ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yang Lan - Media mogul, TV host
Yang Lan is often called “the Oprah of China.” The chair of a multiplatform business empire, Yang is pioneering more-open means of communication in the communist nation.

Why you should listen

Yang Lan’s rise to stardom in China has drawn comparisons to Oprah Winfrey’s success in the US. It’s easy to see why: Yang is a self-made entrepreneur and the most powerful woman in the Chinese media. As chair of Sun Media Investment Holdings, a business empire she built with her husband, Yang is a pioneer of open communication.

Yang started her journalism career by establishing the first current-events TV program in China. She created and hosted many other groundbreaking shows, starting with the chatfest Yang Lan One on One. The popular Her Village, which now includes an online magazine and website, brings together China’s largest community of professional women (more than 200 million people a month).

Yang, who served as an ambassador for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, wields her influence for philanthropic endeavors, too. She founded the Sun Culture Foundation in 2005 to raise awareness about poverty and to promote cross-cultural communication.

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TEDGlobal 2011

Yang Lan: The generation that's remaking China

楊瀾:中國的新一代

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楊瀾, 一位新聞記者及企業家,著稱“中國的奧普拉”, 深入介紹中國新生代- 在城市,聯繫溝通 (通過微博)同對社會不公平的睇法。
- Media mogul, TV host
Yang Lan is often called “the Oprah of China.” The chair of a multiplatform business empire, Yang is pioneering more-open means of communication in the communist nation. Full bio

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00:15
The night before I was headingtitle for Scotland蘇格蘭,
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I was invited邀請 to host主機 the final最後
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我被邀請去上海主持
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of "China's中國嘅 Got Talent人才" show顯示 in Shanghai上海
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“中國達人秀“決賽
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with the 80,000 live audience觀眾 in the stadium體育場.
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體育館內有八萬現場觀眾。
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Guess who was the performing執行 guest客人?
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估下邊個系特別嘉賓?
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Susan苏珊 Boyle博伊尔.
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蘇珊·波爾 (蘇珊大媽)。
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And I told her, "I'm going to Scotland蘇格蘭 the next day."
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我同距講,”我聽日就去蘇格蘭啦。“
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She sang beautifully,
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她唱得非常動聽,
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and she even managed管理 to say a few幾個 words的話 in Chinese中文:
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仲學講幾句中文:
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送你葱
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送你蔥
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So it's not like "hello你好" or "thank you,"
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嚟句話唔系“你好” 或者“多謝”,
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that ordinary普通 stuff啲嘢.
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之類的話。
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It means意味着 "green綠色 onion洋蔥 for free自由."
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意思系:“免費送你蔥”。
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Why did she say that?
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點解距講黎句話?
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Because it was a line
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因為黎句話
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from our Chinese中文 parallel並行 Susan苏珊 Boyle博伊尔 --
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來自於中國版蘇珊大媽-
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a 50-some-啲 year-old woman女人,
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一位五十有多嘅中年大媽,
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a vegetable蔬菜 vendor供應商 in Shanghai上海,
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一位上海街市擺攤的阿姨,
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who loves singing唱歌 Western西方 opera歌劇,
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距熱愛唱西方歌劇,
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but she didn't understand理解
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不過距唔明
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any English英文 or French法文 or Italian意大利文,
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任何英文,法語, 或者意大利文,
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so she managed管理 to fill填補 in the lyrics歌詞
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所以距獨創一種方式來記歌詞
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with vegetable蔬菜 names名字 in Chinese中文.
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將全部歌詞用中文蔬菜名來代替。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
01:19
And the last sentence句子 of NessunNessun Dorma演唱
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意大利歌劇《公主徹夜未眠》嘅最後一句話
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that she was singing唱歌 in the stadium體育場
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當時距系體育館內演出
01:24
was "green綠色 onion洋蔥 for free自由."
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就以“送你蔥”來代替。
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So [as] Susan苏珊 Boyle博伊尔 was saying that,
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所以蘇珊大媽會咁唱,
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80,000 live audience觀眾 sang together一起.
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連同八萬名現場觀眾一起跟唱。
01:33
That was hilarious熱鬧.
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當時嘅場面十分有趣。
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So I guess both Susan苏珊 Boyle博伊尔
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我惗蘇珊大媽
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and this vegetable蔬菜 vendor供應商 in Shanghai上海
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同嚟位上海嘅菜販阿姨
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belonged屬於 to otherness差異.
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都有距地嘅獨特之處。
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They were the least最小 expected預期 to be successful成功
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距地系常人最少期待
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in the business業務 called entertainment娛樂,
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會喺娛樂圈內闖蕩成名的一類人,
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yet尚未 their佢哋 courage勇氣 and talent人才 brought them through透過.
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但係距地嘅勇氣同才能讓她們受到大家的肯定。
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And a show顯示 and a platform平台
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一場演出同一個平台
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gave them the stage階段
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給予她們一個
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to realize實現 their佢哋 dreams夢想.
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實現夢想的舞台。
02:00
Well, being different不同 is not that difficult困難.
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其實,要與眾不同並唔難。
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We are all different不同
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我地都唔同
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from different不同 perspectives觀點.
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從唔同嘅角度。
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But I think being different不同 is good,
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我覺得與眾不同其實很好,
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because you present目前 a different不同 pointD of view视图.
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因為你有唔同嘅惗法。
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You may可能 have the chance機會 to make a difference差異.
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你可能會系某方面作出影響。
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My generation生成 has been very fortunate好彩呀
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我地黎代人好幸運
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to witness證人 and participate參與
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我地見證並參與
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in the historic歷史 transformation轉型 of China中國
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中國歷史性的變化
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that has made作出 so many好多 changes變化
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有太多巨變發生
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in the past過去 20, 30 years.
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在過去的二,三十年。
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I remember記得 that in the year of 1990,
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我記得系1990果陣時,
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when I was graduating畢業 from college大學,
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我啱啱大學畢業,
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I was applying應用 for a job工作 in the sales銷售 department部門
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當時我去應聘一份
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of the first five-star五星級 hotel酒店 in Beijing北京,
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系北京五星級酒店返工的銷售工作。
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Great Wall Sheraton喜来登 -- it's still there.
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長城喜來登酒店,至今都喺到。
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So after being interrogated審問
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被一位日本經理詢問咗
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by this Japanese日文 manager經理 for a half一半 an hour小時,
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一個半種後,
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he finally最後 said,
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當面試將要結束時,距講,
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"So, Miss Yang,
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"楊小姐,
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do you have any questions個問題 to ask問吓 me?"
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你有咩問題要問我嗎?"
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I summoned傳喚 my courage勇氣 and poise風度 and said,
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我鼓足勇氣鎮定甘問距,
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"Yes, but could you let me know,
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“系, 你可不可以話我知,
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what actually講真 do you sell?"
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你地賣D咩?”
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I didn't have a clue線索 what a sales銷售 department部門 was about
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因為我當時完全唔知一間
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in a five-star五星級 hotel酒店.
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五星級酒店內的銷售部要做D乜。
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That was the first day I set設置 my foot隻腳
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黎個系我第一次進入
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in a five-star五星級 hotel酒店.
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五星級酒店。
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Around the same相同 time,
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與此同時,
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I was going through透過 an audition試鏡 --
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我參加咗由中國國家電視台
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the first ever open打開 audition試鏡
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有史以來舉辦嘅
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by national國家 television電視 in China中國 --
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第一次公開面試
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with another另一個 thousand college大學 girls女孩.
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現場參賽上千名女大學生。
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The producer生產者 told us
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製作人通告
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they were looking for some sweet, innocent無辜
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距地要搵甜美,單純
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and beautiful fresh新鮮 face塊面.
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同漂亮的新面孔。
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So when it was my turn, I stood up and said,
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當輪到我果陣,我起身問,
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"Why [do] women's婦女嘅 personalities個性 on television電視
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“點解系電視上的女性個性
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always have to be beautiful, sweet, innocent無辜
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都要系靚,甜美,單純
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and, you know, supportive支持?
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仲要有配合度?
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Why can't they have their佢哋 own自己 ideas想法
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點解距地唔可以有自己的想法
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and their佢哋 own自己 voice聲音?"
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同埋自己的聲音?”
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I thought I kind一種 of offended冒犯 them.
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我以為我黎番話有點冒犯評委。
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But actually講真, they were impressed印象 by my words的話.
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不過正系黎番話令距地留下印象。
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And so I was in the second第二 round of competition競爭,
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所以我進入了第二回合比賽,
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and then the third第三 and the fourth.
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繼而第三,第四。
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After seven rounds of competition競爭,
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當完成第七回合比賽后,
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I was the last one to survive生存 it.
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我成為一位勝出者。
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So I was on a national國家 television電視 prime-time黃金時段 show顯示.
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因此我加入了國家電視台黃金檔一個節目。
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And believe it or not,
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你可能唔相信
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that was the first show顯示 on Chinese中文 television電視
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黎個節目系中國第一個
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that allowed允許 its hosts主機
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允許主持人
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to speak out of their佢哋 own自己 minds頭腦
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自由發揮表達自己的意見
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without reading閲讀 an approved批准 script腳本.
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而唔需要背經批准後D稿。
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(Applause掌聲)
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(鼓掌)
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And my weekly每周 audience觀眾 at that time
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當時每週的觀眾人數
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was between之間 200 to 300 million people.
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高達200-300萬。
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Well after a few幾個 years,
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幾年以後,
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I decided決定 to go to the U.S. and Columbia哥倫比亞 University大學
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我確定要去美國哥倫比亞大學
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to pursue追求 my postgraduate研究生 studies研究,
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繼續讀研,
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and then started初時 my own自己 media媒體 company公司,
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同時創辦自己的媒體公司,
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which was unthought沒有想到 of
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一個當我啱啱入行時
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during the years that I started初時 my career職業.
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從來都無惗過嘅想法。
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So we do a lot of things.
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公司項目分好多類,
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I've interviewed採訪 more than a thousand people in the past過去.
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我訪問過的人數過千。
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And sometimes有時 I have young年輕 people approaching接近 me
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有時,有些年輕人他會同我講
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say, "Lan局域網, you changed my life,"
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“楊瀾, 你改變了我的人生,”
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and I feel proud驕傲 of that.
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我會為黎D話感到自豪。
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But then we are also so fortunate好彩呀
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同時我地十分幸運地
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to witness證人 the transformation轉型 of the whole整個 country國家.
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見證整個國家的興起。
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I was in Beijing's北京嘅 bidding投標 for the Olympic奧運 Games遊戲.
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見證著北京奧運競標賽。
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I was representing代表 the Shanghai上海 Expo世博會.
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代言上海世博會。
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I saw China中國 embracing擁抱 the world世界
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我睇到中國正在擁抱全世界
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and vice versa反之亦然.
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也見到全世界在擁抱中國。
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But then sometimes有時 I'm thinking思維,
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不過我亦系度惗,
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what are today's今日嘅 young年輕 generation生成 up to?
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當下的年輕人到底要做什麼?
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How are they different不同,
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距地有什麼不同之處,
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and what are the differences差異 they are going to make
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他們會創造怎樣的不同
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to shape形狀 the future未來 of China中國,
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又會點樣改變中國未來,
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or at large, the world世界?
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甚至整個世界?
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So today今日 I want to talk about young年輕 people
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所以我今天的話題系關於年輕一代
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through透過 the platform平台 of social社會 media媒體.
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通過社交網絡平台。
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First of all, who are they? [What] do they look like?
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首先, 他們是誰?他們做緊咩?
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Well this is a girl女孩 called Guo Meimei美眉 --
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照片中黎位叫郭美美女仔
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20 years old, beautiful.
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20歲,年輕貌美。
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She showed表明 off her expensive昂貴 bags,
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在距嘅微博上盡顯
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clothes and car架車
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距擁有的名牌袋,
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on her microblog微博,
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衫同鞋,
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which is the Chinese中文 version版本 of TwitterTwitter.
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微博即系中國版的Twitter。
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And she claimed聲稱 to be the general麻麻 manager經理 of Red Cross
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距仲自稱系紅十字
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at the Chamber of Commerce商業.
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商會經理。
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She didn't realize實現
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距無惗到
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that she stepped加強 on a sensitive敏感 nerve神經
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自己的舉動引起民眾公憤
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and aroused引起 national國家 questioning質疑,
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惹起全國大眾的質疑。
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almost爭 D a turmoil動盪,
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差D成為針對
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against the credibility信譽 of Red Cross.
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紅十字會的騷亂。
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The controversy爭議 was so heated加熱
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黎場爭論十分激烈
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that the Red Cross had to open打開 a press conference
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以至於紅十字會開記者招待會
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to clarify澄清 it,
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來澄清“郭美美事件”,
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and the investigation調查 is going on.
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此事件因此亦被不斷調查。
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So far, as of today今日,
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現金為之,
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we know that she herself自己 made作出 up that titletitle --
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公眾已知道郭美美系冒充紅十字商會經理職位
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probably可能 because she feels感覺 proud驕傲 to be associated相關 with charity慈善.
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可能因為距覺得與慈善相關的為她帶了自豪感。
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All those expensive昂貴 items項目
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距果D奢侈品
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were given to her as gifts禮物
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同禮物
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by her boyfriend男朋友,
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都系距男朋友送。
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who used to be a board member成員
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距的男朋友系紅十字商會
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in a subdivision細分 of Red Cross at Chamber of Commerce商業.
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旗下部門的前任董事會成員。
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It's very complicated複雜 to explain解釋.
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黎個解釋起來有點困難。
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But anyway反正, the public公眾 still doesn't buy it.
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儘管如此,公眾憤怒仍未平息。
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It is still boiling沸騰.
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熱論還在進行。
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It shows顯示 us a general麻麻 mistrust懷疑
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黎件事件講明民眾
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of government政府 or government-backed政府支持的 institutions機構,
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對政府或有政府背景的機構唔信任,
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which lacked缺乏 transparency透明度 in the past過去.
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因為黎D機構過去的不透明
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And also it showed表明 us
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黎件事件亦講明
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the power權力 and the impact影響 of social社會 media媒體
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社交網站上的力量同影響
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as microblog微博.
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例如微博。
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Microblog微博 boomed蓬勃發展 in the year of 2010,
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微博在2010年興起,
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with visitors遊客 doubled翻倍
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訪客人數翻倍
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and time spent on it tripled.
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瀏覽時間更系三倍增加。
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Sina新浪.comCom, a major主要 news新聞 portal門戶,
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單系新浪網, 一個主要的新聞網站,
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alone一手一腳 has more than 140 million microbloggers.
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就有超過1.4億微博用戶。
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On Tencent騰訊, 200 million.
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騰訊網,2億。
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The most popular流行 blogger博客 --
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最多人關注的用戶
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it's not me --
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唔系我--
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it's a movie電影 star明星,
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系一位電影女演員,
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and she has more than 9.5 million followers追隨者, or fans球迷.
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距有超過九百五十萬粉絲。
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About 80 percent百分比 of those microbloggers are young年輕 people,
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大約有八成微博用戶都系年輕人,
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under 30 years old.
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年齡在30歲以下。
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And because, as you know,
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正如大家所知,
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the traditional傳統 media媒體 is still heavily嚴重 controlled控制 by the government政府,
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傳統媒體依然由政府所控,
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social社會 media媒體 offers提供 an opening開放
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社交網絡提供一個開放平台
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to let the steam蒸汽 out a little bit.
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讓大家可以發表自己的意見。
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But because you don't have many好多 other openings開口,
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因為開放平台為數不多,
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the heat coming out of this opening開放
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來自社交網站上的激憤
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is sometimes有時 very strong, active積極
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有時可以變得非常強烈,非常活躍
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and even violent暴力.
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甚至帶有暴力。
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So through透過 microblogging微博,
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通過微博,
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we are able to understand理解 Chinese中文 youth青年 even better.
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我地可以進一步了解中國年輕的一代。
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So how are they different不同?
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我地有幾唔同?
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First of all, most of them were born出生
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首先,大部分青年都生於
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in the 80s and 90s,
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80, 90年代,
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under the one-child獨生子女 policy政策.
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出生於獨生子女政策下。
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And because of selected選擇 abortion流產
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因為有了選擇性流產
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by families家庭 who favored青睞 boys男孩 to girls女孩,
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很多家長重男輕女,
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now we have ended結束 up
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造成我地現今
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with 30 million more young年輕 men男人 than women婦女.
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男性數量比女性超出3千萬人口。
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That could pose構成
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黎個可能會對
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a potential danger危險 to the society社會,
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社會存在潛在危機,
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but who knows;
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但無人能確定;
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we're in a globalized全球化 world世界,
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我地生活系個全球化嘅世界,
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so they can look for girlfriends女朋友 from other countries國家.
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男性可以到其他國家結識女朋友。
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Most of them have fairly都幾 good education教育.
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年輕人裡大多數都受過不錯的教育。
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The illiteracy文盲 rate in China中國 among之間 this generation生成
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喺黎一代,中國文盲人數
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is under one percent百分比.
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已少於百分之一。
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In cities城市, 80 percent百分比 of kids孩子 go to college大學.
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在城市, 有80%的學生上大學。
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But they are facing面臨 an aging老化 China中國
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不過他們正面對一個老年化的中國
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with a population人口 above以上 65 years old
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今年,年齡超過65歲人口
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coming up with seven-point-some七點-啲 percent百分比 this year,
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已達到百分之7點幾,
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and about to be 15 percent百分比
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到2030年
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by the year of 2030.
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人口老年化將達到15%。
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And you know we have the tradition傳統
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大家也許知道我們的傳統
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that younger年輕 generations support支持 the elders長者 financially經濟,
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年輕人一代有義務供養長輩,
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and taking採取 care護理 of them when they're sick生病.
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在生病時照顧他們。
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So it means意味着 young年輕 couples夫婦
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這意味著已成家的年輕人
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will have to support支持 four parents父母
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要供養四位長輩
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who have a life expectancy期望 of 73 years old.
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其預期壽命將會是73歲。
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So making決策 a living生活 is not that easy容易
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所以許多年輕一代的
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for young年輕 people.
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日子不輕鬆過得並不輕鬆。
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College大學 graduates畢業生 are not in short supply供應.
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面對大學畢業生供過於求。
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In urban城市 areas一區,
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喺城市,
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college大學 graduates畢業生 find the starting初時 salary人工
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大學畢業生起薪點
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is about 400 U.S. dollars美元 a month,
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大致系400美金一個月,
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while the average平均 rent租金
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平均租金
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is above以上 $500.
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都超過500美金。
09:20
So what do they do? They have to share共享 space空間 --
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他們點樣生活呢? 他們只能合租
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squeezed壓縮 in very limited有限 space空間
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逼系一個窄小嘅空間
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to save money --
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甘來悭钱--
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and they call themselves自己 "tribe部落 of ants螞蟻."
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黎群人自稱“蟻族”。
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And for those who are ready準備 to get married結婚
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至於果D打算結婚
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and buy their佢哋 apartment公寓,
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同賣屋嘅人
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they figured out they have to work
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距地明白要打工
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for 30 to 40 years
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30,40年
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to afford their佢哋 first apartment公寓.
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先可以買得起第一間公寓。
09:40
That ratio in America美國
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美國的比例系
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would only cost成本 a couple夫婦 five years to earn,
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一對夫妻5年嘅人工就可買一間屋,
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but in China中國 it's 30 to 40 years
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不過要係中國需要30 - 40 年先至做到
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with the skyrocketing飛漲 real真正 estate房地產 price價格.
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因為房價高漲。
09:51
Among之間 the 200 million migrant農民 workers工人,
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做兩億離鄉打工族中,
09:54
60 percent百分比 of them are young年輕 people.
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60%系年輕人。
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They find themselves自己 sort排序 of sandwiched
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他們覺得自己系夾心族
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between之間 the urban城市 areas一區 and the rural農村 areas一區.
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夾隔在城市同鄉村之間。
10:02
Most of them don't want to go back to the countryside農村,
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距地大多數都唔想返鄉下,
10:05
but they don't have the sense of belonging屬於.
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不過他們又無城市歸屬感。
10:07
They work for longer hours小時
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他們長時間工作
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with less income收入, less social社會 welfare福利.
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收入相對較少,社會福利也不多。
10:12
And they're more vulnerable脆弱
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很多因素會影響他們
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to job工作 losses損失,
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例如失業,
10:16
subject主題 to inflation通脹,
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通貨膨脹,
10:18
tightening收緊 loans貸款 from banks銀行,
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銀行貸款政策緊縮,
10:20
appreciation欣賞 of the renminbi人仔,
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人民幣升值,
10:22
or decline下降 of demand需求
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又或者歐美國家對
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from Europe歐洲 or America美國
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中國產品的需求
10:26
for the products產品 they produce生產.
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減少。
10:28
Last year, though雖然,
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上年,一場令人震驚
10:30
an appalling令人震驚 incident事件
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的悲劇
10:32
in a southern南部 OEMOem manufacturing製造 compound復合 in China中國:
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喺中國南方嘅設備加工廠發生咗
10:35
13 young年輕 workers工人
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13名年輕工人
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in their佢哋 late teens青少年 and early早期 20s
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年齡大致20歲左右
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committed承諾 suicide自殺,
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相繼自殺,
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just one by one like causing造成 a contagious傳染性 disease疾病.
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就似一場傳染病甘
10:45
But they died because of all different不同 personal reasons原因.
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距地自殺的原因各不同。
10:49
But this whole整個 incident事件
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整個事件
10:51
aroused引起 a huge巨大 outcry抗議 from society社會
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引起社會的關注
10:53
about the isolation分離,
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大家開始關心
10:55
both physical物理 and mental心理,
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黎D工人嘅
10:57
of these migrant農民 workers工人.
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身體同心理上的孤單。
10:59
For those who do return返回 back to the countryside農村,
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果D選擇返鄉下嘅人,
11:01
they find themselves自己 very welcome歡迎 locally本地,
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當地人十分歡迎他們回鄉,
11:04
because with the knowledge知識, skills技能 and networks網絡
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因為他們在城市獲得了知識,技能同人脈
11:06
they have learned in the cities城市,
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距地系城市學識,
11:08
with the assistance援助 of the Internet互聯網,
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通過互聯網的幫助,
11:10
they're able to create創建 more jobs工作,
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距地可以創作更多工作,
11:13
upgrade升級 local當地 agriculture農業 and create創建 new新增功能 business業務
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升級當地農業技術同埋製造商機
11:15
in the less developed開發 market市場.
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喺相對落後的市場。
11:17
So for the past過去 few幾個 years, the coastal沿海 areas一區,
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在過去數年,沿海地帶,
11:20
they found發現 themselves自己 in a shortage短缺 of labor勞動.
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出現勞工短缺的現象。
11:23
These diagrams show顯示
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黎D圖表顯示
11:25
a more general麻麻 social社會 background背景.
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一個更廣泛的社會背景。
11:27
The first one is the Engels恩格斯 coefficient系數,
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第一個系恩格爾系數,
11:30
which explains解釋 that the cost成本 of daily日常 necessities必需品
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解釋了每天生活必須的花費
11:33
has dropped下降 its percentage百分比
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百分點有所減少
11:35
all through透過 the past過去 decade同你十年,
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在過去十年內
11:37
in terms條款 of family家庭 income收入,
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對比人均家庭收入
11:39
to about 37-some-啲 percent百分比.
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下降了37%。
11:42
But then in the last two years,
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不過就係過去兩年間,
11:44
it goes up again to 39 percent百分比,
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黎個比例又上漲39%,
11:46
indicating指示 a rising上升 living生活 cost成本.
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甘樣來講生活花費正在上升。
11:49
The Gini基尼 coefficient系數
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吉尼系數顯示
11:51
has already passed透過 the dangerous危險 line of 0.4.
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已經超過0.4的警戒線。
11:54
Now it's 0.5 --
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宜家系0.5 --
11:56
even worse更糟 than that in America美國 --
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仲差過美國--
11:59
showing顯示 us the income收入 inequality不等式.
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說明了收入不平等。
12:02
And so you see this whole整個 society社會
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你可以睇到整個社會
12:04
getting得到 frustrated沮喪
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逐漸感到沮喪
12:06
about losing失去 some of its mobility流動性.
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因為他們失去一部分流動性。
12:09
And also, the bitterness辛酸 and even resentment怨恨
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同時,仇富和仇權情緒
12:12
towards the rich豐富 and the powerful強大
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逐以升高
12:14
is quite都幾 widespread廣泛.
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並開始蔓延。
12:16
So any accusations指控 of corruption腐敗
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所以各種對腐敗
12:18
or backdoor後門 dealings交易 between之間 authorities當局 or business業務
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或者官商勾結的指控
12:22
would arouse引起 a social社會 outcry抗議
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都會造成社會譴責
12:24
or even unrest動盪.
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甚至動亂。
12:26
So through透過 some of the hottest最熱 topics主題 on microblogging微博,
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通過觀察微博上一些最熱門的話題,
12:30
we can see what young年輕 people care護理 most about.
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我地可以更了解年輕的一代。
12:33
Social社會 justice正義 and government政府 accountability問責
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社會公正與政府責任
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runs運行 the first in what they demand需求.
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系他們最關心的問題。
12:38
For the past過去 decade同你十年 or so,
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在過去十年裡,
12:40
a massive大規模 urbanization城市化 and development發展
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大量嘅城市化發展
12:44
have let us witness證人 a lot of reports報告
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令我地睇到好多關於
12:47
on the forced demolition拆除
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強拆民宅
12:49
of private私人 property身家.
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的報到。
12:51
And it has aroused引起 huge巨大 anger憤怒 and frustration挫折
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黎D新聞都引起了
12:54
among之間 our young年輕 generation生成.
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年輕人不滿和失望。
12:56
Sometimes有時 people get killed,
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過程中有時有身亡,
12:58
and sometimes有時 people set設置 themselves自己 on fire to protest抗議.
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亦有人用自焚嘅形式來抗議。
13:02
So when these incidents事件 are reported報道
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當黎類報導
13:04
more and more frequently經常 on the Internet互聯網,
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越來越常見於互聯網上
13:06
people cry for the government政府 to take actions行動 to stop this.
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人們強烈要求政府出面阻止。
13:09
So the good news新聞 is that earlier較早時 this year,
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今年早輪有好消息,
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the state狀態 council passed透過 a new新增功能 regulation調節
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國務院在房屋申請同拆建方面
13:15
on house房子 requisition徵用 and demolition拆除
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頒發咗新政策
13:18
and passed透過 the right
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同時允許法庭
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to order forced demolition拆除 from local當地 governments政府
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傳喚果D強拆的地方政府
13:22
to the court法院.
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上法院。
13:25
Similarly同樣, many好多 other issues個問題 concerning關於 public公眾 safety安全
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仲有好多其他令民眾擔憂嘅問題
13:28
is a hot topic主題 on the Internet互聯網.
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系互聯網上熱議。
13:31
We heard聽到 about polluted污染 air空氣,
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大家都聽過空氣污染,
13:33
polluted污染 water, poisoned中毒 food食品.
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水源污染,有毒食品。
13:36
And guess what, we have faked偽造 beef牛肉.
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但應該不知道我地還發明了假牛肉。
13:39
They have sorts各種 of ingredients成分
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黎種牛肉精包含多種成分
13:41
that you brush on a piece一塊 of chicken or fish,
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如果你把距塗喺雞魚肉
13:44
and it turns輪流 it to look like beef牛肉.
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睇落就似牛肉。
13:47
And then lately最近,
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最近,
13:49
people are very concerned有關 about cooking烹飪 oil,
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民眾又開始擔心食用油,
13:51
because thousands數以千計 of people have been found發現
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原因上千人發現
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[refining精煉] cooking烹飪 oil
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來自餐館嘅
13:56
from restaurant餐廳 slop污水.
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食用油系加工過的地溝油。
13:58
So all these things
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黎類現象
14:00
have aroused引起 a huge巨大 outcry抗議 from the Internet互聯網.
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在互聯網引起公眾強烈不滿。
14:04
And fortunately好彩呀,
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幸運地是,
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we have seen看到 the government政府
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我地睇到政府
14:08
responding響應 more timely及時 and also more frequently經常
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更及時同更頻繁地
14:11
to the public公眾 concerns關注.
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對應民眾的擔憂。
14:13
While young年輕 people seem好似 to be very sure
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雖然年輕一代睇落相信
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about their佢哋 participation參與
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他們的參與影響到
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in public公眾 policy-making決策,
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政策制定,
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but sometimes有時 they're a little bit lost失去
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不過,在生活上的追求
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in terms條款 of what they want for their佢哋 personal life.
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他們卻有點迷失。
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China中國 is soon好快 to pass透過 the U.S.
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中國很快就會超越美國
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as the number數量 one market市場
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成為第一大
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for luxury豪華 brands品牌 --
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奢侈消費品市場。
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that's not including包括 the Chinese中文 expenditures支出
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黎果唔包括中國人
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in Europe歐洲 and elsewhere第二度.
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喺歐洲或其他地方消費。
14:34
But you know what, half一半 of those consumers消費者
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但或許你唔知,其中一半的消費者
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are earning收入 a salary人工 below下面 2,000 U.S. dollars美元.
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系收入不到2000美金。
14:40
They're not rich豐富 at all.
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距地並不富裕。
14:42
They're taking採取 those bags and clothes
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不過距地買名牌手袋同衣服
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as a sense of identity身份 and social社會 status地位.
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來作為距地身份的象徵。
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And this is a girl女孩 explicitly明確 saying
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黎個女仔上一個相親節目
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on a TV電視 dating拍拖 show顯示
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公開表明
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that she would rather cry in a BMW寶馬
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距情願坐系寶馬車度喊,
14:54
than smile微笑 on a bicycle單車.
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都唔要坐系單車上笑。
14:57
But of course課程, we do have young年輕 people
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當然,我地還有年輕人
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who would still prefer中意 to smile微笑,
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只要開心
15:01
whether係唔係 in a BMW寶馬 or [on] a bicycle單車.
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坐寶馬或騎單車都無所謂。
15:03
So in the next picture圖片, you see a very popular流行 phenomenon現象
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黎張圖片裡,你見到宜家好風行的一個現象
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called "naked裸體" wedding婚禮, or "naked裸體" marriage婚姻.
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叫做“裸婚”。
15:10
It does not mean they will wear穿 nothing in the wedding婚禮,
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距地唔系話喺婚禮上么都唔著,
15:13
but it shows顯示 that these young年輕 couples夫婦 are ready準備 to get married結婚
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不過黎D年輕人決定
15:16
without a house房子, without a car架車, without a diamond鑽石 ring
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就算無屋,無車,無鑽戒
15:19
and without a wedding婚禮 banquet宴會,
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同無婚禮都願意
15:21
to show顯示 their佢哋 commitment承諾 to true真係 love.
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為真愛結婚。
15:24
And also, people are doing good through透過 social社會 media媒體.
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通過社交媒體,人們做咗好多有意義的事。
15:27
And the first picture圖片 showed表明 us
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黎張圖片展示
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that a truck貨車 caging鎖定 500 homeless無家可歸 and kidnapped綁架 dogs
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500只被困卡車將要被加工食物的
15:33
for food食品 processing處理
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流浪或綁架狗。
15:35
was spotted發現 and stopped停止 on the highway公路
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在高速公路上被發現, 截停
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with the whole整個 country國家 watching
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整個國家都在微博上
15:40
through透過 microblogging微博.
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見證事件發展。
15:42
People were donating捐贈 money, dog food食品
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有人捐錢,捐狗糧
15:44
and offering提供 volunteer志願者 work to stop that truck貨車.
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仲有志願者去截停部貨車。
15:47
And after hours小時 of negotiation談判,
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幾小時協商後,
15:49
500 dogs were rescued.
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500只狗獲救。
15:52
And here also people are helping幫手 to find missing失蹤 children孩子.
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同時亦有人幫助搵走失兒童。
15:56
A father老竇 posted張貼 his son's仔仔嘅 picture圖片 onto the Internet互聯網.
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黎位爸爸將個仔張相放上網。
15:59
After thousands數以千計 of resends重新發送 in relay繼電器,
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在上千萬次轉發後,
16:02
the child孩子 was found發現,
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小朋友被搵到。
16:04
and we witnessed目睹 the reunion團聚 of the family家庭
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我地通過微博
16:07
through透過 microblogging微博.
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見證了家庭團聚。
16:09
So happiness幸福 is the most popular流行 word
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幸福 - 系近兩年
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we have heard聽到 through透過 the past過去 two years.
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最常聽到上嘅熱門詞。
16:15
Happiness幸福 is not only related相關
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幸福不靜只
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to personal experiences經驗 and personal values,
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同個人經歷和價值觀相關,
16:20
but also, it's about the environment環境.
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我們生活的環境同樣息息相關。
16:22
People are thinking思維 about the following以下 questions個問題:
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人們會思考以下問題:
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Are we going to sacrifice犧牲 our environment環境 further進一步
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我地到底應唔應該犧牲我地嘅環境
16:28
to produce生產 higher GDPGdp?
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來製作更高GDP增長?
16:31
How are we going to perform執行 our social社會 and political政治 reform改革
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我們應該如何實現社會及政治改體
16:34
to keep pace步伐 with economic經濟 growth增長,
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先至跟得上經濟上的增長,
16:37
to keep sustainability不過持續性 and stability穩定性?
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同時又可持續穩定發展?
16:40
And also, how capable可以 is the system系統
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仲有,如何實現系統
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of self-correctness自正確性
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自行糾正
16:45
to keep more people content內容
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在各種紛爭的亂世下
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with all sorts各種 of friction摩擦 going on at the same相同 time?
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如何保持自我更新?
16:51
I guess these are the questions個問題 people are going to answer回答.
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我估人們會為黎D問題追尋答案。
16:54
And our younger年輕 generation生成
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我們年輕的一代
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are going to transform變換 this country國家
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將會改變他們的國家
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while at the same相同 time being transformed轉化 themselves自己.
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與此同時,他們正系度改變自己。
17:02
Thank you very much.
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十分感謝。
17:04
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Tracy Hong
Reviewed by Ann Lee

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yang Lan - Media mogul, TV host
Yang Lan is often called “the Oprah of China.” The chair of a multiplatform business empire, Yang is pioneering more-open means of communication in the communist nation.

Why you should listen

Yang Lan’s rise to stardom in China has drawn comparisons to Oprah Winfrey’s success in the US. It’s easy to see why: Yang is a self-made entrepreneur and the most powerful woman in the Chinese media. As chair of Sun Media Investment Holdings, a business empire she built with her husband, Yang is a pioneer of open communication.

Yang started her journalism career by establishing the first current-events TV program in China. She created and hosted many other groundbreaking shows, starting with the chatfest Yang Lan One on One. The popular Her Village, which now includes an online magazine and website, brings together China’s largest community of professional women (more than 200 million people a month).

Yang, who served as an ambassador for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, wields her influence for philanthropic endeavors, too. She founded the Sun Culture Foundation in 2005 to raise awareness about poverty and to promote cross-cultural communication.

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