ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Amy Purdy - Pro snowboarder
Amy Purdy became a professional snowboarder despite losing both her legs to meningitis. She encourages us to take control of our lives, and our limits.

Why you should listen
After bacterial meningitis took her legs, Amy Purdy struggled with depression, and only beat it when she learned to accept her new reality, but not any limitations.  After being unable to find prosthetics that would allow her to snowboard, she built her own. Today, she is a world champion female adaptive snowboarder. In 2005, she co-founded Adaptive Action Sports, a non-profit dedicated to introducing people with physical challenges to action sports.
More profile about the speaker
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Amy Purdy: Living beyond limits

艾米·珀迪: 超越极限的人生

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艾米·珀迪在她十九岁的时候, 失去了自膝盖以下的双腿。然而今天的她... 是一位职业单板滑雪运动员。在她充满激情的演讲里,她讲述了如何从人生的挫折中来激励自己的故事。(录制于TEDXOrangeCoast)
- Pro snowboarder
Amy Purdy became a professional snowboarder despite losing both her legs to meningitis. She encourages us to take control of our lives, and our limits. Full bio

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If your life were a book
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and you were the author作者,
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how would you want your story故事 to go?
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你会怎么写你的故事?
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That's the question
that changed my life forever永远.
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这个问题永远改变了我的一生
生长在拉斯维加斯的炎热沙漠
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Growing生长 up in the hot Last Vegas拉斯维加斯 desert沙漠,
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all I wanted was to be free自由.
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我一直向往自由
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I would daydream梦话 about
traveling旅行 the world世界,
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我做着白日梦 梦想周游世界
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living活的 in a place地点 where it snowed下雪,
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住在能看见雪的地方
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and I would picture图片 all of the stories故事
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编我想讲述的
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that I would go on to tell.
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所有故事
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At the age年龄 of 19,
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19岁那年
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the day after I graduated毕业 high school学校,
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在我从高中毕业后
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I moved移动 to a place地点 where it snowed下雪
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我搬到了能见到雪的地方
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and I became成为 a massage按摩 therapist治疗师.
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我成为一名按摩师
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With this job工作 all I needed需要 were my hands
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这份工作只需要双手
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and my massage按摩 table by my side
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以及身边的按摩桌
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and I could go anywhere随地.
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而且我可以去任何地方
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For the first time in my life,
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有生以来头一次
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I felt free自由, independent独立
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我感到自由 独立
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and completely全然 in control控制 of my life.
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对生活充满把握
直到人生出现了一个转折
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That is, until直到 my life took a detour車輛改道.
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一天我下班比往常早
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I went home from work early one day
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with what I thought was the flu流感,
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以为自己得了流感
24小时不到
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and less than 24 hours小时 later后来
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I was in the hospital醫院
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on life support支持
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with less than a two percent百分 chance机会 of living活的.
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只有2%的存活几率
之后的几天
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It wasn't until直到 days later后来
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我陷入昏迷
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as I lay铺设 in a coma昏迷
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that the doctors医生 diagnosed确诊 me
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with bacterial细菌 meningitis脑膜炎,
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细菌性脑膜炎
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a vaccine-preventable疫苗可预防 blood血液 infection感染.
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疫苗可预防性血液感染
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Over the course课程 of two and a half months个月
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在为期两个半月的治疗中
我切除了脾和肾
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I lost丢失 my spleen, my kidneys肾脏,
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the hearing听力 in my left ear
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and both of my legs below下面 the knee膝盖.
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膝盖以下截肢
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When my parents父母
wheeled轮式 me out of the hospital醫院
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当父母把我推出医院时
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I felt like I had been
pieced拼凑 back together一起
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我感到自己被重新拼凑起来
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like a patchwork拼凑物 doll娃娃.
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像一个拼布娃娃
我以为最惨的事已完结
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I thought the worst最差 was over
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until直到 weeks later后来 when I saw my new legs
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直到我第一次见到
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for the first time.
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自己的新腿
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The calves小牛 were bulky笨重 blocks of metal金属
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小腿是笨重的金属块
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with pipes管道 bolted狂奔 together一起 for the ankles脚踝
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脚踝用管子和螺丝固定
外加黄色的橡胶脚
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and a yellow黄色 rubber橡胶 foot脚丫子
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突起的橡胶线从脚趾延伸到脚踝
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with a raised上调 rubber橡胶 line线
from the toe脚趾 to the ankle
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为了使它们看起来像血管
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to look like a vein静脉.
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I didn't know what to expect期望,
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我不知道我想要的结果是什么
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but I wasn't expecting期待 that.
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但绝不会是这个
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With my mom妈妈 by my side
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妈妈站在我旁边
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and tears眼泪 streaming down our faces面孔,
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两个人泪水肆意
我绑上这两条粗短腿
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I strapped on these chunky矮胖 legs
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and I stood站在 up.
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然后站起来
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They were so painful痛苦 and so confining
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它们让我感到十分痛苦,并且充满限制
我脑子里只有一个想法:
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that all I could think was,
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用这些破玩意我怎么能
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how am I ever going to travel旅行 the world世界
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周游世界?
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in these things?
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How was I ever going to live生活
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我如何才能过我
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the life full充分 of adventure冒险 and stories故事,
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一直想要的
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as I always wanted?
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异彩纷呈的生活?
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And how was I going to snowboard单板滑雪 again?
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我如何才能再玩单板滑雪?
那天,我回到家,爬上床
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That day, I went home, I crawled into bed
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and this is what my life looked看着 like
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这是我接下来几个月的
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for the next下一个 few少数 months个月:
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me passed通过 out, escaping逃逸 from reality现实,
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我躺在床上, 淡出生活 逃离现实
我的腿放在床边
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with my legs resting休息 by my side.
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我在生理上和心理上完全崩溃了
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I was absolutely绝对 physically物理
and emotionally感情上 broken破碎.
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但是我知道 为了向前走
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But I knew知道 that in order订购 to move移动 forward前锋,
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I had to let go of the old Amy艾米
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我必须放开过去的艾米
学着接受新的艾米
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and learn学习 to embrace拥抱 the new Amy艾米.
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那时 我突然想到
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And that is when it dawned破晓 on me
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我再也不只有5.5英尺高了
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that I didn't have to be five-foot-five五英尺五 anymore.
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I could be as tall as I wanted!
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我可以想多高有多高
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(Laughter笑声) (Applause掌声)
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(笑声)(掌声)
或者想多矮有多矮 这得看我和谁约会
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Or as short as I wanted,
depending根据 on who I was dating约会.
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(笑声)
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(Laughter笑声)
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And if I snowboardedsnowboarded again,
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如果我再玩单板滑雪
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my feet aren't going to get cold.
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脚再也不会冷
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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And best最好 of all, I thought,
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我觉得最棒的是
我可以调整脚的大小来适合
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I can make my feet the size尺寸
of all the shoes
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货架上任何尺码的鞋子
(笑声)
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that are on the sales销售 rack.
(Laughter笑声)
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And I did!
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我真那么干了!
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So there were benefits好处 here.
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所以这还是有些好处的
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It was this moment时刻 that I asked myself
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那一刻我问了自己
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that life-defining生命的定义 question:
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一个决定人生走向的问题
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If my life were a book
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如果人生是一本书
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and I were the author作者,
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而我是作者
我会怎么写这个故事?
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how would I want the story故事 to go?
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我开始做白日梦
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And I began开始 to daydream梦话.
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想小时候那样做梦
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I daydreamed做白日梦 like I did as a little girl女孩
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我想象自己
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and I imagined想象 myself
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walking步行 gracefully优雅,
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helping帮助 other people through通过 my journey旅程
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在路途中帮助别人
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and snowboarding单板滑雪 again.
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再次玩单板滑雪
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And I didn't just see myself
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我并不是仅仅看到自己
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carving雕刻 down a mountain of powder粉末,
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I could actually其实 feel it.
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我可以真切感受到那个场景
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I could feel the wind against反对 my face面对
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and the beat击败 of my racing赛跑 heart
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as if it were happening事件
in that very moment时刻.
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如同那一刻正在真实发生
那就是我开启人生新篇章的时刻
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And that is when a new chapter章节
in my life began开始.
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Four months个月 later后来
I was back up on a snowboard单板滑雪,
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although虽然 things didn't go
quite相当 as expected预期:
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虽然事情并不像我期待的那样
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My knees膝盖 and my ankles脚踝 wouldn't不会 bend弯曲
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我的膝盖和脚踝无法弯曲
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and at one point I traumatized创伤
all the skiers滑雪者 on the chair椅子 lift电梯
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在某一点上我吓坏了升降椅上所有的滑雪者
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when I fell下跌 and my legs,
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(笑声)就是当我摔倒时,
我的腿还连着滑板
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still attached to my snowboard单板滑雪
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(Laughter笑声) —
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went flying飞行 down the mountain,
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它们一起飞落到山脚
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and I was on top最佳 of the mountain still.
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I was so shocked吃惊,
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(笑声)我被惊到了
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I was just as shocked吃惊 as everybody每个人 else其他,
and I was so discouraged灰心,
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同其他人一样 我惊呆了 而且很失落
但是我知道 如果我找到了两条合适的腿
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but I knew知道 that if I could find the right pair of feet
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that I would be able能够 to do this again.
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我完全可以成功
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And this is when I learned学到了
that our borders国界
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这时 我明白了
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and our obstacles障碍
can only do two things:
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one, stop us in our tracks轨道
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or two, force us to get creative创作的.
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二是迫使我们充满创造力
我研究了一年 仍然不知道
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I did a year of research研究,
still couldn't不能 figure数字 out
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what kind of legs to use,
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用什么样的腿
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couldn't不能 find any resources资源
that could help me.
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也找不到任何有用的资源
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So I decided决定 to make a pair myself.
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于是我决定自己做一副假腿
我和制作者把各种部件拼在一起
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My leg maker制作者 and I
put random随机 parts部分 together一起
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and we made制作 a pair of feet
that I could snowboard单板滑雪 in.
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做了两条可以玩滑板的腿
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As you can see,
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你可以看到
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rusted生锈 bolts螺栓, rubber橡胶,
wood and neon pink duct tape胶带.
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生锈的螺栓、橡胶、木头和荧光粉胶带
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And yes, I can change更改 my toenail趾甲 polish抛光.
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没错 我可以换指甲颜色
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It was these legs
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这双假腿
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and the best最好 21stST birthday生日 gift礼品
I could ever receive接收
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以及我21岁生日收到的最好礼物——
——我爸爸的一个肾
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a new kidney from my dad
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that allowed允许 me to follow跟随 my dreams again.
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让我再次追逐梦想
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I started开始 snowboarding单板滑雪,
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我开始玩单板滑雪
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then I went back to work,
then I went back to school学校.
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我重新工作 并回到学校
2005年我创办了一个非盈利组织
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Then in 2005 I cofounded共同创立
a nonprofit非营利性 organization组织
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用来救助身体残疾的年轻人
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for youth青年 and young年轻 adults成年人
with physical物理 disabilities残疾人
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so they could get involved参与
with action行动 sports体育.
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使他们能再次参加体育运动
从那时起 我有机会前往南非
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From there, I had the opportunity机会 to go to South Africa非洲,
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给千百儿童带来鞋子
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where I helped帮助 to put shoes
on thousands数千 of children's儿童 feet
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so they could attend出席 school学校.
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这样他们就可以去上学
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And just this past过去 February二月,
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在刚刚过去的二月
我相继取得两块世界金牌
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I won韩元 two back-to-back背靠背
World世界 Cup杯子 gold medals奖牌
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(掌声)
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(Applause掌声) —
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which哪一个 made制作 me
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——这使我成为
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the highest最高 ranked排名
adaptive自适应 female snowboarder滑雪板
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世界上最高级别的残疾人女子单板滑雪
运动员
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in the world世界.
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Eleven十一 years年份 ago, when I lost丢失 my legs,
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11年前 当我失去腿时
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I had no idea理念 what to expect期望.
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我不知道该期盼什么
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But if you ask me today今天,
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但是如果你现在问我
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if I would ever want to
change更改 my situation情况,
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是否愿意换个人生
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I would have to say no.
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我会回答不
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Because my legs haven't没有 disabled me,
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因为我的双腿并没有阻碍我
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if anything they've他们已经 enabled启用 me.
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如果说它们给我带来了什么
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They've他们已经 forced被迫 me to rely依靠 on my imagination想像力
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那就是它们让我依靠想象力
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and to believe in the possibilities可能性,
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让我相信一切皆有可能
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and that's why I believe
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这就是为什么我相信
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that our imaginations想象 can be used as tools工具
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想象可以成为工具
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for breaking破坏 through通过 borders国界,
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用来冲破障碍
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because in our minds头脑,
we can do anything
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因为在脑子里 我们可以做任何事
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and we can be anything.
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可以成为任何人
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It's believing相信 in those dreams
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and facing面对 our fears恐惧 head-on脑袋上
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直面恐惧
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that allows允许 us to live生活 our lives生活
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能够让我们的生活
超出局限
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beyond our limits范围.
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虽然今天在讲无边界创新
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And although虽然 today今天 is about
innovation革新 without borders国界,
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I have to say that in my life,
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但我不得不说 在我的生命里
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innovation革新 has only been possible可能
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是我自身的种种局限
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because of my borders国界.
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让不可能变成可能
我知道这些局限 才是现实结束
08:45
I've learned学到了 that borders国界 are where the actual实际 ends结束,
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想象产生
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but also where the imagination想像力
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08:53
and the story故事 begins开始.
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故事开始的地方
所以 今天我想让你们挑战的是
08:55
So the thought that I would like
to challenge挑战 you with today今天
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is that maybe instead代替 of looking at
our challenges挑战 and our limitations限制
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与其把挑战、局限看做
09:03
as something negative or bad,
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不利或者坏事
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we can begin开始 to look at them as blessings祝福,
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我们可以把它们看做恩惠
09:09
magnificent华丽的 gifts礼品 that can be used
to ignite点燃 our imaginations想象
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可以点亮想象的神奇礼物
能帮助我们走得更远 远到我们从未想过
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and help us go further进一步
than we ever knew知道 we could go.
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It's not about breaking破坏 down borders国界.
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这不是要打破局限
09:24
It's about pushing推动 off of them
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而是把局限推得更广
09:27
and seeing眼看 what amazing惊人 places地方
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然后看看它们能把我们带到
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they might威力 bring带来 us.
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怎样美好的地方
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Thank you.
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谢谢
(掌声)
Translated by Morton Bast
Reviewed by Zixuan Fang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Amy Purdy - Pro snowboarder
Amy Purdy became a professional snowboarder despite losing both her legs to meningitis. She encourages us to take control of our lives, and our limits.

Why you should listen
After bacterial meningitis took her legs, Amy Purdy struggled with depression, and only beat it when she learned to accept her new reality, but not any limitations.  After being unable to find prosthetics that would allow her to snowboard, she built her own. Today, she is a world champion female adaptive snowboarder. In 2005, she co-founded Adaptive Action Sports, a non-profit dedicated to introducing people with physical challenges to action sports.
More profile about the speaker
Amy Purdy | Speaker | TED.com