ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dawn Landes - Singer-songwriter
Dawn Landes, with her bright, supple voice and her restless imagination, is drawn to create and collaborate. A master of singer-songwriter pop, she is now writing a musical called "Row."

Why you should listen
Dawn Landes is a singer-songwriter whose thoughtful music you might have heard if you watch Bored to Death, House, Gossip Girl or The Good Wife. Along with releasing five albums since 2005 (and an EP inspired by yé-yé, ‘60s French pop music), she’s a frequent collaborator with contemporaries such as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Norah Jones and composer Nico Muhly.

She has appeared with the Boston Pops and the NYC Ballet and in Lincoln Center’s prestigious American Songbook Series, and spent the summer of 2014 working on a musical about fellow Louisville native Tori Murden McClure’s quest to become the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Dawn Landes: A song for my hero, the woman who rowed into a hurricane

多恩.蘭地斯: 獻曲給一位划船勇闖颶風的女英雄

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歌手兼作曲家多恩.蘭地斯告訴我們有關托莉.姆爾登.麥克克盧爾的故事。托莉一直夢想坐小船划槳橫渡大西洋——但是這個夢想幾乎遭七層樓巨浪所顛覆。透過影片、故事、歌曲,蘭地斯想像一位女性隻身處於汪洋大海中的心境。(本演講為TED2015議程之一,客座策展者: Pop-Up Magazine: popupmagazine.com 或推特上 @popupmag。)
- Singer-songwriter
Dawn Landes, with her bright, supple voice and her restless imagination, is drawn to create and collaborate. A master of singer-songwriter pop, she is now writing a musical called "Row." Full bio

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In June六月 of 1998,
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1998年六月,
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Tori東籬 MurdenMurden McClure麥克盧爾 left Nags耿耿於懷 Head,
North Carolina卡羅來納州 for France法國.
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托莉.姆爾登.麥克克盧爾 (Tori Murden McClure)
離開北卡羅萊納的馬頭城,前往法國。
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That's her boat, the American美國 Pearl珍珠.
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這艘是她的船,美國珍珠號。
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It's 23 feet long and just six feet across橫過
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這艘船長23英呎,
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at its widest最寬 point.
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最寬的地方也只有6英呎。
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The deck甲板 was the size尺寸 of a cargo貨物 bed
of a Ford F-F-150 pickup撿起 truck卡車.
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甲板和福特 F-150 開篷小貨車的貨箱一樣大。
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Tori東籬 and her friends朋友 built內置 it by hand,
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托莉和她的朋友手工打造出這艘船,
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and it weighed稱重 about 1,800 pounds英鎊.
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重量有1800磅。
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Her plan計劃 was to row it alone單獨
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她計畫獨自划船
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across橫過 the Atlantic大西洋 Ocean海洋 --
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橫跨大西洋 --
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no motor發動機, no sail --
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不用馬達、也不用帆 --
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something no woman女人 and no American美國
had ever doneDONE before.
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沒有任何的美國人
或是女性曾經這樣做過。
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This would be her route路線:
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這是她的航線:
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over 3,600 miles英里 across橫過
the open打開 North Atlantic大西洋 Ocean海洋.
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穿越廣闊的北大西洋超過36000英哩
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Professionally專業, Tori東籬 worked工作
as a project項目 administrator管理員
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托莉的職業是擔任專案經理,
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for the city of Louisville路易斯維爾, Kentucky肯塔基,
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就在美國肯塔基州路易斯維爾
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her hometown家鄉,
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她的家鄉。
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but her real真實 passion was exploring探索.
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但是,她真正熱愛的是探險。
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This was not her first big expedition遠征.
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這不是她的第一次遠征。
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Several一些 years年份 earlier, she'd become成為
the first woman女人 to ski滑雪 to the South Pole.
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早在數年前,
她已是第一個在南極滑雪的女人。
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She was an accomplished完成 rower劃手 in college學院,
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她在大學時是個優秀的槳手,
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even competed競爭 for a spot
on the 1992 U.S. Olympic奧林匹克 team球隊,
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甚至爭取過
1992年美國奧運代表隊的選手權。
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but this, this was different不同.
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但是,這次更加困難。
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(Video視頻) (Music音樂) Tori東籬 MurdenMurden McClure麥克盧爾:
Hi你好. It's Sunday星期日, July七月 5.
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(影片)(音樂)Tori Murden McClure (TMM):
嗨!現在是7月5號,星期日。
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Sector扇形 time 9 a.m.
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航線時間早上9點
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So that's Kentucky肯塔基 time now.
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所以現在是肯塔基州時間。
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Dawn黎明 Landes蘭德斯: Tori東籬 made製作
these videos視頻 as she rowed.
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Dawn Landes (DL):
托莉在划槳中錄了這段影片。
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This is her 21stST day at sea.
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這是她在海上的第21天。
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At this point, she'd covered覆蓋
over 1,000 miles英里,
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此時,她已經走了1000英里的航程,
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had had no radio無線電 contact聯繫
in more than two weeks
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並有兩週以上沒有取得任何無線電聯繫。
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following以下 a storm風暴 that disabled
all her long-range長距離 communications通訊 systems系統
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因為一場暴風雨讓所有的
長程通訊系統都故障了,
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just five days in.
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才5天的暴風雨而已。
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Most days looked看著 like this.
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航行大多數日子看起來都像這樣。
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At this point, she'd rowed
over 200,000 strokes,
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這時,她下槳超過20萬次,
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fighting戰鬥 the current當前 and the wind.
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和海流及強風奮戰。
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Some days, she traveled旅行
as little as 15 feet.
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有些天,只能前進15英尺。
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Yeah.
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是的。
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And as frustrating洩氣 as those days were,
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但是除去那些令人洩氣的日子,
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other days were like this.
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別的時候,是像這樣的。
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(Video視頻) TMMTMM: And I want to show顯示 you
my little friends朋友.
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(影片) TMM:
我現在想讓你們看看我的一些小朋友。
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DLDL: She saw fish, dolphins海豚,
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DL:她看到魚、海豚、
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whales鯨魚, sharks鯊魚,
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鯨魚、鯊魚、
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and even some sea turtles海龜.
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甚至還有一些海龜。
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After two weeks with no human人的 contact聯繫,
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失去人類聯繫兩週後,
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Tori東籬 was able能夠 to contact聯繫
a local本地 cargo貨物 ship
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托莉與當地的貨船取得聯繫,
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via通過 VHFVHF radio無線電.
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透過 VHF 無線電。
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(Video視頻) TMMTMM: Do you guys
have a weather天氣 report報告, over?
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(影片) TMM:
你們能告訴我天氣預報嗎?完畢。
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Man: Heading標題 up to a low
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男:妳正航向一個低氣壓,
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ahead of you but it's heading標題,
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在妳的前面,但是它也在向前。
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and you're obviously明顯 going northeast東北
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妳現在的航向是東北方,
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and there's a high behind背後 us.
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還有一個高氣壓在我們後面。
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That'd那會 be coming未來
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它的移動方向......
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east-northeast東北偏東 also.
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也是朝向東北東方。
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TMMTMM: Good.
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TMM:好。
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DLDL: She's pretty漂亮 happy快樂 to talk
to another另一個 human人的 at this point.
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DL:
當時她非常開心能和其他人交談。
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(Video視頻) TMMTMM: So weather天氣 report報告
says nothing dramatic戲劇性
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(影片)TMM:天氣預報說
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is going to happen發生 soon不久.
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等一下天氣不會有劇烈變化。
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DLDL: What the weather天氣 report報告
didn't tell her
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DL:可是天氣預報沒有告訴她:
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was that she was rowing划船 right into
the path路徑 of Hurricane颶風 Danielle丹妮爾
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她正朝著 Danielle 颶風的路徑划去,
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in the worst最差 hurricane颶風 season季節
on record記錄 in the North Atlantic大西洋.
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而當時,是北大西洋有記錄以來,
最糟糕的颶風季節。
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(Video視頻) TMMTMM: Just sprained扭傷 my ankle.
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(影片)TMM:
剛剛我的腳踝扭傷了。
03:07
There's a very strong強大 wind
from the east now.
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現在東邊吹來一陣強風。
03:10
It's blowing about.
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強風到處吹。
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It's blowing!
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強風在吹!
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After 12 days of storm風暴
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經過12天的暴風雨,
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I get to row for four hours小時
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我得划上四個小時,
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without a flagging標記 wind.
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如果風不弱下來。
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I'm not very happy快樂 right now.
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我現在不太開心。
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As happy快樂 as I was this morning早上,
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早上雖然開心,
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I am unhappy不快樂 now, so ...
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現在心情不好,所以......
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DLDL: After nearly幾乎 three months個月 at sea,
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DL:在海上航行將近3個月後,
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she'd covered覆蓋 over 3,000 miles英里.
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她已經划了超過 3000 英里。
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She was two thirds三分之二 of the way there,
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她完成了2/3的距離,
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but in the storm風暴, the waves波浪 were
the size尺寸 of a seven-story七層 building建造.
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但是在暴風雨中,
海浪有7層樓建築物那麼高。
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Her boat kept不停 capsizing傾覆.
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她的船一直在翻覆。
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Some of them were pitchpolepitchpole capsizes傾覆,
flipping翻轉 her end結束 over end結束,
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有些翻船是首尾翻滾,
把她從船的一端拋向另一端,
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and rowing划船 became成為 impossible不可能.
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根本不可能繼續划行了。
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(Video視頻) TMMTMM: It's 6:30 a.m.
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(影像)TMM:現在早上6:30。
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I'm in something big, bad and ugly醜陋.
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剛經歷又大、又糟糕、又可怕
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Two capsizes傾覆.
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兩次翻船。
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Last capsize傾覆, I took the rib肋骨
off the top最佳 of my ceiling天花板 with my back.
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最後一次翻船,我的背
把船艙的骨架從天花板上撞下來了。
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I've had about six capsizes傾覆 now.
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我已經翻了6次船。
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The last one was a pitchpolepitchpole.
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最後一次,首尾翻滾。
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I have the Argus阿格斯 beacon烽火 with me.
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我帶著阿格斯訊號浮標。
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I would set off the distress苦難 signal信號,
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我準備要發射求救訊號了,
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but quite相當 frankly坦率地說, I don't think they'd他們會
ever be able能夠 to find this little boat.
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但老實說,
我不認為他們能夠找到這艘小船。
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It's so far underwater水下 right now,
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已經沈入水裡太多了,
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the only part部分 that's showing展示
pretty漂亮 much is the cabin.
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只有船倉還露在外面。
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It's about 10 a.m.
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現在是早上10點。
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I've lost丟失 track跟踪 of the number of capsizes傾覆.
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我已經數不清楚到底翻了幾次船。
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I seem似乎 to capsize傾覆 about
every一切 15 minutes分鐘.
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好像每15分鐘就翻一次。
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I think I may可能 have broken破碎 my left arm.
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我覺得我的左臂可能斷了。
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The waves波浪
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海浪......
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are tearing撕裂 the boat to shreds碎片.
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正要把船撕成碎片。
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I keep praying祈禱 because
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我不斷祈禱,
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I'm not sure I'm going
to make it through通過 this.
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因為我不確定我能不能挺過去。
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DLDL: Tori東籬 set off her distress苦難 beacon烽火
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DL: 托莉發射了求救訊號,
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and was rescued獲救
by a passing通過 container容器 ship.
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最後被經過的貨船救起來。
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They found發現 her abandoned boat
two months個月 later後來 adrift漂浮 near France法國.
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兩個月後,在靠近法國的海邊
有人發現她的棄船漂流。
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I read about it in the newspaper報紙.
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我在報紙上讀到這個故事。
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In 1998, I was a high school學校 student學生
living活的 in Louisville路易斯維爾, Kentucky肯塔基.
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1998年時,我是個住在
肯塔基州路易斯維爾的高中生。
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Now, I live生活 in New York紐約 City.
I'm a songwriter作曲家.
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現在,我住在紐約,是個作曲者。
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And her bravery stuck卡住 with me,
and I'm adapting適應 her story故事
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她的勇敢故事時常縈繞我心中,
現在我將她的故事改編成
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into a musical音樂 called "Row."
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一首音樂劇,叫做《划船》
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When Tori東籬 returned home,
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當托莉回到家,
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she was feeling感覺 disheartened灰心,
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她覺得非常沮喪,
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she was broke打破.
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她身無分文。
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She was having a hard time
making製造 the transition過渡
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她經歷了一段艱難的過渡期,
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back into civilization文明.
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才回復到正常文明社會。
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In this scene現場, she sits坐鎮 at home.
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這一幕,她坐在家中。
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The phone電話 is ringing鈴聲,
her friends朋友 are calling調用,
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電話響起,是她的朋友打來的,
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but she doesn't know how to talk to them.
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但她不知道要如何和他們說。
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She sings this song歌曲.
It's called "Dear Heart."
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她唱起這首歌,歌名是《親愛的》
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(Guitar吉他)
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(吉他)
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When I was dreaming做夢,
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當我沉浸在夢中,
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I took my body身體
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我的身體飛越千里
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to beautiful美麗 places地方
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到達美麗的地方
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I'd never been.
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那些我從未親自探訪的祕境。
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I saw Gibraltar直布羅陀,
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吉布羅陀海峽
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and stars明星 of Kentucky肯塔基
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肯塔基的星辰
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burned in the moonlight月光,
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在月光中那麼燦爛,
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making製造 me smile微笑.
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讓我會心一笑。
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And when I awoke here,
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但我此刻驚醒,
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the sky天空 was so cloudy多雲的.
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天空佈滿烏雲。
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I walked to a party派對
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我走向聚會
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where people I know
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那些認識我的朋友們
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try hard to know me
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努力關心我
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and ask where I've been,
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「妳究竟去了哪裡?」,
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but I can't explain說明
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但我無法清楚解釋
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what I've seen看到 to them.
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夢中所見情境。
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Ah, listen, dear heart.
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喔~ 聽著,親愛的。
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Just pay工資 attention注意,
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只要用心聆聽,
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go right from the start開始.
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不忘初衷。
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Ah, listen, dear heart.
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喔~聽著,親愛的。
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You can fall秋季 off the map地圖,
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你可能會迷失航向,
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but don't fall秋季 apart距離.
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但別因此崩潰。
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Ooh ooh ooh,
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喔~~~
07:15
ah ah ah ah ah.
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喔~~~喔~~~
07:20
Ah ah,
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喔~~~
07:23
ah ah ah.
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喔~~~。
07:26
When I was out there,
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當我身在海中時,
07:29
the ocean海洋 would hold保持 me,
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大海擁我入懷,
07:33
rock me and throw me,
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搖晃我、拍打我,
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light as a child兒童.
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我的身體就像小孩一樣輕盈。
07:39
But now I'm so heavy,
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但我現在如此沉重,
07:43
nothing consoles遊戲機 me.
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誰能撫慰我?
07:46
My mind心神 floats彩車 like driftwood浮木,
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我的心如漂流木般,
07:49
wayward任性 and wild野生.
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狂野而任性。
07:53
Ah, listen, dear heart.
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喔~聽著,親愛的。
07:59
Just pay工資 attention注意,
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只要用心聆聽,
08:02
go right from the start開始.
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不忘初衷。
08:06
Ah, listen, dear heart.
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.喔~聽著,親愛的。
08:12
You can fall秋季 off the map地圖,
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你可能會迷失航向,
08:16
but don't fall秋季 apart距離.
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但別因此崩潰。
08:20
Ooh.
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喔~
08:26
Eventually終於, Tori東籬 starts啟動 to get
her feet under her.
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最後, 托莉走出陰影。
08:30
She starts啟動 hanging out
with her friends朋友 again.
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她重新和朋友一起出去玩。
08:32
She meets符合 a guy and falls下降
in love for the first time.
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她與一個男人相遇,首度墜入愛河。
08:36
She gets得到 a new job工作 working加工
for another另一個 Louisville路易斯維爾 native本地人,
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她在路易斯維爾獲得一份新工作,
08:39
Muhammad穆罕默德 Ali阿里.
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老闆是當地人穆罕默德•阿里。
08:41
One day, at lunch午餐 with her new boss老闆,
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有一天,她和新老闆一起吃午餐,
08:44
Tori東籬 shares分享 the news新聞
that two other women婦女
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托莉分享了一則新聞,
有兩位女性
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are setting設置 out to row
across橫過 the mid-Atlantic大西洋中部,
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正準備划船橫渡中大西洋,
08:49
to do something that she
almost幾乎 died死亡 trying to do.
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去做她幾乎賭上性命去做的事情。
08:53
His response響應 was classic經典 Ali阿里:
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他的反應,完全是典型的「阿里」式回答:
08:56
"You don't want to go through通過 life
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「妳不會只想度過餘生,
08:58
as the woman女人 who almost幾乎
rowed across橫過 the ocean海洋."
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始終只是一位差點划船成功、橫渡大洋的女性。」
09:02
He was right.
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他說對了。
09:04
Tori東籬 rebuilt重建 the American美國 Pearl珍珠,
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托莉重建了美國珍珠號,
09:05
and in December十二月 of 1999,
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在 1999 年 12 月,
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she did it.
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她做到了。
09:09
(Applause掌聲)
(Guitar吉他)
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(掌聲)
(吉他)
謝謝大家。
09:16
Thank you.
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(掌聲)
09:19
(Applause掌聲)
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Translated by 祐廣 張
Reviewed by Seke Wei

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dawn Landes - Singer-songwriter
Dawn Landes, with her bright, supple voice and her restless imagination, is drawn to create and collaborate. A master of singer-songwriter pop, she is now writing a musical called "Row."

Why you should listen
Dawn Landes is a singer-songwriter whose thoughtful music you might have heard if you watch Bored to Death, House, Gossip Girl or The Good Wife. Along with releasing five albums since 2005 (and an EP inspired by yé-yé, ‘60s French pop music), she’s a frequent collaborator with contemporaries such as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Norah Jones and composer Nico Muhly.

She has appeared with the Boston Pops and the NYC Ballet and in Lincoln Center’s prestigious American Songbook Series, and spent the summer of 2014 working on a musical about fellow Louisville native Tori Murden McClure’s quest to become the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean.
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