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Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity
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李察·托德製造奇怪、搞笑、令人意外唧場面：70個舞蹈家喺商場櫥窗內同步演出，著住《捉鬼敢死隊》制服唧人喺紐約公眾圖書館跑嚟跑去，每年喺紐約地鐵唧“唔著褲日”。喺TEDxBloomington唧舞臺，佢向觀眾展示咗“隨地即興”唧成員喺唔同城市，將路人聚埋一齊。
Charlie Todd - Comedian
Charlie Todd is the creator of Improv Everywhere, a group that creates absurd and joyful public scenes. Full bio
Charlie Todd is the creator of Improv Everywhere, a group that creates absurd and joyful public scenes. Full bio
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I started Improv Everywhere about 10 years ago
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十年前，我創辦咗“隨地即興”
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when I moved to New York City with an interest in acting and comedy.
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當時我啱搬去紐約，對表演同喜劇非常感興趣。
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Because I was new to the city, I didn't have access to a stage,
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不過我初嚟甫到，上唔到舞臺
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so I decided to create my own in public places.
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所以决定要喺公眾場合創造我自己唧舞臺
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So the first project we're going to take a look at
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第一個要俾你哋睇唧喺
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is the very first No Pants Subway Ride.
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我策劃唧“第一屆唔著褲坐地鐵”
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Now this took place in January of 2002.
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時間喺2002年1月
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And this woman is the star of the video.
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依位女士喺依段片唧主角
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She doesn't know she's being filmed.
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佢唔知自己被人影緊
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She's being filmed with a hidden camera.
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因為我哋用唧喺偷拍用唧攝影機
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This is on the 6 train in New York City.
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地點喺紐約6号線唧
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And this is the first stop along the line.
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依度喺依条線唧第二個站
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These are two Danish guys
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上嚟两个丹麥男子
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who come out and sit down next to the hidden camera.
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坐咗系攝影機隔離
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And that's me right there in a brown coat.
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著住啡色外套裹個就喺我
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It's about 30 degrees outside.
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室外溫度喺零下1度左右
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I'm wearing a hat. I'm wearing a scarf.
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我戴住帽同圍巾
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And the girl's going to notice me right here.
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個女仔就快要發現我喇
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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And as you'll see now, I'm not wearing pants.
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可以睇到，我無著褲
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
01:10
So at this point --
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所以而家
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at this point she's noticed me,
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而家，佢注意到我了
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but in New York there's weirdos on any given train car.
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但喺喺紐約，你隨時都可能喺地鐵見到怪人
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One person's not that unusual.
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一個人無著褲，一啲都唔出奇
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She goes back to reading her book, which is unfortunately titled "Rape."
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所以佢繼續睇佢唧書，咁啱得咁巧，佢本書唧名喺《強姦》
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
01:25
So she's noticed the unusual thing,
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嗱，佢意識到有奇怪唧事發生
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but she's gone back to her normal life.
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但喺佢即刻又繼續正常唧生活
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Now in the meantime, I have six friends
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與此同時，我有6個朋友
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who are waiting at the next six consecutive stops in their underwear as well.
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喺接落嚟唧6個站，都凈喺著住底褲，等緊車
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They're going to be entering this car one by one.
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然後逐一上車
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We'll act as though we don't know each other.
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我哋會表現到唔識對方
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And we'll act as if it's just an unfortunate mistake we've made,
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只喺咁啱大家都喺寒冬中唧一日
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forgetting our pants on this cold January day.
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唔记得著褲
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
02:11
So at this point,
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到咗而家
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she decides to put the rape book away.
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佢決定要將本強姦書擺埋一邊喇
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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And she decides to be a little bit more aware of her surroundings.
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然後放多啲精力喺發生喺佢周圍唧事
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Now in the meantime, the two Danish guys to the left of the camera,
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同时，裹兩個坐喺攝影機旁邊唧丹麥男子
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they're cracking up.
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已經笑到停唔到喇
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They think this is the funniest thing they've ever seen before.
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佢哋覺得我哋無著褲喺佢哋成世人見過最搞笑唧事
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And watch her make eye contact with them right about now.
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留心睇下個女人，佢同個兩個男子有眼神交流喇
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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And I love that moment in this video,
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依段片入邊，我最中意依嗰時刻
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because before it became a shared experience,
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因為喺仲未同其他人有交流之前
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it was something that was maybe a little bit scary,
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個女人覺得我哋唧行為有啲得人驚
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or something that was at least confusing to her.
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又或者佢會感到疑惑
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And then once it became a shared experience,
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但喺當佢開始同其他人有交流之後
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it was funny and something that she could laugh at.
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我哋无着裤就变成一件搞笑唧事喇
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So the train is now pulling into
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列车而家进入
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the third stop along the 6 line.
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6号线唧第三個站喇
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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So the video won't show everything.
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段片唔會播曬成個過程
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This goes on for another four stops.
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到而家為止，後邊仲有四個站
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A total of seven guys enter anonymously in their underwear.
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一共7個男人都好似我咁，凈喺著住底褲
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At the eighth stop, a girl came in with a giant duffel bag
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喺第八個站，有個女仔會帶住一個大帆布袋上車
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and announced she had pants for sale for a dollar --
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然後對所有人講佢有長褲平賣，一蚊美金一條
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like you might sell batteries or candy on the train.
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好似其他人喺車上賣電池同糖一樣
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We all very matter of factly bought a pair of pants, put them on
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我哋都買咗條褲，著上身之後
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and said, "Thank you. That's exactly what I needed today,"
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就對賣褲個女仔講：“太多謝你了。我今日就系爭依樣嘢。”
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and then exited without revealing what had happened
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然後就一句解釋都唔咁落車
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and went in all different directions.
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向住唔同唧方向離開
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(Applause)
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（掌聲）
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Thank you.
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多謝
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So that's a still from the video there.
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講返啱啱段片
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And I love that girl's reaction so much.
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我實在太中意個女仔唧反應了
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And watching that videotape later that day
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嗰日後尾我睇返段片
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inspired me to keep doing what I do.
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啓發我要做多啲類似唧事
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And really one of the points of Improv Everywhere
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爾“隨地即興”唧宗旨之一
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is to cause a scene in a public place
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就喺引起公眾關注
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that is a positive experience for other people.
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對其他人黎講都喺一個積極唧經歷
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It's a prank, but it's a prank that gives somebody a great story to tell.
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我知喺有整蠱人唧感覺餓,但喺會喺一個好好唧故仔
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And her reaction inspired me
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個女人唧反應啓發咗我
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to do a second annual No Pants Subway Ride.
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舉辦第二屆“唔著褲坐地鐵”
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And we've continued to do it every year.
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而且每年我哋都要有咁唧一日
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This January, we did the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride
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今年一月，喺“唔著褲坐地鐵”唧第十載
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where a diverse group of 3,500 people
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一共有3，500個嚟自唔同背景唧人
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rode the train in their underwear in New York --
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齋著住底褲，出現系紐約地鐵上
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almost every single train line in the city.
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幾乎每一臺列車上都可以見到佢哋
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And also in 50 other cities around the world,
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全球仲有50個城市唧人
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people participated.
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都參與其中
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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As I started taking improv class at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
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我喺紐約一間劇院開始教授即興表演
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and meeting other creative people and other performers and comedians,
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識咗好多好有創意既人、演員同喜劇明星
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I started amassing a mailing list
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我開始收集
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of people who wanted to do these types of projects.
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對依類型演出有興趣唧人唧聯繫方式
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So I could do more large-scale projects.
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擴大我啲表演唧規模
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Well one day I was walking through Union Square,
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有一日，我行過紐約聯合廣場
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and I saw this building,
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見到一棟樓
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which had just been built in 2005.
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佢喺喺2005年建成唧
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And there was a girl in one of the windows and she was dancing.
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有個女仔喺一個櫥窗入邊跳舞
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And it was very peculiar,
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望落好奇怪啦
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because it was dark out, but she was back-lit with florescent lighting,
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因為周圍都好暗，得啲霓虹燈由後邊照住佢
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and she was very much onstage,
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好似佢就系舞臺上邊咁
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and I couldn't figure out why she was doing it.
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我就諗唔通點解佢會做啲咁唧嘢
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After about 15 seconds, her friend appeared --
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約摸15秒之後，佢個朋友出現
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she had been hiding behind a display --
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個朋友之前一直匿喺展板後邊
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and they laughed and hugged each other and ran away.
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佢哋狂笑，然後攬咗下對方之後跑住咁離開
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So it seemed like maybe she had been dared to do this.
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我估就應該喺佢哋玩緊大冒險
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So I got inspired by that.
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我都得到啓發啦
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Looking at the entire facade -- there were 70 total windows --
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望住棟樓，一共有70個咁既櫥窗
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and I knew what I had to do.
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然後我就知道我要做啲咩啦
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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So this project is called Look Up More. We had 70 actors dress in black.
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依嗰計劃唧名叫做“多啲抬頭看”。我哋一共有70個人著到全身黑
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This was completely unauthorized.
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未經過批准
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We didn't let the stores know we were coming.
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因為我哋唔想比商場知道我哋要做依樣嘢
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And I stood in the park giving signals.
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我就企喺公園度畀信號
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The first signal was for everybody to hold up these four-foot tall letters
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第一個信號喺要所有人舉起一個四尺長唧字母
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that spelled out "Look Up More,"
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拼埋一起就喺“多啲抬頭看”唧英文
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the name of the project.
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依次計劃唧名
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The second signal was for everybody to do Jumping jacks together.
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第二個信號就喺要佢哋喺咁跳
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You'll see that start right here.
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你哋可以見到喇
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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And then we had dancing. We had everyone dance.
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然後就開始跳舞，開頭喺各個人都跳
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And then we had dance solos where only one person would dance
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跟住落嚟就系獨舞
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and everybody would point to them.
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所有人都會指向裹個人唧方向
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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So then I gave a new hand signal,
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然後我又畀出一個新信號
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which signaled the next soloist down below in Forever 21,
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表示下一個獨舞唧喺喺某商店櫥窗唧裹個人
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and he danced.
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然後佢就開始跳
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There were several other activities.
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仲有好多其他形式唧表演
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We had people jumping up and down,
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佢哋會上下跳
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people dropping to the ground.
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訓落地下
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And I was standing just anonymously in a sweatshirt,
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我就著住件T恤，企喺人群中
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putting my hand on and off of a trashcan
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用我只手同一個垃圾桶
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to signal the advancement.
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黎畀信號
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And because it was in Union Square Park, right by a subway station,
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因為地點喺喺聯合廣場公園，就喺地鐵站隔離
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there were hundreds of people by the end
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到咗最後，應該有幾百人
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who stopped and looked up
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停低，抬起頭
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and watched what we were doing.
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睇我哋做緊乜
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There's a better photo of it.
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仲有啲影得好啲唧相
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So that particular event
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依嗰計劃
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was inspired by a moment
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只喺受到短短10幾秒唧啓發
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that I happened to stumble upon.
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仲要喺我咁啱撞到唧
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The next project I want to show
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下一個計劃我想要同你哋分享唧
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was given to me in an email from a stranger.
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喺有個我完全唔識唧人，喺2006年，發咗封電子郵件畀我
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A high school kid in Texas wrote me in 2006
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佢喺美國德克薩斯州唧一個高中細路
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and said, "You should get as many people as possible
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佢話：“你應該嗌人，越多人越好
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to put on blue polo shirts and khaki pants
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著住藍色polo恤衫，同啡色長褲
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and go into a Best Buy and stand around."
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喺Best Buy(美國一間數碼商店）入邊企下。”（佢哋唧制服喺藍衫啡褲）
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
06:42
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
06:44
So I wrote this high school kid back immediately,
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我即刻寫返封信畀個細路
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and I said, "Yes, you are correct.
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話：“好！
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I think I'll try to do that this weekend. Thank you."
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我依個週末就試下！多謝！”
06:50
So here's the video.
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接落嚟就喺過日條片
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So again, this is 2005.
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2005年
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This is the Best Buy in New York City.
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喺紐約唧依間商場入邊
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We had about 80 people show up to participate,
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一共有大概80個人參與依次計劃
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entering one-by-one.
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佢哋一個個咁行入商場
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There was an eight year-old girl, a 10 year-old girl.
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其中個8歲唧細路女，有個10歲唧細路女
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There was also a 65 year-old man
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有個20歲唧細路女
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who participated.
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仲有個65歲唧高齡男人
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So a very diverse group of people.
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參與今次計劃唧真喺咩年齡都有
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And I told people, "Don't work. Don't actually do work.
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我同啲人講：“唔好表現到你真喺喺裹度做嘢咁
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But also, don't shop.
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但喺都唔好表現到你喺度行街
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Just stand around and don't face products."
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就咁企喺度，不過唔好對住啲產品。”
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Now you can see the regular employees
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而家你可以見到商場唧員工
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by the ones that have the yellow tags on their shirt.
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佢哋件藍色恤衫上邊喺有個黃色牌唧
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Everybody else is one of our actors.
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其他人都喺我哋計劃唧人
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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The lower level employees thought it was very funny.
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商場比較低層唧員工覺得我哋好搞笑
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And in fact, several of them went to go get their camera from the break room
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甚至有啲人由休息室入邊行出嚟，攞住部相機
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and took photos with us.
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要同我哋唧人合影
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A lot of them made jokes about trying to get us to go to the back
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有啲人就想整蠱我哋，要我哋去倉庫
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to get heavy television sets for customers.
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搬哋好重唧電視畀顧客
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The managers and the security guards, on the other hand,
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不過，商場經理同保安
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did not find it particularly funny.
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就唔覺得我哋搞笑喇
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You can see them in this footage.
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喺依段片，你地可以見到
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They're wearing either a yellow shirt or a black shirt.
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佢哋著住黃色或者黑色恤衫
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And we were there probably 10 minutes
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我哋喺裹度大概有10分鐘
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before the managers decided to dial 911.
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經理就決定要打911報警喇
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(Laughter)
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So they started running around
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然後我哋就開始周圍跑
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telling everybody the cops were coming, watch out, the cops were coming.
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通知其他人警察要嚟喇！睇住啊！警察要嚟喇！
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And you can see the cops in this footage right here.
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可以見到警察就喺裹度
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That's a cop wearing black right there, being filmed with a hidden camera.
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著住黑色制服，畀人偷拍緊
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Ultimately, the police had to inform Best Buy management
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最後，個警察同商場經理講
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that it was not, in fact, illegal
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事實上，我哋唧行為唔犯法
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to wear a blue polo shirt and khaki pants.
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無法律規定話唔比著藍色polo恤衫同緋色褲
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(Laughter)
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08:12
(Applause)
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08:16
Thank you.
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08:21
So we had been there for 20 minutes; we were happy to exit the store.
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我哋喺商場入邊有20分鐘，然後好開心咁離開
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One thing the managers were trying to do
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個經理有嘗試
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was to track down our cameras.
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搵我哋唧偷拍攝影機
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And they caught a couple of my guys who had hidden cameras in duffel bags.
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佢哋都捉到幾個我哋唧人放住臺偷拍攝影機喺帆布袋入邊
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But the one camera guy they never caught
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但喺有一個人無畀人捉到
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was the guy that went in just with a blank tape
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佢帶住個空帶入去商場
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and went over to the Best Buy camera department
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然後去到相機攝影機唧區域
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and just put his tape in one of their cameras
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將個空白帶放入商場唧相機
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and pretended to shop.
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扮喺度試機
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So I like that concept of using their own technology against them.
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我好中意依嗰諗法，用商場自己唧產品嚟影商場入邊發生唧事
08:45
(Laughter)
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08:47
I think our best projects are ones that are site specific
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我覺得我哋最好唧喺喺特定場地
08:49
and happen at a particular place for a reason.
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有特定原因唧計劃
08:51
And one morning, I was riding the subway.
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有一朝，我坐緊地鐵
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I had to make a transfer at the 53rd St. stop
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要系第三十五街站專線
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where there are these two giant escalators.
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裹個站有兩條超長唧電梯
08:57
And it's a very depressing place to be in the morning, it's very crowded.
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不過喺電梯上邊你會覺得好壓抑，而且喺依一個好多人唧早上
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So I decided to try and stage something
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我一我決定要喺度搞D乜嘢
09:02
that could make it as happy as possible for one morning.
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可以令人覺得開心唧，雖然只喺一個早上
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So this was in the winter of 2009 --
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然後系2009年冬天
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8:30 in the morning.
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有一朝喺八點半
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It's morning rush hour.
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上班高峰期
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It's very cold outside.
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室外好鬼凍
09:14
People are coming in from Queens,
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啲人都喺從皇后區坐過黎唧
09:16
transferring from the E train to the 6 train.
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由E號線轉過6號線
09:19
And they're going up these giant escalators
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個個都坐緊依兩條超長唧電梯
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on their way to their jobs.
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喺佢哋返工唧路上
09:34
(Laughter)
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09:46
(Laughter)
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09:48
(Applause)
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09:54
Thank you.
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多謝
09:56
So there's a photograph that illustrates it a little bit better.
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依張向影得好啲
09:59
He gave 2,000 high fives that day,
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佢裹日擊掌2000次
10:01
and he washed his hands before and afterward
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依嗰計劃前後佢都有洗手
10:03
and did not get sick.
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所以無病倒
10:05
And that was done also without permission,
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依次活動都喺無經過批准唧
10:07
although no one seemed to care.
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不過好似都無人理
10:09
So I'd say over the years,
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依幾年
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one of the most common criticisms I see of Improv Everywhere
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我見過喺網上匿名留言中
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left anonymously on YouTube comments
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關於“隨地即興”最常見唧評論喺
10:16
is: "These people have too much time on their hands."
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“依班人實在太得閒了。”
10:19
And you know, not everybody's going to like everything you do,
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唔喺個個人都會中意你做唧嘢
10:22
and I've certainly developed a thick skin thanks to Internet comments,
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因為網上評論，我面皮都厚咗好多
10:24
but that one's always bothered me,
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但喺就喺放唔低依嗰人講唧嘢
10:26
because we don't have too much time on our hands.
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因為講真我哋都好鬼唔得閑
10:28
The participants at Improv Everywhere events
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“隨地即興”唧人
10:31
have just as much leisure time as any other New Yorkers,
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同紐約市其他人一樣，都唔乜空餘時間
10:33
they just occasionally choose
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我哋只喺間中
10:35
to spend it in an unusual way.
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選擇一種唔同唧方式嚟消磨時間
10:37
You know, every Saturday and Sunday,
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每年秋季唧每個週末
10:39
hundreds of thousands of people each fall
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成千上萬人
10:41
gather in football stadiums to watch games.
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聚埋喺足球場睇波
10:43
And I've never seen anybody comment, looking at a football game,
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點解我就唔見有人話啲睇波唧人
10:46
saying, "All those people in the stands, they have too much time on their hands."
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“裹啲喺足球場唧人實在太得閒喇！”
10:49
And of course they don't.
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不過其實裹啲睇波人都好忙
10:51
It's a perfectly wonderful way to spent a weekend afternoon,
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不過搵個週末下晝
10:53
watching a football game in a stadium.
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喺足球場睇波，無乜嘢唔好
10:56
But I think it's also a perfectly valid way
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不過我覺得
10:58
to spend an afternoon freezing in place with 200 people
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搵日下晝，喺紐約中央車站
11:01
in the Grand Central terminal
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同200人一齊挨凍
11:03
or dressing up like a ghostbuster
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或者著住《捉鬼敢死隊》唧制服
11:06
and running through the New York Public Library.
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喺紐約公眾圖書館入邊跑嚟跑去
11:08
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
11:10
Or listening to the same MP3 as 3,000 other people
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或者同3000人一齊，喺公園入邊
11:13
and dancing silently in a park,
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用MP3同步停住同一首歌，一齊無聲咁跳舞
11:16
or bursting into song in a grocery store
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又或者為咗準備即興音樂劇
11:18
as part of a spontaneous musical,
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喺超市突然間開始唱歌
11:20
or diving into the ocean in Coney Island wearing formal attire.
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又或者一班人盛裝打扮，沖入個海度
11:23
You know, as kids, we're taught to play.
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細細個裹陣，大人都會教我哋點玩
11:26
And we're never given a reason why we should play.
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但喺佢哋都無話我哋知點解我哋要玩
11:28
It's just acceptable that play is a good thing.
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大家都好自然咁接受玩喺一件好事
11:31
And I think that's sort of the point of Improv Everywhere.
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依嗰就喺“隨地即興”想要傳達唧信息
11:34
It's that there is no point and that there doesn't have to be a point.
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玩無原因
11:36
We don't need a reason.
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我哋亦唔需要一個原因去玩
11:38
As long as it's fun
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只要件事好玩
11:40
and it seems like it's going to be a funny idea
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個諗法睇落會好玩
11:42
and it seems like the people who witness it will also have a fun time,
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同埋睇唧人開心
11:45
then that's enough for us.
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我哋就滿足了
11:47
And I think, as adults, we need to learn
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作為成年人
11:49
that there's no right or wrong way to play.
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我哋要識得諗話玩喺無最佳方式唧
11:51
Thank you very much.
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多謝
11:53
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Charlie Todd - ComedianCharlie Todd is the creator of Improv Everywhere, a group that creates absurd and joyful public scenes.
Why you should listen
Bored by a temp job, and tired of waiting for someone to give him a stage, comedian Charlie Todd decided to make his own. So he walked into a bar and pretended to be musician Ben Folds. It went so well that it inspired him to create Improv Everywhere, "a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places."
Todd has produced, directed, performed, and documented the group’s work for over ten years. In that time they've run over 100 prank missions, some involving hundreds or thousands of agents, and each one creating a wonderful and irreproducible experience.
He's a performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, and is the author of Causing a Scene.
Watch our photographer's view of the TED2012 prank ... and see how Improv Everywhere pulled it off with the help of a few willing TEDsters ...
Charlie Todd | Speaker | TED.com