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Eve Ensler - Playwright, activist
Eve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere.

Why you should listen

Inspired by intimate conversations with friends, Eve Ensler wrote The Vagina Monologues. The play recounts tender, funny, gripping and horrifying stories she gathered from hundreds of women about their bodies, their sexual experiences, and yes, their vaginas. Since its first staging in 1996, it has been translated into more than 45 languages, performed in more than 120 countries and re-created as an HBO film.

The Vagina Monologues' success allowed Ensler to create V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, which has so far raised $85 million to prevent violence and protect abused women. In February 2011, Ensler received the Isabelle Stephenson Tony Award for her philanthropic work. Ensler has also drawn praise for The Good Body, a play that cuts to women's obsession with their appearance, and her film What I Want My Words to Do to You, which portrays a writing group she leads at a correctional facility for women. Today, she continues to find new projects and push the envelope. Her latest play, I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World, hit the New York Times bestseller list and just wrapped a workshop production in Johannesburg -- nest stop is Paris and then Berkeley in June 2012.

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Eve Ensler: Happiness in body and soul

Eve Ensler: 身体和灵魂的幸福

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Eve Ensler,《阴道独白》的剧作者,她向我们讲述一段与友人关于绝经期的讨论如何演变成这出舞台名剧。她号召全球一起反对针对女性的暴力,并且告诉我们她如何找到属于自己的快乐。
- Playwright, activist
Eve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere. Full bio

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I bet赌注 you're worried担心.
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我保证你们很担心。
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I was worried担心. That's why I began开始 this piece.
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我也曾担心过。于是我创作了这部剧。
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I was worried担心 about vaginas阴道. I was worried担心 what we think about vaginas阴道,
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我为阴道担心。担心我们对阴道的看法
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and even more worried担心 that we don't think about them.
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更担心我们对其毫不关心。
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I was worried担心 about my own拥有 vagina阴道.
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我担心我自己的阴道
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It needed需要 a context上下文, a culture文化, a community社区 of other vaginas阴道.
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它需要一个环境,一个文化,一个群体。
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There is so much darkness黑暗 and secrecy保密 surrounding周围 them.
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关于阴道有太多的未解之谜。
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Like the Bermuda百慕大 Triangle三角形, nobody没有人 ever reports报告 back from there.
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就像百慕大三角洲,没人能告诉我们那里有什么。
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(Laughter笑声)
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In the first place地点, it's not so easy简单 to even find your vagina阴道.
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首先,要找到你的阴道甚至都不太容易
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Women妇女 go days, weeks, months个月, without looking at it.
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女人们甚至长时间不曾观察过它。
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I interviewed采访 a high-powered高功率 businesswoman女商人;
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我曾问过一位商界女强人
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she told me she didn't have time.
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她告诉我说她没空
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"Looking at your vagina阴道," she said, "is a full充分 day's work."
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“观察你的阴道,”她说,“要耗费一整天的精力”
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(Laughter笑声)
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"You've got to get down there on your back, in front面前 of a mirror镜子,
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“你得在镜子前面躺下来
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full-length总长度 preferred首选. You've got to get in the perfect完善 position位置,
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最好是全身镜。然后要找最好的角度,
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with the perfect完善 light, which哪一个 then becomes shadowed附有阴影 by the angle角度 you're at.
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恰到好处的灯光,而灯光又被你的角度给挡住啦。
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You're twisting盘曲 your head up, arching拱架 your back, it's exhausting辛苦."
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你得扭曲着抬起头,弓起背,这简直太累了—”
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She was busy; she didn't have time.
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她太忙了,所以没时间
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So I decided决定 to talk to women妇女 about their vaginas阴道.
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所以我便决定要跟女士们讨论下她们的阴道。
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They began开始 as casual随便 vagina阴道 interviews面试,
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刚开始时是关于阴道的随意访谈,
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and they turned转身 into vagina阴道 monologues独白.
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而这些最终成就了《阴道独白》
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I talked with over 200 women妇女. I talked to older旧的 women妇女,
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我访问了超过200位女性,其中有老年人
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younger更年轻 women妇女, married已婚 women妇女, lesbians女同志, single women妇女;
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年轻人,已婚妇女,女同性恋,单身女性,
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I talked to corporate企业 professionals专业人士, college学院 professors教授, actors演员, sex性别 workers工人;
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有职业女性,大学教授,演员,性工作者,
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I talked to African-American非裔美国人 women妇女, Asian-American亚裔美国人 women妇女,
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有非洲裔美国女性,亚裔美国女性,
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Native-American美洲原住民 women妇女, Caucasian高加索 women妇女, Jewish犹太 women妇女.
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土著美国女性,白人女性,犹太女性。
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OK, at first women妇女 were a little shy害羞, a little reluctant不情愿 to talk.
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开始时她们都有些害羞,不愿多谈。
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Once一旦 they got going, you couldn't不能 stop them.
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一旦打开话匣子,她们简直滔滔不绝。
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Women妇女 love to talk about their vaginas阴道 -- they do.
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女人喜欢讨论她们的阴道,真的。
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Mainly主要 because no one's那些 ever asked them before.
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她们以前不谈主要因为没人问过。
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(Laughter笑声)
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Let's just start开始 with the word "vagina阴道" -- vagina阴道, vagina阴道.
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我们先来谈这个词——阴道,阴道。
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It sounds声音 like an infection感染 at best最好. Maybe a medical instrument仪器.
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它听起来象一种传染病,或者一种医疗器械。
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"Hurry匆忙, nurse护士, bring带来 the vagina阴道."
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“快点,护士,把阴道拿过来。”
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(Laughter笑声)
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Vagina阴道, vagina阴道, vagina阴道. It doesn't matter how many许多 times
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阴道,阴道,阴道,不管你念多少次,
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you say the word, it never sounds声音 like a word you want to say.
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它听起来都不像你想说的词。
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It's a completely全然 ridiculous荒谬, totally完全 un-sexy未性感 word.
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这是一个非常荒谬的词,毫无性感可言。
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If you use it during sex性别, trying to be politically政治上 correct正确,
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如果你在床上用这个词,想要尽量显得礼貌正式些:
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"Darling宠儿, would you stroke行程 my vagina阴道," you kill the act法案 right there.
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“亲爱的,你愿意靠近我的阴道吗?”便立刻让人性趣全无。
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(Laughter笑声)
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I'm worried担心 what we call them and don't call them.
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我担心我们对她的称呼,也担心我们对她闭口不提。
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In Great Neck颈部, New York纽约, they call it a "pussy-cat."
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在纽约大颈镇,人们通常叫它“小猫咪”(pussy-cat)。
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A woman女人 told me there, her mother母亲 used to tell her,
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有人告诉我,她的妈妈以前经常对她说:
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"Don't wear穿 panties, dear, underneath your pajamas睡衣.
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“亲爱的,别在你的睡衣里面穿小裤裤”
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You need to air空气 out your pussy-cat."
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你得让你的小猫咪透透气。”
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In Westchester威彻斯特 they call it a "pookypooky," in New Jersey新泽西 a "twat娘们."
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在威斯切斯特它被称作pooky, 在新泽西被称作twat
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There's powder-box粉盒, derriere臀部, a pookypooky, a poochypoochy, a poopy猫粪,
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其它叫法还有powder-box, derriere, pooky, poochy, poopy
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a poopaloopoopaloo, a pooninanapooninana, a padepachetchkipadepachetchki, a powPOW, and a peach桃子.
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poopaloo, pooninana, padepachetchki, pow, peach
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There's toadietoadie, dee迪伊 dee迪伊, nishi西, dignity尊严, coochiecoochie snorchersnorcher, cooter库特,
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另外还可以别称作toadie, dee dee, nishi, dignity, coochie, snocher, cooter
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labiLABI, gladisGLADIS siegelman席格曼, vaVA, wee-wee凌晨,凌晨, whore-spot妓女现场, nappy尿布 dugout独木舟,
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mungo蒙哥, ghoulieghoulie, powder-box粉盒, a "mimi咪咪" in Miami迈阿密,
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mungo, ghoulie, powder-box, 在迈阿密叫mimi
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a "split分裂 knishknish" in Philadelphia费城, and a "schmendeschmende" in the Bronx布朗克斯.
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在费城叫split knish, 在布朗克斯区叫schmende
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I am worried担心 about vaginas阴道.
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我为阴道而担心。
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This is how the "Vagina阴道 Monologues独白" begins开始.
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所以便有了《阴道独白》。
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But it really didn't begin开始 there; it began开始 with a conversation会话 with a woman女人.
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但这并不是最初的起源,一切从我和一个女人的谈话开始。
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We were having a conversation会话 about menopause绝经,
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我们在讨论关于绝经期的话题,
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and we got onto the subject学科 of her vagina阴道 --
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然后聊到了阴道,
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which哪一个 you'll你会 do if you're talking about menopause绝经.
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因为这是无法避免的一个方面。
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And she said things that really shocked吃惊 me about her vagina阴道 --
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她谈到她的阴道,让我吃了一惊
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that it was dried-up干涸 and finished and dead -- and I was kind of shocked吃惊.
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她说它干涸了,没用了,不复生机,我对此感到惊讶。
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And so I said to a friend朋友 casually胡乱, "Well, what do you think about your vagina阴道?"
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所以我又随意地问了另一个朋友,“你怎么看你的阴道?”
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And that woman女人 said something more amazing惊人,
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那个女人说出了更让我吃惊的话,
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and then the next下一个 woman女人 said something more amazing惊人,
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然后下一个女人又一次使我震惊,
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and before I knew知道 it, every一切 woman女人 was telling告诉 me
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很快,每个女人都告诉我很棒的故事,
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I had to talk to somebody about their vagina阴道 because they had an amazing惊人 story故事,
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我感到必须跟其他人谈谈阴道,因为她们有很棒的故事,
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and I was sucked down the vagina阴道 trail落后.
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就这样我一步步滑向了阴道的“深渊”。
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(Laughter笑声)
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And I really haven't没有 gotten得到 off it. I think if you had told me
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真的,我到现在也无法逃脱,如果我年轻的时候你告诉我,
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when I was younger更年轻 that I was going to grow增长 up, and be in shoe stores商店,
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等我长大后,每一次我逛鞋店时,
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and people were going to scream惊叫 out, "There she is, the Vagina阴道 Lady淑女!"
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都有人对着我大喊,“看哪!是那个'阴道女士'。”
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I don't know that that would have been my life ambition志向.
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我还真不知道自己会不会以此作为毕生志向。
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(Laughter笑声)
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But I want to talk a little bit about happiness幸福 and the relationship关系
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我想谈下幸福
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to this whole整个 vagina阴道 journey旅程 because
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以及幸福同这整个阴道之旅的关系,
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it has been an extraordinary非凡 journey旅程 that began开始 eight years年份 ago.
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因为这8年对我来说,是一段非凡的旅程。
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I think before I did the "Vagina阴道 Monologues独白"
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我想在我创作《阴道独白》之前
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I didn't really believe in happiness幸福.
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我并不相信幸福。
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I thought that only idiots白痴 were happy快乐, to be honest诚实.
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坦白地说,那时我觉得只有傻瓜才会幸福。
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I remember记得 when I started开始 practicing Buddhism佛教 14 years年份 ago,
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还记得14年前当我开始修习佛教的时候,
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and I was told that the end结束 of this practice实践 was to be happy快乐,
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他们告诉我修行的最终是得到幸福。
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I said, "How could you be happy快乐 and live生活 in this world世界 of suffering痛苦
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我回答:“活在这个多灾多难的痛苦世界
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and live生活 in this world世界 of pain疼痛?" I mistook误把 happiness幸福 for a lot of other things,
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怎么能奢求幸福?" 那时我将幸福跟其他东西混淆了
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like numbness麻木 or decadence衰落 or selfishness自私.
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比如麻木,颓废和自私。
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And what happened发生 through通过 the course课程 of the "Vagina阴道 Monologues独白"
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通过这出《阴道独白》
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and this journey旅程 is I think I have come to understand理解
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以及这段由此展开的旅程,我逐渐开始
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a little bit more about happiness幸福.
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更理解幸福的含义。
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There're有很 three qualities气质 I want to talk about.
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我想谈其中的3个特点。
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One is seeing眼看 what's right in front面前 of you, and talking about it,
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一是正视你眼前的事物,然后谈论它,
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and stating说明 it. I think what I learned学到了 from talking about the vagina阴道,
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描述它。我想我从谈论阴道中体会到
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and speaking请讲 about the vagina阴道, is it was the most obvious明显 thing --
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即使它是再明显不过的事物--
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it was right in the center中央 of my body身体 and the center中央 of the world世界 --
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它在我身体的中心,在世界的中心
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and yet然而 it was the one thing nobody没有人 talked about.
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但却没有人讨论它。
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The second第二 thing is that what talking about the vagina阴道 did
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其次,对阴道的讨论
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is it opened打开 this door which哪一个 allowed允许 me to see
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替我打开了一扇门,让我发现
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that there was a way to serve服务 the world世界 to make it better.
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这个世界能够变得更好的方式。
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And that's where the deepest最深 happiness幸福 has actually其实 come from.
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而这正是最深层次的幸福所在。
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And the third第三 principle原理 of happiness幸福, which哪一个 I've realized实现 recently最近.
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关于幸福的第三个原则,我是最近才领悟到的。
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Eight years年份 ago, this momentum动量 and this energy能源, this "V-waveV-波" started开始 --
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八年前,这股能量巨大的“V浪潮”开始席卷世界——
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and I can only describe描述 it as a "V-waveV-波" because, to be honest诚实,
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我只能把它形容为“V浪潮”是因为,坦白地说
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I really don't understand理解 it completely全然; I feel at the service服务 of it.
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我并不能完全理解它,感觉我是任由它支配的。
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But this wave started开始, and if I question the wave,
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但它开始兴起了,如果我心存怀疑,
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or try to stop the wave or look back at the wave,
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或试图阻止,或回首张望,
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I often经常 have the experience经验 of whiplash挥鞭
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我就经常会有一种备受煎熬的感觉,
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or the potential潜在 of my neck颈部 breaking破坏. But if I go with the wave,
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但如果我顺应潮流
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and I trust相信 the wave and I move移动 with the wave, I go to the next下一个 place地点,
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给予信任,随之前进,我就能到达另一个高度
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and it happens发生 logically逻辑 and organically有机 and truthfully如实.
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它的发生是如此顺理成章,自然和真实。
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And I started开始 this piece, particularly尤其 with stories故事 and narratives叙事,
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当我开始创作此剧时,尤其是关于其中的故事和叙述,
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and I was talking to one woman女人 and that led to another另一个 woman女人
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我同一位又一位的妇女交谈,
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and that led to another另一个 woman女人, and then I wrote those stories故事 down
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然后我将这些故事记录下来,
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and I put them out in front面前 of other people.
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融入戏剧,开始公演。
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And every一切 single time I did the show显示 at the beginning开始,
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开始时每出公演之后,
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women妇女 would literally按照字面 line线 up after the show显示
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都有很多女人排着队来找我,
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because they wanted to tell me their stories故事.
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因为她们想告诉我她们的故事。
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And at first I thought, "Oh great, I'll hear about wonderful精彩 orgasms性高潮,
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刚开始时我想:“太棒了,我会听到最棒的性高潮,
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and great sex性别 lives生活, and how women妇女 love their vaginas阴道."
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最美满的性生活,还有女人们是多么爱她们的阴道。”
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But in fact事实, that's not what women妇女 lined up to tell me.
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但实际上,这并不是她们要告诉我的。
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What women妇女 lined up to tell me was how they were raped强奸,
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她们告诉我的,是她们如何被强奸,
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and how they were battered受虐, and how they were beaten殴打,
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如何被虐待,被殴打,
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and how they were gang-raped轮奸 in parking停車處 lots,
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如何在停车场被轮奸,
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and how they were incestedincested by their uncles叔叔.
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如何被叔叔舅舅侵犯。
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And I wanted to stop doing the "Vagina阴道 Monologues独白"
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那时我几乎想停止《阴道独白》的公演,
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because it felt too daunting艰巨. I felt like a war战争 photographer摄影师
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因为这一切让我恐惧。我觉得自己像一位战地摄影师,
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who takes pictures图片 of terrible可怕 events事件, but doesn't intervene干预 on their behalf代表.
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拍下了最恐怖的事件,却无力阻止。
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And so in 1997, I said, "Let's get women妇女 together一起.
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所以在1997年,我说,“让我们把这些女人们集合起来。
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What could we do with this information信息 that all these women妇女 are being存在 violated违反?"
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看看我们能帮这些受侵害的女人做些什么。
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And it turned转身 out, after thinking思维 and investigating调查,
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结果,通过我的思考和调查,
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that I discovered发现 -- and the UN联合国 has actually其实 said this recently最近 --
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我发现——联合国最近也得出了相似的结论——
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that one out of every一切 three women妇女 on this planet行星
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世界上三分之一的女性,
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will be beaten殴打 or raped强奸 in her lifetime一生.
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在她的一生中将会被殴打或者强暴。
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That's essentially实质上 a gender性别; that's essentially实质上 a resource资源 of the planet行星, which哪一个 is women妇女.
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而女性是这个星球上最基本的性别,最基本的资源啊。
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So in 1997 we got all these incredible难以置信 women妇女 together一起 and we said,
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所以1997年,我们把这些了不起的女性聚集在一起思考:
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"How can we use the play, this energy能源, to stop violence暴力 against反对 women妇女?"
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“如何利用这出戏剧,这股能量,来阻止针对女性的暴力呢?”
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And we put on one event事件 in New York纽约 City, in the theater剧院,
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于是我们在纽约的剧院里举办了一场活动,
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and all these great actors演员 came来了 -- from Susan苏珊 Sarandon萨兰登,
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我们得到了很多优秀演员的支持,比如Susan Sarandon
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to Glenn格伦 Close, to Whoopi乌比戈 Goldberg戈德堡 -- and we did one performance性能
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Glenn Close和Whoopi Goldberg,我们在当天晚上的演出
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on one evening晚间, and that catalyzed催化 this wave, this energy能源.
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成功地掀起了这股浪潮,这股能量
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And within five years年份, this extraordinary非凡 thing began开始 to happen发生.
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五年内,这不可思议的改变逐渐发生
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One woman女人 took that energy能源 and she said, "I want to bring带来 this wave,
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一个女人被这种精神感染,她说,“我要将这股浪潮
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this energy能源, to college学院 campuses校园," and so she took the play
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这股能量带入大学校园。”所以她开始排练这出戏
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and she said, "Let's use the play and have performances演出 of the play
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她说,“让我们每年演出一次
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once一旦 a year, where we can raise提高 money to stop violence暴力 against反对 women妇女
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然后筹集善款,把反对针对女性的暴力的行动
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in local本地 communities社区 all around the world世界."
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传播到世界的每一个角落。”
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And in one year, it went to 50 colleges高校, and then it expanded扩大.
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1年内,这出戏剧进入了50所高校,然后逐渐递增。
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And over the course课程 of the last six years年份, it's spread传播
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在过去的6年时间里
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and it's spread传播 and it's spread传播 and it's spread传播 around the world世界.
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它已经成功地传播到了世界各处。
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What I have learned学到了 is two things. One: that the epidemic疫情
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在此过程中我意识到两件事。一是针对女性的暴力
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of violence暴力 towards women妇女 is shocking触目惊心; it's global全球;
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其范围是令人的震惊。这是个全球性的问题
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it is so profound深刻 and it is so devastating破坏性的,
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它非常严重和具有破坏性,
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and it is so in every一切 little pocket口袋 of every一切 little crater弹坑,
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它无孔不入
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of every一切 little society社会, that we don't even recognize认识 it
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而我们没有意识到,
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because it's become成为 ordinary普通. This journey旅程 has taken采取 me to Afghanistan阿富汗,
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是因为它太普遍了。我曾去过阿富汗,
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where I had the extraordinary非凡 honor荣誉 and privilege特权 to go into
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有幸被特殊照顾去到了塔利班统治下的一些地方,
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parts部分 of Afghanistan阿富汗 under the Taliban塔利班 -- I was dressed连衣裙的 in a burqa布卡 --
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我穿着蒙住全身的长袍,
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and I went in with an extraordinary非凡 group called the
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在一个名为“阿富汗女性革命联盟”的组织掩护下,
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Revolutionary革命的 Association协会 of the Women妇女 of Afghanistan阿富汗,
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进入了阿富汗,
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and I saw firsthand第一手 how women妇女 had been stripped剥离
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在那里我亲眼见证女性是怎样被剥夺了
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of every一切 single right that was possible可能 to strip跳闸 women妇女 of --
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每一项人身权利。
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from being存在 educated博学, to being存在 employed就业, to being存在
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她们不能受教育,不能工作
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actually其实 allowed允许 to eat ice cream奶油.
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甚至不能吃冰淇淋
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For those of you who don't know it, it was illegal非法 to eat ice cream奶油 under the Taliban塔利班.
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有些人可能还不知道,在塔利班统治下,吃冰淇淋是违法的
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And I actually其实 saw and met会见 women妇女 who had been flogged鞭打
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我甚至亲眼看见有女性因为被发现吃香草冰淇淋
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by being存在 caught抓住 eating vanilla香草 ice cream奶油.
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而被鞭挞。
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And I was taken采取 to the secret秘密 ice cream-eating奶油吃 place地点 in a little town,
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我还被带到了小镇上的一个秘密的吃冰淇淋的地方,
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where we went to a back room房间, and women妇女 were seated坐在
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走进里屋,女人们围坐在那里,
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and a curtain窗帘 was pulled around us, and they were served提供服务 vanilla香草 ice cream奶油.
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周围拉上帘幕,有人给她们递上香草冰淇淋。
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And women妇女 lifted取消 their burqas罩袍 and ate this ice cream奶油,
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女人们掀开面纱,开始享用,
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and I don't think I ever understood了解 pleasure乐趣 until直到 that moment时刻,
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而我直到那时才明白快乐是什么,
10:08
and how women妇女 have found发现 a way to keep their pleasure乐趣 alive.
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以及这些女性如何想办法将这种快乐延续下去。
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It has taken采取 me, this journey旅程, to Islamabad伊斯兰堡, where I have
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我还去到了伊斯兰堡,在那里
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witnessed目击 and met会见 women妇女 with their faces面孔 melted融化了 off.
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我们见到了毁容的女性。
10:18
It has taken采取 me to Juarez华雷斯, Mexico墨西哥, where I was a week ago,
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我的旅程延续到了墨西哥的华雷斯,一周前,
10:22
where I have literally按照字面 been there in parking停車處 lots
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我在那里的停车场亲眼看见
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where bones骨头 of women妇女 have washed up and been dumped
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有女性的骨头像垃圾一样被扔在那里,
10:28
next下一个 to Coca-Cola可口可乐 bottles瓶子.
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就在汽水瓶旁边。
10:31
It has taken采取 me to universities高校
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我去过全国各地的高校
10:33
all over this country国家 where girls女孩 are date-raped约会强奸 and drugged迷药.
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有很多女孩子遭到约会强奸和迷奸。
10:36
I have seen看到 terrible可怕, terrible可怕, terrible可怕 violence暴力.
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我见识过了极度残酷的暴力行为。
10:40
But I have also recognized认可, in the course课程 of seeing眼看 that violence暴力,
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在面对暴力和现实的过程中,
10:44
that being存在 in the face面对 of things and seeing眼看 actually其实
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我也意识到直面事实
10:47
what's in front面前 of us is the antidote解药 to depression萧条 and to a feeling感觉
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是摆脱抑郁,自卑和无价值感的
10:53
that one is worthless无用 and has no value.
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一种很好的办法。
10:55
Because before the "Vagina阴道 Monologues独白,"
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在创作《阴道独白》之前,
10:57
I will say that 80 percent百分 of my consciousness意识 was closed关闭 off
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对于现实中发生的惨剧
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to what was really going on in this reality现实.
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我必须承认自己80%的良知不为所动。
11:03
And that closing-off关闭关闭 closed关闭 off my vitality活力 and my life energy能源.
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这种麻木阻碍了我的生命活力和激情。
11:08
What has also happened发生 is in the course课程 of these travels旅行 --
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在这些旅途中的所发生的——
11:10
and it's been an extraordinary非凡 thing -- is that every一切 single place地点
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确实是很特别的经历——我走到世界上的任何地方
11:14
that I have gone走了 to in the world世界, I have met会见 a new species种类.
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都会遇到新的“物种”。
11:17
And I really love hearing听力 about all these species种类 at the bottom底部 of the sea.
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我非常喜欢听她们这些新人类谈论她们深藏海底的的故事。
11:21
And I was thinking思维 about how being存在 with these
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我刚在想关于和这些
11:23
extraordinary非凡 people on this particular特定 panel面板
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非凡的人们共事时,
11:26
that it's beneath下面, beyond, and between之间,
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这些形形色色的人们,
11:29
and the vagina阴道 kind of fits适合 into all those categories类别.
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有着各种各样的阴道故事。
11:32
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
11:33
But one of the things I've seen看到 is this species种类 --
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关于这些我所见过的杰出女性
11:36
and it is a species种类, and it is a new paradigm范例,
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她们像是新的物种,新的典范,
11:39
and it doesn't get reported报道 in the press or in the media媒体
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但是媒体从来不报导
11:41
because I don't think good news新闻 ever is news新闻,
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因为我估计好消息从来都算不上新闻,
11:45
and I don't think people who are transforming转型 the planet行星
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我也不认为正在改变世界的人们
11:47
are what gets得到 the ratings评级 on TV电视 shows节目.
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可以在电视节目上取得高收视率。
11:50
But every一切 single country国家 I have been to -- and in the last six years年份
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但在我曾去过的每个国家——在过去的6年里
11:53
I've been to about 45 countries国家, and many许多 tiny little villages村庄 and cities城市 and towns城市 --
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我到过45个国家,还有很多小的城市,乡村和小镇
11:58
I have seen看到 something what I've come to call "vagina阴道 warriors勇士."
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我遇见了很多被我称作“阴道卫士”的人。
12:02
A "vagina阴道 warrior战士" is a woman女人, or a vagina-friendly阴道友好 man,
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“阴道卫士”通常是女性,或者同情女性遭遇的男性,
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who has witnessed目击 incredible难以置信 violence暴力 or suffered遭遇 it,
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他们曾目睹或经历过残酷的暴力行为,
12:10
and rather than getting得到 an AK-AK-47 or a weapon武器 of mass destruction毁坏
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不同于抄起刀枪大肆报复,
12:14
or a machete弯刀, they hold保持 the violence暴力 in their bodies身体;
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她们用身体默默承受,
12:19
they grieve it; they experience经验 it; and then they go out and devote奉献
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用心灵哀悼和感悟,然后走出家门
12:24
their lives生活 to making制造 sure it doesn't happen发生 to anybody任何人 else其他.
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投入毕生的努力来确保这些事不会再发生在别人身上。
12:28
I have met会见 these women妇女 everywhere到处 on the planet行星.
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我在世界各地都见识过这样的女性。
12:31
And I want to tell a few少数 stories故事 because I believe that
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我想给你们讲一些故事,
12:33
stories故事 are the way that we transmit发送 information信息,
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因为我认为故事是传递信息的最好载体,
12:36
where it goes into our bodies身体. And I think that one of the things
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它让我们感同身受。我认为关于在TED做演讲
12:39
about being存在 at TEDTED that's been very interesting有趣
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最有趣的一点是
12:42
is that I live生活 in my body身体 a lot, and I don't live生活 in my head very much anymore.
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我现在更多的用身体感知世界,而不再常常用大脑感知。
12:46
And this is a very heady风头正劲 place地点.
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而TED恰恰是一个注重大脑的地方。
12:48
And it's been really interesting有趣 to be in my head
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对我来说用大脑感知是件很有趣的事。
12:51
for the last two days; I've been very disoriented迷失方向 --
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在过去的两天里,我非常迷茫——
12:53
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
12:54
because I think the world世界, the V-worldV-世界, is very much in your body身体.
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因为我觉得这个V世界是关于身体的。
12:58
It's a body身体 world世界, and the species种类 really exists存在 in the body身体,
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这是个用身体感知的世界,我们这个物种其实是存在于身体中(而非大脑中),
13:02
and I think there's a real真实 significance意义 in us
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我认为在身体和大脑之间建立联系
13:04
attaching附上 our bodies身体 to our heads -- that that separation分割
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是具有重要意义的——这种身脑分隔
13:07
has created创建 a divide划分 that is often经常 separating分离 purpose目的 from intent意图.
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造成了目的和意图的分离。
13:13
And the connection连接 between之间 body身体 and head often经常 brings带来 those things into union联盟.
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而身体和大脑的联系则将两者合而为一。
13:19
I want to talk about three particular特定 people
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我想告诉你们我遇到过的三个典型人物
13:21
that I've met会见, vagina阴道 warriors勇士, who really transformed改造 my understanding理解
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三位阴道卫士,她们真正改变了
13:25
of this whole整个 principle原理 and species种类,
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我对整个信念和这些女性的看法,
13:27
and one is a woman女人 named命名 Marsha玛莎 Lopez洛佩兹.
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第一位是名叫Marsha Lopez的女性
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Marsha玛莎 Lopez洛佩兹 was a woman女人 I met会见 in Guatemala危地马拉.
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我是在危地马拉认识她的
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She was 14 years年份 old, and she was in a marriage婚姻
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她当时14岁,已婚,
13:36
and her husband丈夫 was beating跳动 her on a regular定期 basis基础,
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她的丈夫经常打她,
13:39
and she couldn't不能 get out because she was addicted上瘾 to the relationship关系
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她不能逃脱,因为她沉溺于这段婚姻关系,
13:43
and she had no money. Her sister妹妹 was younger更年轻 than her
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而且她没有钱。她的妹妹
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and she applied应用的 -- we had a "stop rape强奸" contest比赛 a few少数 years年份 ago in New York纽约 --
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申请参加了我们几年前在纽约举行的“停止强暴”的比赛,
13:51
and she applied应用的, hoping希望 that she would become成为 a finalist决赛
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她希望能够入围决赛,
13:54
and she could bring带来 her sister妹妹.
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这样她就能把她的姐姐带到纽约来。
13:56
She did become成为 a finalist决赛; she brought Marsha玛莎 to New York纽约.
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她确实成功了,她把Marsha带到了纽约。
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And at that time we did this extraordinary非凡 V-DayV-日
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那次我们举行了一个不同凡响的“V日”活动
14:02
at Madison麦迪逊 Square广场 Garden花园 where we sold出售 out the entire整个 testosterone-filled睾酮填充 dome拱顶,
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在麦迪逊花园广场,我们的票销售一空
14:07
18,000 people standing常设 up to say
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一万八千名激情澎湃的人一起
14:09
"yes" to vaginas阴道, which哪一个 was really a pretty漂亮 incredible难以置信 transformation转型.
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宣誓发对暴力,那是个很了不起的改变。
14:13
And she came来了, and she witnessed目击 this, and she decided决定
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她在那里见证了这一切,然后决定
14:16
that she would go back and leave离开 her husband丈夫,
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回去后离开她的丈夫,
14:18
and that she would bring带来 V-DayV-日 to Guatemala危地马拉.
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还要把“V日”也带到危地马拉。
14:20
She was 21 years年份 old. I went to Guatemala危地马拉 and she had sold出售 out
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她21岁的时候,我去了危地马拉,
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the National国民 Theater剧院 of Guatemala危地马拉.
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她卖光了危地马拉国家剧院所有的票。
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And I watched看着 her walk步行 up on stage阶段 in her red short dress连衣裙, and high heels脚跟,
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我看着她穿着红色短裙和高跟鞋走上舞台
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and she stood站在 there and she said, "My name名称 is Marsha玛莎.
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站在那里对所有人说:“我是Marsha,
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I was beaten殴打 by my husband丈夫 for five years年份.
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我曾忍受家庭暴力长达5年
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He almost几乎 murdered谋杀 me. I left and you can too."
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我的丈夫几乎置我于死地。我离开了他,你们也可以。”
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And the entire整个 2,000 people went absolutely绝对 crazy.
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然后全场2000人都陷入疯狂状态。
14:45
There's a woman女人 named命名 Esther以斯帖 Chavez查韦斯
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还有一个是叫Esther Chavez的女人,
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who I met会见 in Juarez华雷斯, Mexico墨西哥. And Esther以斯帖 Chavez查韦斯
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我在墨西哥的华雷斯遇到她。
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was a brilliant辉煌 accountant会计 in Mexico墨西哥 City; she was 72 years年份 old;
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她住在墨西哥城,是名出色的会计,已经72岁了,
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and she was planning规划 to retire退休.
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正计划退休。
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She went to Juarez华雷斯 to take care关心 of an ailing生病 aunt姑妈, and over the course课程 of it,
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她去华雷斯照顾生病的阿姨,在此期间
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she began开始 to discover发现 what was happening事件 to the murdered谋杀
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她逐渐发现有女性在华雷斯
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and disappeared消失 women妇女 of Juarez华雷斯.
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被谋杀或失踪。
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She gave up her life; she moved移动 to Juarez华雷斯;
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她继而放弃了舒适的晚年生活,搬去了华雷斯,
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she started开始 to write the stories故事 which哪一个 documented记录 the disappeared消失 women妇女.
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她开始记录那些失踪的女性。
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300 women妇女 have disappeared消失
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有300位女性凭空消失在这个边境小镇
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in a border边境 town because they're brown棕色 and poor较差的.
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只因为她们是贫穷的黑人。
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There has been no response响应 to the disappearance消失,
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没有人关心她们失踪了,
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and not one person has been held保持 accountable问责.
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没有人对此负责。
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She began开始 to document文件 it; she opened打开 a center中央 called Casa卡萨 Amiga的Amiga;
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她便开始记录整理,还成立了一个“朋友之家”的组织,
15:25
and in six years年份, she has literally按照字面 brought this
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在6年内,她甚至让这个现象
15:27
to the consciousness意识 of the world世界.
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引起了全世界的注意。
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We were there a week ago, when there were 7,000 people on the street,
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一个星期前,我们在那里同7000人一起走上大街——
15:32
and it was truly a miracle奇迹. And as we walked through通过 the streets街道,
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这确实是个奇迹——当我们在街上游行时,
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the people of Juarez华雷斯, who normally一般 don't even come into the streets街道
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华雷斯那些因为治安混乱几乎从不上街的人们
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because the streets街道 are so dangerous危险, literally按照字面 stood站在 there and wept哭泣
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哭泣着见证和支持这些
15:42
to see that other people from the world世界 had showed显示 up
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为了这个特殊的群体
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for that particular特定 community社区.
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而从世界各地到来的人。
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There's another另一个 woman女人 named命名 Agnes艾格尼丝. And Agnes艾格尼丝, for me,
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还有一位叫做Agnes。
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epitomizes集中体现 what a vagina阴道 warrior战士 is.
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对我来说,Agnes是典型的“阴道卫士”。
15:54
I met会见 her three years年份 ago in Kenya肯尼亚. And Agnes艾格尼丝 was mutilated肢解 as a little girl女孩,
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我三年前在肯尼亚认识了她。Agnes小时候受到过伤害,
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she was circumcised割礼 against反对 her will
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她在10岁的时候被强制割去了阴蒂,
16:02
when she was 10 years年份 old, and she really made制作 a decision决定
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她下定决心
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that she didn't want this practice实践 to continue继续 anymore in her community社区.
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不再让这种仪式在当地继续下去。
16:10
So when she got older旧的 she created创建 this incredible难以置信 thing:
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长大一些后,她创造了一个难以置信的东西
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it's an anatomical解剖 sculpture雕塑 of a woman's女人的 body身体; it's half a woman's女人的 body身体.
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那是一个女性身体的解剖模型,下半身的模型,
16:18
And she walked through通过 the Rift裂痕 Valley, and she had
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她穿越大裂谷
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vagina阴道 and vagina阴道 replacement替代 parts部分 where she would teach
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带着展示阴道各部位的模型
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girls女孩 and parents父母 and boys男孩 and girls女孩 what a healthy健康 vagina阴道 looks容貌 like,
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告诉少男少女及家长们健康的阴道是什么样子,
16:28
and what a mutilated肢解 vagina阴道 looks容貌 like. And in the course课程 of her travel旅行
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被割去阴蒂的阴道是什么样子。
16:32
she walked literally按照字面 for eight years年份 through通过 the Rift裂痕 Valley,
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在8年的旅途中,她穿越了大裂谷
16:35
through通过 dust灰尘, through通过 sleeping睡眠 on the ground地面 -- because the Masais马赛人 are nomads游牧民族,
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跋山涉水,餐风露宿;由于马赛族是游牧民族,
16:39
and she would literally按照字面 have to find them, and they would move移动,
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她必须沿路找寻他们;当他们迁徙之后,
16:43
and she would find them again. She saved保存 1,500 girls女孩 from being存在 cut.
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她又再次找到她们——她使1500名女孩免于阴蒂切除。
16:48
And in that time she created创建 an alternative替代 ritual仪式 which哪一个 involved参与
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同时,她创造出了另一种仪式
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girls女孩 coming未来 of age年龄 without the cut.
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使适龄女孩不再需要被割去阴蒂。
16:54
When we met会见 her three years年份 ago,
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3年前我们遇到她的时候,
16:56
we said, "What could V-DayV-日 do for you?"
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我们问她:“V日能为你做些什么吗?”
16:58
And she said, "Well, if you got me a Jeep吉普车, I could get around a lot faster更快."
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她说:“嗯,如果能给我一辆吉普车,我就能移动地更快些。”
17:01
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
17:02
So we bought her a Jeep吉普车. And in the year that she had the Jeep吉普车,
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于是我们给她买了辆吉普车。在她拥有吉普车的那年,
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she saved保存 4,500 girls女孩 from being存在 cut. So then we said to her,
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她成功拯救了4500名女孩。于是我们又问她,
17:09
"Agnes艾格尼丝, well, what else其他 could we do for you?" And she said,
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“Agnes,我们还能为你做什么?”她回答说,
17:11
"Well, Eve前夕, you know, if you gave me some money,
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“如果你们能给我些钱,
17:13
I could open打开 a house and girls女孩 could run away and they could be saved保存."
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我就能开一个庇护所,女孩子们能够逃到这里受保护。”
17:17
And I want to tell this little story故事 about my own拥有 beginnings开始
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在这里我想插一个关于我自己如何开始这一切的小故事
17:20
because it's very interrelated相关 to happiness幸福 and Agnes艾格尼丝.
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因为这与我讲的幸福以及Agnes的故事很相关。
17:24
When I was a little girl女孩 -- and I grew成长 up
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当我还是个小女孩的时候——我成长在
17:27
in a wealthy富裕 community社区; it was an upper-middle中等偏上 class white白色 community社区,
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一个富裕的社区,那是一个白色的中产阶级社区——
17:31
and it had all the trappings服饰
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有华丽的外部装饰,
17:33
and the looks容貌 of a perfectly完美 nice不错, wonderful精彩, great life.
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以及一幅幸福完美生活的表象。
17:38
And everyone大家 was supposed应该 to be happy快乐 in that community社区
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在那个社区里,每个人都应该很幸福
17:41
and, in fact事实, my life was hell地狱. I lived生活 with an alcoholic酒精 father父亲
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但实际上我活在水深火热之中。我同酒鬼父亲住在一起,
17:44
who beat击败 me and molested调戏 me, and it was all inside that.
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他总是打我,骚扰我,这都存在于美丽表象之下。
17:47
And always as a child儿童 I had this fantasy幻想 that somebody would come and rescue拯救 me.
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小时候我总会幻想有人会来到我的身边拯救我。
17:52
And I actually其实 made制作 up a little character字符 whose谁的 name名称 was Mr先生. Alligator鳄鱼,
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实际上我还给这个人取了名字,叫鳄鱼先生,
17:55
and I would call him up when things got really bad,
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当情况很糟的时候我就会召唤他,
17:58
and I would say it was time to come and pick me up.
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对它说:鳄鱼先生你该出现把我带走了。
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And I would go and pack a little bag and I would wait for Mr先生. Alligator鳄鱼 to come.
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然后我就会去打个小包等着鳄鱼先生来。
18:04
Now, Mr先生. Alligator鳄鱼 never did come,
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鳄鱼先生从未真的出现,
18:06
but the idea理念 of Mr先生. Alligator鳄鱼 coming未来 actually其实 saved保存 my sanity明智
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但它会出现这的个想法使我不至于崩溃,
18:11
and made制作 it OK for me to keep going because I believed相信,
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使我能够在逆境中坚持下去,因为我相信
18:13
in the distance距离, there would be someone有人 coming未来 to rescue拯救 me.
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总有一天会有人来拯救我。
18:17
Cut to 40-some-odd- 一些奇 years年份 later后来, we go to Kenya肯尼亚,
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40多年以后,我们来到肯尼亚
18:21
and we're walking步行, we arrive到达 at the opening开盘 of this house --
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我们长途跋涉来到刚开业的那座庇护所——
18:25
and Agnes艾格尼丝 hadn't有没有 let me come to the house for days
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Agnes几天来一直没有让我过去
18:27
because they were preparing准备 this whole整个 ritual仪式.
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因为她们在为开业仪式做准备。
18:29
And I want to tell you a great story故事. When Agnes艾格尼丝 first started开始
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我想告诉你们一个很棒的故事,当Agnes刚开始
18:32
fighting战斗 to stop female genital生殖器 mutilation断肢 in her community社区,
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在她的族群为反对阴蒂切除而奋斗时,
18:36
she had become成为 an outcast弃儿, and she was exiled放逐 and she was slandered诽谤,
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她成了族群的弃儿,她遭到驱逐和诽谤
18:39
and the whole整个 community社区 turned转身 against反对 her.
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整个族群都与她为敌。
18:41
But, being存在 a vagina阴道 warrior战士, she kept不停 going,
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但是,作为一名杰出的斗士,她坚持了下来。
18:44
and she kept不停 committing提交 herself她自己 to transforming转型 consciousness意识.
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持续为转变观念付出自己的努力。
18:47
And in the Masai马赛 community社区, goats山羊 and cows奶牛 are the most valued价值 possession所有权.
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对马赛族来说,牛羊是最值钱的物品。
18:52
They're like the Mercedes-Benz梅赛德斯 - 奔驰 of the Rift裂痕 Valley.
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他们就相当于大裂谷的奔驰车。
18:56
And she said, two days before the house opened打开, two different不同 people
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她说,庇护所成立前2天,有两个人
19:00
arrived到达 to give her a goat山羊 each, and she said to me,
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来到这里,一人给了她一只羊,然后她告诉我
19:03
"I knew知道 then that female genital生殖器 mutilation断肢 would end结束 one day in Africa非洲."
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“我那时就知道总有一天女性割礼在非洲将不复存在。”
19:08
Anyway无论如何, we arrived到达, and when we arrived到达,
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长话短说,当我们到达那里时
19:11
there were hundreds数以百计 of girls女孩 dressed连衣裙的 in red, homemade自制 dresses礼服 --
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有上百名女孩穿着自制的红色裙装——
19:15
which哪一个 is the color颜色 of the Masai马赛 and the color颜色 of V-DayV-日 --
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红色是马萨伊族的代表色,也是V日的代表色
19:18
and they greeted欢迎 us, and they had made制作 up these songs歌曲
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她们热情迎接我们,她们唱起自己编的歌
19:21
that they were singing唱歌 about the end结束 of suffering痛苦,
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歌唱着苦难的终止,
19:23
and the end结束 of mutilation断肢, and they walked us down the path路径.
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割礼的终止,然后她们陪着我们一起走在路上
19:26
And it was a gorgeous华丽 day in the African非洲人 sun太阳,
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那是非洲阳光下美好的一天,
19:28
and the dust灰尘 was flying飞行 and the girls女孩 were dancing跳舞,
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路上尘土飞扬,女孩子们载歌载舞,
19:31
and there was this house, and it said, "V-DayV-日 Safe安全 House for the Girls女孩."
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不远处有座房子,写着“V日女性庇护所”
19:36
And it hit击中 me in that moment时刻 that it had taken采取 47 years年份,
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我霎时感悟,尽管等了47年
19:41
but that Mr先生. Alligator鳄鱼 had finally最后 shown显示 up.
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但鳄鱼先生终于还是出现了
19:44
And he'd他会 show显示 up obviously明显 in a form形成 that it took me a long time to understand理解,
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显然,我耗费了很长时间,才理解到他是以这么一种方式现身的。
19:49
which哪一个 is that when we give
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就是说,当我们为他人,为世界实现我们自己最渴望的事情时,
19:52
in the world世界 what we want the most, we heal愈合 the broken破碎 part部分 inside each of us.
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我们受伤的心灵便逐渐愈合。
19:58
And I feel, in the last eight years年份,
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我深深感受到,在过去的8年里,
20:01
that this journey旅程, this miraculous神奇 vagina阴道 journey旅程,
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由V日带来的奇妙旅行
20:04
has taught me this really simple简单 thing, which哪一个 is that happiness幸福 exists存在 in action行动;
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教给了我这件很简单的事,即幸福来源于行动,
20:11
it exists存在 in telling告诉 the truth真相 and saying what your truth真相 is;
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它存在于说出事实和自我坦白之中,
20:15
and it exists存在 in giving away what you want the most.
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它存在于奉献内心最渴望的东西。
20:19
And I feel that knowledge知识 and that journey旅程
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我觉得这个感悟和这个旅程
20:23
has been an extraordinary非凡 privilege特权,
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对我来说无比荣幸,
20:25
and I feel really blessed幸福 to have been here today今天 to communicate通信 that to you.
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我觉得非常幸运今天能够来到这里告诉你们这些。
20:29
Thank you very much.
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非常感谢。
20:31
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
Translated by Vivian Lee
Reviewed by Yujian Li

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eve Ensler - Playwright, activist
Eve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere.

Why you should listen

Inspired by intimate conversations with friends, Eve Ensler wrote The Vagina Monologues. The play recounts tender, funny, gripping and horrifying stories she gathered from hundreds of women about their bodies, their sexual experiences, and yes, their vaginas. Since its first staging in 1996, it has been translated into more than 45 languages, performed in more than 120 countries and re-created as an HBO film.

The Vagina Monologues' success allowed Ensler to create V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, which has so far raised $85 million to prevent violence and protect abused women. In February 2011, Ensler received the Isabelle Stephenson Tony Award for her philanthropic work. Ensler has also drawn praise for The Good Body, a play that cuts to women's obsession with their appearance, and her film What I Want My Words to Do to You, which portrays a writing group she leads at a correctional facility for women. Today, she continues to find new projects and push the envelope. Her latest play, I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World, hit the New York Times bestseller list and just wrapped a workshop production in Johannesburg -- nest stop is Paris and then Berkeley in June 2012.

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