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Sting: How I started writing songs again
史汀: 我怎樣重新開始寫歌
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史汀早期的生活受造船廠支配──他成天做夢想要逃離這種單調的苦工。但是史汀在遭受為時多年、非常討厭的作家瓶頸之後，發現自己將年輕時熟悉的造船廠工人的故事納入歌曲題材。史汀在此抒情、自白的演講裡，讓我們享受他即將發表的歌舞劇歌曲，也在最後安可《瓶中信》這首歌。
Sting - Composer, singer, author, actor, activist
He’s sold more than 100 million albums and earned 16 Grammy Awards, yet Sting continues to surprise. His fourteenth solo album, The Last Ship, features songs from his Broadway-bound musical of the same name. Full bio
He’s sold more than 100 million albums and earned 16 Grammy Awards, yet Sting continues to surprise. His fourteenth solo album, The Last Ship, features songs from his Broadway-bound musical of the same name. Full bio
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♪ It's all there in gospels ♪
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♪ 都寫在福音書上 ♪
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♪A Magdalene girl comes to pay her respects ♪
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♪ 抹大拉的女孩來看墓 ♪
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♪ But her mind is awhirl ♪
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♪ 但她一陣天旋地轉 ♪
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♪ When she finds the tomb empty ♪
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♪ 發現墳墓是空的 ♪
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♪ Straw had been rolled ♪
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♪ 草巾捲在一旁 ♪
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♪ Not a sign of a corpse ♪
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♪ 屍體無處可見 ♪
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♪ In the dark and the cold ♪
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♪ 又黑又冷 ♪
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♪ When she reaches the door ♪
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♪ 她走到門邊 ♪
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♪ Sees an unholy sight ♪
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♪ 看見一幅鬼景象 ♪
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♪ There's a solitary figure and a halo of light ♪
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♪ 有個孤單的身影，
戴著神聖的光環 ♪
戴著神聖的光環 ♪
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♪ He just carries on floating past Calvary Hill ♪
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♪ 他已漂過各各他 ♪
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♪ In an Almighty hurry ♪
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♪ 以全能的速度 ♪
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♪ Aye, but she might catch him still ♪
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♪ 遵命，但她或許能趕上他 ♪
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♪ Tell me where are you gone, Lord ♪
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♪ 告訴我你去了哪裡，主 ♪
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♪ And why in such haste? ♪
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♪ 為什麼要這麼匆忙 ♪
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♪ Oh don't hinder me, woman ♪
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♪ 喔不要攔阻我，婦人 ♪
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♪ I've no time to waste ♪
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♪ 我不能浪費時間 ♪
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♪ For they're launching a boat
on the morrow at noon ♪
on the morrow at noon ♪
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♪ 因為明天中午船要下水 ♪
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♪ And I have to be there before daybreak ♪
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♪ 我得在破曉前到達 ♪
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♪ Oh I cannot be missing ♪
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♪ 喔我不能不去 ♪
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♪ The lads'll expect me ♪
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♪ 大家都在等我 ♪
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♪ Why else would the Good
Lord Himself resurrect me? ♪
Lord Himself resurrect me? ♪
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♪ 否則還有甚麼理由
我主祂自己要讓我復活 ♪
我主祂自己要讓我復活 ♪
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♪ For nothing'll stop me. I have to prevail ♪
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♪ 沒有甚麼能阻擋我
我得乘上風 ♪
我得乘上風 ♪
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♪ Through the teeth of this tempest ♪
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♪ 頂著這風暴 ♪
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♪ In the mouth of a gale ♪
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♪ 在強風巨噬下 ♪
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♪ May the angels protect me ♪
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♪ 求天使保護我 ♪
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♪ If all else should fail ♪
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♪ 如果一切終將失敗 ♪
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♪ And the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 最後方舟出航 ♪
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♪ Oh the roar of the chains ♪
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♪ 喔轟鳴的船鏈 ♪
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♪ And the cracking of timbers ♪
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♪ 霹啪作響的船橫 ♪
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♪ The noise at the end of the world in your ears ♪
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♪ 世界盡頭的聲音在你耳中迴響 ♪
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♪ As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea ♪
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♪ 如山的鋼鐵駛向海洋 ♪
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♪ And the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 最後方舟出航 ♪
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So I was born and raised
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我出生及成長
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in the shadow of a shipyard
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在造船廠的暗影下，
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in a little town on the northeast coast of England.
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位於英格蘭東北海岸的一個小鎮。
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Some of my earliest memories
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我有些最早的記憶，
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are of giant ships
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是巨大的船
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blocking the end of my street,
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擋住我的街尾，
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as well as the sun, for a lot of the year.
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也在一年大部分的時間擋住陽光。
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Every morning as a child,
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小時候每天早上，
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I'd watch thousands of men walk down that hill
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我看著成千上萬的人走下那座山丘
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to work in the shipyard.
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去造船廠工作。
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I'd watch those same men
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我也看著這同一批人
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walking back home every night.
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每天晚上走路回家。
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It has to be said, the shipyard was not
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一定要說一下，造船廠並不是
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the most pleasant place to live next door to,
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令人愉快的好鄰居，
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or indeed work in.
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也不是工作的好地方。
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The shipyard was noisy, dangerous,
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造船廠很吵，很危險
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highly toxic,
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具高毒性，
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with an appalling health and safety record.
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有著駭人聽聞的健康及安全記錄。
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Despite that, the men and women
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儘管如此，這些男人女人
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who worked on those ships
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這些在造船廠工作的人，
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were extraordinarily proud of the work they did,
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對於他們的工作仍非常自豪，
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and justifiably so.
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的確也合情合理。
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Some of the largest vessels
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幾艘有史以來
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ever constructed on planet Earth
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在地球上造出的最大的船，
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were built right at the end of my street.
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就在我的街尾製造出來。
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My grandfather had been a shipwright,
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我的祖父是個船台木工，
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and as a child,
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而我小時候，
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as there were few other jobs in the town,
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鎮上沒有什麼其他的工作，
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I would wonder with some anxiety
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我帶著幾分焦慮，不知道
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whether that would be my destiny too.
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那會不會也是我的命運。
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I was fairly determined that it wouldn't be.
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我下定決心不要如此。
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I had other dreams,
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我有其他的夢想，
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not necessarily practical ones,
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不見得很實際，
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but at the age of eight,
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但在八歲的時候，
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I was bequeathed a guitar.
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我得到一把遺贈的吉他。
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It was a battered old thing
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這個破舊的東西
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with five rusty strings, and was out of tune,
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有五根鏽掉的弦，完全走音，
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but quickly I learned to play it
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但我很快地就學會怎麼彈它，
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and realized that I'd found a friend for life,
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也領悟到，我找到了一個
一輩子的朋友，
一輩子的朋友，
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an accomplice, a co-conspirator
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一個同夥，一個同謀
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in my plan to escape from this surreal
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在我的計劃中
要一同逃出這超現實的
要一同逃出這超現實的
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industrial landscape.
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工業景觀。
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Well, they say if you dream something hard enough,
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唔，大家都說如果你夠努力夢想，
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it will come to pass.
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它就會實現。
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Either that, or I was extremely lucky,
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大概吧，要不然就是我非常幸運，
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but this was my dream.
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但這是我的夢想。
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I dreamt I would leave this town,
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我夢想著要離開這個小鎮，
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and just like those ships,
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就像那些船隻，
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once they were launched, I'd never come back.
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一但下水，就再也不回頭。
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I dreamt I'd become a writer of songs,
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我夢想著我要成為寫歌的人，
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that I would sing those songs
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我要唱那些歌
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to vast numbers of people all over the world,
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給全世界廣大的人群聽。
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that I would be paid extravagant amounts of money,
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我可以因此賺超大的一筆錢，
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that I'd become famous,
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我會因此成名，
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that I'd marry a beautiful woman,
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而且我還要娶一位美麗的女人，
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have children, raise a family,
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生小孩，養家，
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buy a big house in the country,
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在鄉下買一棟大房子，
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keep dogs, grow wine,
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養幾條狗，種點葡萄釀酒，
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have rooms full of Grammy Awards,
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幾個房間裡擺滿了
葛萊美獎的獎盃、
葛萊美獎的獎盃、
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platinum discs, and what have you.
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白金唱片，諸如此類。
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So far, so good, right? (Laughter)
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到目前為止都還不錯，是吧？
（笑聲）
（笑聲）
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And then one day, the songs stopped coming,
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然後有一天，我再也沒有靈感寫歌，
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and while you've suffered from periods
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儘管你以前曾經歷過
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of writer's block before, albeit briefly,
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作家的創作瓶頸，儘管很短，
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this is something chronic.
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那其實是長期的現象。
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Day after day, you face a blank page,
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日復一日，你面對空白的樂譜，
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and nothing's coming.
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什麼都寫不出來，
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And those days turned to
weeks, and weeks to months,
weeks, and weeks to months,
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幾天變成幾個禮拜，
幾個禮拜變成幾個月，
幾個禮拜變成幾個月，
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and pretty soon those months
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很快地那些月份
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have turned into years
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就累積成幾年，
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with very little to show for your efforts. No songs.
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你的努力一點成果都沒有。沒有歌。
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So you start asking yourself questions.
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所以你開始問你自己問題。
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What have I done to offend the gods
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我做了什麼得罪了神，
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that they would abandon me so?
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要如此遺棄我？
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Is the gift of songwriting taken away
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那收回寫歌的天份
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as easily as it seems to have been bestowed?
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是否就跟賞賜一樣容易？
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Or perhaps there's a more --
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或是，也許還有別的——
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a deeper psychological reason.
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更深沉的心理因素。
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It was always a Faustian pact anyway.
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始終都是浮士德的魔鬼契約吧。
05:14
You're rewarded for revealing
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你得了報應，因為透露了
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your innermost thoughts,
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你內心深處的想法，
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your private emotions on the page
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你把私人的情感搬上舞台
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for the entertainment of others,
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為了愉悅別人，
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for the analysis, the scrutiny of others,
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讓別人分析檢閱，
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and perhaps you've given enough
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而或許，你也給了夠多
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of your privacy away.
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你自己的隱私給別人。
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And yet, if you look at your work,
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可是，如果你看看你的作品，
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could it be argued that your best work
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難道不能說你最好的作品
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wasn't about you at all,
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根本與你自己無關，
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it was about somebody else?
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卻是關於別人的？
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Did your best work occur
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難道你最好的作品
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when you sidestepped your own ego
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不是出產在你放下自我，
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and you stopped telling your story,
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不再講述你的故事，
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but told someone else's story,
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卻去訴說別人的故事時，
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someone perhaps without a voice,
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或許是個沒有聲音的人，
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where empathetically, you stood in his shoes
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而你以同理心設身處地
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for a while or saw the world through his eyes?
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一陣子，或是以他的眼看世界時？
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Well they say, write what you know.
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大家都說，寫你知道的事。
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If you can't write about yourself anymore,
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如果你再也寫不出自己的故事，
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then who do you write about?
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那你還能寫誰的？
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So it's ironic that the landscape
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所以諷刺的是，那片景觀，
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I'd worked so hard to escape from,
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那片我辛辛苦苦想要逃離的景觀，
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and the community that I'd more or less abandoned
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還有那可說是被我遺棄了
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and exiled myself from
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從中自我放逐的社區，
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should be the very landscape,
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就是那片景觀，
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the very community I would have to return to
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就是那個社區是我必須回去
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to find my missing muse.
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找回失去的靈感的地方。
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And as soon as I did that,
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當我這麼做的時候，
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as soon as I decided to honor the community
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當我決定要榮耀我出身的社區，
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I came from and tell their story,
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並說出他們的故事的時候，
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that the songs started to come thick and fast.
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歌曲又開始快速大量地湧現。
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I've described it as a kind of projectile vomiting,
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我曾形容就像是噴吐出來似的，
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a torrent of ideas, of characters, of voices,
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洪流般的點子、人物、聲音、
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of verses, couplets, entire songs
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獨唱、主歌、整首歌
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almost formed whole,
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幾乎整體形成，
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materialized in front of me
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在我面前具體化，
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as if they'd been bottled up inside me
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好像它們在我體內按捺了
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for many, many years.
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好多好多年似的。
06:59
One of the first things I wrote was just a list of names
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我最先寫下的只是一串
07:02
of people I'd known,
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我認識的人的名字，
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and they become characters
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然後他們變成像是
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in a kind of three-dimensional drama,
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三度空間戲劇裡的角色般，
07:07
where they explain who they are, what they do,
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在裡面解釋他們是誰，
他們從事什麼，
他們從事什麼，
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their hopes and their fears for the future.
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他們的希望他們對未來的恐懼。
07:15
This is Jackie White.
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這位是傑基‧懷特。
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He's the foreman of the shipyard.
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他是造船廠的領班。
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My name is Jackie White,
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我的名字是傑基‧懷特，
07:22
and I'm foreman of the yard,
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我是廠裡的領班，
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and you don't mess with Jackie on this quayside.
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你不要在這個碼頭惹毛傑基。
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I'm as hard as iron plate,
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我就跟鐵板一樣剛硬，
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woe betide you if you're late
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大禍要臨頭了！如果你遲到，
07:30
when we have to push a boat out on the spring tide.
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在我們趁大潮推船出去。
07:33
Now you can die and hope for heaven,
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現在你可以去死了，盼望去天國，
07:35
but you need to work your shift,
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但你得輪完這班，
07:37
and I'd expect you all to back us to the hilt,
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而且我要求你們盡全力支援我們，
07:40
for if St. Peter at his gate
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因為如果聖彼得在天堂的門口
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were to ask you why you're late,
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問你為什麼你遲到了，
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why, you tell him that you had to get a ship built.
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哦，你告訴他你得把船造完。
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We build battleships and cruisers
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我們造戰艦及巡洋艦
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for Her Majesty the Queen,
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為了女王陛下，
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supertankers for Onassis,
and all the classes in between,
and all the classes in between,
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為歐納西斯造超級油輪，
還有各個階級的人，
還有各個階級的人，
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We built the greatest ship in tonnage
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我們要造大噸位的船，
07:56
what the world has ever seen
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是這世界前所未見。
08:00
♪ And the only life worth knowing is in the shipyard ♪
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♪ 唯一值得體驗的生活是在造船廠 ♪
08:04
♪ Steel in the stockyard, iron in the soul ♪
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♪ 堆場有鋼，靈魂是鐵 ♪
08:07
♪ Would conjure up a ship ♪
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♪ 要變出船 ♪
08:08
♪ Where there used to be a hull ♪
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♪ 從空空的船殼中 ♪
08:12
♪ And we don't know what we'll do ♪
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♪ 我們不知道還能做什麼 ♪
08:14
♪ If this yard gets sold ♪
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♪ 如果船廠被賣了 ♪
08:17
♪ For the only life worth knowing is in the shipyard ♪
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♪ 因為唯一值得體驗的
生活是在造船廠 ♪
生活是在造船廠 ♪
08:22
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
08:27
So having decided to write about other people
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所以在決定了要寫關於其他人，
08:30
instead of myself,
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而不再寫自己的故事之後，
08:33
a further irony is that sometimes you reveal
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更諷刺的是，有時候你反而顯露出
08:35
more about yourself than you'd ever intended.
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更多的自我，比你打算的還多。
08:38
This song is called "Dead Man's Boots,"
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這首歌叫《死人之靴》，
08:39
which is an expression
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是一種表達，
08:40
which describes how difficult it is to get a job;
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描述找工作是如何困難；
08:43
in other words, you'd only get a job in the shipyard
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也就是說，
你想在造船廠裡找份工作，
你想在造船廠裡找份工作，
08:46
if somebody else died.
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只能等到有人死了。
08:48
Or perhaps your father could finagle you
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或是你父親可以在你 15 歲時
08:50
an apprenticeship at the age of 15.
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幫你騙到一份學徒的工作。
08:54
But sometimes a father's love can be misconstrued
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但有的時後父親的愛
會被誤解為控制。
08:56
as controlling,
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08:58
and conversely, the scope of his son's ambition
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另一方面，他兒子的萬丈雄心
09:01
can seem like some pie-in-the-sky fantasy.
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似乎只是畫餅充飢的幻想。
09:05
(Music)
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（音樂）
09:10
♪ You see these work boots in my hands ♪
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♪ 你看我手上的工作靴 ♪
09:13
♪ They'll probably fit you now, my son ♪
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♪ 現在應該很合腳了，我兒 ♪
09:16
♪ Take them, they're a gift from me ♪
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♪ 拿去吧！那我是給你的禮物 ♪
09:18
♪ Why don't you try them on? ♪
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♪ 你何不試穿看看？♪
09:21
♪ It would do your old man good to see ♪
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♪ 這對你老爸有好處，能看見 ♪
09:24
♪ You walking in these boots one day ♪
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♪ 有一天你穿著這雙靴子走路 ♪
09:26
♪ And take your place among the men ♪
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♪ 在那些人中佔一席之地 ♪
09:29
♪ Who work upon the slipway ♪
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♪ 那些在造船廠工作的人 ♪
09:32
♪ These dead man's boots,
though they're old and curled ♪
though they're old and curled ♪
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♪ 這雙死人之靴，雖然又舊又破 ♪
09:35
♪ When a fellow needs a job and a place in the world ♪
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♪ 當小傢伙需要工作，
在世上要有地位 ♪
在世上要有地位 ♪
09:38
♪ And it's time for a man to put down roots ♪
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♪ 也是男人落地生根的時候了 ♪
09:42
♪ And walk to the river in his old man's boots ♪
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♪ 穿著老爸的舊靴走到河邊 ♪
09:50
♪ He said, "I'm dying, son, and asking ♪
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♪ 他說：「我就快死了，
兒啊，我要你 ♪
兒啊，我要你 ♪
09:53
♪ That you do one final thing for me ♪
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♪ 幫我做最後一件事 ♪
09:56
♪ You're barely but a sapling,
and you think that you're a tree ♪
and you think that you're a tree ♪
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♪ 你不過是根苗，
卻自以為是棵樹 ♪
卻自以為是棵樹 ♪
10:01
♪ If you need a seed to prosper ♪
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♪ 如果你需要種子繁衍後代 ♪
10:04
♪ You must first put down some roots ♪
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♪ 你必得先生根 ♪
10:07
♪ Just one foot then the other in ♪
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♪ 一次一隻腳 ♪
10:09
♪ These dead man's boots" ♪
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♪ 穿上死人之靴吧 ♪
10:12
♪ These dead man's boots,
though they're old and curled ♪
though they're old and curled ♪
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♪ 這雙死人之靴雖然又舊又破 ♪
10:15
♪ When a fellow needs a job and a place in the world ♪
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♪ 當小傢伙需要工作，
在世上要有地位 ♪
在世上要有地位 ♪
10:18
♪ And it's time for a man to put down roots ♪
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♪ 也是男人落地生根的時候了 ♪
10:23
♪ And walk to the river in his old man's boots ♪
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♪ 穿著老爸的舊靴走到河邊」 ♪
10:28
♪ I said, "Why in the hell would I do that? ♪
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♪ 我說，「什麼鬼話，
我為什麼要做這個？♪
我為什麼要做這個？♪
10:31
♪ Why would I agree?" ♪
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♪ 我為什麼要答應？」♪
10:33
♪ When his hand was all that I'd received ♪
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♪ 我得到的不過就是他的插手 ♪
10:36
♪ As far as I remember ♪
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♪ 就我記憶所及 ♪
10:39
♪ It's not as if he'd spoiled me with his kindness ♪
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♪ 這可不是他的慈愛會寵壞我 ♪
10:42
♪ Up to then, you see ♪
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♪ 直到那時，你看 ♪
10:44
♪ I'd a plan of my own and I'd quit this place ♪
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♪ 我有自己的計畫我要離開這裡♪
10:47
♪ When I came of age September ♪
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♪ 當我九月成年 ♪
10:49
♪ These dead man's boots
know their way down the hill ♪
know their way down the hill ♪
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♪ 死人之靴知道下山之路 ♪
10:53
♪ They could walk there themselves,
and they probably will ♪
and they probably will ♪
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♪ 它們會自己走到那兒，
它們應該會吧 ♪
它們應該會吧 ♪
10:55
♪ I've plenty of choices, I've plenty other routes ♪
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♪ 我有很多選擇，我有很多路 ♪
11:00
♪ And you'll never see me walking
in these dead man's boots ♪
in these dead man's boots ♪
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♪ 你絕不會看見我
穿著這雙死人之靴 ♪
穿著這雙死人之靴 ♪
11:06
♪ What was it made him think ♪
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♪ 憑什麼他會認為 ♪
11:08
♪ I'd be happy ending up like him ♪
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♪ 我會樂意最終像他一樣 ♪
11:11
♪ When he'd hardly got two halfpennies left ♪
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♪ 連兩枚半便士都省不了♪
11:13
♪ Or a broken pot to piss in? ♪
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♪ 還是只剩破壺兒尿尿？♪
11:16
♪ He wanted this same thing for me ♪
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♪ 他要我像他一樣 ♪
11:19
♪ Was that his final wish? ♪
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♪ 這就是他最後的願望？♪
11:21
♪ He said, "What the hell are you gonna do?" ♪
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♪ 他說：「哇勒，你到底想幹什麼？」 ♪
11:24
♪ I said, "Anything but this!" ♪
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♪ 我說：「除此之外什麼都好！」♪
11:27
♪ These dead man's boots
know their way down the hill ♪
know their way down the hill ♪
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♪ 這雙死人之靴知道下山之路 ♪
11:30
♪ They can walk there themselves
and they probably will ♪
and they probably will ♪
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♪ 它們會自己走到那裡，
它們應該會吧 ♪
它們應該會吧 ♪
11:33
♪ But they won't walk with me
‘cause I'm off the other way ♪
‘cause I'm off the other way ♪
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♪ 但是它們不會跟我走，
因為我要去別的地方 ♪
因為我要去別的地方 ♪
11:36
♪ I've had it up to here, I'm gonna have my say ♪
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♪ 我受夠了，我要有發言權 ♪
11:38
♪ When all you've got left is that cross on the wall ♪
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♪ 你只剩下牆上的那個十字架 ♪
11:41
♪ I want nothing from you, I want nothing at all ♪
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♪ 我不要你的東西，
我什麼都不要 ♪
我什麼都不要 ♪
11:44
♪ Not a pension, nor a pittance,
when your whole life is through ♪
when your whole life is through ♪
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♪ 不要養老金，不要微薄的工資，
你的一生只有這條路 ♪
你的一生只有這條路 ♪
11:47
♪ Get this through your head, I'm nothing like you ♪
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♪ 腦袋搞清楚，我一點都不像你 ♪
11:50
♪ I'm done with all the arguments,
there'll be no more disputes ♪
there'll be no more disputes ♪
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♪ 我不要再跟你吵了，
沒有甚麼好爭的了 ♪
沒有甚麼好爭的了 ♪
11:55
♪ And you'll die before you see
me in your dead man's boots ♪
me in your dead man's boots ♪
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♪ 你活著絕對看不到
我穿著你的死人之靴 ♪
我穿著你的死人之靴 ♪
12:04
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
12:13
Thank you.
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謝謝。
12:14
So whenever they'd launch a big ship,
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所以每當有新船下水，
12:19
they would invite some dignitary up from London
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他們就會邀請倫敦的顯貴
12:21
on the train to make a speech,
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坐火車來演講，
12:23
break a bottle of champagne over the bows,
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在船艏擊破香檳酒瓶，
12:26
launch it down the slipway
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滑下船台
12:27
into the river and out to sea.
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進入河流再出海。
12:29
Occasionally on a really important ship,
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偶爾在非常重要的船上，
12:32
they'd get a member of the royal family to come,
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他們會找皇室家族成員來，
12:34
Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne or somebody.
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菲利普親王、安妮公主或其他人。
12:37
And you have to remember, it wasn't that long ago
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你要記住，直到不久前，
12:40
that the royal family in England
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大家還相信英國的皇室
12:42
were considered to have magical healing powers.
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有奇妙的醫治能力。
12:46
Sick children were held up in crowds
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生病的孩子會在人群中被舉起來，
12:48
to try and touch the cloak
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試圖觸摸國王或女王的皇袍，
12:50
of the king or the queen to cure them
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以醫治他們身上
12:52
of some terrible disease.
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可怕的疾病。
12:55
It wasn't like that in my day,
but we still got very excited.
but we still got very excited.
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我生長的年代已經不像這樣了，
但是我們還是會很興奮。
但是我們還是會很興奮。
12:59
So it's a launch day, it's a Saturday,
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所以那是下水的日子，是個星期六，
13:01
and my mother has dressed
me up in my Sunday best.
me up in my Sunday best.
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媽媽幫我穿上星期日去教堂的盛裝。
13:03
I'm not very happy with her.
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我不太高興她這麼做。
13:05
All the kids are out in the street,
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所有的孩子都在街上，
13:07
and we have little Union Jacks to wave,
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我們手上有國旗要揮舞，
13:10
and at the top of the hill,
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在山頂上，
13:12
there's a motorcycle cortege appears.
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摩托車隊出現。
13:15
In the middle of the motorcycles,
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在摩托車隊中間，
13:16
there's a big, black Rolls-Royce.
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有一輛又大又黑的勞斯萊斯。
13:19
Inside the Rolls-Royce is the Queen Mother.
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在這輛勞斯萊斯裡的是皇太后。
13:21
This is a big deal.
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這可是件大事。
13:23
So the procession is moving
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所以隊伍行進著，
13:25
at a stately pace down my street,
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以莊嚴的速度駛向我的大街，
13:27
and as it approaches my house,
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當這個隊伍接近我的房子，
13:30
I start to wave my flag vigorously,
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我就開始大力揮舞我的小國旗，
13:32
and there is the Queen Mother.
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皇太后來了。
13:34
I see her, and she seems to see me.
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我看到她，她似乎也看到我了。
13:38
She acknowledges me. She waves, and she smiles.
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她跟我打了個招呼。
揮揮手，微笑著。
揮揮手，微笑著。
13:40
And I wave my flag even more vigorously.
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而我就更大力地揮舞我的小國旗。
13:43
We're having a moment,
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這是屬於我倆的時刻，
13:44
me and the Queen Mother.
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我和皇太后。
13:46
She's acknowledged me.
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她和我打招呼！
13:48
And then she's gone.
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然後她就走了。
13:51
Well, I wasn't cured of anything.
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嗯，我什麼都沒被醫治。
13:55
It was the opposite, actually.
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正好相反，說真的。
13:57
I was infected.
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我被感染了。
14:00
I was infected with an idea.
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我被一個想法感染。
14:03
I don't belong in this street.
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我不屬於這條街。
14:05
I don't want to live in that house.
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我不想住在那個房子裡。
14:08
I don't want to end up in that shipyard.
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我不想在造船廠終了一生。
14:11
I want to be in that car. (Laughter)
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我要坐在那部車裡。（笑聲）
14:15
I want a bigger life.
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我要更寬廣的人生。
14:16
I want a life beyond this town.
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我要在鎮外生活。
14:19
I want a life that's out of the ordinary.
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我要一個不平凡的人生。
14:23
It's my right.
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這是我的權利。
14:24
It's my right as much as hers.
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這是我的權利，不亞於她。
14:27
And so here I am at TED,
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所以現在我在 TED 講台上，
14:32
I suppose to tell that story,
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我應該告訴你們那個故事，
14:34
and I think it's appropriate to say the obvious
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我想這麼說很恰當，很明顯
14:39
that there's a symbiotic and intrinsic link
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共生且本質相通的連繫存在於
14:43
between storytelling and community,
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說故事與社區間，
14:46
between community and art,
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在社區與藝術間，
14:49
between community and science and technology,
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在社區及科技間，
14:52
between community and economics.
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在社區及經濟間，
14:54
It's my belief that
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這是我的信念，就是
14:58
abstract economic theory
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抽象的經濟理論
15:00
that denies the needs of community
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否定社區的需求，
15:03
or denies the contribution that community makes
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或否定社區對經濟的貢獻，
15:06
to economy is shortsighted, cruel
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是短視、殘忍，
15:10
and untenable.
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也站不住腳的。
15:12
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
15:16
The fact is, whether you're a rock star
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事實是，無論你是搖滾明星，
15:19
or whether you're a welder in a shipyard,
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還是造船廠的銲工，
15:23
or a tribesman in the upper Amazon,
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或是亞馬遜上游的部落一員，
15:26
or the queen of England,
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或是英國女王，
15:27
at the end of the day,
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在一生的終了，
15:32
we're all in the same boat.
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我們終歸要踏上死亡之船。
15:36
♪ Aye, the footmen are frantic in their indignation ♪
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♪ 遵命，侍從們在憤慨中紛亂著 ♪
15:40
♪ You see the queen's took
a taxi herself to the station ♪
a taxi herself to the station ♪
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♪ 你看女王自己搭計程車去車站 ♪
15:44
♪ Where the porters, surprised
by her lack of royal baggage ♪
by her lack of royal baggage ♪
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♪ 腳夫驚訝她沒有皇家行李 ♪
15:48
♪ Bustle her and three corgis
to the rear of the carriage ♪
to the rear of the carriage ♪
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♪ 趕忙請她及柯基犬
坐上車廂後排 ♪
坐上車廂後排 ♪
15:51
♪ For the train it is crammed
with all Europe's nobility ♪
with all Europe's nobility ♪
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♪ 因為那輛火車塞滿了歐洲貴族 ♪
15:55
♪ And there's none of them
famous for their compatibility ♪
famous for their compatibility ♪
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♪ 他們可是有名的水火不容 ♪
15:59
♪ There's a fight over seats ♪
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♪ 有人為搶座位爭鬥 ♪
16:01
♪ "I beg pardon, Your Grace ♪
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♪ 「很抱歉，閣下♪
16:03
♪ But you'll find that one's mine,
so get back in your place!" ♪
so get back in your place!" ♪
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♪ 那個座位是我的，
滾回去你的位子！」 ♪
滾回去你的位子！」 ♪
16:08
♪ "Aye, but where are they going?" ♪
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♪ 「遵命，但是他們要去哪裡？」 ♪
16:10
♪ All the porters debate ♪
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♪ 所有的腳夫都在爭論 ♪
16:12
♪ "Why they're going to Newcastle
and they daren't be late ♪
and they daren't be late ♪
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♪ 「哦他們要去新堡，
他們可不敢遲到 ♪
他們可不敢遲到 ♪
16:16
♪ For they're launching a boat
on the Tyne at high tide ♪
on the Tyne at high tide ♪
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♪ 因為大潮時他們有新船
要在泰恩河下水♪
要在泰恩河下水♪
16:20
♪ And they've come from all over,
from far and from wide" ♪
from far and from wide" ♪
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♪ 他們從各地來，四面八方來」♪
16:23
♪ There's the old Dalai Lama ♪
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♪ 有老達賴喇嘛 ♪
16:26
♪ And the pontiff of Rome ♪
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♪ 有羅馬教皇 ♪
16:28
♪ Every palace in Europe, and
there's nay bugger home ♪
there's nay bugger home ♪
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♪ 歐洲的每一座城堡，
還有反對混蛋的家 ♪
還有反對混蛋的家 ♪
16:31
♪ There's the Duchess of Cornwall
and the loyal Prince of Wales ♪
and the loyal Prince of Wales ♪
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♪ 有康沃爾公爵夫人，
而威爾斯親王 ♪
而威爾斯親王 ♪
16:35
♪ Looking crushed and uncomfortable
in his top hat and tails ♪
in his top hat and tails ♪
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♪ 在他的高禮帽和燕尾服下
看起來垮垮很不舒服 ♪
看起來垮垮很不舒服 ♪
16:39
♪ Well, they haven't got tickets ♪
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♪ 嗯他們還沒拿到票 ♪
16:41
♪ Come now, it's just a detail ♪
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♪ 來吧，那是細節問題 ♪
16:43
♪ There was no time to purchase
and one simply has to prevail ♪
and one simply has to prevail ♪
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♪ 沒時間買票你得乘上風 ♪
16:47
♪ For we'll get to the shipyards
or we'll end up in jail! ♪
or we'll end up in jail! ♪
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♪ 因為我們要到造船廠
不然就會進監牢！♪
不然就會進監牢！♪
16:51
♪ When the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 最後方舟出航 ♪
16:55
♪ Oh the roar of the chains ♪
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♪ 喔轟鳴的船鏈 ♪
16:58
♪ And the cracking of timbers ♪
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♪ 劈啪作響的船橫 ♪
17:00
♪ The noise at the end of the world in your ears ♪
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♪ 世界盡頭的聲音在你耳中迴響 ♪
17:04
♪ As a mountain of steel
makes its way to the sea ♪
makes its way to the sea ♪
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♪ 如山的鋼鐵駛向海洋 ♪
17:08
♪ And the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 最後方舟出航 ♪
17:11
♪ And whatever you'd promised ♪
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♪ 無論你承諾過什麼 ♪
17:14
♪ Whatever you've done ♪
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♪ 無論你做過什麼 ♪
17:16
♪ And whatever the station in life you've become ♪
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♪ 無論你變成什麼身分 ♪
17:20
♪ In the name of the Father,
in the name of the Son ♪
in the name of the Son ♪
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♪ 以父之名，以子之名 ♪
17:24
♪ And no matter the weave of
this life that you've spun ♪
this life that you've spun ♪
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♪ 無論你這輩子編織出
什麼樣的人生 ♪
什麼樣的人生 ♪
17:28
♪ On the Earth or in Heaven or under the Sun ♪
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♪ 在地上在天上或在日光之下 ♪
17:32
♪ When the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 當最後方舟出航 ♪
17:35
♪ Oh the roar of the chains ♪
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♪ 喔轟鳴的船鏈 ♪
17:39
♪ And the cracking of timbers ♪
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♪ 劈啪作響的船橫 ♪
17:40
♪ The noise at the end of the world in your ears ♪
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♪ 世界盡頭的聲音在你耳中迴響 ♪
17:44
♪ As a mountain of steel
makes its way to the sea ♪
makes its way to the sea ♪
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♪ 如山的鋼鐵駛向海洋 ♪
17:49
♪ And the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 最後方舟出航 ♪
17:58
Thanks very much for listening to my song.
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謝謝你們聽我唱歌。
17:59
Thank you. (Applause)
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謝謝。（掌聲）
18:31
Thank you.
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謝謝。
18:37
Okay, you have to join in if you know it.
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好吧，如果你們知道這首歌，
就要一起唱。
就要一起唱。
18:40
(Music) (Applause)
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（音樂）（掌聲）
18:47
♪ Just a castaway ♪
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♪ 只是個漂流的人 ♪
18:50
♪ An island lost at sea, oh ♪
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♪ 海中迷失的小島，喔 ♪
18:54
♪ Another lonely day ♪
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♪ 又是寂寞的一天 ♪
18:56
♪ With no one here but me, oh ♪
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♪ 沒有別人只有我，喔 ♪
19:00
♪ More loneliness than any man could bear ♪
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♪ 更多寂寞，超過任何人能忍受 ♪
19:06
♪ Rescue me before I fall into despair ♪
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♪ 拯救我吧在我絕望前 ♪
19:12
♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我會發出求救信號給這世界 ♪
19:15
♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我會發出求救信號給這世界 ♪
19:18
♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人看見我的 ♪
19:22
♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人看見我的 ♪
19:25
♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人看見我的 ♪
19:28
♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
19:34
♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
19:41
♪ A year has passed since I wrote my note ♪
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♪ 一年過了，自我寫信以來 ♪
19:47
♪ I should have known this right from the start ♪
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♪ 從一開始就該明瞭 ♪
19:53
♪ Only hope can keep me together ♪
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♪ 只有盼望能讓我不崩潰 ♪
20:00
♪ Love can mend your life ♪
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♪ 愛能修補生命 ♪
20:02
♪ but love can break your heart ♪
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♪ 但愛也能使你心碎 ♪
20:06
♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我會發出求救信號給這世界 ♪
20:09
♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我會發出求救信號給這世界 ♪
20:12
♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人看見我的 ♪
20:15
♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人看見我的 ♪
20:18
♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人看見我的 ♪
20:21
♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
20:28
♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
20:34
♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
20:40
♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
20:47
♪ Walked out this morning ♪
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♪ 一早走到外面 ♪
20:50
♪ I don't believe what I saw ♪
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♪ 不敢相信我眼所見 ♪
20:53
♪ A hundred billion bottles ♪
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♪ 千千萬萬個瓶子 ♪
20:56
♪ Washed up on the shore ♪
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♪ 沖到岸上 ♪
20:59
♪ Seems I'm not alone in being alone ♪
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♪ 好像我不是一個人在獨處 ♪
21:05
♪ A hundred billion castaways ♪
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♪ 千千萬萬個漂流的人 ♪
21:08
♪ Looking for a home ♪
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♪ 尋找棲身之處 ♪
21:11
♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我會發出求救信號給這世界 ♪
21:15
♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我會發出求救信號給這世界 ♪
21:18
♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人看見我的 ♪
21:21
♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人看見我的 ♪
21:24
♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人看見我的 ♪
21:27
♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
21:33
♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
21:40
♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
21:46
♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
21:49
So I'm going to ask you to sing after me,
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我要你們跟我一起唱
21:51
okay, the next part.
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好，下一段。
21:53
It's very easy. Sing in unison.
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很簡單，同聲齊唱。
21:55
Here we go.
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開始。
22:01
♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪ Come on now.
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♪ 發出求救信號 ♪ 一起來。
22:05
Audience: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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觀眾：♪ 發出求救信號 ♪
22:08
Sting: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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史汀：♪ 發出求救信號 ♪
22:11
Audience: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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眾：♪ 發出求救信號 ♪
22:14
Sting: ♪ I'm sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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史：♪ 發出求救信號 ♪
22:17
Audience: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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眾：♪ 發出求救信號 ♪
22:20
Sting: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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史：♪ 發出求救信號 ♪
22:23
Audience: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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眾：♪ 發出求救信號 ♪
22:26
Sting: ♪ Sending out ♪
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史：♪ 發出 ♪
22:39
♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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♪ 發出求救信號 ♪
22:41
♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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♪ 發出求救信號 ♪
22:44
♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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♪ 發出求救信號 ♪
22:47
♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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♪ 發出求救信號 ♪
22:53
♪ Yoooooooo ♪
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♪ 唷 ♪
23:02
Thank you, TED. Goodnight.
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謝謝 TED 。晚安。
23:04
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sting - Composer, singer, author, actor, activistHe’s sold more than 100 million albums and earned 16 Grammy Awards, yet Sting continues to surprise. His fourteenth solo album, The Last Ship, features songs from his Broadway-bound musical of the same name.
Why you should listen
Premiering in 2014, The Last Ship—with direction by Joe Mantello, music and lyrics by Sting and book by John Logan and Brian Yorkey—is inspired by Sting's memories of the English seafaring community of Wallsend where he was born and raised. The story is set against the demise of the local shipbuilding industry and is anchored by a group of unemployed workers who take back the shipyard to build one last ship.
The constant throughout Sting's enduring career has been his propensity to evolve. From his tenure as lead singer and bassist with The Police, producing classic hits like "Every Breath You Take" and "Message In A Bottle," to his acclaimed ventures as a solo artist, Sting is one of the world's most renowned and distinctive musicians.
An actor, composer, author and committed activist, Sting, along with wife Trudie Styler, founded the Rainforest Fund in 1989 to protect the world's rainforests and the indigenous people living there. This year, the organization celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Sting | Speaker | TED.com