ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yossi Vardi - Investor
Investor Yossi Vardi is godfather to more than 40 startups, mostly in the jumping Israeli high-tech sector. He's a legendary community-builder, connector and prankster.

Why you should listen

Joseph "Yossi" Vardi has helped more than 40 startups see the light of day, among them Mirabilis (makers of ICQ) and the video companies Scopus and BrightCove. He's a strategic advisor to Amazon and AOL, and a venture partner of Pitango, one of Israel's largest VC funds.

He's a lively presence in the world of tech startups, with an absurd sense of humor and a refreshing set of values (restated in a much-commented-on TechCrunch post in October) that drive his approach to new investments. The takeaways: Judge the individual over the business plan; and don't shy away from an entrepreneur who has failed before: "It makes them want to win even more," he said.

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Yossi Vardi: We're worried about local warming ... in your lap

Yossi Vardi對抗自體暖化

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愛搞笑的投資人Yossi Vardi發表了一篇關懷部落客健康的演說,對象只針對男人哦...
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We are going to talk today今天 about the sequel續集 of "Inconvenient不方便 Truth真相."
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今天我們來講講「不願面對的真象」續集,
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It's time again to talk about "Inconvenient不方便 Truth真相,"
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現在該再來談談「不願面對的真象」,
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a truth真相 that everyone大家 is concerned關心 about,
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一個大家都關心的真象,
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but nobody沒有人 is willing願意 to talk about.
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但是沒有人願意好好談談。
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Somebody has to take the lead, and I decided決定 to do it.
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總有人得起個頭吧?就讓我來吧!
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If you are scared害怕 by global全球 warming變暖,
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如果你很害怕全球暖化,
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wait until直到 we learn學習 about local本地 warming變暖.
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那你可得更注意我待會兒要談的「自體暖化」。
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We will talk today今天 about local本地 warming變暖.
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今天我們就來談談「自體暖化」。
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Important重要 health健康 message信息: blogging寫博客 may可能 be hazardous危險 to your health健康,
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很重要的健康資訊:部落客該注意自己的健康,
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especially特別 if you are a male.
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尤其是男性。
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This message信息 is given特定 as a public上市 service服務.
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這是公開的資訊,
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Blogging寫博客 affects影響 your posture姿勢. We start開始 with the posture姿勢.
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上網會影響你的姿勢。我們先看這個姿勢,
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This is the posture姿勢 of ladies女士們 who are not blogging寫博客;
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這是沒有上網的女性的坐姿;
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this is the posture姿勢 of ladies女士們 who are blogging寫博客.
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這是在上網的女性坐姿。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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This is the natural自然 posture姿勢 of a man sitting坐在,
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這是一般男性自然的坐姿,
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squatting for ventilation通風 purposes目的.
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可以保持通風。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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And this is the natural自然 posture姿勢 of a standing常設 man,
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這是一般男性自然的站姿,
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and I think this picture圖片 inspired啟發 Chris克里斯 to insert me
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我想Chris應該是看到這張照片,
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into the lateral thinking思維 session會議.
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才把我排進水平式思考的時段吧!
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This is male blogging寫博客 posture姿勢 sitting坐在, and the result結果 is,
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這是男性上網時的坐姿。原則上,
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"For greater更大 comfort安慰,
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「為保持舒適,
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men男人 naturally自然 sit with their legs farther更遠 apart距離 than women婦女,
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男人在坐的時候,通常會把雙腿張得比女性開。
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when working加工 on laptop筆記本電腦.
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但是在使用筆記型電腦時,
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However然而, they will adopt採用 a less natural自然 posture姿勢
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為了要保持平衡,
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in order訂購 to balance平衡 it on their laps,
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男性通常會採取較不自然的坐姿,
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which哪一個 resulted導致 in a significant重大 rise上升 of body身體 heat
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這會造成雙腿間的體溫急速上升。」
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between之間 their thighs大腿." This is the issue問題 of local本地 warming變暖.
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這就是我要說的「自體暖化」。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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This is a very serious嚴重 newspaper報紙; it's Times of England英國 --
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這是一份很嚴肅的報紙,這是英國時報--
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very serious嚴重. This is a very --
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這可不是開玩笑的!這是非常--
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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-- gentlemen紳士 and ladies女士們, be serious嚴重.
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-- 各位女士先生,認真點好嗎?
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This is a very serious嚴重 research研究, that you should read the underline強調.
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這可是很嚴肅的研究,你們要注意看劃線的地方!
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And be careful小心, your genes基因 are in danger危險.
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要注意!你的基因危險了!
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Will geeks怪才 become成為 endangered瀕危 species種類?
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愛上網的人會瀕臨絕種嗎?
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The fact事實: population人口 growth發展 in countries國家 with high laptop筆記本電腦 --
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事實是:在高度使用筆記型電腦的國家,其人口成長率--(引述Hans Rosling的研究)
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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I need Hans漢斯 Rosling羅斯林 to give me a graph圖形.
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我要請Hans Rosling給我一張表。
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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Global全球 warming變暖 fun開玩笑.
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全球暖化更進一步...
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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But let's keep things in proportion比例.
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我們要看到問題背後的真象。
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How to take care關心 in five easy簡單 steps腳步:
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有五個簡易的保健方法,
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first of all, you can use natural自然 ventilation通風. You can use body身體 breath呼吸.
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第一,自然通風法,運用皮膚的呼吸,
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You should stay cool with the appropriate適當 clothing服裝.
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你可以穿上合適的衣物來保持涼爽。
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You should care關心 about your posture姿勢 -- this is not right.
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要注意姿勢 -- 這樣不對!
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Can you extract提取 from Chris克里斯 another另一個 minute分鐘 and a half for me,
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你們可以請Chris再多給我一分半鐘嗎?
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because I have a video視頻 I have to show顯示 you.
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我得給你們看一段影片才行。
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(Applause掌聲)
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You are great. This is the correct正確 posture姿勢.
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你們太棒了!這才是正確的姿勢。
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Another另一個 benefit效益 of Wi-Fi無線上網, we learned學到了 yesterday昨天 about the benefits好處 of Wi-Fi無線上網.
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這是WiFi的另一個好處,我們最近才發現的。
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Wi-Fi無線上網 enables使 you to avoid避免 the processor處理器. And there are some enhanced增強
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使用WiFi你就不用帶著主機。我還想告訴你們
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protection保護 measures措施, which哪一個 I would like to share分享 with you,
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其他幾個先進的保護措施,
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and I would like, in a minute分鐘, to thank Philips飛利浦 for helping幫助.
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在這裡,我想花一點時間來感謝飛利浦的協助。
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This is a research研究 which哪一個 was doneDONE in '86, but it's still valid有效.
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這個研究是在1986年做的,但現在還是成立的!
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Scrotal陰囊 temperature溫度 reflects反映 intratesticular睾丸內 temperature溫度
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陰囊的溫度就代表「那附近」的溫度,
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and is lowered降低 by shaving.
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剃了毛之後,溫度就會降低。
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By the way, I must必須 admit承認, my English英語 is not so good,
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對了,我得承認我的英文不是很好,
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I didn't know what is scrotal陰囊; I understand理解 it's a scrotum陰囊.
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我不知道陰囊得用scrotal(複數),我只會用scrotum(單數)。
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I guess猜測 in plural複數 it's scrotal陰囊, like medium and media媒體.
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我猜這個字的複數變化,就像媒體的medium和media一樣吧。
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Digital數字 scrotum陰囊, digital數字 media媒體.
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數位陰囊、數位媒體。
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And only last year I recognized認可 that I'm a proud驕傲 scrotum陰囊 owner所有者.
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直到去年,我才發現我多了一顆陰囊(意指終於知道要使用複數)
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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And this research研究 is being存在 precipitated沉澱 by the U.S. government政府,
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這個研究是由美國政府贊助的,
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so you can see that your tax man is working加工 for good causes原因.
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所以你就知道為什麼稅務員那麼努力工作了吧!
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Video視頻: Man: The Philips飛利浦 BodygroomBodygroom has a sleek光滑,
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影片:男人:飛利浦Bodygroom採取平滑、
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ergonomic符合人體工程學的 design設計 for a safe安全 and easy簡單 way to trim修剪
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符合人體工學的設計,可以讓你安全且簡單地
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those scruffy邋遢 underarm腋下 hairs, the untidy curls捲髮 on and around your
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修剪雜亂的腋毛、
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[bleep], as well as the hard to reach達到 locks on the underside下側 of your
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在 [嗶] 附近凌亂的捲毛、還有在 [嗶] 和 [嗶]下面難以清除的部位等。
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[bleep] and [bleep]. Once一旦 you use the BodygroomBodygroom, the world世界 looks容貌 different不同.
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一旦使用了Bodygroom,世界就變得不一樣,
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And so does your [bleep]. These days, with a hair-free頭髮免費 back,
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你的 [嗶] 也會不一樣。最近,我的背部變得清爽、
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well-groomed整齊乾淨 shoulders肩膀 and an extra額外 optical光纖 inch英寸 on my [bleep],
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腋下也整理乾淨、還有我的 [嗶] 也變得光溜溜,
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well, let's just say life has gotten得到 pretty漂亮 darn cozy舒適.
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嗯,我只能說我的生活變得十分舒適。
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Yossi貝納 Vardi瓦迪: This is one of the most popular流行 viral病毒 advertisement廣告 of last year,
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Yossi Vardi: 這是去年度最受歡迎的醫學廣告 --
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known已知 as the optical光纖 inch英寸 by Philips飛利浦. Let's applaud鼓掌 Philips飛利浦 --
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大家都叫它「光溜溜的飛利浦」。讓我們為飛利浦鼓掌 --
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(Applause掌聲)
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-- for this gesture手勢 for humanity人性.
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-- 他們真的體貼人性。
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And this is how they are promoting促進 the product產品. This is --
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這是他們的廣告,這真的是 --
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I didn't touch觸摸 it, this is original原版的.
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我可沒有動手腳哦,這是原版的。
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Laptop筆記本電腦 use to solve解決 overpopulation人口過剩. And if everything failed失敗,
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筆記型電腦可以解決人口過多問題。如果東西壞了,
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there are some secondary次要 uses使用.
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總還可以想出另一個用途。
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And then our next下一個 talk, our next下一個 TEDTED if you invite邀請 me
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下一次演講,如果TED還邀請我來的話,
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will be why you should not carry攜帶 a cell細胞 phone電話 in your pocket口袋.
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我的標題會是「不要把手機放在口袋裡」。
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And this is what the young年輕 generation says.
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這是現在年輕人的主張。
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(Applause掌聲)
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And I just want to show顯示 you that I'm not just preaching說教,
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我還得說,我可不是光說不練的人哦...
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but I also practice實踐.
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我會身體力行...
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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4 am in the morning早上.
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凌晨四點...
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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You cannot不能 use this picture圖片.
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你們不可以使用這張照片。
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(Applause掌聲)
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Now, I have some mini微型 TEDTED Prizes獎品, this is the Philips飛利浦 BodygroomBodygroom,
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我為你們準備了一些小禮物,就是飛利浦的Bodygroom,
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one for our leader領導.
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一個給我們的召集人,
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(Applause掌聲)
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Anybody任何人 feels感覺 threatened受威脅, anybody任何人 really need it?
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有人覺得很危險、需要這個的嗎?
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Any lady淑女, any lady淑女? Thank you very much.
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有女士需要嗎?女士?謝謝大家。
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Translated by Marie Wu
Reviewed by Terry Lin

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yossi Vardi - Investor
Investor Yossi Vardi is godfather to more than 40 startups, mostly in the jumping Israeli high-tech sector. He's a legendary community-builder, connector and prankster.

Why you should listen

Joseph "Yossi" Vardi has helped more than 40 startups see the light of day, among them Mirabilis (makers of ICQ) and the video companies Scopus and BrightCove. He's a strategic advisor to Amazon and AOL, and a venture partner of Pitango, one of Israel's largest VC funds.

He's a lively presence in the world of tech startups, with an absurd sense of humor and a refreshing set of values (restated in a much-commented-on TechCrunch post in October) that drive his approach to new investments. The takeaways: Judge the individual over the business plan; and don't shy away from an entrepreneur who has failed before: "It makes them want to win even more," he said.

More profile about the speaker
Yossi Vardi | Speaker | TED.com