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Marc Bamuthi Joseph: What soccer can teach us about freedom
Marc Bamuthi Joseph: 足球教给我们的自由
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"足球这个星球上唯一一个我们都愿意一起做的事情, " 戏剧家和TED会员Marc Bamuthi Joseph如是说。通过他的演出和一个叫做“移动和传递” (Moving and Passing) 的活动，Joseph把音乐、舞蹈和足球结合在一起，来揭示艺术和体育之间容易理解的、趣味的联系。观看视频来了解他是如何用美丽的足球比赛来培养社区集体，突出移民面对的问题。
Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Arts activist, spoken word artist
TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity. Full bio
TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity. Full bio
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The two places
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让我感到
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where I feel most free
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最自由的两个地方
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aren't actually places.
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并不是什么特定的地点。
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They're moments.
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而是两个时刻。
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The first is inside of dance.
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第一个是跳舞的时候。
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Somewhere between
rising up against gravity
rising up against gravity
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在抵抗重力而升起
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and the feeling that the air beneath me
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和感受到我身下的空气时，
我与自身的重量坠入爱河。
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is falling in love with my body's weight.
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I'm dancing and the air is carrying me
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我在跳舞，空气在托住我，
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like I might never come down.
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好像我永远也不会回到地面。
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The second place that I feel free
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第二个让我感到自由的地方
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is after scoring a goal
on the soccer pitch.
on the soccer pitch.
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是我在足球场得分以后的时刻。
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My body floods with the chemical
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我的血液中充斥着
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that they put inside of EpiPens
to revive the dead,
to revive the dead,
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人们用来复苏濒死之人的
化学药品（肾上腺素），
化学药品（肾上腺素），
00:57
and I am weightless,
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让我失去了重量，
01:01
raceless.
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没有了种族。
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My story is this: I'm a curator
at a contemporary arts center,
at a contemporary arts center,
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我的故事是这样：
我是一个现代艺术馆的馆长，
我是一个现代艺术馆的馆长，
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but I don't really believe in art
that doesn't bleed or sweat or cry.
that doesn't bleed or sweat or cry.
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但我并不真的相信
没有血汗、泪水的艺术。
没有血汗、泪水的艺术。
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I imagine that my kids
are going to live in a time
are going to live in a time
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我想象我的孩子会生活在一个
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when the most valuable commodities
are fresh water and empathy.
are fresh water and empathy.
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当最有价值的东西
是淡水和同情的时代。
是淡水和同情的时代。
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I love pretty dances
and majestic sculpture
and majestic sculpture
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我对美丽的舞蹈和雄伟雕塑的爱
不比其他人少，
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as much as the next guy,
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but give me something else to go with it.
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但给我点其它可以伴随
艺术的东西吧。
艺术的东西吧。
01:30
Lift me up with the aesthetic sublime
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用美学的崇高把我托起，
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and give me a practice or some tools
to turn that inspiration
to turn that inspiration
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然后给我一个练习或者工具，
让我把这灵感
让我把这灵感
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into understanding and action.
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转化成理解和行动。
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For instance, I'm a theater maker
who loves sports.
who loves sports.
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比如说，我是一个
热爱运动的戏剧家。
热爱运动的戏剧家。
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When I was making
my latest piece /peh-LO-tah/
my latest piece /peh-LO-tah/
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当我在创作最新的剧作
peh-LO-tah时，
peh-LO-tah时，
我想了很多关于我自己的移民家庭，
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I thought a lot about how soccer
was a means for my own immigrant family
was a means for my own immigrant family
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to foster a sense of continuity
and normality and community
and normality and community
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如何在美国的新环境中，
用足球来建立一种连续性，
用足球来建立一种连续性，
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within the new context of the US.
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体会平常和集体感。
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In this heightened moment of xenophobia
and assault on immigrant identity,
and assault on immigrant identity,
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在这个高度排外、
移民身份受到攻击的时刻，
移民身份受到攻击的时刻，
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I wanted to think through
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我想好好思考
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how the game could serve
as an affirmational tool
as an affirmational tool
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一个足球比赛如何可以成为
第一代美国人和移民儿童
第一代美国人和移民儿童
肯定自我的工具，
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for first-generation Americans
and immigrant kids,
and immigrant kids,
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to ask them to consider
movement patterns on the field
movement patterns on the field
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能够让他们把球场上的移动
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as kin to migratory patterns
across social and political borders.
across social and political borders.
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看作跨越社会和政治边界的迁移。
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Whether footballers or not,
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不管是不是热爱足球，
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immigrants in the US
play on endangered ground.
play on endangered ground.
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美国境内的移民都在
危险的地方生活与玩耍。
危险的地方生活与玩耍。
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I wanted to help the kids understand
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我想帮孩子们认识到
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that the same muscle
that they use to plan the next goal
that they use to plan the next goal
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他们用来计划下个进球的肌肉
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can also be used
to navigate the next block.
to navigate the next block.
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同样可以用来指引下个街区的方向。
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For me, freedom exists in the body.
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在我看来，自由是与生俱来的。
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We talk about it abstractly
and even divisively,
and even divisively,
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我们对自由的讨论
经常是抽象的，有分歧的，
经常是抽象的，有分歧的，
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like "protect our freedom,"
"build this wall,"
"build this wall,"
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比如“保卫我们的自由”，
“建这个墙”，
“建这个墙”，
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"they hate us because of our freedom."
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“他们讨厌我们
是因为我们的自由。”
是因为我们的自由。”
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We have all these systems
that are beautifully designed
that are beautifully designed
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有这么多精心设计的系统
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to incarcerate us or deport us,
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来监禁我们，或驱逐我们，
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but how do we design freedom?
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但我们要如何设计自由呢？
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For these kids, I wanted to track the idea
back to something that exists inside
back to something that exists inside
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对于这些孩子，我想追寻一个
存在于内心、
存在于内心、
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that no one could take away,
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无人能夺走的东西。
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so I developed this curriculum
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所以在一个艺术节上，
03:12
that's part poli-sci class,
part soccer tournament,
part soccer tournament,
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我开设了一个课程，
一部分是政治学课程，
一部分是政治学课程，
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inside of an arts festival.
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一部分是足球比赛。
03:20
It accesses /peh-LO-tah/'s
field of inquiry
field of inquiry
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它用了peh-LO-tah的核心主题
来创建一个基于体育的
针对年轻人的政治活动。
针对年轻人的政治活动。
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to create a sports-based
political action for young people.
political action for young people.
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The project is called
"Moving and Passing."
"Moving and Passing."
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这个项目叫“Moving and Passing”
（移动和传递）
（移动和传递）
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It intersects curriculum development,
site-specific performance
site-specific performance
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它融合了课程研发，
基于不同场地的表演，
基于不同场地的表演，
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and the politics of joy,
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和关于喜悦的政治，
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while using soccer as a metaphor
for the urgent question
for the urgent question
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同时用足球作为一个比喻
来回应现在很危急的
来回应现在很危急的
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of enfranchisement among immigrant youth.
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如何让移民青年享有公民权的问题。
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Imagine that you are
a 15-year-old kid from Honduras
a 15-year-old kid from Honduras
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想象一下你是一个15岁的孩子，
来自洪都拉斯，
来自洪都拉斯，
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now living in Harlem,
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现在生活在纽约
哈莱姆区（Harlem），
哈莱姆区（Harlem），
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or you're a 13-year-old girl born in DC
to two Nigerian immigrants.
to two Nigerian immigrants.
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或者你是一个13岁的小女孩，
生于华盛顿特区，父母是尼日利亚移民。
生于华盛顿特区，父母是尼日利亚移民。
你喜欢这个足球比赛。
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You love the game.
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You're on the field with your folks.
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你和你的伙伴们在场上。
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You've just been practicing
dribbling through cones
dribbling through cones
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你已经练习了带球过路障，
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for, like, 15 minutes,
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练了15分钟了，
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and then, all of a sudden,
a marching band comes down the field.
a marching band comes down the field.
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然后，突然间，
一个行进乐队走向了球场。
一个行进乐队走向了球场。
04:06
I want to associate the joy of the game
with the exuberance of culture,
with the exuberance of culture,
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我想把比赛的乐趣
与文化的丰富性相结合，
与文化的丰富性相结合，
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to locate the site of joy in the game
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把比赛的乐趣放置在
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at the same physical coordinate
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和通过艺术来介绍政治知识
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as being politically informed by art,
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同样的坐标位置上，
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a grass-laden theater for liberation.
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一个绿草如茵、解放自由的剧院。
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We spend a week
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我们用了一周
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looking at how the midfielder
would explain Black Lives Matter,
would explain Black Lives Matter,
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来看中场球员如何解释了
Black Lives Matter（黑人抗议歧视的活动），
Black Lives Matter（黑人抗议歧视的活动），
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or how the goalkeeper
would explain gun control,
would explain gun control,
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或者守门员的位置
可以怎么解释枪支管制，
可以怎么解释枪支管制，
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or how a defender's style
is the perfect metaphor
is the perfect metaphor
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或者一个防守球员的风格
怎么完美的比喻了
怎么完美的比喻了
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for the limits of American exceptionalism.
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美国排外主义的局限。
04:40
As we study positions on the field,
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当我们研究球场上的位置，
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we also name and imagine our own freedoms.
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我们也会命名和想象
我们自己的自由。
我们自己的自由。
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I don't know, man, soccer is, like,
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怎么说呢，足球大概是
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the only thing on this planet
that we can all agree to do together.
that we can all agree to do together.
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这个星球上唯一一个
我们都愿意一起做的事。
我们都愿意一起做的事。
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You know? It's like the official sport
of this spinning ball.
of this spinning ball.
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是吧？它像是一个
关于这旋转的球的官方体育活动。
关于这旋转的球的官方体育活动。
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I want to be able
to connect the joy of the game
to connect the joy of the game
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我希望可以把球赛的喜悦
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to the ever-moving footballer,
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联系到永远在移动的球员，
05:08
to connect that moving footballer
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把那在移动的球员
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to immigrants who also moved
in sight of a better position.
in sight of a better position.
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联系到同样在向更美好的
方向移动的移民群体。
方向移动的移民群体。
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Among these kids, I want
to connect their families' histories
to connect their families' histories
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对这些孩子，我想把他们的家庭历史
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to the bliss of a goal-scorer's run,
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联系到得分球员跑动时的幸福，
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family like that feeling
after the ball beats the goalie,
after the ball beats the goalie,
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那看到足球冲向守门员的感觉
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the closest thing going to freedom.
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是最接近自由的时刻。
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Thank you.
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谢谢。
05:31
(Applause)
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（掌声）
Translated by Christina Wang
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Arts activist, spoken word artistTED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity.
Why you should listen
Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a steadfast believer in empathy as the most valuable currency in building community, and he seeks to spark curiosity and dialogue about freedom, compassion and fearlessness through pioneering arts stewardship and education. A 2017 TEDGlobal Fellow, Bamuthi graced the cover of Smithsonian Magazine as one of America's Top Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences; artistically directed HBO's "Russell Simmons presents Brave New Voices"; and is an inaugural recipient of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship, which annually recognizes 50 of the country’s greatest living artists. Dance Magazine named him a Top Influencer in 2017.
Bamuthi's evening-length work, red black and GREEN: a blues, was nominated for a 2013 Bessie Award for "Outstanding Production (of a work stretching the boundaries of a traditional form)" and he has won numerous grants including from the National Endowment for the Arts and Creative Capital Foundation. His noted work /peh-LO-tah/ is inspired by soccer and Bamuthi's first generation American experience, intersecting global economics, cross-border fan culture and the politics of joy.
Bamuthi is the founding Program Director of the non-profit Youth Speaks, and he is a co-founder of Life is Living, a national series of one-day festivals which activate under-resourced parks and affirm peaceful urban life. His essays have been published in Harvard Education Press; he has lectured at more than 200 colleges, has carried adjunct professorships at Stanford and Lehigh, among others, and currently serves as Chief of Program and Pedagogy at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
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