ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jarrett J. Krosoczka - Author/illustrator
Jarrett J. Krosoczka is the author/illustrator of countless children's books and graphic novels, including Good Night, Monkey Boy, Baghead and the Lunch Lady series.

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Jarrett J. Krosoczka has been a storyteller since the ripe age of eight, when he wrote his first book, The Owl Who Thought He Was The Best Flyer, about an owl who challenged Hermes to a flying race. Since that rather promising start Krosoczka has published 18 picture books and graphic novels for children, including the much-loved Lunch Lady series, which is a two-time winner of the Children's Choice Book Award. Krosoczka hosts The Book Report with JJK on Sirius XM's Kids Place Live, a radio show about books, aimed at kids 10 and younger. In 2010 he founded the Joseph and Shirley Krosoczka Memorial Youth Scholarships at Worcester Art Museum, to fund classes for young and underprivileged aspiring artists.

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Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist

Jarrett J. Krosoczka: 一个男孩成为艺术家的心路历程

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When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was a kid, he didn’t play sports, but he loved art. He paints the funny and touching story of a little boy who pursued a simple passion: to draw and write stories. With the help of a supporting cast of family and teachers, our protagonist grew up to become the successful creator of beloved children’s book characters, and a vocal advocate for arts education.
- Author/illustrator
Jarrett J. Krosoczka is the author/illustrator of countless children's books and graphic novels, including Good Night, Monkey Boy, Baghead and the Lunch Lady series. Full bio

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Hello你好. My name名称 is Jarrett贾勒特 KrosoczkaKrosoczka,
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大家好。我叫 Jarrett Krosoczka
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and I write and illustrate说明 books图书 for children孩子 for a living活的.
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我以写儿童书籍和给书配插图为生
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So I use my imagination想像力 as my full-time全职 job工作.
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想象力,因此贯穿我工作的始终
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But well before my imagination想像力 was my vocation职业,
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但就在想象力成为我的工作之前
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my imagination想像力 saved保存 my life.
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它拯救了我
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When I was a kid孩子, I loved喜爱 to draw,
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当我还是一个孩子时,我非常喜爱画画
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and the most talented天才 artist艺术家 I knew知道
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对我来说,最天才的艺术家
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was my mother母亲,
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就是妈妈
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but my mother母亲 was addicted上瘾 to heroin海洛因.
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但她对海洛因上瘾
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And when your parent is a drug药物 addict瘾君子,
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而当你的父母之一和毒品有染时
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it's kind of like Charlie查理 Brown棕色 trying to kick the football足球,
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你就会有种就 查理斯布朗(snoopy的主人)想去踢足球一样的感觉
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because as much as you want to love on that person,
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你是那么想去爱那个人
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as much as you want to receive接收 love from that person,
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也是那么想得到那个人的关爱
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every一切 time you open打开 your heart, you end结束 up on your back.
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但当每次你试图敞开心扉时,
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So throughout始终 my childhood童年, my mother母亲 was incarcerated嵌顿
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在我的整个童年,母亲是被监禁起来的
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and I didn't have my father父亲 because
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我也没有父亲
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I didn't even learn学习 his first name名称 until直到 I was in the sixth第六 grade年级.
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甚至在上六年级之前不知道自己父亲的名字
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But I had my grandparents祖父母,
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但幸好还有祖父母在
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my maternal母系 grandparents祖父母 Joseph约瑟夫 and Shirley雪莉,
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Joseph 和Shirley
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who adopted采用 me just before my third第三 birthday生日
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他们在我满三岁的时候收养了我
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and took me in as their own拥有,
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并把我带到他们家
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after they had already已经 raised上调 five children孩子.
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在他们已经养了5个孩子之后。
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So two people who grew成长 up in the Great Depression萧条,
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因此在80年代早期,极度萧条中生活过来的祖父母
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there in the very, very early '80s took on a new kid孩子.
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又收养了一个孩子.
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I was the Cousin表姐 Oliver奥利弗 of the sitcom情景喜剧
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我是那情景喜剧中
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of the KrosoczkaKrosoczka family家庭,
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Krosoczka 家庭中的表亲 Oliver
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the new kid孩子 who came来了 out of nowhere无处.
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一个不知道打哪儿来的新成员
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And I would like to say that life was totally完全 easy简单 with them.
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我可以这么说,生活对他们而言很容易
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They each smoked熏制 two packs a day, each, nonfiltered未滤波,
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他们一天抽2包烟,我指的是每个人,绝不夸张
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and by the time I was six,
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而那时我才六岁
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I could order订购 a Southern南部的 Comfort安慰 Manhattan曼哈顿,
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我会点一杯鸡尾酒
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dry with a twist, rocks岩石 on the side,
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一口喝干,然后再一边发抖
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the ice on the side so you could fit适合 more liquor in the drink.
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鸡尾酒中的冰块,使你能适应度数更高的饮料
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But they loved喜爱 the hell地狱 out of me. They loved喜爱 me so much.
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即使是这样,他们还是很爱我。他们是这样的爱我
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And they supported支持的 my creative创作的 efforts努力,
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以至于他们支持我创造性的尝试
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because my grandfather祖父 was a self-made自制 man.
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祖父白手起家
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He ran and worked工作 in a factory.
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他经营着一个工厂
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My grandmother祖母 was a homemaker家庭主妇.
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祖母则是家庭主妇
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But here was this kid孩子 who loved喜爱 Transformers变形金刚
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但这个孩子喜爱变形金刚
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and Snoopy史努比 and the Ninja忍者 Turtles海龟,
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喜爱史努比和忍者神龟
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and the characters人物 that I read about, I fell下跌 in love with,
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以及其他在书中认识的角色
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and they became成为 my friends朋友.
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他们成了我的朋友
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So my best最好 friends朋友 in life were the characters人物
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因而我这辈子最好的朋友就是
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I read about in books图书.
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书里这些卡通形象
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I went to Gates盖茨 Lane车道 Elementary初级 School学校 in Worcester伍斯特, Massachusetts马萨诸塞,
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我上的是位于马萨诸塞州 ,伍斯特的Gates Lane小学
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and I had wonderful精彩 teachers教师 there,
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在那里有很多出色的老师教过我
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most notably特别是 in first grade年级 Mrs太太. AlischAlisch.
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其中我印象最深的是一年级的 Alisch 老师
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And I just, I can just remember记得 the love that she offered提供
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尤其是她
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us as her students学生们.
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对我们学生的爱
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When I was in the third第三 grade年级,
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我三年级那年
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a monumental纪念 event事件 happened发生.
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一件值得纪念的事情发生了
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An author作者 visited参观 our school学校, Jack插口 GantosGantos.
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Jack Gantos ,这位作家访问了我们学校
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A published发表 author作者 of books图书 came来了 to talk to us
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一位出过书的作家向我们讲述
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about what he did for a living活的.
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他所为生的事业
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And afterwards之后, we all went back to our classrooms教室
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演讲结束后,我们陆续回到教室
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and we drew德鲁 our own拥有 renditions引渡 of his main主要 character字符,
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画了有关他构造的主要人物的作品
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Rotten Ralph拉尔夫.
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Rotten Ralph
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And suddenly突然 the author作者 appeared出现 in our doorway门口,
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突然,作家出现在教室的门口
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and I remember记得 him sort分类 of sauntering闲逛 down the aisles过道,
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我还记得他那时闲逛一般的在走道间穿过
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going from kid孩子 to kid孩子 looking at the desks书桌, not saying a word.
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一言不发的一个个的浏览孩子们的作品
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But he stopped停止 next下一个 to my desk,
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到我的桌子旁,他停下了
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and he tapped窃听 on my desk, and he said,
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然后轻轻敲了几下桌子,说
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"Nice尼斯 cat." (Laughter笑声)
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“这猫不错” (笑声)
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And he wandered逛到 away.
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之后又游荡走了
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Two words that made制作 a colossal庞大 difference区别 in my life.
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这简短的话语却对我人生产生了巨大影响
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When I was in the third第三 grade年级, I wrote a book for the first time,
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三年级的时候,我写出了自己的第一本书
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"The Owl猫头鹰 Who Thought He Was The Best最好 Flyer传单." (Laughter笑声)
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“一只觉得自己是最好飞行员的猫头鹰” (笑声)
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We had to write our own拥有 Greek希腊语 myth神话,
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那时我们被要求自创希腊神话
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our own拥有 creation创建 story故事, so I wrote a story故事 about an owl猫头鹰
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自编自创,于是我就写了个猫头鹰的故事
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who challenged挑战 Hermes爱马仕 to a flying飞行 race种族,
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它向赫尔墨斯下挑战飞行速度
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and the owl猫头鹰 cheated被骗,
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还作弊了
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and Hermes爱马仕, being存在 a Greek希腊语 god, grew成长 angry愤怒 and bitter,
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赫尔墨斯,这位希腊神祗,又气又恨
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and turned转身 the owl猫头鹰 into a moon月亮,
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把猫头鹰变成了月亮
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so the owl猫头鹰 had to live生活 the rest休息 of his life as a moon月亮
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这猫头鹰只好每夜眼睁睁地看这他的家人和朋友玩耍
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while he watched看着 his family家庭 and friends朋友 play at night.
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自己却只能作为月亮孤独的度过余生
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Yeah. (Laughter笑声)
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没错 (笑声)
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My book had a title标题 page.
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这本书还有个标题页
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I was clearly明确地 worried担心 about my intellectual知识分子 property属性 when I was eight.
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很显然我在8岁的时候就开始担心知识产权的问题了
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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And it was a story故事 that was told with words and pictures图片,
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这是本图文并茂的书
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exactly究竟 what I do now for a living活的,
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正如我现在所做的事情一样
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and I sometimes有时 let the words have the stage阶段 on their own拥有,
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书中有些页全靠文字讲述
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and sometimes有时 I allowed允许 the pictures图片 to work on their own拥有
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也有些页我全交给
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to tell the story故事.
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图画来阐释
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My favorite喜爱 page is the "About the author作者" page.
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我最爱的一页是 “ 关于作者” 页
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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So I learned学到了 to write about myself in third第三 person
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看,这么小小年纪
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at a young年轻 age年龄.
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我就会用第三人称介绍自己了
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So I love that last sentence句子: "He liked喜欢 making制造 this book."
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尤其是最后一句话 :“ 来自他满怀热爱之作。”
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And I liked喜欢 making制造 that book because I loved喜爱 using运用 my imagination想像力,
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我爱写书是因为喜欢让自己的想象力满页跑
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and that's what writing写作 is.
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而这也正是写作本身
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Writing写作 is using运用 your imagination想像力 on paper,
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就是一股脑儿把想象力涂到纸页上去
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and I do get so scared害怕 because I travel旅行 to so many许多 schools学校 now
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当我看到现在在很多学校,想象力已经变成一个陌生的概念的时候
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and that seems似乎 like such这样 a foreign国外 concept概念 to kids孩子,
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我觉得这是一件可怕是事情
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that writing写作 would be using运用 your imagination想像力 on paper,
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因为写作本应是和想象力相关的事情
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if they're allowed允许 to even write now within the school学校 hours小时.
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因为孩子们如果被允许的话,即使是在上课时间也是好的。
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So I loved喜爱 writing写作 so much that I'd come home from school学校,
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我热爱写作以至于每每放学回家
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and I would take out pieces of paper,
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就会拿出几张纸
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and I would staple钉书针 them together一起,
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把它们订在一起
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and I would fill those blank空白 pages网页 with words and pictures图片
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然后就会又写又画把空白纸填的满满当当
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just because I loved喜爱 using运用 my imagination想像力.
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仅仅因为发挥想象力是这么让我开心
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And so these characters人物 would become成为 my friends朋友.
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我创造出的卡通形象也成了我的朋友
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There was an egg, a tomato番茄, a head of lettuce生菜 and a pumpkin南瓜,
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这是鸡蛋兄,土豆兄,莴笋头,和南瓜兄
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and they all lived生活 in this refrigerator冰箱 city,
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它们都住在冰箱城
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and in one of their adventures冒险 they went to a haunted闹鬼 house
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在它们的奇遇记中,它们闯进了一间鬼屋
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that was filled填充 with so many许多 dangers危险
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危机四伏
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like an evil邪恶 blender搅拌机 who tried试着 to chop them up,
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有 想把它们一同绞碎的恶魔搅拌机
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an evil邪恶 toaster烤面包机 who tried试着 to kidnap绑架 the bread面包 couple一对,
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有 试图绑架面包夫妇的邪恶烤面包机
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and an evil邪恶 microwave微波 who tried试着 to melt熔化 their friend朋友
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还有想要融化它们的朋友 黄油兄
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who was a stick of butter牛油. (Laughter笑声)
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的微波炉怪
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And I'd make my own拥有 comics漫画 too,
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此外我还自制漫画
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and this was another另一个 way for me to tell stories故事,
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这也是我通过文字和图画
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through通过 words and through通过 pictures图片.
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来讲故事的又一种方式
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Now when I was in sixth第六 grade年级,
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后来我上六年级的时候
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the public上市 funding资金 all but eliminated淘汰 the arts艺术 budgets预算
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伍斯特公立学校系统的公共资金
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in the Worcester伍斯特 public上市 school学校 system系统.
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单单不承担艺术开支
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I went from having art艺术 once一旦 a week
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我上艺术班的频率从一周一次
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to twice两次 a month
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到一个月两次
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to once一旦 a month to not at all.
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到一个月一次,最后干脆取消了
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And my grandfather祖父, he was a wise明智的 man,
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外祖父是个聪明人
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and he saw that as a problem问题, because he knew知道
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他很快就发现了这个问题,他知道这是我有的唯一乐趣
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that was, like, the one thing I had. I didn't play sports体育.
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我从不参加体育活动
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I had art艺术.
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艺术就是我的天下
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So he walked into my room房间 one evening晚间,
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于是一天晚上,他走进我的房间
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and he satSAT on the edge边缘 of my bed,
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在我的床边坐下
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and he said, "Jarrett贾勒特, it's up to you, but if you'd like to,
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说道:“Jarrett,这事儿你来定,我们想送你
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we'd星期三 like to send发送 you to the classes at the Worcester伍斯特 Art艺术 Museum博物馆."
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去伍斯特艺术馆的班学习,你觉得怎么样?“
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And I was so thrilled高兴.
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再没有比这更令我惊喜的事情了
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So from sixth第六 through通过 12th grade年级,
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于是从六年级到十二年级
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once一旦, twice两次, sometimes有时 three times a week,
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一周一到三次
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I would take classes at the art艺术 museum博物馆,
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我会去艺术馆上课
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and I was surrounded包围 by other kids孩子 who loved喜爱 to draw,
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在那里我被那些热爱绘画,
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other kids孩子 who shared共享 a similar类似 passion.
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有着相同热情的孩子们围绕着
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Now my publishing出版 career事业 began开始 when I designed设计 the cover
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我的出版事业是从我设计
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for my eighth第八 grade年级 yearbook年鉴,
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我们八年级课本封面开始的
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and if you're wondering想知道 about the style样式 of dress连衣裙 I put our mascot吉祥物 in,
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如果你好奇为什么我给这吉祥物穿上这样风格的服装
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I was really into Bell Biv起搏 DeVoe迪沃 and MCMC Hammer锤子
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我可以告诉你那时我超爱Bell Biv Devoe 和 MC Hammer
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and Vanilla香草 Ice at the time. (Laughter笑声)
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以及Vanilla Ice (笑声)
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And to this day, I still can do karaoke卡拉OK to "Ice, Ice Baby宝宝"
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即使到今天,我还能在卡拉OK中吼出 ” Ice,Ice Baby"
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without looking at the screen屏幕.
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不带看屏幕的哦
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Don't tempt勾引 me, because I will do it.
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别惹我,我真做的出来
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So I get shipped off to private私人的 school学校,
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我给送去了私立学校
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K through通过 eight, public上市 schools学校, but for some reason原因
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之前从幼儿园到八年级我一直在公立学校,但因为某些原因
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my grandfather祖父 was upset烦乱 that somebody
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祖父有些不安
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at the local本地 high school学校 had been stabbed被刺 and killed杀害,
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因为在当地高校,有人被刺杀了
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so he didn't want me to go there.
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因此他不想让我去公立学校
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He wanted me to go to a private私人的 school学校, and he gave me an option选项.
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而想送我去私立学校了,那时他给了我几个选项
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You can go to Holy Name名称, which哪一个 is coed男女同校,
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可以去Holy Name, 一所男女混校
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or St. John's约翰, which哪一个 is all boys男孩.
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也可以选男子学校 St.John's
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Very wise明智的 man, because he knew知道 I would,
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他了解我会
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I felt like I was making制造 the decision决定 on my own拥有,
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自己做这个选择
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and he knew知道 I wouldn't不会 choose选择 St. John's约翰,
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他也知道我不会去 St.John's
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so I went to Holy Name名称 High School学校,
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之后我去了Holy Name 高中
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which哪一个 was a tough强硬 transition过渡 because, like I said,
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这真是个艰难的转变
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I didn't play sports体育,
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因为我对体育活动不感兴趣
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and it was very focused重点 on sports体育,
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而这个学校很重视体育
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but I took solace慰藉 in Mr先生. Shilale'sShilale的 art艺术 room房间.
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但我在 Shilale 老师的画室找到了安慰.
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And I just flourished蓬勃发展 here.
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我天天泡在那里
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I just couldn't不能 wait to get to that classroom课堂 every一切 day.
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每天都迫不及待的想去那个教室
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So how did I make friends朋友?
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你问我这样怎么交到朋友的?
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I drew德鲁 funny滑稽 pictures图片 of my teachers教师 -- (Laughter笑声) --
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那时我画了很多关于老师的搞笑漫画 (笑声)
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and I passed通过 them around.
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并且在全班传着看
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Well, in English英语 class, in ninth第九 grade年级,
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额,我们九年级的时候,有天英语课,
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my friend朋友 John约翰, who was sitting坐在 next下一个 to me,
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我朋友 John,我的同桌
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laughed笑了 a little bit too hard.
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笑的太厉害了
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Mr先生. Greenwood格林伍德 was not pleased满意.
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弄的Greenwood 老师不太高兴
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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He instantly即刻 saw that I was the cause原因 of the commotion骚动,
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他立刻发现了我是罪魁祸首
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and for the first time in my life, I was sent发送 to the hall大厅,
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于是我这辈子第一次给“请”去了办公室
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and I thought, "Oh no, I'm doomed注定.
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那时我想:“ 天,这下我完了。
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My grandfather's爷爷的 just going to kill me."
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外公他会杀了我的....."
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And he came来了 out to the hallway门厅 and he said,
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这时老师出来了,站在走廊上,说
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"Let me see the paper."
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“ 把那张纸给我看看。”
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And I thought, "Oh no. He thinks it's a note注意."
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“ 天,不是吧,他以为那是笔记...."我想道
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And so I took this picture图片, and I handed it to him.
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我拿出那张画,递给了他
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And we satSAT in silence安静 for that brief简要 moment时刻,
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一瞬间的沉默之后
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and he said to me,
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他开口了
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"You're really talented天才." (Laughter笑声)
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”你太有才了.“ (笑声)
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"You're really good. You know, the school学校 newspaper报纸
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” 这画的真不错,知道么,
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needs需求 a new cartoonist漫画家, and you should be the cartoonist漫画家.
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校报需要新的漫画家,我觉得你应该去。
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Just stop drawing画画 in my class."
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但以后别在我的课上画画了啊。”
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So my parents父母 never found发现 out about it.
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因此我的父母从不知道这件事情
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I didn't get in trouble麻烦. I was introduced介绍 to Mrs太太. Casey卡西,
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我并没惹出麻烦,还被介绍给了 Casey老师,
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who ran the school学校 newspaper报纸,
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她是校报的负责人
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and I was for three and a half years年份
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于是我担任了三年半的
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the cartoonist漫画家 for my school学校 paper,
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校报漫画家
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handling处理 such这样 heavy issues问题 as,
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担负重任,像
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seniors老年人 are mean,
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学长们的不近人情
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freshmen新生 are nerds书呆子,
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新人的书呆气质
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the prom舞会 bill法案 is so expensive昂贵. I can't believe how much it costs成本 to go to the prom舞会.
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毕业舞会都贵的离谱。我不敢相信它要花这么多钱
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And I took the headmaster校长 to task任务
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校长也没能幸免
09:18
and then I also wrote an ongoing不断的 story故事 about a boy男孩 named命名 Wesley韦斯利
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后来我写了个连载的故事,关于一个在恋爱中不幸的男生Wesley,
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who was unlucky不幸的 in love, and I just swore发誓 up and down
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我一直在努力澄清
09:26
that this wasn't about me,
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这不是我的故事
09:28
but all these years年份 later后来 it was totally完全 me.
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但多年后我真变成了他
09:31
But it was so cool because I could write these stories故事,
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但这并没有什么坏处,相反我认为 我能写这些故事、
09:34
I could come up with these ideas思路,
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想出这些点子实在是一件太酷的事情了
09:35
and they'd他们会 be published发表 in the school学校 paper,
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这些故事被发表在校报上
09:37
and people who I didn't know could read them.
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被那些我不认识的人读到
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And I loved喜爱 that thought, of being存在 able能够 to share分享 my ideas思路
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这种可以通过印刷物 分享自己点子的感觉
09:43
through通过 the printed印刷的 page.
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我非常喜欢
09:45
On my 14th birthday生日, my grandfather祖父 and my grandmother祖母
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在我14岁生日那年,我的祖父祖母
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gave me the best最好 birthday生日 present当下 ever:
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给了我有史以来最棒的一件礼物
09:51
a drafting制图 table that I have worked工作 on ever since以来.
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一张制图桌,我自那起一直在用它
09:55
Here I am, 20 years年份 later后来,
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看,现在20年过去了
09:57
and I still work on this table every一切 day.
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我每天还是伏在这张桌子上工作
10:01
On the evening晚间 of my 14th birthday生日,
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14岁生日的那天晚上
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I was given特定 this table, and we had Chinese中文 food餐饮.
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我收到了那张桌子,吃了中餐
10:08
And this was my fortune幸运:
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这就是我的财富:
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"You will be successful成功 in your work."
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“ 你会在你的工作中取得成功的。”
10:14
I taped录音 it to the top最佳 left hand of my table,
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我把这句话印在了桌子左上方
10:17
and as you can see, it's still there.
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你们可以看到,它还在那里
10:19
Now I never really asked my grandparents祖父母 for anything.
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其实 我还真没有找我的祖父母要过什么东西
10:22
Well, two things: Rusty生疏, who was a great hamster仓鼠
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不,还是有两件的:四年级的时候要了Rusty,一只可爱的仓鼠
10:25
and lived生活 a great long life when I was in fourth第四 grade年级.
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,它真的活了很久。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
10:32
And a video视频 camera相机.
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以及一台摄影机
10:35
I just wanted a video视频 camera相机.
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我特别想要一台摄影机
10:37
And after begging乞讨 and pleading恳求 for Christmas圣诞,
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在以圣诞礼物的名义下苦苦哀求之后
10:40
I got a second-hand二手 video视频 camera相机,
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我终于得到了一台二手摄影机
10:42
and I instantly即刻 started开始 making制造 my own拥有 animations动画
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然后立马开始做我自己的卡通动画
10:46
on my own拥有,
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全由我一手制作
10:48
and all throughout始终 high school学校 I made制作 my own拥有 animations动画.
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整个高中我都在做原创的动画片
10:51
I convinced相信 my 10th grade年级 English英语 teacher老师 to allow允许 me
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还说服了我10年级的英语老师允许我
10:54
to do my book report报告 on Stephen斯蒂芬 King's国王 "Misery苦难"
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用短动画的方式来做
10:56
as an animated动画 short. (Laughter笑声)
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斯蒂芬金 《一号书迷》的读书报告。 (笑声)
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And I kept不停 making制造 comics漫画.
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我也一直在画漫画
11:04
I kept不停 making制造 comics漫画, and at the Worcester伍斯特 Art艺术 Museum博物馆,
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一直坚持着,并且在伍斯特的艺术馆里
11:08
I was given特定 the greatest最大 piece of advice忠告 by any educator教育家 I was ever given特定.
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得到了我的教育者所能给我的最伟大建议
11:12
Mark标记 Lynch林奇, he's an amazing惊人 teacher老师
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Mark Lynch,他是个极好的老师
11:15
and he's still a dear friend朋友 of mine,
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也始一直是我非常要好的朋友
11:17
and I was 14 or 15,
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那时我十四五岁的样子
11:19
and I walked into his comic滑稽 book class halfway through通过 the course课程,
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我在他漫画课的中途加入了
11:23
and I was so excited兴奋, I was beaming聚束.
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我兴奋的要命,特别开心。
11:24
I had this book that was how to draw comics漫画 in the Marvel奇迹 way,
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我当时有一本教人如何用一种奇异的方式来表现漫画的书
11:28
and it taught me how to draw superheroes超级英雄,
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其中还包括如何画超级英雄
11:30
how to draw a woman女人, how to draw muscles肌肉
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怎样描绘一个女人,怎么绘出肌肉的肌理
11:32
just the way they were supposed应该 to be
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如果我来画X-Men 或者 蜘蛛人的话
11:34
if I were to ever draw for X-MenX战警 or Spiderman蜘蛛侠.
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他们就是这个样子
11:37
And all the color颜色 just drained倒掉 from his face面对,
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他的脸一下子就失去了应有的颜色,黯淡下来,
11:40
and he looked看着 at me, and he said,
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他看着我说
11:42
"Forget忘记 everything you learned学到了."
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“ 忘记你所学的全部。”
11:44
And I didn't understand理解. He said, "You have a great style样式.
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我没有理解。他解释到:“你有自己独特的风格。
11:48
Celebrate庆祝 your own拥有 style样式. Don't draw the way you're being存在 told to draw.
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发挥自己的特点。不要被规矩所束缚。
11:52
Draw the way you're drawing画画 and keep at it,
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坚持你自己的方式不要改变
11:55
because you're really good."
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因为这样真的很好。“
11:57
Now when I was a teenager青少年, I was angstyangsty as any teenager青少年 was,
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那时做为一个少年,我和其他人一样多愁善感
12:01
but after 17 years年份 of having a mother母亲
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但这17年,在拥有一个像悠悠球一样在我生命中
12:04
who was in and out of my life like a yo-yo悠悠球
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进进出出的母亲
12:06
and a father父亲 who was faceless不露面, I was angry愤怒.
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以及一个从未露面的父亲之后,我有些愤世嫉俗
12:10
And when I was 17, I met会见 my father父亲 for the first time,
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而17岁那年,我第一次和自己的父亲见了面
12:13
upon which哪一个 I learned学到了 I had a brother哥哥 and sister妹妹 I had never known已知 about.
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那时我才知道我有一个哥哥和一个姐姐
12:17
And on the day I met会见 my father父亲 for the first time,
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并且就在我们见面的那天
12:19
I was rejected拒绝 from the Rhode罗德岛 Island School学校 of Design设计,
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我被我选择的唯一一个大学
12:21
my one and only choice选择 for college学院.
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Rhode Island 学院拒绝了
12:25
But it was around this time I went to Camp Sunshine阳光
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但在这段时间,我去了阳光夏令营
12:28
to volunteer志愿者 a week and working加工 with the most amazing惊人 kids孩子,
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去做了一个星期的志愿者,和那些最神奇的孩子共事
12:30
kids孩子 with leukemia白血病, and this kid孩子 Eric埃里克 changed my life.
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那些患有白血病的孩子,其中一个叫Eric的孩子改变了我的人生
12:33
Eric埃里克 didn't live生活 to see his sixth第六 birthday生日,
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他没能活过6岁
12:36
and Eric埃里克 lives生活 with me every一切 day.
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之前的那些时光他是同我一块度过的
12:38
So after this experience经验, my art艺术 teacher老师, Mr先生. ShilaleShilale,
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在经历了这些之后,我的美术老师,Shilale
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he brought in these picture图片 books图书,
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带来了这些图画书
12:43
and I thought, "Picture图片 books图书 for kids孩子!"
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我灵光一闪:“ 给孩子们看的画书!“
12:45
and I started开始 writing写作 books图书 for young年轻 readers读者
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于是在高中三年级的时候
12:50
when I was a senior前辈 in high school学校.
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我开始为年轻读者写书
12:52
Well, I eventually终于 got to the Rhode罗德岛 Island School学校 of Design设计.
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我最终还是进入了Rhode Island 设计学院
12:55
I transferred转入 to RISD罗德岛设计学院 as a sophomore二年级,
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作为一名大二的转校生。
12:57
and it was there that I took every一切 course课程 that I could on writing写作,
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在那里的时光,我尽可能的上所有的写作课
13:00
and it was there that I wrote a story故事 about a giant巨人 orange橙子 slug金属块
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就是那时候我写出了一个关于
13:04
who wanted to be friends朋友 with this kid孩子.
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一个想和这个孩子做朋友的巨大橙色鼻涕虫的故事
13:06
The kid孩子 had no patience忍耐 for him.
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这小孩对它一点耐心也没有。
13:08
And I sent发送 this book out to a dozen publishers出版商
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我试着把这本书送去了一大堆的出版商那里
13:11
and it was rejected拒绝 every一切 single time,
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但每次都遭了拒
13:13
but I was also involved参与 with the Hole in the Wall Gang结伙 Camp,
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但我加入了 Hole in the Wall Gang 露营
13:16
an amazing惊人 camp for kids孩子 with all sorts排序 of critical危急 illnesses疾病,
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它是为那些有着各种重病的孩子所办的,神奇的地方
13:19
and it's those kids孩子 at the camp that read my stories故事,
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正是那里的孩子,成为了我读者
13:22
and I read to them, and I saw that they responded回应 to my work.
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当我给他们讲这些故事的时候,我可以看到他们给我的回应
13:26
I graduated毕业 from RISD罗德岛设计学院. My grandparents祖父母 were very proud骄傲,
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后来我从RISD 毕业了,祖父母非常自豪
13:30
and I moved移动 to Boston波士顿, and I set up shop.
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再后来我搬去了波士顿,自立门户
13:32
I set up a studio工作室 and I tried试着 to get published发表.
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创立了一个工作室,试图出版那些书
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I would send发送 out my books图书. I would send发送 out hundreds数以百计 of postcards明信片
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我把自己的书,还有上百张明信片
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to editors编者 and art艺术 directors董事,
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寄给编辑和美术导演
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but they would go unanswered悬而未决.
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但它们仿佛入海的石,悄无声息
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And my grandfather祖父 would call me every一切 week,
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每周我的祖父都会给我打电话
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and he would say, "Jarrett贾勒特, how's如何的 it going? Do you have a job工作 yet然而?"
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有时他会问,“ Jarrett,最近怎么样,你现在找到工作了吗?”
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Because he had just invested投资 a significant重大 amount of money
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因为他在我的大学教育中
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in my college学院 education教育.
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投入了很大一笔钱
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And I said, "Yes, I have a job工作. I write and illustrate说明 children's儿童 books图书."
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我回答道,“ 找到了啊,我编写儿童书籍 ."
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And he said, "Well, who pays支付 you for that?"
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他又问 ” 那谁为你买单呢?”
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And I said, "No one, no one, no one just yet然而.
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我说 “ 还没有,暂时还没有 .
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But I know it's going to happen发生."
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不过我知道很快就会有了.”
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Now, I used to work the weekends周末 at the Hole in the Wall off-season淡季 programming程序设计
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那时,我常常几个周末几个周末的投入 Hole in the Wall 的淡季工作
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to make some extra额外 money as I was trying to get my feet off the ground地面,
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为了能自立,我得多赚些外快
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and this kid孩子 who was just this really hyper kid孩子,
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这孩子一直非常精力旺盛
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I started开始 calling调用 him "Monkey Boy男孩,"
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于是我给他取了个外号 “ 猴仔"
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and I went home and wrote a book called "Good Night, Monkey Boy男孩."
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回到家后,我写了一本书 叫做 《晚安,猴仔》
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And I sent发送 out one last batch批量 of postcards明信片.
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并寄出了最后一批明信片
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And I received收到 an email电子邮件 from an editor编辑 at Random随机 House
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不久之后我就收到了一封来自兰登书屋编辑的邮件
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with a subject学科 line线, "Nice尼斯 work!" Exclamation感叹 point.
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标题是 ” 好样的! "
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"Dear Jarrett贾勒特, I received收到 your postcard明信片.
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" Dear Jarrett, 我们收到了你的明信片.
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I liked喜欢 your art艺术, so I went to your website网站
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我很喜欢你的作品,于是去了你的网站
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and I'm wondering想知道 if you ever tried试着 writing写作 any of your own拥有 stories故事,
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我很好奇你有没有试着写过你自己的故事
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because I really like your art艺术 and it looks容貌 like there are some stories故事 that go with them.
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我真的很喜欢你的作品,感觉这之中有这一些故事
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Please let me know if you're ever in New York纽约 City."
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如果你到了纽约,请务必通知我."
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And this was from an editor编辑 at Random随机 House Children's儿童 Books图书.
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这封邮件来自Random House少儿书籍的编辑
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So the next下一个 week I "happened发生" to be in New York纽约.
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于是下一周我 “正好“出现在纽约
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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And I met会见 with this editor编辑,
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于是我见到了这个编辑
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and I left New York纽约 for a contract合同 for my first book,
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之后为了我的第一本书我离开了纽约
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"Good Night, Monkey Boy男孩,"
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” 晚安,猴仔“
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which哪一个 was published发表 on June六月 12, 2001.
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后来在2001年的 六月12号出版
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And my local本地 paper celebrated著名 the news新闻.
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当地的报纸还报导庆祝了这事。
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The local本地 bookstore书店 made制作 a big deal合同 of it.
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书店也大幅宣传了这件事
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They sold出售 out of all of their books图书.
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进的书都被卖完了
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My friend朋友 described描述 it as a wake唤醒, but happy快乐,
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我的朋友说这事挺累的但也很让人开心
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because everyone大家 I ever knew知道 was there in line线 to see me,
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因为所有人都排着队想来见我
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but I wasn't dead. I was just signing签约 books图书.
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这可不是因为我去世了,我在签售呢
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My grandparents祖父母, they were in the middle中间 of it.
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祖父母在人群之中
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They were so happy快乐. They couldn't不能 have been more proud骄傲.
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感到非常高兴。他们实在是自豪的不能更自豪了
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Mrs太太. AlischAlisch was there. Mr先生. ShilaleShilale was there. Mrs太太. Casey卡西 was there.
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Alisch,Shilale,Casey这几位老师都在这里
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Mrs太太. AlischAlisch cut in front面前 of the line线 and said,
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Alisch老师插到了队伍的前排,一边说
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"I taught him how to read." (Laughter笑声)
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”是我教会他识字的。“ (笑声)
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And then something happened发生 that changed my life.
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后来发生了件改变了我人生的事情
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I got my first piece of significant重大 fan风扇 mail邮件,
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我收到了第一封正式的粉丝来信
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where this kid孩子 loved喜爱 Monkey Boy男孩 so much
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来自一个非常热爱猴仔的孩子
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that he wanted to have a Monkey Boy男孩 birthday生日 cake蛋糕.
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他很想要一个猴仔的生日蛋糕
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For a two-year-old二十岁, that is like a tattoo. (Laughter笑声)
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给一个两岁的男生,看起来就像个纹身一样
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You know? You only get one birthday生日 per year.
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想想看你一年就只有一次生日
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And for him, it's only his second第二.
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对他而言,是他的两岁
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And I got this picture图片, and I thought,
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于是我拍了这张照片,
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"This picture图片 is going to live生活 within his consciousness意识
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" 这张照片会一直存在在他的意识之中
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for his entire整个 life. He will forever永远 have this photo照片
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这一生他都会把这张照片
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in his family家庭 photo照片 albums专辑."
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好好的保留在家庭相册里。“
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So that photo照片, since以来 that moment时刻,
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这张照片,从那刻起
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is framed陷害 in front面前 of me while I've worked工作 on all of my books图书.
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就成了我在创作其他作品时,照亮前路的光芒
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I have 10 picture图片 books图书 out.
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至今我已经出版了10本图画书了
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"Punk朋克 Farm农场," "BagheadBaghead," "Ollie奥利 the Purple紫色 Elephant."
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《朋克庄园》《布袋头》《紫象Ollie》
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I just finished the ninth第九 book
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我刚刚完成
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in the "Lunch午餐 Lady淑女" series系列, which哪一个 is a graphic图像 novel小说 series系列
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《午餐女士》系列的第九本书,这是个绘图小说系列
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about a lunch午餐 lady淑女 who fights打架 crime犯罪.
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关于一个和罪恶势力作斗争的食堂大妈
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I'm expecting期待 the release发布 of a chapter章节 book
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我很期待 那本章回小说
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called "Platypus鸭嘴兽 Police警察 Squad: The Frog青蛙 Who Croaked嘶哑."
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《鸭嘴兽警察队:呱呱叫的青蛙》的发行
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And I travel旅行 the country国家 visiting访问 countless无数 schools学校,
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我在全国旅行,拜访了无数的学校
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letting出租 lots of kids孩子 know that they draw great cats.
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让很多孩子相信他们画的猫很棒
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And I meet遇到 BagheadsBagheads.
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我遇见了一大群 布袋头
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Lunch午餐 ladies女士们 treat对待 me really well.
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还有对我很好的 午餐女士们
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And I got to see my name名称 in lights灯火
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我看见自己的名字变得闪闪发亮
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because kids孩子 put my name名称 in lights灯火.
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是这些孩子给我的荣耀
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Twice两次 now, the "Lunch午餐 Lady淑女" series系列 has won韩元
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”午餐女士“系列曾两次获得了
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the Children's儿童 Choice选择 Book of the Year in the third第三 or fourth第四 grade年级 category类别,
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”年度孩子最喜爱图书 “三四年级组的奖项
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and those winners获奖者 were displayed显示
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获奖者的姓名被陈列在
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on a jumbotron超大屏幕 screen屏幕 in Times Square广场.
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时代广场的巨大液晶屏幕上
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"Punk朋克 Farm农场" and "Lunch午餐 Lady淑女" are in development发展 to be movies电影,
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《朋克农庄》和《午餐女士》都将被拍成电影
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so I am a movie电影 producer制片人
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而我是电影制作人
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and I really do think, thanks谢谢 to that video视频 camera相机
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我必须说的是,多亏了那台我在九年级
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I was given特定 in ninth第九 grade年级.
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得到的摄影机
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I've seen看到 people have "Punk朋克 Farm农场" birthday生日 parties派对,
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我见过 人们举办《朋克庄园》的生日聚会
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people have dressed连衣裙的 up as "Punk朋克 Farm农场" for Halloween万圣节,
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在万圣节的时候打扮成《朋克庄园》里角色的样子
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a "Punk朋克 Farm农场" baby宝宝 room房间,
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这是个朋克庄园风的婴儿房
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which哪一个 makes品牌 me a little nervous紧张 for the child's孩子的 well-being福利 in the long term术语.
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弄的我有点担心这个孩子今后的长期发展
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And I get the most amazing惊人 fan风扇 mail邮件,
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我还收到了这些绝妙的粉丝来信
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and I get the most amazing惊人 projects项目,
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还有最让人叫绝的设计
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and the biggest最大 moment时刻 for me came来了 last Halloween万圣节.
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对我而言最重要的瞬间来自上个万圣节
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The doorbell门铃 rang and it was a trick-or-treater伎俩或处理机
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门铃响后跳出来个 ”不给糖就捣乱“的孩子
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dressed连衣裙的 as my character字符. It was so cool.
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打扮成我笔下角色的样子。这实在太帅了
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Now my grandparents祖父母 are no longer living活的,
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如今我的祖父母已经不在人世
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so to honor荣誉 them, I started开始 a scholarship奖学金 at the Worcester伍斯特 Art艺术 Museum博物馆
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为了纪念他们,我在伍斯特的艺术馆开设了一项奖学金
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for kids孩子 who are in difficult situations情况
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给那些处于艰难状况
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but whose谁的 caretakers看护人 can't afford给予 the classes.
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抚养人无法负担艺术课程费用的孩子们
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And it displayed显示 the work from my first 10 years年份 of publishing出版,
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在那里展出我出版事业前十年的作品
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and you know who was there to celebrate庆祝? Mrs太太. AlischAlisch.
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猜猜谁在那儿为我庆祝?是Alisch老师
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I said, "Mrs太太. AlischAlisch, how are you?"
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我问道 ' Alisch老师,你现在怎么样了?“
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And she responded回应 with, "I'm here." (Laughter笑声)
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她回答道:”我不是在这儿么。“ (笑声)
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That's true真正. You are alive, and that's pretty漂亮 good right now.
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的确。您还活着,而且状况不错。
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So the biggest最大 moment时刻 for me, though虽然,
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但我人生中最重大的一个瞬间
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my most important重要 job工作 now is I am a dad myself,
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是我当了爸爸
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and I have two beautiful美丽 daughters女儿,
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我有两个美丽的女儿
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and my goal目标 is to surround环绕 them by inspiration灵感,
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我现在的目标就是让他们的生活中处处充满着灵感之光
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by the books图书 that are in every一切 single room房间 of our house
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通过把书摆在屋里的每个房间
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to the murals壁画 I painted in their rooms客房
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通过我在墙上画的壁画
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to the moments瞬间 for creativity创造力 where you find, in quiet安静 times,
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通过把握 在安静之中发现的创意瞬间
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by making制造 faces面孔 on the patio庭院
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通过在天井上画出笑脸
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to letting出租 her sit in the very desk
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通过让她们坐在那张
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that I've satSAT in for the past过去 20 years年份.
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我已经坐了20年的桌子上。
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Thank you. (Applause掌声)
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谢谢大家。(掌声)
Translated by Xueling Sun
Reviewed by Hanzhuo Zhang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jarrett J. Krosoczka - Author/illustrator
Jarrett J. Krosoczka is the author/illustrator of countless children's books and graphic novels, including Good Night, Monkey Boy, Baghead and the Lunch Lady series.

Why you should listen

Jarrett J. Krosoczka has been a storyteller since the ripe age of eight, when he wrote his first book, The Owl Who Thought He Was The Best Flyer, about an owl who challenged Hermes to a flying race. Since that rather promising start Krosoczka has published 18 picture books and graphic novels for children, including the much-loved Lunch Lady series, which is a two-time winner of the Children's Choice Book Award. Krosoczka hosts The Book Report with JJK on Sirius XM's Kids Place Live, a radio show about books, aimed at kids 10 and younger. In 2010 he founded the Joseph and Shirley Krosoczka Memorial Youth Scholarships at Worcester Art Museum, to fund classes for young and underprivileged aspiring artists.

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