TED演讲之现在或永不 我为什么划船横渡太平洋(4)
And the oars kind of became a symbol of just in how many ways I went beyond what I thought were my limits.
这些桨也变成了我可以用多种方式来突破我自认为是极限的标志。
I suffered from tendinitis on my shoulders and saltwater sores on my bottom.
肩部的腱鞘炎让我十分痛苦，海水也杀的臀部非常疼。
I really struggled psychologically, totally overwhelmed by the scale of the challenge,
我在心理上也非常挣扎过，完全是因为挑战的规模之大击垮了我，
realizing that, if I carried on moving at two miles an hour, 3,000 miles was going to take me a very, very long time.
我意识到，如果我按照每小时2英里的速度划行，3000英里会让我划行很长很长时间。
There were so many times when I thought I’d hit that limit,
好几次，我都觉得自己已经达到了极限，
but had no choice but to just carry on and try and figure out how I was going to get to the other side without driving myself crazy.
但我没有别的选择，只有一路向前，我必须努力克制自己，好让自己能够知道如何前行，达到彼岸。
And eventually after 103 days at sea, I arrived in Antigua.
最终，在海上航行了103天以后，我终于抵达了安提瓜。
I don’t think I’ve ever felt so happy in my entire life.
在我整个人生里，我从没这么高兴过。
It was a bit like finishing a marathon and getting out of solitary confinement and winning an Oscar all rolled into one.
这有点像把完成了马拉松、走出禁闭室，以及赢得了奥斯卡的感觉合在一起的感觉。
I was euphoric. And to see all the people coming out to greet me and standing along the cliff tops and clapping and cheering,
那一刻，我心潮澎湃。所有的人都跑过来向我问候，人们站在悬崖顶上鼓掌和唤呼，
I just felt like a movie star. It was absolutely wonderful.
我觉得自己像电影明星。那感觉简直太棒了。
And I really learned then that, the bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of achievement when you get to the end of it.
我也确实明白了一个道理，困难越大，往往最终获得的成就感就越大。
演讲简介：
两年前，罗兹·萨维奇辞去了她在伦墩的高强度工作，变身为一名划船横渡海洋的人。她曾独自一人横渡了大西洋，而本周她又将启程开始独自划船横渡太平洋的第三个阶段，她将是完成此壮举的世界第一位女性。她为什么要这样做？听她讲述其背后的深层个人原因及迫切的行动理由。