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Minda Dentler: What I learned when I conquered the world's toughest triathlon
明达·丹特勒: 征服世界上最艰苦的铁人三项，我学到了什么
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游泳2.4英里，骑自行车112英里，然后在炎热干燥的地面上跑完全程马拉松——中间没有休息：夏威夷科纳举行的传奇铁人三项是顶级运动员的终极目标。但是当明达·丹特勒决定挑战这一赛事时，她有着比胸前再多一枚奖牌更大的抱负。她讲述了自己如何征服这一史诗级比赛的故事，并且从中获得了下一个人生目标。
Minda Dentler - Athlete, activist
A record-setting triathlete, Minda Dentler is a polio survivor committed to inspiring people to move beyond their fear of failure and achieve their goals. Full bio
A record-setting triathlete, Minda Dentler is a polio survivor committed to inspiring people to move beyond their fear of failure and achieve their goals. Full bio
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It was October 13, 2012,
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那是2012年10月13日，
这一天我永远不会忘记。
00:16
a day that I will never forget.
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我骑着自行车，缓慢爬上
一座看似永无尽头的荒山。
一座看似永无尽头的荒山。
00:18
I was on my bike, pushing up what seemed
like a never-ending barren hill.
like a never-ending barren hill.
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它不仅仅是一座小山：
00:24
And it wasn't just any hill:
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而是一条15英里的爬升路线，
00:26
it was a 15-mile climb
up to a town called Hawi
up to a town called Hawi
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通向夏威夷大岛上的哈维小镇。
00:30
on the Big Island of Hawaii.
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And it wasn't just any ride:
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这也不是一次普通的骑行：
这是铁人三项世界锦标赛。
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it was at the Ironman World Championship.
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I can still feel my muscles burning.
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我现在还能感受到肌肉在燃烧。
我苦苦挣扎，身体疲软脱水，
00:40
I was struggling, tired and dehydrated,
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我可以感受到沥青散发出的热气，
00:43
as I could feel the heat
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差不多有华氏98度。
00:45
emanating from the asphalt,
measuring almost 98 degrees.
measuring almost 98 degrees.
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00:49
I was near the halfway point
of the bike portion
of the bike portion
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我正在接近自行车赛程的半途点，
这是世界上最负盛名、耗时最长的
00:52
of one of the most prestigious, longest,
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单日耐力赛之一。
00:55
single-day endurance race
events in the world.
events in the world.
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00:59
Every year, during my childhood,
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小时候，每年，
我都在家里客厅的电视上
观看这场比赛。
观看这场比赛。
01:01
I watched this very race on TV
in our family living room.
in our family living room.
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01:04
I sat next to my dad on our 1970s-style
orange and brown sofa,
orange and brown sofa,
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我和我爸并排坐在
70年代风格的橙棕色沙发上，
70年代风格的橙棕色沙发上，
我还记得我对这些运动员
01:09
and I remember being in utter awe
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在这场艰苦比赛中
如何挑战自己的极限
如何挑战自己的极限
01:11
at how these athletes
pushed themselves to their limit
pushed themselves to their limit
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感到无比敬畏。
01:14
in this grueling race.
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但你不要误会，
01:15
And just so you don't get the wrong idea,
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我的家人不只是观众。
01:17
my family members weren't just spectators.
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他们的运动能力超强，
01:20
They were incredibly athletic,
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而我总是在场外参与，
01:22
and I always participated
from the sidelines,
from the sidelines,
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为我的三个兄弟姐妹欢呼，
或者在本地比赛中递水。
或者在本地比赛中递水。
01:25
cheering on my three siblings
or handing out water at local races.
or handing out water at local races.
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我记得自己有多渴望能
参加比赛，但我不能。
参加比赛，但我不能。
01:29
I remember wanting so badly
to be able to compete, but I couldn't.
to be able to compete, but I couldn't.
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01:35
Even though I couldn't play sports,
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虽然不能参加体育运动，
但我决定积极参与社区活动。
01:37
I decided to be active in my community.
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我在高中时到本地医院做志愿者。
01:39
I volunteered at the local
hospital in high school.
hospital in high school.
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在大学里，我在白宫实习，
01:42
In college, I interned at the White House,
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去西班牙留学，
01:45
studied abroad in Spain
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还独自一人背包穿越欧洲，
01:46
and backpacked through Europe
all by myself
all by myself
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带着我的腿架和手杖。
01:49
with my leg braces and crutches.
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01:51
Upon graduating, I moved to New York City
for a job in management consulting,
for a job in management consulting,
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毕业后，我搬到纽约市
做管理咨询工作，
做管理咨询工作，
获得MBA学位，结婚，
01:56
earned an MBA, got married
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现在有了一个女儿。
01:58
and now have a daughter.
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02:00
(Applause)
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(掌声)
28岁时，我接触了手动自行车运动
02:03
At age 28, I was introduced
to the sport of hand-cycling,
to the sport of hand-cycling,
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以及铁人三项，
02:08
and then triathlon,
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而且特别幸运，我在
一个残疾运动员训练营
一个残疾运动员训练营
02:10
and by luck, I met Jason Fowler,
an Ironman World Champion,
an Ironman World Champion,
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遇到了铁人世界冠军杰森·福勒。
02:14
at a camp for athletes with disabilities.
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和我一样，他也坐轮椅比赛。
02:17
And like me, he competed in a wheelchair.
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02:19
And with his encouragement, at age 34,
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在他的鼓励下，34岁的我
决定去科纳参赛。
02:23
I decided to go after Kona.
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02:26
The Kona, or Hawaii Ironman
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科纳，或者叫夏威夷铁人
是这项运动中
历史最悠久的长距离比赛，
历史最悠久的长距离比赛，
02:28
is the oldest Iron-distance
race in the sport,
race in the sport,
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如果你不熟悉这赛事，
可以说它是三项全能的超级碗。
可以说它是三项全能的超级碗。
02:31
and if you're not familiar,
it's like the Super Bowl of triathlon.
it's like the Super Bowl of triathlon.
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对于像我这样的轮椅运动员来说，
铁人三项包括
铁人三项包括
02:35
And the Ironman,
for a wheelchair athlete like me,
for a wheelchair athlete like me,
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太平洋里2.4英里的天然水域游泳，
02:38
consists of a 2.4-mile open-water swim
in the Pacific Ocean,
in the Pacific Ocean,
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熔岩地手动自行车骑行112英里——
02:42
a 112-mile hand cycle ride
in lava fields --
in lava fields --
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听起来很炫
02:45
now, that sounds exotic,
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但它并不像听起来那么风景优美，
而且相当荒凉——
而且相当荒凉——
02:47
but it's not as scenic as it sounds,
and it's pretty desolate --
and it's pretty desolate --
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最后是马拉松跑，
02:50
and then you top it off with a marathon,
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或者说用竞技轮椅
在90华氏度的高温下
在90华氏度的高温下
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or a 26.2-mile run in 90-degree heat
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跑26.2英里。
02:57
using a racing wheelchair.
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没错，在不到17个小时的时间里，
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That's right, it's a total distance
of 140.6 miles using just your arms
of 140.6 miles using just your arms
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要全靠手臂完成140.6英里的路程。
03:06
in less than 17 hours.
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由于严格的、看似不可能的截止时间，
03:08
No female wheelchair athlete
had ever completed the race
had ever completed the race
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从没有轮椅女运动员完成比赛。
03:12
because of the strict,
seemingly impossible cutoff times.
seemingly impossible cutoff times.
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03:17
And so there I was,
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所以我就去了，
03:19
putting it all out on the line.
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准备全力以赴。
03:21
And when I finally reached the top
of that 15-mile climb,
of that 15-mile climb,
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当我最终到达那个
15英里坡道的顶峰时，
15英里坡道的顶峰时，
我灰心了。
03:25
I was discouraged.
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我不可能在10个半小时的时间限制内
03:27
There was no way I was going
to make that swim in my time limit
to make that swim in my time limit
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完成游泳赛程，
03:31
of 10 and a half hours,
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因为我的进度慢了近两小时。
03:32
because I was almost two hours off pace.
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我不得不作出痛苦的决定，
03:36
I had to make the agonizing decision
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退出。
03:39
to quit.
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03:41
I removed my timing chip,
and I handed it over to a race official.
and I handed it over to a race official.
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我取下计时芯片，
交给了一个工作人员。
交给了一个工作人员。
我的一天结束了。
03:45
My day was done.
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03:48
My best friend Shannon
and my husband Shawn
and my husband Shawn
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我最好的朋友香农和我丈夫肖恩
在哈维山顶等着开车载我回市区。
03:51
were waiting at the top of Hawi
to drive me back to town.
to drive me back to town.
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在回城路上，我开始哭。
03:54
And on my way back to town,
I began to cry.
I began to cry.
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03:58
I had failed.
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我失败了。
04:00
My dream of completing
the Ironman World Championship
the Ironman World Championship
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完成铁人三项世界锦标赛的梦想
破灭了。
04:03
was crushed.
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我感到丢脸。
04:05
I was embarrassed.
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好像自己搞砸了一切。
04:07
I felt like I'd messed up.
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我担心我的朋友、家人和同事
04:09
I worried about what my friends,
my family and people at work
my family and people at work
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会怎么看我。
04:12
would think of me.
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04:14
What was I going to put on Facebook?
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我该在Facebook上晒什么？
(笑声)
04:16
(Laughter)
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我该如何向每个人解释
04:18
How was I going to explain to everyone
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事情没有按照
我的设想或计划进行？
我的设想或计划进行？
04:20
that things didn't go the way
I had assumed or planned?
I had assumed or planned?
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04:23
A few weeks later I was talking
to Shannon about the Kona "disaster,"
to Shannon about the Kona "disaster,"
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几周后，我和香农
聊起科纳的“灾难”，
聊起科纳的“灾难”，
她这样对我说：
04:28
and she said this to me:
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"Minda, big dreams and goals can only
be realized when you're ready to fail."
be realized when you're ready to fail."
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“明达，只有当你准备好面对失败时，
伟大的梦想和目标才能实现。”
伟大的梦想和目标才能实现。”
我知道我必须把那次失败
抛诸脑后，才能前进，
抛诸脑后，才能前进，
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I knew I had to put that failure behind me
in order to move forward,
in order to move forward,
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而且这也不是我第一次
面临无法克服的困难。
面临无法克服的困难。
04:39
and it wouldn't be the first time
that I had faced insurmountable odds.
that I had faced insurmountable odds.
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04:44
I was born in Bombay, India,
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我出生在印度孟买，
就在一岁生日前，
我感染了小儿麻痹症，
我感染了小儿麻痹症，
04:46
and just before my first birthday,
I contracted polio,
I contracted polio,
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导致臀部以下瘫痪。
04:50
which left me paralyzed
from the hips down.
from the hips down.
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04:53
Unable to care for me, my birth mother
left me at an orphanage.
left me at an orphanage.
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由于无法照顾我，
我的亲生母亲把我留在了孤儿院。
我的亲生母亲把我留在了孤儿院。
04:58
Fortunately, I was adopted
by an American family,
by an American family,
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幸运的是，我被一个美国家庭收养了，
我在三岁生日后不久
05:01
and I moved to Spokane, Washington
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就搬到了华盛顿的斯波坎。
05:03
just shortly after my third birthday.
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在接下来的几年里，
05:05
Over the next few years,
I underwent a series of surgeries
I underwent a series of surgeries
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我在臀部、腿部和背部
做了一系列手术，
做了一系列手术，
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on my hips, my legs and my back
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让我可以用腿架和手杖走路。
05:11
that allowed me to walk
with leg braces and crutches.
with leg braces and crutches.
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05:15
As a child, I struggled
with my disability.
with my disability.
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还是小孩时，我为自己的残疾而苦恼。
05:19
I felt like I didn't fit in.
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我觉得我不合群。
05:21
People stared at me all the time,
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大家一直盯着我看，
我穿着背撑和腿架很尴尬，
05:24
and I was embarrassed
about wearing a back brace and leg braces,
about wearing a back brace and leg braces,
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05:27
and I always hid my chicken legs
under my pants.
under my pants.
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我总是把小细腿藏在长裤里。
05:30
As a young girl, I thought thick,
heavy braces on my legs
heavy braces on my legs
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变成年轻姑娘时，我认为
我腿上厚重的支架看起来
既不漂亮也没女人味。
既不漂亮也没女人味。
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did not look pretty or feminine.
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05:37
Among my generation, I am one
of the very few individuals in the US
of the very few individuals in the US
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在我这一代人当中，美国极少有人
因小儿麻痹症而瘫痪，
因小儿麻痹症而瘫痪，
可我是其中一个。
05:42
who are living with paralysis
by polio today.
by polio today.
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05:45
Many people who contract polio
in developing countries
in developing countries
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在发展中国家，许多
小儿麻痹症感染者
小儿麻痹症感染者
得不到和我在美国一样的
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do not have access to the same
medical care, education,
medical care, education,
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医疗、教育或机会。
05:52
or opportunities
like I have had in America.
like I have had in America.
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05:55
Many do not even live to reach adulthood.
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许多人甚至活不到成年。
05:59
I have the humbling knowledge
that, had I not been adopted,
that, had I not been adopted,
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我深深知道，如果我没有被收养，
我今天肯定不会出现在你面前。
06:02
I most certainly
wouldn't be in front of you today.
wouldn't be in front of you today.
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06:05
I may not even be alive.
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我甚至可能已经死了。
06:09
All of us, in our own lives,
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每个人在自己的生活中，
都可能面临着看似不可实现的目标。
06:11
may face seemingly insurmountable goals.
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我想和你分享
06:14
I want to share with you what I learned
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我再次尝试时学到了什么。
06:16
when I tried again.
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06:19
One year after my first attempt,
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在我第一次尝试的一年后，
在一个阳光明媚的周六早上，
06:22
on a sunny Saturday morning,
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我的丈夫肖恩
06:25
my husband Shawn
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把我扔进了科纳码头的海里，
06:26
dumped me into the ocean at the Kona Pier
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和我的2500个好友兼对手一起，
06:28
and, with 2,500 of my closest
friends and competitors,
friends and competitors,
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在早上7点准时响起的
发令枪声中开始游泳。
发令枪声中开始游泳。
06:32
we started swimming as that cannon
went off promptly at 7am.
went off promptly at 7am.
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在人群里，我一下一下地划水，
06:35
I focused on one stroke at a time,
staying in between bodies,
staying in between bodies,
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数着我的动作——
06:39
counting my strokes --
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一、二、三、四——
06:40
one, two, three, four --
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每隔一段时间抬起头来看一次，
06:43
and lifting my head to sight
every so often
every so often
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让自己别偏离赛道太多。
06:45
just so I wouldn't get too off track.
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当我终于到达岸边时，
06:47
And when I finally reached the shoreline,
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肖恩拉住我，把我从水里抱出来。
06:49
Shawn picked me up,
and he carried me out of the water.
and he carried me out of the water.
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当肖恩告诉我，
我游了1个小时43分钟，
我游了1个小时43分钟，
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I was so stunned and thrilled
when Shawn had told me I had managed
when Shawn had told me I had managed
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06:56
a one-hour-and-43-minute swim time.
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我极其震惊和激动。
接下来是自行车赛段。
07:00
On to the bike segment.
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07:03
I had eight hours and 45 minutes
to complete the 112-mile bike course.
to complete the 112-mile bike course.
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我有8小时45分钟去完成
112英里的自行车路段。
112英里的自行车路段。
07:09
I broke up the course
in seven- to 10-mile segments in my mind
in seven- to 10-mile segments in my mind
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为了减少比赛的艰巨性，
我在脑海中把赛道分成
7到10英里的小段。
7到10英里的小段。
07:13
just to reduce the enormity of the race.
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前40英里时间过得很快，
因为有点顺风，帮了我们的忙。
因为有点顺风，帮了我们的忙。
07:15
The first 40 miles, they clipped by
as we benefited from a little tail wind.
as we benefited from a little tail wind.
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到下午4点，我骑到94英里处了，
07:20
By 4pm, I had made it to mile 94,
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我算了一下，意识到
我有严重的时间危机，
我有严重的时间危机，
07:24
and I did the math and I realized
I was in serious time jeopardy
I was in serious time jeopardy
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因为我还有18英里要骑，
只剩不到90分钟了，
只剩不到90分钟了，
07:28
because I had 18 miles to go
and less than 90 minutes,
and less than 90 minutes,
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07:32
and that included
a few sizable hill climbs.
a few sizable hill climbs.
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其中还包括几段相当大的爬坡。
我差点崩溃，
07:35
I was stressed out, and I was scared
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害怕自己又不能按时完赛。
07:37
that I wasn't going to make
that time cutoff again.
that time cutoff again.
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07:39
At this point, I pushed
my internal voice aside that said,
my internal voice aside that said,
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此时，我把心里的声音
“好痛苦，放弃吧。”
“好痛苦，放弃吧。”
抛到一边。
07:43
"This hurts. Quit."
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我告诉自己，“明达，
你最好集中注意力。
你最好集中注意力。
07:45
And I told myself,
"Minda, you better focus.
"Minda, you better focus.
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专注于你能控制的事情，
07:48
Focus on what you can control,
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07:50
and that is your attitude
and your effort."
and your effort."
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那就是你的态度和努力。
我决定接受这种不舒服，
07:52
I resolved to be OK being uncomfortable,
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我告诉自己，“再加把劲，
07:56
and I told myself, "Push harder,
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忘记疼痛，
07:57
forget about the pain,
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让注意力高度集中。”
07:59
and keep that laser focus."
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08:01
For the next 90 minutes, I cranked
as though my life depended on it.
as though my life depended on it.
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在之后90分钟里，我发疯一样，
好像我的生命依赖于此。
好像我的生命依赖于此。
08:08
And when I rolled into town,
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当我进入城区时，
我听见扩音器里在喊，
08:10
I heard on the loudspeaker,
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“明达·丹特勒是最后一个
按时完成自行车赛程的选手。”
按时完成自行车赛程的选手。”
08:12
"Minda Dentler is one of the last
competitors to make the bike cutoff."
competitors to make the bike cutoff."
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08:17
I did it!
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我成功了！
08:19
(Applause)
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(掌声)
只提前了三分钟。
08:24
By only three minutes.
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(笑声)
08:25
(Laughter)
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下午5：27，
08:27
It was 5:27pm,
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我已经参赛10个半小时。
08:30
and I had been racing
for 10-and-a-half hours.
for 10-and-a-half hours.
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08:34
The first 10 miles of the run
went pretty quickly,
went pretty quickly,
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前10英里跑得很快，
因为我非常兴奋，终于可以
08:37
as I was so excited to finally pass people
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用我的三个轮子赶超别人的双脚。
08:40
with my three wheels to their two feet.
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太阳很快就下山了，
08:43
The sun quickly went down,
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我发现自己正爬到帕拉尼山的山脚，
08:45
and I found myself pulling up
to the bottom of Palani hill,
to the bottom of Palani hill,
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眼前是赛道124英里处的
半英里长的山丘，
半英里长的山丘，
08:48
looking straight into a half-mile hill
that looked like Mt. Everest
that looked like Mt. Everest
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它看着像珠穆朗玛峰。
08:52
at mile 124 of the race.
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我的亲人朋友已经就位，
08:54
My friends and family
were ready at their stations
were ready at their stations
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准备一直鼓励着我登上那座山丘。
08:57
to talk me up that hill.
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我挣扎着，很累，
08:59
I was struggling, tired,
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拼命抓着车子的轮辋，
让自己不要向后翻。
让自己不要向后翻。
09:00
desperately gripping those rims
just so I wouldn't tip backwards.
just so I wouldn't tip backwards.
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当我终于到达山顶时，
09:04
When I finally reached
the top of that hill,
the top of that hill,
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左转经过非常孤独的15英里路段
到达皇后大道，
到达皇后大道，
09:07
I turned left onto a very lonely
15-mile stretch onto the Queen K Highway,
15-mile stretch onto the Queen K Highway,
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筋疲力尽。
09:13
totally exhausted.
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09:14
I pressed on, focusing
on one push at a time.
on one push at a time.
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我继续往前推，专注每一下推动。
09:20
By 9:30pm,
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到了晚上9点半，
我完成最后一个右转
上了阿里大道。
上了阿里大道。
09:22
I made that final right-hand turn
onto Ali'i Drive.
onto Ali'i Drive.
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我听到了人群的吼声，我激动万分。
09:26
I heard the crowd's roar,
and I was overcome with emotion.
and I was overcome with emotion.
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我，跨过了那条终点线。
09:30
I crossed that finish line.
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09:33
(Applause)
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(掌声)
09:43
(Applause ends)
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(掌声结束)
我的完赛时间是14小时39分钟。
09:44
And my final time
was 14 hours and 39 minutes.
was 14 hours and 39 minutes.
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09:49
For the first time in the 35-year history,
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在35年的历史中，
第一次有轮椅女运动员
09:53
a female wheelchair athlete
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完成了铁人三项世界锦标赛。
09:55
completed the Ironman World Championship.
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09:57
(Applause)
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(掌声)
(掌声结束)
10:05
(Applause ends)
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而且那不是 某一位女运动员。
10:07
And it wasn't just any female athlete.
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那是我啊。
10:09
It was me.
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10:10
(Laughter)
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(笑声)
来自印度的瘫痪孤儿。
10:12
A paralyzed orphan from India.
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10:17
Against all odds, I achieved my dream,
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排除万难，我实现了自己的梦想，
通过对自己的个人承诺，
10:21
and through this very personal
commitment to myself,
commitment to myself,
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我慢慢意识到完成铁人赛
10:24
I slowly realized
that completing the Ironman
that completing the Ironman
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不仅仅是征服科纳。
10:27
was about more than conquering Kona.
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10:30
It was about conquering polio
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这是为了战胜小儿麻痹症
和其他致残但可预防的疾病，
10:32
and other disabling
but preventable diseases,
but preventable diseases,
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不仅是为了我自己，
10:36
not only for myself,
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而且是为了数百万
10:38
but for the millions of children
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已经患上和仍将患上
疫苗可预防疾病的儿童。
疫苗可预防疾病的儿童。
10:39
who have been and still will be
afflicted by vaccine-preventable diseases.
afflicted by vaccine-preventable diseases.
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10:45
Today, we are closer than ever
to eliminating one of those diseases
to eliminating one of those diseases
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今天，我们更有可能在全世界范围
10:50
everywhere in the world.
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消灭那些疾病。
10:52
In the mid-1980s, polio once paralyzed
more than 350,000 children a year
more than 350,000 children a year
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在1980年代中期，脊髓灰质炎每年
使125个国家35万多名儿童瘫痪。
10:59
in more than 125 countries.
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这相当于惊人的每小时40例。
11:01
That amounted to a staggering
40 cases an hour.
40 cases an hour.
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相比之下，今年迄今为止，
11:05
By contrast, so far this year,
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最后一个流行国家报告的
病例总数只有12例。
病例总数只有12例。
11:07
the last endemic countries
have reported a total of only 12 cases.
have reported a total of only 12 cases.
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11:12
Since 1988, more than 2.5 billion children
have been immunized against polio,
have been immunized against polio,
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自1988年以来，超过25亿儿童
接受小儿麻痹症免疫接种，
接受小儿麻痹症免疫接种，
估计有1600万儿童
11:19
and an estimated 16 million children,
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可能像我一样瘫痪，
11:21
who otherwise would have been
paralyzed like me,
paralyzed like me,
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因疫苗而正在行走。
11:24
are walking.
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11:25
Despite this incredible progress,
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尽管取得了令人难以置信的进展，
但我们知道，在根除小儿麻痹症之前，
11:28
we know that until it's eradicated,
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它仍然是一个非常真实的威胁，
11:30
polio remains a very real threat,
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特别是对世界上最贫穷社区的儿童。
11:33
especially to children
in the poorest communities of the world.
in the poorest communities of the world.
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它能再次出现在一些
最偏远和危险的地方，
最偏远和危险的地方，
11:36
It can reemerge in some of the most remote
and dangerous places,
and dangerous places,
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并从那里传播出去。
11:40
and from there, it can spread.
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11:43
And so this is my new Ironman:
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所以这是我的新铁人赛：
结束小儿麻痹症。
11:47
to end polio.
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11:50
And I am reminded every day,
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每当我看到两岁半的女儿玛雅时，
都会想起我自己。
11:52
when I look at my
two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Maya.
two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Maya.
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她能在公园里爬梯子，
11:56
She is able to climb a ladder in the park,
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推着她的踏板车或在草地上踢球。
11:58
push her scooter
or kick a ball across the grass.
or kick a ball across the grass.
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我看到她在这个年龄
做的几乎每件事，
做的几乎每件事，
12:01
Almost everything
that I see her do at her age
that I see her do at her age
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都让我想起那个年龄的我
无法做到的事。
无法做到的事。
12:05
reminds me of what I could not
do at that age.
do at that age.
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当她两个月大的时候，
12:08
And when she was two months old,
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我带她去第一次接种脊髓灰质炎疫苗。
12:10
I took her to get her first polio vaccine.
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12:15
And when the doctor came
in the room to prepare the shot,
in the room to prepare the shot,
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当医生走进房间准备打针时，
我问他我是否可以拍张照片
来记录这一刻。
来记录这一刻。
12:19
I asked him if I could take a picture
to document the moment.
to document the moment.
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12:24
When we left the room,
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当我们离开房间时，
我能感觉泪水已经模糊了双眼。
12:26
I could feel my eyes
welling up with tears.
welling up with tears.
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我在回家的路上不停流泪。
12:29
I cried the entire way home.
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12:33
It was in that moment that I realized
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就在那一刻，我意识到
我女儿的生活将与我截然不同。
12:36
that my daughter's life
would be very different from mine.
would be very different from mine.
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她将永远不会面对小儿麻痹症
带来的瘫痪残疾，
带来的瘫痪残疾，
12:39
She will never be faced
with the crippling disability of polio,
with the crippling disability of polio,
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因为有疫苗，我选择给她接种疫苗。
12:42
because a vaccine was available,
and I chose to get her immunized.
and I chose to get her immunized.
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她可以做任何她想做的事，
12:47
She can do anything she wants,
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12:51
as can each of you.
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像你们大家一样。
(笑声)
12:53
(Laughter)
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现在我给大家留下一个问题：
12:54
Now I'd like to leave you all
with one question:
with one question:
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12:57
what is your Ironman?
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你的铁人三项是什么？
13:01
Thank you.
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谢谢。
(掌声)
13:03
(Applause)
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Translated by Yan Gao
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Minda Dentler - Athlete, activistA record-setting triathlete, Minda Dentler is a polio survivor committed to inspiring people to move beyond their fear of failure and achieve their goals.
Why you should listen
Minda Dentler's life is one of inspiration, courage and determination. As an infant in India, she contracted polio, resulting in the paralysis of her legs, and was left at an orphanage. When she was three, she was adopted by an American family which enabled her to receive the medical care necessary to be able to walk with leg braces and crutches.
Undeterred by her disability, Dentler became an independent woman with the intention and drive to face and overcome the many obstacles she has encountered throughout her life. As an adult, she discovered athletics and threw herself into the sport of triathlon. In 2013, she became the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship, in Kona, Hawaii.
Dentler is an athlete, speaker, advocate and mother. She has been featured on CNN, Forbes and NBC. She has written for Huffington Post and TIME, advocating for the eradication of polio. She was a 2017 Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow. She works for a large global insurer and, with her husband, is raising a young daughter. She's committed to inspiring people to move beyond their fear of failure and achieve their goals.
Minda Dentler | Speaker | TED.com