TEDMED 2011
Diana Nyad: Extreme swimming with the world's most dangerous jellyfish
戴安娜奈德：和世界上最危險的水母在一起的極致游泳
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1970年，戴安娜奈德就立下了至今未破的長距離游泳記錄。30年之後，在她60歲的時候，她開始嘗試更長距離的，從古巴到佛羅里達的游泳。在TEDMED有趣，強有力的演講中，她談到了怎樣做心理上的準備以追求極致的夢想，同時也問你這樣一個問題：“你將會怎樣度過你狂野，又寶貴的一生？”
Diana Nyad - Journalist, swimmer
A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation. Full bio
A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation. Full bio
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Yeah, so a couple of years ago I was turning 60,
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and I don't like being 60.
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當然我不像快到六十歲（的人）
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(Laughter)
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（全場笑）
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And I started grappling
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我開始帶著一種存在性焦慮
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with this existential angst
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開始思考
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of what little I had done with my life.
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我過往生命中的那些一事無成
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It wasn't the resume
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這並不是想在履歷上
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of breaking this record here,
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打破過往的紀錄而已
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it was more like, who had I become?
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這更像是，過去我變成了怎樣一個人？
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How had I spent my valuable time?
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我怎樣花費了我寶貴的時間？
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How could this have gone by
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往事種種
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like lightning?
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怎麼就像雷電一樣一閃而過？
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And I couldn't forgive myself
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無數，無數的時間
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for the countless, countless hours
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被我浪費，被我遺失
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I had lost
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在這一點上我不能原諒我自己
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in negative thought --
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從負面角度來想－
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all the time I had spent beating myself up
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我把所有的時間花在對我自己的嚴厲苛責中
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for losing my marriage
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為我最終失去的婚姻
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and not stopping the sexual abuse when I was a kid
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為我童年時期努力免遭性虐待
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and career moves
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和職業生涯的步步遷移
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and this and this and this.
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這些，這些，這些！
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Just why, why didn't I do it better? Why? Why? Why?
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為甚麼，為甚麼我不能做到更好？為甚麼？
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And then my mother died at 82.
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我的母親在八十二歲的時候離世了
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And so I starting thinking,
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於是我開始思考
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not only am I not happy with the past,
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不僅僅因為我對過去感到不滿
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now I'm getting choked with,
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我現在更因為
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"I've only got 22 years left."
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“我只剩下22年的生命”而感到惶恐和壓抑
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What am I going to do with this short amount of time
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在這段轉瞬即逝的短短時間裡
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that's just fleeting?
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我應該做些甚麼？
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And I'm not in the present whatsoever.
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不管怎樣我沒有活在當下
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And I decided the remedy to all this malaise
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我嘗試對這些失落進行補救
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was going to be
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對我來說
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for me to chase
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就像是去追逐
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an elevated dream,
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一個高遠的
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an extreme dream,
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極致的夢想
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something that would require
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這些事情需要我
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utter conviction
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絕對的信念
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and unwavering passion,
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和不動搖的熱忱
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something that would make me
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這些事情同時也會
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be my best self
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讓我成為更好的自己
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in every aspect of my life,
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在我生活的每一個方面
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every minute of every day,
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每一分鐘每一天
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because the dream was so big
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因為這個夢想實在太龐大
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that I couldn't get there
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如果缺少這樣的行為和這樣堅定的信念
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without that kind of behavior and that kind of conviction.
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我就永遠無法到達
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And I decided,
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我認為
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it was an old dream that was lingering,
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這是一個被延遲的舊夢
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that was from so many years ago,
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從好多年前開始
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three decades ago --
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從三十年前－
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the only sort of world class swim
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唯一一種世界級的游泳
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I had tried and failed at back in my 20s --
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我曾經在我二十幾歲嘗試過但最終失敗的－
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was going from Cuba to Florida.
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是從古巴游到佛羅里達
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It was deep in my imagination.
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深深地印在我的想象中
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No one's ever done it without a shark cage.
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每一個達到目標的人都遇過鯊魚侵擾
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It's daunting.
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這讓人畏縮
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It's more than a hundred miles across a difficult passage of ocean.
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這需要游超過一百英里穿越海洋中最難通過的一段
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It's probably, at my speed, at my age --
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以我的速度，在我的年齡，這可能－
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for anybody's speed at anybody's age --
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以任何人的速度以任何人的年齡－
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going to take 60, maybe 70, hours
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需要持續的游泳
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of continuous swimming,
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超過60，或者是70小時
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never getting out on the boat.
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中途不能中斷上船
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And I started to train.
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於是我開始訓練
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I hadn't swum for 31 years, not a stroke.
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我已經31年沒有游泳了，沒有划一下
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And I had kept in good shape, but swimming's a whole different animal.
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雖然我仍然保持著不錯的體形，但是游泳卻是全然不同的運動
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As a matter of fact,
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事實上
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this picture is supposed to be me during training.
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這張照片上的我是在訓練中
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It's a smiling face.
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一張笑臉
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And when you're training for this sport, you are not smiling.
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但是當你真正訓練的時候，你可笑不出來
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(Laughter)
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（全場笑）
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It's an arduous, difficult sport,
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這是一項枯燥的，困難的運動
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and I don't remember smiling
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我不記得我在進行這項運動當中的任何時候
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at any time during this sport.
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曾經笑過一下
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As I said, I respect other sports,
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正如我所說，我尊敬其他的運動
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and I compare this sport sometimes
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並且有時候我把這項運動
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to cycling and to mountain climbing
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和騎自行車或登山
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and other of the expedition type events,
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以及其他的遠足運動進行對比
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but this is a sensory deprivation,
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但這是一項對感官進行剝奪
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a physical duress.
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對身體進行摧殘的運動
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And when I started in
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當我開始時
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with the eight hours and the 10 hours and the 12 hours
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我8小時，10小時，12小時
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and the 14 hours and the 15 hours and the 24-hour swims,
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甚至14小時，15小時，24小時的游
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I knew I had it,
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我知道我必須去做
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because I was making it through these.
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因為只有經過這些我才能達到目標
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And when I said I'm going to go out and do a 15-hour swim,
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有一次我說我要出去游15個小時
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and we're coming into the dock after a long day
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游了一整天已經是晚上了
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and it's now night,
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我們進入一個船塢
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and we come in and it's 14 hours and 58 minutes
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當我們游到時候已經是14小時58分鐘
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and I can touch the dock and we're done,
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而且我已經碰到岸了
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the trainer says, "That's great.
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訓練師也說：“很好。”
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It's 14 hours 58 minutes. Who cares the last two minutes?"
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“現在已經游14小時58分鐘了，誰會在乎那最後的兩分鐘？”
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I say, "No, it's got to be 15 hours,"
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但我說：“不行，一定要滿15小時。”
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and I swim another minute out and another minute back
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於是我另外游了一分鐘再花另一分鐘游回來
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to make the 15 hours.
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游滿15個小時
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And I put together an expedition.
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然後我集結了一個探險隊
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It's not that I didn't have help,
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雖然表面上我沒有請求幫助
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but honestly, I sort of led, I was the team leader.
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但事實上，我有一點，當然我也是領隊
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And to get the government permissions,
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於是我得到了政府的允許
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you read in the paper,
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你看過報上寫吧？
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you think it's easy to get into Cuba everyday?
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你覺得每天進入古巴很容易嗎？
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Try going in with an armada like we had
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試著尾隨艦隊看看
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of 50 people and five boats
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就像我們一樣有50個人和5條船
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and CNN's crew, etc.
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還有CNN的一群人之類的
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The navigation is difficult.
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游起來非常困難
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There's a big river called the Gulf Stream
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那兒有一條很大的洋流叫“墨西哥灣流”
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that runs across
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它橫穿過墨西哥灣
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and it's not going in the direction you are.
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並且不是流向你想游去的地方
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It's going to the east and you'd like to go north.
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這就像它往東流你要往北游
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It's tricky.
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游起來很困難
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And there's dehydration.
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並且要克服脫水
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And there's hypothermia.
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還要克服失溫
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And there are sharks.
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那兒還有鯊魚
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And there are all kinds of problems.
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並且還有各種各樣的問題
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And I gathered together, honestly,
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說真的，我把世界級的專家們
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the world's leading experts in every possible way.
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用各種方法聚集在一起幫助我
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And a month ago,
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一個月前
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the 23rd of September,
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9月23日
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I stood on that shore
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我站在岸邊
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and I looked across
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望向那
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to that long, long faraway horizon
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長長的，遙遠的海平線
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and I asked myself,
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並且問我自己
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do you have it?
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你可以麼？
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Are your shoulders ready?
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你的肩膀準備好了麼？
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And they were. They were prepared.
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是的，是的
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No stone left unturned.
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它們做好了全部的準備
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Was the mind ready?
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你的心志準備好了麼？
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You know, you're swimming with the fogged goggles,
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你要戴著這副滿布水霧的泳鏡
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you're swimming at 60 strokes a minute,
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一分鐘你要划60下
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so you're never really focused on anything, you don't see well.
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所以你絕不會注視甚麼，你也看不太清
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You've got tight bathing caps over your ears
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你那緊繃的泳帽會覆蓋過你的耳朵
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trying to keep the heat of the head,
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保持頭部的溫度
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because it's where the hypothermia starts,
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因為這是體溫開始降低的地方
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and so you don't hear very well.
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同時你也聽不太清
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You're really left alone with your own thoughts.
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這時候你真的只剩下自己的想法陪伴你
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And I had all kinds of counting systems ready there
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並且我已經備了各種計時系統
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in English, followed by German,
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英語的，然後是德語
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followed by Spanish, followed by French.
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接著是西班牙語，法語
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You save the French for last.
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把法語保存在最後一個
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And I had songs, I had a playlist in my head --
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我也準備了一些歌曲，我的腦海裡有一個歌曲播放單－
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not through headphones, in my own head --
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不是通過耳機，而是在我的腦海裡
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of 65 songs.
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有65首歌
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And I couldn't wait to get into the dark in the middle of the night,
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我迫不及待想要鑽進那深夜的一片黑暗中
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because that's when Neil Young comes out.
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因為這是尼爾·楊出來的地方
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(Laughter)
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（全場笑）
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And it's odd, isn't it?
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這很奇怪，不是麼？
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You'd think you'd be singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"
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你以為在波濤洶湧的大海裡
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out in the majesty of the ocean,
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你會唱李奧納德·科恩的哈利路亞
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not songs about heroin addiction in New York City.
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而不是關於在紐約嗑藥的歌
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But no, for some reason
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但因為一些原因
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I couldn't wait to get into the dark of the night
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我迫不及待想鑽入夜一般的黑暗里
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and be singing,
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唱著
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♫ "A heard you knocking at my cellar door ♫
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你敲擊我地下室的門♫
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♫ I love you baby and I want some more ♫
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我愛你寶貝我想要更多♫
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♫ Ooh, ooh, the damage done" ♫
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噢，噢，你傷害了我♫
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(Applause)
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（掌聲）
06:32
The night before I started,
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啓程的前夜，
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I finished Stephen Hawking's "The Grand Design."
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我讀完了史蒂芬霍金的《大設計》
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And I couldn't wait
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於是我迫不及待
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to trip the mind fantastic.
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想要遨遊於腦海中的幻想世界
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About the 50th hour,
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第50個小時
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I was going to start thinking about the edge of the universe.
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我開始思考宇宙的邊緣
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Is there an edge?
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它確實存在嗎？
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Is this an envelope we're living inside of,
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我們存在于有限的束縛中
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or no, does it go onto infinity in both time and space?
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又或者，時間和空間都趨向于無限？
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And there's nothing like swimming for 50 hours in the ocean
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除了在海洋中游泳50個小時
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that gets you thinking about things like this.
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其他時候你根本不會去思考這些問題
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I couldn't wait to prove the athlete I am,
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我急切地想要證明我是一個與眾不同的游泳選手
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that nobody else in the world can do this swim.
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並且世界上沒有任何人能完成這種游泳
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And I knew I could do it.
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我確信我能做到
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And when I jumped into that water,
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當我跳入水中
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I yelled in my mother's French, "Courage!"
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我用我母親所說的法語大聲喊，勇氣！
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And I started swimming,
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當我開始游泳
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and, oh my God, it was glassy.
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噢，天哪，這跟玻璃似的
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And we knew it, all 50 people on the boat,
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並且我們知道，在船上的50個人
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we all knew this was it,
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都知道
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this was our time.
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大顯身手的時候來了
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And I reminded myself a couple hours in,
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幾個小時內我不斷提醒自己
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you know, the sport is sort of a microcosm of life itself.
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你知道，進行這種運動其實就是體驗一種小型的人生
07:30
First of all, you're going to hit obstacles.
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首先，你將會遇到障礙
07:34
And even though you're feeling great at any one moment,
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並且即使在你感覺良好的時候
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don't take it for granted, be ready,
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也不要認為這是理所當然，要準備好
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because there's going to be pain, there's going to be suffering.
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因為你即將承受痛苦和煎熬
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It's not going to feel this good all the way across.
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事情不可能一帆風順
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And I was thinking of the hypothermia
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and maybe some shoulder pain
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and all the other things --
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還有其他的那些－
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the vomiting that comes from being in the saltwater.
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在海水中可能會想要嘔吐
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You're immersed in the liquid.
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你被完完全全地浸入液體中
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Your body doesn't like the saltwater.
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你的身體不喜歡海水
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After a couple of days, three days,
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you tend to rebel
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in a lot of physical ways.
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從各種身體機能方面都開始反抗
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But no, two hours in,
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但才剛剛過兩個小時
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wham! Never in my life ...
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噢！一件從沒發生在我身上的事情發生了....
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I knew there were Portuguese men o' war,
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我知道葡萄牙人肯定會懂
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all kinds of moon jellies, all kinds of things,
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那些海月水母，那些東西都來蜇我
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but the box jellyfish from the southern oceans
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但是那些來自南方海域帶有劇毒的箱型水母
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is not supposed to be in these waters.
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不應該出現在這裡
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And I was on fire --
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與此同時我的身體像著火一樣－
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excruciating, excruciating pain.
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如此劇烈的疼痛
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I don't know if you can still see
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我不知道你是否還能看到
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the red line here and up the arm.
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我手臂上的紅色傷口
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Evidently, a piece this big of tentacle
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很明顯，那些巨大的觸器的某一段曾蜇到我
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has a hundred-thousand little barbs on it
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觸器上面有成百上千的倒鉤
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and each barb is not just stinging your skin,
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這些倒鉤不僅僅蜇你的皮膚
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it's sending a venom.
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它還輸送毒汁
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The most venomous animal that lives in the ocean
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海裡最毒的生物
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is the box jellyfish.
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就是箱型水母
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And every one of those barbs
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它觸器上的每一個倒鉤
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is sending that venom into this central nervous system.
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都會輸送毒汁到人體的中央神經系統
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So first I feel like boiling hot oil,
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所以一開始我感覺像在熱油裡沸騰一樣
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I've been dipped in.
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渾身都劇烈的疼痛
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And I'm yelling out, "Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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於是我大喊，“好疼！好疼！”
09:00
Help me! Somebody help me!"
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“救救我！有沒有人能救救我！”
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And the next thing is paralysis.
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接著我感覺身體痲痹了
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I feel it in the back and then I feel it in the chest up here,
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剛開始是背部接著是前胸
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and I can't breathe.
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我快要窒息了
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And now I'm not swimming with a nice long stroke,
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現在我不再是以優雅的姿態游泳了
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I'm sort of crabbing it this way.
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我有點像一只張牙舞爪的螃蟹
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Then come convulsions.
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接踵而至的是猛烈的抽搐
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A young man on our boat is an EMT. He dives in to try to help me.
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船上有一個年輕人是急診醫師，他跳下水企圖幫助我
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He's stung.
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但他也被蜇了
09:21
They drag him out on the boat,
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他們把他拖到船上
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and he's -- evidently, I didn't see any of this -- but lying on the boat
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然後他－事實上當時我看不見這些－但他躺在船上
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and giving himself epinephrine shots
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給自己打腎上腺素
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and crying out.
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並且大聲哭喊
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He's 29 years old,
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他是一個29歲的青年
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very well-built, lean, he's six-foot, five,
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有一個好身材，精瘦，6.5英尺高
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weighs 265 lbs.,
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體重265磅
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and he is down.
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然而他倒下了
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And he is crying and he's yelling to my trainer
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接著他哭著並且向我的訓練師大喊
09:42
who's trying to help me.
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而我的訓練師正忙著救我
09:44
And he's saying, "Bonnie, I think I'm going to die.
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他說，“邦尼，我覺得我快死了”
09:47
My breath is down to three breaths a minute.
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“我的呼吸降至一分鐘三次”
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I need help, and I can't help Diana."
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“我需要幫助，並且我不能救戴安娜了”
09:53
So that was at eight o'clock at night.
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那時候是晚上8點
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The doctor, medical team from University of Miami
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邁阿密大學的醫生和救護隊
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arrived at five in the morning.
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早上5點才能到達
10:00
So I swam through the night,
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所以我游了一整晚
10:02
and at dawn they got there and they started with prednisone shots.
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黎明的時候他們到了，給我打類固醇強體松
10:04
I didn't get out,
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我上不了船
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but was in the water taking prednisone shots, taking Xanax,
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我在水中打強體松，服用贊安諾（精神用藥）
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oxygen to the face.
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戴上氧氣罩
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It was like an ICU unit
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這就像是一個
10:13
in the water.
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水中的加護病房
10:15
(Laughter)
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（全場笑）
10:17
And I guess the story is
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其實我覺得
10:19
that even Navy SEALS who are stung by the box jelly,
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即使是海軍陸戰隊隊員被箱型水母蜇過以後
10:22
they're done.
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可能都會一命嗚呼
10:24
They either die or they quickly get to a hospital.
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他們不是死了就是被緊急送往醫院
10:27
And I swam through the night and I swam through the next day.
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但我卻游了一整個晚上，還游了第二天一整天
10:30
And the next night at dusk,
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然而在第二天黃昏的時候
10:32
again, wham!
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水母又來了！
10:34
The box jelly again --
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箱型水母再次－
10:36
all across the neck, all across here.
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蜇過我的脖子，我的皮膚
10:39
And this time,
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但是這一次
10:41
I don't like it, I didn't want to give into it,
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儘管我不喜歡，我想放棄了
10:43
but there's a difference between a non-stop swim
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但不停的游泳和階段性游泳
10:45
and a staged swim.
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是有區別的
10:47
And I gave in
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於是我進入了
10:49
to the staged swim.
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階段性游泳
10:51
And they got me out and they started again
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於是他們把我從水中拉上來並且再一次
10:54
with the epinephrine and the prednisone
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給我用腎上腺素和強體松
10:56
and with the oxygen and with everything they had on board.
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並且給我氧氣以及所有他們在船上有的藥品
10:59
And I got back in.
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接著我再回到了水中
11:01
And I swam through that night and into the next day.
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我從夜晚開始游並游到隔天
11:04
And at 41 hours,
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在第41個小時
11:06
this body couldn't make it.
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這個身體已經堅持不住了
11:11
The devastation of those stings
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因為那些被蜇過的傷口
11:13
had taken the respiratory system down
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已經損害了我的呼吸系統
11:15
so that I couldn't make the progress I wanted.
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所以我再也無法前進
11:18
And the dream was crushed.
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夢想被摧毀了
11:22
And how odd
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多有意思啊
11:24
is this intelligent person who put this together
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我以為我這個聰明人把一切都準備好了
11:27
and got all these world experts together.
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把這些世界級的專家集合在一起幫我
11:29
And I knew about the jellyfish,
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我也知道會有水母
11:31
but I was sort of cavalier.
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但我也算是一個勇士吧
11:33
A lot of athletes have this, you know,
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很多運動員都有的，你懂得
11:35
sort of invincibility.
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這種戰無不勝的精神
11:40
They should worry about me. I don't worry about them.
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應該是水母怕我，而不是我怕他們
11:42
I'll just swim right through them.
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我會游過去，穿越他們
11:44
We've got benadryl on board. If I get stung, I'll just grin and bear it.
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我們在船上有抗組織胺，如果我被蜇了，我會微笑並忍受著
11:47
Well there was no grin and bearing this.
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當然事實上沒有微笑也無法忍受
11:49
As a matter of fact, the best advice I got
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事實上，我從加勒比海
11:52
was from an elementary school class
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一個小學的課堂上
11:55
in the Caribbean.
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得到了最好的建議
11:58
And I was telling these kids, 120 of them --
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當我告訴那120個孩子－
12:00
they were all in the school on the gymnasium floor --
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他們都坐在學校體育館的地板上－
12:02
and I was telling them about the jellyfish
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我告訴他們有關水母的事
12:04
and how they're gelatinous
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他們凝膠狀的身體
12:06
and you can't see them at night especially.
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特別是晚上你看不清楚他們
12:08
And they have these
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並且他們有那些
12:11
long 30 to 40 to 50-ft. tentacles.
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長達30至40至50英尺的觸器
12:13
And they do this wrapping.
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並且它們會纏住人
12:15
And they can send the poison into the system.
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它們會往神經系統裡輸送毒素
12:17
And a little kid from the back was like this.
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一個後排的小孩子舉手
12:19
And I said, "What's your name?" "Henry."
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於是我說，“你叫甚麼名字？” “亨利”
12:21
"Henry, what's your question?"
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“亨利，你有甚麼問題？”
12:23
He said, "Well, I didn't have a question so much
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他說。“噢，我沒有甚麼問題”
12:25
as I had a suggestion."
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“但我有一個建議。”
12:27
He said, "You know those guys
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他說，“你知道有些人
12:30
who really believe in what they believe in
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他們對他們相信的事堅信不已
12:32
and so they wear bombs?"
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他們甚至願意自殺式襲擊？”
12:34
And I said, "Well it's odd that you've learned of this
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於是我說，“好吧，很有意思你能瞭解這種
12:37
as a noble kind of pursuit, but yeah, I know those guys."
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崇高的追求信念，但的確，我瞭解他們。”
12:40
He said, "That's what you need.
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他說，“這正是你所需要的。
12:42
You need like a school of fish
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你需要一群魚
12:44
that would swim in front of you like this."
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就像這樣游在你的前面。”
12:47
(Laughter)
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（全場笑）
12:49
"And when the jellyfish come and they wrap their tentacles around the fish,
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“當水母用它們的觸器纏住那些魚的時候，
12:52
they're going to be busy with them,
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它們太忙了沒時間管你，
12:54
and you'll just scoot around."
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你就可以趕緊逃走。”
12:57
I said, "Oh, it's like a suicide army."
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我說，“噢這就像自殺式軍隊。”
13:00
He said, "That's what I'm talking about. That's what you need."
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他說，“這就是我想說的，也是你所需要的。”
13:03
And little did I know,
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但我知道一點
13:05
that you should listen to eight year-olds.
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那就是你需要聆聽8歲小孩子的意見
13:07
And so I started that swim
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於是我開始游泳
13:09
in a bathing suit like normal,
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像平常一樣穿著泳衣
13:11
and, no joke, this is it; it came from the shark divers.
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然後，不開玩笑，穿著這個；這來自鯊魚潛水員
13:14
I finished the swim like this.
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我就這樣完成了游泳
13:18
I was swimming with this thing on.
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我開始戴著這個東西游
13:21
That's how scared of the jellyfish I was.
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這就是因為我多麼害怕水母
13:24
So now what do I do?
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但現在我怎樣做？
13:29
I wouldn't mind
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我不再介意了
13:31
if every one of you came up on this stage tonight
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如果今晚有誰站在台上
13:35
and told us how you've gotten over the big disappointments of your lives.
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訴說你如何從生活的不滿中恢復過來
13:38
Because we've all had them, haven't we?
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因為我們都曾有過這種失望，不是麼？
13:40
We've all had a heartache.
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我們都曾心痛過
13:42
And so my journey now
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所以現在我的旅程
13:44
is to find some sort of grace
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是尋找一種
13:47
in the face of this defeat.
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面對這些失敗的優雅
13:51
And I can look at the journey,
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我可以注重旅程路途中的風景
13:54
not just the destination.
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而不僅僅是目的地
13:56
I can feel proud. I can stand here in front of you tonight
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我感到很驕傲，今晚我可以站在這裡，站在你們面前
13:58
and say I was courageous.
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來訴說我是勇敢的
14:01
Yeah.
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對
14:03
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
14:08
Thank you.
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謝謝
14:10
And with all sincerity, I can say,
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並且我可以真心實意地說
14:12
I am glad I lived those two years of my life that way,
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我很高興我能度過兩年那樣的生活
14:15
because my goal to not suffer regrets anymore,
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因為我的目標是不帶著對往事的悔恨生活
14:18
I got there with that goal.
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而我做到了
14:20
When you live that way, when you live with that kind of passion,
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當你以一種充滿激情的方式生活著
14:22
there's no time, there's no time for regrets,
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你將會沒有時間去後悔
14:24
you're just moving forward.
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你只會往前走
14:26
And I want to live every day of the rest of my life that way,
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我想以後的每天我都要以那種方式生活
14:28
swim or no swim.
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無論游泳或不游泳
14:30
But the difference
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但是接受這個失敗
14:32
in accepting this particular defeat
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跟其他的區別
14:34
is that sometimes,
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在於，有時候
14:37
if cancer has won,
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如果癌症勝利了
14:41
if there's death and we have no choice,
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如果我們即將面臨死亡，沒有選擇的餘地
14:44
then grace and acceptance
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優雅地接受它
14:47
are necessary.
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是很必要的
14:49
But that ocean's still there.
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但只要那片海還在那裡
14:51
This hope is still alive.
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希望就仍然存在
14:53
And I don't want to be the crazy woman
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我不想成為瘋狂的女人
14:55
who does it for years and years and years,
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年復一年地嘗試
14:58
and tries and fails and tries and fails and tries and fails,
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屢戰屢敗，屢敗屢戰
15:00
but I can swim from Cuba to Florida,
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但我相信我可以從古巴游到佛羅里達
15:03
and I will swim from Cuba to Florida.
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我也會從古巴游到佛羅里達
15:06
Thank you.
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謝謝
15:08
Thank you.
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謝謝
15:10
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
15:13
Thank you.
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謝謝
15:15
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
15:17
And so, what after that?
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所以之後怎樣？
15:19
Are you going to swim the Atlantic?
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想游過大西洋？
15:22
No, that's the last swim.
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不，這是最後一次游泳了
15:24
It's the only swim I'm interested in.
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是唯一一個我感興趣的游泳
15:27
But I'm ready.
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但我準備好了
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And by the way, a reporter called me the other day
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順便說，一個記者有一天找到我
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and he said he looked on Wikipedia
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他說他看到維基百科
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and he said he saw my birthday was August 22nd 1949,
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他說他看到我的生日是1949年8月22日
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and for some odd reason in Wikipedia,
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但很奇怪
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they had my death date too.
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維基百科同時寫有我的死亡日期
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(Laughter)
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（全場笑）
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He said, "Did you know you're going to die the same place you were born, New York City,
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他說，“你知道你將死在你出生的地方，也就是紐約，
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and it's going to be in January of '35?"
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在1月35號的時候？”
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I said, "Nope. I didn't know."
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我說，“不，我不知道。”
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And now I'm going to live to 85.
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我要活到85歲
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I have three more years than I thought.
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要比我想的多三年
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And so I ask myself,
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所以我問自己
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I'm starting to ask myself now,
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所以我從現在開始問我自己
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even before this extreme dream
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甚至在實現這個
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gets achieved for me,
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極致的夢想之前
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I'm asking myself,
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我在問我自己
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and maybe I can ask you tonight too,
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也許我也可以在今夜問你們同一個問題
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to paraphrase the poet
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來闡釋詩人
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Mary Oliver,
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瑪麗歐利佛的詩句
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she says, "So what is it,
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她說，“所以
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what is it you're doing,
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你將怎麼做
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with this one wild and precious life of yours?"
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度過你狂野又寶貴的一生？“
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Thank you very much.
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十分感謝
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(Applause)
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（全場鼓掌）
16:37
Thank you. Thank you.
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感謝大家
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Thank you. Thank you.
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感謝大家
16:43
(Applause)
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（全場鼓掌）
16:48
Live it large. Live it large.
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活的豐盛，活的壯麗
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Diana Nyad - Journalist, swimmerA record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation.
Why you should listen
For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also broke numerous world records, including what had been a 50-year mark for circling Manhattan Island, setting the new time of 7 hrs 57 min. She is a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
At age 60, having not swum a stroke in decades, she began planning for her white whale of distance swims: the 110-mile ocean crossing between Cuba and Florida. She'd tried it once, in her 20s, and severe jellyfish attacks had defeated her then. But now, with a strong team and a new commitment to her vision, she stepped back into the salt. She spoke about this second attempt at TEDMED 2011. And at TEDWomen 2013, in December, she talks about how it feels to have finally done it.
Nyad appears as part of a weekly five-minute radio piece on sports for KCRW called "The Score" (heard during KCRW's broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered), as well as for the Marketplace radio program.
Diana Nyad | Speaker | TED.com