SDcamps•演辩营全国英语演讲与辩论赛
Well this is a really extraordinary honor for me. 很荣幸来到这里。 I spend most of my time in jails, in prisons, on death row. 我大多数时候都在管教所，在监狱里，在死囚室中。 I spend most of my time in very low-income communities in the projects and places where there's a great deal of hopelessness. 大部分时间我在低收入的社区里工作，在充满绝望的地区，做前途暗淡的项目。 An...
Well that orientation of the spirit is very much at the core of what I believe even TED communities have to be engaged in. 这个心灵的指向，就是我的核心信念，我们的TED社会也要参与进来。 There is no disconnect around technology and design that will allow us to be fully human 这里不应有任何东西把高新的科技和完美的设计和我们的人性间隔开来， until we pay attention to suffering, t...
Our system isn't just being shaped in these ways that seem to be distorting around race, they're also distorted by poverty. 我们的司法系统不仅是改变了，而是围绕着种族问题扭曲了，也围绕着贫困扭曲了。 We have a system of justice in this country that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. 如果你是有罪的富人而不是无辜的...
Well I went into the courtroom. And as soon as I walked inside, the judge saw me coming in. 所以我跑到法庭里。我一走进去，法官看见我就说： He said, "Mr. Stevenson, did you write this crazy motion?" “史蒂文森先生，是你写了这个疯案么？” I said, "Yes, sir. I did." And we started arguing. 我说：“是的，先生，是我写的。”然后我们就开始辩论。 And people started c...
And then she said, "I just need you to promise me three things, Bryan." I said, "Okay, Mama." 接着她说：“我想让你向我保证三件事。”我说：“好的外婆。” She said, "The first thing I want you to promise me is that you'll always love your mom." 她说：“第一，我想让你保证你会永远爱你的妈妈。” She said, "That's my baby girl, and you have to ...
A couple months went by, and I had just forgotten all about it. 几个月过去了，我全忘了有这么回事。 And I finally decided, oh gosh, I've got to go to the court and do this crazy case. 最后我决定，天哪，我得上庭去做这个案子。 And I got into my car and I was feeling really overwhelmed — overwhelmed. 我跳上车，觉得很紧张–非常紧张。 And I got in my car and I went ...
I sometimes get out of balance. I'll end with this story. 我常失去平衡。我想用个故事结束我的演讲。 I sometimes push too hard. I do get tired, as we all do. 我有时工作太多，很累，就像大家每个人一样。 Sometimes those ideas get ahead of our thinking in ways that are important. 有时这些想法太多而思考跟不上，结果是很严重的。 And I've been representing these kids who have ...
And I'm going to admit something to you. I'm going to tell you something I probably shouldn't. 现在我想向大家坦白一件事。可能不该在这里说。 I know this might be broadcast broadly. 因为这个演讲是会到处播的。 But I'm 52 years old, and I'm going to admit to you that I've never had a drop of alcohol. 我今年五十二了，我要向大家承认，我从来没有喝过一滴酒。 ...
Death penalty in America is defined by error. 死刑在美国是常有差错的。 For every nine people who have been executed, we've actually identified one innocent person who's been exonerated and released from death row. 每九个被判死刑的人，有一个后来会被证明无罪被免死刑。 A kind of astonishing error rate — one out of nine people innocent. I mean, it's fascinating...
So you heard and saw an obvious desire by this audience, this community, to help you on your way and to do something on this issue. 你应该听到看到这些听众，这个群体，想帮你、想做贡献的意愿了。 Other than writing a check, what could we do? 除了给你写支票，我们还能做什么？ Well there are opportunities all around us. If you live in the state of California, for example, there...
And yet, we have in this country this dynamic where we really don't like to talk about our problems. 然而，我们这个国家不喜欢讨论存在的问题。 We don't like to talk about our history. 我们不喜欢讨论历史。 And because of that, we really haven't understood what it's meant to do the things we've done historically. 正因如此，我们不能真正理解我们有史以来做了什...
I gave her my whole rap, and when I finished she looked at me and she said, "Mmm mmm mmm." 我做了一个全本无删减的演讲，当我结束时，她盯着我说：“别别别。” She said, "That's going to make you tired, tired, tired." 她说：“这些会让你很累，很累，很累的。” And that's when Ms. Carr leaned forward, she put her finger in my face, 这时卡尔夫人凑过来，她把手...
And my mother, my grandmother was tough, but she was also loving. 我的外婆很强势，但她也很慈爱。 When I would see her as a little boy, she'd come up to me and she'd give me these hugs. 当我是个小男孩时，每次见到她都拥抱我。 And she'd squeeze me so tight I could barely breathe and then she'd let me go. 她抱得那么紧，我都透不过气来，然后她才会放开我。 And an ho...
Well I believe that our identity is at risk. 我相信这说明我们有定位危机。 That when we actually don't care about these difficult things, 当我们对这些棘手的问题置之不顾时， the positive and wonderful things are nonetheless implicated. 我们却仍旧对那些正面的好事儿一如既往地关心。 We love innovation. We love technology. We love creativity. We love entertainment. 我们爱极了...