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Bertrand Piccard: My solar-powered adventure
伯特兰 皮卡尔德（Bertrand Piccard）的太阳能动力冒险
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在新的世纪来临之际，冒险家伯特兰 皮卡尔德（Bertrand Piccard）为我们提供了一项挑战：在似乎不可能实现的事情里寻找可行的动机。他和我们共同分享了他自己的一项冒险计划，这个计划在很多人眼里看来是不可能实现的 -- 驾驶一架以太阳能为动力的飞机，不间断的围绕地球飞一圈。
Bertrand Piccard - Solar adventurer
Bertrand Piccard circumnavigated the Earth in a hot-air balloon. Now he wants to circle it in an airplane powered only by solar energy. Full bio
Bertrand Piccard circumnavigated the Earth in a hot-air balloon. Now he wants to circle it in an airplane powered only by solar energy. Full bio
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Well, I learned a lot of things about ballooning,
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我了解到了很多关于乘气球的信息，
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especially at the end of these balloon flights
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特别是在我和布赖恩 琼斯（Brian Jones）
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around the world I did with Brian Jones.
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乘热汽球环球飞行尾期的时候。
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When I took this picture,
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这张照片上我们可以看到，
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the window was frozen because of the moisture of the night.
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由于夜晚的水分， 所以整个窗口都被冻结了。
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And on the other side there was a rising sun.
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而从被冻结窗口的另一面望去，却是一番完美的日出景像。
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So, you see that on the other side of ice
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有人认为在冰的另一边
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you have the unknown,
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存在着一种未知的，
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you have the non-obvious,
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一种非显而易见的，
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you have the non-seen,
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一种什么都看不到的东西，
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for the people who don't dare
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这些都是对于那些害怕
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to go through the ice.
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穿过冰的人来说的。
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There are so many people
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有很多人
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who prefer to suffer in the ice they know
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他们宁愿在冰寒中坚熬
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instead of taking the risk of going through the ice
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都不愿尝试穿过冰层
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to see what there is on the other side.
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去看看另一边是什么景象。
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And I think that's one of the main problems of our society.
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我认为这是我们社会现存的主要问题之一。
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We learn, maybe not the famous TED audience,
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我们认识到，也许不是著名的TED观众，
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but so many other people learn,
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但很多其他人认为
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that the unknown, the doubts,
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未知，怀疑，
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the question marks are dangerous.
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疑问是危险的。
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And we have to resist to the changes.
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我们必须抵制变化。
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We have to keep everything under control.
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我们必须控制住一切。
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Well, the unknown is part of life.
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那么，未知是生活中的一部分。
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And in that sense, ballooning is a beautiful metaphor.
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在这个意义上说，乘热气球好比一个美丽的隐喻。
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Because in the balloon, like in life,
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因为在热气球上，就像在生活中一样，
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we go very well in unforeseen directions.
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在无法预料的方向里，我们进展的很顺利。
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We want to go in a direction,
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我们要驶向某个方向，
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but the winds push us in another direction, like in life.
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但是风却把我们推向了另一个方向， 就像在生活中一样。
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And as long as we fight horizontally,
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只要我们在经验范围内斗争，
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against life, against the winds,
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与生存,与风，
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against what's happening to us,
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与将在我们身上发生的事情作斗争，
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life is a nightmare.
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生命是一场噩梦。
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How do we steer a balloon?
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我们如何驾驶热气球？
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By understanding that the atmosphere
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通过了解得知
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is made out of several different layers of wind
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大气层是由若干层次组成，
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which all have different direction.
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不同层风向都各不相同。
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So, then, we understand that if we want to change our trajectory,
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那么，我们明白，如果我们要在生活中，或是在乘热气球中，
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in life, or in the balloon,
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改变我们的轨道，
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we have to change altitude.
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我们必须改变高度。
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Changing altitude, in life,
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在生活中改变高度，
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that means raising to another psychological, philosophical,
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这意味着提高到另一个心理，哲学，
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spiritual level.
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精神层面上。
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But how do we do that?
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但是，我们如何做到这一点？
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In ballooning, or in life,
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在乘热汽球或是在生活中，
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how do we change altitude?
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我们如何改变其 高度？
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How do we go from the metaphor
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我们如何去从隐喻中
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to something more practical that we can really
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得到一些可以
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use every day?
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实用的东西？
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Well, in a balloon it's easy, we have ballast.
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那么，对乘热气球来说是很容易的，我们有压舱物。
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And when we drop the ballast overboard we climb.
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当我们放弃我们的压舱物后，我们就会浮升起来。
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Sand, water, all the equipment we don't need anymore.
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如沙，水，或我们不需要的所有装备，
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And I think in life it should be exactly like this.
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我认为在生活中应该是完全一样的。
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You know, when people speak about pioneering spirit,
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你知道，当人们谈论首创精神，
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very often they believe that pioneers
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很多时候，他们认为，先驱者
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are the ones who have new ideas.
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是那些有新想法的人。
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It's not true.
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其实并不是这样的。
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The pioneers are not the ones who have new ideas,
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先驱者并不只是那些有新想法的人
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because new ideas are so easy to have.
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因为有新的想法是很容易的。
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We just close our eyes for a minute we all come back
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我们只需要静静的闭一分钟眼睛思考一下，当我们再睁开的时候，
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with a lot of new ideas.
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会带来很多新的主意。
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No, the pioneer is the one who
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不，先驱者是
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allows himself to throw overboard a lot of ballast.
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允许自己摆脱那些压舱物的人。
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Habits, certainties,
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习惯，无疑地，
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convictions, exclamation marks,
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信念，感叹，
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paradigms, dogmas.
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范例，教条。
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And when we are able to do that,
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当我们能够做到这一点时，
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what happens?
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那有会发生什么？
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Life is not anymore
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人生已不再
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just one line going in one direction
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只是在一种程度上，
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in one dimension. No.
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向一个方向运转。不。
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Life is going to be made out of all the possible lines
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人生是将在不同的方向中
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that go in all the possible directions
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在三种程度上
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in three dimensions.
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探索所有可能走的路线。
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And pioneering spirit will be each time we allow ourselves
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开拓精神将允许我们
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to explore this vertical axis.
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探索这条垂直轴。
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Of course not just like the atmosphere in the balloon,
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当然并不只是就像在热气球里的空气，
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but in life itself.
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而是在现实生活本身里。
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Explore this vertical axis, that means
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探索这条垂直轴意味着
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explore all the different ways to do,
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探索尝试各种不同的方法
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all the different ways to behave, all the different ways to think,
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所有不同方式的行为，所有不同方式的思考，
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before we find the one that goes in the direction we wish.
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在我们找到一个我们愿意做的方式之前。
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This is very practical.
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这是非常实用的。
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This can be in politics.
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这可以是在政治上。
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This can be in spirituality.
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这可以是在精神上。
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This can be in environment,
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这可以在环境上，
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in finance, in education of children.
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在金融，教育子女上。
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I deeply believe
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我深信，
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that life is a much greater adventure
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人生是一项更伟大的冒险
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if we manage to do politics
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如果我们在政治上能做到
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without the trench between the left and the right wing.
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没有与左翼和右翼战壕。
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Because we will throw away these political dogmas.
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因为我们会丢掉这些政治教条。
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I deeply believe that we can make much more protection of the environment
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我深信，我们可以更好的保护环境
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if we get rid -- if we throw overboard
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如果我们可以清除 -- 放弃或摆脱
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this fundamentalism that some of the greens have showed in the past.
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原教旨主义，过去发生的绿色革命(伊朗）正是一个鲜明的事例。
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And that we can aim for much higher spirituality
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我们可以力争达到更高的精神境界
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if we get rid of the religious dogmas.
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如果我们可以摆脱宗教教条。
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Throwing overboard, as ballast, to change our direction.
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放弃或摆脱，例如压舱物，来改变我们的方向。
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Well, these basically are things I believed in such a long time.
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那么，这些是我一直以来的坚信。
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But actually I had to go around the world in a balloon
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但其实我不得不乘着热气球环游世界
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to be invited to talk about it.
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以便获得邀请谈论它。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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(Applause)
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（鼓掌声）
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It's clear that it's not easy to know which ballast to drop
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显然，并不容易知道要放弃哪一个压舱物，
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and which altitude to take. Sometime we need
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并采取什么一种高度。有些时候我们需要
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friends, family members or a psychiatrist.
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朋友，家人或精神科医生。
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Well, in balloons we need weather men,
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那么，乘热气球时，我们需要气象员，
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the one who calculate the direction of each layer of wind,
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一个计算每个风层风向，高度的人，
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at which altitude, in order to help the balloonist.
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以便为了帮助热气球驾驶者航行。
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But sometimes it's very paradoxical.
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但有时却会非常矛盾。
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When Brian Jones and I were flying around the world,
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当布赖恩 琼斯和我环球飞行期间，
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the weather man asked us, one day, to fly
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气象员有一天要求我们飞的
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quite low, and very slow.
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很低，而且要很慢。
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And when we calculated we thought we're never going to make it
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我们计算了一下，按照那种速度我们永远都不可能
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around the world at that speed.
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完成我们的环球飞行计划。
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So, we disobeyed. We flew much higher, and double the speed.
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于是，我们没有听从他的意见，我们飞得更高，而且提高了两倍的速度。
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And I was so proud to have found that jetstream
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我如此自豪地发现了这种捷流
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that I called the weather man,
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我于是呼叫了我们的气象员，
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and I told him, "Hey, guy, don't you think we're good pilots up there?
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我告诉他，“嘿小子，你不觉得我们是在天上很擅长飞行的？
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We fly twice the speed you predicted."
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我们比你预测的飞行速度快两倍。”
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And he told me, "Don't do that. Go down immediately
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他告诉我，“不要那样做。立即下降，
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in order to slow down."
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以便放缓速度。”
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And I started to argue. I said, "I'm not going to do that.
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我开始争论。我说：“我不准备这样做。
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We don't have enough gas to fly so slow."
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我们没有足够的天然气如果我们这么慢飞行的话。“
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And he told me, "Yes, but with the low pressure you have on your left
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他告诉我：“是的，但在你们左边目前有低压气层
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if you fly too fast, in a couple of hours
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如果你们飞得太快，在几个小时后
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you will turn left and end up at the North Pole.
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你们向左边飞去，你们的旅途将在北极上空结束。"
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And then he asked me --
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然后他问我 --
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and this is something I will never forget in my life --
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这是让我在我人生中永不会忘记的 --
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he just asked me, "You're the good pilot up there.
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他只是问我：“你是一个优秀的飞行员。
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What do you really want? You want to go very fast
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你想要怎样呢？你想用非常快的速度向
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in the wrong direction, or slowly in the good direction?
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一个错误的方向航行，还是以一个很慢的速度往正确的方向飞？
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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(Applause)
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（鼓掌声）
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And this is why you need weathermen.
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这也就是你为什么要需要气象员。
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This is why you need people with long-term vision.
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这就是为什么你需要有长远眼光的人。
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And this is precisely what fails
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而这正是
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in the political visions we have now,
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在我们现在的政治愿景失败所在，
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in the political governments.
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在各国政府。
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We are burning, as you heard,
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正如你们听到的，我们正在燃烧
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so much energy,
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如此多的能量，
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not understanding that such an unsustainable
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不理解，以这样不可持续的方式生活
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way of life cannot last for long.
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是不能长期持续下去。
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So, we went down actually.
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因此，我们实际上是在下降
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We slowed down. And we went through moments of fears
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我们放慢速度。我们经历了恐惧的时刻
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because we had no idea how the little amount of gas
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因为我们不知道如何少量天然气
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we had in the balloon
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在我们的热气球里
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could allow us to travel 45,000 kilometers.
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可允许我们飞行45,000公里。
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But we were expected to have doubts; we're expected to have fears.
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但当我们把疑惑和恐惧除外。
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And actually this is where the adventure really started.
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而实际上这就是冒险的真正开始。
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When we were flying over the Sahara and India
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当我们飞越撒哈拉和印度时，
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it was nice holidays.
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那是不错的假日。
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We could land anytime and fly back home with an airplane.
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我们可以随时随地的降落，然后乘飞机飞回家来。
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In the middle of the Pacific,
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可是在太平洋中间，
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when you don't have the good winds, you cannot land,
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如果你没有顺风的话，你就不可能降落，
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you cannot go back.
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你就不能回家了。
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That's a crisis.
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这个是一个紧急关头。
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That's the moment when you have to wake up
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这就是你必须时刻警醒
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from the automatic way of thinking.
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从自动思维方式中。
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That's the moment when you have to motivate
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这就是你必须时刻激励自己
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your inner potential,
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你的内在潜力，
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your creativity.
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你的创造力。
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That's when you throw out all the ballast,
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这个时候你要摆脱所有的压舱物，
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all the certainties,
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所有的必然的事
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in order to adapt to the new situation.
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以便适应新的形势。
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And actually, we changed completely our flight plan.
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而实际上，我们完全改变我们的飞行计划。
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We changed completely our strategy.
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我们彻底改变了我们的战略。
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And after 20 days we landed successfully in Egypt.
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20天之后，我们成功的降落在埃及。
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But if I show you this picture
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但是，如果我给你们看这张照片
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it's not to tell you how happy we were.
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不是告诉你们我们当时是多么高兴。
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It's to show you how much gas was left
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是为了告诉你们我们当时在最后一个瓶子里，
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in the last bottles.
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还剩下多少燃料。
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We took off with 3.7 tons of liquid propane.
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我们一共携带了3.7吨的液体丙烷。
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We landed with 40 kilos.
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当我们降落时，只剩下40公斤了。
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When I saw that, I made a promise to myself.
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当我看到那张照片，我给自己作出了一个承诺。
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I made a promise that the next time I would fly around the world,
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一个承诺，我将会进行下一个环球飞行
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it would be with no fuel,
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这将是无燃料，
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independent from fossil energies,
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完全不依靠陈旧的矿物能源，
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in order to be safe,
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为了安全起见，
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not to be threatened by the fuel gauge.
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不会受到燃料容量不够的威胁。
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I had no idea how it was possible.
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我当时不知道是如何去实现它。
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I just thought it's a dream and I want to do it.
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我只是想这是一个我想做的一个梦想。
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And when the capsule of my balloon was introduced
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而当我的气球胶囊被正式引入
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officially in the Air and Space Museum in Washington,
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在华盛顿的航空航天博物馆，
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together with the airplane of Charles Lindbergh,
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并一同被展出和诸如，查尔斯·林德伯格（首次單人不着陆的跨大西洋飛行的人）的飞机，
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with Apollo 11, with the Wright Brothers' Flyer,
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阿波罗11，莱特兄弟的第一架實用飛機（世界上第一架實用飛機發明者），
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with Chuck Yeager's 61,
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查克·葉格（被認為是20世紀人類航空史上最重要的傳奇人物之一）的第61次（最后一次）飞行的飞机，
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I had really a thought then.
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当时我真的想过。
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I thought, well, the 20th century, that was brilliant.
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我想，20世纪，那时是多么的辉煌。
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It allowed to do all those things there.
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人类实现了那么多的梦想。
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But it will not be possible in the future any more.
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但是，这不可能在未来了实现了。
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It takes too much energy. It will cost too much.
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因为这需要太多的能源。这将花费太多。
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It will be prohibited
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我们将不允许这么做，
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because we'll have to save our natural resources
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因为我们必须要拯救我们的天然资源
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in a few decades from now.
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从现在起的几个世纪里。
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So how can we perpetuate
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因此，我们如何使
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this pioneering spirit
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这种首创精神永久化
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with something that will be independent from fossil energy?
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并且完全不依靠陈旧的能源？
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And this is when the project Solar Impulse
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这正是太阳能动力在我脑海里
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really started to
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突如其来
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turn in my head.
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的一种念头。
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And I think it's a nice metaphor also
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我认为这是一个不错的隐喻
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for the 21st century.
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为了二十一世纪。
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Pioneering spirit should continue, but on another level.
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创业精神应该继续下去，但在另一个层面上。
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Not to conquer the planet or space,
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不是征服地球或空间，
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not anymore, it has been done,
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不能再像之前一样，因为地球上的能源是有限的，
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but rather to improve the quality of life.
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而是提高生活质量。
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How can we go through the ice of certainty
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我们怎样才能穿过冰寒
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in order to make the most incredible a possible thing?
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以便让最令人难以置信的事情变得可行？
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What is today completely impossible --
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什么是今天完全不可能的 --
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get rid of our dependency on fossil energy.
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摆脱对矿物能源的依赖。
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If you tell to people, we want to be independent
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如果你告诉人们，我们要从
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from fossil energy in our world,
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世界上的矿物能源独立出来，
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people will laugh at you, except here,
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大家都会笑你，除了在座的人外，
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where crazy people are invited to speak.
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这里有一个疯狂的人被邀请发言。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
10:01
So, the idea is that if we fly around the world
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所以，这一想法是，如果我们驾驶太阳能飞机
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in a solar powered airplane,
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环绕世界飞行，
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using absolutely no fuel,
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绝对不使用燃料，
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nobody ever could say in the future
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没有人可以在未来说
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that it's impossible to do it
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这一点是不可能做到的
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for cars, for heating systems,
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对于汽车，加热系统，
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for computers, and so on and so on.
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电脑，等等等等。
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Well, solar power airplanes are not new.
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那么，太阳能飞机并不是什么新鲜的东西。
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They have flown in the past, but without
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他们已经在过去尝试过，
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saving capabilities, without batteries.
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但没有储蓄能力，也没有电池。
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Which means that they have more proven
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这意味着他们可更多
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the limits of renewable energies
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的证明可再生能源的界限
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than the potential of it.
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要比它的潜力大的多。
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If we want to show the potential,
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如果我们想展现他们的可能性，
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we have to fly day and night.
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我们要昼夜飞行。
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That means to load the batteries during the flight,
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这意味着在白天飞行的过程中，要给电池充电，
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in order to spend the night on the batteries,
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以便给晚上的飞行提供充足的能源，
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and fly the next day again.
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第二天接着继续飞行。
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It has been made, already, on remote controlled
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这已经在没有飞行员的
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little airplane models, without pilots.
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遥控小飞机模型实现了，
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But it stays an anecdote
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但是始终只是一个趣闻
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because the public couldn't identify to it.
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因为无法得到公众的支持。
10:58
I think you need a pilot in the plane
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我认为你需要在飞机里有一位飞行员
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that can talk to the universities,
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他可以和大学探讨，
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that can talk to students,
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可以和学生们探讨，
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talk to politicians during the flight,
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甚至在飞行期间和政客们交谈，
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and really make it a human adventure.
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使之真正成为人类的冒险。
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For that, unfortunately,
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为此，不幸的是，
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four meters wingspan is not enough.
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4米，翼展是不够的。
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You need 64 meter wingspan.
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您需要64米翼展。
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64 meter wingspan to carry one pilot, the batteries,
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64米翼展以便携带一名飞行员，和电池，
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flies slowly enough with the aerodynamic efficiency.
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用空气动力学效率足够慢的飞行。
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Why that? Because fuel is not easy to replace.
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为什么呢？由于燃料是不容易更换。
11:28
That's for sure.
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这是肯定的。
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And with 200 square meters of solar power on our plane,
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用我们飞机上的200平方米的太阳能板，
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we can produce the same energy
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我们可以产生相当
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than 200 little lightbulbs.
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200盏小灯泡的能量。
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That means a Christmas tree, a big Christmas tree.
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这意味着一棵圣诞树，一棵大圣诞树。
11:44
So the question is, how can you carry a pilot around the world
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所以，问题是，你怎么能够携带一个飞行员环球飞行
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with an airplane that uses
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驾驶一架飞机，
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the same amount of energy as a big Christmas tree?
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它所消耗的能源同等于照明一个大的圣诞树？
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People will tell you it's impossible,
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人会告诉你这是不可能的，
11:55
and that's exactly why we try to do it.
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而这也正是为什么我们尝试这样做。
11:58
We launched the project with my colleague Andre Borschberg
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我们在六年前启动了这个项目，是和
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six years ago.
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我的同事Andre Borschberg。
12:03
We have now 70 people in the team working on it.
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我们的队伍现以70人了。
12:06
We have gone through the stages of simulation, design,
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我们经历了模拟，设计阶段，
12:10
computing, preparing the construction
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计算，准备第一个
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of the first prototype.
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样机建设阶段。
12:15
That has been achieved after two years of work.
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这个过程是两年工作的结果。
12:18
Cockpit, propeller, engine.
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驾驶舱，螺旋桨，引擎。
12:20
Just the fuselage here, it's so light.
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只是机身这里，它是如此的轻，
12:22
It's not designed by an artist, but it could be.
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它不是由艺术家设计的，但完全可以。
12:25
50 kilos for the entire fuselage.
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整个机身共50公斤重。
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Couple of kilos more for the wing spars.
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大多数重量是在翼梁上。
12:31
This is the complete structure of the airplane.
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这是完整的飞机结构。
12:34
And one month ago we have unveiled it.
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一个月前我们已经向公众介绍了它。
12:37
You cannot imagine how it is for a team
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你无法想象它对一个队伍意味着什么，
12:39
who has been working six years on it
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他们为此奋斗了六年的汗水
12:41
to show that it's not only a dream and a vision,
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来表明它不只是一个梦想和远见，
12:44
it's a real airplane.
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它是一个真正的飞机。
12:46
A real airplane that we could finally present.
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一个我们可以终于真正展示的飞机。
12:49
And what's the goal now?
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什么是我们现在的目标呢？
12:51
The goal is to take off,
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我们的目标是起飞，
12:55
end of this year for the first test,
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今年年底的第一次试飞，
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but mainly next year, spring or summer,
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但是大致明年春天或夏天，
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take off, on our own power,
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起飞，用我们自己的力量，
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without additional help, without being towed,
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没有额外的帮助，没有牵引，
13:06
climb to 9,000 meters altitude.
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爬升至9000米的高度，
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The same time we load the batteries,
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与此同时，我们给电池蓄电，
13:11
we run the engines, and when we get at the maximum height,
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当我们到达最高高度是，我们运行发动机，
13:16
we arrive at the beginning of the night.
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我们将在夜晚开始时飞达目的地。
13:18
And there, there will be just one goal, just one:
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届时将会有只有一个目标，只有一个，
13:23
reach the next sunrise before the batteries are empty.
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在电池用空前到达下一个日出的地方。
13:26
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
13:29
And this is exactly the symbol of our world.
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而这正是我们这个世界的象征，
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If our airplane is too heavy,
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如果我们的飞机太重
13:34
if the pilot wastes energy,
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如果飞行员浪费能源，
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we'll never make it through the night.
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我们不可能穿越夜晚。
13:38
And in our world, if we keep on spoiling,
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而在我们的世界，如果我们继续溺爱，
13:41
wasting our energy resources,
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浪费我们的能源，
13:43
if we keep on building things that consume so much energy
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如果我们继续进行建设那么多的能源消耗的事情，
13:46
that most of the companies now go bankrupt,
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大多数的公司将破产，
13:51
it's clear that we'll never give the planet to the next generation
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很显然，我们将不会把我们的地球交付给我们的下一代
13:53
without a major problem.
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在没有大的问题下。
13:55
So, you see that this airplane is more a symbol.
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所以，你看到这架飞机更是一个象征。
13:58
I don't think it will transport 200 people
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我不认为这会在明年
14:00
in the next years.
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就运输200人。
14:02
But when Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic,
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但是，当 林德伯格 穿越大西洋时
14:04
the payload was also just sufficient
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他的飞机的有效载荷
14:06
for one person and some fuel.
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也只是一个人和一些燃料。
14:10
And 20 years later there were 200 people
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而20年后，可以运送200人
14:12
in every airplane crossing the Atlantic.
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在每一个穿越大西洋的飞机上。
14:14
So, we have to start,
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因此，我们必须开始，
14:16
and show the example.
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做出这个榜样。
14:18
A little bit like on this picture here.
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有一点像这里的这张照片。
14:20
This is a painting from Magritte,
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这是在荷兰博物馆里的，马格里特的一幅绘画，
14:22
in the museum in Holland that I love so much.
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我很喜欢。
14:25
It's a pipe, and it's written, "This is not a pipe."
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这是一个管道，上面写这，“这不是一管道。”
14:28
This is not an airplane.
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这不是架飞机。
14:31
This is a symbol of what we can achieve
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这是当我们相信不可能时，
14:34
when we believe in the impossible,
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我们所能做的象征，
14:36
when we have a team,
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当我们有一个团队，
14:38
when we have pioneering spirit,
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当我们的创业精神，
14:41
and especially when we understand
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特别是当我们明白，
14:43
that all the certainties we have
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我们所有一切的必然事
14:45
should be thrown overboard.
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因该摆脱掉。
14:48
What pleases me very much
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我感到很高兴
14:50
is that in the beginning I thought that we would have to fly
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在开始的时候我想我们将不得不环球飞行
14:52
around the world with no fuel
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并且是没有燃料的，
14:55
in order to have our message been understood.
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以便使人们明白我们要表达的消息。
14:58
And more and more, we're invited around the world with Andre
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我和安德烈越来越多的被邀请到世界各地
15:01
to talk about that project, to talk about the symbol of it,
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去谈论我们的项目，谈谈它的象征，
15:04
invited by politicians, invited in energy forums,
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我们收到政界人士，能源论坛的邀请
15:07
in order to show that it's not anymore
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为了表明并不是
15:10
completely stupid
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完全愚蠢的
15:12
to think about getting rid of the dependency
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再思考摆脱依赖
15:14
on fossil energies.
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矿物能源。
15:16
So, through speeches like this one today,
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因此，通过像今天这样的发言，
15:19
through interviews, through meetings,
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通过采访，通过会议，
15:22
our goal is to get as many people possible on the team.
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我们的目标是让尽可能多的人加入我们的队伍。
15:27
The success will not come
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成功不会来到
15:29
if we "just," quote, unquote,
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如果我们“只是，” 引用，非引用，
15:31
fly around the world in a solar-powered airplane.
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以太阳能动力飞机环球飞行。
15:33
No, the success will come
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不，我们将会成功
15:36
if enough people are motivated
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如果足够多的人下定决心
15:38
to do exactly the same in their daily life,
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在日常生活中
15:41
save energy, go to renewables.
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节约能源，使用可再生能源。
15:44
And this is possible. You know, with the technologies we have today,
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这是可能的。你知道，用我们今天所拥有的技术
15:47
we can save between 30 and 50 percent
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我们可以在欧洲节省
15:50
of the energy of a country in Europe,
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百分之三十至五十的能源，
15:54
and we can solve half of the rest with renewables.
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另外的一部份，我们可以采用可再生能源。
15:57
It leaves 25 or 30 percent for
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剩余百分之25或30用
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oil, gas, coal, nuclear, or whatever.
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石油，天然气，煤炭，核能，或别的什么来解决。
16:04
This is acceptable.
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这是可以接受的。
16:06
This is why all the people who believe
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这就是为什么那些相信
16:10
in this type of spirit
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这样一种精神的人
16:12
are welcome to be on that team.
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将受到我们的欢迎。
16:14
You can just go on SolarImpulse.com, subscribe
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你可以访问SolarImpulse.com 订阅
16:17
to just be informed of what we're doing.
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只是被告知我们正在做的事情。
16:19
But much more, to get advices,
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但是更多的是，获得意见，
16:21
to give your comments, to spread the word
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写你们的评论，告知世界
16:23
that if it's possible in the air,
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如果是否在空中可行的话
16:26
of course it's possible in the ground.
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在地面上是肯定可以的了。
16:29
And each time we have some ice in the future,
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而每一次，我们有一些未来冰层，
16:33
we have to know that life will be great,
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我们要知道，生命是伟大的，
16:36
and the success will be brilliant
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成功将是辉煌的
16:39
if we dare to overcome our fear of the ice,
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如果我们敢于克服对于冰的恐惧，
16:42
to go through the obstacle,
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克服障碍，
16:44
to go through the problem, in order to see what there is on the other side.
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解决问题，以便看看在另一边是什么景象。
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So, you see, this is what we're doing on our side.
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所以，你看，这就是我们在我们这边正在做的。
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Everyone has his goal, has his dreams,
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每个人都有自己的目标，有他的梦想，
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has his visions.
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有他的远见。
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The question I leave you with now
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我给你们交托的问题是
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is which is the ballast
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那个压舱物
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you would like to throw overboard?
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你想摆脱掉？
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Which will be the altitude at which
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那种高度
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you would like to fly in your life,
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是你在你的生活中想飞行的，
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to get to the success that you wish to have,
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为了你希望有的成功，
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to get to the point that really belongs to you,
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去一个真正属于你的那一点，
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with the potential you have,
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用你所有的潜力，
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and the one you can really fulfill?
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并且去实现你真正能实现的？
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Because the most renewable energy we have
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由于大多数我们有的可再生能源，
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is our own potential, and our own passion.
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是我们自己的潜力，和我们自己的热情。
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So, let's go for it, and I wish you an excellent adventure
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因此，让我们去做吧，我祝愿你们创造美好的未来
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in the wings of the future. Thank you.
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经历一个卓越的冒险。 谢谢。
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bertrand Piccard - Solar adventurerBertrand Piccard circumnavigated the Earth in a hot-air balloon. Now he wants to circle it in an airplane powered only by solar energy.
Why you should listen
Bertrand Piccard was born in a family of firsts. His father, Jacques, together with Dan Walsh of the US, was the first man to reach the deepest point of the world's oceans, the Mariana Trench, in 1960. Almost 30 years earlier, his grandfather, Auguste, first ballooned into the stratosphere. While they went up and down, Bertrand went horizontal and in 1999, together with Brian Jones of Britain, completed the first-ever nonstop balloon circumnavigation of the globe, flying more than 45,000 km in 20 days.
Now, in a hangar near Zurich, a team of scientists and engineers around Piccard and co-pilot André Borschberg is building Solar Impulse, an unconventional aircraft designed to circumnavigate the Earth powered by solar energy, flying day and night (yes, when the Sun is "off"). The prototype has the weight of a car but the wingspan of an Airbus. Solar Impulse has successfully flown from Spain to Morocco and across the United States. The next trip: circumnavigation.
Piccard is also the founder of Winds of Hope, an organization to combat neglected diseases in children, and a Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Population Fund.
Bertrand Piccard | Speaker | TED.com