. Prior to joining the ABC, Stella worked in Public Programs at Melbourne Museum, where she taught kids about bugs, dinosaurs and other weird and wonderful things.

Young passed away at the age of 32 on December 8, 2014.

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