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Jarrett J. Krosoczka - Author/illustrator
Jarrett J. Krosoczka is the author/illustrator of countless children's books and graphic novels, including Good Night, Monkey Boy, Baghead and the Lunch Lady series.

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Jarrett J. Krosoczka has been a storyteller since the ripe age of eight, when he wrote his first book, The Owl Who Thought He Was The Best Flyer, about an owl who challenged Hermes to a flying race. Since that rather promising start Krosoczka has published 18 picture books and graphic novels for children, including the much-loved Lunch Lady series, which is a two-time winner of the Children's Choice Book Award. Krosoczka hosts The Book Report with JJK on Sirius XM's Kids Place Live, a radio show about books, aimed at kids 10 and younger. In 2010 he founded the Joseph and Shirley Krosoczka Memorial Youth Scholarships at Worcester Art Museum, to fund classes for young and underprivileged aspiring artists.

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Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist

傑瑞特.克羅索科茲卡 (Jarrett Krosoczka):一個男孩變成藝術家的故事

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傑瑞特.克羅索科茲卡 (Jarrett Krosoczka) 小時候不喜歡運動,可是他熱愛藝術。他畫出了有趣而動人的故事,故事裡這男孩的動機純粹是熱情:用文字和圖畫說故事。我們這位主角在家人和許多老師的協助下長大,成了一名成功的作家,筆下的角色深受孩童喜愛,本身也不遺餘力地提倡藝術教育。
- Author/illustrator
Jarrett J. Krosoczka is the author/illustrator of countless children's books and graphic novels, including Good Night, Monkey Boy, Baghead and the Lunch Lady series. Full bio

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Hello你好. My name名稱 is Jarrett賈勒特 KrosoczkaKrosoczka,
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大家好,我的名字是 Jarrett Krosoczka
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and I write and illustrate說明 books圖書 for children孩子 for a living活的.
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我是兒童繪本作家
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So I use my imagination想像力 as my full-time全職 job工作.
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所以這個全職工作得靠我的想像力
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But well before my imagination想像力 was my vocation職業,
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不過我的想像力在成為我賴以為生的才能之前
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my imagination想像力 saved保存 my life.
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曾經救了我一命
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When I was a kid孩子, I loved喜愛 to draw,
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我還小的時候,我熱愛畫畫
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and the most talented天才 artist藝術家 I knew知道
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我認識的最有才華的藝術家
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was my mother母親,
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是我的母親
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but my mother母親 was addicted上癮 to heroin海洛因.
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但是我母親有海洛因癮
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And when your parent is a drug藥物 addict癮君子,
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如果你的父母有毒癮
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it's kind of like Charlie查理 Brown棕色 trying to kick the football足球,
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那有點像是 Charlie Brown 想要踢足球
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because as much as you want to love on that person,
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因為如果你非常非常愛這個人
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as much as you want to receive接收 love from that person,
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你就會希望他也同樣非常愛你
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every一切 time you open打開 your heart, you end結束 up on your back.
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每次你敞開心胸,結果總是熱臉貼冷屁股
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So throughout始終 my childhood童年, my mother母親 was incarcerated嵌頓
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所以整個童年時期, 我的母親都在坐牢
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and I didn't have my father父親 because
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那時我也沒有父親
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I didn't even learn學習 his first name名稱 until直到 I was in the sixth第六 grade年級.
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因為直到六年級我才知道他叫甚麼名字
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But I had my grandparents祖父母,
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不過我有祖父母
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my maternal母系 grandparents祖父母 Joseph約瑟夫 and Shirley雪莉,
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我的外公 Joseph 和外婆 Shirley
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who adopted採用 me just before my third第三 birthday生日
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在我三歲生日前夕收養了我
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and took me in as their own擁有,
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即使已經拉拔大了五個孩子
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after they had already已經 raised上調 five children孩子.
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他們還是視我為己出
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So two people who grew成長 up in the Great Depression蕭條,
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這兩個成長於經濟大蕭條時代的人
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there in the very, very early '80s took on a new kid孩子.
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在1980年代初期又扶養了一個孩子
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I was the Cousin表姐 Oliver奧利弗 of the sitcom情景喜劇
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我就像是喜劇 "Krosoczka家庭"
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of the KrosoczkaKrosoczka family家庭,
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裡的表弟Oliver(美國家庭喜劇The Brady Bunch的角色之一)
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the new kid孩子 who came來了 out of nowhere無處.
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不知道是打哪來的,沒見過的孩子
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And I would like to say that life was totally完全 easy簡單 with them.
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我想說的是,我跟他們一起的日子過得非常自在
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They each smoked熏制 two packs a day, each, nonfiltered未濾波,
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他們倆每天各抽兩包煙,沒有濾嘴的
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and by the time I was six,
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等到我六歲的時候
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I could order訂購 a Southern南部的 Comfort安慰 Manhattan曼哈頓,
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就能點甜酒調成的曼哈頓來喝
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dry with a twist, rocks岩石 on the side,
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我會要求烈一點,橙皮抹杯口,冰塊放旁邊
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the ice on the side so you could fit適合 more liquor in the drink.
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冰塊放旁邊就可以多倒一些酒
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But they loved喜愛 the hell地獄 out of me. They loved喜愛 me so much.
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他們喜歡這樣的我,他們超愛我的
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And they supported支持的 my creative創作的 efforts努力,
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他們支持我盡量表現創意
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because my grandfather祖父 was a self-made自製 man.
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因為我的外公是白手起家的人
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He ran and worked工作 in a factory.
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他經營了一家工廠
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My grandmother祖母 was a homemaker家庭主婦.
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我的外婆是家庭主婦
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But here was this kid孩子 who loved喜愛 Transformers變形金剛
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然而這裡有個小傢伙,喜歡變形金剛
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and Snoopy史努比 and the Ninja忍者 Turtles海龜,
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喜歡史努比和忍者龜
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and the characters人物 that I read about, I fell下跌 in love with,
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我在書裡讀到的,愛上的角色
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and they became成為 my friends朋友.
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都成了我的朋友
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So my best最好 friends朋友 in life were the characters人物
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因此我這一輩子最好的朋友都是
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I read about in books圖書.
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我在書裡讀到的角色
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I went to Gates蓋茨 Lane車道 Elementary初級 School學校 in Worcester伍斯特, Massachusetts馬薩諸塞,
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我在麻州 Worcester 郡的 Gates Lane 小學讀書
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and I had wonderful精彩 teachers教師 there,
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有很棒的老師教我
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most notably特別是 in first grade年級 Mrs太太. AlischAlisch.
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最特別的是一年級的 Alisch 女士
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And I just, I can just remember記得 the love that she offered提供
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我記得,我還記得她有多愛我們
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us as her students學生們.
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所有她的學生
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When I was in the third第三 grade年級,
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我讀三年級的時候
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a monumental紀念 event事件 happened發生.
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發生了一件大事
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An author作者 visited參觀 our school學校, Jack插口 GantosGantos.
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作家 Jack Gantos 來參觀我的學校
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A published發表 author作者 of books圖書 came來了 to talk to us
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他是出過書的作家,他跟我們說
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about what he did for a living活的.
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他以什麼為生
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And afterwards之後, we all went back to our classrooms教室
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之後呢,我們都回到教室
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and we drew德魯 our own擁有 renditions引渡 of his main主要 character字符,
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畫出他書中的主角紅貓 Rotten Ralph
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Rotten Ralph拉爾夫.
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在自己心中的樣子
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And suddenly突然 the author作者 appeared出現 in our doorway門口,
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突然那個作者出現在我們教室的門口
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and I remember記得 him sort分類 of sauntering閒逛 down the aisles過道,
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我記得他在走道上走來走去
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going from kid孩子 to kid孩子 looking at the desks書桌, not saying a word.
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輪流看著每個孩子桌上的圖,一句話也沒說
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But he stopped停止 next下一個 to my desk,
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然後他停在我身旁
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and he tapped竊聽 on my desk, and he said,
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他敲了一下我的桌子,然後說:
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"Nice尼斯 cat." (Laughter笑聲)
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「很棒的貓」(笑聲)
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And he wandered逛到 away.
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然後他又晃走了
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Two words that made製作 a colossal龐大 difference區別 in my life.
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這幾個字徹底改變了我的一生
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When I was in the third第三 grade年級, I wrote a book for the first time,
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我三年級的時候,寫了第一本書
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"The Owl貓頭鷹 Who Thought He Was The Best最好 Flyer傳單." (Laughter笑聲)
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《一隻自以為最厲害的貓頭鷹飛行員》(笑聲)
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We had to write our own擁有 Greek希臘語 myth神話,
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我們要寫出自己的希臘神話
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our own擁有 creation創建 story故事, so I wrote a story故事 about an owl貓頭鷹
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我們自己創造的故事,所以我寫了一個貓頭鷹的故事
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who challenged挑戰 Hermes愛馬仕 to a flying飛行 race種族,
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一隻向 Hermes 挑戰飛行的貓頭鷹
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and the owl貓頭鷹 cheated被騙,
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然後這隻貓頭鷹作弊
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and Hermes愛馬仕, being存在 a Greek希臘語 god, grew成長 angry憤怒 and bitter,
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身為希臘之神,Hermes 又氣又急
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and turned轉身 the owl貓頭鷹 into a moon月亮,
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就把牠變到月亮上面
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so the owl貓頭鷹 had to live生活 the rest休息 of his life as a moon月亮
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因此這隻貓頭鷹的下半輩子就得住在月亮裡
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while he watched看著 his family家庭 and friends朋友 play at night.
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看著牠的家人和朋友們在夜裡玩耍
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Yeah. (Laughter笑聲)
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嗯(笑聲)
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My book had a title標題 page.
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我的書有扉頁
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I was clearly明確地 worried擔心 about my intellectual知識分子 property屬性 when I was eight.
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我很擔心我的著作權問題,那年我八歲
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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And it was a story故事 that was told with words and pictures圖片,
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這是一篇圖文並茂的故事
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exactly究竟 what I do now for a living活的,
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就如同我現在賴以為生的工作
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and I sometimes有時 let the words have the stage階段 on their own擁有,
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有時候我會讓這些文字自己上台表演
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and sometimes有時 I allowed允許 the pictures圖片 to work on their own擁有
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有時候我會讓圖片自己出來
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to tell the story故事.
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說故事
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My favorite喜愛 page is the "About the author作者" page.
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我最愛的部分是「關於作者」這一頁
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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So I learned學到了 to write about myself in third第三 person
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我年紀很小的時後就學會以第三人稱
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at a young年輕 age年齡.
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描述自己
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So I love that last sentence句子: "He liked喜歡 making製造 this book."
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我喜歡最後一句話:「他很享受寫這本書的過程」
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And I liked喜歡 making製造 that book because I loved喜愛 using運用 my imagination想像力,
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寫這本書讓我很享受,因為我喜歡發揮自己的想像力
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and that's what writing寫作 is.
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寫作就是這樣
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Writing寫作 is using運用 your imagination想像力 on paper,
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寫作就是運用文字來發揮你的想像力
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and I do get so scared害怕 because I travel旅行 to so many許多 schools學校 now
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而我被嚇到了,因為我造訪過這麼多間學校
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and that seems似乎 like such這樣 a foreign國外 concept概念 to kids孩子,
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發現今天如果叫孩子們在課堂上即席寫作
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that writing寫作 would be using運用 your imagination想像力 on paper,
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"寫作就是運用文字來發揮你的想像力"
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if they're allowed允許 to even write now within the school學校 hours小時.
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這樣子的概念對他們來說卻非常陌生
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So I loved喜愛 writing寫作 so much that I'd come home from school學校,
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我超愛寫作,連我下課回到家後
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and I would take out pieces of paper,
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都會拿出幾張紙
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and I would staple釘書針 them together一起,
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然後把這幾張紙釘起來
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and I would fill those blank空白 pages網頁 with words and pictures圖片
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然後我會在這些白紙上塞滿文字和圖畫
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just because I loved喜愛 using運用 my imagination想像力.
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只因為我喜歡發揮想像力
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And so these characters人物 would become成為 my friends朋友.
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所以這些角色會變成我的朋友
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There was an egg, a tomato番茄, a head of lettuce生菜 and a pumpkin南瓜,
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這裡有一顆蛋、一粒蕃茄、一棵萵苣、和一粒南瓜
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and they all lived生活 in this refrigerator冰箱 city,
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他們都住在冰箱市
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and in one of their adventures冒險 they went to a haunted鬧鬼 house
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有一次,他們到鬼屋探險
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that was filled填充 with so many許多 dangers危險
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裡面危機重重
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like an evil邪惡 blender攪拌機 who tried試著 to chop them up,
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像是想切碎他們的惡魔攪拌機
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an evil邪惡 toaster烤麵包機 who tried試著 to kidnap綁架 the bread麵包 couple一對,
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還有想綁架麵包情侶的惡魔烤箱
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and an evil邪惡 microwave微波 who tried試著 to melt熔化 their friend朋友
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還有惡魔微波爐,想要融化他們的朋友
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who was a stick of butter牛油. (Laughter笑聲)
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奶油棒(笑聲)
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And I'd make my own擁有 comics漫畫 too,
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我自己也會畫漫畫
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and this was another另一個 way for me to tell stories故事,
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這是我透過文字和圖片
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through通過 words and through通過 pictures圖片.
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來說故事的另一種方法
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Now when I was in sixth第六 grade年級,
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話說我六年級的時候
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the public上市 funding資金 all but eliminated淘汰 the arts藝術 budgets預算
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伍斯特公立小學的各項公共行政預算都提高了
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in the Worcester伍斯特 public上市 school學校 system系統.
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唯獨美術預算縮減
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I went from having art藝術 once一旦 a week
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我本來一星期上一次美術課
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to twice兩次 a month
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變成一個月兩次
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to once一旦 a month to not at all.
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再變成一個月一次,再來全沒了
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And my grandfather祖父, he was a wise明智的 man,
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我的外公是一位很睿智的人
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and he saw that as a problem問題, because he knew知道
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他覺得這樣不對,因為他知道
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that was, like, the one thing I had. I didn't play sports體育.
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這就像,嗯,是我唯一擁有的東西,我不運動
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I had art藝術.
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我只畫畫
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So he walked into my room房間 one evening晚間,
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有一天晚上,他走到我房間
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and he satSAT on the edge邊緣 of my bed,
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然後坐在我的床邊
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and he said, "Jarrett賈勒特, it's up to you, but if you'd like to,
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他說:「Jarrett,你自己決定,如果你想的話
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we'd星期三 like to send發送 you to the classes at the Worcester伍斯特 Art藝術 Museum博物館."
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我們樂意送你到 Worcveset 美術館上課」
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And I was so thrilled高興.
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我超興奮的
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So from sixth第六 through通過 12th grade年級,
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所以我六到十二年級的時候
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once一旦, twice兩次, sometimes有時 three times a week,
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每周會去美術館上一次或兩次課
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I would take classes at the art藝術 museum博物館,
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有時候會上三次課
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and I was surrounded包圍 by other kids孩子 who loved喜愛 to draw,
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我周圍都是喜歡畫畫的小朋友
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other kids孩子 who shared共享 a similar類似 passion.
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他們和我擁有相同的熱情
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Now my publishing出版 career事業 began開始 when I designed設計 the cover
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話說,我的出版事業要從我設計
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for my eighth第八 grade年級 yearbook年鑑,
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八年級紀念冊那年算起
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and if you're wondering想知道 about the style樣式 of dress連衣裙 I put our mascot吉祥物 in,
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如果你想知道我設計的吉祥物戲服是哪種風格
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I was really into Bell Biv起搏 DeVoe迪沃 and MCMC Hammer錘子
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我那時候超迷 Bell Biv DeVoe( 黑人節奏藍調團體)
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and Vanilla香草 Ice at the time. (Laughter笑聲)
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MC Hammer(饒舌歌手)和 Vanilla Ice( 白人說唱樂手)(笑聲)
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And to this day, I still can do karaoke卡拉OK to "Ice, Ice Baby寶寶"
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一直到今天,我還能在卡啦OK唱「Ice, Ice Baby」
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without looking at the screen屏幕.
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而且不用看字幕
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Don't tempt勾引 me, because I will do it.
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不需要慫恿我, 因為我一定會唱
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So I get shipped off to private私人的 school學校,
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我轉到私立學校讀書
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K through通過 eight, public上市 schools學校, but for some reason原因
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八年級的時候,因為當時那間公立學校出了點事
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my grandfather祖父 was upset煩亂 that somebody
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我的外公很生氣
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at the local本地 high school學校 had been stabbed被刺 and killed殺害,
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因為有個當地的高中生被刺死了
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so he didn't want me to go there.
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所以他不希望我去那邊讀書
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He wanted me to go to a private私人的 school學校, and he gave me an option選項.
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他希望我去唸私校,他讓我自己選擇
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You can go to Holy Name名稱, which哪一個 is coed男女同校,
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你可以讀男女合校的 Holy Name 中學
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or St. John's約翰, which哪一個 is all boys男孩.
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或是只有男生的 St. John's 中學
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Very wise明智的 man, because he knew知道 I would,
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他很聰明,因為他知道我會怎麼選
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I felt like I was making製造 the decision決定 on my own擁有,
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我覺得這個決定是我自己做的
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and he knew知道 I wouldn't不會 choose選擇 St. John's約翰,
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而且他也知道我不會選擇 St. John 中學
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so I went to Holy Name名稱 High School學校,
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所以我去了 Holy Name 中學
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which哪一個 was a tough強硬 transition過渡 because, like I said,
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那段過渡期很辛苦,因為我先前說過了
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I didn't play sports體育,
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我不運動
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and it was very focused重點 on sports體育,
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而這間學校很重視體育
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but I took solace慰藉 in Mr先生. Shilale'sShilale的 art藝術 room房間.
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但是我在 Shilale 先生的美術教室找到了慰藉
07:37
And I just flourished蓬勃發展 here.
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那裡讓我如魚得水
07:39
I just couldn't不能 wait to get to that classroom課堂 every一切 day.
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我每天都迫不及待的想進那間教室
07:42
So how did I make friends朋友?
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我怎麼交到朋友的?
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I drew德魯 funny滑稽 pictures圖片 of my teachers教師 -- (Laughter笑聲) --
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我用漫畫造型替每個老師畫了肖像(笑聲)
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and I passed通過 them around.
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然後傳給同學看
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Well, in English英語 class, in ninth第九 grade年級,
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有一天,九年級上英文課時
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my friend朋友 John約翰, who was sitting坐在 next下一個 to me,
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我的朋友 John 坐在我旁邊
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laughed笑了 a little bit too hard.
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笑得有點過份
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Mr先生. Greenwood格林伍德 was not pleased滿意.
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Greenwood 先生不太高興
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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He instantly即刻 saw that I was the cause原因 of the commotion騷動,
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他馬上發現我是製造動亂的根源
08:10
and for the first time in my life, I was sent發送 to the hall大廳,
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因此我生平第一次被叫去走廊
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and I thought, "Oh no, I'm doomed注定.
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然後我心想:「糟糕,我死定了
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My grandfather's爺爺的 just going to kill me."
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外公一定會宰了我」
08:19
And he came來了 out to the hallway門廳 and he said,
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然後他走出教室, 在走廊對我說:
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"Let me see the paper."
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「讓我看看那張紙. 」
08:22
And I thought, "Oh no. He thinks it's a note注意."
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我想:「糟糕,他以為那是紙條」
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And so I took this picture圖片, and I handed it to him.
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然後我拿出這張圖,遞出去給他
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And we satSAT in silence安靜 for that brief簡要 moment時刻,
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有好一會兒,我們就靜靜的坐在那裏
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and he said to me,
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然後他對我說:
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"You're really talented天才." (Laughter笑聲)
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「你真的很有天份」(笑聲)
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"You're really good. You know, the school學校 newspaper報紙
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「你真的很厲害, 你知道嗎
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needs需求 a new cartoonist漫畫家, and you should be the cartoonist漫畫家.
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校刊會需要一個新的漫畫家,你應該去幫校刊,
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Just stop drawing畫畫 in my class."
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就別在我課堂上畫了」
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So my parents父母 never found發現 out about it.
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因此我的家長壓根不知道這件事
08:49
I didn't get in trouble麻煩. I was introduced介紹 to Mrs太太. Casey卡西,
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我沒惹上麻煩,我被介紹給 Casey 女士
08:53
who ran the school學校 newspaper報紙,
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她負責校刊編輯
08:54
and I was for three and a half years年份
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我在校刊會擔任了
08:59
the cartoonist漫畫家 for my school學校 paper,
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三年半的漫畫家
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handling處理 such這樣 heavy issues問題 as,
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處理一些重大事件
09:03
seniors老年人 are mean,
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像是...高年級都很壞
09:06
freshmen新生 are nerds書呆子,
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新生都很宅
09:09
the prom舞會 bill法案 is so expensive昂貴. I can't believe how much it costs成本 to go to the prom舞會.
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舞會門票是太貴了,參加舞會要花的錢多到讓人不敢相信
09:15
And I took the headmaster校長 to task任務
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因此我挑校長開刀
09:18
and then I also wrote an ongoing不斷的 story故事 about a boy男孩 named命名 Wesley韋斯利
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然後我還畫了一系列的故事,主角是一個叫 Wesley 的男孩
09:22
who was unlucky不幸的 in love, and I just swore發誓 up and down
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他感情路走得不順,我到處對天發誓極力否認
09:26
that this wasn't about me,
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苦主不是我
09:28
but all these years年份 later後來 it was totally完全 me.
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但是多年後我承認那根本就是我
09:31
But it was so cool because I could write these stories故事,
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當年我覺得自己能寫這麼多故事真是了不起
09:34
I could come up with these ideas思路,
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我腦中產生了這些靈感
09:35
and they'd他們會 be published發表 in the school學校 paper,
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然後這些靈感會印在校刊上
09:37
and people who I didn't know could read them.
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連我不認識的人都可以看到這些故事
09:40
And I loved喜愛 that thought, of being存在 able能夠 to share分享 my ideas思路
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我超愛這種感覺的,能把想法印在紙上
09:43
through通過 the printed印刷的 page.
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然後和別人分享
09:45
On my 14th birthday生日, my grandfather祖父 and my grandmother祖母
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我十四歲生日那天,我外公外婆
09:48
gave me the best最好 birthday生日 present當下 ever:
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給了我這輩子最棒的生日禮物:
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a drafting製圖 table that I have worked工作 on ever since以來.
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我一直到現在都還在用的製圖桌
09:55
Here I am, 20 years年份 later後來,
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現在,二十年過去了
09:57
and I still work on this table every一切 day.
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我每天還是在這張桌子上工作
10:01
On the evening晚間 of my 14th birthday生日,
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我十四歲生日那晚
10:04
I was given特定 this table, and we had Chinese中文 food餐飲.
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我收到了這張桌子,然後我們吃了中國菜
10:08
And this was my fortune幸運:
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然後我的幸運籤上寫:
10:11
"You will be successful成功 in your work."
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「你的事業會一帆風順」
10:14
I taped錄音 it to the top最佳 left hand of my table,
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我把這張籤貼在桌子的左上角
10:17
and as you can see, it's still there.
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如你所見,這張紙還在
10:19
Now I never really asked my grandparents祖父母 for anything.
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其實我從來沒有跟我外公外婆要求過甚麼
10:22
Well, two things: Rusty生疏, who was a great hamster倉鼠
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嗯,只有兩件事: Rusty,一隻很棒的倉鼠
10:25
and lived生活 a great long life when I was in fourth第四 grade年級.
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我四年級的時候牠就已經活了很久了
10:29
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
10:32
And a video視頻 camera相機.
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還有一台攝影機
10:35
I just wanted a video視頻 camera相機.
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我很想要一台攝影機
10:37
And after begging乞討 and pleading懇求 for Christmas聖誕,
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我在聖誕節來臨前又跪又求的成果
10:40
I got a second-hand二手 video視頻 camera相機,
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就是一台二手攝影機
10:42
and I instantly即刻 started開始 making製造 my own擁有 animations動畫
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我馬上著手進行我的第一部動畫
10:46
on my own擁有,
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自製的
10:48
and all throughout始終 high school學校 I made製作 my own擁有 animations動畫.
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整個中學時期我都在做我自己的動畫
10:51
I convinced相信 my 10th grade年級 English英語 teacher老師 to allow允許 me
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我說服十年級的英文導師
10:54
to do my book report報告 on Stephen斯蒂芬 King's國王 "Misery苦難"
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讓我用動畫短片製作史帝芬金的《戰慄遊戲》
10:56
as an animated動畫 short. (Laughter笑聲)
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做為讀書報告(笑聲)
11:01
And I kept不停 making製造 comics漫畫.
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當時我一直在畫漫畫
11:04
I kept不停 making製造 comics漫畫, and at the Worcester伍斯特 Art藝術 Museum博物館,
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我一直在畫漫畫,而 Worceset 美術館的每位老師
11:08
I was given特定 the greatest最大 piece of advice忠告 by any educator教育家 I was ever given特定.
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都給了我這輩子最受用的建議
11:12
Mark標記 Lynch林奇, he's an amazing驚人 teacher老師
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Mark Lynch,一位很棒的老師
11:15
and he's still a dear friend朋友 of mine,
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也是我的好朋友
11:17
and I was 14 or 15,
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那年我 14 或 15 歲
11:19
and I walked into his comic滑稽 book class halfway through通過 the course課程,
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我中途插班進了他的漫畫課
11:23
and I was so excited興奮, I was beaming聚束.
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我超興奮的,我超開心的
11:24
I had this book that was how to draw comics漫畫 in the Marvel奇蹟 way,
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我有這本書,教我知道如何用驚奇公司的方式畫漫畫
11:28
and it taught me how to draw superheroes超級英雄,
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這本書還教我怎麼畫超級英雄
11:30
how to draw a woman女人, how to draw muscles肌肉
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怎麼畫女生,怎麼畫肌肉
11:32
just the way they were supposed應該 to be
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才能讓這些人物呈現該有的特色
11:34
if I were to ever draw for X-MenX戰警 or Spiderman蜘蛛俠.
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不論我要畫的是 X 戰警或是蜘蛛人
11:37
And all the color顏色 just drained倒掉 from his face面對,
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然後他的臉上散發出各種光芒
11:40
and he looked看著 at me, and he said,
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然後他看著我,他說
11:42
"Forget忘記 everything you learned學到了."
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「把你學過的東西通通忘掉. 」
11:44
And I didn't understand理解. He said, "You have a great style樣式.
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當時我不懂,他說:「你有自己獨特的風格
11:48
Celebrate慶祝 your own擁有 style樣式. Don't draw the way you're being存在 told to draw.
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好好發展自己的風格,不要畫那些別人教你的東西
11:52
Draw the way you're drawing畫畫 and keep at it,
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照你以往的方式畫,然後保持下去
11:55
because you're really good."
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因為你畫得很好」
11:57
Now when I was a teenager青少年, I was angstyangsty as any teenager青少年 was,
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當年我只是青少年,每個青少年都很敏感
12:01
but after 17 years年份 of having a mother母親
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但是十七年來,我媽不時地介入與脫離
12:04
who was in and out of my life like a yo-yo悠悠球
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我的生活,像顆溜溜球一樣
12:06
and a father父親 who was faceless不露面, I was angry憤怒.
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而我爸則像是隱形人,我很生氣
12:10
And when I was 17, I met會見 my father父親 for the first time,
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我第一次見到我爸是在十七歲的時候
12:13
upon which哪一個 I learned學到了 I had a brother哥哥 and sister妹妹 I had never known已知 about.
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那時我才知道我還有一個從未謀面的弟弟和妹妹
12:17
And on the day I met會見 my father父親 for the first time,
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第一次見到我爸的那天
12:19
I was rejected拒絕 from the Rhode羅德島 Island School學校 of Design設計,
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我收到了 Rhode Island 設計大學的不錄取通知
12:21
my one and only choice選擇 for college學院.
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那是我唯一想申請的大學
12:25
But it was around this time I went to Camp Sunshine陽光
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當時我也在 Camp Sunshine(重症病童家庭支持的非營利組織)
12:28
to volunteer志願者 a week and working加工 with the most amazing驚人 kids孩子,
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擔任一個星期的志工,和一群很棒的孩子一起工作
12:30
kids孩子 with leukemia白血病, and this kid孩子 Eric埃里克 changed my life.
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他們有白血病,而這位小朋友 Eric 改變了我的一生
12:33
Eric埃里克 didn't live生活 to see his sixth第六 birthday生日,
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Eric 沒能活到六歲
12:36
and Eric埃里克 lives生活 with me every一切 day.
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但是 Eric 一直與我同在
12:38
So after this experience經驗, my art藝術 teacher老師, Mr先生. ShilaleShilale,
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經歷過這件事後,我的美術老師 Shilale 先生
12:42
he brought in these picture圖片 books圖書,
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他給了我這些繪本
12:43
and I thought, "Picture圖片 books圖書 for kids孩子!"
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我心想:「繪本是小孩在看的!」
12:45
and I started開始 writing寫作 books圖書 for young年輕 readers讀者
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高三的時候
12:50
when I was a senior前輩 in high school學校.
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我開始為少年讀者寫書
12:52
Well, I eventually終於 got to the Rhode羅德島 Island School學校 of Design設計.
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而我最後還是去唸了 Rhode Island 設計大學
12:55
I transferred轉入 to RISD羅德島設計學院 as a sophomore二年級,
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我在大二的時候轉到 RISD
12:57
and it was there that I took every一切 course課程 that I could on writing寫作,
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我在那兒修了每一門有助寫作的課程
13:00
and it was there that I wrote a story故事 about a giant巨人 orange橙子 slug金屬塊
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我在那兒還寫了一個橘色大蛞蝓的故事
13:04
who wanted to be friends朋友 with this kid孩子.
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牠想要和這個小孩做朋友
13:06
The kid孩子 had no patience忍耐 for him.
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這個孩子對牠很不耐煩
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And I sent發送 this book out to a dozen publishers出版商
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我把這本書寄給了十幾間出版社
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and it was rejected拒絕 every一切 single time,
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而每次都被退搞
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but I was also involved參與 with the Hole in the Wall Gang結夥 Camp,
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我也參加了 The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
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an amazing驚人 camp for kids孩子 with all sorts排序 of critical危急 illnesses疾病,
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這個神奇的營地專為重症病童設立
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and it's those kids孩子 at the camp that read my stories故事,
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這座兒童營裡的孩子會看我的書
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and I read to them, and I saw that they responded回應 to my work.
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我會唸給他們聽,然後發現他們都有所反應
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I graduated畢業 from RISD羅德島設計學院. My grandparents祖父母 were very proud驕傲,
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我從 RISD 畢業了,外公外婆覺得很光榮
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and I moved移動 to Boston波士頓, and I set up shop.
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然後我搬到 Boston,開了間店
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I set up a studio工作室 and I tried試著 to get published發表.
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我成立了一間工作室,想找人出版我的書
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I would send發送 out my books圖書. I would send發送 out hundreds數以百計 of postcards明信片
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我把我的書寄出去,寄出上百張名信片
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to editors編者 and art藝術 directors董事,
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給編輯和藝術總監
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but they would go unanswered懸而未決.
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但是他們從沒回覆
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And my grandfather祖父 would call me every一切 week,
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我的外公每星期都會打電話給我
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and he would say, "Jarrett賈勒特, how's如何的 it going? Do you have a job工作 yet然而?"
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他會說:「Jarrett,最近怎樣? 找到工作了嗎? 」
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Because he had just invested投資 a significant重大 amount of money
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因為他已經投資了一大筆錢
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in my college學院 education教育.
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來付我的大學學費
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And I said, "Yes, I have a job工作. I write and illustrate說明 children's兒童 books圖書."
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我會說: 「有啊,我有工作了,我寫童書和畫插畫」
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And he said, "Well, who pays支付 you for that?"
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然後他說:「是喔,那誰付你錢? 」
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And I said, "No one, no one, no one just yet然而.
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然後我說: 「沒有,沒人,現在還沒有
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But I know it's going to happen發生."
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不過我知道馬上就會有了」
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Now, I used to work the weekends週末 at the Hole in the Wall off-season淡季 programming程序設計
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好,當時我習慣在假日去 The Hole in the Wall 的淡季課程打工
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to make some extra額外 money as I was trying to get my feet off the ground地面,
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我想賺點外快,好讓自己的事業趕快起步
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and this kid孩子 who was just this really hyper kid孩子,
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這個孩子真的超容易亢奮的
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I started開始 calling調用 him "Monkey Boy男孩,"
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所以我開始叫他「猴小子」
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and I went home and wrote a book called "Good Night, Monkey Boy男孩."
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然後回家後我寫了一本叫《晚安,猴小子》的書
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And I sent發送 out one last batch批量 of postcards明信片.
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然後寄出最後一疊名信片
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And I received收到 an email電子郵件 from an editor編輯 at Random隨機 House
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然後我收到 Random House 的編輯寄來的電子郵件
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with a subject學科 line, "Nice尼斯 work!" Exclamation感嘆 point.
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主旨是「寫得好!」一個驚嘆號
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"Dear Jarrett賈勒特, I received收到 your postcard明信片.
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「親愛的 Jarrett,我收到你的明信片了
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I liked喜歡 your art藝術, so I went to your website網站
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我喜歡你的圖,所以我去了你的網站
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and I'm wondering想知道 if you ever tried試著 writing寫作 any of your own擁有 stories故事,
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我在想,你有沒有想過要寫你自己的故事?
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because I really like your art藝術 and it looks容貌 like there are some stories故事 that go with them.
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因為我真的很喜歡你的圖,
每一張都像是在說不同的故事
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Please let me know if you're ever in New York紐約 City."
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如果你那天來了紐約,請務必通知我」
14:45
And this was from an editor編輯 at Random隨機 House Children's兒童 Books圖書.
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這是 Random House 的童書編輯寫的
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So the next下一個 week I "happened發生" to be in New York紐約.
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所以隔了一個禮拜我「剛好」去了紐約
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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And I met會見 with this editor編輯,
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然後我和那位編輯見了面
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and I left New York紐約 for a contract合同 for my first book,
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然後我留在紐約簽了第一份童書合約
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"Good Night, Monkey Boy男孩,"
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《Good Night, Monkey Boy》
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which哪一個 was published發表 on June六月 12, 2001.
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在2001年6月21日出版了
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And my local本地 paper celebrated著名 the news新聞.
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我家鄉的地方報也刊登了這則喜訊
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The local本地 bookstore書店 made製作 a big deal合同 of it.
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當地的書店因此賺了不少錢
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They sold出售 out of all of their books圖書.
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他們賣光了所有的進貨
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My friend朋友 described描述 it as a wake喚醒, but happy快樂,
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我的朋友形容那像我的守靈夜,不過是開心的
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because everyone大家 I ever knew知道 was there in line to see me,
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因為我認識的每個人都排隊來看我
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but I wasn't dead. I was just signing簽約 books圖書.
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可是我沒有死我,只是不斷地在書上簽名
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My grandparents祖父母, they were in the middle中間 of it.
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我外公外婆也在隊伍裡面
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They were so happy快樂. They couldn't不能 have been more proud驕傲.
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他們非常開心,他們感到無比的榮耀
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Mrs太太. AlischAlisch was there. Mr先生. ShilaleShilale was there. Mrs太太. Casey卡西 was there.
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Alisch 女士到了,Shilale 先生到了,Casey 女士到了
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Mrs太太. AlischAlisch cut in front面前 of the line and said,
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Alisch 女士插進前面的隊伍,她說:
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"I taught him how to read." (Laughter笑聲)
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「是我教他怎麼讀書的」(笑聲)
15:38
And then something happened發生 that changed my life.
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然後發生了改變我一生的事情
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I got my first piece of significant重大 fan風扇 mail郵件,
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我收到了第一封的超級粉絲來信
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where this kid孩子 loved喜愛 Monkey Boy男孩 so much
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這個小孩超愛《Monkey Boy》
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that he wanted to have a Monkey Boy男孩 birthday生日 cake蛋糕.
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愛到他想要個《Monkey Boy》生日蛋糕
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For a two-year-old二十歲, that is like a tattoo. (Laughter笑聲)
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對兩歲的小孩來說,這跟刺青一樣酷(笑聲)
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You know? You only get one birthday生日 per year.
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你知道嗎? 每年只能過一次生日
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And for him, it's only his second第二.
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對他來說,這次是他的第二個生日
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And I got this picture圖片, and I thought,
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然後我收到了那張照片,我想
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"This picture圖片 is going to live生活 within his consciousness意識
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「他會把這張照片記在腦海裡
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for his entire整個 life. He will forever永遠 have this photo照片
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一輩子不忘,這張照片會永遠
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in his family家庭 photo照片 albums專輯."
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放在他的家庭相簿裡」
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So that photo照片, since以來 that moment時刻,
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從那一刻起,我把那張照片
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is framed陷害 in front面前 of me while I've worked工作 on all of my books圖書.
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框起來放在我的工作桌上,
讓我創作每本書時都看得見
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I have 10 picture圖片 books圖書 out.
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我出了10本繪本
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"Punk朋克 Farm農場," "BagheadBaghead," "Ollie奧利 the Purple紫色 Elephant."
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《Punk Farm》、《Baghead》、《Ollie the Purple Elephant》
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I just finished the ninth第九 book
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我剛完成了第九本書
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in the "Lunch午餐 Lady淑女" series系列, which哪一個 is a graphic圖像 novel小說 series系列
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是《Lunch Lady》的系列,這是一套圖文小說
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about a lunch午餐 lady淑女 who fights打架 crime犯罪.
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故事是在說一位打擊犯罪的午餐小姐
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I'm expecting期待 the release發布 of a chapter章節 book
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我希望我那本讀本可以發行出版
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called "Platypus鴨嘴獸 Police警察 Squad: The Frog青蛙 Who Croaked嘶啞."
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書名是《鴨嘴獸警隊:呱呱叫的青蛙》
16:35
And I travel旅行 the country國家 visiting訪問 countless無數 schools學校,
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我周遊各國, 造訪了無數校園
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letting出租 lots of kids孩子 know that they draw great cats.
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跟很多孩子說他們畫的貓都很棒
16:43
And I meet遇到 BagheadsBagheads.
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然後我遇到了 Bagheads
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Lunch午餐 ladies女士們 treat對待 me really well.
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Lunch Ladies 對我真的很好
16:50
And I got to see my name名稱 in lights燈火
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然後,我得逆光看我的名字
16:54
because kids孩子 put my name名稱 in lights燈火.
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因為孩子們把我的名字打光
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Twice兩次 now, the "Lunch午餐 Lady淑女" series系列 has won韓元
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如今,《Lunch Lady》系列獲得了兩次
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the Children's兒童 Choice選擇 Book of the Year in the third第三 or fourth第四 grade年級 category類別,
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中年級學童年度最佳書籍
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and those winners獲獎者 were displayed顯示
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得獎名單會出現在
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on a jumbotron超大屏幕 screen屏幕 in Times Square廣場.
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時代廣場的超大螢幕上
17:08
"Punk朋克 Farm農場" and "Lunch午餐 Lady淑女" are in development發展 to be movies電影,
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《Punk Farm》和《Lunch Lady》正準備拍成電影
17:10
so I am a movie電影 producer製片人
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所以我成了電影製作人
17:13
and I really do think, thanks謝謝 to that video視頻 camera相機
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我由衷地感謝,我九年級那年
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I was given特定 in ninth第九 grade年級.
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拿到的攝影機
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I've seen看到 people have "Punk朋克 Farm農場" birthday生日 parties派對,
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我看到很多人舉辦 Punk Farm 生日派對
17:21
people have dressed連衣裙的 up as "Punk朋克 Farm農場" for Halloween萬聖節,
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人們會在萬聖節時打扮成 Punk Farm 的樣子
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a "Punk朋克 Farm農場" baby寶寶 room房間,
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將嬰兒房佈置成 Punk Farm 的樣子
17:26
which哪一個 makes品牌 me a little nervous緊張 for the child's孩子的 well-being福利 in the long term術語.
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我有點擔心這會對孩子的長期教養造成影響
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And I get the most amazing驚人 fan風扇 mail郵件,
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去年的萬聖節
17:33
and I get the most amazing驚人 projects項目,
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我收到了最棒的書迷來信
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and the biggest最大 moment時刻 for me came來了 last Halloween萬聖節.
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我聽到了最棒的計畫,以及度過了最棒的時刻
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The doorbell門鈴 rang and it was a trick-or-treater伎倆或處理機
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門鈴響了,門外是不給糖就搗蛋的孩子
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dressed連衣裙的 as my character字符. It was so cool.
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打扮成我書裡的角色,那超酷的
17:45
Now my grandparents祖父母 are no longer living活的,
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現在我的祖父母已經過世了
17:48
so to honor榮譽 them, I started開始 a scholarship獎學金 at the Worcester伍斯特 Art藝術 Museum博物館
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為了紀念他們,我在 Worcester 美術館設立了獎學金
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for kids孩子 who are in difficult situations情況
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給家境困難的孩子們
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but whose誰的 caretakers看護人 can't afford給予 the classes.
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而他們的監護人也負擔不起這些課程
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And it displayed顯示 the work from my first 10 years年份 of publishing出版,
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裡面展示了我前十年的出版作品
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and you know who was there to celebrate慶祝? Mrs太太. AlischAlisch.
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你知道是辦的展覽嗎? 是 Alisch 女士
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I said, "Mrs太太. AlischAlisch, how are you?"
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我說: 「Alisch女士,妳好嗎?」
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And she responded回應 with, "I'm here." (Laughter笑聲)
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然後她回答: 「我還在呼吸」(笑聲)
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That's true真正. You are alive, and that's pretty漂亮 good right now.
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真的,妳還活著,現在這樣真好
18:14
So the biggest最大 moment時刻 for me, though雖然,
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對我來說最重要的時刻
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my most important重要 job工作 now is I am a dad myself,
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嗯,雖然我現在最重要的工作是當爸爸
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and I have two beautiful美麗 daughters女兒,
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我有兩個漂亮的女兒
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and my goal目標 is to surround環繞 them by inspiration靈感,
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而我對他們的期許是,透過不斷地鼓勵
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by the books圖書 that are in every一切 single room房間 of our house
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透過屋子裡每間房裡的書本
18:26
to the murals壁畫 I painted in their rooms客房
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還有我在她們房間牆壁上畫的圖
18:29
to the moments瞬間 for creativity創造力 where you find, in quiet安靜 times,
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以及在寧靜時刻浮現腦中的靈感
18:32
by making製造 faces面孔 on the patio庭院
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透過把笑臉畫在陽台的動作
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to letting出租 her sit in the very desk
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讓她坐在這張獨特的桌子前
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that I've satSAT in for the past過去 20 years年份.
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我坐了二十年的這張書桌
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Thank you. (Applause掌聲)
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謝謝大家(鼓掌)
Translated by Marssi Draw
Reviewed by Ho-chung Chou

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jarrett J. Krosoczka - Author/illustrator
Jarrett J. Krosoczka is the author/illustrator of countless children's books and graphic novels, including Good Night, Monkey Boy, Baghead and the Lunch Lady series.

Why you should listen

Jarrett J. Krosoczka has been a storyteller since the ripe age of eight, when he wrote his first book, The Owl Who Thought He Was The Best Flyer, about an owl who challenged Hermes to a flying race. Since that rather promising start Krosoczka has published 18 picture books and graphic novels for children, including the much-loved Lunch Lady series, which is a two-time winner of the Children's Choice Book Award. Krosoczka hosts The Book Report with JJK on Sirius XM's Kids Place Live, a radio show about books, aimed at kids 10 and younger. In 2010 he founded the Joseph and Shirley Krosoczka Memorial Youth Scholarships at Worcester Art Museum, to fund classes for young and underprivileged aspiring artists.

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