TEDIndia 2009
Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different?
Derek Sivers: 怪异，或者只系不同？
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俗语话：“凡事都有两面”，在两分钟内，Derek Sivers就会用幾種你意想不到嘅方式向你解说这句俗语。
Derek Sivers - Entrepreneur
Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people. Full bio
Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people. Full bio
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So, imagine you're standing on a street anywhere in America
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想象你正企系美国嘅一条大街上，
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and a Japanese man comes up to you and says,
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壹个日本人行埋嚟问你，
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"Excuse me, what is the name of this block?"
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“唔该，请问嚟个街区叫乜名？”
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And you say, "I'm sorry, well, this is Oak Street, that's Elm Street.
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然后你话，“呃，嚟边嚟条叫橡樹街，果边果条叫榆樹街。
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This is 26th, that's 27th."
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嚟边係第26街，果边係第27街。”
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He says, "OK, but what is the name of that block?"
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佢问，“ok，但係嚟个街区叫乜名？”
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You say, "Well, blocks don't have names.
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你回答."呃，街区无名啵。
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Streets have names; blocks are just the
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街就有名，街区只不过
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unnamed spaces in between streets."
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係街道间無名嘅空間。”
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He leaves, a little confused and disappointed.
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他帶著疑惑與失望甘离開咗。
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So, now imagine you're standing on a street, anywhere in Japan,
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好，现在想像你自己正企在日本嘅壹条街上，
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you turn to a person next to you and say,
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你向路人甲問，
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"Excuse me, what is the name of this street?"
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”唔该，請問嚟条街叫乜名？“
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They say, "Oh, well that's Block 17 and this is Block 16."
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佢哋會回答：”喔，果個係十七街區，嚟個係十六街區。“
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And you say, "OK, but what is the name of this street?"
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然后你會問：”咁嚟条街叫乜名？“
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And they say, "Well, streets don't have names.
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佢哋會答：“呃，街無名咖。
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Blocks have names.
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街区就有名。
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Just look at Google Maps here. There's Block 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
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睇下谷歌嘅地图。這個係14 街區，15 街區，16 街區，17 街區，18 街區，19 街區。
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All of these blocks have names,
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所以嘅街區都有名嘅。
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and the streets are just the unnamed spaces in between the blocks.
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街道只係街區與街區中間沒有名字的空間。”
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And you say then, "OK, then how do you know your home address?"
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然後你會問到：”ok，咁你點知道自己嘅住址？“
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He said, "Well, easy, this is District Eight.
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佢話, "簡單啦，嚟個係第八行政區。
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There's Block 17, house number one."
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第17街區，一號房。”
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You say, "OK, but walking around the neighborhood,
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你話，“ok，但係當我周圍行嘅時候，
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I noticed that the house numbers don't go in order."
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我留意到啲街號系毫無規則嘅。”
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He says, "Of course they do. They go in the order in which they were built.
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佢話：”當然有規則，佢哋係跟住興建嘅時間。
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The first house ever built on a block is house number one.
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在這個街區第一間興建嘅就係一號。
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The second house ever built is house number two.
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第二間興建嘅就係二號。
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Third is house number three. It's easy. It's obvious."
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第三間就係三號，簡單又明顯。“
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So, I love that sometimes we need to
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因此，我喜歡有時我們需要
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go to the opposite side of the world
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到世界嘅另一边
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to realize assumptions we didn't even know we had,
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去发现果啲我哋無形中先入為主嘅谂法，
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and realize that the opposite of them may also be true.
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同時認識到相反嘅觀點可能都系對噶。”
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So, for example, there are doctors in China
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又例如，系中國，有啲中醫
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who believe that it's their job to keep you healthy.
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相信保持你嘅健康系佢哋嘅職責。
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So, any month you are healthy you pay them,
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所以，當你健康時，你要俾錢佢哋，
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and when you're sick you don't have to pay them because they failed
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但係當你病嘅時候，你就一分錢都唔使俾，因為你病咗系佢哋失職。
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at their job. They get rich when you're healthy, not sick.
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佢哋因你健康而發財，而唔係因為病。
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(Applause)
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（笑聲）
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In most music, we think of the "one"
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在大部分音樂，我們都會認為第一拍係重拍
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as the downbeat, the beginning of the musical phrase: one, two, three, four.
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係音樂段落嘅開端：一，二，三，四。
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But in West African music, the "one"
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但係在西非音樂中，第一拍
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is thought of as the end of the phrase,
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會被視為音樂段落嘅完結，
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like the period at the end of a sentence.
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就似句子嘅句號。
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So, you can hear it not just in the phrasing, but the way they count off their music:
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所以，你不僅可以從段落聽到，而且可以從佢哋數音樂拍子方式睇出嚟種唔同：
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two, three, four, one.
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二，三，四，一。
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And this map is also accurate.
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這幅地圖同樣係精準的。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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There's a saying that whatever true thing you can say about India,
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有句俗語講，任何有關印度嘅事實，
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the opposite is also true.
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佢哋嘅反面都同樣系真嘅。
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So, let's never forget, whether at TED, or anywhere else,
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因此，唔好忘記，無論在TED或者其他地方，
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that whatever brilliant ideas you have or hear,
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果啲你想到嘅，或者聽到嘅絕妙嘅點子，
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that the opposite may also be true.
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它反面都很有可能係同樣正確噶。
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Domo arigato gozaimashita.
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（日語）非常感謝各位。
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Derek Sivers - EntrepreneurThrough his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people.
Why you should listen
Derek Sivers is best known as the founder of CD Baby. A professional musician since 1987, he started CD Baby by accident in 1998 when he was selling his own CD on his website, and friends asked if he could sell theirs, too. CD Baby was the largest seller of independent music on the web, with over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musician clients.
In 2008, Sivers sold CD Baby to focus on his new ventures to benefit musicians, including his new company, MuckWork, where teams of efficient assistants help musicians do their "uncreative dirty work."
Derek Sivers | Speaker | TED.com