TEDMED 2011
Diana Nyad: Extreme swimming with the world's most dangerous jellyfish
戴安娜·奈德:与世界上最危险的水母的极限共泳
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在七十年代,戴安娜奈德创下了至今未被打破的长途泳赛记录。三十年后，六十岁的她尝试了她至今为止最长的长途游泳——从古巴到佛罗里达。在这一幽默、充满力量的TEDMED演讲中，她讲述了如何在精神上作足准备来实现一个挑战极限的梦想，并且问道：你打算为你自己奔放而珍贵的人生做些什么？
Diana Nyad - Journalist, swimmer
A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation. Full bio
A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation. Full bio
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Yeah, so a couple of years ago I was turning 60,
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是的，两三年前我正进入六十岁，
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and I don't like being 60.
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可是，我不喜欢六十岁。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And I started grappling
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于是我开始纠结，
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with this existential angst
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纠结于，
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of what little I had done with my life.
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生命里缺乏成就的存在的焦虑感。
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It wasn't the resume
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这可不是关乎履历
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of breaking this record here,
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或者是破纪录
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it was more like, who had I become?
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而主要是，我变成了什么样的人？
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How had I spent my valuable time?
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我是怎样利用珍贵的时间的？
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How could this have gone by
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怎么可能这么快就过了？
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like lightning?
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好像闪电一般。
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And I couldn't forgive myself
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我无法原谅自己
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for the countless, countless hours
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花了无数个小时
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I had lost
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迷失在
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in negative thought --
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负面的想法里，
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all the time I had spent beating myself up
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一直以来，我深陷在
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for losing my marriage
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对失去的婚姻，
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and not stopping the sexual abuse when I was a kid
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对小时候没有被自己阻止的性虐待，
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and career moves
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对职业转换，
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and this and this and this.
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这样和那样的自责中
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Just why, why didn't I do it better? Why? Why? Why?
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为什么？为什么我就不能做得更好一些？为什么？为什么？为什么？
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And then my mother died at 82.
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然后，我妈妈在八十二岁时去世了。
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And so I starting thinking,
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于是我开始想，
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not only am I not happy with the past,
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我不仅仅是对自己的过去不满意，
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now I'm getting choked with,
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而且对于自己
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"I've only got 22 years left."
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只剩下22年的时间也耿耿于怀。
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What am I going to do with this short amount of time
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在如此短暂，
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that's just fleeting?
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几乎是一闪而过的这些时日里，我又将做些什么呢？
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And I'm not in the present whatsoever.
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我并没有活在当下。
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And I decided the remedy to all this malaise
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我于是决定，治疗所有这些毛病的方法
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was going to be
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就是
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for me to chase
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让我自己
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an elevated dream,
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去追求一个更高远的梦想，
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an extreme dream,
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一个挑战极限的梦想，
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something that would require
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一件需要用
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utter conviction
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百分百的决心
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and unwavering passion,
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和不可动摇的热忱去做的事，
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something that would make me
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能够让我
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be my best self
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做最好的自己，
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in every aspect of my life,
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在人生的每一个方面，
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every minute of every day,
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每天的每一分钟里，做最好的自己，这样的一件事。
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because the dream was so big
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因为这个梦想太大了，
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that I couldn't get there
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如果没有那样的行动和决心，
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without that kind of behavior and that kind of conviction.
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它将无法达成。
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And I decided,
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于是我决定，
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it was an old dream that was lingering,
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它将是一个长久以来萦绕在我心头的一个梦想。
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that was from so many years ago,
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那是很多年前，
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three decades ago --
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三十年前，
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the only sort of world class swim
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在我二十多岁时，
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I had tried and failed at back in my 20s --
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唯一的一次我尝试了又失败的世界级游泳比赛，
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was going from Cuba to Florida.
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从古巴到佛罗里达。
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It was deep in my imagination.
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我一直想象着自己去做这件事。
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No one's ever done it without a shark cage.
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没有人在不用防鲨笼的情况下做到过。
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It's daunting.
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这的确让人害怕。
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It's more than a hundred miles across a difficult passage of ocean.
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超过一百多英里的艰难海路，
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It's probably, at my speed, at my age --
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也许以我的速度，在我的年龄-
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for anybody's speed at anybody's age --
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或者以任何人的速度、任何年龄-
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going to take 60, maybe 70, hours
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都需要不间断地游上60，
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of continuous swimming,
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也许70个小时，
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never getting out on the boat.
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而且中间不上船。
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And I started to train.
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我开始训练了。
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I hadn't swum for 31 years, not a stroke.
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我已经31年没有游泳了，手都没有划一下。
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And I had kept in good shape, but swimming's a whole different animal.
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虽然我身材仍然保持得不错，不过这跟游泳完全是两码事。
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As a matter of fact,
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其实，
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this picture is supposed to be me during training.
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这张照片拍的是训练中的我，
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It's a smiling face.
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这是一张笑脸。
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And when you're training for this sport, you are not smiling.
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可是，当你进行这样的训练时，你是没法笑出来的。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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It's an arduous, difficult sport,
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这是一项艰苦、艰难的运动，
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and I don't remember smiling
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我可不记得我笑过，
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at any time during this sport.
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我不记得有在训练中的任何一刻笑过。
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As I said, I respect other sports,
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我说过，我尊重其他的运动，
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and I compare this sport sometimes
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我有时候把这项运动
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to cycling and to mountain climbing
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跟骑车和登山
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and other of the expedition type events,
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或者其他的探险运动相比，
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but this is a sensory deprivation,
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可这项运动是知觉的剥夺，
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a physical duress.
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是肢体的强迫。
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And when I started in
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当我开始
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with the eight hours and the 10 hours and the 12 hours
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六个小时，十个小时，十二个小时，
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and the 14 hours and the 15 hours and the 24-hour swims,
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然后十四个小时，十五个小时，二十四个小时地游泳的时候，
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I knew I had it,
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我知道我能行。
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because I was making it through these.
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因为这些我一步步都做到了。
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And when I said I'm going to go out and do a 15-hour swim,
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我说我要出去游十五个小时，
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and we're coming into the dock after a long day
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当我们经过了漫长的一天回到码头时，
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and it's now night,
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已经是晚上了。
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and we come in and it's 14 hours and 58 minutes
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我们回来的时候已经游了十四个小时五十八分钟，
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and I can touch the dock and we're done,
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到了码头我们就算是完成了。
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the trainer says, "That's great.
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教练说：“非常好。
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It's 14 hours 58 minutes. Who cares the last two minutes?"
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14小时58分钟。那两分钟管它呢。”
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I say, "No, it's got to be 15 hours,"
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我说：“不行，一定要满15个小时。”
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and I swim another minute out and another minute back
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我又游出去一分钟，游回来一分钟，
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to make the 15 hours.
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这样加起来总共15个小时。
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And I put together an expedition.
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我组织了这一次探险，
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It's not that I didn't have help,
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倒不是说我没有其他的帮助，
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but honestly, I sort of led, I was the team leader.
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而是，实际上，我基本上是整个团队的领导。
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And to get the government permissions,
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要得到政府的批准，
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you read in the paper,
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你在报纸上可以读到，
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you think it's easy to get into Cuba everyday?
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你以为古巴是那么容易每天可以随便进去的吗？
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Try going in with an armada like we had
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带着像我们这样的一支舰队，
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of 50 people and five boats
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包括50个人和5艘船，
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and CNN's crew, etc.
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CNN采访队伍等，去试一下。
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The navigation is difficult.
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导航也困难。
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There's a big river called the Gulf Stream
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途中会遇到一条“大河”，叫做墨西哥湾暖流，
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that runs across
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途中会遇到一条“大河”，叫做墨西哥湾暖流，
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and it's not going in the direction you are.
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它去的不是你要去的方向，
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It's going to the east and you'd like to go north.
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它向东流而你则要向北。
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It's tricky.
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这就棘手了。
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And there's dehydration.
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然后还有脱水，
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And there's hypothermia.
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体温过低，
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And there are sharks.
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还有鲨鱼，
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And there are all kinds of problems.
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以及各种各样的问题。
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And I gathered together, honestly,
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我集结了实际上是
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the world's leading experts in every possible way.
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各个方面的世界级专家。
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And a month ago,
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一个月前，
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the 23rd of September,
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也就是九月二十三号，
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I stood on that shore
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我站在海岸上，
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and I looked across
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放眼望着
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to that long, long faraway horizon
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那遥远的地平线
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and I asked myself,
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我对自己说，
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do you have it?
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你已经准备好了吗？
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Are your shoulders ready?
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你的肩膀准备好了吗
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And they were. They were prepared.
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是的，它们都准备好了。
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No stone left unturned.
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该准备的已经都准备了。
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Was the mind ready?
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思想准备好了吗？
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You know, you're swimming with the fogged goggles,
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要知道，你是透过模糊的泳镜游泳，
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you're swimming at 60 strokes a minute,
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你的速度是一分钟60划，
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so you're never really focused on anything, you don't see well.
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所以根本没法聚焦，看不清楚。
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You've got tight bathing caps over your ears
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浴帽紧紧地盖着你的两个耳朵，
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trying to keep the heat of the head,
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这是为了给头部保暖，
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because it's where the hypothermia starts,
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因为体温过低都是从头部开始，
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and so you don't hear very well.
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所以你也听不清楚。
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You're really left alone with your own thoughts.
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你就这样孤独地只有跟自己的想法在一起。
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And I had all kinds of counting systems ready there
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我有各种各样的数数方法，
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in English, followed by German,
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有英文的，德文的，
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followed by Spanish, followed by French.
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还有西班牙文的，法文的。
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You save the French for last.
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法文的得留到最后才用。
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And I had songs, I had a playlist in my head --
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我还有歌，播放曲目都在我这儿，
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not through headphones, in my own head --
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不在耳机里，在我自己的脑子里-
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of 65 songs.
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一共65首曲子。
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And I couldn't wait to get into the dark in the middle of the night,
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我迫不及待地想要进入漆黑的深夜，
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because that's when Neil Young comes out.
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因为那是尼尔扬出来的时候。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And it's odd, isn't it?
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很奇怪，是不是？
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You'd think you'd be singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"
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在这壮观的大洋里，你可能以为这时应该唱伦纳德科恩的“哈里路亚”，
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out in the majesty of the ocean,
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在这壮观的大洋里，你可能以为这时应该唱伦纳德科恩的“哈里路亚”，
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not songs about heroin addiction in New York City.
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而不是在纽约染上毒瘾这样的歌。
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But no, for some reason
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可是并非如此，不知怎么的，
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I couldn't wait to get into the dark of the night
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我就是特别期待进入漆黑的夜，
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and be singing,
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然后唱起，
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♫ "A heard you knocking at my cellar door ♫
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♫”我听到你敲着我地窖的门，♫
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♫ I love you baby and I want some more ♫
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♫我爱你宝贝，我还要更多，♫
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♫ Ooh, ooh, the damage done" ♫
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♫哦，哦，伤害已经造成“♫
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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The night before I started,
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我在启程的前一夜
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I finished Stephen Hawking's "The Grand Design."
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看完了史蒂文·霍金的《大设计》，
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And I couldn't wait
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我迫不及待地想要
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to trip the mind fantastic.
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开始这神奇的精神之旅。
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About the 50th hour,
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在第五十个小时的时候，
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I was going to start thinking about the edge of the universe.
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我开始思考宇宙的边缘。
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Is there an edge?
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宇宙真的有边缘吗？
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Is this an envelope we're living inside of,
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我们是不是住在一个有边界的时空里，
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or no, does it go onto infinity in both time and space?
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或者，它是不是在时空上无限延伸的呢？
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And there's nothing like swimming for 50 hours in the ocean
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没有任何事情比在大洋里游五十个小时
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that gets you thinking about things like this.
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更让你能够思考这些事情。
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I couldn't wait to prove the athlete I am,
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我迫不及待地想要证明自己是个独一无一二的运动员，
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that nobody else in the world can do this swim.
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这个世界上没有其他人能够像我这样游泳，
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And I knew I could do it.
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而且我知道我能行。
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And when I jumped into that water,
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于是我跳进水里，
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I yelled in my mother's French, "Courage!"
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用和我妈妈一样口音的法语高喊着，”勇气！”
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And I started swimming,
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然后我开始游了。
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and, oh my God, it was glassy.
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天哪，水可真清。
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And we knew it, all 50 people on the boat,
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而且我们知道，船上的50个人都知道，
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we all knew this was it,
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我们知道，
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this was our time.
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这是我们的时刻。
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And I reminded myself a couple hours in,
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过了一两个小时，我提醒自己，
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you know, the sport is sort of a microcosm of life itself.
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你知道，这项运动犹如生活的缩影，
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First of all, you're going to hit obstacles.
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首先，你将会遇到障碍。
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And even though you're feeling great at any one moment,
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即使你在任何时候都感觉很好，
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don't take it for granted, be ready,
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不要掉以轻心，做好准备，
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because there's going to be pain, there's going to be suffering.
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因为将会有痛苦，你将会受苦，
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It's not going to feel this good all the way across.
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不会让你从头到尾都感觉良好。
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And I was thinking of the hypothermia
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我想着可能会体温过低，
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and maybe some shoulder pain
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还有可能的肩膀疼痛，
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and all the other things --
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还有所有的其他事情-
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the vomiting that comes from being in the saltwater.
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因为浸泡在海水里而呕吐。
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You're immersed in the liquid.
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你整个儿浸在水里，
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Your body doesn't like the saltwater.
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你的身体不习惯海水。
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After a couple of days, three days,
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几天之后，三天之后，
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you tend to rebel
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你的身体
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in a lot of physical ways.
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开始反抗。
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But no, two hours in,
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但是，开始后的两个小时，
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wham! Never in my life ...
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哇！这可从来没发生过......
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I knew there were Portuguese men o' war,
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我知道那里有僧帽水母（又名葡萄牙战舰），
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all kinds of moon jellies, all kinds of things,
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各式各样的海月水母，还有其他各种各样的水母。
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but the box jellyfish from the southern oceans
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但是南部洋域的盒水母
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is not supposed to be in these waters.
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是不应该出现在这里的。
08:21
And I was on fire --
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（被蛰了以后）我身上像着了火-
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excruciating, excruciating pain.
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无法忍受，无法忍受的痛。
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I don't know if you can still see
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我不知道你们还能不能看到，
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the red line here and up the arm.
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这条红色的线从这里一直到手臂上。
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Evidently, a piece this big of tentacle
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一条巨大的盒水母的触角，
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has a hundred-thousand little barbs on it
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上面有千百个小倒钩，
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and each barb is not just stinging your skin,
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每个倒钩不仅蜇你的皮肤，
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it's sending a venom.
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而且还会注射毒液
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The most venomous animal that lives in the ocean
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海洋生物中最毒的
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is the box jellyfish.
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就是这盒水母
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And every one of those barbs
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而且每一个倒钩
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is sending that venom into this central nervous system.
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把毒液传到中枢神经系统。
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So first I feel like boiling hot oil,
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所以一开始我觉得全身好像
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I've been dipped in.
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浸在沸油里
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And I'm yelling out, "Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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我大叫起来：“火！火！火！火！
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Help me! Somebody help me!"
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帮我！快来帮我！”
09:02
And the next thing is paralysis.
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接下来就是麻痹。
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I feel it in the back and then I feel it in the chest up here,
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首先是背部，接下来就是自胸部向上，
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and I can't breathe.
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我无法呼吸，
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And now I'm not swimming with a nice long stroke,
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现在我已经不是在优雅舒展地划水了，
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I'm sort of crabbing it this way.
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我好像蟹一样地这样游着。
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Then come convulsions.
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接着就是抽搐。
09:16
A young man on our boat is an EMT. He dives in to try to help me.
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我们船上的一个年轻人是急救员，他跳进水里来救我。
09:19
He's stung.
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结果也没蜇伤了。
09:21
They drag him out on the boat,
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他们把他从水里拖上船，
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and he's -- evidently, I didn't see any of this -- but lying on the boat
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（当然，我没有看到这些）他只能躺在船上，
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and giving himself epinephrine shots
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给自己注射肾上腺素
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and crying out.
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并且大声哭喊着。
09:30
He's 29 years old,
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他29岁，
09:33
very well-built, lean, he's six-foot, five,
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身体很棒，肌肉结实，六尺五的身材，
09:36
weighs 265 lbs.,
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265磅。
09:38
and he is down.
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却倒在那里，
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And he is crying and he's yelling to my trainer
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哭着，
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who's trying to help me.
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对正在想办法帮我的教练喊着，
09:44
And he's saying, "Bonnie, I think I'm going to die.
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他说，“邦尼，我想我快要完蛋了。
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My breath is down to three breaths a minute.
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我的呼吸只有一分钟三次。
09:51
I need help, and I can't help Diana."
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我需要帮助，我不能帮助戴安娜了。”
09:53
So that was at eight o'clock at night.
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那时是晚上八点，
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The doctor, medical team from University of Miami
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迈阿密大学的医生和医疗队
09:58
arrived at five in the morning.
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早上五点才到的。
10:00
So I swam through the night,
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我游了整晚。
10:02
and at dawn they got there and they started with prednisone shots.
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破晓时分他们到了，开始给我打强的松（肾上腺皮质激素）。
10:04
I didn't get out,
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我没有离开水里，
10:06
but was in the water taking prednisone shots, taking Xanax,
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而是在水中接受注射，服用赞安诺，
10:09
oxygen to the face.
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带上氧气面罩。
10:11
It was like an ICU unit
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这好象是水中的重症监护室。
10:13
in the water.
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这好象是水中的重症监护室。
10:15
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
10:17
And I guess the story is
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总而言之，
10:19
that even Navy SEALS who are stung by the box jelly,
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就算是海豹突击队被箱型水母蜇到，
10:22
they're done.
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他们也完蛋了。
10:24
They either die or they quickly get to a hospital.
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他们不是死就是要赶紧送医院。
10:27
And I swam through the night and I swam through the next day.
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而我游了整个晚上，第二天还接着游。
10:30
And the next night at dusk,
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第二天黄昏的时候，
10:32
again, wham!
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又一次，我靠！
10:34
The box jelly again --
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又是盒水母！！
10:36
all across the neck, all across here.
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整个脖子，整个一圈。
10:39
And this time,
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这一次，
10:41
I don't like it, I didn't want to give into it,
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我真的不喜欢，但是我没有被它吓倒。
10:43
but there's a difference between a non-stop swim
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然而，持续地游
10:45
and a staged swim.
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和分阶段地游是有区别的。
10:47
And I gave in
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我没办法，
10:49
to the staged swim.
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只能换成分阶段游。
10:51
And they got me out and they started again
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他们把我弄出水来，又开始
10:54
with the epinephrine and the prednisone
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给我用肾上腺素和强的松，
10:56
and with the oxygen and with everything they had on board.
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还有氧气和船上所有能用的，
10:59
And I got back in.
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然后我又回到水里，
11:01
And I swam through that night and into the next day.
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接着又游了整个晚上，持续到第二天。
11:04
And at 41 hours,
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在第四十一个小时的时候，
11:06
this body couldn't make it.
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我的这个身体支持不住了。
11:11
The devastation of those stings
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让人痛苦不堪的这些蜇伤
11:13
had taken the respiratory system down
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让我的呼吸系统不灵了，
11:15
so that I couldn't make the progress I wanted.
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所以我无法继续自己想要的行程。
11:18
And the dream was crushed.
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我的梦想破碎了。
11:22
And how odd
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奇怪啊，
11:24
is this intelligent person who put this together
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难道不是这个有头脑的人把这一切都布置好，
11:27
and got all these world experts together.
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把所有这些世界级的专家都集结到一块儿，
11:29
And I knew about the jellyfish,
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而且，我也知道有水母，
11:31
but I was sort of cavalier.
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可我有点像骑士，
11:33
A lot of athletes have this, you know,
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很多运动员都这样，你知道，
11:35
sort of invincibility.
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有点觉得自己所向披靡，
11:40
They should worry about me. I don't worry about them.
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那些水母应该担心我，我不用担心它们。
11:42
I'll just swim right through them.
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我会直接游过去，穿越它们。
11:44
We've got benadryl on board. If I get stung, I'll just grin and bear it.
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我们船上有抗过敏药，如果我被蜇了，我可以咬牙忍住。
11:47
Well there was no grin and bearing this.
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可惜这里没有咬牙忍住这回事。
11:49
As a matter of fact, the best advice I got
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事实上，我听过的最好的建议
11:52
was from an elementary school class
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来自加勒比地区一个小学的课堂上
11:55
in the Caribbean.
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来自加勒比地区一个小学的课堂上
11:58
And I was telling these kids, 120 of them --
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我当时正在告诉那些孩子们，总共120个，
12:00
they were all in the school on the gymnasium floor --
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他们都坐在体操室的地上，
12:02
and I was telling them about the jellyfish
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我给他们讲水母，
12:04
and how they're gelatinous
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讲它们如何柔软透明，
12:06
and you can't see them at night especially.
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你如何看不见它们，尤其在晚上。
12:08
And they have these
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它们有30到40,甚至50尺长的触角.
12:11
long 30 to 40 to 50-ft. tentacles.
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它们有30到40,甚至50尺长的触角.
12:13
And they do this wrapping.
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他们可以把你裹起来，
12:15
And they can send the poison into the system.
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然后把毒液注入你的身体系统。
12:17
And a little kid from the back was like this.
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一个坐在后排的男孩就这样。
12:19
And I said, "What's your name?" "Henry."
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我说：“你叫什么名字？”“亨利。”
12:21
"Henry, what's your question?"
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“亨利，你有什么问题？”
12:23
He said, "Well, I didn't have a question so much
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他说：“嗯，我其实倒不是有什么问题，
12:25
as I had a suggestion."
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我有个建议。”
12:27
He said, "You know those guys
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他说：“你知道
12:30
who really believe in what they believe in
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那些特别相信自己所相信的那些人，
12:32
and so they wear bombs?"
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他们身上带着炸弹？”
12:34
And I said, "Well it's odd that you've learned of this
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我说：“奇怪你觉得他们这是种
12:37
as a noble kind of pursuit, but yeah, I know those guys."
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高尚的追求，不过，对，我知道你说的那些人。”
12:40
He said, "That's what you need.
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他说：“那就是你需要的。
12:42
You need like a school of fish
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你需要一大群鱼
12:44
that would swim in front of you like this."
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就像这样游在你的前面。”
12:47
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
12:49
"And when the jellyfish come and they wrap their tentacles around the fish,
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“当水母来的时候，它们就会用触角裹住那些鱼，
12:52
they're going to be busy with them,
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当水母忙着对付这些鱼的时候，
12:54
and you'll just scoot around."
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你就可以赶快趁机跑掉。”
12:57
I said, "Oh, it's like a suicide army."
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我说：“哦，那就跟自杀部队一样啊。”
13:00
He said, "That's what I'm talking about. That's what you need."
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他说：“就是这个！这就是你需要的。”
13:03
And little did I know,
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我当时一点都不知道，
13:05
that you should listen to eight year-olds.
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我应该听的正是这个八岁小孩的话。
13:07
And so I started that swim
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我就这样开始游泳，
13:09
in a bathing suit like normal,
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穿着普通的泳衣，
13:11
and, no joke, this is it; it came from the shark divers.
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不骗你，就是这样！这是从鲨鱼潜水员那里来的。
13:14
I finished the swim like this.
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我结束的时候就这样。
13:18
I was swimming with this thing on.
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我戴着这个游泳。
13:21
That's how scared of the jellyfish I was.
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可见我有多怕水母。
13:24
So now what do I do?
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现在我怎么办？
13:29
I wouldn't mind
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我不介意
13:31
if every one of you came up on this stage tonight
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你们每个人今晚都能上台来告诉我，
13:35
and told us how you've gotten over the big disappointments of your lives.
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告诉我们如何放下生命里巨大的失望，
13:38
Because we've all had them, haven't we?
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因为我们都曾有过，不是吗？
13:40
We've all had a heartache.
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我们都经历过心痛。
13:42
And so my journey now
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所以我现在所要的
13:44
is to find some sort of grace
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就是在失败面前
13:47
in the face of this defeat.
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找到体面。
13:51
And I can look at the journey,
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这样我就能把它当作是种经历，
13:54
not just the destination.
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而不是目标来看待。
13:56
I can feel proud. I can stand here in front of you tonight
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我就可以骄傲。我可以在今晚站在大家面前
13:58
and say I was courageous.
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说，我很勇敢。
14:01
Yeah.
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是的。
14:03
(Applause)
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（掌声）
14:08
Thank you.
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谢谢你们。
14:10
And with all sincerity, I can say,
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而且，用我所有的真诚，我可以说，
14:12
I am glad I lived those two years of my life that way,
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我很高兴我那两年的日子是这样过来的，
14:15
because my goal to not suffer regrets anymore,
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因为我的目标是不再后悔，
14:18
I got there with that goal.
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我达到了这个目的。
14:20
When you live that way, when you live with that kind of passion,
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当你这样活着，当你用这样的激情活着的时候，
14:22
there's no time, there's no time for regrets,
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你没有时间，没有时间来后悔。
14:24
you're just moving forward.
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你只是勇往直前。
14:26
And I want to live every day of the rest of my life that way,
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我要用这样的方式来过人生接下来的每一天，
14:28
swim or no swim.
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不管是游泳还是不游泳。
14:30
But the difference
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但是
14:32
in accepting this particular defeat
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承认这个失败的区别是
14:34
is that sometimes,
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有时候，
14:37
if cancer has won,
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如果癌症赢了，
14:41
if there's death and we have no choice,
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如果死亡无法避免，
14:44
then grace and acceptance
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那么就优雅地接受，
14:47
are necessary.
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这是必须的。
14:49
But that ocean's still there.
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但是海洋还在那里，
14:51
This hope is still alive.
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我们的希望依旧活着。
14:53
And I don't want to be the crazy woman
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我不想像个疯女人，
14:55
who does it for years and years and years,
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一年又一年地
14:58
and tries and fails and tries and fails and tries and fails,
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去尝试，失败，尝试，失败，尝试，失败。
15:00
but I can swim from Cuba to Florida,
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但是我可以从古巴游到佛罗里达，
15:03
and I will swim from Cuba to Florida.
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我一定会从古巴游到佛罗里达！
15:06
Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
15:08
Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
15:10
(Applause)
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（掌声）
15:13
Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
15:15
(Applause)
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（掌声）
15:17
And so, what after that?
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然后做什么呢？
15:19
Are you going to swim the Atlantic?
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你还想要横渡大西洋？
15:22
No, that's the last swim.
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不是，那是最后一次。
15:24
It's the only swim I'm interested in.
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这是我唯一感兴趣的游泳。
15:27
But I'm ready.
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但是我已经准备好了。
15:29
And by the way, a reporter called me the other day
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顺便提一句，有个记者那天打电话给我，
15:31
and he said he looked on Wikipedia
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他说他看过维基百科，
15:33
and he said he saw my birthday was August 22nd 1949,
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说我的生日是1949年8月22号，
15:36
and for some odd reason in Wikipedia,
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而且不知怎的，
15:38
they had my death date too.
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在维基百科上，他们还有我死亡的日期。
15:40
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
15:42
He said, "Did you know you're going to die the same place you were born, New York City,
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他说，“你知道吗，你将死于你出生的城市，纽约。”
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and it's going to be in January of '35?"
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而且是在2035年的一月份？”
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I said, "Nope. I didn't know."
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我说：“不，我不知道。”
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And now I'm going to live to 85.
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现在我可以活到85岁了，
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I have three more years than I thought.
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比我自己原先想的还要多三年。
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And so I ask myself,
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于是我问自己，
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I'm starting to ask myself now,
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我现在开始问自己，
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even before this extreme dream
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甚至在这个梦想
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gets achieved for me,
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实现之前，
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I'm asking myself,
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我问自己，
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and maybe I can ask you tonight too,
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或许今晚我也可以问你们，
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to paraphrase the poet
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换用诗人
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Mary Oliver,
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玛丽·奥利弗的话来说
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she says, "So what is it,
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她说：“要做什么，
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what is it you're doing,
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你打算为你
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with this one wild and precious life of yours?"
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奔放而珍贵的生命做些什么？”
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Thank you very much.
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非常感谢大家。
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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Thank you. Thank you.
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谢谢，谢谢。
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Thank you. Thank you.
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谢谢，谢谢。
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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Live it large. Live it large.
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活得远大！活得精彩！
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Diana Nyad - Journalist, swimmerA record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation.
Why you should listen
For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also broke numerous world records, including what had been a 50-year mark for circling Manhattan Island, setting the new time of 7 hrs 57 min. She is a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
At age 60, having not swum a stroke in decades, she began planning for her white whale of distance swims: the 110-mile ocean crossing between Cuba and Florida. She'd tried it once, in her 20s, and severe jellyfish attacks had defeated her then. But now, with a strong team and a new commitment to her vision, she stepped back into the salt. She spoke about this second attempt at TEDMED 2011. And at TEDWomen 2013, in December, she talks about how it feels to have finally done it.
Nyad appears as part of a weekly five-minute radio piece on sports for KCRW called "The Score" (heard during KCRW's broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered), as well as for the Marketplace radio program.
Diana Nyad | Speaker | TED.com