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John Francis: Walk the earth ... my 17-year vow of silence
約翰法蘭西斯行走地球
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用了將近三十年的時間，約翰法蘭西斯成為一個地球行走者，靠著帆船與雙腳旅遊全球，帶著對環境的敬意與責任(整整十七年沒有開口說話)的訊息。一個有趣、發人省思的演講並且帶來班卓琴的演奏。
John Francis - Planet walker
John Francis walks the Earth, carrying a message of careful, truly sustainable development and respect for our planet. Full bio
John Francis walks the Earth, carrying a message of careful, truly sustainable development and respect for our planet. Full bio
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(Applause)
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(鼓掌)
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Thank you for being here.
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謝謝大家今天來到這裡
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And I say "thank you for being here" because I was silent for 17 years.
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謝謝你們，因為我已經17年沒開口說話
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And the first words that I spoke were in Washington, D.C.,
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我開口說的第一個字是在華盛頓特區
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on the 20th anniversary of Earth Day.
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二十週年的地球日時
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And my family and friends had gathered there to hear me speak.
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我的家人及朋友們，全都聚在一起聽我說話
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And I said, "Thank you for being here."
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然後我說"謝謝你們在這裡"
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My mother, out in the audience, she jumped up,
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我母親，在人群中跳起來說
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"Hallelujah, Johnny’s talking!"
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"哈雷路亞, Johnny說話了"
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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Imagine if you were quiet for 17 years
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想像一下假設你沉默了17年
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and your mother was out in the audience, say.
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然後你母親在人群中說
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My dad said to me, "That’s one" --
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我父親對我說"就是這裡了"
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I’ll explain that.
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我稍後在解釋
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But I turned around because I didn’t recognize where my voice was coming from.
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但我轉過頭，因為我不知道我的聲音是從哪來傳出來的
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I hadn’t heard my voice in 17 years,
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我已經17年沒聽過我自己的聲音了
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so I turned around and I looked and I said,
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所以我環顧四周然後說
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"God, who's saying what I’m thinking?"
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天啊！是誰正在把我的想法說出來？
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And then I realized it was me, you know, and I kind of laughed.
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然後我知道了，是我自己阿，然後我笑了。
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And I could see my father: "Yeah, he really is crazy."
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然後我可以想像我父親說 "是的，他真的瘋了"
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Well, I want to take you on this journey.
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我想與你分享這段旅程
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And the journey, I believe, is a metaphor for all of our journeys.
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這段旅程我相信是所有人歷程的一個隱喻
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Even though this one is kind of unusual,
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即使這是段不尋常的經歷
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I want you to think about your own journey.
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我要你們也思考一下你們的經歷
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My journey began in 1971
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我的旅程從1971年開始
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when I witnessed two oil tankers collide beneath the Golden Gate,
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當我目睹兩艘油輪在金色大橋下相撞時
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and a half a million gallons of oil spilled into the bay.
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50多萬加崙的油流進海灣
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It disturbed me so much
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這畫面這讓我非常不安
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that I decided that I was going to give up riding and driving in motorized vehicles.
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所以我決定放棄駕駛機動型的運輸工具
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That’s a big thing in California.
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這在加州來講可是一件大事
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And it was a big thing in my little community of Point Reyes Station
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這對我的小社區來講更是一件大事
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in Inverness, California, because there were only
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我的小社區位在加州印威內斯的波印雷站
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about 350 people there in the winter – this was back in '71 now.
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因為在1971年的冬天，那裡大約只有350人。
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And so when I came in and I started walking around, people --
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所以當我進到當地時，然後我開始步行，人們
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they just knew what was going on.
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他們才剛知道這件事時
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And people would drive up next to me
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他們會開車到我身旁
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and say, "John, what are you doing?"
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然後說"約翰，你在幹嘛"
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And I’d say, "Well, I’m walking for the environment."
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然後我會說，"我為保護環境而行走"
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And they said, "No, you’re walking to make us look bad, right?
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然後他們說"不，你是為了讓我們難堪而走對吧？"
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You’re walking to make us feel bad."
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你步行是為了讓我們覺得難受
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And maybe there was some truth to that,
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或許有部分是真的
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because I thought that if I started walking, everyone would follow.
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因為我想如果我開始步行，或許其他人也會跟進
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Because of the oil, everybody talked about the polllution.
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因為漏油事件，大家開始談論污染
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And so I argued with people about that, I argued and I argued.
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所以我開始不停的說服人們。
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I called my parents up.
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我打給我父母
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I said, "I’ve given up riding and driving in cars."
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我說"我已經放棄開車了"
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My dad said, "Why didn’t you do that when you were 16?"
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我父親說"為什麼你不在十六歲時就這麼做？"
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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I didn’t know about the environment then.
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我那時候不知道這些環境問題
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They’re back in Philadelphia.
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問題都在費城
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And so I told my mother, "I’m happy though, I’m really happy."
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然後我告訴我母親"我很開心，我真的很開心"
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She said, "If you were happy, son, you wouldn’t have to say it."
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她說"如果你真的開心，你才不會說出來"
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Mothers are like that.
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母親都這樣
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And so, on my 27th birthday I decided, because I argued so much
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因此，我27歲生日那天我決定，因為我爭論太多
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and I talk so much, that I was going to stop speaking
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而且我說太多，所以，我決定不要開口說話
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for just one day -- one day -- to give it a rest.
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一天就好，僅僅一天，讓嘴巴休息一下。
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And so I did.
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所以就這樣
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I got up in the morning and I didn’t say a word.
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我起床後就沒說過一句話
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And I have to tell you, it was a very moving experience,
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我必須告訴你，這是個非常難忘的經驗
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because for the first time, I began listening -- in a long time.
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因為第一次在這麼長的時間裡，我開始去聆聽
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And what I heard, it kind of disturbed me.
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然而我所聽見的，卻又有些困擾我
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Because what I used to do, when I thought I was listening,
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因為我聆聽時會習慣
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was I would listen just enough to hear what people had to say
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只聽到對方講完該說的話為止
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and think that I could -- I knew what they were going to say,
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我就會自認為已經知道他們要說什麼
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and so I stopped listening.
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便停止傾聽
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And in my mind, I just kind of raced ahead
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在我腦子裏，我會有些超前
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and thought of what I was going to say back,
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當他們還在做總結時
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while they were still finishing up.
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就想著我要怎麼回答
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And then I would launch in.
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然後我就會介入
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Well, that just ended communication.
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並結束那次的溝通
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So on this first day I actually listened.
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所以在那天，我認真聆聽
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And it was very sad for me,
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但這對我來說是非常難過的事
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because I realized that for those many years I had not been learning.
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因為我了解這麼多年來我沒有成長
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I was 27. I thought I knew everything.
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當我27歲時，我自認無所不知
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I didn’t.
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但其實不然
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And so I decided I’d better do this for another day,
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所以我決定我要在做一次這件事
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and another day, and another day until finally,
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日復一日直到最後
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I promised myself for a year I would keep quiet
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我向自己保證，保持沉默一年
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because I started learning more and more and I needed to learn more.
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因為我開始逐漸成長，我覺得我需要學習更多
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So for a year I said I would keep quiet,
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所以，某年，我說我要保持沉默。
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and then on my birthday I would reassess what I had learned
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然後我會在我生日那天分享我學到了什麼
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and maybe I would talk again.
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或許我就會在度開口
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Well, that lasted 17 years.
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我安靜了17年
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Now during that time -- those 17 years -- I walked and I played the banjo
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在這17年裡，我行走，並且彈奏班卓琴
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and I painted and I wrote in my journal, and
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我作畫並且寫下我的歷程
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I tried to study the environment by reading books.
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然後我經由閱讀來研究環境生態
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And I decided that I was going to go to school. So I did.
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之後我決定進修，然後我就去做了
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I walked up to Ashland, Oregon,
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我走到奧勒岡州的奧許蘭市
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where they were offering an environmental studies degree.
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那裡提供環境研究的學位
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It’s only 500 miles.
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這僅僅只有500哩
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And I went into the Registrar’s office and --
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我走到學校的註冊處
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"What, what, what?"
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什麼？
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I had a newspaper clipping.
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我有某份報紙
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"Oh, so you really want to go to school here?
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所以你真的要來這裡念書？
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You don’t …?
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你不會...？
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We have a special program for you." They did.
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我們有個特別的計畫適合你，是真的
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And in those two years, I graduated with my first degree -- a bachelor’s degree.
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所以在這兩年裡，我拿到了我第一個學士學位。
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And my father came out, he was so proud.
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然後我父親來了，他非常驕傲
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He said, "Listen, we’re really proud of you son,
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他說"兒子，我們都以你為傲"
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but what are you going to do with a bachelor’s degree?
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但你拿個學士學位要幹麻？
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You don’t ride in cars, you don’t talk --
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你又不開車，不講話
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you’re going to have to do those things."
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拿了學位就得做這些事阿
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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I hunched my shoulder, I picked my backpack up again
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我聳聳肩，然後再次背起背包
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and I started walking.
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然後我又開始步行
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I walked all the way up to Port Townsend, Washington, where I built a wooden boat,
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我走到華盛頓Townsend港口，我在那裡造了一艘木船
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rode it across Puget Sound
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然後靠著它穿越了普及桑(地名)
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and walked across Washington [to] Idaho and down to Missoula, Montana.
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愛達荷州--走路穿越華盛頓，愛達荷然後往下到蒙大拿的冰河湖
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I had written the University of Montana two years earlier
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當時的兩年前我就已經寫信給蒙大拿大學
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and said I'd like to go to school there.
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然後說我想要去那裏進修
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I said I'd be there in about two years.
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我說我大概會在兩年後抵達
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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And I was there. I showed up in two years and they --
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然後我到了，我在兩年內到了，然後他們
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I tell this story because they really helped me.
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我提及這段經歷，是因為他們真的幫助過我
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There are two stories in Montana.
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在蒙大拿有兩個故事
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The first story is I didn’t have any money -- that’s a sign I used a lot.
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第一個是我當時身無分文，這表示我花太多錢了
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And they said,"Don't worry about that."
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然後他們說"你不需要擔心這個"
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The director of the program said, "Come back tomorrow."
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這個計畫的負責人說"你明天再過來吧"
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He gave me 150 dollars,
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他給了我150美元
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and he said, "Register for one credit.
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然後他說，去註冊一學分吧。
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You’re going to go to South America, aren’t you?"
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你要前往南非，對吧？
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And I said --
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然後我回答
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Rivers and lakes, the hydrological systems, South America.
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河流和湖水，水利系統，南非。
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So I did that.
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然後我就這樣做了
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He came back; he said to me,
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他回來，然後對我說
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"OK John, now that you've registered for that one credit,
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好的，約翰，你已經註冊了這個學分。
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you can have a key to an office, you can matriculate --
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你可以擁有辦公室的鑰匙
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you’re matriculating, so you can use the library.
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你被錄取了，所以你可以使用圖書館
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And what we’re going to do
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我們接著
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is, we’re going to have all of the professors allow you to go to class.
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要讓所有的教授允許你可以上課
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They’re going to save your grade,
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他們會替你保留分數
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and when we figure out how to get you the rest of the money,
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當我們想辦法幫你籌到剩下的錢
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then you can register for that class and they’ll give you the grade."
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你就可以補註冊，他們就會給你成績了。
08:37
Wow, they don’t do that in graduate schools, I don’t think.
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哇，他們研究所並不這樣做。我不這樣覺得
08:40
But I use that story because they really wanted to help me.
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我分享這故事是因為他們真心想幫我
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They saw that I was really interested in the environment,
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他們覺得我真的對環境生態很有興趣
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and they really wanted to help me along the way.
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他們想要再這方面給我幫助
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And during that time, I actually taught classes without speaking.
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在這段時間，我開始授課了，但依舊沒開口說話
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I had 13 students when I first walked into the class.
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一開始我有13個學生
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I explained, with a friend who could interpret my sign language,
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我請一個朋友來解釋我的手勢
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that I was John Francis, I was walking around the world,
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表示我是約翰法蘭西斯, 我在世界上四處行走
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I didn’t talk and this was the last time
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我沒說話，而這位朋友
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this person’s going to be here interpreting for me.
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之後不會在這裡替我解譯手勢
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All the students sat around and they went ...
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所有的學生散坐四周並且他們開始...
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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I could see they were looking for the schedule,
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我知道他們正在看時間表
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to see when they could get out.
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看看他們何時可以離開
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They had to take that class with me.
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但他們必須和我一起共渡這堂課
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Two weeks later, everyone was trying to get into our class.
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兩週後，大家都想要參與我們的課程
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And I learned in that class -- because I would do things like this ...
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在這堂課裡我學到了，因為我做了一些這樣的事
09:32
and they were all gathered around, going, "What's he trying to say?"
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而讓他們全都聚集在這裡，他即將要說些什麼呢
09:34
"I don't know, I think he's talking about clear cutting." "Yeah, clear cutting."
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不知道，我想他或許想要說伐木，是的，伐木
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"No, no, no, that's not clear cutting, that’s -- he's using a handsaw."
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不，不是伐木，他剛比了手鋸
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"Well, you can’t clearcut with a ..."
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不，你不可能用它來伐木
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"Yes, you can clear cut ..."
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你當然可以
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"No, I think he’s talking about selective forestry."
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不，我想他是在講選擇性林業
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Now this was a discussion class and we were having a discussion.
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現在這成了一個討論課，並且我們正在談論著
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I just backed out of that, you know, and I just kind of kept the fists from flying.
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我暫不參與這個，我只是讓我的拳頭停止飛舞
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But what I learned was that sometimes I would make a sign
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但我知道有時候我會做個手勢
10:01
and they said things that I absolutely did not mean,
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他們就會開始談起一些我從未想過的事
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but I should have.
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而我應該要想到的
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And so what came to me is, if you were a teacher
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因此，我知道了如果你是一個老師
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and you were teaching, if you weren’t learning
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你在授課，如果你不學習
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you probably weren’t teaching very well.
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你可能沒辦法教的很好
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And so I went on.
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因此我持續著
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My dad came out to see me graduate
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我父親來參加我的畢業典禮
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and, you know, I did the deal,
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碩士帽的穗也撥了
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and my father said, "We’re really proud of you son, but ... "
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我父親說"我們真的很以你為傲，但是..."
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You know what went on,
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你知道是怎麼一回事
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he said, "You’ve got to start riding and driving and start talking.
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他說"你必須要開始開車並且與人交談，"
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What are you going to do with a master’s degree?"
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不然你拿了碩士學位又有何用?"
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I hunched my shoulder, I got my backpack
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我聳了聳肩，我又拿起我的背包
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and I went on to the University of Wisconsin.
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然後我去了威士康辛大學
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I spent two years there writing on oil spills.
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我在那裡花了兩年的時間寫有關漏油的議題
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No one was interested in oil spills.
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但沒人有興趣
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But something happened --
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但突然間，發生了一些事
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Exxon Valdez.
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Exxon Valdez(1989年一艘漏油的油輪名字)
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And I was the only one in the United States writing on oil spills.
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那時在美國我是唯一撰寫有關漏油議題的人
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My dad came out again.
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我父親再次造訪
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He said, "I don't know how you do this, son --
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他說"兒子，我不知道你是怎麼辦到的"
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I mean, you don't ride in cars, you don’t talk.
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我是說你既不開車也不說話
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My sister said maybe I should leave you alone,
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你姑姑說或許我不該給你太多壓力
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because you seem to be doing a lot better
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因為當你一句話都不說時
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when you’re not saying anything."
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你愈做愈好了
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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Well, I put on my backpack again.
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很好，我又再次背起了背包
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I put my banjo on and I walked all the way to the East Coast,
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與我的班卓琴，我走到了東岸
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put my foot in the Atlantic Ocean --
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讓我的雙腳泡進大西洋
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it was seven years and one day it took me to walk across the United States.
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七年又一天，我穿越了整個美國
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And on Earth Day, 1990 --
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在1990年的地球日
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the 20th anniversary of Earth Day -- that’s when I began to speak.
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地球日二十週年紀念日，也就是我決定開口的日子
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And that’s why I said, "Thank you for being here."
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這就是為何我說"謝謝你們來到這裡"
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Because it's sort of like that tree in the forest falling;
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因為這有點像森林裡砍樹
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and if there's no one there to hear, does it really make a sound?
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如果沒有人在這裡聆聽，它真的會有聲音嗎
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And I’m thanking you, and I'm thanking my family
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所以我謝謝你們，也謝謝我的家人
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because they had come to hear me speak.
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因為他們特別到場聽我說話
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And that’s communication.
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這就是交流
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And they also taught me about listening -- that they listened to me.
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並且他們教會我聆聽，他們傾聽我
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And it’s one of those things that came out of the silence,
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這是在寂靜中很重要的一件事
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the listening to each other.
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那就是互相傾聽
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Really, very important --
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真的，很重要
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we need to listen to each other.
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我們必須互相傾聽
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Well, my journey kept going on.
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我的旅程持續著
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My dad said, "That’s one,"
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我父親說"就是這裡了"
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and I still didn’t let that go.
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但我並不想要到此為止
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I worked for the Coastguard, was made a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador.
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我成為海巡隊的聯合國親善大使
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I wrote regulations for the United States --
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我替美國寫一些條文
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I mean, I wrote oil spill regulations.
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我指，關於漏油方面的條文
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20 years ago, if someone had said to me,
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我指，20年前如果有人告訴過我
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"John, do you really want to make a difference?"
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約翰，你真的想要做些什麼嗎？
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"Yeah, I want to make a difference."
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是的，我想要有所作為
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He said, "You just start walking east;
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他說"你只需要開始往東走"
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get out of your car and just start walking east."
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下車然後開始往東走
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And as I walked off a little bit, they'd say, "Yeah, and shut up, too."
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然後我要離去時，他們接著說"還有！順便閉嘴"
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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"You’re going to make a difference, buddy."
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你將大有作為的，兄弟"
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How could that be, how could that be?
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這怎麼可能，怎麼會？
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How could doing such a simple thing like walking and not talking
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怎麼可能僅僅不說話或者走路這麼簡單的事情
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make a difference?
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就可以大有作為
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Well, my time at the Coast Guard was a really good time.
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我在海岸警衛隊的日子是美好的
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And after that -- I only worked one year --
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之後，我只有工作一年
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I said, "That's enough. One year's enough for me to do that."
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我說"夠了，一年已經夠了"
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I got on a sailboat and I sailed down to the Caribbean,
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我搭乘帆船航向加勒比海
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and walked through all of the islands, and to Venezuela.
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並且造訪每個小島，然後到了委內瑞拉
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And you know, I forgot the most important thing,
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然後，我忘了最重要的事
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which is why I started talking, which I have to tell you.
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為什麼我開始講話，這是我要告訴你們的
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I started talking because I had studied environment.
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我開口說話是因為我研究環境生態
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I’d studied environment at this formal level,
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在這個形式上的階段研究
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but there was this informal level.
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但還有是非形式上的
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And the informal level --
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這個階段是
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I learned about people, and what we do and how we are.
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我從人身上學，我們做什麼，我們如何
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And environment changed from just being about trees and birds
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環境生態從樹和鳥開始產生變化
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and endangered species to being about how we treated each other.
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瀕臨絕種的物種讓我們了解，我們是怎麼對待彼此的
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Because if we are the environment,
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因為如果我們是環境
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then all we need to do is look around us
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我們只需要環顧彼此
13:54
and see how we treat ourselves and how we treat each other.
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看看我們是怎麼對待自己與對待彼此的
13:59
And so that’s the message that I had.
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這就是我想說的事
14:03
And I said, "Well, I'm going to have to spread that message."
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並且我說"我將要傳遞這個訊息"
14:05
And I got in my sailboat, sailed all the way through the Caribbean --
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所以我又搭上了帆船，穿越加勒比海
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it wasn't really my sailboat, I kind of worked on that boat --
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它其實並不是我的帆船，我是船員
14:13
got to Venezuela and I started walking.
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到了委內瑞拉我又開始走路
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This is the last part of this story, because it’s how I got here,
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這是故事的尾端，因為這告訴各位，我是怎麼開口的
14:20
because I still didn't ride in motorized vehicles.
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因為我仍舊沒有使用機動的交通工具
14:23
I was walking through El Dorado -- it's a prison town, famous prison,
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我穿越了多拉多，它是一個在委內瑞拉的監獄小鎮，
14:30
or infamous prison -- in Venezuela, and I don’t know what possessed me,
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有名或臭名昭彰的監獄都在這裡，我不知道哪裡吸引我
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because this was not like me.
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因為這一點都不像我
14:37
There I am, walking past the guard gate and the guard stops and says,
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我在那，穿越大門，然後警衛拿著一支M16槍指著我說
14:44
"Pasaporte, pasaporte," and with an M16 pointed at me.
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護照！護照(西班牙語)
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And I looked at him and I said, "Passport, huh?
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然後我看著他，我說"護照是吧"
14:53
I don't need to show you my passport. It’s in the back of my pack.
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我不需要給你看，就放在我後背包裡
14:56
I'm Dr. Francis; I'm a U.N. Ambassador and I'm walking around the world."
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我是法蘭西斯博士，我是聯合國親善大使，我走遍世界各地
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And I started walking off.
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然後我就走開了
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What possessed me to say this thing?
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為什麼我想說這件事
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The road turned into the jungle.
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是因為路一轉，通往叢林去了
15:11
I didn’t get shot.
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警衛並沒開槍
15:13
And I got to -- I start saying, "Free at last --
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然後我開始說，終於自由了
15:17
thank God Almighty, I’m free at last."
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謝謝老天爺，我終於自由了
15:24
"What was that about," I’m saying. What was that about?
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這代表什麼呢，我指這代表什麼
15:27
It took me 100 miles to figure out that, in my heart, in me,
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我花了100公哩去理解我的內心
15:35
I had become a prisoner.
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我成為一個囚犯
15:38
I was a prisoner and I needed to escape.
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我是一個囚犯而我必須要逃離
15:42
The prison that I was in was the fact that I did not drive
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這種囚禁是我沒有駕駛
15:48
or use motorized vehicles.
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或使用機動型交通工具這件事
15:50
Now how could that be?
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這怎麼可能
15:52
Because when I started, it seemed very appropriate to me
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因為我開始做了，所以對我來講不使用機動型交通工具是
15:56
not to use motorized vehicles.
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理所當然的一件事
15:58
But the thing that was different
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但這是不同的
16:00
was that every birthday, I asked myself about silence,
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每逢生日，我問自己有關沉默這件事
16:03
but I never asked myself about my decision to just use my feet.
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但我從未問過自己使用雙腳的這個決定
16:11
I had no idea I was going to become a U.N. Ambassador.
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我從沒想到自己會成為聯合國大使
16:14
I had no idea I would have a Ph.D.
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也沒想到會有一個博士學位
16:18
And so I realized that I had a responsibility to more than just me,
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所以我了解，我不僅只對自己有責任
16:24
and that I was going to have to change.
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因此我決定有所改變
16:26
You know, we can do it.
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我們可以的
16:29
I was going to have to change.
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我必須要改變
16:31
And I was afraid to change,
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但我害怕改變
16:33
because I was so used to the guy who only just walked.
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因為我太習慣當一個只會走路的人
16:36
I was so used to that person that I didn’t want to stop.
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太習慣當一個四處行走的人
16:42
I didn’t know who I would be if I changed.
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我不知道如果改變了，我會變成什麼樣子
16:45
But I know I needed to.
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但我知道我必須改變
16:48
I know I needed to change, because it would be the only way
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我知道，因為這是我能夠在這裡
16:52
that I could be here today.
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唯一的方法
16:56
And I know that a lot of times
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我早已知道這件事
16:59
we find ourselves in this wonderful place where we’ve gotten to,
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我們這個擁有美好的地方
17:03
but there’s another place for us to go.
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但我們還有另外一個地方要去
17:06
And we kind of have to leave behind the security of who we’ve become,
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我們必須拋開那些，讓我們之所以為我們的安全機制
17:12
and go to the place of who we are becoming.
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然後去那些，讓我們正在轉變的地方
17:19
And so, I want to encourage you to go to that next place,
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所以我要鼓勵你們前往下一處
17:28
to let yourself out of any prison that you might find yourself in,
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鬆開你自身的枷鎖
17:33
as comfortable as it may be, because we have to do something now.
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懷抱愉快的感覺，因為我們必須要做些什麼
17:41
We have to change now.
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我們必須要改變
17:47
As our former Vice President said,
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引句美國前副總統說的話
17:52
we have to become activists.
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我們必須要成為行動者
17:56
So if my voice can touch you,
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所以如果我的聲音可以感動你
18:00
if my actions can touch you, if my being here can touch you,
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如果我這些行為可以感動你，如果我在這裡可以感動你
18:04
please let it be.
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請受我感動
18:06
And I know that all of you have touched me
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我知道你們感動了我
18:11
while I’ve been here.
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當我在這裡時
18:16
So, let’s go out into the world
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所以，讓我們往外走，往世界各地出發
18:19
and take this caring, this love, this respect
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帶著關心，愛與尊敬
18:22
that we’ve shown each other right here at TED,
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這是我們在TED展現給彼此的½
18:27
and take this out into the world.
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並帶著這些到世界各地
18:29
Because we are the environment,
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因為我們就是環境本身
18:34
and how we treat each other
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我們怎麼對待彼此
18:37
is really how we’re going to treat the environment.
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就會怎麼樣對待這個環境
18:42
So I want to thank you for being here
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所以我要謝謝你們在這裡
18:46
and I want to end this in five seconds of silence.
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我想要以五秒鐘的靜默來作結
18:59
Thank you.
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謝謝你們
19:01
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
John Francis - Planet walkerJohn Francis walks the Earth, carrying a message of careful, truly sustainable development and respect for our planet.
Why you should listen
One day in 1983, John Francis stepped out on a walk. For the next 22 years, he trekked and sailed around North and South America, carrying a message of respect for the Earth -- for 17 of those years, without speaking. During his monumental, silent trek, he earned
an MA in environmental studies and a PhD in land resources.
Today his Planetwalk foundation consults on sustainable development and works with educational groups to teach kids about the environment.
John Francis | Speaker | TED.com