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Helen Marriage: Public art that turns cities into playgrounds of the imagination
海伦•马里奇: 公共艺术将城市变成想象力的乐园
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视觉艺术家海伦·马里奇（Helen Marriage）举办了令人震惊的大型公共艺术活动，拓展了可能性的边界。在她创造的视觉之旅中，她讲述了三个城市的故事，她把它们变成了想象中的游乐场——想象一下，一头巨大的机械大象在伦敦穿行——并展示了当人们停下脚步，一同惊叹和体验的时刻会发生什么。
Helen Marriage - Maverick producer
Helen Marriage cofounded a company that specializes in creating disruptive, whole-city arts events that surprise and delight everyone who comes across them. Full bio
Helen Marriage cofounded a company that specializes in creating disruptive, whole-city arts events that surprise and delight everyone who comes across them. Full bio
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我们身处的世界
正慢慢被屏幕所主宰，
正慢慢被屏幕所主宰，
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We live in a world
increasingly tyrannized by the screen,
increasingly tyrannized by the screen,
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by our phones, by our tablets,
by our televisions and our computers.
by our televisions and our computers.
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电话、平板、电视和电脑
正充斥着我们的生活，
正充斥着我们的生活，
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We can have any experience that we want,
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我们可以拥有任何想要的体验，
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but feel nothing.
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却什么也感受不到。
我们要多少朋友
就可以有多少朋友，
就可以有多少朋友，
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We can have as many friends as we want,
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but have nobody to shake hands with.
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但却无法与之握手。
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I want to take you
to a different kind of world,
to a different kind of world,
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我想带你去一个不同的世界，
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the world of the imagination,
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想象的世界，
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where, using this most powerful
tool that we have,
tool that we have,
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在这里我们可以使用最强大的工具，
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we can transform both
our physical surroundings,
our physical surroundings,
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我们可以改变我们的外在环境，
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but in doing so, we can change
forever how we feel
forever how we feel
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但这么做，也会
彻底改变我们的感受，
彻底改变我们的感受，
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and how we feel about the people
that we share the planet with.
that we share the planet with.
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以及改变我们对周围人的看法。
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My company, Artichoke,
which I cofounded in 2006,
which I cofounded in 2006,
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我的公司，Artichoke，
创建于 2006 年，
创建于 2006 年，
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was set up to create moments.
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致力于创造精彩瞬间。
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We all have moments in our lives,
and when we're on our deathbeds,
and when we're on our deathbeds,
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在生活中我们都有这样的
精彩瞬间，当我们临终时，
精彩瞬间，当我们临终时，
我们想起的不是
每天上班所搭载的交通工具，
每天上班所搭载的交通工具，
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we're not going to remember
the daily commute to work
the daily commute to work
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38 路公交车，
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on the number 38 bus
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or our struggle to find a parking space
every day when we go to the shop.
every day when we go to the shop.
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或是当我们去购物时候，
为了找一个停车位焦头烂额。
为了找一个停车位焦头烂额。
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We're going to remember those moments
when our kid took their first step
when our kid took their first step
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我们会想起的时刻是
我们的孩子第一次学会走路，
我们的孩子第一次学会走路，
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or when we got picked
for the football team
for the football team
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或是当我们被选拔进足球队，
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or when we fell in love.
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或者是我们坠入爱河的时候。
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So Artichoke exists to create
moving, ephemeral moments
moving, ephemeral moments
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所以，Artichoke 的存在
就是去创造感动的短暂瞬间，
就是去创造感动的短暂瞬间，
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that transform the physical world
using the imagination of the artist
using the imagination of the artist
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它通过艺术家的想象
去改变真实的世界，
去改变真实的世界，
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to show us what is possible.
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来向我们展示一切的可能。
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We create beauty amongst ruins.
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我们在废墟中创造美丽，
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We reexamine our history.
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我们重新审视我们的历史。
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We create moments to which
everyone is invited,
everyone is invited,
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我们邀请所有人来见证或参与
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either to witness or to take part.
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我们所创作的这些动人时刻。
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It all started for me
way back in the 1990s,
way back in the 1990s,
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这一切都开始于 1990 年，
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when I was appointed as festival director
in the tiny British city of Salisbury.
in the tiny British city of Salisbury.
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当我被指派为英国小城
索尔兹伯里的庆典导演，
索尔兹伯里的庆典导演，
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You'll probably have heard of it.
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你可能听说过这个城市。
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Here's the Salisbury Cathedral,
and here's the nearby Stonehenge Monument,
and here's the nearby Stonehenge Monument,
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这个是索尔兹伯里大教堂，
而这是附近的巨石阵纪念碑。
而这是附近的巨石阵纪念碑。
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which is world-famous.
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世界著名的景点。
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Salisbury is a city that's been dominated
for hundreds of years by the Church,
for hundreds of years by the Church,
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数百年来，索尔兹伯里这座城市
由教会、保守党、
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the Conservative Party
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以及军队所主导。
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and the army.
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It's a place where people
really love to observe the rules.
really love to observe the rules.
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这个地方的人们
非常热衷于遵守法律。
非常热衷于遵守法律。
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So picture me on my first
year in the city,
year in the city,
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可以想象一下，在我任职第一年，
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cycling the wrong way
down a one-way street, late.
down a one-way street, late.
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骑着车子误入了一条
单行道逆行，还迟到。
单行道逆行，还迟到。
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I'm always late.
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我总是迟到，
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It's a wonder I've even turned up today.
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我今天能按时出现在这里
都是个奇迹了。
都是个奇迹了。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
02:18
A little old lady on the sidewalk
helpfully shouted at me,
helpfully shouted at me,
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一个小老太太在路边
热心地对我大喊，
热心地对我大喊，
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"My dear, you're going the wrong way!"
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“亲爱的，你走错道儿啦！”
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Charmingly -- I thought --
I said, "Yeah, I know."
I said, "Yeah, I know."
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我当时觉得她很可爱，
于是我说：“是，我知道。”
于是我说：“是，我知道。”
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"I hope you die!" she screamed.
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她冲我喊道， “我希望你被撞死。”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And I realized that this was a place
where I was in trouble.
where I was in trouble.
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我当时意识到
我住在这里麻烦大了。
我住在这里麻烦大了。
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And yet, a year later,
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然而，一年之后，
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persuasion, negotiation --
everything I could deploy --
everything I could deploy --
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经过劝说，协商——
使劲一切招数——
使劲一切招数——
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saw me producing the work.
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我的作品终于完成了。
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Not a classical concert in a church
or a poetry reading,
or a poetry reading,
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它既不是教堂里的古典音乐会
也不是诗歌会，
也不是诗歌会，
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but the work of a French
street theater company
street theater company
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而是在一家法国街头剧团的作品，
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who were telling the story of Faust,
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这家戏剧公司讲的
都是关于浮士德的故事。
都是关于浮士德的故事。
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"Mephistomania," on stilts,
complete with handheld pyrotechnics.
complete with handheld pyrotechnics.
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《邪灵狂欢》这部剧以踩高跷，
手上拿着烟火棒的方式演出。
手上拿着烟火棒的方式演出。
02:54
The day after, the same little old lady
stopped me in the street and said,
stopped me in the street and said,
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那天之后，还是同一位
小老太太叫住了我和我说：
小老太太叫住了我和我说：
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"Were you responsible for last night?"
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“昨天晚上的演出是你负责吗？”
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I backed away.
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我吓得后退了一步，
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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"Yes."
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我说，“是的。”
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"When I heard about it," she said,
"I knew it wasn't for me.
"I knew it wasn't for me.
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“之前听人说的时候，” 她说，
“我觉得我不会喜欢。
“我觉得我不会喜欢。
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But Helen, my dear, it was."
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但是，海伦，我好喜欢。”
03:13
So what had happened?
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到底发生了什么呢？
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Curiosity had triumphed over suspicion,
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好奇心战胜了质疑，
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and delight had banished anxiety.
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喜悦驱散了焦虑。
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So I wondered how one could transfer
these ideas to a larger stage
these ideas to a larger stage
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因此我开始思索该怎么
把这些想法搬到更大的舞台上，
把这些想法搬到更大的舞台上，
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and started on a journey
to do the same kind of thing to London.
to do the same kind of thing to London.
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于是开始把同样的计划带去伦敦。
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Imagine: it's a world city.
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想象一下：在一个世界级的城市。
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Like all our cities, it's dedicated
to toil, trade and traffic.
to toil, trade and traffic.
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就像所有的繁忙城市一样，
到处都是人群，交易和拥挤的交通。
到处都是人群，交易和拥挤的交通。
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It's a machine to get you
to work on time and back,
to work on time and back,
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它好似一个不停歇的机器
督促着你准时上下班。
督促着你准时上下班。
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and we're all complicit in wanting
the routines to be fixed
the routines to be fixed
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而且我们都希望走固定的路线，
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and for everybody to be able to know
what's going to happen next.
what's going to happen next.
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任何人都能知道即将发生的事情。
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And yet, what if this amazing city
could be turned into a stage,
could be turned into a stage,
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那么，我们是否可以把
这个了不起的城市打造成一个舞台，
这个了不起的城市打造成一个舞台，
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a platform for something so unimaginable
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一个不可思议的大舞台，
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that would somehow
transform people's lives?
transform people's lives?
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以某种方式去改变人们的生活？
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We do these things often in Britain.
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我们在英国经常这样做。
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I'm sure you do them wherever you're from.
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我相信在你所在地方
也经常这样做，
也经常这样做，
这个是骑兵游行卫队。
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Here's Horse Guards Parade.
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And here's something that we do often.
It's always about winning things.
It's always about winning things.
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在这里，我们经常组织赛事
或盛典，它们总是关乎胜利，
或盛典，它们总是关乎胜利，
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It's about the marathon or winning a war
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这总是关于马拉松
或者取得战争的胜利，
或者取得战争的胜利，
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or a triumphant cricket team coming home.
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或是有赢得比赛的板球队凯旋，
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We close the streets. Everybody claps.
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我们封锁街道，大家都沿街鼓掌，
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But for theater? Not possible.
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但是搭建剧院？这是不可能的。
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Except a story told by a French company:
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唯一例外的故事是
一个法国剧团来此演出，
一个法国剧团来此演出，
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a saga about a little girl
and a giant elephant
and a giant elephant
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演的是一个关于小女孩
和一头巨象的故事。
和一头巨象的故事。
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that came to visit
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他们一同进城进行为期四天的
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for four days.
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游行表演。
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And all I had to do was persuade
the public authorities
the public authorities
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我需要做的就是劝说有关部门
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that shutting the city for four days
was something completely normal.
was something completely normal.
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让他们觉得封锁整个城市 4 天
是件很正常的事情。
是件很正常的事情。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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No traffic, just people
enjoying themselves,
enjoying themselves,
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路上没有车辆，
只有人们在此尽情享受，
只有人们在此尽情享受，
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coming out to marvel and witness
this extraordinary artistic endeavor
this extraordinary artistic endeavor
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走出家门迎接并见证
法国皇家剧团创作的
法国皇家剧团创作的
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by the French theater
company Royal de Luxe.
company Royal de Luxe.
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伟大艺术杰作。
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It was a seven-year journey,
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这是一个长达 7 年的旅程，
04:50
with me saying to a group of men --
almost always men -- sitting in a room,
almost always men -- sitting in a room,
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我要去游说一群坐在房间里的男人——
几乎总是男人在房间里坐着，
几乎总是男人在房间里坐着，
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"Eh, it's like a fairy story with
a little girl and this giant elephant,
a little girl and this giant elephant,
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“哦，剧情就像童话一样，
一个小女孩和一头巨大的大象，
一个小女孩和一头巨大的大象，
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and they come to town for four days
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让它们来我们的城里游街 4 天，
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and everybody gets
to come and watch and play."
to come and watch and play."
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然后大家都能出来观赏、游玩。”
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And they would go,
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他们总是会问，
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"Why would we do this?
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“为什么我们要做这些？
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Is it for something?
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做这些是为了什么呢？
05:13
Is it celebrating a presidential visit?
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这是在庆祝一个总统的访问吗？
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Is it the Entente Cordiale
between France and England?
between France and England?
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是和英法友好协议有关吗？
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Is it for charity?
Are you trying to raise money?"
Are you trying to raise money?"
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这是为了慈善吗，还是为了筹款？”
05:21
And I'd say,
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然后我说，
05:23
"None of these things."
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“都不是。”
05:25
And they'd say, "Why would we do this?"
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他们就说，“那我们为什么做这些呢？”
05:29
But after four years, this magic trick,
this extraordinary thing happened.
this extraordinary thing happened.
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但是四年之后，
这件神奇的事情发生了。
这件神奇的事情发生了。
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I was sitting in the same meeting
I'd been to for four years,
I'd been to for four years,
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我出现在了我过去四年来
每年都来的同一个会议上，
每年都来的同一个会议上，
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saying, "Please, please, may I?"
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以前我总说，
“拜托，拜托，我可以组织吗？”
“拜托，拜托，我可以组织吗？”
05:37
Instead of which, I didn't say, "Please."
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只是这次我没有说，“拜托。"
05:39
I said, "This thing that we've
been talking about for such a long time,
been talking about for such a long time,
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我说，“这事情我们
已经讨论了这么长时间了。”
已经讨论了这么长时间了。”
05:43
it's happening on these dates,
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它马上就要真的举办了，
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and I really need you to help me."
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而我需要你们的帮助。”
05:48
This magic thing happened.
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神奇的事情发生了。
05:50
Everybody in the room somehow decided
that somebody else had said yes.
that somebody else had said yes.
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房子里的每一个人好像
都以为有人已经做了决定。
都以为有人已经做了决定。
05:54
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
05:56
(Applause)
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（鼓掌）
06:01
They decided that they were not
being asked to take responsibility,
being asked to take responsibility,
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他们认为他们无需
为此事承担主要责任，
为此事承担主要责任，
06:06
or maybe the bus planning manager
was being asked to take responsibility
was being asked to take responsibility
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顶多是公共交通处的经理需要协助
06:09
for planning the bus diversions,
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计划公交路线的责任。
06:11
and the council officer
was being asked to close the roads,
was being asked to close the roads,
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管理委员会的官员
被要求封锁一些路，
被要求封锁一些路，
06:15
and the transport for London people were
being asked to sort out the Underground.
being asked to sort out the Underground.
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而负责伦敦地铁运输的
要去分流地铁。
要去分流地铁。
06:19
All these people were only being asked
to do the thing that they could do
to do the thing that they could do
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这些人只是被要求
去做他们应该做的工作，
去做他们应该做的工作，
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that would help us.
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这就足够帮助我们了。
06:24
Nobody was being asked
to take responsibility.
to take responsibility.
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没有人被要求负责。
06:26
And I, in my innocence, thought,
"Well, I'll take responsibility,"
"Well, I'll take responsibility,"
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然后我想，我来承担
06:31
for what turned out to be
a million people on the street.
a million people on the street.
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百万的人们出现在街上的责任。
06:35
It was our first show.
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这是第一场秀。
06:36
(Applause)
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（鼓掌）
06:41
It was our first show, and it changed
the nature of the appreciation of culture,
the nature of the appreciation of culture,
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这是我们的第一场秀，
它改变了文化欣赏的本质，
它改变了文化欣赏的本质，
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not in a gallery, not in a theater,
not in an opera house,
not in an opera house,
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不是在画廊，不在戏院，
更不在歌剧院，
更不在歌剧院，
06:49
but live and on the streets,
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是在街头上的现实演出，
06:51
transforming public space
for the broadest possible audience,
for the broadest possible audience,
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面向公共的空间
尽可能分享给更多观众。
尽可能分享给更多观众。
06:55
people who would never
buy a ticket to see anything.
buy a ticket to see anything.
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人们不用买票就可以看到。
06:57
So there we were.
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到此为止，
06:59
We'd finished, and we've continued
to produce work of this kind.
to produce work of this kind.
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我们完成了，并且继续
从事着类似的工作。
从事着类似的工作。
07:04
As you can see, the company's
work is astonishing,
work is astonishing,
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正如你所见，剧团的作品令人震惊。
07:07
but what's also astonishing is the fact
that permission was granted.
that permission was granted.
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但是更让人震惊的是
我们居然被允许这样做，
我们居然被允许这样做，
07:14
And you don't see any security.
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你没有看到任何的安保，
07:17
And this was nine months
after terrible terrorist bombings
after terrible terrorist bombings
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而且 9 个月前伦敦才刚刚
07:20
that had ripped London apart.
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发生过爆炸恐怖袭击。
07:22
So I began to wonder
whether it was possible
whether it was possible
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所以，我开始想是否有可能
07:24
to do this kind of stuff
in even more complicated circumstances.
in even more complicated circumstances.
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在更复杂的环境里
去举办类似的活动。
去举办类似的活动。
07:29
We turned our attention
to Northern Ireland,
to Northern Ireland,
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我们开始关注北爱尔兰，
07:31
the North of Ireland,
depending on your point of view.
depending on your point of view.
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爱尔兰的北边，
当然每个人的理解不一样，
当然每个人的理解不一样，
这是英国的地图，英格兰，
苏格兰，威尔士和爱尔兰。
苏格兰，威尔士和爱尔兰。
07:34
This is a map of England,
Scotland, Wales and Ireland,
Scotland, Wales and Ireland,
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the island to the left.
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爱尔兰就是左边的这个岛，
07:40
For generations,
it's been a place of conflict,
it's been a place of conflict,
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这个地区在历史上一直冲突不断。
07:43
the largely Catholic republic in the south
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最大的天主教信奉群体在南边，
07:46
and the largely Protestant
loyalist community --
loyalist community --
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主要的新教保皇派——
07:50
hundreds of years of conflict,
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数百年来冲突不断，
07:53
British troops on the streets
for over 30 years.
for over 30 years.
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英国军队在街上站了 30 年之久。
07:56
And now, although
there is a peace process,
there is a peace process,
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现在呢，尽管现在是和平进程，
07:59
this is today in this city, called
Londonderry if you're a loyalist,
Londonderry if you're a loyalist,
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现今的这座城市，保皇派
称其为伦敦达利（Londonderry），
称其为伦敦达利（Londonderry），
08:03
called Derry if you're a Catholic.
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如果你是天主教
会叫它达利（Derry）。
会叫它达利（Derry）。
08:07
But everybody calls it home.
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无论叫什么，
对这里的人来说都是家。
对这里的人来说都是家。
08:09
And I began to wonder
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我开始去想，
08:10
whether there was a way in which
the community tribalism could be addressed
the community tribalism could be addressed
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是否能通过艺术和想象的方法
08:15
through art and the imagination.
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来探讨组织群体的问题。
08:18
This is what the communities do,
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这是每个组织做的事情，
08:20
every summer, each community.
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每一个夏天，每个组织都做。
08:21
This is a bonfire filled
with effigies and insignia
with effigies and insignia
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这是一个“篝火”，
里面满是他们憎恨的
里面满是他们憎恨的
08:25
from the people that they hate
on the other side.
on the other side.
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另一边的人们的肖像和徽章。
08:28
This is the same
from the loyalist community.
from the loyalist community.
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这个一样，是忠诚分子做的。
08:31
And every summer, they burn them.
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每年夏天，他们会点燃
08:35
They're right in the center of town.
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位于城市中心的这些“篝火”。
08:37
So we turned to here,
to the Nevada desert, to Burning Man,
to the Nevada desert, to Burning Man,
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这让我们想到了
美国内达华州的火人节，
美国内达华州的火人节，
08:41
where people also do bonfires,
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人们同样会这点燃“篝火”，
08:43
but with a completely
different set of values.
different set of values.
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但是却有着不同的意义。
08:46
Here you see the work of David Best
and his extraordinary temples,
and his extraordinary temples,
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这个是大卫 ·贝斯特的作品，
以及他在火人节期间
以及他在火人节期间
所建造的令人惊叹的庙宇，
08:51
which are built during
the Burning Man event
the Burning Man event
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08:54
and then incinerated on the Sunday.
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随即在星期天就把庙宇点燃了。
08:56
So we invited him
and his community to come,
and his community to come,
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因此我们邀请他和他的组织过来，
08:59
and we recruited from both sides
of the political and religious divide:
of the political and religious divide:
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我们邀请两边有着
不同政治、宗教分歧的人过来，
不同政治、宗教分歧的人过来，
09:04
young people, unemployed people,
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年轻的人，失业的人，
09:06
people who would never
normally come across each other
normally come across each other
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那些平常拒绝跨界、
拒绝与对方沟通的人
拒绝与对方沟通的人
09:09
or speak to each other.
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来一起交流。
09:10
And out of their extraordinary
work rose a temple
work rose a temple
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他们凭借非凡的合作
建立了这个庙宇，
建立了这个庙宇，
09:14
to rival the two cathedrals
that exist in the town,
that exist in the town,
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规模堪比小镇上
现有的两座大教堂。
现有的两座大教堂。
09:17
one Catholic and one Protestant.
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一座是天主教教堂,
另一座是新教教堂。
另一座是新教教堂。
09:20
But this was a temple to no religion,
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这只是个庙宇，不属于任何宗教，
09:23
for everyone,
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属于每一个人，
09:24
for no community, but for everyone.
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不属于任何组织，属于普罗大众。
09:27
And we put it in this place
where everyone told me nobody would come.
where everyone told me nobody would come.
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我们把它放在
通常不会有人来的地方。
通常不会有人来的地方。
09:30
It was too dangerous.
It sat between two communities.
It sat between two communities.
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放在两个组织中间，这太危险了。
09:33
I just kept saying,
"But it's got such a great view."
"But it's got such a great view."
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我总是会说，“但这里景色超好。”
09:35
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
09:38
And again, that same old question:
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再次回到同样的问题。
09:39
Why wouldn't we do this?
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我们为什么不做呢？
09:41
What you see in the picture
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你在图片里所看到的是
09:42
is the beginning of 426
primary school children
primary school children
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426 名小学生
09:45
who were walked up the hill
by the head teacher,
by the head teacher,
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在老师的带领下来到这里，
09:48
who didn't want them
to lose this opportunity.
to lose this opportunity.
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老师不想让他们错过这个机会。
09:51
And just as happens in the Nevada desert,
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正如美国内华达沙漠的火人节，
09:53
though in slightly different temperatures,
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尽管气温有些许不同，
09:56
the people of this community,
65,000 of them,
65,000 of them,
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当地社区的六万五千人，
09:59
turned out to write their grief,
their pain, their hope,
their pain, their hope,
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开始写下他们的痛苦，她们的希望，
10:05
their hopes for the future,
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他们对于未来的心愿，
10:07
their love.
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他们的爱。
因为一切终究都是关于爱。
10:08
Because in the end,
this is only about love.
this is only about love.
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10:11
They live in a post-conflict society:
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他们生活在一个有冲突的社会中：
10:13
lots of post-traumatic stress,
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创伤后的压力无处不在，
10:15
high suicide.
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高自杀率。
10:16
And yet, for this brief moment --
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当然，在这短暂的时刻——
10:19
and it would be ridiculous to assume
that it was more than that --
that it was more than that --
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仅此而已——
10:22
somebody like Kevin -- a Catholic
whose father was shot when he was nine,
whose father was shot when he was nine,
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像凯文——一个天主教男孩，
他9岁的时候，他的爸爸
他9岁的时候，他的爸爸
10:26
upstairs in bed --
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被枪杀在楼上房间的床上——
10:29
Kevin came to work as a volunteer.
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凯文现在做着志愿者工作。
10:31
And he was the first person to embrace
the elderly Protestant lady
the elderly Protestant lady
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在我们开放庙宇的那一天，
他是第一个去拥抱
他是第一个去拥抱
10:34
who came through the door on the day
we opened the temple to the public.
we opened the temple to the public.
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新教派中的一位老太太的人。
10:40
It rose up. It sat there for five days.
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神庙建起来的五天后，
10:43
And then we chose -- from our little tiny
band of nonsectarian builders,
band of nonsectarian builders,
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我们从当初挑选来的
一小部分无神论者中——
一小部分无神论者中——
10:49
who had given us their lives
for this period of months
for this period of months
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他们贡献了过去几个月的时间，
10:52
to make this extraordinary thing --
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来打造这件伟大的作品——
10:55
we chose from them the people
who would incinerate it.
who would incinerate it.
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我们选择由他们来点燃篝火。
10:59
And here you see the moment when,
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这就是那个时刻。
11:02
witnessed by 15,000 people who turned out
on a dark, cold, March evening,
on a dark, cold, March evening,
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在超过一万五千人的见证下，
在一个夜黑风高的夜晚，
在一个夜黑风高的夜晚，
11:09
the moment when they decided
to put their enmity behind them,
to put their enmity behind them,
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在这个时刻，
人们把憎恶仇恨抛在脑后，
人们把憎恶仇恨抛在脑后，
11:15
to inhabit this shared space,
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来一同分享这个家园，
11:19
where everybody had an opportunity
to say the things that had been unsayable,
to say the things that had been unsayable,
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在这共享的空间里，每个人都有机会
说出他们过去未能说出口的话，
说出他们过去未能说出口的话，
11:24
to say out loud,
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大声的说出来。
11:25
"You hurt me and my family,
but I forgive you."
but I forgive you."
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“你伤害了我和我的家人，
但我原谅你。”
但我原谅你。”
11:28
And together, they watched
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人们一起目睹了
11:32
as members of their community let go
of this thing that was so beautiful,
of this thing that was so beautiful,
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每个群体的代表一同点亮了
11:37
but was as hard to let go of
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当初用心血建成的庙宇，
11:40
as those thoughts and feelings
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但那些用来创造它的想法和感受
11:43
that had gone into making it.
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却很难被割舍。
11:47
(Music)
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（音乐）
11:57
Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
11:58
(Applause)
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（鼓掌）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Helen Marriage - Maverick producerHelen Marriage cofounded a company that specializes in creating disruptive, whole-city arts events that surprise and delight everyone who comes across them.
Why you should listen
Helen Marriage writes: "I am a producer of large-scale disruptive moments that place an artist's ideas in the heart of a city. I started life unsure of how to find a job and began helping a street theater company perform at the Edinburgh Festival. Only then did I realize that this could be a career. That was forty years ago. Since then, I've gone on to shut down central London and other cities with ephemeral events that transform people’s understanding of what a city is for and who controls it.
"I don't believe that cities are exclusively about shopping and traffic. Over the years I've developed a real sense of how artists can change the world, if only we make space for their vision. I guess that's my job -- to create a context in which the normal routines of daily life are disrupted for a moment to allow the public, especially those who know they’re not interested in anything the arts might have to say, to discover a new world we’d all like to live in."
Helen Marriage | Speaker | TED.com