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John Francis: Walk the earth ... my 17-year vow of silence
约翰弗朗西斯行走地球
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将近30年来，约翰弗朗西斯一直靠双脚和航行行走于世界各地，被称为“地球行者”，他向人们传达尊重环境保护环境的理念（其中的17年里，他没有开口说过话）。这段演讲有趣而有深意，特伴有班卓琴演奏。
John Francis - Planet walker
John Francis walks the Earth, carrying a message of careful, truly sustainable development and respect for our planet. Full bio
John Francis walks the Earth, carrying a message of careful, truly sustainable development and respect for our planet. Full bio
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（掌声）
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Thank you for being here.
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感谢你们今天到场。
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And I say "thank you for being here" because I was silent for 17 years.
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我说感谢你们今天到场， 因为我已经有17年没有开口说话了。
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And the first words that I spoke were in Washington, D.C.,
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而我再次开口说话是在首都华盛顿
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on the 20th anniversary of Earth Day.
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是在地球日20周年纪念日的当天。
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And my family and friends had gathered there to hear me speak.
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我的家人和朋友们聚在那里等着听我开口说话。
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And I said, "Thank you for being here."
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而我说的第一句话就是：“感谢你们今天到场。”
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My mother, out in the audience, she jumped up,
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我的妈妈在人群中跳了起来，
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"Hallelujah, Johnny’s talking!"
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“哈利路亚，小约翰在说话。”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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Imagine if you were quiet for 17 years
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想象一下如果是你沉默了17年
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and your mother was out in the audience, say.
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而你的妈妈那个时候在人群之中蹦出来这么一句话。
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My dad said to me, "That’s one" --
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我爸爸对我说 ：“总算了却了一件事。”
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I’ll explain that.
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我过会儿解释。
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But I turned around because I didn’t recognize where my voice was coming from.
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然而我转过身，因为我没有弄明白我的声音是从哪儿来的。
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I hadn’t heard my voice in 17 years,
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我已经有17年没有听到过自己的声音了，
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so I turned around and I looked and I said,
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于是我转过身，看了看说：
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"God, who's saying what I’m thinking?"
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“天哪，谁把我脑子里想的说出来了？”
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And then I realized it was me, you know, and I kind of laughed.
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之后我意识到是我自己，我笑了。
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And I could see my father: "Yeah, he really is crazy."
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我能看见我爸爸在说：“是的，他真是疯了。”
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Well, I want to take you on this journey.
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好吧，我想带你踏上这段旅程。
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And the journey, I believe, is a metaphor for all of our journeys.
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这个旅程象征着我们所有人的历程。
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Even though this one is kind of unusual,
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尽管我的这段旅程很不寻常，
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I want you to think about your own journey.
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但我想让你们思考你们各自的历程。
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My journey began in 1971
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我的旅程开始于1971年，
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when I witnessed two oil tankers collide beneath the Golden Gate,
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当我亲眼看见两辆油罐车在金门大桥下相撞，
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and a half a million gallons of oil spilled into the bay.
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50万加仑的原油涌入港湾。
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It disturbed me so much
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这一幕令我深感不安，
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that I decided that I was going to give up riding and driving in motorized vehicles.
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于是我决定再也不骑或驾驶任何机动交通工具。
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That’s a big thing in California.
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这在加州可是个大事，
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And it was a big thing in my little community of Point Reyes Station
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在我的小社区里更是件大事。
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in Inverness, California, because there were only
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我的社区是加州因弗内斯的雷斯岬站，
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about 350 people there in the winter – this was back in '71 now.
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当时是1971年冬季，那里大概只有350人。
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And so when I came in and I started walking around, people --
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因此当我开始步行去往各处的时候，
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they just knew what was going on.
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人们才发现出了什么事。
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And people would drive up next to me
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他们就会把车开到我身边。
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and say, "John, what are you doing?"
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对我说：“约翰，你这是干嘛呢？”
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And I’d say, "Well, I’m walking for the environment."
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我回答：“为了环境保护，我在走路。”
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And they said, "No, you’re walking to make us look bad, right?
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他们说：“ 不对，你在走路 为了让我们看起来像做错了事，对吧？”
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You’re walking to make us feel bad."
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你在走路为了让我们感觉难堪。”
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And maybe there was some truth to that,
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然而也许这里面有些道理，
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because I thought that if I started walking, everyone would follow.
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于是我就想如果我开始走路的话，大家都会跟我一起行走。
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Because of the oil, everybody talked about the polllution.
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因为那次原油泄露事件，每个人都在谈论污染问题。
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And so I argued with people about that, I argued and I argued.
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于是我跟大家争论这个问题，我不停地争论。
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I called my parents up.
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我把我的父母叫起来，
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I said, "I’ve given up riding and driving in cars."
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跟他们说：“我再也不开车了。”
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My dad said, "Why didn’t you do that when you were 16?"
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我爸爸说：“你怎么不在16岁的时候就这样做呢？”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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I didn’t know about the environment then.
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那时候我还小，还不知道环境问题。
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They’re back in Philadelphia.
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他们回到了费城。
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And so I told my mother, "I’m happy though, I’m really happy."
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我对妈妈说：“我非常高兴，我真地很高兴。”
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She said, "If you were happy, son, you wouldn’t have to say it."
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她说：“儿子，如果你是真高兴的话，你就不需要说出来。”
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Mothers are like that.
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妈妈总是这样的。
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And so, on my 27th birthday I decided, because I argued so much
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于是，在我27岁生日的那天，因为之前我争论得太多，
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and I talk so much, that I was going to stop speaking
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我也说得太多， 因此我决定要停止说话
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for just one day -- one day -- to give it a rest.
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一天-- 就一天 --歇一歇。
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And so I did.
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于是我就这样做了。
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I got up in the morning and I didn’t say a word.
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我早上起床，没有说一个字。
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And I have to tell you, it was a very moving experience,
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我得跟你说，这个经历很感动。
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because for the first time, I began listening -- in a long time.
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因为长久以来，这是我第一次开始聆听。
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And what I heard, it kind of disturbed me.
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我所听到的令我很不安。
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Because what I used to do, when I thought I was listening,
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因为从前我原本以为我在听的时候，
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was I would listen just enough to hear what people had to say
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我只是听到人们必须要说的那点东西就够了，
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and think that I could -- I knew what they were going to say,
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我认为我都知道他们想要说什么，
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and so I stopped listening.
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所以我就不再往下听了。
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And in my mind, I just kind of raced ahead
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在我的脑子里，我就开始往前赶，
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and thought of what I was going to say back,
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想着我要怎么回答他们，
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while they were still finishing up.
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而这时他们其实还没把话说完呢。
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And then I would launch in.
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但我已经开始回答他们，
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Well, that just ended communication.
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以便结束这段对话。
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So on this first day I actually listened.
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因此这才是我真正聆听的第一天。
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And it was very sad for me,
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而这让我很难过，
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because I realized that for those many years I had not been learning.
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因为我意识到这之前的那么多年里我根本没有在听。
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I was 27. I thought I knew everything.
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当时我27岁，我以为我什么都知道，
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I didn’t.
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其实不是。
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And so I decided I’d better do this for another day,
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于是我决定我要再多坚持一天，
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and another day, and another day until finally,
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再多一天，再多一天，直到后来，
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I promised myself for a year I would keep quiet
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我对自己承诺我要一整年都保持沉默，
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because I started learning more and more and I needed to learn more.
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因为我开始学到越来越多的东西，而且我需要学到更多的。
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So for a year I said I would keep quiet,
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于是我决定一年里都保持沉默，
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and then on my birthday I would reassess what I had learned
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在我下一年生日的当天，我会再次评估我所学到的，
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and maybe I would talk again.
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然后也许我会再次开口说话。
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Well, that lasted 17 years.
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唔，这一下子17年过去了。
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Now during that time -- those 17 years -- I walked and I played the banjo
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在这17年当中，我行走，我弹班卓琴，
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and I painted and I wrote in my journal, and
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我画画， 我写日志，
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I tried to study the environment by reading books.
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我通过看书试图研究环境问题。
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And I decided that I was going to go to school. So I did.
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我决定我要去上学，于是我就去了。
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I walked up to Ashland, Oregon,
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我走到俄勒冈州的阿什兰市，
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where they were offering an environmental studies degree.
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那里有关于环境研究的学位。
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It’s only 500 miles.
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只有500英里远。
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And I went into the Registrar’s office and --
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我走进报名处，接下来，
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"What, what, what?"
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什么，什么，什么？
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I had a newspaper clipping.
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我拿着一份报纸剪报。
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"Oh, so you really want to go to school here?
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噢，那你真地想来这里上学？
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You don’t …?
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你不会？
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We have a special program for you." They did.
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我们有一个特别的项目专门针对你这类情况。他们确实有。
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And in those two years, I graduated with my first degree -- a bachelor’s degree.
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在接下来的两年里，我拿到了第一个学位-- 学士学位。
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And my father came out, he was so proud.
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我爸爸过来了，他为我感到十分骄傲。
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He said, "Listen, we’re really proud of you son,
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他说：“听着，我们非常为你骄傲 儿子，
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but what are you going to do with a bachelor’s degree?
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但是接下来你要用这个学士学位做些什么呢？
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You don’t ride in cars, you don’t talk --
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你不开车，你也不说话，
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you’re going to have to do those things."
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你一定躲不开这两样的。”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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I hunched my shoulder, I picked my backpack up again
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我耸了耸肩，我再次拿起了背包，
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and I started walking.
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开始行走。
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I walked all the way up to Port Townsend, Washington, where I built a wooden boat,
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我一路走到华盛顿的汤森港，在那儿我造了一艘木船，
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rode it across Puget Sound
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划过普吉特海湾，
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and walked across Washington [to] Idaho and down to Missoula, Montana.
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走过华盛顿州， 爱达荷州 一路来到蒙大拿的米苏拉。
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I had written the University of Montana two years earlier
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两年前我就给蒙大拿大学写过信，
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and said I'd like to go to school there.
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跟他们说我想去那里上学。
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I said I'd be there in about two years.
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我说我大约两年之内能到那里。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And I was there. I showed up in two years and they --
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两年后我真地到那儿了。
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I tell this story because they really helped me.
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我讲这个故事因为他们给了我很大帮助。
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There are two stories in Montana.
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在蒙大拿有两个关于我的故事。
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The first story is I didn’t have any money -- that’s a sign I used a lot.
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第一个故事是说我身无分文，这是我经常用的一个手势。
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And they said,"Don't worry about that."
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他们对我说：“不用担心。”
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The director of the program said, "Come back tomorrow."
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项目负责人告诉我：“明天再过来。”
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He gave me 150 dollars,
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他给了我150美元，
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and he said, "Register for one credit.
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他说：“先注册一个学分。
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You’re going to go to South America, aren’t you?"
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你会去南美洲，好吗？”
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And I said --
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我说
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Rivers and lakes, the hydrological systems, South America.
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那些河流湖泊， 水文系统， 南美洲。
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So I did that.
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于是我就照做了。
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He came back; he said to me,
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他回来了， 跟我说，
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"OK John, now that you've registered for that one credit,
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他说：“ 好了，约翰，现在你已经注册了一个学分，
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you can have a key to an office, you can matriculate --
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那么你就能拿一把办公室的钥匙了，你可以正式入学了，
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you’re matriculating, so you can use the library.
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你可以用学校的图书馆了。
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And what we’re going to do
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我们要做的是
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is, we’re going to have all of the professors allow you to go to class.
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让所有的教授允许你去上他们的课，
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They’re going to save your grade,
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他们会先为你保留学分，
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and when we figure out how to get you the rest of the money,
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然后等我们想出办法再帮你筹到余下的钱，
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then you can register for that class and they’ll give you the grade."
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到时候你就能注册全部课程，他们就会给你全部学分。”
08:37
Wow, they don’t do that in graduate schools, I don’t think.
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喔，在研究生院里他们一般不会这样做的，我这么觉得。
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But I use that story because they really wanted to help me.
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但我讲这个故事，因为他们确实想帮助我。
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They saw that I was really interested in the environment,
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他们也看出来我对环境研究非常感兴趣，
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and they really wanted to help me along the way.
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他们很想在这方面助我一臂之力。
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And during that time, I actually taught classes without speaking.
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在那期间，我还确实教了课但没有说话。
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I had 13 students when I first walked into the class.
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我第一次走进教室的时候，那里有13个学生，
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I explained, with a friend who could interpret my sign language,
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我让一个朋友帮我解释，他可以翻译我的手势，
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that I was John Francis, I was walking around the world,
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我告诉学生们，我是约翰弗朗西斯，我正在世界各地行走，
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I didn’t talk and this was the last time
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我不说话，而且这是最后一次
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this person’s going to be here interpreting for me.
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这个人会在这里帮我翻译。
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All the students sat around and they went ...
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所有在座的学生都是这样的反应。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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I could see they were looking for the schedule,
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我能看出来他们在查课程安排
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to see when they could get out.
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看什么时候能结束。
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They had to take that class with me.
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他们不得不上我的课。
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Two weeks later, everyone was trying to get into our class.
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然而两周后，所有的学生都想方设法申请加入我的课。
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And I learned in that class -- because I would do things like this ...
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我也从他们身上学到很多，因为我上课的时候只做手势，
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and they were all gathered around, going, "What's he trying to say?"
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于是所有的学生聚在一起讨论，他到底想说什么？
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"I don't know, I think he's talking about clear cutting." "Yeah, clear cutting."
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我不知道，我觉得他在讲皆伐。对，就是皆伐。
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"No, no, no, that's not clear cutting, that’s -- he's using a handsaw."
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不不不，他想讲的不是皆伐，他在示意使用手锯。
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"Well, you can’t clearcut with a ..."
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如果用一个，你不可能做到皆伐，
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"Yes, you can clear cut ..."
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可以的，你可以皆伐，
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"No, I think he’s talking about selective forestry."
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不，我觉得他讲选择性林业。
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Now this was a discussion class and we were having a discussion.
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这就是一堂讨论课，我们正在进行激烈讨论。
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I just backed out of that, you know, and I just kind of kept the fists from flying.
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我不参与，让学生们讨论去，而我要做的基本上就是多做手势。
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But what I learned was that sometimes I would make a sign
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但我学到的是，有时候，我做一个手势，
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and they said things that I absolutely did not mean,
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他们会理解出我完全没有想到的意思，
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but I should have.
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但我原本应该想到这层意思。
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因此我得出的结论是，如果你是个老师，
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在教课，如果你没有同时在学的话，
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you probably weren’t teaching very well.
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你可能也教不好课。
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And so I went on.
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我就这样一直坚持下去。
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My dad came out to see me graduate
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我爸爸过来参加我的毕业典礼，
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and, you know, I did the deal,
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在仪式结束后，
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and my father said, "We’re really proud of you son, but ... "
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我爸爸对我说：“儿子我们真地为你感到骄傲， 但是”
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You know what went on,
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你们也知道接下来他会说什么，
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he said, "You’ve got to start riding and driving and start talking.
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他说：“你真地应该开始开车和说话了。
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What are you going to do with a master’s degree?"
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要不你拿这个硕士学位干什么呢？”
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I hunched my shoulder, I got my backpack
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我耸耸肩，拿起我的背包，
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and I went on to the University of Wisconsin.
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我继续走一路走到威斯康星大学。
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I spent two years there writing on oil spills.
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我在那里待了两年写关于原油泄露的论文。
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No one was interested in oil spills.
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当时没有人对原油泄露感兴趣。
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But something happened --
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但后来发生的事--
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Exxon Valdez.
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埃克森瓦尔迪兹号油轮泄露事件。
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And I was the only one in the United States writing on oil spills.
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当时我是全美国唯一一个写原油泄露的论文的人。
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My dad came out again.
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我爸爸又来找我了。
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He said, "I don't know how you do this, son --
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他说：“我不知道你是怎么做到的，儿子，
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I mean, you don't ride in cars, you don’t talk.
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我是说，你不开车，你也不说话。
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My sister said maybe I should leave you alone,
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我姐姐劝我，也许我不该再管你，
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because you seem to be doing a lot better
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因为你不说话的时候，
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when you’re not saying anything."
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似乎能做得更好。”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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Well, I put on my backpack again.
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我再次背上背包，
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I put my banjo on and I walked all the way to the East Coast,
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带上我的班卓琴， 一路走到东海岸，
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put my foot in the Atlantic Ocean --
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把脚伸进大西洋里，
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it was seven years and one day it took me to walk across the United States.
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我花了七年零一天横穿美国。
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And on Earth Day, 1990 --
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在1990年的世界地球日，
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the 20th anniversary of Earth Day -- that’s when I began to speak.
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在第20个世界地球日的那天，我开口说话了。
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And that’s why I said, "Thank you for being here."
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这就是我为什么要说，“感谢你们今天到场。”
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Because it's sort of like that tree in the forest falling;
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因为这就像是森林里有棵树倒下来了，
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and if there's no one there to hear, does it really make a sound?
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如果没有人在那里聆听，它就根本没有发出声响？
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And I’m thanking you, and I'm thanking my family
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因此我在这里感谢你们，感谢我的家人，
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because they had come to hear me speak.
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因为他们来听我说话，
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And that’s communication.
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而这才是真正意义上的交流。
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And they also taught me about listening -- that they listened to me.
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他们也教会我如何聆听，他们也同样听我说。
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And it’s one of those things that came out of the silence,
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一片寂静之中有件事正在发生，
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the listening to each other.
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那就是相互倾听。
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Really, very important --
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这真的非常重要，
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we need to listen to each other.
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我们需要相互倾听。
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Well, my journey kept going on.
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那么，我的旅程继续下去。
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My dad said, "That’s one,"
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我爸爸说：“总算了却了一件事。”
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and I still didn’t let that go.
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而我没有就此罢休。
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I worked for the Coastguard, was made a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador.
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我在海岸警卫队工作过，担任过联合国亲善大使。
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I wrote regulations for the United States --
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我为美国政府起草法案。
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I mean, I wrote oil spill regulations.
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我是说，起草控制原油泄露相关规定。
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20 years ago, if someone had said to me,
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我的意思是，20年前如果有人跟我说：
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"John, do you really want to make a difference?"
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“约翰，你真想有所作为吗？”
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"Yeah, I want to make a difference."
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“是的，我想有所作为。”
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He said, "You just start walking east;
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那个人说：“那你就开始一路往东走，
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get out of your car and just start walking east."
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不要开汽车，只要一直往东行走。”
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And as I walked off a little bit, they'd say, "Yeah, and shut up, too."
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而当我刚走了一小段之后，他们还会说 ：“对了，还有 闭上你的嘴。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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"You’re going to make a difference, buddy."
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这样你就能有所作为了，朋友。”
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How could that be, how could that be?
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这怎么可能，这怎么可能呢？
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How could doing such a simple thing like walking and not talking
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怎么可能就是这么简单的两件事走路和不说话
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make a difference?
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竟带来如此巨大的改变？
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Well, my time at the Coast Guard was a really good time.
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我在海岸警卫队的日子真地非常难忘。
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And after that -- I only worked one year --
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但我只做了一年，
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I said, "That's enough. One year's enough for me to do that."
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之后我说：“这就够了，做一年对我来说已经足够了。”
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I got on a sailboat and I sailed down to the Caribbean,
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我乘上一艘帆船，航行到加勒比海，
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and walked through all of the islands, and to Venezuela.
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走过所有的岛屿，来到委内瑞拉。
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And you know, I forgot the most important thing,
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你知道么，我忘了说最重要的一件事，
13:16
which is why I started talking, which I have to tell you.
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就是我为什么要重新开口说话，这我必须得告诉你们。
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I started talking because I had studied environment.
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我开始说话，因为我研究了环境问题，
13:26
I’d studied environment at this formal level,
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我研究的是正式层面上的环境，
13:30
but there was this informal level.
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但还有非正式层面的环境问题。
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And the informal level --
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这个非正式层面就是
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I learned about people, and what we do and how we are.
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我研究人类，我们做什么，我们是怎么样的。
13:41
And environment changed from just being about trees and birds
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这样一来，环境这个概念就从原先的树木，鸟类，
13:44
and endangered species to being about how we treated each other.
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濒危动植物，转换成我们人类如何相互对待。
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Because if we are the environment,
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因为，如果我们自身就是环境，
13:52
then all we need to do is look around us
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那我们要做的就是环顾四周
13:54
and see how we treat ourselves and how we treat each other.
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看看我们是如何对待自己和他人的。
13:59
And so that’s the message that I had.
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这就是我悟出的道理。
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And I said, "Well, I'm going to have to spread that message."
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“我要把这个道理传播开来。”
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And I got in my sailboat, sailed all the way through the Caribbean --
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我乘上我的帆船，一路航行到加勒比海，
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it wasn't really my sailboat, I kind of worked on that boat --
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那其实不是我的帆船，我在那艘船上打工，
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got to Venezuela and I started walking.
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到了委内瑞拉以后，我开始行走。
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This is the last part of this story, because it’s how I got here,
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这也是故事的最后一段是关于我如何走到今天的，
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because I still didn't ride in motorized vehicles.
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我仍然不开机动车。
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I was walking through El Dorado -- it's a prison town, famous prison,
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我走过委内瑞拉的埃尔多拉多，这是一个有名的或者不知名的监狱小镇 ，
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or infamous prison -- in Venezuela, and I don’t know what possessed me,
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我不知道什么东西支配着我，
14:35
because this was not like me.
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因为这不像是我干的事。
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There I am, walking past the guard gate and the guard stops and says,
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我就那样走到岗哨门前，看守的警卫拦住了我说：
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"Pasaporte, pasaporte," and with an M16 pointed at me.
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“护照， 护照，” 并且用一把M16步枪对着我。
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And I looked at him and I said, "Passport, huh?
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我看了看他说：“护照 ，哼，
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I don't need to show you my passport. It’s in the back of my pack.
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我不需要给你看我的护照， 虽然它就在我的背包里。
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I'm Dr. Francis; I'm a U.N. Ambassador and I'm walking around the world."
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我是弗朗西斯博士，我是联合国亲善大使，我行走在世界各地，”
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And I started walking off.
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接着我就迈开步走过去。
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What possessed me to say this thing?
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到底是什么支配我说了这些话？
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The road turned into the jungle.
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眼前的道路蜿蜒深入丛林。
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I didn’t get shot.
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我并没有挨枪子儿，
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And I got to -- I start saying, "Free at last --
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而且我终于自由了，
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thank God Almighty, I’m free at last."
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感谢上帝，我终于自由了。
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"What was that about," I’m saying. What was that about?
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这意味着什么，我问自己，这意味着什么？
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It took me 100 miles to figure out that, in my heart, in me,
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又走了100英里之后，我终于悟出来之前在我心里，
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I had become a prisoner.
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我把自己囚禁起来了。
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I was a prisoner and I needed to escape.
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我成了一个囚犯，我需要逃跑。
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The prison that I was in was the fact that I did not drive
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囚禁我的监狱实际上就是我不能开车，
15:48
or use motorized vehicles.
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也不能使用任何机动车辆这个事实。
15:50
Now how could that be?
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那么这怎么可能呢？
15:52
Because when I started, it seemed very appropriate to me
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因为我刚开始这么做的时候，这一切看起来都是理所应当的，
15:56
not to use motorized vehicles.
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不能使用机动车。
15:58
But the thing that was different
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但有所不同的是
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was that every birthday, I asked myself about silence,
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每年生日，我都决定让自己继续保持沉默，
16:03
but I never asked myself about my decision to just use my feet.
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但我从来没有问过自己，我为什么要决定只靠双脚步行。
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I had no idea I was going to become a U.N. Ambassador.
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我从没想过我会成为联合国亲善大使。
16:14
I had no idea I would have a Ph.D.
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我从没想过我会拿到博士学位。
16:18
And so I realized that I had a responsibility to more than just me,
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于是我意识到我有责任超越自我，
16:24
and that I was going to have to change.
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我必须做出改变。
16:26
You know, we can do it.
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要知道，我们都能做到。
16:29
I was going to have to change.
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我必须做出改变，
16:31
And I was afraid to change,
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同时我又害怕改变，
16:33
because I was so used to the guy who only just walked.
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因为我已经习惯了之前的自己 - 那个只走路的家伙。
16:36
I was so used to that person that I didn’t want to stop.
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我太习惯做那个人了以至于我不想停下来。
16:42
I didn’t know who I would be if I changed.
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我不知道如果我改变以后我将成为怎样一个人。
16:45
But I know I needed to.
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但我知道 我需要改变。
16:48
I know I needed to change, because it would be the only way
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我知道 我需要改变， 因为这是唯一的出路。
16:52
that I could be here today.
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只有改变，我才有可能今天站在这里。
16:56
And I know that a lot of times
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而且我知道很多时候
16:59
we find ourselves in this wonderful place where we’ve gotten to,
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我们发现自己处在一个很棒的位置，一个我们已经到达的位置，
17:03
but there’s another place for us to go.
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但是总会有另外一个位置需要我们走向那里。
17:06
And we kind of have to leave behind the security of who we’ve become,
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我们或多或少不得不放弃已有的安全感，这安全感来自我们已经做到的事，
17:12
and go to the place of who we are becoming.
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我们要做出改变，走向新的位置。
17:19
And so, I want to encourage you to go to that next place,
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因此，我想鼓励你们每个人迈向下一个目标，
17:28
to let yourself out of any prison that you might find yourself in,
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把你们自己从自我禁锢的监狱里释放出来。
17:33
as comfortable as it may be, because we have to do something now.
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即使这个监狱可能非常舒适，因为我们必须现在就行动起来。
17:41
We have to change now.
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我们必须现在就做出改变。
17:47
As our former Vice President said,
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就像我们的前副总统说的那样，
17:52
we have to become activists.
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我们必须成为积极分子。
17:56
So if my voice can touch you,
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所以说，如果我的声音能打动你，
18:00
if my actions can touch you, if my being here can touch you,
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如果我的行为能打动你， 如果我今天在这里的出现能打动你，
18:04
please let it be.
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请由它去吧。
18:06
And I know that all of you have touched me
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而我知道，你们所有人都打动了我，
18:11
while I’ve been here.
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当我在这里的时候。
18:16
So, let’s go out into the world
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那么，让我们走出去，走进世界吧，
18:19
and take this caring, this love, this respect
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带着这份关怀，爱和尊重，
18:22
that we’ve shown each other right here at TED,
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这份在TED这里我们给与彼此的情感，
18:27
and take this out into the world.
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带着它走进世界吧。
18:29
Because we are the environment,
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因为我们自己就是环境，
18:34
and how we treat each other
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我们如何对待彼此
18:37
is really how we’re going to treat the environment.
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实际上就是我们如何对待环境。
18:42
So I want to thank you for being here
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因此我想感谢你们今天到场，
18:46
and I want to end this in five seconds of silence.
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而且我想最后以5秒钟的沉默来结尾。
18:59
Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
19:01
(Applause)
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（掌声）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
John Francis - Planet walkerJohn Francis walks the Earth, carrying a message of careful, truly sustainable development and respect for our planet.
Why you should listen
One day in 1983, John Francis stepped out on a walk. For the next 22 years, he trekked and sailed around North and South America, carrying a message of respect for the Earth -- for 17 of those years, without speaking. During his monumental, silent trek, he earned
an MA in environmental studies and a PhD in land resources.
Today his Planetwalk foundation consults on sustainable development and works with educational groups to teach kids about the environment.
John Francis | Speaker | TED.com