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Gavin Pretor-Pinney: Cloudy with a chance of joy
加文·普瑞特平尼: 多雲偶爾跟快樂在一起
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你無需計劃一段充滿異國風情的旅行去尋找創作靈感。「只要抬頭望望天空。」雲彩鑒賞協會創辦人普瑞特平尼 (Gavin Pretor-Pinney) 如是說。當他和我們分享那些迷人的照片，那些大自然中最美的空中建築時，普瑞特平尼呼籲我們從數位跑步機走下 ，躺下來欣賞天空上面的美。
Gavin Pretor-Pinney - Cloudspotter
Cloud Appreciation Society founder Gavin Pretor-Pinney shows how seemingly idle pursuits provide unexpected paths to appreciating overlooked wonders. Full bio
Cloud Appreciation Society founder Gavin Pretor-Pinney shows how seemingly idle pursuits provide unexpected paths to appreciating overlooked wonders. Full bio
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Clouds.
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雲朵
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Have you ever noticed how much people moan about them?
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有沒有注意到，
人們對雲朵有多少的抱怨嗎？
人們對雲朵有多少的抱怨嗎？
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They get a bad rap.
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它們聲名狼藉。
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If you think about it, the English language
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你想想看，英語總是把含有
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has written into it negative associations towards the clouds.
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負面概念的詞彙和雲朵連繫起來。
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Someone who's down or depressed,
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如果有人心情不好或憂鬱，
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they're under a cloud.
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他們烏雲罩頂。
如果有不利某人的壞消息，
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And when there's bad news in store,
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there's a cloud on the horizon.
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就是地平線上出現烏雲 （意譯：大難臨頭）。
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I saw an article the other day.
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不久前，我看了一篇文章，
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It was about problems with computer processing
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那是關於網際網路的
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over the Internet.
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電腦處理問題。
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"A cloud over the cloud," was the headline.
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標題是：「烏雲下的雲端運算。」
似乎每個人也預設用雲朵來
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It seems like they're everyone's default
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doom-and-gloom metaphor.
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比喻前景黯淡。
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But I think they're beautiful, don't you?
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但我認為雲朵是很美麗的，你們呢？
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It's just that their beauty is missed
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因為雲朵無處不在，
它的美經常被忽略了。
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because they're so omnipresent,
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so, I don't know, commonplace,
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我不知是否因為雲朵隨處可見，
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that people don't notice them.
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就無法引起人們的注意。
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They don't notice the beauty, but they don't even notice the clouds
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人們沒發現它們的美，
甚至察覺不到它們的存在，
甚至察覺不到它們的存在，
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unless they get in the way of the sun.
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除非它們擋住了太陽。
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And so people think of clouds as
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因此人們把雲朵當作成
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things that get in the way.
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礙事的東西。
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They think of them as the annoying, frustrating obstructions,
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他們認為雲朵是討厭的、
令人沮喪的阻礙物，
令人沮喪的阻礙物，
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and then they rush off and do some blue-sky thinking.
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忙得不可開交後，又再天馬行空了。
01:21
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
01:23
But most people, when you stop to ask them,
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然而，當你停下來問人們，
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will admit to harboring a strange sort of fondness for clouds.
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大多數人會承認對雲朵懷有
一種奇怪的情愫，
一種奇怪的情愫，
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It's like a nostalgic fondness,
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像一種懷舊之情，
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and they make them think of their youth.
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讓他們想起自己年少時，
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Who here can't remember thinking, well,
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哎呀，在座的誰記不起
孩提時
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looking and finding shapes in the clouds
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看著雲朵並尋找其中不同的形狀？
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when they were kids?
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01:43
You know, when you were masters of daydreaming?
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你知道嗎，當你還是做白日夢的能手？
古希臘劇作家阿里斯托芬 (Aristophanes)，
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Aristophanes, the ancient Greek playwright,
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01:53
he described the clouds as the patron godesses
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在二千五百年前，他形容雲朵為
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of idle fellows
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遊手好閒者的守護女神，
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two and a half thousand years ago,
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遊手好閒者的守護女神，
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and you can see what he means.
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大家能明白他的意思吧。
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It's just that these days, us adults seem reluctant
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這些日子，我們成年人似乎無法
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to allow ourselves the indulgence
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讓自己放任，
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of just allowing our imaginations
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讓想像力
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to drift along in the breeze, and I think that's a pity.
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在微風中翩翩起舞，
我覺得真是可惜。
我覺得真是可惜。
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I think we should perhaps do a bit more of it.
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我認為我們或許應多做些這樣的事。
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I think we should be a bit more willing, perhaps,
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我認為我們或許應該願意多看看一點
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to look at the beautiful sight of the sunlight bursting out
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從雲朵後面鑽出來的美麗陽光，
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from behind the clouds and go, "Wait a minute,
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然後說，「等一下，這多像
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that's two cats dancing the salsa!"
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兩隻跳騷莎舞的貓呀！」
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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（笑聲）（掌聲）
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Or seeing the big, white, puffy one up there
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或將購物中心上面那片
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over the shopping center looks like
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白白胖胖的雲朵看作是
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the Abominable Snowman going to rob a bank.
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傳說中的喜馬拉雅山雪人
正要搶劫銀行。
正要搶劫銀行。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
它們就像那些墨蹟圖片
的大自然版本，
的大自然版本，
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They're like nature's version of those inkblot images,
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you know, that shrinks used to show their patients
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你知道，就是 60 年代那些精神科醫師
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in the '60s,
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用來展示給病人看的圖片，
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and I think if you consider the shapes you see in the clouds,
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我認為如果你在雲朵中看到
不同的圖案形狀，
不同的圖案形狀，
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you'll save money on psychoanalysis bills.
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你就能省下精神分析治療的錢。
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Let's say you're in love. All right?
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比方說你正在熱戀中，好吧？
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And you look up and what do you see?
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然後你抬頭向上看，看到的是什麼？
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Right? Or maybe the opposite.
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對嗎？或者剛好相反，
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You've just been dumped by your partner,
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你剛被伴侶拋棄了，
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and everywhere you look, it's kissing couples.
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你到處看到的，都是情侶們在接吻。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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Perhaps you're having a moment of existential angst.
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或者你剛好有短暫的存在焦慮，
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You know, you're thinking about your own mortality.
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你知道，你正思考自己的死亡，
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And there, on the horizon, it's the Grim Reaper.
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然後在地平線上，死神就在那裡。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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Or maybe you see a topless sunbather.
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或者你看到一位袒胸的日光浴者。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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What would that mean?
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那是什麼意思呢？
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What would that mean? I have no idea.
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這意味著什麼？我沒有頭緒。
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But one thing I do know is this:
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但我篤定知道一件事，那就是
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The bad press that clouds get is totally unfair.
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大家對雲朵的壞印象是完全不公平的。
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I think we should stand up for them,
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我認為我們應該挺身為雲朵發聲，
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which is why, a few years ago,
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那就是幾年前
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I started the Cloud Appreciation Society.
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我創辦「雲彩鑒賞協會」的原因。
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Tens of thousands of members now
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現有成千上萬的會員了，
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in almost 100 countries around the world.
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會員遍佈於全球約一百個國家。
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And all these photographs that I'm showing,
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所有我在這兒展示的圖片，
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they were sent in by members.
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都是來自我們的會員。
04:02
And the society exists to remind people of this:
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協會的存在就是要提醒大眾，
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Clouds are not something to moan about.
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雲朵不是用來抱怨的。
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Far from it. They are, in fact,
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事實遠非如此，它們代表著
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the most diverse, evocative, poetic aspect of nature.
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大自然最多樣化的、令人回味的
和詩意的那面。
和詩意的那面。
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I think, if you live with your head in the clouds
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我認為，如果你常常埋首於雲堆中，
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every now and then, it helps you keep your feet on the ground.
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它會使你腳踏實地。
我要借用一些我最喜歡的雲朵類型
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And I want to show you why, with the help of
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some of my favorite types of clouds.
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去解釋箇中原因。
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Let's start with this one. It's the cirrus cloud,
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讓我們從這個開始。這是卷雲，
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named after the Latin for a lock of hair.
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這是來自拉丁文的命名，
意思是一束頭髮，
意思是一束頭髮，
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It's composed entirely of ice crystals
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全部由對流層的上方
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cascading from the upper reaches of the troposphere,
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傾瀉下來的冰晶所組成，
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and as these ice crystals fall,
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當這些冰晶下沉時，
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they pass through different layers with different winds
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穿過不同風速的各個氣流層，
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and they speed up and slow down,
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加速或減速，
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giving the cloud these brush-stroked appearances,
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讓雲朵看起來像畫筆刷過似的景象，
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these brush-stroke forms known as fall streaks.
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這些景象稱為「雨幡」，
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And these winds up there can be very, very fierce.
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這風可是十分猛烈，
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They can be 200 miles an hour, 300 miles an hour.
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風速可達每小時 200 - 300 哩，
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These clouds are bombing along,
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這些雲跟著風疾速移動，
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but from all the way down here,
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但從下往上看，
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they appear to be moving gracefully, slowly,
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它們似乎是優雅地、緩慢地移動，
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like most clouds.
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像大多數雲朵一樣。
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And so to tune into the clouds is to slow down,
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若要和雲朵協調一致的話，
就要慢下來、
就要慢下來、
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to calm down.
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平靜下來，
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It's like a bit of everyday meditation.
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像每日作一些冥想。
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Those are common clouds.
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這些都是常見的雲朵。
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What about rarer ones, like the lenticularis,
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那麼比較少見的，例如莢狀雲，
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the UFO-shaped lenticularis cloud?
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狀似不明飛行物的莢狀雲呢？
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These clouds form in the region of mountains.
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這些雲朵常在山區形成，
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When the wind passes, rises to pass over the mountain,
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當空氣流過時，被抬升至山丘之上，
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it can take on a wave-like path in the lee of the peak,
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氣流在山峰背風處以波浪狀推進，
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with these clouds hovering at the crest
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這些雲隨著看不見的駐波氣流
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of these invisible standing waves of air,
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的波峰上盤旋，
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these flying saucer-like forms,
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這些飛碟似的形狀，
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and some of the early black-and-white UFO photos
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和一些早期的不明飛行物黑白照片，
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are in fact lenticularis clouds. It's true.
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其實是莢狀雲。這是真的。
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A little rarer are the fallstreak holes. All right?
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「雨幡洞」就很少見了，好吧？
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This is when a layer is made up of very, very cold
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這是由非常、非常冷的水滴所組成的雲層，
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water droplets, and in one region they start to freeze,
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在某個區域裡開始凝結成冰，
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and this freezing sets off a chain reaction which spreads outwards
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並引起連鎖反應，朝外擴散，
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with the ice crystals cascading and falling down below,
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導致冰晶如瀑布似地下沉，
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giving the appearance of jellyfish tendrils down below.
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使它們的外型看起來像水母卷鬚。
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Rarer still, the Kelvin–Helmholtz cloud.
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更少見的還有凱赫波狀雲
(Kelvin–Helmholtz cloud)，
(Kelvin–Helmholtz cloud)，
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Not a very snappy name. Needs a rebrand.
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並不是很響亮的名字，需要重新命名罷，
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This looks like a series of breaking waves,
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看起來像一波碎浪，
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and it's caused by shearing winds -- the wind
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這是由風切引起的 －
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above the cloud layer and below the cloud layer
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在雲層上方和下方的風
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differ significantly, and in the middle, in between,
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有顯著地不同，而在中間
06:18
you get this undulating of the air,
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有波浪狀的氣流，
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and if the difference in those speeds is just right,
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如果那些風速的差距恰到好處，
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the tops of the undulations curl over
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波浪的頂端會捲起來，
06:24
in these beautiful breaking wave-like vortices.
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形成碎浪般的美麗漩渦。
06:28
All right. Those are rarer clouds than the cirrus,
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好了，這些雲朵較卷雲少見，
06:30
but they're not that rare.
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但是它們並不算罕見。
06:32
If you look up, and you pay attention to the sky,
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如果你抬頭看看並仰視天空，
06:35
you'll see them sooner or later,
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你遲早看得見它們，
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maybe not quite as dramatic as these, but you'll see them.
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也許沒有這麼的戲劇化，
但你總會看見它們的，
但你總會看見它們的，
06:40
And you'll see them around where you live.
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而且你會在住處附近看見。
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Clouds are the most egalitarian
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雲朵是大自然風景中
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of nature's displays, because we all have a good,
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最能體現平均主義的，因為每個人
06:47
fantastic view of the sky.
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都可以看到天空的迷人景色。
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And these clouds, these rarer clouds,
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而這些雲朵，這些較少見的雲朵
06:52
remind us that the exotic can be found in the everyday.
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提醒了我們，在日常生活中
隨處可見的奇特風光。
隨處可見的奇特風光。
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Nothing is more nourishing, more stimulating
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沒有什麼讓一顆活躍好奇的腦袋
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to an active, inquiring mind than being surprised,
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感到驚喜、感到讚歎，可使其
更滋養、更具啟發性了。
更滋養、更具啟發性了。
07:02
being amazed. It's why we're all here at TED, right?
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這是我們到來 TED 這裡的原因，不是嗎？
07:06
But you don't need to rush off
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但是你們無需疲於奔命，
07:09
away from the familiar, across the world
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離開熟悉的環境周遊列國
07:11
to be surprised.
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來感受驚喜。
07:13
You just need to step outside,
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你只需走到外面去，
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pay attention to what's so commonplace, so everyday,
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注意日常生活中司空見慣的事，
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so mundane that everybody else misses it.
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人人也錯過的平凡小事。
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One cloud that people rarely miss is this one:
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大眾最難錯過的雲朵就是這個：
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the cumulonimbus storm cloud.
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積雨雲或雷暴雲，
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It's what's produces thunder and lightning and hail.
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它產生雷暴、閃電、冰雹。
07:30
These clouds spread out at the top in this enormous
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這些雲朵在高空向外展延，
07:33
anvil fashion stretching 10 miles up into the atmosphere.
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以巨大砧狀的方式，
向大氣層綿延 10 哩。
向大氣層綿延 10 哩。
07:36
They are an expression of the majestic architecture
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它們是我們大氣層裡宏偉建築的
07:39
of our atmosphere.
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一種表達方式。
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But from down below, they are the embodiment
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但是從下面看，它們是
07:45
of the powerful, elemental force and power
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一股強有力的、猛烈力量的體現，
07:49
that drives our atmosphere.
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沖擊著大氣層。
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To be there is to be connected in the driving rain
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在那裡就是與如注的大雨和
猛烈的冰雹連繫，
猛烈的冰雹連繫，
07:55
and the hail, to feel connected to our atmosphere.
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去感覺與大氣層連繫。
07:58
It's to be reminded that we are creatures
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提醒我們只是一些寄宿在
08:00
that inhabit this ocean of air.
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這浩瀚穹蒼中的生物。
08:02
We don't live beneath the sky. We live within it.
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我們並不是活在天空下，我們活在其中。
08:06
And that connection, that visceral connection to our atmosphere
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而這種連繫、這種與大氣層的
非理性連繫，
非理性連繫，
08:10
feels to me like an antidote.
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對我來說像一服靈丹妙藥，
08:12
It's an antidote to the growing tendency we have
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針對與日俱增的趨勢，
這是一服靈丹妙藥，
這是一服靈丹妙藥，
08:15
to feel that we can really ever experience life
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我們以為身處無限區域網路的地帶，
08:19
by watching it on a computer screen, you know,
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僅靠盯著電腦螢幕，
08:21
when we're in a wi-fi zone.
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我們就可以真正地體驗人生。
08:24
But the one cloud that best expresses
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但一朵雲道盡了
為何辨認雲彩較以為往更為可貴，
08:26
why cloudspotting is more valuable today than ever
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08:29
is this one, the cumulus cloud.
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這朵雲 ─ 積雲。
對嗎？它在天朗氣清的日子形成。
08:32
Right? It forms on a sunny day.
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08:34
If you close your eyes and think of a cloud,
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如果你閉上眼睛，想起一朵雲，
08:36
it's probably one of these that comes to mind.
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它可能就是你會想起的其中一朵。
08:39
All those cloud shapes at the beginning,
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開始時所有雲朵的形狀
08:41
those were cumulus clouds.
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都是積雲。
08:43
The sharp, crisp outlines of this formation
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那銳利、清晰的輪廓
08:47
make it the best one for finding shapes in.
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使它成為最容易被認出的形狀。
08:50
And it reminds us
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而它也提醒我們
08:52
of the aimless nature of cloudspotting,
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辨認雲彩的本質是漫無目標的，
08:56
what an aimless activity it is.
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真是多麼的漫無目標啊。
08:58
You're not going to change the world
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你不會憑著躺在地上
09:00
by lying on your back and gazing up at the sky, are you?
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凝視天空而改變世界，對嗎？
09:04
It's pointless. It's a pointless activity,
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這是毫無意義的，這是沒有意義的活動，
09:06
which is precisely why it's so important.
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這恰是為什麼辨認雲彩真的很重要。
09:11
The digital world conspires to make us feel
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數位世界所有事情都使我們感到
09:15
eternally busy, perpetually busy.
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永無休止地、沒有止境地忙碌著。
09:18
You know, when you're not dealing with
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當你不須再應付
09:20
the traditional pressures of earning a living
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傳統壓力，如維持生計、
09:23
and putting food on the table, raising a family,
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養家、糊口、
09:25
writing thank you letters,
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書寫答謝信，
09:27
you have to now contend with
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而你現在必須處理
09:30
answering a mountain of unanswered emails,
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回答堆積如山的未回答電郵、
09:34
updating a Facebook page,
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更新臉書頁和
09:35
feeding your Twitter feed.
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發佈推特貼文。
09:38
And cloudspotting legitimizes doing nothing.
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辨認雲彩使無所事事合理化。
09:42
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
09:44
And sometimes we need —
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有時我們需要 －
09:46
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
09:52
Sometimes we need excuses to do nothing.
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有時我們什麼也沒有做的話，
就需要一些藉口。
就需要一些藉口。
09:56
We need to be reminded by these
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我們需要由
09:59
patron goddesses of idle fellows
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這些遊手好閒者的守護女神提醒
10:02
that slowing down
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慢下來，
10:05
and being in the present, not thinking about
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並活在當下，不要想
10:09
what you've got to do and what you should have done,
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你還需做的事和你本應完成的事，
10:12
but just being here, letting your imagination
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但此時此地，讓你的想像力
10:15
lift from the everyday concerns down here
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從日常事務中跳脫出來，
10:17
and just being in the present, it's good for you,
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只關注當下， 對你也好，
10:20
and it's good for the way you feel.
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對你的感覺也好，
10:22
It's good for your ideas. It's good for your creativity.
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對你的意念也好，
對你的創造力也好，
對你的創造力也好，
10:26
It's good for your soul.
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對你的心靈也好。
10:29
So keep looking up,
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繼續仰視，
10:32
marvel at the ephemeral beauty,
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驚歎那短暫的美麗，
10:35
and always remember to live life with your head in the clouds.
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常常記得埋首於雲堆中的生活。
10:38
Thank you very much.
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謝謝
10:39
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gavin Pretor-Pinney - CloudspotterCloud Appreciation Society founder Gavin Pretor-Pinney shows how seemingly idle pursuits provide unexpected paths to appreciating overlooked wonders.
Why you should listen
As co-founder of The Idler magazine, Gavin Pretor-Pinney is a longtime advocate of the joys of time ill-spent. In The Cloudspotter's Guide and The Cloud Collector's Handbook, he tackles the idlest pursuit of all: cloudwatching.
Pretor-Pinney’s blend of tranquil appreciation and hard science have floated his cloud books to the top of bestseller lists. For Pretor-Pinney, clouds illustrate how mundane phenomena reveal the complex vectors that connect the natural wonders around us.
Pretor-Pinney is also the author of The Wavewatcher's Companion.
Gavin Pretor-Pinney | Speaker | TED.com