作家的责任(3)

I refuse to accept this.I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. 我拒绝接受这一观点。我相信人类不只是承受,人类将会战胜一切。 He is immortal, not because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. 人类是永怪的,不是因为在大自然所创造的所有生灵中只有人类拥有不竭的声音,而是因为人类拥有心灵——一种让人能怜悯,能牺牲,能承受的精...

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彭博2013在肯尼恩学院(7)

And we have a Congress that doesn't have the courage to enforce it through a comprehensive background check system. 但国会却没有勇气站出来为全面背景审查制度立法 As a result, 33 innocent people are murdered with guns every day Since you first signed the Matriculation Oath as freshman 4 years ago. 正因为此 每天都有33名无辜的人死于枪杀从你们这些毕业生四年前签署入学誓约以来 ...

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TED演讲:一位性工作者的诉求(5)

So if criminalizing sex workers hurts them, why not just criminalize the people who buy sex? 那么如果判定,性工作者违法是在伤害她们,为什么不仅仅刑事处罚买春者呢? This is the aim of the third approach 这正是第三种法律手段。 I want to talk about — the Swedish or Nordic model of sex-work law. 这种被瑞典或北欧各国使用的法律模型。 The idea behind this law is that selling ...

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TED演讲:格格不入者的心声(7)

The radiance falls on all of us, and we are nothing without each other. 只有和大家团结在一起,每个人才是光芒四射的。 Instead, I flew back to Oregon, 可现实是,我飞回了俄勒冈, and as I watched the evergreens and rain come back into view, 看着窗外的雨拍打着常青树 I just drank many tiny bottles of airplane "feel sorry for yourself." 我不禁借酒浇愁。 I thought about h...

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TED演讲:格格不入者的心声(3)

So you see, I'd missed fitting in to just about every category out there: 可以看到我与所有的生活格格不入: daughter, wife, mother, scholar. 作为女儿,作为妻子,作为妈妈,作为学者。 And the dream of being a writer was really kind of like a small, sad stone in my throat. 而想要成为作家的梦想也一直如鲠在喉。 It was pretty much in spite of myself that I got on that plane 我...

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TED演讲:性格的迷思–你究竟是谁(9)

It relates to your kid — you've been back three times to the hospital, 也许这事业跟孩子有关–你已经去医院三趟了, and they still don't know what's wrong. Or it could be your mom. 医生们还是查不出你孩子的病因。或者生病的是你母亲。 And you'd been acting out of character. These are free traits. 你会做一些跟你的性格不相符的事情。这些是可变的性格特点。 ...

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TED演讲:一位性工作者的诉求(3)

Another worrying thing: if you're selling sex in places like Kenya, South Africa or New York, 另一件令人担忧的事:如果你在肯尼亚,南非或纽约这些地方卖淫, a police officer can arrest you if you're caught carrying condoms, 如果你被抓到持有避孕套,警察就可以逮捕你, because condoms can legally be used as evidence that you're selling sex. 因为如果你卖淫,避孕套就是...

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奥巴马2012年哥伦比亚大学毕业演讲(5)

As bad news anymore Every day you receive a steady stream of sensationalism and scandal and stories with a message. 不如坏消息引人注意的时候人们每天接到一连串耸人听闻的消息或者丑闻其中传递的信息是 That suggest change isn't possible that you can't make a difference that you won't be able to close that gap. 变革是不可能的你们的努力无济于事你们无法消除现实生活 Betwe...

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TED演讲:在体内寻找癌细胞的小颗粒(1)

In the space that used to house one transistor, we can now fit one billion. 在以前,可以放置一个晶体管的空间,现在可以放10亿个。 That made it so that a computer the size of an entire room now fits in your pocket. 这导致曾经占据了一整个房间的电脑,现在可以放在你的口袋里。 You might say the future is small. 也许你会说,未来东西都会越来越小。 As an engineer, I'm inspired by...

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奥巴马2012年哥伦比亚大学毕业演讲(16)

And this little old lady raised her hand and asked Is this where the bingo game is? It was a disaster. 有一位瘦小的老太太举起了手 问道宾果游戏是在这里吗真是糟糕透了 Nobody showed up My first big community meeting, nobody showed up And later, the volunteers I worked with told me. 没有人来我的第一个社区大会 没有人到场后来 和我一起工作的志愿人员对我说 That's it, we're q...

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查理邓森2013在犹他州立大学(11)

But in the end Nike always allowed me to answer those questions over the span of my career. 但最后总还是只有耐克 能够对那些问题给出肯定的答案 I used the term "journey" earlier It's an important nuance. 之前我用到过一个词 "旅途"这是一个很重要的词 Because I believe that's what we're all on It's not a sprint, although it's going to feel l...

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奥普拉2013在哈佛大学(9)

Whatever ventures I might pursue would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me. 无论我追求的是什么 我都会明确将我们团结在一起的信念终将远远胜过拆散我们的一切事物 Because what has become clear to me, and I want you to know it isn't always clear in the beginning. Because as I said, i've been o...

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TED演讲:性格的迷思–你究竟是谁(8)

Now, as an introvert, I might gently allude to certain "assholic" qualities in this man's behavior, 作为一名内向者,我也许会委婉地暗示这个人的行为确实比较混蛋, but I'm not going to lunge for the a-word. 但我不会直接使用“混蛋”这个词。 But the extrovert says, "If he walks like one, if he talks like one, I call him one." 但外向者会说,“如果他表现得...

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彭博2013在肯尼恩学院(6)

It was national news for a day or two Then came mass shootings in. 这是那一两天的全国性新闻然后大规模枪击事件又陆续发生在 Pittsburgh, Miami, Oakland, Tulsa, Seattle Wilmington, Aurora, Milwaukee, Texas A&M. 匹兹堡 迈阿密 奥克兰 塔尔萨 西雅图威明顿 奥罗拉 密尔沃基 德州农工 Minneapolis, Brookfield, Portland After each one, those in Washington just shrugged. 明尼阿波利斯 布...

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TED演讲:在体内寻找癌细胞的小颗粒(3)

In my lab, we recently made a cancer nanodetector 在我的实验室,我们最近研制出了一种癌症纳米检测器, that is so small that it could travel into the body and look for tumors. 小到可以进入全身血液循环并寻找肿瘤。 We designed it to listen for tumor invasion: 我们设计它用于监听肿瘤的侵袭: the orchestra of chemical signals that tumors need to make to spread. 即肿瘤扩散所需要的化...

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TED演讲:一位性工作者的诉求(10)

And I can understand why the sex industry provokes strong feelings. 我可以理解为什么性产业会引发强烈的不满情绪。 People have all kinds of complicated feelings when it comes to sex. 当提到性的时候,人们都有很复杂的情绪。 But we can't make policy on the basis of mere feelings, 但是我们不能仅仅根据情绪立法, especially not over the heads of the people actually effected by t...

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查理邓森2013在犹他州立大学(5)

Then there was the tipping point It paid me $100 a month more than I was currently making. 然后是直接让我心动的他愿意在我现在的酬劳上 一个月多给我100美元 I'll make it So I made the leap, but with a conscious commitment to myself. 于是我接受了我完成了跳跃 不过我向自己保证 I would do this for a maximum of five years then I would go get a real job and a real career. 我干这...

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彭博2013在肯尼恩学院(3)

And eat some Mac and Cheese wedges I actually hear the atmosphere is very, what's the right word, colorful?. 然后吃一些通心粉和楔形奶酪我听说这里的气候非常 怎么说来着 多彩吗 I wanted to go to Sunset Point and sit on a bench then go over to Beta Rock over in South Quad. 我本想到日落景点 坐在长凳上然后到南面的Beta岩去 Although my health commissioner back at home advised me...

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TED演讲:疯狂的科学家用苹果做出了耳朵(5)

So listen, all of the work I've shown you, 听我说,我向你们展示的所有工作, the stuff that I've built that's all around me on this stage 我身边所有这些自己造出来的东西, and the other projects my lab is involved in 还有我的实验室参与的其他项目, are all a direct result of me playing with your garbage. 都是我玩转你们丢的垃圾的直接结果。 Play — play is a key ...

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查理邓森2013在犹他州立大学(7)

But all of you should think you can change the world Because you can. 但所有人都应该坚信 你们能改变世界因为你们有能力 Your generation has the blessing of timing, and you know what they say timing is everything. 你们这一代人获得了时机的青睐 有人说时机就是一切 Excuse me We live in a global community today. 对不起我们如今生活在一个全球化的世界 One that offers tremendous opportu...

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