TED2019
Jacqueline Woodson: What reading slowly taught me about writing
賈桂琳·伍德森: 慢讀引領我走上寫作路
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慢慢閱讀 ── 用手指指著字讀書，哪怕旁人說不好 ── 引領賈桂琳·伍德森 (Jacqueline Woodson) 踏上著書生涯，寫出讓人細味的書。在頓挫抑揚的一段演講中，她邀我們慢下來，讓心隨故事，走進自己意想不到地方，與意想不到的人萍水相逢。她問道：「難道不是這一切終如所願：找到一種方式，於一天將盡時，不覺孤單在世；找到一種方式，讓離開時似曾改變過？」
Jacqueline Woodson - Writer
For Jacqueline Woodson, writing is a gift of joy not only to herself but also to her readers, who span all ages and backgrounds. Full bio
For Jacqueline Woodson, writing is a gift of joy not only to herself but also to her readers, who span all ages and backgrounds. Full bio
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很久以前有一位巨人，
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A long time ago, there lived a Giant,
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a Selfish Giant, whose stunning garden
was the most beautiful in all the land.
was the most beautiful in all the land.
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這位自私的巨人
有美絕各地的迷人花園。
有美絕各地的迷人花園。
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One evening, this Giant came home
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一天黃昏，巨人回到家時，
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and found all these children
playing in his garden,
playing in his garden,
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發現這班小孩
在他的花園裡遊戲，
在他的花園裡遊戲，
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and he became enraged.
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他大為光火。
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"My own garden is my own garden!"
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「我自己的花園
就是我自己的花園！」
就是我自己的花園！」
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the Giant said.
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巨人這麼說。
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And he built this high wall around it.
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然後，他在花園四周築了道高牆。
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The author Oscar Wilde wrote the story
of "The Selfish Giant" in 1888.
of "The Selfish Giant" in 1888.
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1888 年，王爾德（Oscar Wilde）
寫了這故事《自私的巨人》，
寫了這故事《自私的巨人》，
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Almost a hundred years later, that Giant
moved into my Brooklyn childhood
moved into my Brooklyn childhood
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及至百年後，那巨人搬進來
我在布魯克林區的童年，
我在布魯克林區的童年，
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and never left.
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就再沒離開。
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I was raised in a religious family,
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我出生在宗教家庭，
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and I grew up reading
both the Bible and the Quran.
both the Bible and the Quran.
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讀著《聖經》和《古蘭經》長大。
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The hours of reading,
both religious and recreational,
both religious and recreational,
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宗教閱讀加上休閒閱讀的時間，
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far outnumbered the hours
of television-watching.
of television-watching.
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遠遠超過看電視的時間。
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Now, on any given day,
you could find my siblings and I
you could find my siblings and I
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那時候的任何一天，
都可見到我和兄弟姊妹
蜷在家中一隅閱讀，
蜷在家中一隅閱讀，
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curled up in some part
of our apartment reading,
of our apartment reading,
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sometimes unhappily,
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有時讀得並不高興，
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because on summer days in New York City,
the fire hydrant blasted,
the fire hydrant blasted,
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因為在盛夏時節裡，
紐約市街上消防栓射水降溫，
紐約市街上消防栓射水降溫，
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and to our immense jealousy,
we could hear our friends down there
we could hear our friends down there
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便聽見其他小朋友
在樓下的噴水中玩，
在樓下的噴水中玩，
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playing in the gushing water,
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無比歡樂的笑聲
從敞開的窗戶傳到耳邊，
從敞開的窗戶傳到耳邊，
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their absolute joy making its way up
through our open windows.
through our open windows.
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好教人羨慕。
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But I learned that the deeper
I went into my books,
I went into my books,
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但我體會到，愈潛心於書本裡、
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the more time I took with each sentence,
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字斟句酌愈久、
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the less I heard the noise
of the outside world.
of the outside world.
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外界的噪音聽到得就愈少。
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And so, unlike my siblings,
who were racing through books,
who were racing through books,
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不同於兄弟姊妹看書一目十行，
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I read slowly --
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我卻慢慢閱讀——
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very, very slowly.
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十分、十分地緩慢。
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I was that child with her finger
running beneath the words,
running beneath the words,
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兒時我是用手指指著字讀書的，
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until I was untaught to do this;
told big kids don't use their fingers.
told big kids don't use their fingers.
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直到被告知大孩子不指讀後，
我才改掉這個毛病。
我才改掉這個毛病。
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In third grade, we were made to sit
with our hands folded on our desk,
with our hands folded on our desk,
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小學三年級時，
我們要疊起雙手安放桌上，
我們要疊起雙手安放桌上，
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unclasping them only to turn the pages,
then returning them to that position.
then returning them to that position.
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坐好讀書，翻頁時才張開手，
然後又要放好。
然後又要放好。
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Our teacher wasn't being cruel.
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並非是老師苛刻，
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It was the 1970s,
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當時是二十世紀七十年代，
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and her goal was to get us reading
not just on grade level
not just on grade level
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老師旨在教曉我們閱讀理解，
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but far above it.
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力臻更高年級水平，
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And we were always
being pushed to read faster.
being pushed to read faster.
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因此常常敦促我們閱讀快一點。
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But in the quiet of my apartment,
outside of my teacher's gaze,
outside of my teacher's gaze,
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但在靜謐的家中，
沒有老師的注目下，
沒有老師的注目下，
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I let my finger run beneath those words.
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我就讓手指放行於文字之間。
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And that Selfish Giant
again told me his story,
again told me his story,
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然後，自私的巨人
又再敘說他的故事，
又再敘說他的故事，
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how he had felt betrayed by the kids
sneaking into his garden,
sneaking into his garden,
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小孩背著他侵越其花園
是如何讓他感到背叛，
是如何讓他感到背叛，
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how he had built this high wall,
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他怎樣築起這道高牆，
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and it did keep the children out,
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高牆又確實把小孩拒於園外，
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but a grey winter fell over his garden
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灰色的冬天卻在他的花園降臨，
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and just stayed and stayed.
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久久不願離去。
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With each rereading,
I learned something new
I learned something new
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每一次反復閱讀，我都有新的察見：
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about the hard stones of the roads
that the kids were forced to play on
that the kids were forced to play on
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比如小孩被逐出花園後，
被迫在街上玩地上那些堅硬的石子；
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when they got expelled from the garden,
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about the gentleness of a small boy
that appeared one day,
that appeared one day,
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比如某天出現的小孩的彬彬有禮，
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and even about the Giant himself.
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甚至對巨人本身也刮目相看。
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Maybe his words weren't rageful after all.
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也許，他說的話不是出於憤怒，
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Maybe they were a plea for empathy,
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也許話裡是求同情，
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for understanding.
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求理解。
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"My own garden is my own garden."
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「我自己的花園
是我自己的花園呀」。
是我自己的花園呀」。
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Years later, I would learn
of a writer named John Gardner
of a writer named John Gardner
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多年後，適逢作家約翰‧加德納
（John Gardner）的灼見，
（John Gardner）的灼見，
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who referred to this
as the "fictive dream,"
as the "fictive dream,"
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稱之為「虛構之夢」，
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or the "dream of fiction,"
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或「虛幻之夢」，
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and I would realize that this
was where I was inside that book,
was where I was inside that book,
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我發覺「虛構之夢」
即是我置身於書中，
即是我置身於書中，
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spending time with the characters
and the world that the author had created
and the world that the author had created
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作者邀我進入其創造的世界，
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and invited me into.
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與眾人物共渡時光。
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As a child, I knew that stories
were meant to be savored,
were meant to be savored,
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小時候我知道故事應該細細品味，
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that stories wanted to be slow,
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故事想要緩慢，
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and that some author had spent months,
maybe years, writing them.
maybe years, writing them.
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有的作者花了數月甚至數年才寫成。
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And my job as the reader --
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而我身為讀者——
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especially as the reader who wanted
to one day become a writer --
to one day become a writer --
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特別是想在某天成為作者的讀者——
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was to respect that narrative.
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要尊重那篇故事。
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Long before there was cable
or the internet or even the telephone,
or the internet or even the telephone,
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早在有線、網路，甚至電話出現前，
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there were people sharing ideas
and information and memory through story.
and information and memory through story.
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人們就通過故事
來分享意念、資訊和記憶，
來分享意念、資訊和記憶，
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It's one of our earliest forms
of connective technology.
of connective technology.
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是我們最早的聯繫技術形式之一。
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It was the story of something
better down the Nile
better down the Nile
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是尼羅河沿岸的更美好的故事
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that sent the Egyptians moving along it,
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促使埃及人沿河往下游發展，
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the story of a better way
to preserve the dead
to preserve the dead
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是講述更好保存軀體方法的故事，
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that brought King Tut's remains
into the 21st century.
into the 21st century.
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因而讓法老王圖坦卡門的遺骸
得以在二十一世紀重現。
得以在二十一世紀重現。
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And more than two million years ago,
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而在二百多萬年前，
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when the first humans
began making tools from stone,
began making tools from stone,
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當第一代人類開始製造石器時，
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someone must have said, "What if?"
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一定有人說過：
「若是（記錄下來）呢？」
「若是（記錄下來）呢？」
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And someone else remembered the story.
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而定有別人記住了這故事。
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And whether they told it through words
or gestures or drawings,
or gestures or drawings,
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不論故事是通過口耳或手勢、
還是通過畫相傳，
還是通過畫相傳，
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it was passed down; remembered:
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故事流傳下來，被人記住了：
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hit a hammer and hear its story.
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錘子聲下，聽見故事的鏗鏘。
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The world is getting noisier.
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世界變得更嘈雜，
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We've gone from boomboxes
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從便攜播放器、
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to Walkmen to portable CD players
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隨身聽、便攜鐳射唱盤、
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to iPods
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再到 iPod ，
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to any song we want, whenever we want it.
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我們隨時想聽就能聽任意一首歌曲。
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We've gone from the four
television channels of my childhood
television channels of my childhood
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從我兒時只有四個電視頻道的時代，
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to the seeming infinity
of cable and streaming.
of cable and streaming.
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到今天數之不盡的
有線頻道和線上資源。
有線頻道和線上資源。
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As technology moves us faster and faster
through time and space,
through time and space,
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隨著科技挾著我們
在時空越來越快地穿梭，
在時空越來越快地穿梭，
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it seems to feel like story
is getting pushed out of the way,
is getting pushed out of the way,
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故事似乎日漸讓路，被推到一旁，
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I mean, literally pushed out
of the narrative.
of the narrative.
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名副其實地被攆出了敘述之外。
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But even as our engagement
with stories change,
with stories change,
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即使與故事的結緣有變化，
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or the trappings around it morph from book
to audio to Instagram to Snapchat,
to audio to Instagram to Snapchat,
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或是羈絆從書本
蛻變成聲音、IG、Snapchat，
蛻變成聲音、IG、Snapchat，
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we must remember our finger
beneath the words.
beneath the words.
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我們須記住放在字裡行間的手指。
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Remember that story,
regardless of the format,
regardless of the format,
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記住故事，不論形式，
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has always taken us to places
we never thought we'd go,
we never thought we'd go,
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總讓我們走進意想不到的地方，
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introduced us to people
we never thought we'd meet
we never thought we'd meet
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牽來意想不到的人，
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and shown us worlds
that we might have missed.
that we might have missed.
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以及讓我們看清本會擦身而過的世界。
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So as technology keeps moving
faster and faster,
faster and faster,
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因此，哪怕科技繼續越發展越快，
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I am good with something slower.
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我依然悠然自得地慢慢閱讀。
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My finger beneath the words
has led me to a life of writing books
has led me to a life of writing books
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字裡行間的手指引我踏上寫作生涯，
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for people of all ages,
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為所有年紀的人而寫，
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books meant to be read slowly,
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那供人慢慢閱讀、
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to be savored.
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細心品味的書。
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My love for looking deeply
and closely at the world,
and closely at the world,
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我愛深入細看世界，
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for putting my whole self into it,
and by doing so,
and by doing so,
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全身心投入其中，
這讓我看到一個故事的無盡可能，
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seeing the many, many
possibilities of a narrative,
possibilities of a narrative,
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05:42
turned out to be a gift,
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這種愛原來是天賜禮物，
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because taking my sweet time
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因為慢慢地享受這美好時光，
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taught me everything
I needed to know about writing.
I needed to know about writing.
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教會我寫作所需的一切。
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And writing taught me everything
I needed to know about creating worlds
I needed to know about creating worlds
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寫作讓我通曉怎樣創造世界，
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where people could be seen and heard,
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讓身在其中的人
可以被看見和聽見，
可以被看見和聽見，
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where their experiences
could be legitimized,
could be legitimized,
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人人的經歷皆自成方圓、頭頭是道，
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and where my story,
read or heard by another person,
read or heard by another person,
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而當別人讀到、聽到我的故事，
會對他們有所啟發，
會對他們有所啟發，
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inspired something in them
that became a connection between us,
that became a connection between us,
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變成我們之間的聯繫、
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a conversation.
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一段對話。
06:08
And isn't that what this is all about --
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這難道不是這一切終究所願 ——
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finding a way, at the end of the day,
to not feel alone in this world,
to not feel alone in this world,
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找到一種方式，
當一天將盡時，不覺孤單在世，
當一天將盡時，不覺孤單在世，
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and a way to feel like
we've changed it before we leave?
we've changed it before we leave?
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找到一種方式，
讓離開時似曾沿途改變過？
讓離開時似曾沿途改變過？
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Stone to hammer, man to mummy,
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從石到錘、血肉之軀到木乃伊、
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idea to story --
and all of it, remembered.
and all of it, remembered.
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從意念到故事 ——
這一切但願為人記住。
這一切但願為人記住。
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Sometimes we read
to understand the future.
to understand the future.
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我們閱讀，有時為了解未來；
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Sometimes we read to understand the past.
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我們閱讀，有時為了解過去。
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We read to get lost, to forget
the hard times we're living in,
the hard times we're living in,
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我們閱讀為了忘卻、忘掉身處時艱，
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and we read to remember
those who came before us,
those who came before us,
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我們也閱讀，以記住前人，
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who lived through something harder.
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那些曾經歷比我們更苦歲月的人。
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I write for those same reasons.
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我寫作，同樣為這些理由。
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Before coming to Brooklyn, my family
lived in Greenville, South Carolina,
lived in Greenville, South Carolina,
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到布魯克林區前，我們一家
住在南卡羅萊納州格林維爾，
住在南卡羅萊納州格林維爾，
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in a segregated neighborhood
called Nicholtown.
called Nicholtown.
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一個種族隔離的社區，
名叫 Nicholtown。
名叫 Nicholtown。
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All of us there were
the descendants of a people
the descendants of a people
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那裡，我們都是一群
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who had not been allowed
to learn to read or write.
to learn to read or write.
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讀書寫字不被應許的人們的後裔。
07:01
Imagine that:
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想像一下：
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the danger of understanding
how letters form words,
how letters form words,
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學習認字會招來殺身之禍，
07:07
the danger of words themselves,
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字句本身帶來的危險，
07:10
the danger of a literate people
and their stories.
and their stories.
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一群知書識字的人
及其故事會來的危險。
及其故事會來的危險。
07:15
But against this backdrop
of being threatened with death
of being threatened with death
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儘管當時的時勢下，
07:18
for holding onto a narrative,
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堅持敘述故事，世道便以死懼之，
07:21
our stories didn't die,
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我們的故事卻不死，
07:23
because there is yet another story
beneath that one.
beneath that one.
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因為故事底下，還疊著另一個故事，
07:26
And this is how it has always worked.
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古往今來都是這樣走來。
07:28
For as long as we've been communicating,
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只要我們仍在溝通，
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there's been the layering
to the narrative,
to the narrative,
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故事便層層相疊，
07:32
the stories beneath the stories
and the ones beneath those.
and the ones beneath those.
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故事疊著故事，環環相扣。
07:36
This is how story has and will
continue to survive.
continue to survive.
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故事就這麼一路走來，綿綿不息。
07:41
As I began to connect the dots
that connected the way I learned to write
that connected the way I learned to write
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當我將連接我學習寫作
和學會閱讀的點
和學會閱讀的點
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and the way I learned to read
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to an almost silenced people,
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與一群幾乎噤聲的人民連起來時，
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I realized that my story was bigger
and older and deeper
and older and deeper
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我發覺我的故事
實是更大、更古、更深，
實是更大、更古、更深，
07:55
than I would ever be.
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遠超越我本身，
07:57
And because of that, it will continue.
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故事因此而源遠流長。
08:00
Among these almost-silenced people
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在這些幾乎噤聲的人民中，
08:03
there were the ones
who never learned to read.
who never learned to read.
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有一些人畢生從未學會閱讀。
08:07
Their descendants, now generations
out of enslavement,
out of enslavement,
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他們的後裔今已脫離了奴隸制數代，
08:11
if well-off enough,
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若家境許可的話，
08:12
had gone on to college,
grad school, beyond.
grad school, beyond.
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上到大學、研究院
以及更高程度的不乏其人。
以及更高程度的不乏其人。
08:16
Some, like my grandmother and my siblings,
seemed to be born reading,
seemed to be born reading,
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一些人，如我祖母和兄弟姊妹，
像是生而會閱讀，
像是生而會閱讀，
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as though history
stepped out of their way.
stepped out of their way.
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彷彿歷史為他們讓開了路。
08:23
Some, like my mother, hitched onto
the Great Migration wagon --
the Great Migration wagon --
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一些人，如家母
便躍上了大遷徙的馬車——
便躍上了大遷徙的馬車——
08:27
which was not actually a wagon --
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那不是真的馬車——
08:29
and kissed the South goodbye.
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吻別南部往北去。
08:32
But here is the story within that story:
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但那故事中還孕育這故事：
08:35
those who left and those who stayed
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離開的人也好，留下的人也好
08:37
carried with them
the history of a narrative,
the history of a narrative,
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身上懷著一個故事的歷史，
08:40
knew deeply that writing it down wasn't
the only way they could hold on to it,
the only way they could hold on to it,
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清楚知道寫下來
不是唯一保存故事的方式，
不是唯一保存故事的方式，
08:44
knew they could sit on their porches
or their stoops at the end of a long day
or their stoops at the end of a long day
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知道在漫長一天結束時，
坐在門廊、門階上，
坐在門廊、門階上，
08:49
and spin a slow tale for their children.
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向子女慢慢講述
逸文軼事也是保存的方式。
逸文軼事也是保存的方式。
08:52
They knew they could sing their stories
through the thick heat of picking cotton
through the thick heat of picking cotton
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他們知道，在撿棉花、
採煙草的炎熱中，
採煙草的炎熱中，
08:56
and harvesting tobacco,
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也可以把故事唱成歌，
08:58
knew they could preach their stories
and sew them into quilts,
and sew them into quilts,
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他們知道其故事也可化成佈道
或縫成拼布被褥，
或縫成拼布被褥，
09:02
turn the most painful ones
into something laughable,
into something laughable,
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將至痛化作插科打諢，也未嘗不可，
09:06
and through that laughter,
exhale the history a country
exhale the history a country
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通過逗人發笑，
揭露歷史怎樣一而再、再而三地
09:08
that tried again and again and again
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09:11
to steal their bodies,
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試著偷走他們的身軀、
09:13
their spirit
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他們的精神
09:14
and their story.
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和他們的故事。
09:17
So as a child, I learned
to imagine an invisible finger
to imagine an invisible finger
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小時候，我學會想像一根無形的手指
09:21
taking me from word to word,
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為我指過一字接一字，
09:24
from sentence to sentence,
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一句接一句，
09:27
from ignorance to understanding.
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從無知指向明理。
09:30
So as technology continues to speed ahead,
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隨著科技不斷邁進，
09:34
I continue to read slowly,
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我仍然故我，慢慢閱讀，
09:38
knowing that I am respecting
the author's work
the author's work
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心知道這是我向作者的著作致敬，
09:41
and the story's lasting power.
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以及向故事歷久不衰的力量致敬。
09:44
And I read slowly to drown out the noise
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慢慢閱讀使我脫離了噪音，
09:47
and remember those who came before me,
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讓我記住可能是人類先驅的前人，
09:51
who were probably the first people
who finally learned to control fire
who finally learned to control fire
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他們終於學會控制火種，
他們圍繞在
09:57
and circled their new power
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火焰、光和熱的新力量周圍。
10:00
of flame and light and heat.
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10:05
And I read slowly to remember
the Selfish Giant,
the Selfish Giant,
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慢慢閱讀也讓我記住那自私的巨人，
10:09
how he finally tore that wall down
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他怎樣終於毀掉那道牆，
10:11
and let the children run free
through his garden.
through his garden.
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讓小孩在他的花園自由奔跑。
慢慢閱讀讓我向祖先們致敬，
10:15
And I read slowly to pay homage
to my ancestors,
to my ancestors,
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他們完全被禁止讀書識字。
10:19
who were not allowed to read at all.
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10:22
They, too, must have circled fires,
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他們定也曾圍著篝火，
10:24
speaking softly of their dreams,
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輕聲細述他們的夢想、
10:28
their hopes, their futures.
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他們的希望、他們的未來。
10:32
Each time we read, write or tell a story,
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每一次我們讀、寫，或說故事，
10:37
we step inside their circle,
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我們都踏進他們的圈子，
10:40
and it remains unbroken.
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圈子依舊堅不可摧。
10:43
And the power of story lives on.
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而故事的力量永垂不朽。
10:48
Thank you.
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謝謝。
10:49
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jacqueline Woodson - WriterFor Jacqueline Woodson, writing is a gift of joy not only to herself but also to her readers, who span all ages and backgrounds.
Why you should listen
Despite being raised by "old-school Southerners" who would've preferred she embarked on a sensible career, award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson tells us that "I've known I wanted to be a writer since I was around seven years old. I loved everything about stories -- how they made me feel and think, the joy good ones brought both the listener and the teller, the double and deeper meanings ... I knew writing made me happiest, and wrote as often as I could.
"Now, when I'm not writing, I'm out speaking about writing. I write for young people and old people. I write for magazines, newspapers. I write speeches and plays. I do this because it's never not joyful for me."
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