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Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green in the South Bronx
史帝夫 芮茲：在南布朗士區種綠色植物的老師
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史帝夫 芮茲，來自紐約市最艱困的南布朗士區的老師，在當地帶領他的學生，營造綠色原地，種植綠色蔬果，以及製造工作機會，以旋風般的精力及想法，分享他的故事。試著跟上他的腳瀑，聽他告訴我們種種不同作法，讓他在一個大家已經放棄的社區裡，也許是你的社區，帶來了新希望。
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00:16
Good afternoon.
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午安
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I am not a farmer.
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我並不是位農夫。
00:20
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
00:21
I'm not. I'm a parent, I'm a resident and I'm a teacher.
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我不是！ 我是父親，我是居民，我是老師。
00:25
And this is my world.
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這是我的世界
00:26
And along the way I've started noticing --
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一路走來，我注意到 ...
00:28
I'm on my third generation of kids --
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我已經教到了第三代小朋友了
00:29
that they're getting bigger.
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他們越來越大個兒
00:30
They're getting sicker.
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身體狀態卻越來越差
00:32
In addition to these complexities,
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在此以外
00:34
I just learned that 70 percent of the kids that I see
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我才搞清楚，我教的這些有學習障礙的小朋友
00:36
who are labeled learning disabled would not have been
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其中百分之七十
00:38
had they had proper prenatal nutrition.
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受累於母親產前營養不良
00:40
The realities of my community are simple. They look like this.
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我住的社區，很單純，就像這個圖片顯現出來的
00:44
Kids should not have to grow up and look at things like this.
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小朋友不該在這樣的荒廢環境中成長
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And as jobs continue to leave my community,
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我社區中的工作機會不斷減少
00:48
and energy continues to come in, be exported in,
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來自他區的能源卻一直在這兒累積
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it's no wonder that really some people refer to the South Bronx as a desert.
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難怪有人要說南布朗士是沙漠
00:57
But I'm the oldest sixth grader you'll ever meet,
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我可是你會遇到的最老的六年級生
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so I get up every day with this tremendous amount of enthusiasm
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我每天早上充滿熱誠起床
01:02
that I'm hoping to share with you all today.
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我也希望你們能感受這股熱誠
01:04
And with that note, I come to you with this belief
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所以，我要各位分享我的信念
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that kids should not have to leave their communities
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小朋友不該被迫離開原生社區
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to live, learn and earn in a better one.
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到其他社區去生活，學習，工作
01:12
So I'm here to tell you a story about me
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我今天在這裡就是要和各位分享
01:13
and this wall that I met outside, which I'm now bringing inside.
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有關我把戶外見到的這堵綠牆，搬到室內的故事
01:17
And it starts with three people.
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一切始於我們三個
01:19
The crazy teacher -- that's me on the left,
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瘋狂老師 - 我，最左邊的那個
01:21
I dress up pretty, thank you, my wife, I love you for getting a good suit --
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我穿的蠻體面；謝謝你，老婆，你買的帥西裝讓我好愛你
01:24
my passionate borough president
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充滿熱誠的本區區長
01:26
and a guy named George Irwin from Green Living Technologies
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還有來自綠生活科技公司的喬治，厄文
01:28
who helped me with my class
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是他幫我這一班的小朋友
01:29
and helped me get involved with this patented technology.
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也幫我認識了這項專利科技
01:32
But it all starts with seeds in classrooms,
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我們的故事從把種子帶進教室開始
01:35
in my place, which looks like this.
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我的教室看起來這個樣
01:37
And I'm here today hoping that my reach will exceed my grasp.
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我今天在這兒，希望能拓展我的影響到其他地方
01:43
And that's really what this is all about.
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這就是本次演講的目的
01:45
And it starts with incredible kids like this,
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這一切都始於這些了不起的小朋友
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who come early and stay late.
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他們早早進教室，卻很晚才回家
01:48
All of my kids are either IEP or ELL learners,
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我教的小朋友不是需要個別教育，就是需要學基礎英文
01:51
most come with a lot of handicaps,
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大部分都有些學習障礙
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most are homeless and many are in foster care.
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大部分不是無家可歸，還有很多來自寄養家庭
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Almost all of my kids live below poverty.
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他們幾乎都是赤貧
01:58
But with those seeds, from day one, we are growing in my classroom,
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但是有了這些種子，從第一天開始，我們就在教室裡一起成長
02:01
and this is what it looks like in my classroom.
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這張照片，是我們教室的現在的樣子
02:03
And you see how attentive these kids are to these seeds.
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你可以看到小朋友對這些種子有多專注
02:06
And then you notice that those seeds become farms across the Bronx that look like this.
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你們可以看到這些種子竟然散佈到整個布朗士區
02:10
But again, I am not a farmer. I'm a teacher.
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別搞錯，我不務農，我是老師
02:15
And I don't like weeding, and I don't like back-breaking labor.
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我也不喜歡除草 不喜歡辛苦的勞力
02:17
So I wanted to figure out how I could get this kind of success
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所以我想找法子把室外的成功也引進到室內來
02:19
into something small, like this,
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像這綠架子一樣 小小的
02:22
and bring it into my classroom so that handicapped kids could do it,
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這樣我就可以把它移到室內，讓行動不便的小朋友也可以動手
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kids who didn't want to be outside could do it,
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不想到室外的小朋友也也可以動手
02:26
and everyone could have access.
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每個人都可以動手
02:28
So I called George Irwin, and what do you know?
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我就打電話給喬治厄文 想不到吧
02:30
He came to my class and we built an indoor edible wall.
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他就來了，我們一起做了一個室內可食用牆
02:33
And what we do is we partner it with authentic learning experiences,
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我們把綠色植物架與真正的學習經驗結合
02:37
private-based learning.
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這是客製化學習
02:38
And lo and behold, we gave birth to
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大家請看，我們創造出
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the first edible wall in New York City.
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紐約市的第一個可食用牆
02:43
So if you're hungry, get up and eat.
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你要是餓了，離開你的座位，走到牆邊就開始吃
02:45
You can do it right now. My kids play cow all the time.
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你們現在就可以吃，我班上的小朋友隨時都是牛
02:46
Okay? But we were just getting started,
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有意思吧？但我們才開始呢
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the kids loved the technology,
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小朋友們為這科技瘋狂
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so we called up George and we said, "We gotta learn more!"
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所以，我又打電話給喬治，告訴他「我們還要多學些」
02:53
Now, Mayor Bloomberg, thank you very much, we no longer need work permits,
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彭博市長，託你的福，我們可不需要工作許可
02:56
which comes with slices and bonded contractors -- we're available for you --
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那些各式各樣的雜牌包工，他們需要 -- 我們隨時為你服務
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We decided to go to Boston.
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我們決定去波士頓
03:01
And my kids, from the poorest congressional district in America,
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我們這群來自全美最貧窮國會選區的小朋友
03:03
became the first to install a green wall,
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是第一個利用真實生活學習技巧，在21樓的高樓上
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designed by a computer, with real-live learning tools,
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建構了一個由電腦設計的綠牆的人
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21 stories up -- if you're going to go visit it,
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假如你想去看一下
03:11
it's on top of the John Hancock building.
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這堵牆位於約翰漢考克大樓21樓
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But closer to home, we started installing these walls in schools
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但我們也在離家（紐約）不遠處許多學校
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that look like this with lighting like that,
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利用這種光源，建了好多綠牆
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real LED stuff, 21st-century technology.
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這可是21世紀的科技，真正的LED光源
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And what do you know? We made 21st century money,
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知道嗎！我們可真的賺到了21世紀的錢！
03:23
and that was groundbreaking. Wow!
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而這一切都由我們打頭陣開始的。跩吧！
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This is my harvest, people.
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各位，這是我的收穫。
03:28
And what do you do with this food? You cook it!
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你把這些蔬菜怎麼辦？煮了吃！
03:31
And those are my heirloom students making heirloom sauce,
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這是我的傳統學生在煮傳統醬汁
03:34
with plastic forks, and we get it into the cafeteria,
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用的是塑膠叉子，這是為學校餐廳準備的
03:37
and we grow stuff and we feed our teachers.
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我們自種，也自足，老師們吃的是我們的蔬菜
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And that is the youngest nationally certified
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這是我們這群全國認證最年輕的工作者
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workforce in America with our Bronx Borough President.
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和我們布朗士區的區長
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And what'd we do then? Well, I met nice people like you,
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我們的下一步是什麼？我碰到了像各位一樣的善心人士
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and they invited us to the Hamptons.
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邀請我們到和普頓區（紐約長島的富人區）
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So I call this "from South Bronx to Southampton."
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我把這個稱為：從南布朗士到南漢普頓（貧民窟到富人區）
03:51
And we started putting in roofs that look like this,
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在那兒，我們把當地的屋頂轉化成這樣
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and we came in from destitute neighborhoods
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而我們是來自貧民窟的小子
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to start building landscape like this, wow! People noticed.
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可以營建出這樣的景觀。哇！人們見識到了
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And so we got invited back this past summer,
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所以今夏他們又邀請我們回去
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and we actually moved into the Hamptons,
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這次我們真正搬進了漢普頓
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payed 3,500 dollars a week for a house, and we learned how to surf.
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每個月3500美元房租，我們還學會了衝浪
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And when you can do stuff like this --
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你只要可以坐這些事 -
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These are my kids putting in this technology,
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這是我的孩子們使用這科技
04:12
and when you can build a roof that looks like that
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把屋頂變成這樣
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on a house that looks like that
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這種房子的屋頂
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with sedum that looks like this,
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用這種景天屬植物
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this is the new green graffiti.
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這是最新的綠塗鴉牆
04:22
So, you may wonder what does a wall like this
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所以，你以為這樣的綠牆
04:26
really do for kids, besides changing landscapes and mindsets?
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除了改變景觀及心態，還能影響孩子什麼？
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Okay, I'm going to tell you what it does.
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好，我現在就要和各位分享
04:30
It gets me to meet incredible contractors like this,
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這些綠牆讓我有機會認識他們
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Jim Ellenberger from Ellenberger Services.
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艾倫伯服務公司的吉姆 - 一個包工公司
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And this is where it becomes true triple bottom line.
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這就是三重底線（譯註：社會，經濟，環境）的實現
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Because Jim realized that these kids, my future farmers,
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因為吉姆知道這些孩子，我這些未來農夫孩子
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really had the skills he needed to build affordable housing
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真的擁有他需要的技能，幫他營造紐約人
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for New Yorkers, right in their own neighborhood.
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在本地就找的到的平價住屋
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And this is what my kids are doing, making living wage.
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這就是我的小朋友的成就，工作養活自己
04:48
Now, if you're like me, you live in a building, there are seven guys
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假設你住在像我住的地方，有七個失業的人
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out of work looking to manage a million dollars.
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要找那種管理百萬資產的人
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I don't have it. But if you need a toilet fixed
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我可沒有這種人才，但你要找人修馬桶
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or, you know, some shelving, I gotta wait six months
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或是搭幾個架子，卻得等上6個月，才找得到
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for an appointment with someone who drives a much nicer car than me.
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一個開比我的還要好的車子的人來做
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That's the beauty of this economy.
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這正是現在經濟狀況的現實
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But my kids are now licensed and bonded in trade.
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但我的小朋友們，有雜工執照，有完工保證
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And that's my first student to open up, the first in his family to have a bank account.
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這是我第一個在銀行開戶的學生，他也是他家族裡的第一個
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This immigrant student is the first one in his family to use an ATM.
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這個移民家庭子弟是他家裡第一個使用銀行自動櫃員機的
05:11
And this is the true triple bottom line,
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這才是真正的三重底線
05:14
because we can take neighborhoods that were abandoned and destitute
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因為我們能把頹廢，貧窮的社區
05:16
and turn them into something like this with interiors like this.
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轉化成這樣，有這樣的內在環境
05:19
Wow! People noticed. And notice they did.
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哇！人們注意到了，真的注意到了。
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So CNN called, and we were delighted to have them come to our farmer's market.
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CNN要作我們的專訪，我們很高興請他們參觀我們的農夫市場
05:25
And then when Rockefeller Center said, NBC,
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還有洛克斐勒中心要求他們的房客，國家廣播電台
05:27
could you put this thing up on the walls? We were delighted.
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也弄幾道這種綠牆，我們可高興了
05:29
But this, I show you, when kids from the poorest congressional district in America
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這就是，容我向各位展示，當來自全國最窮的眾議員選區的年輕人
05:33
can build a 30-foot by 15-foot wall,
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有能力設計，種植，並建構一個30尺高15尺寬的綠牆
05:36
design it, plant it and install it in the heart of New York City,
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放在紐約市的中心
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that's a true "sí se puede" moment.
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這是最真實的「我們可以做到」時分！
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Really scholastic, if you ask me.
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就我來說，這是真實學術成就
05:43
But this is not a Getty image.
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這並不是一個富人演講的形象
05:46
That's a picture I took of my Bronx Borough President,
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這是我照的一張相，布朗士區區長
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addressing my kids in his house, not the jailhouse,
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在區議會而非監獄，對我的孩子們演說
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making them feel a part of it.
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讓他們覺得被社會接納
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That's our State Senator Gustavo Rivera and Bob Bieder,
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這是紐約州參議員葛司塔沃 里尉拉以及鲍伯 彼得
05:55
coming to my classroom to make my kids feel important.
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參訪我們的教室，讓孩子們覺得受重視
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And when the Bronx Borough President shows up
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當區長，州參議員來訪
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and the State Senator comes to our class,
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展現他們對我們的信心
06:02
believe you me, the Bronx can change attitudes now.
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布朗士能改變基本態度
06:05
We are poised, ready, willing and able
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我們有信心，準備好了，有意願，也有能力
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to export our talent and diversity in ways we've never even imagined.
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用我們從未想像的方式輸出我們的才能以及多元
06:10
And when the local senator gets on the scale in public
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當州參議員公開站上磅秤
06:12
and says he's got to lose weight, so do I!
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說他該減重了，我也一樣
06:15
And I tell you what, I'm doing it and so are the kids.
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你們知道嗎，除我之外，孩子們也都在減重
06:18
Okay? And then celebrities started.
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看吧！然後這些名人都來了
06:20
Produce Pete can't believe what we grow.
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匹特農產 對我們的產品讚不絕口
06:22
Lorna Sass came and donated books.
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隆納撒司送我們種植專書
06:25
Okay? We're feeding seniors.
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還有，我們也供應給老人中心
06:27
And when we realized that we were growing for food justice in the South Bronx,
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國際社會也注意到了，我們在南布朗士
06:30
so did the international community.
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做到了食物正義
06:32
And my kids in the South Bronx were repped in
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我的孩子們受邀參與
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the first international green roof conference.
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第一屆全球綠屋頂大會
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And that's just great.
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這真是棒極了
06:38
Except what about locally?
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但我們當地的反應又如何？
06:39
Well, we met this woman, Avis Richards, with the Ground Up Campaign.
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我們遇到了來自「由下而上」運動的艾維司 李查女士
06:42
Unbelievable! Through her, my kids,
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真是不可置信，透過李查女士
06:45
the most disenfranchised and marginalized,
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我們這群最沒人看好，最邊緣化的孩子
06:47
were able to roll out 100 gardens to New York City public schools.
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在紐約市的公立學校間，整理出100個花園
06:50
That's triple bottom line! Okay?
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這就是「三重底線」，是吧？
06:53
A year ago today, I was invited to the New York Academy of Medicine.
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一年前的今天，紐約的醫藥學院邀我演說
06:56
I thought this concept of designing a strong and healthy New York
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我提了這個把紐約設計成一個更強更健康社區的概念
07:00
made sense, especially when the resources were free.
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應該可行，特別是有這麼多免費資源可運用
07:02
So thank you all and I love them.
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所以由於他們的協助，我愛死他們了
07:04
They introduced me to the New York City Strategic Alliance for Health,
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讓我和紐約市健康策略聯盟搭上線
07:07
again, free resources, don't waste them.
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再說一次，免費資源，別白費了
07:10
And what do you know? Six months later,
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知道嗎？僅僅六個月
07:12
my school and my kids were awarded the first ever
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我們學校，我的孩子們得到了第一屆
07:15
high school award of excellence for creating a healthy school environment.
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建構健康學校環境的高中組最優獎
07:19
The greenest class in New York City.
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我們是全紐約市最「綠」的一班
07:21
But more importantly is my kids learned to get,
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更重要的，孩子們學到了，除了受
07:24
they learned to give.
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他們也學到了「給」
07:25
And we took the money that we made from our farmer's market,
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我們把我們得自農夫市場的收入
07:28
and started buying gifts for the homeless
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拿來買禮物送給無家可歸的遊民
07:29
and for needy around the world.
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以及全世界需要協助的人們
07:31
So we started giving back.
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所以我們開始回饋社會
07:32
And that's when I realized that the greening of America
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我學到了，綠化美國
07:35
starts first with the pockets, then with the heart
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始於資金，然後及於心意
07:38
and then with the mind.
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最後成就於意念
07:39
So we were onto something, and we're still onto something.
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所以我們發掘了一項寶藏
07:41
And thank God Trinity Wall Street noticed,
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感謝老天，華爾街也注意到了
07:43
because they gave us the birth of Green Bronx Machine.
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由於他們贊助，我們成立了「綠布朗士機構」
07:46
We're 3,000 strong right now.
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現在有3千多個成員
07:48
And what does it really do?
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我們做了些什麼？
07:50
It teaches kids to re-vision their communities,
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我們教學生，重新想像他們的社區
07:52
so when they grow up in places like this, they can imagine it like this.
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就算他們成長於不好的社區，他們依然可想像可以如何改變社區
07:55
And my kids, trained and certified --
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孩子們，有了訓練，及認證
07:57
Ma, you get the tax abatement. Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg --
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還有稅的優惠，謝謝你 彭博市長
07:59
can take communities that look like this and convert them into things that look like that,
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孩子們可以轉變他們生長的社區
08:02
and that to me, people, is another true "sí se puede" moment.
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對我來說，這是另一個「我們可以做到」時分
08:06
Now, how does it start? It starts in schools.
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現在談這一切的開端，一切自學校開始
08:08
No more little Knicks and little Nets.
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不再只是小小的刻痕，小網子
08:10
Group by broccoli, group by your favorite vegetable,
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用芥蘭，用你喜歡的蔬菜分組
08:13
something you can aspire to.
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任何你喜歡的都成
08:15
Okay? And these are my future farmers of America,
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然後這群美國未來的農人
08:17
growing up in Brook Park on 141st Street,
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成長於141街上的布洛克公園
08:19
the most migrant community in America.
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美國最多移民的社區
08:21
When tenacious little ones learn how to garden like this,
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當這些堅韌的小傢伙們學到如何園栽
08:23
it's no wonder we get fruit like that.
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自然我們就可以有豐盛的收穫
08:25
And I love it! And so do they.
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我愛死這一切了。他們也一樣！
08:27
And we're building teepees in neighborhoods that were burning down.
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我們在受火肆虐的災區搭了無數小小帳棚
08:30
And that's a true "sí se puede" moment.
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這是個貨真價實的「我們可以做到」時分
08:33
And again, Brook Park feeds hundreds of people
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再強調一次，布洛克公園供給幾百人的蔬食
08:36
without a food stamp or a fingerprint.
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沒有用到食物券，或是輸入勞工
08:38
The poorest congressional district in America,
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全美最貧窮的國會眾議員選區
08:41
the most migratory community in America, we can do this.
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全美最多移民的社區 - 我們可以做到！
08:44
Bissel Gardens is cranking out food in epic proportions,
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比塞農園生產非常大量的蔬菜
08:47
moving kids into an economy they never imagined.
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讓孩子們進到從未想像過的經濟環境中
08:50
Now, somewhere over the rainbow, my friends,
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朋友們，看，彩虹的另一端
08:52
is the South Bronx of America. And we're doing it.
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正是美國的南布朗士，我們正自立自強
08:56
How does it start? Well, look at Jose's attention to detail.
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一切從何而來？看看荷西多麼專注細節
08:59
Thank God Omar knows that carrots come from the ground,
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感謝老天，歐馬現在知道紅蘿蔔生長於土地
09:01
and not aisle 9 at the supermarket
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而不是長在超市的第九道邊
09:03
or through a bullet-proof window or through a piece of styrofoam.
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也不是在防彈玻璃窗的另一端，或是保力龍板上
09:06
And when Henry knows that green is good, so do I.
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亨利學到了「綠」的好處，我也學到了。
09:08
And when you expand their palates, you expand their vocabulary.
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你拓展他們的味蕾，你也擴展了他們的字彙
09:12
And most importantly, when you put big kids together with little kids,
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最重要的，把大朋友和小小朋友混在同一組
09:15
you get the big fat white guy out of the middle, which is cool,
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就像照片中間的白種胖大個兒和一旁的小人兒一起，酷呀！
09:18
and you create this kind of accountability amongst peers, which is incredible.
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在同儕間建立起當責，負責的態度，這簡直是不得了
09:21
God, I'm going to run out of time, so I've gotta keep it moving.
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老天，我時間不夠了，該向下走了
09:24
But this is my weekly paycheck for kids; that's our green graffiti.
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這些都是我和我的學生們每週的收穫，我們的綠色塗鴉牆
09:27
This is what we're doing.
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我們做的就是這些
09:28
And behold the glory and bounty that is Bronx County.
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看看現在布朗士區的富裕與榮耀
09:33
Nothing thrills me more than to see kids pollinating plants instead of each other.
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我最開心看到小朋友為植物傳種，而不是製造未成年媽媽
09:36
I gotta tell you, I'm a protective parent.
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我得說，我非常保護我的孩子
09:38
But those kids are the kids who are now putting
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這些孩子現在可是
09:40
pumpkin patches on top of trains.
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會在火車頂上種南瓜
09:42
We're also designing coin ponds for the rich and affluent.
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我們也為有錢人設計許願池塘
09:45
We're also becoming children of the corn,
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我們也學會種玉蜀黍
09:46
creating farms in the middle of Fordham Road for awareness
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在復旦路中建構出小小農地以昭顯綠社區
09:49
and window bottles out of garbage.
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利用垃圾變出窗邊的植物瓶
09:50
Now I don't expect every kid to be a farmer,
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我並不期望他們每個人都成為農人
09:52
but I expect you to read about it, write about it, blog about it, offer outstanding customer service.
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但我相信你會讀到，撰寫，在部落格上宣傳他們的出眾客服
09:56
I expect them to be engaged, and man, are they!
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我完全期望他們全力以赴。他們也的的確確做到。
09:58
So that's my incredible classroom, that's the food.
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這是我們超棒的教室，這是食物。
10:01
Where does it go? Zero miles to plate, right down into the cafeteria.
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它們都被送到學校的餐廳，完全沒有運輸問題
10:04
Or more importantly, to local shelters,
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更重要的，它們被送到本地的各式庇護所
10:06
where most of our kids are getting one to two meals a day.
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給那些每天有一二餐食物的孩子們
10:09
And we're stepping it up.
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我們還在擴大中
10:10
No Air Jordans were ever ruined on my farm.
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任何的援助（大號的明星球鞋）在我的農場都不會被浪費
10:13
And in his day, a million dollar gardens and incredible installations.
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今天，我們有價值百萬的農場，各式不得了的設備
10:16
Let me tell you something, people.
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各位，容我這麼說
10:18
This is a beautiful moment.
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這是個美麗時刻
10:22
Black field, brown field, toxic waste field, battlefield --
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不管是黑色土地，棕色土地，有毒的土地，或是戰場 -
10:25
we're proving in the Bronx that you can grow anywhere, on cement.
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我們在布朗士區證明了，什麼都可以種，連水泥地都可以
10:28
And we take orders for flowers. I'm putting the bake sale to shame.
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我們接受花的訂單，我們不再賣烘焙食品
10:32
We take orders now. I'm booking for the spring.
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我們現在接受預定，現在收單，來春交貨
10:34
And these were all grown from seeds. We're learning everything.
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這些都來自種子，我們所有的過程都學了
10:37
And again, when you can take kids from backgrounds as diverse
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再強調一次，把這些來自這麼不同背景的孩子們
10:40
as this to do something as special as this,
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聚集一起，做這麼特殊的事情
10:42
we're really creating a moment.
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我們創造美好的一刻
10:44
Now, you may ask about these kids.
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現在，你可以問有關這些孩子們的細節
10:47
Forty percent attendance to 93 percent attendance.
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他們的的出席率從百分之四十，成長到百分之九十三
10:50
All start overage and under-credit.
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超齡以及上課不足
10:53
They are now, my first cohort is all in college, earning a living wage.
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他們現在呢？我的第一批同夥們，現在就學於大學，自給自足
10:57
The rest are scheduled to graduate this June.
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其他人將於今年6月畢業
10:59
Happy kids, happy families, happy colleagues.
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他們，他們的家庭，他們的共事者，全都開心
11:02
Amazed people. The glory and bounty that is Bronx County.
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他們讓人驚艷。這是布朗士的豐盛與榮耀
11:06
Let's talk about mint. Where is my mint?
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現在講薄荷，在哪兒呢？
11:08
I grow seven kinds of mint in my class.
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我們班上種7種不同薄荷
11:10
Mojitos, anybody? I'll be at Telepan later.
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有沒有人想要摩喜多薄荷？我待會兒要送到苔拉潘（紐約市高級餐廳）去
11:13
But, understand this is my intellectual Viagra.
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這是我智慧層面的威爾剛
11:16
Ladies and gentlemen, I gotta move quick, but understand this:
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女士先生們，我得加速。但請了解！
11:19
The borough that gave us baggy pants and funky fresh beats
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以往的布朗士區，以寬鬆的褲子，古怪而有特色音樂的而著名
11:22
is becoming home to the organic ones.
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現在變成了有機作物之家
11:24
My green [unclear] 25,000 pounds of vegetables,
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我的綠農莊生產2萬5千磅蔬菜
11:27
I'm growing organic citizens, engaged kids.
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我也生產有機市民，讓這些孩子們有事做
11:30
So help us go from this to this.
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請幫我們從這到...這
11:33
Self-sustaining entities, 18 months return on investment,
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自給自足的組織，投資18個月就回本
11:36
plus we're paying people living wage and health benefits,
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我們還付工作人員足夠自足的薪水，還有福利
11:38
while feeding people for pennies on the dollar.
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同時還能以極低成本養活許多人
11:40
Martin Luther King said that people need to be uplifted with dignity.
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馬丁金恩說要以尊嚴來提振人民
11:44
So here in New York, I urge you, my fellow Americans,
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所以，我的美國同胞們，請在這兒 - 紐約
11:47
to help us make America great again.
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幫我們讓美國重歸偉大
11:50
It's simple. Share your passion.
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很簡單，只要分享你的熱情
11:52
It's real easy. Go see these two videos, please.
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真的很簡單，請抽空看這兩段影片
11:54
One got us invited to the White House, one's a recent incarnation.
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第一部讓我們成為白宮的座上客，另一部則為我們的近況
11:57
And most importantly, get the biggest bully out of schools.
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最重要的，把這些危害我們孩子的東西(垃圾食物)趕出校園
12:00
This has got to go tomorrow.
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這些東西明天就得趕出去
12:02
People, you can all do that.
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你們可以做到的
12:04
Keep kids out of stores that look like this.
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別讓孩子們接觸這樣的店
12:07
Make them a healthy plate,
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讓他們吃健康食物
12:09
especially if you can pick it off the wall in your own classroom -- delicioso!
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特別是讓他們直接從你教室的牆上摘取 - 超好吃！
12:11
Model good behavior. Get them to a green cart.
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塑造好行為，讓他們接觸綠色蔬菜
12:15
Big kids love strawberries and bananas.
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大孩子們喜歡草莓及香蕉
12:17
Teach them entrepreneurship. Thank God for GrowNYC.
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教他們如何如何自己做生意。謝謝「成長紐約市」（非營利組織）
12:20
Let them cook. Great lunch today, let them do culinary things.
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教他們烹飪，既吃到好吃的東西，也學會作精緻烹煮
12:23
But most importantly, just love them.
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最重要的，就是愛他們
12:25
Nothing works like unconditional love.
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沒有比無條件的愛更棒的東西了
12:27
So, my good friend Kermit said it's not easy being green.
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我的好友 - 科密青蛙 - 曾說，綠不容易
12:31
It's not. I come from a place where kids can buy
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的確不容易！在我的社區，孩子們
12:33
35 flavors of blunt wrap at any day of the moment,
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任何時候都可以買到35種不同口味的大麻
12:36
where ice cream freezers are filled with slushy malt liquor.
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而冰櫃裡放滿了冰沙麥酒
12:39
Okay? My dear friend Majora Carter once told me,
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我的好朋友馬左拉 卡特曾說過
12:43
we have everything to gain and nothing to lose.
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我們已一無所有，只要做就有收穫
12:47
So here, and at a time when we've gone from
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所以，在這裡，在一個不再是「有勇氣期待」的時代
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the audacity to hope to hope for some audacity,
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而是個「期望有些勇氣」的時代
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I urge you to do something.
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我呼籲你們，幫幫忙
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I urge you to do something.
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我呼籲你們，幫幫忙
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Right now, we're all tadpoles,
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現在，我們都是蝌蚪
12:57
but I urge you to become a big frog and take that big, green leap.
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我呼籲你們都變成大大的綠青蛙，做出綠色一躍
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I don't care if you're on the left, on the right, up the middle, wherever.
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不管你坐在左邊，右邊，或是中間
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Join me. Use -- I've got a lot of energy. Help me use it.
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和我一起來，幫我發揮我很多很多的精力，幫我發揮
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We can do something here.
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我們會有成就的
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And along the way, please take time to smell the flowers,
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也許，過程中，我們也可以停下腳步，聞聞鮮花
13:12
especially if you and your students grew them.
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特別是那些你和你學生種的鮮花
13:14
I'm Steve Ritz, this is Green Bronx Machine.
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我是史帝夫 芮茲，這是綠布朗士機構
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I've got to say thank you to my wife and family, for my kids,
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我要對我的太太，家人，以及我的孩子們道謝
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thank you for coming every day, and for my colleagues,
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謝謝你們每天都來，也謝謝我的同事們
13:22
believing and supporting me.
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謝謝你們的信任與支持
13:23
We are growing our way into a new economy.
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我們找到一條成長的路，一路走向新經濟
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Thank you, God bless you and enjoy the day. I'm Steve Ritz.
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謝謝大家，神祝福你們也祝你們今天愉快，我是史帝夫 芮茲
13:28
Sí se puede!
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我們可以做到
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stephen Ritz - TeacherStephen Ritz teaches at-risk kids in the South Bronx.
Why you should listen
Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx teacher/administrator who believes that students shouldn't have to leave their community to live, learn and earn in a better one. Moving generations of students into spheres of personal and academic successes they have never imagined while reclaiming and rebuilding the Bronx, Stephen’s extended student and community family have grown over 25,000 pounds of vegetables in the Bronx while generating extraordinary academic performance.
His Bronx classroom features the first indoor edible wall in NYC DOE which routinely generates enough produce to feed 450 students healthy meals and trains the youngest nationally certified workforce in America. His students, traveling from Boston to Rockefeller Center to the Hamptons, earn living wage en route to graduation.
Stephen Ritz | Speaker | TED.com