ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christopher Bell - Media studies scholar
Dr. Christopher Bell specializes in the study of popular culture, focusing on the ways in which race, class and gender intersect in different forms of media.

Why you should listen

Dr. Christopher Bell is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS).

At UCCS, Bell teaches both theory and methodology courses in critical analysis of popular culture, rhetorical theory, representation theory and mass media. His academic books include American Idolatry: Celebrity, Commodity and Reality Television (McFarland 2010), Hermione Granger Saves the World! (McFarland 2012), Legilimens! Perspectives in Harry Potter Studies (Cambridge Scholars 2013), From Here to Hogwarts (McFarland 2015) and Wizards vs. Muggles (McFarland 2016).

For more than ten years, Bell has been a featured professional speaker on a variety of college campuses, both large and small, nationally touring on issues of race, class and gender in the media. In what little spare time is left over, Bell is the author of the children's books Do Not Open the Door! and Do Not Look Under the Rug!, a competitive gamer (competing on regional and international circuits), and he travels with his wife and daughter.

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Christopher Bell: Bring on the female superheroes!

克里斯多夫·贝尔: 让我们带上女超人!

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为什么想找到女英雄的周边商品就那么难呢?在这个充满热情的,亮点不断的演讲中,媒体研究学者(一个星战迷女儿的父亲)克里斯多夫·贝尔为我们指出了女性英雄玩具和商品严重缺失的现状,并强调这件事将决定我们如何教导孩子认识这个世界。
- Media studies scholar
Dr. Christopher Bell specializes in the study of popular culture, focusing on the ways in which race, class and gender intersect in different forms of media. Full bio

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I spend most of my time
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我生活中的大部分时间都在思考
关于小女孩的事情,
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thinking思维 about little girls女孩,
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which哪一个 is kind of a weird奇怪的 thing
for a grown长大的 man in our society社会 to say.
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这对于当今社会一位
成年男性而言未免有些奇怪。
但是我确实花了大量时间
在思考小女孩的事,
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But I do. I spend most of my time
thinking思维 about little girls女孩,
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and I think it's primarily主要
because I have one.
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我想主要原因是
因为我有一个女儿吧。
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This one's那些 mine, and I think
you would really like her.
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这是我的女儿,
我想你们会喜欢她的。
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She is smart聪明 and funny滑稽
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她聪慧过人,活泼可爱,
待人友好,是个不错的小伙伴。
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and kind to people and a good friend朋友.
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But when I talk about my daughter女儿,
the word I find myself saying most
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但是当谈到我的女儿,
我发现我说的最多的词是
“运动员”。
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is "athlete运动员."
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My kid's孩子的 athletic竞技.
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我的孩子身体素质很好。
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She is strong强大 and fast快速
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她强壮,敏捷,
有着很棒的平衡感
和良好的身体协调性。
00:50
and has great balance平衡
and good body身体 control控制.
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她在持续三天的少林拳法比赛中,
00:54
She is a three-time三次,
back-to-back-to-back后端到后端到回 state champion冠军
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in Shaolin少林 Kempo拳法.
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获得了三次州冠军。
九岁的她已接近黑带水平。
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At nine years年份 old, she is already已经
halfway to a black黑色 belt.
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我的女儿有着运动员的体魄。
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My daughter女儿 is athletic竞技.
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现在,一个高1.86米。
重120公斤的大汉站在你面前,
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Now, when a man who is six feet two
and 265 pounds英镑 stands站立 in front面前 of you
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说她的女儿是运动员,
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and says his daughter女儿 is athletic竞技,
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你也许会想,应该是遗传他的吧。
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you might威力 think
that's a reflection反射 of him.
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01:12
It is not.
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并不是这样的。
01:14
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
01:15
My wife妻子 in high school学校
was a two-time两次 all-state所有国家 soccer足球 player播放机
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我的妻子在高中曾两次
代表全州参加足球比赛,
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and a two-time两次 all-state所有国家
volleyball排球 player播放机,
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还两次代表全州参加排球比赛,
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and I played发挥 "Dungeons地下城 and Dragons."
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而我那会儿还玩着“龙与地下城”。
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And that is why,
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那也就是为什么,
01:25
although虽然 my daughter女儿 is an athlete运动员,
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我的女儿不仅仅是个运动员,
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she's also a huge巨大 nerd书呆子, which哪一个 I love.
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她也是个技术能手,
我很喜欢她这点。
01:30
She walks散步 around our house
in a cloak披风 of flames火焰
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她身披火焰斗篷在家中穿行,
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that she made制作 herself她自己.
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这是她亲手制作的。
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She sits坐镇 on the Iron Throne王座 --
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她坐在铁王座上,
(译注:来源于权力的游戏)
(笑声)
01:37
(Laughter笑声)
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即使她未曾看过《权利的游戏》,
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even though虽然 she has never
seen看到 "Game游戏 of Thrones权力,"
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主要是因为我们并不是最糟的父母。
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primarily主要 because we are not
the worst最差 parents父母 who ever lived生活.
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但她知道有人叫做龙母,
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But she knows知道 there's someone有人
called the Mother母亲 of Dragons,
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她也自称龙母并怡然自得。
01:48
and she calls电话 herself她自己 that
and she loves it.
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她是个大大的漫画爱好者。
01:50
She's a huge巨大 comic滑稽 book fan风扇.
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现在,她最喜欢的角色是格鲁特。
01:52
Right now, her favorite喜爱
character字符 is Groot格鲁特.
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她喜欢格鲁特。
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She loves Groot格鲁特.
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她崇拜绿巨人浩克。
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She adores崇拜 The Incredible难以置信 Hulk废船.
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But my daughter女儿 really at heart,
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但是在我女儿的内心中,
星球大战才是她的最爱。
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her thing is Star Wars战争.
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我的孩子是个绝地武士。
(星球大战中的重要组织)
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My kid孩子 is a Jedi绝地.
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Although虽然 some days she's also a Sith西斯,
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尽管有时她也扮成西斯,
(绝地武士的宿敌)
是个令我敬佩的选择。
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which哪一个 is a choice选择 that I can respect尊重.
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(笑声)
02:10
(Laughter笑声)
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但是我一直有个困惑,
02:11
But here's这里的 the question
that I have to ask.
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为什么当我的女儿想要换装打扮时,
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Why is it that when
my daughter女儿 dresses礼服 up,
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无论是格鲁特还是绿巨人,
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whether是否 it's Groot格鲁特 or The Incredible难以置信 Hulk废船,
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无论是欧比旺·克诺比,还是达斯·摩尔,
(都是星球大战中的人物)
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whether是否 it's Obi-Wan欧比旺 Kenobi肯诺比 or Darth达斯 Maul打伤,
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为什么她饰演的都是男性角色?
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why is every一切 character字符
she dresses礼服 up as a boy男孩?
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02:28
And where are all the female superheroes超级英雄?
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女性超级英雄都去哪了?
这么问并不确切,
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And that is not actually其实 the question,
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因为世界上有很多女性英雄。
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because there's plenty丰富
of female superheroes超级英雄.
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事实上,我的问题是,
所有女英雄的周边产品都哪儿去了?
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My question really is,
where is all the female superhero超级英雄 stuff东东?
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Where are the costumes服装?
Where are the toys玩具?
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她们的服装,形象玩具都在哪儿?
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Because every一切 day when my daughter女儿
plays播放 when she dresses礼服 up,
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因为当我的女儿每天换装扮演时,
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she's learning学习 stuff东东
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她都在学习,
02:48
through通过 a process处理 that,
in my own拥有 line线 of work,
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在我自己的本职工作中,
作为一个媒体分析领域的教授,
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as a professor教授 of media媒体 studies学习,
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我们把这个过程称为公共教育学。
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we refer参考 to as public上市 pedagogy教育学.
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也就是说,这关于社会如何
被赋予意识形态。
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That is, it is how societies社会
are taught ideologies意识形态.
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它让你懂得,作为
一名男性或女性的意义,
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It's how you learned学到了 what it meant意味着
to be a man or a woman女人,
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在公共场合自我表现的意义,
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what it meant意味着 to behave表现
yourself你自己 in public上市,
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成为一个忠心耿耿
又彬彬有礼的人的意义。
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what it meant意味着 to be a patriot爱国者
and have good manners礼貌.
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03:07
It's all the constituent组分 social社会 relations关系
that make us up as a people.
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就是这些所有的社会关系
组成了我们大家。
简而言之,那就是我们如何
了解到,我们对于其他人的认知,
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It's, in short, how we learn学习
what we know about other people
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以及我们对于全世界的认知。
03:15
and about the world世界.
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03:17
But we live生活 in a 100-percent-百分
media-saturated媒体饱和 society社会.
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但是我们生活在一个
媒体无处不在的社会中。
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What that means手段 is that every一切 single
aspect方面 of your human人的 existence存在
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也就是说,人类在
基本生理机能之外的
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outside of your basic基本 bodily身体 functions功能
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每一个方面,
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is in some way touched感动 by media媒体.
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都多多少少与媒体有关联。
从你开的车,吃的食物
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From the car汽车 that you drive驾驶
to the food餐饮 that you eat
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到你穿的衣服,
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to the clothes衣服 that you wear穿
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到你建立人际关系的方式,
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to the way you construct构造
your relationships关系
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到你表达思路时
所使用的特有的语法——
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to the very language语言
you use to formulate制定 thought --
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03:38
all of that is in some way mediated.
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所有这些都以某种方式被媒体化了。
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So the answer回答 in our society社会
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所以,在我们的社会中,
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to how do we learn学习 what we know
about other people and about the world世界
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关于如何了解自己
对于其他人和世界的认知,
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is largely大部分 through通过 media媒体.
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答案就是很大程度上,
是通过媒体的。
然而,有一个在媒体中存在,
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Well, there's a wrinkle皱纹 in that,
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在社会中也同样存在的小问题,
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in that our society社会,
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media媒体 don't simply只是 exist存在 as information信息
distribution分配 technologies技术 and devices设备.
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媒体并不单单作为信息发布的
技术和设备而存在,
它们也作为企业的实体而存在。
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They also exist存在 as corporate企业 entities实体.
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并且,当信息的发布与商业利益挂钩时,
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And when the distribution分配 of information信息
is tied to financial金融 gain获得,
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04:08
there's a problem问题.
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就出现了问题。
多么严重的问题呢?
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How big of a problem问题?
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04:12
Well think about this:
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试想一下:
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in 1983, 90 percent百分 of American美国 media媒体
were owned拥有的 by 50 companies公司.
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在1983年,五十家公司掌控着
全美国百分之九十的媒体。
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In any market市场, 50 companies公司
doing something is a lot of companies公司.
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在任何市场领域,五十家公司
共营意味着很多个公司。
意味着许多不同的世界观。
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It's a lot of different不同 worldviews世界观.
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In 2015, that number has shrunk压缩 to six,
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在2015年,公司的数目
锐减到了六个,
六家公司。
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six companies公司.
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They are NBCUniversalNBC环球 Comcast康卡斯特,
AOLAOL Time Warner华纳,
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它们是NBC环球集团,
AOL时代华纳公司,
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the Walt沃尔特 Disney迪士尼 Company公司, News新闻 Corp公司,
Viacom维亚康姆 and the CBSCBS Corporation公司.
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迪士尼公司,新闻集团,
维亚康姆以及CBS公司。
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These six companies公司 produce生产
nine out of every一切 10 movies电影 you watch,
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这六家公司制作了你所
接触过的绝大多数电影,
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nine out of every一切 10 television电视 shows节目,
nine out of every一切 10 songs歌曲,
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绝大多数的电视节目,
绝大多数的歌曲,
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nine out of every一切 10 books图书.
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绝大多数的书籍。
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So my question to you is,
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所以我要问你们的是,
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if six companies公司 control控制
90 percent百分 of American美国 media媒体,
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如果六家公司控制着
全美国百分之九十的媒体,
你们认为,在观看什么节目的问题上,
它们对你们产生了多大的影响?
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how much influence影响 do you think they have
over what you're allowed允许 to see every一切 day?
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Because in media媒体 studies学习,
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因为在媒体学的研究中,
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we spend a lot of time saying
that media媒体 can't tell us what to think,
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我们花费大量的时间说明
媒体并不能告诉我们去想什么,
05:08
and they can't; they're terrible可怕 at that.
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它们确实不能,
而且做得很糟糕。
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But that's not their job工作.
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不过那不是它们分内的事情。
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Media媒体 don't tell us what to think.
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媒体并不告诉我们要去想什么,
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Media媒体 tell us what to think about.
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媒体告诉我们要去思考什么。
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They control控制 the conversation会话,
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它们掌控着我们的谈话内容,
即使是现在,
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and in controlling控制 the conversation会话,
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它们不必让你想到
它们想要让你想的东西,
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they don't have to get you
to think what they want you to think.
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它们仅仅是让你思考
他们想要让你思考的事情,
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They'll他们会 just get you thinking思维 about
the things they want you to think about,
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更重要的是,不去思考
它们不想让你思考的事情。
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and more importantly重要的, not thinking思维 about
the things they don't you to think about.
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它们掌控了谈话内容。
05:31
They control控制 the conversation会话.
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这在我们的实际生活中
是如何奏效的呢?
05:33
How does this work in practice实践?
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让我们找到
这六家公司中的一家。
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Let's just take one of those companies公司.
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一家简单的。
05:36
We'll do an easy简单 one.
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让我们聊聊迪士尼公司。
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Let's talk about the Walt沃尔特 Disney迪士尼
Company公司 for a second第二.
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我总是选择
迪士尼公司的原因是,
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The reason原因 why I always pick
the Walt沃尔特 Disney迪士尼 Company公司 is this.
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在座的观众中有从未
看过迪士尼电影的人吗?
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Is there a single person in this room房间
who has never seen看到 a Disney迪士尼 movie电影?
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看吧,答案显而易见。
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Look around. Exactly究竟.
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I picked采摘的 Disney迪士尼 because they have
what we call 100 percent百分 penetration渗透
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我选择迪士尼公司是因为,
用我们的话说,它百分之百的
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in our society社会.
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渗透进了我们的社会。
每一个人都曾经接触迪士尼,
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Every一切 single person
has been exposed裸露 to Disney迪士尼,
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所以我用它来举例效果最好。
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so it's an easy简单 one for me to use.
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从1937年开始,迪士尼就通过
向女孩儿们出售公主玩偶赚钱。
05:59
Since以来 1937, Disney迪士尼 has made制作 most
of its money selling销售 princesses公主们 to girls女孩.
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他们为此大赚了一笔。
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It's made制作 a huge巨大 chunk of its money.
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当然,除非你的女儿
和我的女儿一样,
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Unless除非, of course课程, the princess公主
your daughter女儿 is interested有兴趣 in,
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喜欢这样的角色。
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as my daughter女儿 is, is this one.
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06:11
See, in 2012,
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看看吧,在2012年,
迪斯尼总共花了40亿
美元收购卢卡斯影业,
06:14
Disney迪士尼 purchased购买 LucasFilm卢卡斯电影公司
for the sum of four billion十亿 dollars美元,
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06:18
and immediately立即 they flooded
the Disney迪士尼 stores商店 with Han Solo独奏
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之后汉索罗,欧比旺・肯诺比,达斯·维德,
06:22
and Obi-Wan欧比旺 Kenobi肯诺比, with Darth达斯 Vader维达
and Luke卢克 Skywalker天空步行者 and Yoda尤达
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卢克·天行者和尤达(星球大战人物),
就迅速占据了迪斯尼商店。
06:26
and not Princess公主 Leia累啊.
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但却没有莱娅公主
(同为星球大战人物)。
为什么?因为这名
公主会扰乱我们对
06:27
Why? Because this princess公主
messes混乱 up the public上市 pedagogy教育学
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这些公主的公共认知。
06:31
for these princesses公主们.
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所以迪斯尼并没有
把莱娅公主商品化。
06:33
So Disney迪士尼 did not put Princess公主 Leia累啊
merchandise商品 in the store商店,
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当人们跑到迪斯尼并询问,
06:36
and when people went to Disney迪士尼 and said,
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“嘿,莱娅公主的商品在哪儿呢?”
06:38
"Hey, where's哪里 all
the Princess公主 Leia累啊 stuff东东?"
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迪斯尼回答:“我们并不打算
06:40
Disney迪士尼 said, "We have no intention意向
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提供莱娅公主的周边商品。”
06:42
of putting Princess公主 Leia累啊
merchandise商品 in the store商店."
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所以粉丝们很生气,
他们在Twitter上
06:44
And fans球迷 were angry愤怒
and they took to Twitter推特
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发起了标签,
#我们想要莱娅。
06:46
with the hashtag井号 #WeWantLeiaWeWantLeia.
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然后迪斯尼回复,“等一下,
那不是我们的本意。
06:49
And Disney迪士尼 said,
"Wait, that's not what we meant意味着.
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06:51
What we meant意味着 was,
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我们的意思是,
我们目前还没有莱娅公主的
相关商品,但我们会有的。”
06:53
we don't have any Princess公主 Leia累啊
merchandise商品 yet然而, but we will."
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那是在2012年的事了,
到了2015年,
06:56
And that was in 2012, and it is 2015,
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如果你像我一样,
最近去过迪斯尼商店,
07:00
and if you go to the Disney迪士尼 Store商店,
as I recently最近 have,
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寻找莱娅公主的相关商品,
07:02
and look for Princess公主 Leia累啊 merchandise商品,
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你猜商店里有多少关于她的商品?
07:04
do you know how many许多 Princess公主 Leia累啊
items项目 there are in the Disney迪士尼 Store商店?
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一件都没有,因为迪斯尼从来就
不打算把莱娅公主放进商店。
07:08
Zero, because Disney迪士尼 has no intention意向
of putting Princess公主 Leia累啊 in the store商店.
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我们不应该为此感到奇怪,
因为那其实是他们在2009年,
07:11
And we shouldn't不能 be surprised诧异
because we found发现 out that was their policy政策
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总共花了45亿美金收购漫威的时候
07:15
when they bought Marvel奇迹 in 2009
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就定好的政策。
07:19
for the sum of 4.5 billion十亿 dollars美元.
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因为之前通过向女孩们
顷售公主玩偶赚了一大笔,
07:22
Because when you make a lot of money
selling销售 princesses公主们 to girls女孩,
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他们也想从男孩儿那挣点钱。
07:25
you also kind of want
to make money from boys男孩.
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有什么比超级英雄
更适合男孩们的吗?
07:27
And so what better to sell boys男孩
than superheroes超级英雄?
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所以迪斯尼就有了美国队长,雷神,
07:30
So now Disney迪士尼 had access访问
to Captain队长 America美国 and to Thor雷神,
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绿巨人,
07:33
The Incredible难以置信 Hulk废船,
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他们甚至还拥有了一批
07:34
and they had access访问 even
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我们没人听说过的超级英雄。
07:37
to a group of superheroes超级英雄
no one had ever even heard听说 of.
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07:40
That's how good Marvel奇迹 was
at selling销售 superheroes超级英雄.
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这体现了漫威是出色的英雄卖家。
去年,他们发售了一部
名叫《银河守护者》的影片。
07:43
Last year, they released发布 a film电影
called "Guardians守护者 of the Galaxy星系."
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这是一部绝不可能火的影片,
07:46
It's a film电影 that absolutely绝对
should not work.
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因为除了像我这样的漫画书呆子,
一般都没人听说过这些英雄。
07:49
Nobody没有人 knew知道 who they were
except for comic滑稽 book nerds书呆子 like me.
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07:53
One of the characters人物 is a talking tree.
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其中一个形象,
是一棵会说话的树。
另一个形象则是
一个拟人化的浣熊。
07:56
One of the characters人物
is an anthropomorphic拟人化 raccoon.
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这怎么想也火不了啊。
07:58
It should not work.
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但他们真的就拿着
《银河守护者》大赚了一笔。
07:59
And they made制作 a killing谋杀
off of "Guardians守护者 of the Galaxy星系."
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这个中间的形象,
她的名字是加美拉。
08:03
This character字符 here in the middle中间,
her name名称 is GamoraGamora.
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她是由佐伊·索尔达娜扮演的,
08:05
She's played发挥 by Zoe佐伊 Saldana索尔达娜,
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她是一个坚强,聪颖,敏捷,
打斗起来和忍者一样的形象,
08:07
and she is strong强大 and smart聪明 and fast快速
and fights打架 like a ninja忍者,
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由一位美丽的黑人女性扮演,
08:11
and she is played发挥
by a beautiful美丽 black黑色 woman女人,
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我的女儿爱上了这个形象。
08:13
and my daughter女儿 fell下跌 in love with her.
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所以,我就像一般的好爸爸那样,
去给女儿买加美拉的周边商品。
08:15
So like any good nerd书呆子 dad,
I went to buy购买 my daughter女儿 GamoraGamora stuff东东,
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当我到了商店,我得知了
一件十分有趣的事情。
08:19
and when I got to the store商店,
I learned学到了 a very interesting有趣 thing.
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如果我想给她
买一个加美拉书包,
08:23
If I wanted to buy购买 her a GamoraGamora backpack背包,
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上面是没有加美拉的。
08:25
well, Gamora'sGamora的 not on it.
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08:28
They probably大概 should have marketed销售 this
as "some" of the Guardians守护者 of the Galaxy星系.
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也许他们在打标牌的时候,
应该标成《银河守护者》中的“某些人”。
(笑声)
08:32
(Laughter笑声)
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如果我想给她买个午饭袋,
08:34
And if I wanted to buy购买 her a lunchbox便当盒,
she wasn't on it,
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08:37
and if I wanted to buy购买 her a t-shirtT恤衫,
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加美拉也不在上面。
T恤也是一样的。
08:39
she wasn't on it.
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事实上,
08:40
And as a matter of fact事实,
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如果我去商店,我确实去看过了,
08:42
if I went to the store商店, as I did,
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会看到在展品区,
08:44
and looked看着 at the display显示,
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有一个加美拉的小照片在这儿。
08:46
you would find a small picture图片
of GamoraGamora right here,
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但当你仔细看架子上的商品实物时,
08:49
but if you look at any
of the actual实际 merchandise商品 on that shelf,
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你会发现加美拉没有
出现在任何商品上。
08:52
GamoraGamora is not on any of it.
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现在,我可以在Twitter上发
#加美拉去哪儿了,
08:55
Now, I could have taken采取 to Twitter推特
with the hashtag井号 #WheresGamoraWheresGamora,
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就像世界各地成千上万的
粉丝们一样。
08:59
like millions百万 of fans球迷 did
across横过 the world世界,
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但事实上,我并不对此感到惊讶,
09:02
but the truth真相 was
I wasn't even really that surprised诧异,
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因为当迪斯尼播出《复仇者联盟》的
时候我也经历过了。
09:06
because I was there
when Disney迪士尼 had released发布 "The Avengers复仇者."
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就在今年,我们又迎来了
复联的新续集《奥创纪元》,
09:10
And just this year, we got
a new Avengers复仇者 movie电影, the "Age年龄 of UltronULTRON,"
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然后我们很激动,
09:13
and we were very excited兴奋,
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因为其中有,不是一个,
而是两位女超级英雄,
09:15
because there was not one
but two female superheroes超级英雄,
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腥红女巫和黑寡妇。
09:17
Scarlet猩红 Witch巫婆 and Black黑色 Widow寡妇.
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所以我们很激动。
09:19
And we were very excited兴奋.
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但真相是这样的。
09:20
But here's这里的 the real真实 thing about this.
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即使是由斯嘉丽·约翰逊,
09:23
Even though虽然 Scarlett斯嘉丽 Johansson约翰森,
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美国当红女星扮演的黑寡妇;
09:24
who is one of the most popular流行
actresses女演员 in America美国, plays播放 Black黑色 Widow寡妇,
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即使黑寡妇形象存在于
09:28
and Black黑色 Widow寡妇 is the star
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不是一部两部,而是五部
不同的漫威电影,
09:29
of not one, not two,
but five different不同 Marvel奇迹 movies电影,
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市场上也还是找不到任何
关于黑寡妇的产品。
09:34
there is not a single piece
of Black黑色 Widow寡妇 merchandise商品 available可得到.
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一个也没有。
09:39
Not one.
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如果你前往迪斯尼商店,
寻找黑寡妇的服饰,
09:40
And if you go to the Disney迪士尼 store商店
and look for a Black黑色 Widow寡妇 costume服装,
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你会发现,能找到的都是
美国队长,绿巨人,
09:44
what you will find, is you will find
Captain队长 America美国 and The Incredible难以置信 Hulk废船.
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钢铁侠,或者雷神的服饰。
09:47
You will find Iron Man and Thor雷神.
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你甚至还能找到战争机器,
(钢铁侠的好朋友)
09:49
You will even find War战争 Machine,
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在电影中都没怎么出镜的那种。
09:50
who isn't even really
in the movie电影 that long.
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但是就是没有黑寡妇。
09:53
Who you will not find is Black黑色 Widow寡妇.
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我本可以登录Twitter,
像许多人那样贴个标签,
09:56
And I could have gone走了 to Twitter推特
with the hashtag井号, as many许多 people did,
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#娜塔莎在哪儿。
09:59
# WheresNatashaWheresNatasha.
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但是我已经对这种
行为感到疲惫了。
10:01
But I'm tired of doing that.
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我对这种情况感到疲惫了。
10:03
I'm tired of having to do that.
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现在全国上下,
10:05
All over the country国家 right now,
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孩子们都在玩一个基于
复联专用战斗机场景的游戏,
10:07
there are kids孩子 playing播放
with the Cycle周期 Blast爆破 QuinjetQuinjet play set,
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在其中,美国队长骑着摩托车
冲出了飞行中的战斗机,
10:10
where Captain队长 America美国
rides游乐设施 a motorcycle摩托车 out of a moving移动 jet喷射
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那场面太酷了。
10:14
and it's really awesome真棒.
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你能想象有多酷吗?
10:16
You know how awesome真棒 it is?
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在电影当中,也是这样的刺激,
10:17
So awesome真棒 that when
it happened发生 in the movie电影,
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这其实是黑寡妇的戏份。
10:20
it was Black黑色 Widow寡妇 that did it.
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不仅她的形象被抹去了,
10:22
Not only has she been erased擦除,
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还被一位男性形象所取代了。
10:26
but she has been replaced更换
with a male figure数字.
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10:31
And so what is this teaching教学 us?
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这又给了我们怎样的启示呢?
我的意思是,在未来的五年当中,
10:34
I mean, over the next下一个 five years年份,
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迪士尼和华纳兄弟公司,
还有一群电影工作室
10:36
Disney迪士尼 and Warner华纳 Bros兄弟.
and a bunch of movie电影 studios工作室
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将会推出超过30部基于漫画形象的
10:40
are going to release发布
over 30 feature-length长篇 films影片
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全长电影。
10:43
with comic滑稽 book characters人物,
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在这超过30部电影中,
10:45
and of those 30 feature-length长篇 films影片,
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准确来说只有两部
将会由女性独立领导。
10:47
exactly究竟 two of them
will have female solo独奏 leads引线.
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两部而已。
10:52
Two.
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虽然其他这些电影中也
都是有女性形象的,
10:53
Now, there will be females女性
in the rest休息 of these movies电影,
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10:56
but they will be sidekicks插袋,
they will be love interests利益,
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但她们都只是配角,爱情筹码,
和团队中的一员而已。
10:59
they will be members会员 of teams球队.
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她们不会是主角。
11:00
They will not be the main主要 character字符.
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如果我们对其他人和
11:02
And if what we learn学习, what we know
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这个世界的认知都是通过媒体,
11:04
about other people and about the world世界
we learn学习 through通过 media媒体,
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那么这些公司正在教育我的女儿,
即使她很坚强,
11:08
then these companies公司 are teaching教学
my daughter女儿 that even if she is strong强大
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很聪明,很敏捷,
打斗起来像个忍者,
11:11
and smart聪明 and fast快速
and fights打架 like a ninja忍者,
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即使这些素质她都具备了,
11:14
all four of which哪一个 are true真正 of her,
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也毫无意义。
11:17
it doesn't matter.
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她要不就会像
加美拉那样被忽视,
11:19
She will either be ignored忽视 like GamoraGamora
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要不就会像黑寡妇那样,
11:22
or erased擦除 and replaced更换 with a boy男孩
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被其他男孩儿取代。
11:24
like Black黑色 Widow寡妇.
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11:26
And it's not fair公平.
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这不公平。
这对她不公平,对你们的
儿子女儿们也不公平。
11:28
It's not fair公平 to her and it's not fair公平
to your sons儿子 and daughters女儿 either.
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但关键在于:
11:32
But here's这里的 the thing:
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我正在养育一个小女孩儿,
她的个性有点儿像假小子,
11:33
I'm raising提高 a little girl女孩,
and she has a little tomboy假小子 in her,
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虽然听上去对一个女孩有点像贬义词,
11:37
which哪一个 by the way is
a terrible可怕 thing to call a girl女孩.
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但是这些媒体传达给大众的却是,
这些定义你们的东西,
11:39
What that basically基本上 is saying is,
those traits性状 that define确定 you,
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并非属于你们,
11:43
they're not really yours你的,
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这些特质只是从
男孩那儿暂时接过来的。
11:44
they're just on loan贷款 to you
for a little while from boys男孩.
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11:47
But do you know how much grief哀思
she's going to take in her life
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但是你知道她会
因为假小子的性格而感到
人生有多么令人悲伤吗?
11:50
for having a little tomboy假小子 in her?
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11:53
Zero. None没有.
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一点儿都不会。
人们会认为这很可爱。
11:55
People will think it's cute可爱.
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人们会用争强好胜形容她,
因为在这个社会当中,
11:56
They'll他们会 call her feisty易怒的,
because in our society社会,
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女性具有一点儿所谓的男性特质,
11:59
adding加入 so-called所谓 male traits性状 to girls女孩
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其实是一种升级,
被认为是额外的优势。
12:01
is seen看到 as an upgrade升级, seen看到 as a bonus奖金.
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我没有抚养过像Mike
这样的小男孩儿。
12:05
I'm not raising提高 a little boy男孩, like Mike麦克风.
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Mike是弗罗里达州的
一名小男孩儿,他今年11岁。
12:08
Mike麦克风 is a little boy男孩 in Florida佛罗里达.
He's 11 years年份 old,
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他在这个世界上最喜欢的东西,
12:11
and the thing that he loves
most in the world世界
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和美国其他
成千上万的孩子们一样,
12:13
is a show显示 called "My Little Pony小马:
Friendship友谊 is Magic魔法,"
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是一部动画片,名叫
《小马驹之友谊魔法》。
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like millions百万 of other children孩子
across横过 America美国.
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这个动画的消费人群
针对5-9岁的小女孩,
12:19
Now, the show显示 is marketed销售 to girls女孩
ages年龄 five to nine,
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但是却有不计其数的小男孩儿,
12:23
but there are millions百万 of boys男孩
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还有成年男性
12:25
and grown长大的 men男人
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也喜欢《小马驹之友谊魔法》。
12:27
who enjoy请享用 "My Little Pony小马:
Friendship友谊 is Magic魔法."
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他们成立了一个俱乐部。
12:29
They have a club俱乐部.
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他们称自己为小马兄弟,
12:30
They call themselves他们自己 BroniesBronies,
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一群喜欢小马驹的男人。
12:32
pony小马 bros兄弟, guys who like ponies小马.
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我碰巧就是其中之一。
12:36
I happen发生 to be one of them.
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Mike和我,还有无数的
12:37
And what are Mike麦克风 and myself
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男孩和男人们,从这个女性化的
12:41
and millions百万 of other boys男孩 and men男人
learning学习 in this feminine女人,
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12:44
sissifiedsissified world世界 of "My Little Pony小马?"
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“我的小马世界”里学到了什么呢?
他们懂得了努力学习,
努力工作,努力玩耍,
12:47
Well, they're learning学习 to study研究 hard
and to work hard and to party派对 hard
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懂得了举止得体,乐观自信,
12:52
and to look good and to feel good
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行善积德,
12:54
and to do good,
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而男孩生来就被避免了
接触这些死板的概念。
12:55
and heaven天堂 preserve保留 us from teaching教学
these wussifiedwussified concepts概念 to boys男孩.
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所以邻里的孩子就
在Mike身上找茬儿,
13:00
So the other kids孩子 in his neighborhood邻里
pick on Mike麦克风 and they beat击败 him up
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殴打他,嘲笑他,
13:04
and they make fun开玩笑 of him,
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作为一名11岁的男孩,
Mike回到家,
13:06
and at 11 years年份 old, Mike麦克风 goes home,
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找到了跟带子,套过脖子,
13:08
finds认定 a belt, wraps包装 it around his neck颈部,
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把自己挂在了上铺的床沿上。
13:10
and hangs挂起 himself他自己
from the top最佳 bunk假寐 of his bed.
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因为我们的社会决定了一种模式,
13:13
Because we have developed发达 a society社会
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宁可做一名死去的男孩,
也不愿被人说喜欢女孩的东西。
13:16
in which哪一个 you would rather be dead as a boy男孩
than thought of as liking喜欢 stuff东东 for girls女孩.
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那不是Mike的错。
那是我们的错。
13:22
And that is not Mike's迈克的 fault故障.
That is our fault故障.
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我们令他失望了。
13:25
We have failed失败 him.
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我们令我们的孩子们失望了。
13:27
We have failed失败 our children孩子.
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我们应该为了他们做得更好。
13:30
And we have to do better for them.
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我们必须停止这么做,
不能让女超人的形象
13:32
We have to stop making制造 it
so that the only female superheroes超级英雄
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只出现在针对女孩儿的,
可爱的粉嘟嘟的T恤上。
13:35
appear出现 on shirts衬衫 that are pink
and cut for girls女孩.
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13:38
We have to stop.
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我们必须停止。
当我这么说的时候,
一些人回复我说:
13:40
And when I was putting this together一起,
people said to me,
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“好吧,但那绝不可能发生。”
然后我说:“是吗?”
13:42
"Well, that's never going to happen发生."
And I said, "Oh really?"
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因为就在今年,塔吉特
(Target百货公司)宣布,
13:45
Because just this year, Target目标 announced公布
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他们将要取消玩具的性别通道。
13:47
that they were going to stop
gendering性别化 their toy玩具 aisles过道.
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13:51
They were going to mix混合 it up.
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他们要把玩具混在一起。
不过,在我们准备
支持塔吉特的时候,
13:52
Now, before we break打破 our shoulders肩膀
patting拍着 Target目标 on the back,
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他们在这周又发行了一款T恤,
13:56
just this week they released发布 a shirt衬衫
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13:58
in which哪一个 one of the most
iconic标志性的 scenes场景 in "Star Wars战争: A New Hope希望"
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在上面印着“星球大战:曙光乍现”中
最具标志性的一幕:
莱娅公主直面西斯黑暗尊主。
14:01
where Princess公主 Leia累啊 stands站立 up
to the Dark黑暗 Lord of the Sith西斯,
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但T恤上的画面,
14:04
was released发布 on a t-shirtT恤衫
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莱娅却神秘的被卢克取代了。
14:05
in which哪一个 she's mysteriously神秘
replaced更换 by Luke卢克.
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所以我们也不能高兴得太早。
14:07
So let's don't pat ourselves我们自己
on the back too much.
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同样是这周,
14:11
Just this week also,
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迪斯尼宣布他们不会
再把万圣节服饰性别化了。
14:12
Disney迪士尼 announced公布 it was no longer
going to gender性别 its Halloween万圣节 costumes服装,
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我要说:“谢谢你,迪斯尼,
14:17
which哪一个 I say, "Thank you, Disney迪士尼,
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你们的服饰本来就
只印男性超级英雄,
14:18
except the only costumes服装 you make
are of male superheroes超级英雄,
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所以谁穿也没什么区别吧?”
14:21
so does it matter
who you have wearing穿着 them?"
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14:25
Just this week, Mattel美泰, who makes品牌 Barbie芭比,
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就在这周,生产了
芭比娃娃的美泰公司,
14:27
announced公布 they're going to release发布
a line线 of DCDC superhero超级英雄 girls女孩.
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宣布他们将会发布
超能英雄少女组合。
有趣的是,
14:30
And the funny滑稽 thing is,
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当他们和女孩儿们交流,
14:32
they met会见 with girls女孩
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询问她们想要怎样的娃娃时,
14:33
and asked them what they
wanted to see in dolls玩偶,
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你会发现,她们想要那种
14:35
and you can see, they have calves小牛
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手臂和腿部可以弯曲的,
那样就可以作一些超人动作。
14:38
and elbows肘部 that bend弯曲
so they can do superhero超级英雄 stuff东东.
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请购买它们吧。
14:41
And please buy购买 them.
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不要只买给你们的女儿们,
14:43
And don't just buy购买 them
for your daughters女儿,
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也买给儿子们吧。
14:45
buy购买 them for your sons儿子.
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因为男孩们玩儿女版超人玩具,
14:46
Because it's important重要 that boys男孩
play with and as female superheroes超级英雄
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就和我女儿玩男版一样意义重大。
14:51
just as my daughter女儿 plays播放
with and as male superheroes超级英雄.
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事实上,在我理想中的社会,
14:55
As a matter of fact事实, what I would love
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当每个人前往商店时,
14:57
is a world世界 in which哪一个 every一切 person
who goes to the store商店
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他们的脑海中只需要
闪过一个小的流程图,
15:00
goes with a little flowchart流程图 in their head
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就能决定是否给男孩儿
或是女孩儿买这种玩具,
15:03
of whether是否 or not they should buy购买
this toy玩具 for a boy男孩 or a girl女孩,
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真的是很简单的流程图,
因为其中只有一个问题:
15:06
and it's a real真实 simple简单 flowchart流程图
because it only has one question on it.
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那就是:“这个玩具
需要用到性器官吗?”
15:09
It says, "Is this toy玩具
operated操作 with you genitals生殖器?"
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(笑声)
15:12
(Laughter笑声)
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如果答案是肯定的,
15:14
If the answer回答 is yes,
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15:17
then that is not a toy玩具 for children孩子.
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那这个玩具绝对少儿不宜!
(笑声)
15:19
(Laughter笑声)
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15:22
And if the answer回答 is no,
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如果答案是否认的,
那这个玩具就同样适合男孩和女孩。
15:25
then it's for boys男孩 and girls女孩.
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就是这么简单。
15:28
It's really simple简单.
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因为今天就决定了明天的明天,
在我的明天中,
15:29
Because today今天 is about the future未来
of the future未来, and in my future未来,
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男孩和女孩是平等的,
15:33
boys男孩 and girls女孩 are equally一样 respected尊敬,
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他们平等的被尊重,被重视,
最重要的是平等的被象征。
15:37
equally一样 valued价值, and most importantly重要的,
equally一样 represented代表.
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15:42
Thank you.
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谢谢。
(掌声)
15:43
(Applause掌声)
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Translated by Junyi Sha

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christopher Bell - Media studies scholar
Dr. Christopher Bell specializes in the study of popular culture, focusing on the ways in which race, class and gender intersect in different forms of media.

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Dr. Christopher Bell is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS).

At UCCS, Bell teaches both theory and methodology courses in critical analysis of popular culture, rhetorical theory, representation theory and mass media. His academic books include American Idolatry: Celebrity, Commodity and Reality Television (McFarland 2010), Hermione Granger Saves the World! (McFarland 2012), Legilimens! Perspectives in Harry Potter Studies (Cambridge Scholars 2013), From Here to Hogwarts (McFarland 2015) and Wizards vs. Muggles (McFarland 2016).

For more than ten years, Bell has been a featured professional speaker on a variety of college campuses, both large and small, nationally touring on issues of race, class and gender in the media. In what little spare time is left over, Bell is the author of the children's books Do Not Open the Door! and Do Not Look Under the Rug!, a competitive gamer (competing on regional and international circuits), and he travels with his wife and daughter.

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