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Maysoon Zayid: I got 99 problems ... palsy is just one
梅逊·扎伊德: 我有99个麻烦....脑瘫只是其中之一
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“我患有脑瘫。我无时不刻不在颤抖，“这是梅逊·扎伊德（Maysoon Zayid）振奋人心而又诙谐幽默的演讲的开场白。（的确，这个演讲很搞笑） ”我就像夏奇拉遇到了穆罕默德•阿里。” 这位优雅机智的阿裔美国人将带领我们回顾她所曾做的一切： 演员，单口喜剧家，慈善家， 致力于维护残疾人利益的社会活动家。
Maysoon Zayid - Comedian and writer
Writer, actor, comedian, Maysoon Zayid is the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival. Full bio
Writer, actor, comedian, Maysoon Zayid is the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival. Full bio
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00:12
Hello, TEDWomen, what's up.
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各位女同胞们，大家好！ 你们还好吗？
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(Cheers)
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（欢呼声）
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Not good enough.
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再大声点
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Hello, TEDWomen, what is up?
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各位女同胞们，大家好！你们还好吗？
00:19
(Cheers)
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（欢呼声）
00:21
My name is Maysoon Zayid,
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我叫Maysoon Zayid
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and I am not drunk,
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虽然接生我的医生当时喝醉了
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but the doctor who delivered me was.
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但我可清醒着呢！
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He cut my mom six different times
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他从六个不同的方向
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in six different directions,
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切了我妈的肚皮六次
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suffocating poor little me in the process.
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差点闷死我
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As a result, I have cerebral palsy,
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就这样，我得了脑瘫
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which means I shake all the time.
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每天无时不刻地都在颤抖
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Look.
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你们看
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It's exhausting. I'm like Shakira, Shakira
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这太累了。我觉得自己特像夏奇拉
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meets Muhammad Ali.
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夏奇拉遇到了穆罕默德•阿里
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(Laughter)
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(笑声）
00:54
C.P. is not genetic.
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脑瘫不会遗传
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It's not a birth defect. You can't catch it.
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这不是生来就有的病。你根本无法预料
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No one put a curse on my mother's uterus,
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没人诅咒我妈的子宫
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and I didn't get it because
my parents are first cousins,
my parents are first cousins,
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我有这个毛病
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which they are.
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也不是因为我的父母是表兄妹
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
01:11
It only happens from accidents,
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在我出生那天
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like what happened to me on my birth day.
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发生了一场意外
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Now, I must warn you, I'm not inspirational,
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我得提醒你们，我可不是什么励志人物
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and I don't want anyone in this room
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也不希望各位
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to feel bad for me,
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会觉得我可怜
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because at some point in your life,
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在某些时刻
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you have dreamt of being disabled.
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你们会希望自己有点残疾
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Come on a journey with me.
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我们来一起看看吧
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It's Christmas Eve, you're at the mall,
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圣诞前夜
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you're driving around in circles looking for parking,
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你开车在超市转来转去，想找个停车位
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and what do you see?
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猜猜你会看到什么？
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Sixteen empty handicapped spaces.
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十六个空的残疾人停车位
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And you're like, "God, can't I just be
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你会想，“ 天哪！
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a little disabled?"
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我怎么就不能有点残疾呢？”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
01:55
Also, I gotta tell you,
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我得告诉你们
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I got 99 problems, and palsy is just one.
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我有99个麻烦，脑瘫只是其中之一
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If there was an Oppression Olympics,
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如果有什么类似受压迫奥运会
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I would win the gold medal.
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我肯定能拿金牌
02:06
I'm Palestinian, Muslim, I'm female, I'm disabled,
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我是巴勒斯坦人，穆斯林，女性，残疾人
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and I live in New Jersey.
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还有，我住在新泽西
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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（笑声）（鼓掌）
02:19
If you don't feel better about
yourself, maybe you should.
yourself, maybe you should.
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如果你自我感觉不太好的话，或许可以考虑参加
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Cliffside Park, New Jersey is my hometown.
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新泽西的Cliffiside Park是我的家乡
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I have always loved the fact
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我感到高兴的是
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that my hood and my affliction
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我的家乡和我的残疾
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share the same initials.
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有着相同的首字母
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I also love the fact that if I wanted to walk
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我还感到高兴的是
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from my house to New York City, I could.
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我可以从家步行到纽约市
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A lot of people with C.P. don't walk,
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很多有脑瘫的人根本走不了
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but my parents didn't believe in "can't."
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但是我的父母相信一切皆有可能
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My father's mantra was,
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我父亲的口头禅是
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"You can do it, yes you can can."
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“ 你可以做到。是的，你一定行！”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
02:51
So, if my three older sisters were mopping,
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如果我的三个姐姐在拖地
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I was mopping.
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我也得和她们一块儿拖
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If my three older sisters went to public school,
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如果她们去上公立学校
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my parents would sue the school system
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而我去不了
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and guarantee that I went too,
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我的父母就会起诉学校
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and if we didn't all get A's,
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如果我们的成绩不是全A
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we all got my mother's slipper.
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我妈就会用拖鞋砸我们
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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My father taught me how to walk
when I was five years old
when I was five years old
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我五岁时，父亲开始教我如何走路
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by placing my heels on his feet
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我的脚后跟踩着他的脚
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and just walking.
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就这样走着
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Another tactic that he used is he would dangle
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他曾在我面前晃着一美元钞票
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a dollar bill in front of me and have me chase it.
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让我追着跑
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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My inner stripper was very strong, and by --
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那时我跳脱衣舞的欲望非常强烈
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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Yeah. No, by the first day of kindergarten,
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的确如此。第一天去幼儿园时，
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I was walking like a champ
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我走路的样子
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who had been punched one too many times.
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像是被打了好几下的拳击冠军
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Growing up, there were only six Arabs in my town,
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在我成长的小镇上，原来只有六个阿拉伯人
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and they were all my family.
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而且他们都是我的家人
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Now there are 20 Arabs in town,
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现在有二十个阿拉伯人了
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and they are still all my family. (Laughter)
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他们仍然都还是我的家人（ 笑声）
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I don't think anyone even noticed we weren't Italian.
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我想没人注意到我们不是意大利人
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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（笑声）（鼓掌）
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This was before 9/11 and before politicians
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那是在911事件发生前
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thought it was appropriate to use "I hate Moslems"
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那时候政客们还没拿“我憎恶穆斯林”
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as a campaign slogan.
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作为竞选口号
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The people that I grew up with
had no problem with my faith.
had no problem with my faith.
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和我一起长大的小伙伴们对我的信仰没什么意见
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They did, however, seem very concerned
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但是他们担心
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that I would starve to death during Ramadan.
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我会在斋月期间饿死
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I would explain to them that I have enough fat
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我会和他们说
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to live off of for three whole months,
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我的脂肪足够多，可以熬过整整三个月
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so fasting from sunrise to sunset is a piece of cake.
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所以整个白天不吃饭对我来说不是什么难事
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I have tap-danced on Broadway.
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我在百老汇跳过踢踏舞
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Yeah, on Broadway. It's crazy. (Applause)
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百老汇！ 这感觉太棒了！（鼓掌）
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My parents couldn't afford physical therapy,
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我的父母付不起理疗费用
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so they sent me to dancing school.
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所以送我到舞蹈学校
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I learned how to dance in heels,
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我学会如何踩着高跟鞋跳舞
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which means I can walk in heels.
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这样我也能踩着高跟鞋走路了
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And I'm from Jersey,
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我来自泽西岛
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and we are really concerned with being chic,
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这儿的人都希望自己看上去很时髦
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so if my friends wore heels, so did I.
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如果我有朋友穿高跟鞋，我也会和她们一样
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And when my friends went and
spent their summer vacations
spent their summer vacations
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当朋友们都去泽西海岸度假时
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on the Jersey Shore, I did not.
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我却没跟着去
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I spent my summers in a war zone,
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我在一个战区度过了自己的暑假
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because my parents were afraid
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我的父母担心
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that if we didn't go back to Palestine
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如果我们每个夏天
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every single summer,
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都不回巴勒斯坦
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we'd grow up to be Madonna.
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我们以后就会变成麦当娜
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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Summer vacations often consisted of
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每个暑假
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my father trying to heal me,
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我的父亲都在尝试帮助我
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so I drank deer's milk,
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让我喝鹿奶
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I had hot cups on my back,
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在我的后背绑着滚烫的杯子
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I was dunked in the Dead Sea,
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让我浸泡在死海中
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and I remember the water burning my eyes
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我还记得，海水灼烧着我的眼睛
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and thinking, "It's working! It's working!"
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我在想，“啊！起作用了！起作用了！”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
05:29
But one miracle cure we did find was yoga.
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最后我们发现，唯一有效的治疗方法是瑜伽
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I have to tell you, it's very boring,
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我不得不说，瑜伽实在是太无聊了
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but before I did yoga,
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在我做瑜伽前，
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I was a stand-up comedian who can't stand up.
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我是一个站不起来的单口相声演员
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And now I can stand on my head.
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但是现在我可以倒立了
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My parents reinforced this notion
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我的父母不断向我灌输这样的思想
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that I could do anything,
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没有我做不到的事情
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that no dream was impossible,
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没有实现不了的梦想
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and my dream was to be
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我的梦想
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on the daytime soap opera "General Hospital."
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是能够上日间肥皂剧《综合医院》
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I went to college during affirmative action
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在反歧视运动中，我上了大学
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and got a sweet scholarship to ASU,
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并在ASU获得了一份数目可观的奖学金
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Arizona State University,
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亚利桑那州立大学
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because I fit every single quota.
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这是因为我百分之百符合学校的要求
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I was like the pet lemur of the theater department.
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我就像剧院里的狐猴
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Everybody loved me.
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每个人都喜欢我
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I did all the less-than-intelligent kids' homework,
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我做了其他一些不太聪明的孩子的功课
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I got A's in all of my classes,
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我不但自己获得了全A
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A's in all of their classes.
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还帮他们获得了全A
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Every time I did a scene
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每次当我排演话剧
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from "The Glass Menagerie,"
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《玻璃动物园》
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my professors would weep.
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教授们都会感动得泪流满面
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But I never got cast.
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但我从来没得到过一个角色
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Finally, my senior year,
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大四那年
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ASU decided to do a show called
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ASU准备排练一个节目
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"They Dance Real Slow in Jackson."
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叫做《在杰克逊翩翩起舞》
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It's a play about a girl with C.P.
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这个戏剧是关于一个患有脑瘫的女孩
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I was a girl with C.P.
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那不就是我！
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So I start shouting from the rooftops,
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我在屋顶大叫大嚷
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"I'm finally going to get a part!
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我终于有机会表演啦！
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I have cerebral palsy!
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真高兴我患有脑瘫！
06:48
Free at last! Free at last!
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自由万岁！ 自由万岁！
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Thank God almighty, I'm free at last!"
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感谢万能的上帝！自由万岁！
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I didn't get the part. (Laughter)
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可是我没得到那个角色。（笑声）
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Sherry Brown got the part.
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Sherry Brown 成为了那个女孩
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I went racing to the head of the theater department
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我一口气跑到戏剧系的主任那儿
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crying hysterically, like someone shot my cat,
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哭的死去活来，好像有人打死了我的猫似的
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to ask her why,
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问她为什么
07:06
and she said it was because
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她说
07:07
they didn't think I could do the stunts.
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戏剧部认为我演不了那些动作
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I said, "Excuse me, if I can't do the stunts,
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”拜托！
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neither can the character."
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要是我演不了，她也一样“
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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（笑声）（鼓掌）
07:22
This was a part that I was literally born to play
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这是我一生下来就开始扮演的角色
07:28
and they gave it, they gave it to a non-palsy actress.
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但他们却给了一个健全的人
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College was imitating life.
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大学只不过是在模仿生活而已
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Hollywood has a sordid history
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让健全的演员饰演残疾人
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of casting able-bodied actors
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在这一点上
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to play disabled onscreen.
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好莱坞有着不堪回首的历史
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Upon graduating, I moved back home,
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毕业后，我搬回家
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and my first acting gig was
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我的第一个表演机会
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as an extra on a daytime soap opera.
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是作为一名日间肥皂剧的临时演员
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My dream was coming true.
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我的梦想快要实现了
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And I knew that I would be promoted
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我知道自己不久
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from "diner diner" to "wacky best friend" in no time.
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将会从《路边小饭馆》走到《奇葩好友》
07:58
But instead, I remained a glorified piece of furniture
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然而，我仍是那个徒有虚名的小演员
08:00
that you could only recognize
from the back of my head,
from the back of my head,
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你只能从我的后脑勺认出我
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and it became clear to me
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显而易见
08:05
that casting directors
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导演们
08:07
didn't hire fluffy, ethnic, disabled actors.
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不会用那些肤浅的患有残疾的少数民族
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They only hired perfect people.
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他们只会任用那些完美无瑕的人
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But there were exceptions to the rule.
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但是凡事都有例外
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I grew up watching Whoopi Goldberg,
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我从小是看着乌比•戈德宝
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Roseanne Barr, Ellen,
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罗西妮•巴尔和艾伦长大的
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and all of these women had one thing in common:
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这些女人都有一个共性：
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they were comedians.
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她们都是喜剧演员
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So I became a comic.
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所以后来我成为了其中一员
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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My first gig was driving famous comics
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我的初次亮相是带着那些著名的喜剧演员
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from New York City to shows in New Jersey,
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开车从纽约市到新泽西的表演场地
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and I'll never forget the face of the first comic
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我永远忘不了
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I ever drove when he realized
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当驶过新泽西高速公路时
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that he was speeding down the New Jersey Turnpike
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我第一位乘客意识到他的司机是一位患有脑瘫的女孩
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with a chick with C.P. driving him.
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所流露出的表情
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I've performed in clubs all over America,
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我在全美的各种俱乐部中表演
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and I've also performed in Arabic in the Middle East,
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我还在中东用阿拉伯语表演过
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uncensored and uncovered.
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没有审查，也没有报道
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Some people say I'm the first
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有人说我是第一个
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stand-up comic in the Arab world.
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在阿拉伯国家表演的单口相声演员
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I never like to claim first,
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但我从不这么说
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but I do know that they never heard
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我知道他们肯定没听过那些荒唐的言论
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that nasty little rumor that women aren't funny,
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女人一点儿也不幽默
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and they find us hysterical.
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他们发现我们神经过敏
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In 2003, my brother from another mother and father
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在2003年，我的异父异母的哥哥
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Dean Obeidallah and I started
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Dean Obeidallah和我举办了一个活动
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the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival,
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叫做”纽约市阿裔美国人喜剧节“
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now in its 10th year.
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现在已经是第十个年头了
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Our goal was to change the negative image
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我们希望可以改变媒体上
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of Arab-Americans in media,
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阿拉伯裔美国人的负面形象
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while also reminding casting directors
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同时也告诉那些导演们
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that South Asian and Arab are not synonymous.
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南亚人和阿拉伯人并不一样
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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Mainstreaming Arabs was much, much easier
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相比于战胜对残疾人的诽谤
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than conquering the challenge
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阿拉伯的主流人群
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against the stigma against disability.
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好相处的多
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My big break came in 2010.
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我职业生涯的突破起源于2010年
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I was invited to be a guest
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我去一家有线新闻台
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on the cable news show
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做嘉宾
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"Countdown With Keith Olbermann."
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《Keith Olberman 倒计时》
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I walked in looking like I was going to the prom,
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我走了进去，感觉像是去参加舞会
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and they shuffle me into a studio
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他们拖着我进了演播室
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and seat me on a spinning, rolling chair.
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让我坐在一个不停旋转晃动的椅子上
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So I looked at the stage manager and I'm like,
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我看着舞台监督
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"Excuse me, can I have another chair?"
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“请问一下，能给我换个椅子吗?"
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And she looked at me and she went,
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她看着我，说道
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"Five, four, three, two ..."
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”五，四，三，二...."
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And we were live, right?
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我们正在直播，不是吗？
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So I had to grip onto the anchor's desk
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所以我只能紧紧地抓住主持人的桌子
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so that I wouldn't roll off the
screen during the segment,
screen during the segment,
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确保不会从镜头中突然消失
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and when the interview was over, I was livid.
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访谈结束后，我气炸了
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I had finally gotten my chance and I blew it,
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我得到自己梦寐以求的机会，却又搞砸了
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and I knew I would never get invited back.
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我知道自己再没有机会了
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But not only did Mr. Olbermann invite me back,
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但是Olbermann不仅把我邀请回去
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he made me a full-time contributor,
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而且全程都非常尊重我 给我机会去讲话
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and he taped down my chair.
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并把我的椅子用胶带固定住
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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（笑声）（鼓掌）
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One fun fact I learned while on the air
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在和Keith Olbermann做节目的过程中
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with Keith Olbermann
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我学到了一个有趣的事
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was that humans on the Internet are scumbags.
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网络上的人类总是丑陋的
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People say children are cruel,
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人们总是说，孩子有时候会很残忍
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but I was never made fun of as a child or an adult.
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但在成长的过程中，我从来没受过别人的嘲笑
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Suddenly, my disability on the
world wide web is fair game.
world wide web is fair game.
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突然，我的残疾却在网络上遭到攻击
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I would look at clips online
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我会看看网上的一些片段
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and see comments like,
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再看些评论
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"Yo, why's she tweakin?"
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“ 哇，为什么她在不停地扭动身体？”
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"Yo, is she retarded?"
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“哇，她是不是智力有问题啊？”
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And my favorite, "Poor Gumby-mouth terrorist.
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我喜欢的是，“这个可笑的恐怖分子
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What does she suffer from?
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她到底怎么回事？
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We should really pray for her."
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我们该为她祈福祷告。”
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One commenter even suggested
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一个评论家甚至建议
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that I add my disability to my credits:
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我把自己的残疾视为一种荣誉
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screenwriter, comedian, palsy.
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剧作家，喜剧演员，瘫痪
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Disability is as visual as race.
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残疾如同一个人的肤色一样明显
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If a wheelchair user can't play Beyoncé,
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如果腿脚不便的人演不了碧昂斯
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then Beyoncé can't play a wheelchair user.
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那么碧昂斯也演不了坐轮椅的人
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The disabled are the largest —
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残疾人是最大的
11:43
Yeah, clap for that, man. C'mon.
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喝彩加油吧！
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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People with disabilities are the largest minority
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残疾人是世界上最大的少数群体
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in the world, and we are the most underrepresented
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在娱乐节目中
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in entertainment.
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几乎看不到残疾人的身影
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The doctors said that I wouldn't walk,
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医生曾说我走不了
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but I am here in front of you.
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但我现在就站在这儿
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However, if I grew up with social media,
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但是，如果我从小与社交媒体相伴
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I don't think I would be.
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我可能就真的走不了
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I hope that together
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我希望
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we can create more positive images
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能在媒体以及人们的日常生活中
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of disability in the media and in everyday life.
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为残疾人营造更多的积极形象
12:15
Perhaps if there were more positive images,
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或许通过这种方式
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it would foster less hate on the Internet.
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互联网会少些诋毁
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Or maybe not.
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或许什么改变都没有
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Maybe it still takes a village
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教育好我们的孩子
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to teach our children well.
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这也许需要全村人的努力
12:28
My crooked journey has taken me
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我坎坷的经历却把我带到了
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to some very spectacular places.
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一些美妙的地方
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I got to walk the red carpet
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我曾和肥皂剧的女主角Susan Lucci
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flanked by soap diva Susan Lucci
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以及偶像Lorraine Arbus
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and the iconic Lorraine Arbus.
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一起走过红地毯
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I got to act in a movie with Adam Sandler
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我将和Adam Sandler出演一部电影
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and work with my idol,
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并和我的偶像
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the amazing Dave Matthews.
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Dave Matthews 一起工作
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I toured the world as a headliner
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作为《狂野的阿拉伯人》的主演
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on Arabs Gone Wild.
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我环游世界
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I was a delegate
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我代表
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representing the great state of New Jersey
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新泽西州
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at the 2008 DNC.
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出席了2008年的民主党全国委员会
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And I founded Maysoon's Kids,
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我成立了Maysoon儿童基金会
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a charity that hopes
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希望
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to give Palestinian refugee children
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能给巴勒斯坦难民营的儿童
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a sliver of the chance my parents gave me.
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一点点我当初父母曾给我的希望
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But the one moment that stands out the most
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但是最重要的时刻是
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was when I got -- before this moment --
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当我将要----在此之前
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(Laughter) (Applause) —
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（笑声）（鼓掌）
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but the one moment that stands out the most
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但是最重要的时刻是
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was when I got to perform
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当我将要为
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for the man who floats like a butterfly
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一个身手敏捷
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and stings like a bee,
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出手直击要害的人表演
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has Parkinson's and shakes just like me,
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他有帕金森病， 也像我一样会不停地颤抖
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Muhammad Ali.
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穆罕默德•阿里
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(Applause)
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（鼓掌）
13:43
It was the only time
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这是唯一一次
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that my father ever saw me perform live,
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我父亲看我的直播表演
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and I dedicate this talk to his memory.
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我把这个演讲献给他
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(In Arabic)
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（阿拉伯语）
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My name is Maysoon Zayid,
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我的名字叫Maysoon Zayid
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and if I can can, you can can.
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如果我可以， 你一定也行
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(Applause)
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（鼓掌）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Maysoon Zayid - Comedian and writerWriter, actor, comedian, Maysoon Zayid is the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival.
Why you should listen
Early in her acting career, Maysoon Zayid realized she'd get a lot more stage time if she showed off how funny she was. As she told the BBC, "It became very obvious to me that in the United States of America, a fluffy ethnic disabled chick was never going to get a job unless she did stand-up."
A Palestinian woman from New Jersey, Zayid jokes about her family, global culture, and her life with cerebral palsy. Along with Dean Obeidallah, she founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, now in its 10th year. She spends several months of the year in the Palestinian Territories running workshops for disabled and orphaned kids in refugee camps, using art to help them deal with trauma. And yes -- if you're an Adam Sandler fan, you'll recognize Zayid as the woman behind the beauty-shop counter in You Don't Mess With the Zohan.
Maysoon Zayid | Speaker | TED.com