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Gill Hicks: I survived a terrorist attack. Here's what I learned
吉尔·希克斯: 我从一次恐怖袭击中活了下来，学到了这些
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吉尔·希克斯的故事关乎同情与人性，浮现于混乱与仇恨的灰烬。作为2005年7月7日伦敦恐怖爆炸案的幸存者，她分享了那一天的故事——以及深刻的感想，这教会她如何继续活着。
Gill Hicks - Survivor and activist
Gill Hicks has dedicated her life to being an advocate for peace. Full bio
Gill Hicks has dedicated her life to being an advocate for peace. Full bio
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00:12
I could never have imagined
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我永远都不会想象到
一个19岁的自杀式炸弹袭击者
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that a 19-year-old suicide bomber
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会给我上了珍贵的一堂课
00:19
would actually teach me a valuable lesson.
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00:24
But he did.
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但这就是事实
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He taught me to never presume anything
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他教会了我，永远不要对陌生人
先入为主地妄下结论
00:31
about anyone you don't know.
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00:36
On a Thursday morning in July 2005,
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那是2005年7月，一个周四早晨
00:40
the bomber and I, unknowingly,
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我并不知道
自己与这位袭击者同时
自己与这位袭击者同时
上了同一节地铁车厢，
00:43
boarded the same train carriage
at the same time,
at the same time,
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我们站得很近，也就几英尺远
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standing, apparently, just feet apart.
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00:54
I didn't see him.
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我没注意他
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Actually, I didn't see anyone.
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实际上，我没有注意任何人
人们在地铁上一般不会注意任何人
00:58
You know not to look
at anyone on the Tube,
at anyone on the Tube,
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但我想他看见我了
01:00
but I guess he saw me.
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01:04
I guess he looked at all of us,
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我想当时他正看着我们所有人
01:08
as his hand hovered
over the detonation switch.
over the detonation switch.
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手在炸弹开关上犹豫不定地徘徊
01:14
I've often wondered: What was he thinking?
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之后我经常在想：
他当时在想些什么？
他当时在想些什么？
尤其在（爆炸前）最后几秒
01:18
Especially in those final seconds.
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01:24
I know it wasn't personal.
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我知道他并不是针对我的
01:26
He didn't set out to kill
or maim me, Gill Hicks.
or maim me, Gill Hicks.
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他并不是要去杀掉
或伤害我——吉尔•希克斯
或伤害我——吉尔•希克斯
因为他根本就不认识我
01:31
I mean -- he didn't know me.
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01:33
No.
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不认识
01:35
Instead, he gave me
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反之，他给我贴了一个
莫须有的，可怕的标签
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an unwarranted and an unwanted label.
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01:44
I had become the enemy.
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我成了敌人
01:49
To him, I was the "other,"
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于他而言，我只算是“别人”
与“我们”不同的“他们”
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the "them," as opposed to "us."
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01:57
The label "enemy" allowed him
to dehumanize us.
to dehumanize us.
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这个“敌人”的标签允许他
把我们全都非人化
把我们全都非人化
02:03
It allowed him to push that button.
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也允许了他去按下那个按钮
02:07
And he wasn't selective.
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我们并不是某个特定的目标
02:10
Twenty-six precious lives were taken
in my carriage alone,
in my carriage alone,
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仅仅是我所在的那一个车厢，
26个宝贵的生命消逝了
26个宝贵的生命消逝了
02:17
and I was almost one of them.
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我也几乎成为了其中的一员
02:20
In the time it takes to draw a breath,
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在一个深呼吸所需的瞬间
我们坠入了一片无边无际的黑暗
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we were plunged into a darkness so immense
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那黑暗几乎触手可及
02:27
that it was almost tangible;
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或许蹚过柏油的感觉也不过如此
02:29
what I imagine wading
through tar might be like.
through tar might be like.
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02:35
We didn't know we were the enemy.
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我们不知道我们被划成了“敌人”
02:38
We were just a bunch of commuters
who, minutes earlier,
who, minutes earlier,
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我们只是一群上班族，几分钟前
甚至还在遵守地铁乘客礼仪
02:42
had followed the Tube etiquette:
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不跟别人有直接的眼神接触
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no direct eye contact,
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不讲话
02:47
no talking
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02:48
and absolutely no conversation.
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当然也没有任何交谈
02:53
But in the lifting of the darkness,
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但在那一片黑暗之中
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we were reaching out.
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我们伸出了手
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We were helping each other.
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我们在帮助彼此
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We were calling out our names,
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我们叫出了各自的姓名
有点像点名那样
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a little bit like a roll call,
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03:08
waiting for responses.
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等待着应答
03:12
"I'm Gill. I'm here.
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“我是吉尔。我在这儿。
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I'm alive.
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我还活着
03:20
OK."
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（对方）好的。”
03:23
"I'm Gill.
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“我是吉尔。
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Here.
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在这儿。
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Alive.
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还活着。
03:31
OK."
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（对方）好。”
03:35
I didn't know Alison.
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我不认识艾莉森
03:38
But I listened for her check-ins
every few minutes.
every few minutes.
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但我每隔几分钟
就期待着她的报到
就期待着她的报到
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I didn't know Richard.
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我也不认识理查德
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But it mattered to me that he survived.
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但他活下来了，这对我意义重大
03:50
All I shared with them
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我和他们分享的所有
仅仅是我的名字而已（并不是全名）
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was my first name.
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03:55
They didn't know
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他们不知道
我是英国设计理事会的
一个部门主管
一个部门主管
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that I was a head of a department
at the Design Council.
at the Design Council.
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04:01
And here is my beloved briefcase,
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我带着我心爱的行李箱
那天早上它也被解救了出来
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also rescued from that morning.
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04:08
They didn't know that I published
architecture and design journals,
architecture and design journals,
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他们不知道我出版了
建筑设计的期刊
建筑设计的期刊
也不知道我是
皇家艺术协会的会员
皇家艺术协会的会员
04:12
that I was a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Arts,
of the Royal Society of Arts,
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不知道我穿的是黑衣服——
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that I wore black --
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04:18
still do --
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现在也穿着——
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that I smoked cigarillos.
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他们不知道我抽雪茄
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I don't smoke cigarillos anymore.
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现在已经不抽了
我喝杜松子酒，看TED演讲
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I drank gin and I watched TED Talks,
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当然，当时我也不敢想象
我有一天也会站在这儿
我有一天也会站在这儿
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of course, never dreaming
that one day I would be standing,
that one day I would be standing,
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04:37
balancing on prosthetic legs,
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用义肢保持着平衡
发表演讲
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giving a talk.
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04:42
I was a young Australian woman
doing extraordinary things in London.
doing extraordinary things in London.
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我是个年轻的澳大利亚女人，
在伦敦做着不可思议的工作
在伦敦做着不可思议的工作
我还没准备好结束那一切
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And I wasn't ready for that all to end.
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04:52
I was so determined to survive
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我迫切地想要活下来
我用围巾充当止血带，
把它缠绕在大腿上
把它缠绕在大腿上
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that I used my scarf to tie tourniquets
around the tops of my legs,
around the tops of my legs,
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我把所有人，所有事都给屏蔽掉了
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and I just shut everything
and everyone out,
and everyone out,
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05:07
to focus, to listen to myself,
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只是专注地倾听自己
只接受本能的引导
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to be guided by instinct alone.
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05:15
I lowered my breathing rate.
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我放慢呼吸速度
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I elevated my thighs.
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把腿抬起来
我直起身
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I held myself upright
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尽全力不闭上眼
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and I fought the urge to close my eyes.
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05:26
I held on for almost an hour,
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我坚持了几乎一小时
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an hour to contemplate
the whole of my life
the whole of my life
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用这一个小时来思考了到那天为止的
一整个人生
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up until this point.
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05:39
Perhaps I should have done more.
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也许我本应该做更多的事
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Perhaps I could have
lived more, seen more.
lived more, seen more.
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或许我本可以
经历更多事，开拓更多的视野
经历更多事，开拓更多的视野
也许我早就该去跑步，跳舞，练瑜伽
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Maybe I should have gone running,
dancing, taken up yoga.
dancing, taken up yoga.
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05:52
But my priority and my focus
was always my work.
was always my work.
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但我的焦点和重心
永远是我的工作
永远是我的工作
我活着就是为了工作
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I lived to work.
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05:59
Who I was on my business card
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在名片上我是什么样的
这对我很重要
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mattered to me.
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06:05
But it didn't matter down in that tunnel.
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但在那个地铁隧道里
这一切都不重要了
这一切都不重要了
06:11
By the time I felt that first touch
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当我感觉到来自一个搜救员的
第一次触碰时
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from one of my rescuers,
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06:18
I was unable to speak,
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我什么都说不出来
甚至说不出来
一个小小的单词，比如“吉尔”
一个小小的单词，比如“吉尔”
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unable to say even
a small word, like "Gill."
a small word, like "Gill."
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06:27
I surrendered my body to them.
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我把我自己交给了他们
我做了一切能做的
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I had done all I possibly could,
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此刻我把自己的生命交给了他们
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and now I was in their hands.
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06:39
I understood
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当我被送进医院时
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just who and what humanity really is,
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有个身份标签一直伴随着我
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when I first saw the ID tag
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当我第一次看见那个标签时
我理解了到底什么是真正的人性
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that was given to me
when I was admitted to hospital.
when I was admitted to hospital.
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那上面写着：
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And it read:
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06:56
"One unknown estimated female."
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“一个身份不明的女性"
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One unknown estimated female.
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一个身份不明的女性
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Those four words were my gift.
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这些词是赠予我的礼物
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What they told me very clearly
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它们清楚地告诉了我
我的生命被挽救
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was that my life was saved,
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仅仅是因为我是个人
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purely because I was a human being.
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07:22
Difference of any kind made no difference
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人与人之间没有任何差别
救援人员为了救我的命
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to the extraordinary lengths
that the rescuers were prepared to go
that the rescuers were prepared to go
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07:32
to save my life,
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为了救更多的人
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to save as many unknowns as they could,
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他们准备好迎接超乎寻常的跋涉
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and putting their own lives at risk.
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将自己的生命置于危险之中
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To them, it didn't matter
if I was rich or poor,
if I was rich or poor,
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对他们来说，我富有或是贫穷
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the color of my skin,
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我皮肤的颜色
我是男是女
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whether I was male or female,
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我的性取向
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my sexual orientation,
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07:51
who I voted for,
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为谁投了票
我是否受过教育
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whether I was educated,
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我是否有信仰，这些都不重要
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if I had a faith or no faith at all.
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07:59
Nothing mattered
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什么都不重要
除了，我代表着一个珍贵的生命
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other than I was a precious human life.
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08:07
I see myself as a living fact.
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我见证了自己作为一个生命体
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I am proof
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我的亲身经历证明了
无条件的爱与尊重
不只能拯救生命
不只能拯救生命
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that unconditional love and respect
can not only save,
can not only save,
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更能改变生命
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but it can transform lives.
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08:25
Here is a wonderful image
of one of my rescuers, Andy, and I
of one of my rescuers, Andy, and I
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这是一张去年拍摄的让我印象深刻的照片，
是救助我的人之一，
是救助我的人之一，
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taken just last year.
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安迪，还有我
08:32
Ten years after the event,
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事件发生十年后
我们仍在这儿，肩并肩
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and here we are, arm in arm.
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08:39
Throughout all the chaos,
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穿过那一切的混乱
我的手被紧握着
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my hand was held tightly.
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08:45
My face was stroked gently.
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我的脸被轻抚
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What did I feel?
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我感受到了什么？
08:51
I felt loved.
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我感到被爱着
08:53
What's shielded me from hatred
and wanting retribution,
and wanting retribution,
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是什么让我放弃仇恨，放弃复仇
给予我勇气说出：
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what's given me the courage to say:
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最终我得到的
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this ends with me
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09:06
is love.
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只有爱
09:08
I was loved.
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我被爱着
09:13
I believe the potential
for widespread positive change
for widespread positive change
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我相信，正能量的传播潜力
是巨大的
09:19
is absolutely enormous
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因为我知道我们能做什么
09:21
because I know what we're capable of.
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我了解人类的智慧
09:24
I know the brilliance of humanity.
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09:27
So this leaves me with some
pretty big things to ponder
pretty big things to ponder
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这给了我一些需要思考的东西
以及一些我们都应反思的问题：
09:31
and some questions for us all to consider:
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09:36
Is what unites us not far greater
than what can ever divide?
than what can ever divide?
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我们大家团结在一起的力量
难道不比能摧毁我们的大许多吗？
难道不比能摧毁我们的大许多吗？
09:43
Does it have to take
a tragedy or a disaster
a tragedy or a disaster
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是不是只有在悲剧或灾难中
我们才能感到彼此间
作为同一个物种，作为人的
作为同一个物种，作为人的
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for us to feel deeply
connected as one species,
connected as one species,
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09:52
as human beings?
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那种惺惺相惜？
09:55
And when will we embrace
the wisdom of our era
the wisdom of our era
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我们何时才能拥抱
属于我们这个时代的智慧
属于我们这个时代的智慧
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to rise above mere tolerance
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何时才能超越单纯的宽容
10:05
and move to an acceptance
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从而升华至一种接受
去接受那些在我们了解他们之前，
都还仅仅是一个标签的人？
都还仅仅是一个标签的人？
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for all who are only a label
until we know them?
until we know them?
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10:15
Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
（掌声）
10:16
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gill Hicks - Survivor and activistGill Hicks has dedicated her life to being an advocate for peace.
Why you should listen
Dr. Gill Hicks is considered to be one of the most thought provoking, powerful and life affirming speakers in Australia and the UK. She is globally known as a survivor of the London terrorist bombings on July 7, 2005. She survived, but suffered severe and permanent injuries, losing both legs from just below the knee.
Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Hicks has lived in London since 1991, however in 2012 Hicks returned to Australia where she operates nationally and internationally through her not for profit M.A.D. for Peace network and her public speaking work.
Her unique and compelling projects and initiative's, aimed at both deterring anyone from following the path of violent extremism and building sustainable models for peace, draw upon Hicks's previous roles within the Arts.
An impressive career before the bombings included being at the helm of some of the UK's most prestigious and respected institutions -- including publishing director of the architecture, design and contemporary culture magazine, Blueprint, director of the Dangerous Minds design consultancy and head curator at the Design Council. It wasn’t until after the bombings that Hicks decided to dedicate her life to being an advocate for peace. She has made it her mission to use her experiences and her new body form to positive effect.
In 2007 Hicks founded the not for profit organisation M.A.D. for Peace, a platform that connects people globally and encourages us to think of "Peace as a Verb," something that we have an individual responsibility to do every day.
In 2008 Hicks released her first book, One Unknown, named after the chilling label given to her as she arrived to hospital as an unidentified body. The book was shortlisted for the Mind Book of the Year Awards.
Since her return to Australia in 2012, Hicks has been recognised as South Australian, Australian of the Year 2015 and is Chair to the Innovation component for the Committee for Adelaide.
In 2013 Hicks welcomed her daughter, Amelie into the world. This, as she describes it, is her finest achievement and greatest acknowledgement of the brilliance and resilience of the human body.
Gill Hicks | Speaker | TED.com