ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michael Moschen - Juggler
Quite simply, Michael Moschen has revolutionized juggling, refining it into an art and a bit of a science. With a few flying balls and well-chosen props he will completely re-wire your notions of the physically possible.

Why you should listen

A high school dropout turned MacArthur "genius grant" recipient, Michael Moschen is an art juggler, spawning scores of imitators and an entire methodology of crystal-ball juggling he likes to call Dynamic Manipulation. (The previously mentioned imitators call it "Contact Juggling," a term that Moschen himself despises.)

With a penchant for discipline, choreography, and catching flying balls -- and using props that include flaming torches, hoops, rods, and a ten-foot plastic triangle enclosure within which he stands, bouncing balls against the sides to achieve incredible patterns and velocities -- he creates illusions of speed and light that push the envelope of what is possible within this age-old circus art. Many of his techniques and routines are showcased in In Motion with Michael Moschen, a program produced in 1991 for National Public Television's Great Performances series.

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Michael Moschen: Juggling as art ... and science

Michael Moschen:杂耍的节奏与运动

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Michael Moschen带来了一场迷人的、催眠一般的杂耍表演。认为杂耍算不上艺术?看过Moschen的表演也许你会改变想法。
- Juggler
Quite simply, Michael Moschen has revolutionized juggling, refining it into an art and a bit of a science. With a few flying balls and well-chosen props he will completely re-wire your notions of the physically possible. Full bio

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I started开始 juggling戏法 a long time ago,
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很久以前我就开始玩杂耍,
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but long before that, I was a golfer高尔夫球手, and that's what I was, a golfer高尔夫球手.
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远远早于成为高尔夫球手,是的,我是个高尔夫球手。
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And as a golfer高尔夫球手 and as a kid孩子,
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作为一个高尔夫球手,作为一个孩子
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one of the things that really sort分类 of seeped里透 into my pores毛孔,
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所有让我痴迷的事物中
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that I sort分类 of lived生活 my whole整个 life, is process处理.
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那些伴随我一生的事物中,有一样是"过程"。
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And it's the process处理 of learning学习 things.
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学习的过程
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One of the great things was that my father父亲 was an avid狂热 golfer高尔夫球手, but he was lefty左撇子.
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有一件很棒的事,我的父亲是个干劲十足的高尔夫球手,但他是个左撇子。
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And he had a real真实 passion for golf高尔夫球,
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他非常热爱高尔夫球,
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and he also created创建 this whole整个 mythology神话
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并且他也创造了一整套的神话
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about Ben Hogan霍根 and various各个 things.
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关于Ben Hogan和其他事的。
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Well, I learned学到了 a lot about interesting有趣 things
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是的,我认识了很多有趣的事物
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that I knew知道 nothing about at the time, but grew成长 to know stuff东东 about.
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在那时我什么都不认识,但在长大的过程才知道
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And that was the mythology神话 of skill技能.
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那就是技巧的神话。
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So, one of the things that I love to do is to explore探索 skill技能.
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所以在我所喜欢做的事情里面,有一项就是摸索技巧。
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And since以来 Richard理查德 put me on this whole整个 thing with music音乐 --
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自从Richard让我跟着音乐一起玩杂耍
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I'm supposed应该 to actually其实 be doing a project项目 with Tod MachoverMachover
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我就应与Tod Machover,和MIT多媒体实验室
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with the MITMIT Media媒体 Lab实验室 -- it relates涉及 a lot to music音乐.
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一起研究一个项目,它与音乐有很大的关系。
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But Tod couldn't不能 come and the project项目 is sort分类 of somewhere某处,
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但今天Tod来不了,现在这个项目进行到一定地方了
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I'm not sure whether是否 it's happening事件 the way we thought, or not.
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我不确定它会不会按我们所设想的那样发生
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But I'm going to explore探索 skill技能, and juggling戏法,
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但是我将给大探索一下技巧,杂耍,
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and basically基本上 visual视觉 music音乐, I guess猜测.
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以及,我想,大概可被称作是可视化音乐的东西
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OK, you can start开始 the music音乐, thanks谢谢.
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好了,你可以开始播放那音乐了,谢谢。
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(Music音乐)
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(音乐)
04:28
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
04:31
Thanks谢谢. Thank you. Now, juggling戏法 can be a lot of fun开玩笑;
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谢谢。杂耍呢,可以是很有趣的。
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play with skill技能 and play with space空间, play with rhythm韵律.
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玩技巧,玩空间,玩节奏
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And you can turn the mike麦克风 on now. I'm going to do a couple一对 of pieces.
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你现在可以把话筒打开了,我要做几段表演。
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I do a big piece in a triangle三角形
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用三角形内表演一个长段。
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and these are three sections部分 from it.
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这是其中三部分
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Part部分 of the challenge挑战 was to try to understand理解 rhythm韵律 and space空间
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难题的一部分是要不仅用双手
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using运用 not just my hands -- because a lot of juggling戏法 is hand-oriented手为本 --
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更要利用身体与双脚的节奏弄清楚节奏和空间——
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but using运用 the rhythm韵律 of my body身体 and feet,
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因为很多杂耍都是以手为中心
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and controlling控制 the balls with my feet.
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然后用我的双脚控制这些球
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
06:27
Thanks谢谢. Now, this next下一个 section部分 was an attempt尝试 to explore探索 space空间.
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谢谢。现在,下一部分则是尝试着去探索空间。
06:35
You see, I think Richard理查德 said something about people that are against反对 something.
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你看,我想Richard谈论过人们是做不到一些东西的
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Well, a lot of people think jugglers杂耍 defy违抗 gravity重力 or do stuff东东.
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唔,很多人都认为杂耍演员能够违背重力去完成他们的把戏
06:45
Well, I kind of, from my childhood童年 and golf高尔夫球 and all that,
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而从我儿时的高尔夫球等等经历中
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it's a process处理 of joining加盟 with forces军队.
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我知道,那是一个与力结合的过程。
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And so what I'd like to do is try to figure数字 out
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所以我所想要做的是试着去弄清楚
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how to join加入 with the space空间 through通过 the technique技术.
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怎么通过技巧与空间结合起来。
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So juggling戏法 gravity重力 -- up, down.
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然后耍弄重力——上,下。
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If you figure数字 out what up and down really are,
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如果你明白了“上”与“下”真正是什么,
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it's a complex复杂 physical物理 set of skills技能
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那么你就知道能够将一个球扔下抛上或者怎么着,
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to be able能够 to throw a ball down and up and everything,
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是一系列复杂的物理技巧。
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but then you add in sideways侧身.
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然后你还可以加上侧边的动作。
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(Applause掌声)
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07:43
Now, I look at it somewhat有些 as a way -- when you learn学习 juggling戏法
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现在,我有几分把它看作一种方法——当你学习杂耍的时候
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what you learn学习 is how to feel with your eyes眼睛, and see with your hands
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你要学习的事怎么用你的眼睛去感受,用你的双手去观察
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because you're not looking at your hands,
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因为你并不是在看着你的双手,
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you're looking at where the balls are or you're looking at the audience听众.
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你所看的是球在哪里,或者是观众。
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So this next下一个 part部分 is really a way of understanding理解 space空间 and rhythm韵律,
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然后下一部分就是利用双脚作为参照
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with the obvious明显 reference参考 to the feet,
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去理解空间与节奏。
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but it's also time -- where the feet were, where the balls were.
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但也包括时间,双脚的位置,球的位置。
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(Applause掌声)
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09:35
Thanks谢谢. So, visual视觉 music音乐: rhythm韵律 and complexity复杂.
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谢谢。这就是视觉化音乐,节奏,以及它们的综合。
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I'm going to build建立 towards complexity复杂 now.
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我在慢慢建立这种综合。
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Juggling戏法 three balls is simple简单 and normal正常.
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摆弄三个球很简单,也很普通。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Excuse借口 me.
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抱歉
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
09:52
We're jugglers杂耍, OK. And remember记得, you're transposing移调,
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好吧,我们是杂耍演员。记得,你在变位。
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you're getting得到 into a subculture亚文化 here.
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你现在将进入一种亚文化
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
09:58
And juggling戏法 -- the balls cross交叉 and all that.
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玩弄着球,
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OK, if you keep them in their assigned分配 paths路径 you get parallel平行 lines线
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好了,如果你将他们保持在指定的路径你将得到平行的路径
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of different不同 heights高度, but then hopefully希望 even rhythm韵律.
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不同的高度,然后,顺利的话,是一种节奏。
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And you can change更改 the rhythm韵律 -- good, Michael迈克尔.
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然后你可以改变节奏——Michael,谢谢
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You can change更改 the rhythm韵律, if you get out of the lights灯火.
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如果你从灯光出走出来的话你可以改变节奏
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OK? Change更改 the rhythm韵律, so it's even.
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可以吧?改变节奏让他变得有规律。
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Or you can go back and change更改 the height高度. Now, skill技能.
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或者你可以倒回前面,改变高度。现在就是技巧了。
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But you're boxed盒装 in, if you can only do it up and down that way.
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但如果你只能上下上下的话那么你就是将自己闲置起来了。
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So, you've got to go after the space空间 down there.
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所以你必须在空间上有所追求。
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OK, then you've got to combine结合 them,
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好了,之后你得把它们组合起来
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because then you have the whole整个 spatial空间的 palette调色板 in front面前 of you.
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因为你前面有一整个宽敞的舞台。
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And then you get crazy.
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然后你就疯起来了。
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
11:03
Now, I'm actually其实 going to ask you to try something,
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现在,我得让你尝试一些东西
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so you've got to pay工资 attention注意. Complexity复杂:
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好让你必须集中你的注意力——复合,
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if you spend enough足够 time doing something, time slows减缓 down
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如果你花足够时间做某件事情的话,那么时间会减慢,
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or your skill技能 increases增加, so your perceptions看法 change更改.
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或者你的技巧提升了,所以你的感知会发生变化。
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It's learning学习 skills技能 -- like being存在 in a high-speed高速 car汽车 crash紧急.
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这是学习的技巧,就像处于汽车高速碰撞之中一样。
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Things slow down as you learn学习, as you learn学习, as you learn学习.
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做事情的速度有减慢,随着你的不断学习。
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You may可能 not be able能够 to affect影响 it, it almost几乎 drifts漂移 on you. It goes.
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你可能无法影响它,它几乎漂在你身上,它会变化。
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But that's the closest最近的 approximation近似 I can have to it.
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这是我能做得最接近的一个比喻
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So, complexity复杂. Now, how many许多 here are jugglers杂耍?
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所以,复杂性。那么现在这里有多少的杂耍者?
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OK, so most of you are going to have a similar类似 reaction反应 to this.
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好吧,你们中间大部分人都会对此有相似的反应。
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OK? And whoever laughed笑了 there --
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不对么,那边笑的人
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you understood了解 it completely全然, right?
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你们彻底明白了,对吗?
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(Laughter笑声)
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笑声
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No, it looks容貌 like a mess食堂. It looks容貌 like a mess食堂 with a guy there,
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不对,这看起来很混乱
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who's谁是 got his hands around that mess食堂, OK.
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就像一个人两手混乱一样。
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Well, that's what juggling戏法 is about, right?
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恩,这就是所谓的杂耍,你们说呢
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It's being存在 able能够 to do something that other people can't do or can't understand理解.
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就是做一些别人做不到或者不能理解的事情
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All right. So, that's one way of doing it, which哪一个 is five balls down.
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好的。所以这是杂耍的一种方式,5个球向下。
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OK? Another另一个 way is the outside.
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另一种花样,向外
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And you could play with the rhythm韵律.
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并且你可以跟着节奏一起玩
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Same相同 pattern模式.
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同一个花样
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Make it faster更快 and smaller.
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做得更快,范围更小,
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Make it wider更宽的.
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更宽
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Make it narrower.
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或者做得更窄
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Bring带来 it back up.
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把球拿回来
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OK. It's doneDONE. Thanks谢谢.
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好了,结束,谢谢
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(Applause掌声)
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鼓掌
12:41
Now, what I wanted to get to is that you're all very bright, very tactile.
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现在,我想说的是你们都很聪明,很有触动
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I have no idea理念 how computer-oriented面向计算机 or three-dimensionally-oriented三维导向 you are,
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我不知道你们的逻辑性和三维空间感有多强,
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but let's try something.
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不管怎么样,让我们来尝试一下一些东西
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OK, so since以来 you all don't understand理解 what the five-ball五球 pattern模式 is,
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好,因为你们不了解什么是五球花样
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I'm going to give you a little clue线索.
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我将会给你们一些提示
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Enough足够 of a clue线索? So, you get the pattern模式, right? OK.
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这个提示够吧,你们应该知道这个花样的套路了对么。。好
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(Laughter笑声)
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笑声
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You're not getting得到 off that easy简单. All right?
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还是没那么容易明白吧,好吧
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Now, do me a favor偏爱: follow跟随 the ball that I ask you to follow跟随.
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现在,帮我个忙,看着我要你们看的那个球
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Green绿色.
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绿色的
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Yellow黄色.
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黄色的
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Pink.
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粉色的
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White白色.
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白色的
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OK, you can do that? Yeah? OK.
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好了,现在你们能做到了。。很好
13:43
Now, let's actually其实 learn学习 something.
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现在让我们真正得学点东西吧
13:46
Actually其实, let me put you in that area of learning学习, which哪一个 is very insecure不安全.
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实际上,我会把你们带到一个很危险的学习区域
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You want to do it? Yeah? OK.
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你们想学么,好,很好
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Hands out in front面前 of you. Palms棕榈 up, together一起.
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把手拿出来放在身前,并且摊开
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What you're going to learn学习 is this.
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你们要学的就是这样
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(Laughter笑声)
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笑声
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OK? So what I want you to do is just listen to me and do it.
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好吗?我想让你们做的就是听我说,然后照着做
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Index指数 finger手指, middle中间 finger手指, ring, little.
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食指,中指,无名指,小指
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Little, ring, middle中间, index指数. And then open打开.
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小指,无名指,中指,食指,然后打开
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Finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指.
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手指,手指,手指…………
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A little bit faster更快.
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加快一点
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Finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指.
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手指,手指,手指…………
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Finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指.
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手指,手指,手指…………
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(Laughter笑声)
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笑声
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All right. A lot of different不同 learning学习 processes流程 going on in here.
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好吧,很多不同的学习过程在这里都有了
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(Laughter笑声)
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笑声
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One learning学习 process处理 that I see is this --
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一个学习过程我看到的是这样的
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(Laughter笑声)
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笑声
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OK. Another另一个 learning学习 process处理 that I see is this --
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好吧,另外一个是这样的
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(Laughter笑声)
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笑声
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OK. So, everybody每个人 take a deep breath呼吸 in, breath呼吸 out. OK.
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好了,大家深呼吸,吸气~呼气~
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Now, one more time, and --
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现在,再来一次
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finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指. Open打开.
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手指,手指,手指…………打开
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Finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指. OK.
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手指,手指,手指…………
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Shake your hands out.
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甩甩你的手
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Now, I assume承担 a lot of you spend a lot of time at a computer电脑.
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现在,我想你们很多人都在电脑上花了很多时间?
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OK? So, what you're doing is, you're going la, la, la,
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所以,你们经常做的就“滴滴答答”(动动手)
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and you're getting得到 this. OK?
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然后你看屏幕
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So that's exactly究竟 what I'm going to ask you to do,
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这些正是我将要叫你们去做的
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but in a slightly different不同 way. You're going to combine结合 it.
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但是有一点点不同,我们将把他们结合起来
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So what I want you to do is -- fingers手指.
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我要你们做的就是动动手指
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I'll tell you what to do with your fingers手指, same相同 thing.
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我会告诉你们怎么用你们的手指,跟刚才一样
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But I want you to do is also, with your eyes眼睛,
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另外我还会要求你们同时用自己的眼睛
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is follow跟随 the colored有色 ball that I ask you to follow跟随.
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去盯着那些被我提到的有颜色的球
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(Laughter笑声)
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笑声
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OK? Here we go.
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好了,我们开始吧
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So, we're going to start开始 off looking at the white白色 ball --
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我们首先将从看这个白色的球开始
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and I'm going to tell you which哪一个 color颜色,
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然后我会告诉你哪种颜色
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and I'm also going to tell you to go with your fingers手指. OK?
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同时我还会告诉你动气手指来。好了吗?
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So white白色 ball and --
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那么白球~
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finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指. Pink.
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手指,手指,手指…………,粉色球
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Finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指. Green绿色.
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手指,手指,手指…………绿色球
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Finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指. Yellow黄色.
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手指,手指,手指…………黄色球
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Finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, pink or finger手指.
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手指,手指,手指…………粉色球 或者 继续
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Pink, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指, finger手指.
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粉色球。。手指,手指,手指…………
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All right.
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笑声
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(Applause掌声)
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How did you do? Well? OK. The reason原因 I wanted you to do this is
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你们学得怎么样?不错么? 好吧,我让你们做这个是因为
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because that's actually其实 what most people face面对 throughout始终 their lives生活,
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这是绝大多数人在人生中都要面对的
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a moment时刻 of learning学习, a moment时刻 of challenge挑战.
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学习的那一刻,挑战的那一瞬间
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It's a moment时刻 that you can't make sense of.
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这是一个你觉得很有挫败感的瞬间。
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Why the hell地狱 should I learn学习 this? OK?
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见鬼我为什么要学这个呢
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Does it really have anything to do with anything in my life?
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这些东西跟我的生活会真的有什么关系么。
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You know, I can't decipher解码 -- is it fun开玩笑? Is it challenging具有挑战性的? Am I supposed应该 to cheat作弊?
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你知道,我解释不了。 是乐趣?是挑战?还是我打算行骗?
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(Laughter笑声)
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You know, what are you supposed应该 to do?
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那你打算怎么做呢?
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You've got somebody up here who is the operative手术 principle原理
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你知道有人用有效的的原理
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of doing that for his whole整个 life. OK?
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用一辈子的时间来做那个。对吧?
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Trying to figure数字 that stuff东东 out. But is it going to get you anywhere随地?
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努力把它想清楚。但是它真的在哪里难倒你了吗?
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It's just a moment时刻. That's all it is, a moment时刻. OK?
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这仅仅是某一瞬间,仅仅如此
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I'm going to change更改 the script脚本 for one second第二. Just let me do this.
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我要改点今天演讲的内容,让我这么做吧
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I don't need music音乐 for it. Talking about time in a moment时刻.
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对它我不需要音乐,话说某一时刻中的时间
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There's a piece that I recently最近 developed发达 which哪一个 was all about that,
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我有一段表演,这是我最近研究出来的,关于那个的
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a moment时刻. And what I do as a creative创作的 artist艺术家
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瞬间。作为一个创意艺术家,
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is I develop发展 vocabularies词汇 or languages语言 of moving移动 objects对象.
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我所做的是开发了关于运动物体的词汇或语言。
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What I've doneDONE for you here, I developed发达 a lot of those tricks技巧
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在此,我已为你们做了的是开发了很多那样的戏法
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and I put the choreography编舞 together一起,
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同时我把它们编成了舞蹈,
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but they're not original原版的 techniques技术.
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但是它们不是原本的技巧。
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Now, I'm going to start开始 showing展示 you some original原版的 techniques技术
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现在,我会向大家显示一些原始的技巧
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that come from the work that I've developed发达. OK?
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他们来自我所开发的作品。
17:16
So, a moment时刻, how would you define确定 a moment时刻?
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一个瞬间,你们怎么定义一个瞬间呢
17:19
Well, as a juggler变戏法, what I wanted to do was create创建 something
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是的,作为一个杂耍者我要做的是弄点花样出来
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that was representational代表性 of a moment时刻.
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能很生动形象得表示一个瞬间
17:30
Ahhh唉唉.
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啊(大吼)
17:33
All right, I'm going to get on my knees膝盖 and do it.
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那么,我将跪下,然后开始
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So, a moment时刻.
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好,一个瞬间
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(Rattling拍击)
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沙沙声
17:45
OK? And then, what I did as a juggler变戏法 was say,
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作为一个杂耍者我所做的是
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OK, what can I do to make that something
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我能做什么可以使某个
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that is dependent依赖的 on something else其他, another另一个 dynamic动态.
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和其他事物互相依赖的事物成为又一个动态过程。
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(Rattling拍击)
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沙沙声
18:09
So, a moment时刻.
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你看,一个瞬间
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(Rattling拍击)
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沙沙声
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Another另一个 moment时刻.
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另一个瞬间
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(Rattling拍击)
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沙沙声
18:23
Excuse借口 me, still getting得到 there. A moment时刻 that travels旅行.
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不好意思,还是那样。一个流逝的瞬间。
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(Rattling拍击)
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沙沙声
18:34
A moment时刻 -- no, we'll try that again. It separates中隔离, and comes back together一起.
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不,再来一次。分开,在回来一起
18:41
Time. How can you look at time?
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时间,你们怎么分辨时间
18:44
And what do you dedicate奉献 it to, in exploring探索 a particular特定 thing?
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并且,你那什么去研究意见特定的事情
18:48
Well, obviously明显, there's something in here,
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显然还是有那么一些东西存在的
18:51
and you can all have a guess猜测 as to what it is.
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你们可以猜猜到底是什么
18:53
There's a mystery神秘. There's a mystery神秘 in the moment时刻.
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是一个秘密,一个藏在一段时间内的秘密。
18:55
And it has to settle解决. And then it's dependent依赖的 on something else其他.
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并且必须被解开,他是依赖于另外的一种基础之上的
18:59
And then it comes to rest休息. Just a little thing about time.
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啪 - 然后停止,只是关于时间的一些小事
19:07
Now, this has expanded扩大 into a much bigger piece,
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现在我们来扩展出更多内容
19:09
because I use ramps坡道 of different不同 parabolas抛物线 that I roll the balls on
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因为我玩这些球的时候用不同的抛物轨道
19:12
while I'm keeping保持 time with this.
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同时我和这个保持节拍。
19:14
But I just thought I'd talk about a moment时刻.
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只是我刚刚想说关于MONENT的东西
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(Applause掌声)
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掌声
19:20
All right. OK. Can we show显示 the video视频 of the triangle三角形?
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那么,现在我们能放那个三角的视频了么?
19:26
Are we ready准备 to do that? Yes?
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我们做好准备去做那个了么?对么
19:28
This is the piece that I told you about.
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这就是我已经告诉大家的
19:30
It's a much bigger piece that I do exploring探索 the space空间 of a geometric几何 triangle三角形.
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这是一部更大的一个项目,我做了一个对集合三角空间的探索
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(Applause掌声)
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20:34
Thanks谢谢. The only thing I'll say about the last session会议 is,
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谢谢,我对最后一个环节唯一要说的是
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you ever try juggling戏法 and driving主动 the car汽车 with your knees膝盖
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你曾经试过一边玩杂耍
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at 120 miles英里 an hour小时?
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一边用膝盖以每小时120英里的速度开车么
20:44
(Laughter笑声)
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笑声
20:46
The only other thing is, it was a real真实 shock休克.
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另外唯一令我震惊的事是
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I always drove开车 motorcycles摩托车. And when I bought my first car汽车, it shocked吃惊 me
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我以前常开摩托车,当我买了第一辆车时我被吓到了
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that it cost成本 three times more than my parents'父母' house. Interesting有趣.
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这车比我爸妈的房子要贵三倍以上,很搞笑
20:57
Anyway无论如何, balance平衡:
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不说了,平衡
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constant不变 movement运动 to find an approach途径 to stillness寂静.
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用平稳的移动来得到静止
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Cheating作弊.
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那是作弊
21:07
(Laughter笑声)
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笑声
21:10
Balance平衡: making制造 up the rules规则 so you can't cheat作弊,
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平衡---制定规则使你无法作弊
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so you learn学习 to approach途径 stillness寂静 with different不同 parts部分 of your body身体.
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所以你们要学会用身体的不同部位去找到静止点
21:25
To have a conversation会话 with it. To speak说话. To listen.
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与之对话,去说,去听
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(Laughter笑声)
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21:36
Hup. Now, it's dependent依赖的 on rhythm韵律,
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哈,现在,靠得是节奏
21:39
and keeping保持 a center中央 of balance平衡. When it falls下降, going underneath.
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并在它要倒下的时候保持中心得平衡,到下面去接。
21:47
So, there's a rhythm韵律 to it.
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所以对于平衡来说有一个节奏。
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The rhythm韵律 can get much smaller.
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这种节奏可以变得很小
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As your skill技能 increases增加, you learn学习 to find those tinier更细小 spaces空间,
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当你的技巧越来越高,你会发现更小的空间
22:07
those tinier更细小 movements运动. Thanks谢谢.
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更小的移动,谢谢
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(Applause掌声)
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掌声
22:15
Now, I'm going to show显示 you the beginnings开始 of a piece
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现在,我将会给大家展示这个作品的开端。
22:17
that is about balance平衡 in some ways方法, and also --
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从某方面说是跟平衡有关的,同时也是……
22:24
oh, actually其实, if you're bored无聊, not here, here's这里的 one use for it.
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喔~,实际上,如果你很无聊。不是这里,我们用这个
22:30
(Laughter笑声)
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22:40
You can go with the "Sticks One" music音乐.
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也可以用后的这个棍子,音乐
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(Music音乐)
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(Applause掌声)
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24:18
Thanks谢谢. That has a certain某些 kind of balance平衡 to it, which哪一个 is all about plumb垂直.
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谢谢,这包含了某一种特定关于垂直的平衡
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I apprenticed学徒 with a carpenter木匠 and learned学到了 about plumb垂直, square广场 and level水平.
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我当过木匠学徒,学了关于垂直,平凡和水平。
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And they influenced影响 that, and this next下一个 piece, which哪一个 I'll do a little segment分割 of.
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他们影响了下一个我要说的章节,这章我要分开来说。
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"Two Sticks," you can go with it. Thanks谢谢.
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2跟棍子,我们开始。。谢谢。
24:39
Which哪一个 is again exploring探索 space空间, or the lines线 in space空间.
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这次探索空间,或者空间里的线条
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(Music音乐)
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(Applause掌声)
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25:46
Working加工 with space空间 and the lines线 in space空间 in a different不同 way.
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跟空间还有空间里的线条打交道的方法是不一样的
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Oh, let's see here.
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来,看这个
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(Applause掌声)
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26:29
So, I'll come back to that in a second第二. But working加工 with one ball,
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那么,等我一会儿,这次来玩一个球
26:34
now, what if you attach连接 something to it, or change更改 it.
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现在,如果你附加一个东西,或者改变它。
26:41
This is a little thing that I made制作
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这是我做得小改变
26:43
because I really like the idea理念 of curves曲线 and balls together一起.
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因为我真得很喜欢吧球和曲线放在一起的感觉
26:49
And then creating创建 space空间 and the rhythm韵律 of space空间,
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然后创造一个空间和空间里的节奏
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using运用 the surface表面 of the balls, the surface表面 of the arms武器.
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用球的表便和手臂的表面
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Just a little toy玩具. Which哪一个 leads引线 me to the next下一个 thing,
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只是个小玩意儿,但是把我带入下面一个东西
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which哪一个 is --
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那就是……
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what have I got here? OK. All right.
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我们这里有什么?很好
27:19
I'm actually其实 leading领导 up to something,
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我很快就能找到它了
27:20
the newest最新 thing that I'm working加工 on. This is not it.
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我玩得最新的玩意儿,不是这个,
27:24
This is exploring探索 geometry几何 and the rhythm韵律 of shape形状.
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这是探索几何空间和空间的节奏的
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(Applause掌声)
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Now, what I just did was I worked工作 with the mathematics数学 --
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现在,我刚刚做的是通过数学,
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the diameter直径 and the circumference圆周.
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直径和周长来起作用的。
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Sometimes有时 these pieces are mathematical数学的, in that way
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有时候这些表演是与数学有关的,在某个方面,
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that I look at a shape形状 and say, what about if I use this and this and this.
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这个方面就是我看着一个形状并且说,如果我用这个,这个和这个,会怎样。
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Sometimes有时 what happens发生 in life affects影响 my choice选择
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有时候生活中所发生的事会影响我对于
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of objects对象 that I try to work with.
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要试着运用的物体的选择。
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The next下一个 piece that I'm going to do -- which哪一个 is the cylinders汽缸 piece,
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我要做的下一段表演是气罐表演
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if you want to get that up --
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如果你要这么说的话。
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it has to do with cylinder圆筒 seals密封件 from about 5,000 years年份 ago,
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这个从5000年前开始就和气罐封口有关。
28:51
which哪一个 were stones石头 with designs设计 that were used to roll over wet湿 clay粘土
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它过去是石头,设计曾经用来翻转湿粘土,
28:56
with all sorts排序 of great designs设计. I love ceramics陶瓷 and all of that.
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做出各种设计。我爱制陶术以及所有的相关的一切。
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It's a combination组合 of that, the beauty美女 of that, the shape形状,
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那是个组合,是种美,是外形,
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and the stories故事 that were involved参与 in it,
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以及所涉及的故事
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as well as the fact事实 that they protected保护 the contents内容.
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和它们保护内存物的事实。
29:13
The second第二 influence影响 on this piece came来了 from recycling回收
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这段表演的第二个影响来自回收
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and looking into a tin can recycling回收 bin箱子
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并且查看铁罐回收箱
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and seeing眼看 all that beautiful美丽 emptiness空虚.
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以及看它们都很好地空置着。
29:24
So, if you want to go with the music音乐 for cylinders汽缸.
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因此,如果你想配着音乐用气罐表演。
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(Music音乐)
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(Applause掌声)
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Talking about geometry几何 and everything,
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说起几何学和所有的事,
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if you take the circle and you split分裂 it in half --
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如果你有一个圈并且你把它分成两半。
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can you run "S-CurveS曲线 music音乐?"
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你能用S线的音乐吗?
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I'm going to do just a short version of it.
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我来做这样的一小段。
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Circles split分裂 in half and rotated旋转, and mythology神话.
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圆圈分成两半并且旋转,然后
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(Music音乐)
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(Applause掌声)
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Anyway无论如何, that piece also has a kinetic动能 sculpture雕塑 in the middle中间 of it,
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不管如何,这段表演也有力学模型在里面
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and I dance舞蹈 around a small stage阶段 so --
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而且我绕着一个小的舞台跳,所以
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two minutes分钟, just to end结束? The latest最新 piece that I'm working加工 on --
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2分钟,就结束了? 我正在做的最后一段
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what I love is that I never know what I'm working加工 on, why I'm working加工 on it.
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也是我喜欢的一点是我从来都不知道我在做什么,为什么我要做
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They're not ideas思路, they're instincts本能.
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它们不是想法,它们是本能。
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And the latest最新 thing that I'm working加工 on --
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我在做的最新的事是
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(Clattering) --
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谈笑声
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is something really -- I don't know what it is yet然而.
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一些真的我还不知道是什么的事。
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And that's good. I like not to know for as long as possible可能.
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这样好。我喜欢尽可能久的不知道。
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Well, because then it tells告诉 me the truth真相,
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因为之后它会告诉我事实,
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instead代替 of me imposing威风 the truth真相.
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而不是我强求事实。
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And what it is, is working加工 with both positive and negative space空间
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它是什么呢, 它是同时对正负空间起作用
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but also with these curves曲线.
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而且有曲线。
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And what it involves涉及,
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同时它所涉及的,
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and I don't know if my hands are too beaten殴打 up to do it or not,
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和我不知道是否我的双手技术太差而无法做,
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but I'll do a little bit of it.
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但是我会做一小段。
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It initially原来 started开始 off with me stacking堆叠 these things,
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最初从我堆叠这些东西开始,
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bunches of them, and then playing播放 with the sense of space空间,
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有很多个,然后玩转空间,
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of filling填充 in the space空间. And then it started开始 changing改变,
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玩转填补空间。然后开始变化,
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and become成为 folding折页 on themselves他们自己.
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并且编成它们自己折叠。
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And then changing改变 levels水平.
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然后改变程度。
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Because my attempt尝试 is to make visual视觉 instruments仪器,
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因为我的目的是做视觉工具,
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not to just make -- I'll try one other thing.
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不仅仅是做-我要试另一个东西。
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For work in three dimensions尺寸, with your perceptions看法 of space空间 and time.
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为了在三维空间做,用你对空间和时间的领悟。
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Now, I don't know exactly究竟 where it's going,
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现在,我无法明确知道它要怎么走
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but I've got a bit of effort功夫 involved参与 in this thing.
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但是我已经努力融入它。
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And it's going to change更改 as I go through通过 it.
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它即将随着我的参与而改变。
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But I really like it, it feels感觉 right.
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不过我真的喜欢,我感觉对的。
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This may可能 not be the right shape形状, and -- look at this shape形状,
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这可能不是正确的形状,我会看着这个形状
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and then I'll show显示 you the first design设计 I ever put to it,
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然后我会展示给你们我用它做的第一个设计
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just to see, just to play,
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就看,就玩,
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because I love all different不同 kinds of things to play with.
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因为我喜欢玩转各种不一样的东西。
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Let's see here.
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我们看这里。
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To work with the positive and negative in a different不同 way.
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用不同的方式主动地和被动地玩。
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And to change更改, and to change更改.
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并且变化,同时变化。
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So, I'm off in my new direction方向 with this to explore探索 rhythm韵律 and space空间.
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所以我又开始在探索节奏与空间上寻求新的方向
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We'll see what I come up with. Thanks谢谢 for having me.
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我们会看到我所得出的东西。谢谢你们听我的演讲。
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Translated by Kali Gu
Reviewed by Jenny Yang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michael Moschen - Juggler
Quite simply, Michael Moschen has revolutionized juggling, refining it into an art and a bit of a science. With a few flying balls and well-chosen props he will completely re-wire your notions of the physically possible.

Why you should listen

A high school dropout turned MacArthur "genius grant" recipient, Michael Moschen is an art juggler, spawning scores of imitators and an entire methodology of crystal-ball juggling he likes to call Dynamic Manipulation. (The previously mentioned imitators call it "Contact Juggling," a term that Moschen himself despises.)

With a penchant for discipline, choreography, and catching flying balls -- and using props that include flaming torches, hoops, rods, and a ten-foot plastic triangle enclosure within which he stands, bouncing balls against the sides to achieve incredible patterns and velocities -- he creates illusions of speed and light that push the envelope of what is possible within this age-old circus art. Many of his techniques and routines are showcased in In Motion with Michael Moschen, a program produced in 1991 for National Public Television's Great Performances series.

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