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Rives: The Museum of Four in the Morning
Rives: 凌晨四點鐘博物館
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當心：Rives 對凌晨四點鐘著迷不已，而且這症狀會傳染。在 TED 2007，這位詩人向我們分享了會讓人在各處不斷發現凌晨四點鐘蹤跡的輕微症狀。但在那場演講之後，他不斷收到信，裡頭有各種隱晦或爆笑的凌晨四點鐘引證——從雜誌《今日針織 Crochet Today!》到《摩登原始人》和《傑森一家》。讓我們來看看 Rives 建設的凌晨四點鐘博物館，並一窺其中蘊藏的寶藏吧。
Rives - Performance poet, multimedia artist
Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life. Full bio
Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life. Full bio
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The most romantic thing to ever happen to me online
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我在網路上發生過最浪漫的事
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started out the way most things do:
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起因和大多數事情一樣：
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without me, and not online.
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與我無關，而且不是在網路上。
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On December 10, 1896, the man on the medal,
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在1896年的12月10號，這面獎章上的男人，
00:24
Alfred Nobel, died.
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阿弗雷德•諾貝爾，與世長辭。
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One hundred years later, exactly, actually,
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而在一百年後的同一天，
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December 10, 1996,
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也就是1996年的12月10日，
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this charming lady, Wislawa Szymborska,
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這位迷人女士，維斯拉瓦·辛波絲卡，
00:32
won the Nobel Prize for literature.
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獲得了諾貝爾文學獎。
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She's a Polish poet.
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她是位波蘭詩人，
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She's a big deal, obviously,
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而且很顯然的她是位大人物，
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but back in '96, I thought I had never heard of her,
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不過在96年的時候，我以為我從來沒聽過她，
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and when I checked out her work,
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於是我找了她的作品，
00:41
I found this sweet little poem,
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並發現這首可愛的小詩：
00:43
"Four in the Morning."
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《凌晨四點鐘》
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"The hour from night to day.
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「從夜晚到白晝的時辰，
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The hour from side to side.
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從此處到彼處的時間，
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The hour for those past thirty..."
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逝去的三十個小時……」
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And it goes on, but as soon as I read this poem,
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之後的我就不念了，不過當我讀到這首詩時，
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I fell for it hard,
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我就對它著迷了。
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so hard, I suspected we must have met
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著迷的程度嚴重到我覺得我以前一定
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somewhere before.
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在哪裡遇過它。
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Had I shared an elevator ride with this poem?
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我是否與這首詩共乘過同一部電梯？
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Did I flirt with this poem
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我有沒有在咖啡店的某處
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in a coffee shop somewhere?
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和這首詩調情過？
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I could not place it, and it bugged me,
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我不知道，而這一直困擾著我，
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and then in the coming week or two,
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不過在那時的一兩個禮拜後，
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I would just be watching an old movie,
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我會剛好看到一部老電影，
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and this would happen.
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裡面會出現這個片段：
01:08
(Video) Groucho Marx: Charlie, you
should have come to the first party.
should have come to the first party.
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Groucho Marx：
Charlie，你應該要來第一個派對的，
Charlie，你應該要來第一個派對的，
01:09
We didn't get home till around four in the morning.
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我們玩到了凌晨四點鐘才回家。
01:12
Rives: My roommates would have the TV on,
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我的室友會剛好開著電視，
01:14
and this would happen.
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然後我就會看到這個：
01:16
(Music: Seinfeld theme)
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(背景音樂：歡樂單身派對主題曲)
01:17
(Video) George Costanza: Oh boy,
I was up til four in the morning
I was up til four in the morning
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(影片) George Costanza：喔天啊，我昨天熬到凌晨四點鐘
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watching that Omen trilogy.
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看完了天魔三部曲。
01:22
Rives: I would be listening to music,
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我也會剛好在聽音樂的時候
01:23
and this would happen.
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聽到這個：
01:25
(Video) Elton John: ♪ It's four o'clock
in the morning, damn it. ♪
in the morning, damn it. ♪
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(影片) 艾爾頓·強： ♪現在是凌晨四點鐘，該死 ♪
01:27
Rives: So you can see what was going on, right?
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你們能夠明白發生了什麼事，對吧？
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Obviously, the demigods of coincidence
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很顯然的，巧合之神
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were just messing with me.
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一直在捉弄我。
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Some people get a number stuck in their head,
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這就像有些人會不自覺去注意某些數字，
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you may recognize a certain name or a tune,
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或是你也有可能會
一直認出某個名字或一段旋律，
一直認出某個名字或一段旋律，
01:38
some people get nothing, but four in the morning
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也有人不會有這種情況，但凌晨四點鐘
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was in me now, but mildly,
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現在卻一直在影響我，
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like a groin injury.
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就像鼠蹊部受傷一樣。
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I always assumed it would just go away
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我一直以為它很快就會
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on its own eventually,
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自己離開我的思緒，
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and I never talked about it with anybody,
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而我也沒有和任何人談起過。
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but it did not, and I totally did.
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不過我錯了，所以我乾脆說出來。
01:54
In 2007, I was invited to speak at TED
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在2007年，我第二次被TED
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for the second time,
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邀請來演講。
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and since I was still an authority on nothing,
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既然我當時並不是任何事情的權威，
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I thought, what if I made a multimedia presentation
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我就想，如果我做了一個多媒體簡報，
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on a topic so niche
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而且主題十分可笑，
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it is actually inconsequential
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以至於讓整個演講很不合理
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or actually cockamamie.
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或看起來很荒謬的話不知道會怎樣。
02:07
So my talk had some of my
four in the morning examples,
four in the morning examples,
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於是我那次演講含概了
許多我找到的凌晨四點鐘例子
許多我找到的凌晨四點鐘例子
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but it also had examples
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不過其中也有一些
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from my fellow TED speakers that year.
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是其他TED研究會員提供的。
02:14
I found four in the morning in a novel
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我在伊莎貝·阿言德的小說中
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by Isabel Allende.
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發現凌晨四點鐘的蹤影。
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I found a really great one
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我也在比爾·柯林頓的自傳中
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in the autobiography of Bill Clinton.
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找到了非常好的例子。
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I found a couple in the work of Matt Groening,
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除此之外還有幾個馬特·格朗寧的作品。
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although Matt Groening told me later
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話說回來，馬特·格朗寧在那演講過後
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that he could not make my talk
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告訴我他沒有聽到我的演講，
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because it was a morning session
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因為那是在早上的時段，
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and I gather that he is not an early riser.
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我猜他應該不是個早起的人吧。
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However, had Matt been there,
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但總之，如果馬特當時有到場，
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he would have seen this mock conspiracy theory
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他就會看見我因為感到離奇
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that was un-freaking-canny for me to assemble.
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而創造出的假陰謀論。
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It was totally contrived
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那個理論完全是捏造出來的，
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just for that room, just for that moment.
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純粹是為了當時的演講。
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That's how we did it in the pre-TED.com days.
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這完全是我們在TED.com時代前的
老時光會做的事，
老時光會做的事，
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It was fun. That was pretty much it.
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很有趣，不過也就這樣了。
02:46
When I got home, though,
the emails started coming in
the emails started coming in
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不過當我回家之後，
電子郵件開始湧入我的信箱，
電子郵件開始湧入我的信箱，
02:49
from people who had seen the talk live,
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它們來自當時在演講現場的人。
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beginning with, and this is still my favorite,
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我現在還是很喜歡的第一封信寫著：
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"Here's another one for your collection:
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「這裡有另一個可以加入你收藏的例子：
『唯有那些在凌晨四點鐘
還願意接你電話的朋友才重要。』」
還願意接你電話的朋友才重要。』」
02:54
'It's the friends you can call
up at 4 a.m. that matter.'"
up at 4 a.m. that matter.'"
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The sentiment is Marlene Dietrich.
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這是瑪琳·黛德麗說的。
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The email itself was from another very
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而這封電子郵件則是來自另一位
03:02
sexy European type,
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非常性感的歐洲人：
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TED Curator Chris Anderson.
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TED策展人克里斯·安德森。
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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Chris found this quote
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克里斯在咖啡杯還是什麼的
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on a coffee cup or something,
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找到了這句引言。
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and I'm thinking, this man is the Typhoid Mary
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接著我就想，這位「值得傳播的想法」界中的
03:13
of ideas worth spreading, and I have infected him.
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傷寒瑪莉，居然被我感染了。
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I am contagious,
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我有傳染力，
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which was confirmed less than a week later
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而不到一個禮拜後我又更確信這一點。
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when a Hallmark employee scanned and sent
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Hallmark公司的員工掃描了一張真正的賀卡
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an actual greeting card
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並寄給我看，
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with that same quotation.
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上面有一模一樣的引言。
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As a bonus, she hooked me up
with a second one they make.
with a second one they make.
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她還寄了另一張她們公司做的賀卡來，
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It says, "Just knowing I can call you
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上面寫道：「一想到如果我需要的話
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at four in the morning if I need to
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就算是凌晨四點也能打給你，
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makes me not really need to,"
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就使我心裡感到寬慰。」
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which I love, because together these are like,
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我超愛這個，因為這兩張卡片就像在說：
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"Hallmark: When you care enough
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「Hallmark公司：當你在乎那個人深到
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to send the very best twice,
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你要寄兩次祝福給他，
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phrased slightly differently."
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稍微改一下說詞就好了。」
03:39
I was not surprised at the TEDster
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對於TED族和New Yorker雜誌
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and New Yorker magazine overlap.
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的讀者群重疊我並不是很驚訝。
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A bunch of people sent me this when it came out.
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有一群人在雜誌刊出這個時候把它寄給我。
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"It's 4 a.m.—maybe you'd sleep
better if you bought some crap."
better if you bought some crap."
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「現在是凌晨四點鐘，
也許當你買了一些垃圾之後你會睡的比較好。」
也許當你買了一些垃圾之後你會睡的比較好。」
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I was surprised at the TEDster/"Rugrats" overlap.
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不過我倒是對TED族和
Rugrats粉絲之間的聯繫感到吃驚。
Rugrats粉絲之間的聯繫感到吃驚。
03:53
More than one person sent me this.
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不只一個人寄給我這個：
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(Video) Didi Pickles: It's
four o'clock in the morning.
four o'clock in the morning.
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(影片) Didi Pickles：「現在是凌晨四點鐘，
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Why on Earth are you making chocolate pudding?
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你為什麼非得要在這時做巧克力布丁？」
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Stu Pickles: Because I've lost control of my life.
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Stu Pickles：「因為我無法掌控我的生活。」
04:01
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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Rives: And then there was the lone TEDster
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接著有一位TED族成員
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who was disgruntled I had overlooked
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對於我忽略了以下他認為是經典的片段
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what he considers to be a classic.
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而感到不滿：
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(Video) Roy Neary: Get up, get up! I'm not kidding.
Ronnie Neary: Is there an accident?
Ronnie Neary: Is there an accident?
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(影片) Roy Neary：
「起床！起床！這不是在開玩笑。」
Ronnie Neary：「發生意外了嗎？」
「起床！起床！這不是在開玩笑。」
Ronnie Neary：「發生意外了嗎？」
04:12
Roy: No, it's not an accident. You
wanted to get out of the house anyway, right?
wanted to get out of the house anyway, right?
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Roy：「不，這不是意外啦。
反正你說過你想要離開這間房子的，對吧？」
反正你說過你想要離開這間房子的，對吧？」
04:15
Ronnie: Not at four o'clock in the morning.
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Ronnie：「我又沒說要在凌晨四點鐘。」
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Rives: So that's "Close Encounters,"
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以上是第三類接觸的片段，
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and the main character is all worked up
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裡頭的要角之所以如此激動的原因，
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because aliens, momentously,
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是因為外星人
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have chosen to show themselves to earthlings
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非得選在凌晨四點鐘
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at four in the morning,
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在地球人們面前盛大的現身，
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which does make that a very solid example.
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這又是一個充分的例子。
04:26
Those were all really solid examples.
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剛剛你看到的全都是很出色的例子。
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They did not get me any closer to understanding
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它們並沒有讓我更了解
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why I thought I recognized this one particular poem.
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為什麼我看見那首詩時會覺得似曾相識，
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But they followed the pattern. They played along.
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但它們都擁有某種關聯性，
04:34
Right? Four in the morning as this scapegoat hour
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對吧？凌晨四點鐘就是一頭代罪羔羊，
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when all these dramatic occurrences
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所有戲劇性事件都被宣稱
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allegedly occur.
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發生在此時。
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Maybe this was some kind of cliche
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也許這是一種從來沒有被辨認出來的
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that had never been taxonomized before.
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老掉牙說辭。
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Maybe I was on the trail
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又或者我可能正在發現通往
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of a new meme or something.
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一種新模因還是什麼的路上。
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Just when things were getting pretty interesting,
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就在事情變得有趣之後，
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things got really interesting.
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它並沒有因此停止。
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TED.com launched, later that year,
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TED.com在一年之後，
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with a bunch of videos from past talks,
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發佈了幾個演講的影片，
04:56
including mine,
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其中包括我的。
04:57
and I started receiving "four in the morning" citations
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我因此開始收到
各種不同的凌晨四點鐘引證，
各種不同的凌晨四點鐘引證，
05:00
from what seemed like every
time zone on the planet.
time zone on the planet.
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它們似乎來自這星球的每處。
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Much of it was content I never would have found
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大多數的內容都是靠我一個人
05:05
on my own if I was looking for it,
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沒辦法找到的，
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and I was not.
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話說其實我也沒在找。
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I don't know anybody with juvenile diabetes.
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因為我不認識任何患有青少年糖尿病的人，
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I probably would have missed the booklet,
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因此我可能不會接觸到這本書：
05:12
"Grilled Cheese at Four O'Clock in the Morning."
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《凌晨四點鐘的烤起司三明治》
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
05:16
I do not subscribe to Crochet Today! magazine,
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我也沒有訂閱這本
《Crochet Today! 今日針織》雜誌，
《Crochet Today! 今日針織》雜誌，
05:19
although it looks delightful. (Laughter)
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儘管它看起來還蠻宜人的啦。(笑聲)
05:23
Take note of those clock ends.
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注意一下時鐘指針的位置。
05:25
This is a college student's suggestion
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這張照片是一位大學生提供的，
05:26
for what a "four in the morning" gang sign
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它展示了代表「凌晨四點鐘」
05:28
should look like.
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的幫派手勢。
05:30
People sent me magazine ads.
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人們寄給我他們在雜貨店拍的
05:32
They took photographs in grocery stores.
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雜誌廣告。
05:34
I got a ton of graphic novels and comics.
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我也收到一堆圖像小說和漫畫，
05:38
A lot of good quality work, too:
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很多都是很棒的作品：
05:39
"The Sandman," "Watchmen."
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《沙人》、《守護者》，
05:41
There's a very cute example
here from "Calvin and Hobbes."
here from "Calvin and Hobbes."
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還有一些來自《Calvin與Hobbes》的可愛例子。
05:44
In fact, the oldest citation anybody sent in
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事實上，人們寄來最老的例子
05:47
was from a cartoon from the Stone Age.
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來自一部「石器時代」的卡通，
05:49
Take a look.
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來看看吧。
05:51
(Video) Wilma Flintstone: Like how early?
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(影片) 威瑪·弗林史東：「像是有多早？」
05:53
Fred Flintstone: Like at 4 a.m., that's how early.
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弗萊德·弗林史東：
「凌晨四點鐘，就是這麼早。」
「凌晨四點鐘，就是這麼早。」
05:56
Rives: And the flip side of the timeline,
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Rives：而在時間軸的另一端，
05:58
this is from the 31st century.
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像是31世紀，
05:59
A thousand years from now,
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也就是一千年之後，
06:00
people are still doing this.
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人們還是會這麼說：
06:03
(Video): Announcer: The time is 4 a.m.
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(影片) 廣播員：「現在是凌晨四點鐘。」
06:06
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
06:07
Rives: It shows the spectrum.
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Rives：完全展現出了例子的範圍。
06:08
I received so many songs, TV shows, movies,
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我收到無以計數的歌、電視節目、電影，
06:12
like from dismal to famous,
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從爛片到有名的都有。
06:14
I could give you a four-hour playlist.
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而光光是把範圍集中在男電影明星，
06:16
If I just stick to modern male movie stars,
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並且把每個片段的長度
06:18
I keep it to the length
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都弄得和廣告一樣，
06:19
of about a commercial.
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我就可以有4小時的例子給你看。
06:21
Here's your sampler.
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以下就是例子：
06:22
(Movie montage of "It's 4 a.m.")
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(包含「凌晨四點鐘」台詞的電影片段)
06:49
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
06:52
Rives: So somewhere along the line,
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Rives：所以當我回神的時候，
06:54
I realized I have a hobby
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我發現我有了一個興趣，
06:56
I didn't know I wanted,
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我不知道我想不想要，
06:58
and it is crowdsourced.
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但它得到大眾迴響。
07:00
But I was also thinking what you might be thinking,
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而我也想到了你們也許正在想到的事，
07:03
which is really, couldn't you do this
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也就是：難道我們不能夠針對
07:04
with any hour of the day?
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一天中其他的時刻做一樣的事嗎？
07:06
First of all, you are not getting clips like that
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首先，你並沒有收到像這樣的
07:07
about four in the afternoon.
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關於下午四點的片段。
07:09
Secondly, I did a little research.
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其次，我做了一點小研究。
07:10
You know, I was kind of interested.
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你知道，我也蠻有興趣的。
07:12
If this is confirmation bias,
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說不定這是個確認偏誤，
07:14
there is so much confirmation, I am biased.
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也就是因為這些例子
讓我選擇性注意這個時段。
讓我選擇性注意這個時段。
07:17
Literature probably shows it best.
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文學大概給了這點最好的證明。
07:18
There are a couple three in
the mornings in Shakespeare.
the mornings in Shakespeare.
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莎士比亞的作品中
有幾個凌晨三點的例子。
有幾個凌晨三點的例子。
07:20
There's a five in the morning.
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有一個凌晨五點也存在。
07:22
There are seven four in the mornings,
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另外還有七個凌晨四點，
07:23
and they're all very dire.
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而且那時發生的事都很緊急。
07:24
In "Measure for Measure," it's
the call time for the executioner.
the call time for the executioner.
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在《量.度》中，這是劊子手被傳喚的時間。
07:27
Tolstoy gives Napoleon insomnia
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托爾斯泰在《戰爭與和平》中，
07:30
at four in the morning right before battle
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讓拿破崙在戰爭前夕的凌晨四點鐘
07:32
in "War and Peace."
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失眠。
07:34
Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" has got kind of
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夏綠蒂·勃朗特所著的《簡愛》中
07:35
a pivotal four in the morning,
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有一個關鍵的凌晨四點鐘場景。
07:36
as does Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights."
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艾蜜莉·勃朗特的《咆嘯山莊》也是一樣。
07:40
"Lolita" has as a creepy four in the morning.
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《羅莉塔》一書的凌晨四點鐘場景則很嚇人。
07:43
"Huckleberry Finn" has one in dialect.
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《頑童歷險記》有一個方言版的凌晨四點鐘。
07:47
Someone sent in H.G. Wells' "The Invisible Man."
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有人寄給我赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯著的《隱形人》
07:50
Someone else sent in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man."
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另外也有拉爾夫·艾里森的《隱形人》
07:53
"The Great Gatsby" spends the last
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《大亨小傳》的主角在他人生中的
07:55
four in the morning of his life
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最後一個凌晨四點鐘，
07:57
waiting for a lover who never shows,
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等著從未現身的愛人。
07:59
and the most famous wake-up in literature, perhaps,
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文學中最著名的「起床」大概是
08:02
"The Metamorphosis."
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《變形記》中的第一段，
08:03
First paragraph, the main character wakes up
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主角醒來之後
08:05
transformed into a giant cockroach,
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變成了一隻巨大的蟑螂。
08:07
but we already know, cockroach notwithstanding,
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但撇開蟑螂不說，其實我們早就知道
08:10
something is up with this guy.
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主角有哪裡不對勁了。
08:12
Why? His alarm is set for four o'clock in the morning.
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為什麼？因為這傢伙
設了一個凌晨四點鐘的鬧鐘。
設了一個凌晨四點鐘的鬧鐘。
08:15
What kind of person would do that?
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誰會做這種事啊？
08:19
This kind of person would do that.
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這種人就會：
08:21
(Music)
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(音樂)
08:25
(4 a.m. alarm clock montage)
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(凌晨四點鐘片段)
08:30
(Video) Newcaster: Top of the hour.
Time for the morning news.
Time for the morning news.
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(影片) 新聞主播：「又到了新的小時，
現在是新聞時間。
現在是新聞時間。
08:33
But of course, there is no news yet.
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不過當然，現在沒有新聞，
08:34
Everyone's still asleep in their comfy, comfy beds.
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因為每個人都現在都還在
他們舒服的被窩中睡覺。」
他們舒服的被窩中睡覺。」
08:37
Rives: Exactly.
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Rives：完全正確。
08:39
So that's Lucy from the Peanuts,
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剛剛看到的是《花生》中的露西、
08:41
"Mommie Dearest", Rocky, first day of training,
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在《親愛的媽咪》中第一天訓練的洛基、
08:43
Nelson Mandela, first day in office,
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納爾遜·曼德拉在辦公室的第一天、
08:45
and Bart Simpson, which combined with a cockroach
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還有霸子·辛普森，只要讓他跟蟑螂在一起，
08:48
would give you one hell of a dinner party
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你的晚餐派對就毀了。
08:50
and gives me yet another category,
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這些例子都能夠在我的
08:52
people waking up, in my big old database.
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資料庫中成立新的條目：起床的人們。
08:55
Just imagine that your friends and your family
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想像一下，如果你的朋友或家人聽說
08:57
have heard that you collect, say, stuffed polar bears,
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你在收集北極熊玩偶，
09:00
and they send them to you.
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所以不斷寄給你的話，
09:02
Even if you don't really, at a certain point,
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就算一開始並沒有這回事，
不過在某個時間點之後，
不過在某個時間點之後，
09:05
you totally collect stuffed polar bears,
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你就真的在收集北極熊玩偶了。
09:08
and your collection is probably pretty kick-ass.
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而且你的收藏大概會蠻驚人的。
09:10
And when I got to that point, I embraced it.
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當我面臨那個時間點時，我欣然接受了。
09:12
I got my curator on. I started fact checking,
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我弄了一個資料庫，
而且開始對這些例子做認證、
而且開始對這些例子做認證、
09:15
downloading, illegally screen-grabbing.
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下載、非法地擷取畫面，
09:18
I started archiving.
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並開始歸檔工作。
09:19
My hobby had become a habit,
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我的興趣變成了習慣，
09:21
and my habit gave me possibly the world's
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而這個習慣帶給我一個大概是
09:24
most eclectic Netflix queue.
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最兼容並蓄的待看影片列表。
09:27
At one point, it went, "Guys and Dolls: The Musical,"
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有時候我會看到Guys and Dolls音樂劇，
09:30
"Last Tango in Paris,"
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《巴黎最後的探戈》
09:31
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid,"
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《遜咖日記》、
09:32
"Porn Star: Legend of Ron Jeremy."
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《艷星傳奇》。
09:34
Why "Porn Star: Legend of Ron Jeremy"?
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為什麼會有《艷星傳奇》？
09:36
Because someone told me I
would find this clip in there.
would find this clip in there.
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因為某人告訴我我可以
在這部電影找到以下片段：
在這部電影找到以下片段：
09:39
(Video) Ron Jeremy: I was born
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(影片)羅恩·傑里米：我出生於
09:40
in Flushing, Queens
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皇后區的法拉盛，
09:42
on March, 12, 1953,
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時間是1953年的3月12號，
09:45
at four o'clock in the morning.
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凌晨四點。
09:47
Rives: Of course he was. (Laughter) (Applause)
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Rives：這還用說嗎。(笑聲) (掌聲)
09:48
Yeah. Not only does it seem to make sense,
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對，它不僅看起來很合理，
09:51
it also answers the question,
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而且還回答了這個問題：
09:54
"What do Ron Jeremy and Simone de Beauvoir
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「 羅恩·傑里米和西蒙·波娃
09:56
have in common?"
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有什麼共通點呢？」
09:58
Simone de Beauvoir begins her entire autobiography
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西蒙·波娃在她的一整本自傳開頭
10:01
with the sentence, "I was born
at four o'clock in the morning,"
at four o'clock in the morning,"
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就這麼寫：「我出生於凌晨四點」。
10:03
which I had because someone
else had emailed it to me,
else had emailed it to me,
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我會知道這個是因為有人寄給我。
10:05
and when they did, I had another bump up
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當我收到之後，這項收藏的價值
10:08
in my entry for this, because porn star Ron Jeremy
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又被提高了，因為色情片演員羅恩·傑里米
10:11
and feminist Simone de Beauvoir
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和女權主義者西蒙·波娃
10:13
are not just different people.
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並不是截然不同的人。
10:14
They are different people that
have this thing connecting them,
have this thing connecting them,
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他們之間有著這樣的聯繫，
10:17
and I did not know if that is trivia or knowledge
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而我不知道這是瑣事、一種知識，
10:20
or inadvertent expertise, but I did wonder,
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或是不注意的專門技術，不過我在想，
10:23
is there maybe a cooler way to do this?
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難道沒有更酷的方法可以做這件事嗎？
10:25
So last October, in gentleman scholar tradition,
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所以去年十月，根據學者們的慣例，
10:29
I put the entire collection online
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我決定把我的全部收藏放上網，
10:31
as "Museum of Four in the Morning."
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並命名為「凌晨四點鐘博物館」。
10:33
You can click on that red "refresh" button.
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你只要點這個紅色的「重新整理」按鈕，
10:35
It will take you at random to one of
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這網站就會隨機地
10:37
hundreds of snippets that are in the collection.
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讓你看到在這上百個收藏中的
其中一個小片段。
其中一個小片段。
10:40
Here is a knockout poem
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這裡有一首很美的詩，
10:41
by Billy Collins called "Forgetfulness."
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是比利·柯林斯所著的《忘卻》
10:44
(Video) Billy Collins: No wonder you rise
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(影片)比利·柯林斯：「難怪你會在
10:45
in the middle of the night
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深夜中起床，
10:47
to look up the date of a famous battle
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就為了査找書中有名的戰爭
10:49
in a book on war.
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發生在何時。
10:51
No wonder the moon in the window
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難怪在窗上的月亮
10:54
seems to have drifted out of a love poem
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就彷彿來自一首你
10:56
that you used to know by heart.
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牢記在心的情詩。」
10:59
Rives: So the first hour of this project
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Rives：這個計劃開始後第一個小時的成果
11:03
was satisfying.
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讓人很滿意。
11:04
A Bollywood actor sang a line on a DVD in a cafe.
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一位寶萊塢演員在咖啡店裡
哼了一部DVD中的一段台詞。
哼了一部DVD中的一段台詞。
11:08
Half a globe away, a teenager
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在地球另一半，一位青少年
11:11
made an Instagram video of it and sent it to me,
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做了Instagram影片寄給我，
11:13
a stranger.
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我們完全素不相識。
11:14
Less than a week later, though,
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不過在幾天之後，
11:16
I received a little bit of grace.
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我收到了一點恩賜。
11:19
I received a poignant tweet.
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我收到一則諷刺的推文，
11:23
It was brief.
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它很短，
11:25
It just said, "Reminds me of an ancient mix tape."
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它只說：「這讓我想起了一捲老錄音帶。」
11:29
The name was a pseudonym,
actually, or a pseudo-pseudonym.
actually, or a pseudo-pseudonym.
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上頭的名字是個假名，或是假假名，
11:32
As soon as I saw the initials, and the profile pic,
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當我看到這名字縮寫和大頭照之後，
11:35
I knew immediately, my whole body knew
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我馬上，不，我的整個身體馬上
11:37
immediately who this was,
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就知道她是誰。
11:40
and I knew immediately
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而我也馬上就想到了
11:42
what mix tape she was talking about.
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她到底在說哪一捲錄音帶。
11:45
(Music)
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(音樂)
11:48
L.D. was my college romance.
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L.D.是我大學時的交往對象。
11:51
This is in the early '90s. I was an undegrad.
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事情發生在90年代早期，當時我還是大學生。
11:53
She was a grad student in the
library sciences department.
library sciences department.
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而她是一位主修圖書館學的研究生。
11:57
Not the kind of librarian that takes her glasses off,
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不是那種拿掉眼鏡、放下頭髮，
11:59
lets her hair down, suddenly she's smoking hot.
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就突然變性感的圖書館員。
12:01
She was already smoking hot,
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她一直都很性感，
12:03
she was super dorky,
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而且她很呆，
12:04
and we had a December-May romance,
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我們就這樣有了一段十二月/五月戀情，
12:06
meaning we started dating in December,
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意思是說我們從十二月開始交往，
12:08
and by May, she had graduated
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而到了她在五月畢業之後，
12:11
and became my one that got away.
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她就走離我的生命。
12:14
But her mix tape did not get away.
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但她的那捲錄音帶並沒有離去。
12:18
I have kept this mix tape in a box
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我把這捲錄音帶收藏在一個盒子中幾十年，
12:21
with notes and postcards, not just from L.D.,
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其他還有一些筆記和明信片，
12:24
from my life, but for decades.
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不是L.D.寄的，只是我人生的收藏。
12:27
It's the kind of box where,
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這盒子是那種
12:28
if I have a girlfriend, I tend to hide it from her,
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如果我有女朋友，我會藏起來不讓她看到的東西。
12:30
and if I had a wife, I'm sure I would share it with her,
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但如果我有妻子，我確定我會和她一同分享。
12:32
but the story — (Laughter) — with this mix tape
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不過 — (笑聲) — 這個錄音帶呢，
12:35
is there are seven songs per side,
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每一面都有七首歌，
12:37
but no song titles.
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不過並沒有歌名。
12:39
Instead, L.D. has used the U.S. Library of Congress
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相反的，L.D使用了美國國會圖書館
12:42
classification system, including page numbers,
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的分類系統，包括頁碼，
12:45
to leave me clues.
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來給我線索。
12:47
When I got this mix tape,
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當我收到這錄音帶之後，
12:49
I put it in my cassette player,
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我就把它放進我的隨身聽，
12:50
I took it to the campus library, her library,
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並帶到學校的圖書館，也就是她的圖書館，
12:54
I found 14 books on the shelves.
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在那裡我從架子上找到了14本書。
12:56
I remember bringing them all
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我還記得當時我把它們
12:57
to my favorite corner table,
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全都帶到了一個我喜歡的角落座位，
12:59
and I read poems paired to songs
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並讀著與每首歌搭配的詩，
13:03
like food to wine,
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就像食物和酒一樣。
13:04
paired, I can tell you,
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我能告訴你，它們就像
13:06
like saddle shoes
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涼鞋和
13:08
to a cobalt blue vintage cotton dress.
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鈷藍色的棉質洋裝一樣是搭配好的。
13:11
I did this again last October.
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去年十月，我又做了同樣的事。
13:13
I'm sitting there, I got new earbuds,
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我坐在那裡，戴著新耳機，
13:16
old Walkman, I realize this is just the kind
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用著老隨身聽，雖然我那時也很奢侈，我了解到這是一種
13:18
of extravagance I used to take for granted
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不過我了解到這是一種我已
13:20
even when I was extravagant.
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習以為常的奢侈。
13:22
And then I thought, "Good for him."
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接著我想「這件事對他來說是好事」。
13:26
"PG" is Slavic literature.
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「PG」代表斯拉夫文學，
13:29
"7000" series Polish literature.
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「7000」則是指當中的波蘭文學，
13:32
Z9A24 is a collection of 70 poems.
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「Z9A24」是一本含概70首詩的詩選。
13:35
Page 31 is Wislawa Szymborska's poem
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在第31頁有一首維斯拉瓦·辛波絲卡的詩，
13:38
paired with Paul Simon's "Peace Like a River."
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搭配保羅·賽門的歌《Peace Like A River》。
13:40
(Music: Paul Simon, "Peace Like a River")
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(音樂：保羅·賽門，《Peace Like A River》)
13:44
(Video) Paul Simon: ♪ Oh, four in the morning ♪
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(影片) 保羅·賽門：♪ 喔，凌晨四點的時候♪
13:45
♪ I woke up from out of my dream ♪
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♪ 我自我的夢中醒來♪
13:51
Rives: Thank you. Appreciate it. (Applause)
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Rives：謝謝，感謝你們的聆聽 。 (掌聲)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rives - Performance poet, multimedia artistPerformance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life.
Why you should listen
Part poet, part storyteller, part philosopher, Rives is the co-host of TEDActive as well as a frequent TED speaker. On stage, his poems burst in many directions, exposing multiple layers and unexpected treats: childhood memories, grown-up humor, notions of love and lust, of what is lost forever and of what's still out there waiting to unfold. Chimborazo.
A regular on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Rives also starred alongside model Bar Refaeli in the 2008 Bravo special Ironic Iconic America, touring the United States on a "roller coaster ride through the eye-popping panorama of American pop culture." Flat pages can't contain his storytelling, even when paper is his medium. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Present expands to reveal moving parts, hidden areas and miniature booklets inside.
His latest project—the Museum of Four in the Morning—is an ode to a time that may well be part of a global conspiracy. In a good way.
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