ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Julia Sweeney - Actor, comedian, playwright
Julia Sweeney creates comedic works that tackle deep issues: cancer, family, faith.

Why you should listen

Julia Sweeney is a writer, director, actress, comedian and monologist. She is known for being a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995, where she created and popularized the androgynous character, Pat. She is also well known for her comedic and dramatic monologues. God Said Ha! is a monologue about serious illness, her brother's lymphoma and her own cancer, and her family's crazy reactions to this crisis as they soldiered their way through struggle, confusion and death. This play was performed all over the U.S. and on Broadway at the Lyceum Theater. It was made into a film produced by Quentin Tarantino, and the comedy album from the show was nominated for a Grammy.

Sweeney's second monologue, In the Family Way, played in theatrical runs in New York and Los Angeles. It was ultimately fashioned into a book, a memoir titled If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother. Sweeney's third monologue, Letting Go of God, chronicled her journey from Catholicism to atheism. It was made into a film that played on Showtime.

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Julia Sweeney: It's time for "The Talk"

Џулија Свини го има „говорот“

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И покрај нејзините најдобри напори, комедијантот Џулија Свини, сепак, е принудена да каже мала бела лага, кога нејзината 8-годишна ќеркичка почнува да учи за репродукцијата кај жабите и почнува да поставува некои многу умни прашања.
- Actor, comedian, playwright
Julia Sweeney creates comedic works that tackle deep issues: cancer, family, faith. Full bio

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I have a daughter, Mulan.
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Имам ќерка, по име Мулан.
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And when she was eight, last year,
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И лани, кога имаше 8 години,
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she was doing a report for school
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правеше некој извештај за на училиште,
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or she had some homework about frogs.
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т.е. имаше домашна задача за жабите.
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And we were at this restaurant,
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Бевме во еден ресторан
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and she said, "So, basically,
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и таа ми рече: „Значи,
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frogs lay eggs
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жабите несат јајца,
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and the eggs turn into tadpoles,
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од јајцата настануваат полноглавци,
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and tadpoles turn into frogs."
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а од полноглавците настануваат жабите“.
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And I said, "Yeah. You know, I'm not really up on my frog reproduction that much.
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Реков: „Па, да. Ама, јас не се разбирам баш во репродукцијата
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It's the females, I think, that lay the eggs,
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на жабите. Но, мислам дека прво женките ги несат јајцата,
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and then the males fertilize them.
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а мажјаците потоа ги оплодуваат.
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And then they become tadpoles and frogs."
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И потоа од нив стануваат полноглавци и жаби.“
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And she says, "What? Only the females have eggs?"
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И таа вели: „Што? Само женките имаат јајца?“,
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And I said, "Yeah."
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а јас велам: „Да“.
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And she goes, "And what's this fertilizing?"
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Потоа ме праша: „А, што е тоа оплодување?“.
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So I kind of said, "Oh, it's this extra ingredient,
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А, јас реков: „Па, тоа е една дополнителна состојка,
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you know, that you need
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која ти треба
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to create a new frog
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за да направиш нова жаба
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from the mom and dad frog." (Laughter)
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од мајката и таткото жаби“.
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And she said, "Oh, so is that true for humans too?"
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И таа ме праша: „Тоа е исто и кај луѓето?“.
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And I thought, "Okay, here we go."
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Си помислив „Еве, почнавме“.
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I didn't know it would happen so quick, at eight.
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Не очекував да биде така брзо, на 8 години.
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I was trying to remember all the guidebooks,
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Се обидував да се сетам на сите книги на таа тематика,
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and all I could remember was,
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и сè што ми доаѓаше на ум беше
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"Only answer the question they're asking.
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„одговори само на прашањето што го поставуваат
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Don't give any more information." (Laughter)
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и немој да објаснуваш ништо повеќе од тоа“.
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So I said, "Yes."
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Затоа, одговорив: „Да“.
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And she said, "And where do, um,
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И таа праша: „А, каде
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where do human women,
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ги несат своите јајца
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like, where do women lay their eggs?"
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луѓето, т.е. жените?“.
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And I said, "Well,
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Реков „Па...
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funny you should ask. (Laughter)
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баш интересно прашање.
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We have evolved to have our own pond.
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Ние сме еволуирале да имаме наше сопствено езерце.
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We have our very own pond inside our bodies.
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Си имаме наше езерце и тоа во нашето тело.
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And we lay our eggs there,
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И таму ги несеме своите јајца.
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we don't have to worry about other eggs or anything like that.
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Така не мора да се грижиме за другите јајца и слично.
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It's our own pond. And that's how it happens."
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Тоа е наше езерце. И така се случува тоа.“
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And she goes, "Then how do they get fertilized?"
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А, таа продолжува: „Па, добро, како се оплодуваат таму?“.
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And I said, "Well,
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Реков: „Па...
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Men, through their penis,
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мажите, преку својот пенис,
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they fertilize the eggs by the sperm coming out.
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ги оплодуваат тие јајца со помош на спермата што излегува
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And you go through the woman's vagina."
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и оди низ вагината“.
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And so we're just eating, and her jaw just drops,
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И така јадеме, кога таа се сепна
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and she goes, "Mom!
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и ме праша: „Мамо,
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Like, where you go to the bathroom?"
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таму од кадешто се оди во веце!?“
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And I said, "I know.
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И јас велам: „Знам...
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I know."
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знам...
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(Laughter)
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(смеа)
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That's how we evolved. It does seem odd.
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Така сме еволуирале. Малку чудно, нели?
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It is a little bit like having a waste treatment plant
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Како да имаме фабрика за обработка на ѓубре
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right next to an amusement park ...
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веднаш до паркот со рингишпил.
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Bad zoning, but ..." (Laughter)
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Лош дизајн. Но...“
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She's like, "What?" And she goes, "But Mom,
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И таа продолжува: „Што? Па, нели мажите и жените
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but men and women can't ever see each other naked, Mom.
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никогаш не смеат да се видат голи. Нели, мамо?
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So how could that ever happen?"
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Ако е така, тогаш како може тоа да се случи?“
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And then I go, "Well," and then I put my Margaret Mead hat on.
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И, обидувајќи се да звучам авторитативно...
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"Human males and females
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„Мажите и жените развиваат
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develop a special bond,
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посебни врски.
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and when they're much older, much, much older than you,
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И кога се многу многу повозрасни од тебе,
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and they have a very special feeling,
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им се развива едно посебно чувство,
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then they can be naked together."
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и тогаш можат да бидат голи заедно“.
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And she said, "Mom,
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И ме праша: „Мамо,
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have you done this before?"
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ти си го правела тоа?“.
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And I said, "Yes."
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Одговорив: „Да“.
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And she said, "But Mom, you can't have kids."
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„Но“, рече, „мамо, па ти не можеш да имаш деца.“
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Because she knows that I adopted her and that I can't have kids.
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Таа знае дека е посвоена и дека не можам да имам деца.
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And I said, "Yes."
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Реков: „Да“.
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And she said, "Well, you don't have to do that again."
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И ми рече: „Па, не се секирај. Нема да мора пак да го правиш тоа.“
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And I said, "..."
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А, јас реков...
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And then she said, "But how does it happen when a man and woman are together?
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Потоа праша: „И, како се случува тоа, кога мажот и жената се заедно?
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Like, how do they know that's the time?
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Како знаат дека е вистинското време?
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Mom, does the man just say,
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Мамо, дали мажот вели
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'Is now the time to take off my pants?'"
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Сега е време да ги соблечам панталоните?“
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(Laughter)
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(смеа)
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And I said, "Yes."
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И реков: „Да“.
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(Laughter)
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(смеа)
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"That is exactly right.
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„Токму така.
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That's exactly how it happens."
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Токму така се случува.“
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So we're driving home and she's looking out the window, and she goes,
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Потоа, додека се возевме накај дома, таа гледа низ прозорецот и ме прашува:
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"Mom. What if two just people saw each other on the street,
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„Мамо, а што ако некое момче и девојка се видат на улица
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like a man and a woman, they just started doing it. Would that ever happen?"
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и почнат да го прават тоа. Се случува тоа некогаш?“
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And I said, "Oh, no. Humans are so private.
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Реков: „А, не. Луѓето се премногу интимни за тоа.
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Oh ..."
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Не, никако.“
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And then she goes, "What if there was like a party,
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Таа продолжува: „А, што ако има некоја забава.
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and there was just like a whole bunch of girls and a whole bunch of boys,
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И таму има еден куп момчиња и девојчиња.
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and there was a bunch of men and women and they just started doing it, Mom?
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И одеднаш некои почнат да го прават тоа. А, мамо?
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Would that ever happen?"
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Може да се случи тоа?“
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And I said, "Oh, no, no.
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А, јас велам: „А, не не.
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That's not how we do it."
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Не се прави тоа така.“
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Then we got home and we see the cat. And she goes,
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Конечно стигнавме дома, ја видовме мачката, и почна да ме распрашува:
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"Mom, how do cats do it?"
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„Мамо, а мачките како го прават тоа?“
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And I go, "Oh, it's the same. It's basically the same."
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Реков: „Па, исто како нас. Во суштина е исто.“
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And then she got all caught up in the legs. "But how would the legs go, Mom?
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Потоа се фати за нозете и се чуди „Но, како би оделе нозете, мамо?
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I don't understand the legs."
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Не ми е јасно што правиме со нозете.
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She goes, "Mom, everyone can't do the splits."
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Мамо, па не можат сите да направат шпага.“
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And I go, "I know, but the legs ..."
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Велам: „Да, знам, ама...
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and I'm probably like, "The legs get worked out."
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се снаоѓаме некако со нозете.“
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And she goes, "But I just can't understand it."
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Таа продолжува: „Сепак, не можам да разберам.“
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So I go, "You know, why don't we go on the Internet,
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Реков: „Знаеш, ајде да погледнеме на интернет,
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and maybe we can see ... like on Wikipedia." (Laughter)
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и можеби таму ќе најдеме нешто. На Википедија, на пример.“
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So we go online, and we put in "cats mating."
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Одиме на интернет и пребаруваме мачки на парење.
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And, unfortunately, on YouTube, there's many cats mating videos.
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За жал, на Јутјуб има многу видео клипови со мачки кои се парат.
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And we watched them and I'm so thankful,
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Ги гледавме, а јас бев благодарна,
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because she's just like, "Wow! This is so amazing."
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затоа што таа беше восхитена.
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She goes, "What about dogs?"
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Па, вели: „А, што е со кучињата?“.
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So we put in dogs mating, and,
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И продолжуваме да пребаруваме кучиња на парење,
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you know, we're watching it, and she's totally absorbed.
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и додека ги гледаме таа е потполно внесена.
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And then she goes, "Mom,
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И тогаш вели: „Мамо,
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do you think they would have, on the Internet,
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мислиш дека можеби на интернет
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any humans mating?"
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има и луѓе што се парат?“.
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(Laughter)
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(смеа)
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And then I realized that
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И тогаш сфатив
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I had taken my little eight year old's hand,
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дека сум ја ставила ќерка ми
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and taken her right into Internet porn. (Laughter)
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да гледа порно на интернет.
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And I looked into this
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Погледнав во нејзиното мало лице,
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trusting, loving face,
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полн со доверба и љубов,
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and I said,
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и реков:
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"Oh, no.
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„А, не.
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That would never happen."
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Тоа никогаш не би можело да се случи.“
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Thank you.
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Ви благодарам.
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(Applause)
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(аплауз)
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Thank you.
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Ви благодарам.
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(Applause)
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(аплауз)
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Thank you. I'm so happy to be here.
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Ви благодарам. Многу сум среќна што сум тука!
Translated by Dragan Bocevski
Reviewed by Biljana Dijanisieva

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Julia Sweeney - Actor, comedian, playwright
Julia Sweeney creates comedic works that tackle deep issues: cancer, family, faith.

Why you should listen

Julia Sweeney is a writer, director, actress, comedian and monologist. She is known for being a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995, where she created and popularized the androgynous character, Pat. She is also well known for her comedic and dramatic monologues. God Said Ha! is a monologue about serious illness, her brother's lymphoma and her own cancer, and her family's crazy reactions to this crisis as they soldiered their way through struggle, confusion and death. This play was performed all over the U.S. and on Broadway at the Lyceum Theater. It was made into a film produced by Quentin Tarantino, and the comedy album from the show was nominated for a Grammy.

Sweeney's second monologue, In the Family Way, played in theatrical runs in New York and Los Angeles. It was ultimately fashioned into a book, a memoir titled If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother. Sweeney's third monologue, Letting Go of God, chronicled her journey from Catholicism to atheism. It was made into a film that played on Showtime.

More profile about the speaker
Julia Sweeney | Speaker | TED.com

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