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Amy Purdy: Living beyond limits
艾米·珀迪: 超越极限的人生
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艾米·珀迪在她十九岁的时候， 失去了自膝盖以下的双腿。然而今天的她... 是一位职业单板滑雪运动员。在她充满激情的演讲里，她讲述了如何从人生的挫折中来激励自己的故事。（录制于TEDXOrangeCoast）
Amy Purdy - Pro snowboarder
Amy Purdy became a professional snowboarder despite losing both her legs to meningitis. She encourages us to take control of our lives, and our limits. Full bio
Amy Purdy became a professional snowboarder despite losing both her legs to meningitis. She encourages us to take control of our lives, and our limits. Full bio
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If your life were a book
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如果你的人生是一本书
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and you were the author,
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你是书的作者
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how would you want your story to go?
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你会怎么写你的故事？
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That's the question
that changed my life forever.
that changed my life forever.
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这个问题永远改变了我的一生
生长在拉斯维加斯的炎热沙漠
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Growing up in the hot Last Vegas desert,
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all I wanted was to be free.
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我一直向往自由
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I would daydream about
traveling the world,
traveling the world,
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我做着白日梦 梦想周游世界
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living in a place where it snowed,
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住在能看见雪的地方
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and I would picture all of the stories
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编我想讲述的
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that I would go on to tell.
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所有故事
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At the age of 19,
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19岁那年
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the day after I graduated high school,
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在我从高中毕业后
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I moved to a place where it snowed
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我搬到了能见到雪的地方
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and I became a massage therapist.
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我成为一名按摩师
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With this job all I needed were my hands
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这份工作只需要双手
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and my massage table by my side
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以及身边的按摩桌
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and I could go anywhere.
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而且我可以去任何地方
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For the first time in my life,
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有生以来头一次
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I felt free, independent
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我感到自由 独立
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and completely in control of my life.
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对生活充满把握
直到人生出现了一个转折
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That is, until my life took a detour.
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一天我下班比往常早
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I went home from work early one day
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with what I thought was the flu,
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以为自己得了流感
24小时不到
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and less than 24 hours later
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I was in the hospital
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我就进了医院
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on life support
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生命垂危
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with less than a two percent chance of living.
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只有2%的存活几率
之后的几天
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It wasn't until days later
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我陷入昏迷
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as I lay in a coma
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that the doctors diagnosed me
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医生诊断我得了
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with bacterial meningitis,
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细菌性脑膜炎
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a vaccine-preventable blood infection.
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疫苗可预防性血液感染
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Over the course of two and a half months
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在为期两个半月的治疗中
我切除了脾和肾
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I lost my spleen, my kidneys,
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左耳失聪
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the hearing in my left ear
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and both of my legs below the knee.
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膝盖以下截肢
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When my parents
wheeled me out of the hospital
wheeled me out of the hospital
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当父母把我推出医院时
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I felt like I had been
pieced back together
pieced back together
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我感到自己被重新拼凑起来
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like a patchwork doll.
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像一个拼布娃娃
我以为最惨的事已完结
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I thought the worst was over
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until weeks later when I saw my new legs
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直到我第一次见到
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for the first time.
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自己的新腿
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The calves were bulky blocks of metal
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小腿是笨重的金属块
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with pipes bolted together for the ankles
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脚踝用管子和螺丝固定
外加黄色的橡胶脚
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and a yellow rubber foot
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突起的橡胶线从脚趾延伸到脚踝
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with a raised rubber line
from the toe to the ankle
from the toe to the ankle
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为了使它们看起来像血管
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to look like a vein.
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I didn't know what to expect,
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我不知道我想要的结果是什么
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but I wasn't expecting that.
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但绝不会是这个
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With my mom by my side
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妈妈站在我旁边
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and tears streaming down our faces,
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两个人泪水肆意
我绑上这两条粗短腿
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I strapped on these chunky legs
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and I stood up.
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然后站起来
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They were so painful and so confining
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它们让我感到十分痛苦，并且充满限制
我脑子里只有一个想法：
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that all I could think was,
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用这些破玩意我怎么能
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how am I ever going to travel the world
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周游世界？
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in these things?
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How was I ever going to live
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我如何才能过我
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the life full of adventure and stories,
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一直想要的
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as I always wanted?
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异彩纷呈的生活？
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And how was I going to snowboard again?
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我如何才能再玩单板滑雪？
那天，我回到家，爬上床
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That day, I went home, I crawled into bed
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and this is what my life looked like
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这是我接下来几个月的
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for the next few months:
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生活状态:
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me passed out, escaping from reality,
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我躺在床上, 淡出生活 逃离现实
我的腿放在床边
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with my legs resting by my side.
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我在生理上和心理上完全崩溃了
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I was absolutely physically
and emotionally broken.
and emotionally broken.
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但是我知道 为了向前走
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But I knew that in order to move forward,
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I had to let go of the old Amy
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我必须放开过去的艾米
学着接受新的艾米
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and learn to embrace the new Amy.
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那时 我突然想到
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And that is when it dawned on me
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我再也不只有5.5英尺高了
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that I didn't have to be five-foot-five anymore.
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I could be as tall as I wanted!
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我可以想多高有多高
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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（笑声）（掌声）
或者想多矮有多矮 这得看我和谁约会
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Or as short as I wanted,
depending on who I was dating.
depending on who I was dating.
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（笑声）
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(Laughter)
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And if I snowboarded again,
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如果我再玩单板滑雪
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my feet aren't going to get cold.
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脚再也不会冷
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And best of all, I thought,
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我觉得最棒的是
我可以调整脚的大小来适合
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I can make my feet the size
of all the shoes
of all the shoes
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货架上任何尺码的鞋子
（笑声）
（笑声）
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that are on the sales rack.
(Laughter)
(Laughter)
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And I did!
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我真那么干了！
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So there were benefits here.
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所以这还是有些好处的
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It was this moment that I asked myself
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那一刻我问了自己
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that life-defining question:
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一个决定人生走向的问题
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If my life were a book
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如果人生是一本书
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and I were the author,
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而我是作者
我会怎么写这个故事？
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how would I want the story to go?
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我开始做白日梦
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And I began to daydream.
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想小时候那样做梦
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I daydreamed like I did as a little girl
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我想象自己
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and I imagined myself
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walking gracefully,
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优雅地前行
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helping other people through my journey
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在路途中帮助别人
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and snowboarding again.
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再次玩单板滑雪
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And I didn't just see myself
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我并不是仅仅看到自己
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carving down a mountain of powder,
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从山上滑下来
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I could actually feel it.
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我可以真切感受到那个场景
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I could feel the wind against my face
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我可以感受到风扑面而来
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and the beat of my racing heart
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感受到心脏的韵律
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as if it were happening
in that very moment.
in that very moment.
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如同那一刻正在真实发生
那就是我开启人生新篇章的时刻
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And that is when a new chapter
in my life began.
in my life began.
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Four months later
I was back up on a snowboard,
I was back up on a snowboard,
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4个月之后，我重拾单板滑雪
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although things didn't go
quite as expected:
quite as expected:
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虽然事情并不像我期待的那样
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My knees and my ankles wouldn't bend
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我的膝盖和脚踝无法弯曲
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and at one point I traumatized
all the skiers on the chair lift
all the skiers on the chair lift
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在某一点上我吓坏了升降椅上所有的滑雪者
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when I fell and my legs,
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（笑声）就是当我摔倒时，
我的腿还连着滑板
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still attached to my snowboard —
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(Laughter) —
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（笑声）
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went flying down the mountain,
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它们一起飞落到山脚
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and I was on top of the mountain still.
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而我依然在山顶
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I was so shocked,
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（笑声）我被惊到了
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I was just as shocked as everybody else,
and I was so discouraged,
and I was so discouraged,
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同其他人一样 我惊呆了 而且很失落
但是我知道 如果我找到了两条合适的腿
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but I knew that if I could find the right pair of feet
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that I would be able to do this again.
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我完全可以成功
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And this is when I learned
that our borders
that our borders
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这时 我明白了
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and our obstacles
can only do two things:
can only do two things:
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艰难险阻只能做两件事：
一是将我们困在原来的轨道
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one, stop us in our tracks
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or two, force us to get creative.
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二是迫使我们充满创造力
我研究了一年 仍然不知道
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I did a year of research,
still couldn't figure out
still couldn't figure out
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what kind of legs to use,
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用什么样的腿
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couldn't find any resources
that could help me.
that could help me.
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也找不到任何有用的资源
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So I decided to make a pair myself.
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于是我决定自己做一副假腿
我和制作者把各种部件拼在一起
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My leg maker and I
put random parts together
put random parts together
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and we made a pair of feet
that I could snowboard in.
that I could snowboard in.
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做了两条可以玩滑板的腿
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As you can see,
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你可以看到
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rusted bolts, rubber,
wood and neon pink duct tape.
wood and neon pink duct tape.
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生锈的螺栓、橡胶、木头和荧光粉胶带
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And yes, I can change my toenail polish.
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没错 我可以换指甲颜色
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It was these legs
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这双假腿
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and the best 21st birthday gift
I could ever receive —
I could ever receive —
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以及我21岁生日收到的最好礼物——
——我爸爸的一个肾
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a new kidney from my dad —
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that allowed me to follow my dreams again.
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让我再次追逐梦想
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I started snowboarding,
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我开始玩单板滑雪
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then I went back to work,
then I went back to school.
then I went back to school.
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我重新工作 并回到学校
2005年我创办了一个非盈利组织
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Then in 2005 I cofounded
a nonprofit organization
a nonprofit organization
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用来救助身体残疾的年轻人
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for youth and young adults
with physical disabilities
with physical disabilities
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so they could get involved
with action sports.
with action sports.
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使他们能再次参加体育运动
从那时起 我有机会前往南非
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From there, I had the opportunity to go to South Africa,
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给千百儿童带来鞋子
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where I helped to put shoes
on thousands of children's feet
on thousands of children's feet
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so they could attend school.
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这样他们就可以去上学
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And just this past February,
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在刚刚过去的二月
我相继取得两块世界金牌
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I won two back-to-back
World Cup gold medals —
World Cup gold medals —
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（掌声）
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(Applause) —
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which made me
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——这使我成为
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the highest ranked
adaptive female snowboarder
adaptive female snowboarder
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世界上最高级别的残疾人女子单板滑雪
运动员
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in the world.
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Eleven years ago, when I lost my legs,
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11年前 当我失去腿时
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I had no idea what to expect.
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我不知道该期盼什么
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But if you ask me today,
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但是如果你现在问我
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if I would ever want to
change my situation,
change my situation,
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是否愿意换个人生
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I would have to say no.
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我会回答不
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Because my legs haven't disabled me,
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因为我的双腿并没有阻碍我
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if anything they've enabled me.
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如果说它们给我带来了什么
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They've forced me to rely on my imagination
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那就是它们让我依靠想象力
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and to believe in the possibilities,
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让我相信一切皆有可能
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and that's why I believe
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这就是为什么我相信
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that our imaginations can be used as tools
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想象可以成为工具
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for breaking through borders,
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用来冲破障碍
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because in our minds,
we can do anything
we can do anything
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因为在脑子里 我们可以做任何事
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and we can be anything.
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可以成为任何人
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It's believing in those dreams
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相信梦想
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and facing our fears head-on
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直面恐惧
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that allows us to live our lives
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能够让我们的生活
超出局限
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beyond our limits.
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虽然今天在讲无边界创新
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And although today is about
innovation without borders,
innovation without borders,
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I have to say that in my life,
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但我不得不说 在我的生命里
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innovation has only been possible
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是我自身的种种局限
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because of my borders.
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让不可能变成可能
我知道这些局限 才是现实结束
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I've learned that borders are where the actual ends,
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想象产生
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but also where the imagination
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and the story begins.
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故事开始的地方
所以 今天我想让你们挑战的是
08:55
So the thought that I would like
to challenge you with today
to challenge you with today
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is that maybe instead of looking at
our challenges and our limitations
our challenges and our limitations
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与其把挑战、局限看做
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as something negative or bad,
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不利或者坏事
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we can begin to look at them as blessings,
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我们可以把它们看做恩惠
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magnificent gifts that can be used
to ignite our imaginations
to ignite our imaginations
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可以点亮想象的神奇礼物
能帮助我们走得更远 远到我们从未想过
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and help us go further
than we ever knew we could go.
than we ever knew we could go.
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It's not about breaking down borders.
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这不是要打破局限
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It's about pushing off of them
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而是把局限推得更广
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and seeing what amazing places
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然后看看它们能把我们带到
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they might bring us.
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怎样美好的地方
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Thank you.
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谢谢
（掌声）
（掌声）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Amy Purdy - Pro snowboarderAmy Purdy became a professional snowboarder despite losing both her legs to meningitis. She encourages us to take control of our lives, and our limits.
Why you should listen
After bacterial meningitis took her legs, Amy Purdy struggled with depression, and only beat it when she learned to accept her new reality, but not any limitations. After being unable to find prosthetics that would allow her to snowboard, she built her own. Today, she is a world champion female adaptive snowboarder. In 2005, she co-founded Adaptive Action Sports, a non-profit dedicated to introducing people with physical challenges to action sports.
Amy Purdy | Speaker | TED.com