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Candy Chang: Before I die I want to ...
坎迪·张：在死之前，我想......
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TED Fellow坎迪·张居住在新奥尔良市。她把她社区里的一栋废弃房屋改造成一块巨大的黑板。她在这块黑板上写满了同一道填空题－“在死之前，我想......”邻居们则填上了各种或是惊奇、或是辛酸、亦或是风趣的答案。这块巨型黑板则成为他们社区里的一块明镜。 （你会答些什么呢？）
Candy Chang - Artist, designer, urban planner
Candy Chang creates art that prompts people to think about their secrets, wishes and hopes -- and then share them. She is a TED Senior Fellow. Full bio
Candy Chang creates art that prompts people to think about their secrets, wishes and hopes -- and then share them. She is a TED Senior Fellow. Full bio
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There are a lot of ways the people around us
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我们周围的人能以很多种方式
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can help improve our lives.
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来帮我们把生活变得更美好
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We don't bump into every neighbor,
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我们不一定能常常碰到我们的邻居
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so a lot of wisdom never gets passed on,
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所以即使我们生活在同一片公共空间里
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though we do share the same public spaces.
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邻居的智慧也难以被传递开来
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So over the past few years, I've tried ways to share more
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所以在过去的几年里，我尝试着以不同的方式
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with my neighbors in public space,
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如用贴纸、展板和粉笔这些简单工具
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using simple tools like stickers, stencils and chalk.
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来在公共空间里与邻居分享更多的东西
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And these projects came from questions I had, like,
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这些项目都源自于我自己的一些疑问，如
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how much are my neighbors paying for their apartments?
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我的邻居得付多少房租？
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(Laughter) How can we lend and borrow more things
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（笑声）我们怎么样能够从邻里间互借到更多的东西
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without knocking on each other's doors at a bad time?
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同时避免在不合时宜的时候敲开对方的门？
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How can we share more of our memories
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我们怎样能够更好地分享各自的
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of our abandoned buildings,
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关于被毁弃的建筑的回忆
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and gain a better understanding of our landscape?
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并更好地理解我们居住的这片土地？
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And how can we share more of our hopes
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怎样更能表达我们对空置的店面的期待
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for our vacant storefronts, so our communities
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使我们的社区能反映出
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can reflect our needs and dreams today?
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我们现在的需求和梦想？
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Now, I live in New Orleans,
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我现时住在新奥尔良
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and I am in love with New Orleans.
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并深深地爱上了这座城市
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My soul is always soothed by the giant live oak trees,
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那些生生不息的巨型橡树总是可以抚慰我的灵魂
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shading lovers, drunks and dreamers
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几百年来，情侣、醉汉和追梦人们
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for hundreds of years, and I trust a city
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总会稍息在树影下
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that always makes way for music. (Laughter)
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我深信这一座充满着音乐律动的城市
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I feel like every time someone sneezes,
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每当有人打喷嚏时，
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New Orleans has a parade. (Laughter)
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我都感觉新奥尔良来了一只游行队伍（笑声）
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The city has some of the most beautiful architecture
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新奥尔良拥有世界上很多最漂亮的建筑
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in the world, but it also has one of the highest amounts
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但同时，她也是全美拥有最多
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of abandoned properties in America.
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废弃建筑的城市
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I live near this house, and I thought about how I could
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我住在这栋房子附近，我就想如何让它
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make it a nicer space for my neighborhood,
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在这片社区里成为一个更好的地方
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and I also thought about something
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也思考了另一件事
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that changed my life forever.
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这件事彻底改变了我的人生
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In 2009, I lost someone I loved very much.
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2009年，我失去了一个我挚爱的人
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Her name was Joan, and she was a mother to me,
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她的名字叫琼，对我来讲，她就像我的母亲一样
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and her death was sudden and unexpected.
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她死得很突然，没有人预料到
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And I thought about death a lot,
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然后我思考了很多关于死亡的事
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and
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然后⋯⋯
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this made me feel deep gratitude for the time I've had,
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这件事让我对我拥有的时光怀着深切致意
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and
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并且
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brought clarity to the things that are meaningful
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显现出了那些
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to my life now.
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对我的生命有真正意义的东西
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But I struggle to maintain this perspective in my daily life.
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但我却很难在日常生活中保持这种心态
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I feel like it's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day,
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我觉得人们太容易被日复一日的琐碎困住
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and forget what really matters to you.
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而忘记什么才是真正重要的事
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So with help from old and new friends,
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我于是在一些新老朋友的帮助下
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I turned the side of this abandoned house
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把这栋废弃的房子的一面墙
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into a giant chalkboard and stenciled it
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做成了一个巨型黑板
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with a fill-in-the-blank sentence:
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我在上面写满了同一道填空题
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"Before I die, I want to ... "
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“在死之前，我想⋯⋯”
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So anyone walking by can pick up a piece of chalk,
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所以每一个路过的人都可以捡起一根粉笔
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reflect on their lives, and share their personal aspirations
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在公共场合里留下一些他们人生的痕迹
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in public space.
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且来分享他们内心深处的愿望
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I didn't know what to expect from this experiment,
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我并不知道该从这个实验里期待些什么
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but by the next day, the wall was entirely filled out,
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但是第二天，整个墙壁都被填满了
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and it kept growing.
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而且不断有人添加新的答案
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And I'd like to share a few things
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我想跟大家分享一些人们在那面墙上
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that people wrote on this wall.
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写的东西
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"Before I die, I want to be tried for piracy." (Laughter)
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“在死之前，我想为我的海盗行为接受审判”（笑声）
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"Before I die, I want to straddle the International Date Line."
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“在死之前，我想跨过国际日期变更线”
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"Before I die, I want to sing for millions."
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“在死之前，我想在上百万的观众面前唱歌”
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"Before I die, I want to plant a tree."
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“在死之前，我想种一棵树”
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"Before I die, I want to live off the grid."
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“在死之前，我想过隐居的生活”
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"Before I die, I want to hold her one more time."
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“在死之前，我想再抱她一次”
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"Before I die, I want to be someone's cavalry."
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“在死之前，我想成为某个人的骑士”
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"Before I die, I want to be completely myself."
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“在死之前，我想要做完全真实的自己”
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So this neglected space became a constructive one,
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这个本来被遗忘的建筑变成了一个极具建设性的地方
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and people's hopes and dreams
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这些人的希望和梦想
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made me laugh out loud, tear up,
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让我放声大笑，也黯然落泪
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and they consoled me during my own tough times.
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也曾在我经历困境的时候给我安慰
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It's about knowing you're not alone.
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这让我们相信自己并不孤单
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It's about understanding our neighbors
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让我们对邻居有了全新的
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in new and enlightening ways.
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启发心智的了解
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It's about making space for reflection and contemplation,
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这为我们营造了一个反省和思考的空间
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and remembering what really matters most to us
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也提醒我们在不断成长改变的过程中
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as we grow and change.
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什么才是最为重要的
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I made this last year, and started receiving
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这个黑板是我去年做的，然后我就不断收到
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hundreds of messages from passionate people
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一些热情的人们给我发的信息
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who wanted to make a wall with their community,
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说想在他们的社区里也设立一面这样的墙壁
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so my civic center colleagues and I made a tool kit, and now
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所以我和我的同事们就做了一个小型工具箱
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walls have been made in countries around the world,
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现在，这面墙壁已经遍布全球
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including Kazakhstan, South Africa,
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包括哈萨克斯坦，南非
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Australia,
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澳大利亚
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Argentina and beyond.
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阿根廷等地
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Together, we've shown how powerful our public spaces
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这些迹象表明，如果我们能有一个
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can be if we're given the opportunity to have a voice
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表达自己的意愿并与他人分享的机会
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and share more with one another.
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那么公共空间将发挥巨大的作用
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Two of the most valuable things we have are time
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我们所拥有的最珍贵的两样东西，一个是时间
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and our relationships with other people.
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还有一个，是与他人的联系
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In our age of increasing distractions,
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在这个物欲横流的时代里
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it's more important than ever to find ways to maintain
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努力坚持自我，铭记人生的短暂与生命的脆弱
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perspective and remember that life is brief and tender.
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变得比以往任何时代都更重要
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Death is something that we're often discouraged
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我们总是没有勇气谈论死亡
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to talk about or even think about, but
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甚至没有勇气去想着死亡
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I've realized that preparing for death
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但是我意识到，为死亡做心理准备
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is one of the most empowering things you can do.
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是我们能够做到的最有力的事情之一
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Thinking about death clarifies your life.
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思考死亡能够让你对自己的人生有更清醒的认识
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Our shared spaces can better reflect what matters to us
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公共空间可以更好的体现到底什么对我们是真正重要的
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as individuals and as a community,
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无论是对个人来说或者对于整个社区来说
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and with more ways to share our hopes, fears and stories,
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有了更多的方式来分享我们的希望，恐惧和经历
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the people around us can not only help us
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我们身边的人不仅能够帮助我们创造更美好的地方
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make better places, they can help us lead better lives.
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更帮助我们过上更美好的生活
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Thank you. (Applause)
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谢谢（掌声）
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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Thank you. (Applause)
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谢谢（掌声）
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Candy Chang - Artist, designer, urban plannerCandy Chang creates art that prompts people to think about their secrets, wishes and hopes -- and then share them. She is a TED Senior Fellow.
Why you should listen
Candy Chang is an artist, designer, and urban planner who explores making cities more comfortable and contemplative places. She believes in the potential of introspection and collective wisdom in public space to improve our communities and help us lead better lives.
Recent projects include Before I Die, where she transformed an abandoned house in her neighborhood in New Orleans into an interactive wall for people to share their hopes and dreams -- a project The Atlantic called “one of the most creative community projects ever.” Other projects include I Wish This Was, a street art project that invites people to voice what they want in vacant storefronts, and Neighborland, an online tool that helps people self-organize and shape the development of their communities. She is a TED Senior Fellow, an Urban Innovation Fellow, and was named a “Live Your Best Life” Local Hero by Oprah magazine. By combining street art with urban planning and social activism, she has been recognized as a leader in developing new strategies for the design of our cities. She is co-founder of Civic Center, an art and design studio in New Orleans. See more at candychang.com.
Coming up: Before I Die ... the book!
Candy Chang | Speaker | TED.com