They have an airstrip, they have a canteen,they have hot showers,they have a post office, a tourist shop,a basketball court that doubles as a movie theater.那儿有停机坪 厨房，热水浴。有邮局，游轮，以及两倍于一个电影院的篮球场。So it&#39s a bit different these days,and there are also acres of junk.所以，这些天略有不同,也有成堆的垃圾。I think it&#39s a

He even said,what if they see mistakes and sue us?他甚至说，如果他们看到错误并起诉我们怎么办？What I saw behind every excuse was deep fear,and what I learned was that to become a doctor,we have to put on our white coats,put up a wall, and hide behind it.我看到的是每个借口后面深深的恐惧,我学到的是去成为一个医生,我们不得不穿上白大褂,筑起一道墙, 并藏在后面。There&#39s a h

Let&#39s just look at a few of these strategies.让我们来看看其中一些策略吧：First off, it&#39s really interesting to see,to actually visually see, how quick the gay rights movement has made its gains,if you look at a few of the major events on a timeline of both freedom movements.首先，非常有趣地，如果你们回顾下，漫漫自由路上的一些主要事件,你们

Election night 2008 was a night that tore me in half.2008年的大选之夜，我激动万分。It was the night that Barack Obama was elected.这一夜，巴拉克奥巴马当选总统。years after the end of slavery,years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act,an African-American was elected president.奴隶制废除后148年，也是选举权法通过后48年，一位非裔美国人当选总统。Many of us

So in the oasis of intelligentsia that is TED,I stand here before you this evening as an expert in dragging heavy stuff around cold places.TED是智慧的绿洲，我有幸今晚站在这儿，以一位行走在天寒地冻区域的探险专家的身份发言。I&#39ve been leading polar expeditions for most of my adult life,and last month, my teammate Tarka L&#39Herpiniere and

And in fact, the gay rights movement asks us to support justice and equality from a space of love.事实上，婚姻平权运动需要我们，以爱之名支持公平正义。That may be the biggest, greatest gift that the movement has given us.这可能是这一运动给我们的最大，最棒的礼物。It calls on us to access that which is most universal and most intimate:它呼吁我们，去到最普遍的最

Then, we go one step further.然后, 我们更进一步。We add our values when it comes to women&#39s health,LGBT health, alternative medicine,preventive health, and end-of-life decisions.我们带来了更多的好处：比如女性健康,同性双性恋及跨性者的健康问题, 替代疗法,卫生预防, 以及临终决定。We pledge to our patients that we are here to serve you,so you have a right

And I sound like a bit of a fraud standing here now with a sort of belly.我听上去就像 无助的站在那儿朝旷野呼唤的人。I&#39ve put on 30 pounds in the last three weeks.在过去三周，我已增重30磅。Being that hungry has left an interesting mental scar,which is that I&#39ve been hoovering up every hotel buffet that I can find.在那样的饥饿状态下 导致了

They told me that I&#39m a traitor to my own profession,that I should be fired,have my medical license taken away,that I should go back to my own country.他们告诉我, 我背叛了自己的职业,我应该被解雇,我的医生执照应该被吊销,我应该回到自己的国家。My email got hacked.我的邮箱被入侵了。In a discussion forum for other doctors,someone took credit for &quotT

Scott and his final team of five arrived at the South Pole in 1912 January to find they had been beaten to it by a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen,who rode on dogsled.1912年一月，斯科特和他的五人小分队 到达了南极点。但不巧，他们发现由挪威人罗尔德阿蒙森领头的小队，已然领先。Scott&#39s team ended up on foot.斯科特及队员们徒步前行。And for more than a century

Are we really saying that it&#39s not worth the risk to print an extra 200 billion for aid?那么，为了救援而额外印多2千亿钞票这样的风险真的不值得去承担吗？Would the risks really be that different?这些风险真的会有很大区别吗？To me, it&#39s not that clear.对我来说，这是比较模糊的概念。What is clear is the impact on aid.而对救援产生的影响则是清晰的。Even though this is the pri

I study the behavior of investors,how they react to policy and the economy.我研究投资者的行为，研究他们如何应对政策和经济。It gives me a different angle on the aid issue.这在救助问题上给我新的启迪。But it took an innocent question from my then-four-year-old daughter to make me appreciate that.但是当时我年仅四岁的女儿问的一个童真的问题让我对此心有感激。Pia and I were

Secondly, inflation simply never became a threat.第二，通货膨胀单纯来说时不会成为威胁的。As you can see, in the United States,inflation for most of this period remained below average.正如你所见到的，在美国，这个阶段大部分时间的通货膨胀都低于平均数。It was the same elsewhere.在别的地方也一样。So how does all this relate to aid?那么所有的这一切是怎么和救助这个事儿挂钩的呢？Well, this

And last week we sang with the children one of their favorite songs,上周我们与孩子们一起唱了一首他们最喜爱的歌曲：The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock.聪明人建房岩石上。Perhaps some of you know it. Some of the words go like this:也许你们当中有些人知道这首歌。其中有些歌词是这样的：The foolish man built his house upon the sand.And the floods came up An

Okay, so 90 percent of my photographic process is, in fact, not photographic.好的，事实上，我摄影过程的百分之九十不仅仅只是照相。It involves a campaign of letter writing,research and phone calls to access my subjects,which can range from Hamas leaders in Gaza to a hibernating black bear in its cave in West Virginia.它是一个包涵了写信

I am a vicar in the Church of England.我是一名英国圣公会的牧师。I&#39ve been a priest in the Church for 20 years.我做牧师已经有20年了。For most of that time, I&#39ve been struggling and grappling with questions about the nature of God. Who is God?在这20年的大部分时间里，我一直在努力解决和回答关于上帝本质的问题：上帝是谁？And I&#39m very aware that when you s

He wrote, &quotIf some religious genius did come up with an explanation of exactly why all these deaths made sense,would we feel happier, or safer, or more confident in God?&quot他写道：“如果真有宗教天才能够解释通为什么这些死亡是合理的，难道我们会感到更幸福、更安全或对上帝更有信心吗？”If the man in the photograph that appeared in the newspapers,holdin

For most suicidal folks,or those contemplating suicide,they wouldn&#39t think of hurting another person.对于大多数试图自杀者，或考虑自杀的人，他们不会想到会伤害到另一个人，They just want their own pain to end.他们就是想结束自己的痛苦。Typically, this is accomplished in just three ways:通常，只有三种方法可以实现：sleep, drugs or alcohol, or death.睡觉，毒品或酒精，或是死亡

The supreme commander toying with expendable units in a great campaign.在一场大战中，最高指挥官玩弄着可被牺牲掉的部队。We are still left with a God who can do the tsunami and allow Auschwitz.留给我们的仍然是一个可以引发海啸、允许奥斯威辛集中营存在的上帝。In his great novel, The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky gives these words to Ivan,addressed to his nai

A witness had observed him jumping off the bridge at 1:58 p.m. the previous day.一名目击者看到他从桥上冲下去，就在前一天下午1点58分。Thanks so much for standing up for those who may be only temporarily too weak to stand for themselves.我非常感谢你一直在鼓励那些人，他们可能只是一时软弱而自己无法承受。Who hasn&#39t been low before?谁没有消沉过？without suffering fr

We brought it on air in November 2009.我们在2009年11月的时候播出了这个节目。But no, this was far more attractive.但其实，这节目火了起来。This is the five biggest TV channels in Norway on a normal Friday,and if you look at NRK2 over here,look what happened when they put on the Bergen Railway show:这张图是挪威平常周五当天五大电视频道的收视状况，看到NRK2没

Well one day, curiosity got the better of Pandora,and she did open the box.终于有一天，好奇心战胜了潘多拉，她真的打开了盒子。Out flew plagues, sorrows,and all sorts of evils against man.飞出了瘟疫、悲伤，以及对人类有害的种种坏事。The only good thing in the box was hope.盒内唯一的好东西只有希望。Jason then asked us,What happens when you open the box and hope

They did not succeed,but remember the old Norwegian saying,it&#39s not whether you win or lose that counts.失败了呀。不过大家要记得那句挪威古语云：成败不重要，In fact, nothing counts, and death is coming for us all.其实，什么都不重要，因为人终有生老病死。Exactly. So why does this stand out?此言极是。那么这个节目出彩在哪里呢？This is so completely different to ot

I live in Washington, D.C.,but I grew up in Sindhekela, a village in Orissa, in India.我住在华盛顿特区但我是在新河克拉，印度奥里萨邦的一个小村庄长大。My father was a government worker.我父亲是个政府雇员，My mother could not read or write, but she would say to me, A king is worshipped only in his own kingdom. A poet is respected everywhere.我

And in poorer countries, smaller countries, fragile countries,conflict-afflicted countries, remittances are a lifeline,as in Somalia or in Haiti.在更穷，更小，或者正发生冲突的国家，移民汇款就如同救命稻草，比如说在索马里或海蒂。No wonder these flows have huge impacts on economies and on poor people.难怪这些资金流会对经济和贫困人口带来巨大的影响。Remittances, unlik

I recently retired from the California Highway Patrol after 23 years of service.我最近刚退休，离开了加利福尼亚公路巡警局，我工作了23年的地方。The majority of those 23 years was spent patrolling the southern end of Marin County,which includes the Golden Gate Bridge.这23年里的大多数时间，我都是在马林县的南部巡逻，我都是在马林县的南部巡逻，其中包括金门大桥，The bridge is an i

Thank you.谢谢大家。I have only got 18 minutes to explain something that lasts for hours and days,so I&#39d better get started.我只有18分钟的时间来讲一件持续了数天数夜的事情，所以最好述不宜迟，Let&#39s start with a clip from Al Jazeera&#39s Listening Post.我们先来看一段来自Al Jazeera监听站的短片。Richard Gizbert: Norway is a country that gets relative

In the end, we have to say, I don&#39t know.最后，我们不得不说，我不知道。If we knew, God would not be God.如果我们知道，上帝就不是上帝了。To have faith in this God would be more like trusting an essential benevolence in the universe,and less like believing a system of doctrinal statements.相信这个上帝应该更象是相信宇宙中的原善，而不是相信一套教义的陈述。Isn&#39

This guy, for instance,he&#39s head of research at the University in Troms?比如说这个家伙，他是特罗姆瑟大学的科研带头人。And I will show you a piece of cloth,this one.我给你们看看这块布条，就是这个。It&#39s the other strong memory.这是另外一段深刻的记忆，It belongs to a guy called Erik Hansen.它属于这个叫Erik Hansen的人。And it&#39s people like those two who

But it&#39s a long program,so some watched part of it, like the Prime Minister.不过它真的是一部很长的节目，所以有些人只看了其中一部分，比如咱的首相大人，Some watched a little bit more.还有的呢，看得稍微久一点，It says, I haven&#39t used my bed for five days.那人说，我已经五天没上床了。And he&#39s 82 years old, and he hardly slept.他已经82岁了，为了看节目就没怎么睡觉。He kept watc