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Jok Church: A circle of caring
ジョク・チャーチ：思いやりの輪
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この3分間のトークの中で、漫画家であり教育者でもあるジョク・チャーチは、誰も手を差し伸べてくれなかった時に、彼を助けた恩師に対して、どのようにその恩返しをしたのか、心を動かされる物語を紹介します。
Jok Church - Cartoonist
Jok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World." Full bio
Jok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World." Full bio
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You know, what I do is write for children,
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ご存知のように 私は児童向けの本を執筆しており
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and I'm probably America's
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おそらく 全米で
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most widely read children's author, in fact.
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最も広く読まれている児童文学作家です
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And I always tell people
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人々にはいつも
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that I don't want to show up looking like a scientist.
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科学者のような格好をして人前に出たくないと伝えています
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You can have me as a farmer, or in leathers,
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農家として もしくは全身レザーの格好でならいいのですが
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and no one has ever chose farmer.
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農家として呼んでくれる人はいません
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I'm here today to talk to you
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今日皆さんにお話したいのは
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about circles and epiphanies.
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輪とひらめきについてです
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And you know, an epiphany
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ご存知のようにひらめきとは 通常どこかで
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is usually something you find that you dropped someplace.
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落としたものを見つけるようなものです
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You've just got to go around the block
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ひらめきかどうかを判断するには
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to see it as an epiphany.
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経験を積むしかありません
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That's a painting of a circle.
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これは輪の絵です
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A friend of mine did that -- Richard Bollingbroke.
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友人であるリチャード・ボーリングブロックが描きました
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It's the kind of complicated circle
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これからお話するのは
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that I'm going to tell you about.
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このような複雑な輪についてです
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My circle began back in the '60s
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私の輪が始まったのは60年代の
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in high school in Stow, Ohio
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オハイオ州ストーの高校の頃です
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where I was the class queer.
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私はクラスの変わり者でした
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I was the guy beaten up bloody
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毎週 男子トイレで
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every week in the boys' room,
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血が出るほどボコボコにされていました
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until one teacher saved my life.
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そんな時 ある教師が私の人生を救ってくれたのです
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She saved my life by letting me go to the bathroom
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彼女は 職員室にあるトイレの使用を許可することで
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in the teachers' lounge.
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私の人生を救ってくれたのです
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She did it in secret.
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彼女はそれを内緒にし
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She did it for three years.
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3年間続けてくれました
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And I had to get out of town.
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その後 私は街を出ました
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I had a thumb, I had 85 dollars,
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ヒッチハイクと所持金85ドルで
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and I ended up in San Francisco, California --
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カリフォルニア州サンフランシスコに行き着き
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met a lover --
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愛する人に出会いました
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and back in the '80s, found it necessary
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80年代の頃
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to begin work on AIDS organizations.
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AIDS支援団体で働き始めることが必要だと気づきました
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About three or four years ago,
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3、4年前
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I got a phone call in the middle of the night
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真夜中にあの時の先生の
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from that teacher, Mrs. Posten,
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ポステンさんから電話がありました
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who said, "I need to see you.
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「あなたに会う必要があるの
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I'm disappointed
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大人同士で
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that we never got to know each other as adults.
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知り合えなかったのはとても残念だわ
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Could you please come to Ohio,
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オハイオ州に来てくれない？
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and please bring that man
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そして 大人となった
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that I know you have found by now.
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あなたに会いたい
02:00
And I should mention
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伝えたいことがもう一つあって
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that I have pancreatic cancer,
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私 膵臓がんなの
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and I'd like you to please
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お願いだから
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be quick about this."
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早く会いに来てくれない？」
02:10
Well, the next day we were in Cleveland.
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次の日 私たちはクリーブランドにいました
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We took a look at her, we laughed, we cried,
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彼女を見て お互い笑い合い 泣き合い
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and we knew that she needed to be in a hospice.
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彼女はホスピスに入る必要があることを知りました
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We found her one, we got her there,
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ホスピスを探し出し 彼女をそこに連れ
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and we took care of her
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彼女の世話をし
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and watched over her family,
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彼女の家族の世話をしました
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because it was necessary.
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なぜなら それは必要なことであり
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It's something we knew how to do.
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どうするべきか分かっていたからです
02:29
And just as the woman who wanted to know me as an adult
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そして大人となった私と再会を望んだ女性が
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got to know me,
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私と再会を果たした後
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she turned into a box of ashes
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彼女は遺灰箱に変わり
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and was placed in my hands.
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私の手の平に置かれました
02:40
And what had happened
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何が起きたかというと
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was the circle had closed,
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輪は閉じ
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it had become a circle --
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それは輪となったのです
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and that epiphany I talked about
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そして 私が話したあのひらめきが
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presented itself.
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生じたのです
02:51
The epiphany is
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そのひらめきとは
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that death is a part of life.
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死が人生の一部であることです
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She saved my life;
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彼女は私の人生を救い
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I and my partner saved hers.
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私と私のパートナーは彼女の人生を救いました
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And you know, that part of life needs everything
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こういった人生の場面で
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that the rest of life does.
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余生に必要な物事が求められています
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It needs truth and beauty,
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それが真実や美しさです
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and I'm so happy it's been mentioned so much here today.
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今日ここでお伝えできることをうれしく思います
03:11
It also needs --
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さらに—
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it needs dignity,
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尊厳と
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love and pleasure,
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愛と喜びも必要です
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and it's our job to hand those things out.
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それらに手を差し伸べるのは私たちの役目です
03:21
Thank you.
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ありがとうございました
03:23
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jok Church - CartoonistJok Church created the science-education comic strip "You Can with Beakman and Jax" and the zany TV series "Beakman's World."
Why you should listen
In his work, Jok Church loved helping kids learn basic concepts of science and experimentation -- with a healthy dash of fun. He created his comic strip You Can with Beakman & Jax in 1991 for his local newspaper in Marin County, California -- inspired by a stint answering kids' letters for Lucasfilm. The comic strip does not answer readers' questions directly. Rather, it gives directions to do a thing, a procedure, an experiment to learn the answer. It's about learning by doing. Active. Not passive.
Six Beakman & Jax books are best-sellers. Church created the long-running TV series Beakman's World, a hit in English and Spanish, and helped create the Beakman's World on Tour exhibit for science centers and museums. A longtime techie, he also served as the webmaster for artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Church died April 29, 2016, and will be much missed.
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