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if i had a chance to go to some place else, i will go to los angelus, america.
i’ll go there because i like the climate there. in spring, it will be drier than guangzhou, so things there won’t get moist. in summer, although it’s hot, but won’t be hot to death. in autumn and winter, it won’t get too cold. and it’s not semi-tropical, so there won’t be too moist in the forest. the air there is cool, dry. it’s also not polluted, so it smells good. the living area there is near-by. it won’t be tens or hundreds kilometers between a living area to another. it’s just some meters between.
that’s why i like going to los angelus.
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閱讀小貼士：模板2共計(jì)5774個(gè)字，預(yù)計(jì)閱讀時(shí)長(zhǎng)15分鐘。朗讀需要29分鐘，中速朗讀39分鐘，在莊重嚴(yán)肅場(chǎng)合朗讀需要53分鐘，有162位用戶喜歡。
簡(jiǎn)介：殘奧會(huì)短跑冠軍aimee mullins天生沒(méi)有腓骨，從小就要學(xué)習(xí)靠義肢走路和奔跑。如今，她不僅是短跑選手、演員、模特，還是一位穩(wěn)健的演講者。她不喜歡字典中 “disabled”這個(gè)詞，因?yàn)樨?fù)面詞匯足以毀掉一個(gè)人。但是，坦然面對(duì)不幸，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)等待你的是更多的機(jī)會(huì)。
i"d like to share with you a discovery that i made a few months ago while writing an article for italian wired. i always keep my thesaurus handy whenever i"m writing anything, but i"d already finished editing the piece, and i realized that i had never once in my life looked up the word "disabled" to see what i"d find.
let me read you the entry. "disabled, adjective: crippled, helpless, useless, wrecked, stalled, maimed, wounded, mangled, lame, mutilated, run-down, worn-out, weakened, impotent, castrated, paralyzed, handicapped, senile, decrepit, laid-up, done-up, done-for, done-in cracked-up, counted-out; see also hurt, useless and weak. antonyms, healthy, strong, capable." i was reading this list out loud to a friend and at first was laughing, it was so ludicrous, but i"d just gotten past "mangled," and my voice broke, and i had to stop and collect myself from the emotional shock and impact that the assault from these words unleashed.
you know, of course, this is my raggedy old thesaurus so i"m thinking this must be an ancient print date, right? but, in fact, the print date was the early 1980s, when i would have been starting primary school and forming an understanding of myself outside the family unit and as related to the other kids and the world around me. and, needless to say, thank god i wasn"t using a thesaurus back then. i mean, from this entry, it would seem that i was born into a world that perceived someone like me to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them, when in fact, today i"m celebrated for the opportunities and adventures my life has procured.
so, i immediately went to look up the 2024 online edition, e_pecting to find a revision worth noting. here"s the updated version of this entry. unfortunately, it"s not much better. i find the last two words under "near antonyms," particularly unsettling: "whole" and "wholesome."
so, it"s not just about the words. it"s what we believe about people when we name them with these words. it"s about the values behind the words, and how we construct those values. our language affects our thinking and how we view the world and how we view other people. in fact, many ancient societies, including the greeks and the romans, believed that to utter a curse verbally was so powerful, because to say the thing out loud brought it into e_istence. so, what reality do we want to call into e_istence: a person who is limited, or a person who"s empowered? by casually doing something as simple as naming a person, a child, we might be putting lids and casting shadows on their power. wouldn"t we want to open doors for them instead?
one such person who opened doors for me was my childhood doctor at the a.i. dupont institute in wilmington, delaware. his name was dr. pizzutillo, an italian american, whose name, apparently, was too difficult for most americans to pronounce, so he went by dr. p. and dr. p always wore really colorful bow ties and had the very perfect disposition to work with children.
i loved almost everything about my time spent at this hospital, with the e_ception of my physical therapy sessions. i had to do what seemed like innumerable repetitions of e_ercises with these thick, elastic bands -- different colors, you know -- to help build up my leg muscles, and i hated these bands more than anything -- i hated them, had names for them. i hated them. and, you know, i was already bargaining, as a five year-old child, with dr. p to try to get out of doing these e_ercises, unsuccessfully, of course. and, one day, he came in to my session -- e_haustive and unforgiving, these sessions -- and he said to me, "wow. aimee, you are such a strong and powerful little girl, i think you"re going to break one of those bands. when you do break it, i"m going to give you a hundred bucks."
now, of course, this was a simple ploy on dr. p"s part to get me to do the e_ercises i didn"t want to do before the prospect of being the richest five-year-old in the second floor ward, but what he effectively did for me was reshape an awful daily occurrence into a new and promising e_perience for me. and i have to wonder today to what e_tent his vision and his declaration of me as a strong and powerful little girl shaped my own view of myself as an inherently strong, powerful and athletic person well into the future.
this is an e_ample of how adults in positions of power can ignite the power of a child. but, in the previous instances of those thesaurus entries, our language isn"t allowing us to evolve into the reality that we would all want, the possibility of an individual to see themselves as capable. our language hasn"t caught up with the changes in our society, many of which have been brought about by technology. certainly, from a medical standpoint, my legs, laser surgery for vision impairment, titanium knees and hip replacements for aging bodies that are allowing people to more fully engage with their abilities, and move beyond the limits that nature has imposed on them -- not to mention social networking platforms allow people to self-identify, to claim their own descriptions of themselves, so they can go align with global groups of their own choosing. so, perhaps technology is revealing more clearly to us now what has always been a truth: that everyone has something rare and powerful to offer our society, and that the human ability to adapt is our greatest asset.
the human ability to adapt, it"s an interesting thing, because people have continually wanted to talk to me about overcoming adversity, and i"m going to make an admission: this phrase never sat right with me, and i always felt uneasy trying to answer people"s questions about it, and i think i"m starting to figure out why. implicit in this phrase of "overcoming adversity" is the idea that success, or happiness, is about emerging on the other side of a challenging e_perience unscathed or unmarked by the e_perience, as if my successes in life have come about from an ability to sidestep or circumnavigate the presumed pitfalls of a life with prosthetics, or what other people perceive as my disability. but, in fact, we are changed. we are marked, of course, by a challenge, whether physically, emotionally or both. and i"m going to suggest that this is a good thing. adversity isn"t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. it"s part of our life. and i tend to think of it like my shadow. sometimes i see a lot of it, sometimes there"s very little, but it"s always with me. and, certainly, i"m not trying to diminish the impact, the weight, of a person"s struggle.
there is adversity and challenge in life, and it"s all very real and relative to every single person, but the question isn"t whether or not you"re going to meet adversity, but how you"re going to meet it. so, our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity, but preparing them to meet it well. and we do a disservice to our kids when we make them feel that they"re not equipped to adapt. there"s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not i"m disabled. and, truthfully, the only real and consistent disability i"ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that i could be described by those definitions.
in our desire to protect those we care about by giving them the cold, hard truth about their medical prognosis, or, indeed, a prognosis on the e_pected quality of their life, we have to make sure that we don"t put the first brick in a wall that will actually disable someone. perhaps the e_isting model of only looking at what is broken in you and how do we fi_ it, serves to be more disabling to the individual than the pathology itself.
by not treating the wholeness of a person, by not acknowledging their potency, we are creating another ill on top of whatever natural struggle they might have. we are effectively grading someone"s worth to our community. so we need to see through the pathology and into the range of human capability. and, most importantly, there"s a partnership between those perceived deficiencies and our greatest creative ability. so it"s not about devaluing, or negating, these more trying times as something we want to avoid or sweep under the rug, but instead to find those opportunities wrapped in the adversity. so maybe the idea i want to put out there is not so much overcoming adversity as it is opening ourselves up to it, embracing it, grappling with it, to use a wrestling term, maybe even dancing with it. and, perhaps, if we see adversity as natural, consistent and useful, we"re less burdened by the presence of it.
this year we celebrate the 200th birthday of charles darwin, and it was 150 years ago, when writing about evolution, that darwin illustrated, i think, a truth about the human character. to paraphrase: it"s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor is it the most intelligent that survives; it is the one that is most adaptable to change. conflict is the genesis of creation. from darwin"s work, amongst others, we can recognize that the human ability to survive and flourish is driven by the struggle of the human spirit through conflict into transformation. so, again, transformation, adaptation, is our greatest human skill. and, perhaps, until we"re tested, we don"t know what we"re made of. maybe that"s what adversity gives us: a sense of self, a sense of our own power. so, we can give ourselves a gift. we can re-imagine adversity as something more than just tough times. maybe we can see it as change. adversity is just change that we haven"t adapted ourselves to yet.
i think the greatest adversity that we"ve created for ourselves is this idea of normalcy. now, who"s normal? there"s no normal. there"s common, there"s typical. there"s no normal, and would you want to meet that poor, beige person if they e_isted? (laughter) i don"t think so. if we can change this paradigm from one of achieving normalcy to one of possibility -- or potency, to be even a little bit more dangerous -- we can release the power of so many more children, and invite them to engage their rare and valuable abilities with the community.
anthropologists tell us that the one thing we as humans have always required of our community members is to be of use, to be able to contribute. there"s evidence that neanderthals, 60,000 years ago, carried their elderly and those with serious physical injury, and perhaps it"s because the life e_perience of survival of these people proved of value to the community. they didn"t view these people as broken and useless; they were seen as rare and valuable.
a few years ago, i was in a food market in the town where i grew up in that red zone in northeastern pennsylvania, and i was standing over a bushel of tomatoes. it was summertime: i had shorts on. i hear this guy, his voice behind me say, "well, if it isn"t aimee mullins." and i turn around, and it"s this older man. i have no idea who he is.
and i said, "i"m sorry, sir, have we met? i don"t remember meeting you."
he said, "well, you wouldn"t remember meeting me. i mean, when we met i was delivering you from your mother"s womb." (laughter) oh, that guy. and, but of course, actually, it did click.
this man was dr. kean, a man that i had only known about through my mother"s stories of that day, because, of course, typical fashion, i arrived late for my birthday by two weeks. and so my mother"s prenatal physician had gone on vacation, so the man who delivered me was a complete stranger to my parents. and, because i was born without the fibula bones, and had feet turned in, and a few toes in this foot and a few toes in that, he had to be the bearer -- this stranger had to be the bearer of bad news.
he said to me, "i had to give this prognosis to your parents that you would never walk, and you would never have the kind of mobility that other kids have or any kind of life of independence, and you"ve been making liar out of me ever since." (laughter) (applause)
the e_traordinary thing is that he said he had saved newspaper clippings throughout my whole childhood, whether winning a second grade spelling bee, marching with the girl scouts, you know, the halloween parade, winning my college scholarship, or any of my sports victories, and he was using it, and integrating it into teaching resident students, med students from hahnemann medical school and hershey medical school. and he called this part of the course the _ factor, the potential of the human will. no prognosis can account for how powerful this could be as a determinant in the quality of someone"s life. and dr. kean went on to tell me, he said, "in my e_perience, unless repeatedly told otherwise, and even if given a modicum of support, if left to their own devices, a child will achieve."
see, dr. kean made that shift in thinking. he understood that there"s a difference between the medical condition and what someone might do with it. and there"s been a shift in my thinking over time, in that, if you had asked me at 15 years old, if i would have traded prosthetics for flesh-and-bone legs, i wouldn"t have hesitated for a second. i aspired to that kind of normalcy back then. but if you ask me today, i"m not so sure. and it"s because of the e_periences i"ve had with them, not in spite of the e_periences i"ve had with them. and perhaps this shift in me has happened because i"ve been e_posed to more people who have opened doors for me than those who have put lids and cast shadows on me.
see, all you really need is one person to show you the epiphany of your own power, and you"re off. if you can hand somebody the key to their own power -- the human spirit is so receptive -- if you can do that and open a door for someone at a crucial moment, you are educating them in the best sense. you"re teaching them to open doors for themselves. in fact, the e_act meaning of the word "educate" comes from the root word "educe." it means "to bring forth what is within, to bring out potential." so again, which potential do we want to bring out?
there was a case study done in 1960s britain, when they were moving from grammar schools to comprehensive schools. it"s called the streaming trials. we call it "tracking" here in the states. it"s separating students from a, b, c, d and so on. and the "a students" get the tougher curriculum, the best teachers, etc. well, they took, over a three-month period, d-level students, gave them a"s, told them they were "a"s," told them they were bright, and at the end of this three-month period, they were performing at a-level.
and, of course, the heartbreaking, flip side of this study, is that they took the "a students" and told them they were "d"s." and that"s what happened at the end of that three-month period. those who were still around in school, besides the people who had dropped out. a crucial part of this case study was that the teachers were duped too. the teachers didn"t know a switch had been made. they were simply told, "these are the "a-students," these are the "d-students."" and that"s how they went about teaching them and treating them.
so, i think that the only true disability is a crushed spirit, a spirit that"s been crushed doesn"t have hope, it doesn"t see beauty, it no longer has our natural, childlike curiosity and our innate ability to imagine. if instead, we can bolster a human spirit to keep hope, to see beauty in themselves and others, to be curious and imaginative, then we are truly using our power well. when a spirit has those qualities, we are able to create new realities and new ways of being.
i"d like to leave you with a poem by a fourteenth-century persian poet named hafiz that my friend, jacques dembois told me about, and the poem is called "the god who only knows four words": "every child has known god, not the god of names, not the god of don"ts, but the god who only knows four words and keeps repeating them, saying, "come dance with me. come, dance with me. come, dance with me.""
thank you. (applause)
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thank you. (applause.) thank you all so much. thank you. well, you guys rest yourselves. you’ve been very busy. (laughter.) you’re being spoken to a lot. i hear my husband was here. (laughter.) but it is truly a pleasure to be here with all of you today, and i want to thank you so much for joining us for this year’s college opportunity day of action. you should be proud. we’re already proud of you, and this day has just already been a tremendous success.
of course i want to start by thanking homero. i mean, he’s just an amazing story, an amazingperson, and i’m grateful for that wonderful introduction. we have to give him another round ofapplause. (applause.) a clear reminder of why we’re here today and what we’re working for.
i also want to recognize the jack kent cooke foundation, as well as the lumina foundation, forhelping to make this event possible. let’s give them a round of applause as well. (applause.)
and of course, as we come together to talk about the importance of college counseling, iespecially want to recognize all of the school counselors here today. yes! (applause.) you canraise the roof for yourselves. a little raising the roof. (laughter.) but i think we can all agreethat all of our counselors, all of you have one of the hardest, but most important jobs in oureducation system, yet too often you don’t get the resources, the support or the appreciationthat you need and deserve. and that has serious consequences not just for our kids, but forour country.
i mean, let’s be honest with ourselves – when it comes to college counseling in our nation’sschools, there are two worlds. as many of you know, while the american school counselorassociation recommends no more than 250 students per counselor, the national average is onecounselor for every 471 students. so too many of our kids go through high school with little, ifany, real guidance on how to get into college.
they don’t know what classes to take, or how to prepare for the sat or the act. no one helpsthem decide which colleges to apply to. no one reviews their applications. and plenty of kidshave no idea that they’re eligible for financial aid, so they assume they just can’t afford college,and they don’t even bother to apply.
now, that’s one world. the other world is much smaller – it’s a world of schools where thequestion isn’t where students are going to college, but – or whether they’re going to college,but where. kids in this world start preparing for college long before they even start high school.and from the first day of freshman year, they’ve been shepherded through every step of theprocess. they’ve got sat and act prep courses, they take those tests again and again toimprove their scores. counselors have much smaller caseloads, and they walk kids throughevery deadline, they edit every draft of their essays. honestly, when barack and i talk aboutthis, we look at the kind of college counseling many of the kids are getting today and we wonderhow we ever managed to get ourselves into college.
so the fact is that right now, a small number of students are getting every advantage in thecollege admissions race, while millions of other students who are just as talented can’t evenbegin to compete. (applause.) and as the college presidents here all know, the result is thatcolleges aren’t always getting all of the very best students. they’re getting the students whocan best afford to succeed in this system. and we are leaving behind so many bright, hungry,promise-filled kids. we are depriving ourselves of so much human potential in this country –from the scientific discoveries these kids might make, to the businesses that they might build,to the leadership that they might one day show in our communities.
we’re missing all of that. we’re also losing all of that simply because we aren’t making the basicinvestment in their future today, and that’s a tragedy. it’s a tragedy for our country. it’s atragedy for those kids and for their families, because we all know – we know – that if you wantto secure a decent-paying job in today’s economy, a high school diploma simply isn’t enough.
so unlike 40 or 50 years ago, higher education is no longer just for kids in the top quarter orthe top half of the class, it has to be for everyone. so we are going to need a college-counselingsystem that reflects this new reality. (applause.)
now, that’s easier said than done. we know that this isn’t going to happen overnight. we knowthat states and school systems are facing all kinds of budget challenges. but one of my coremessages to students through my reach higher initiative is that no matter what is going on attheir school or in their family, i’ve been trying to tell kids that no matter what resources theymay have or not have, that they still need to take responsibility for their education. i tell themthat they need to do the work to reach out to teachers who can help them. they need toresearch schools in their communities on their own. they need to find that fafsa form onlineand fill it out.
so my message to all of you is the same: we all need to step up and do what we can with theresources we have, especially when it comes to supporting our school counselors. and that ise_actly what so many of you have done through the commitments you’ve made as part of thissummit.
universities across the country have pledged to create college and career-readiness courses intheir masters programs for school counselors. school districts are partnering with nonprofits andcolleges to provide training for counselors once they’re in our schools. nonprofits are steppingup to improve student-and-counselor ratios and bringing recent graduates into schools toserve as role models and mentors.
and these are just the highlights. altogether, these commitments represent tens of millions ofdollars that will impact hundreds of schools and countless students. these are outstandingcommitments, and we need more efforts like these all across this country. every one of us has arole to play.
so for the superintendents here today, i know you all are struggling with so many demandsunder such tight budgets, but can you do more to support your counselors? can you find waysto – (applause) – yes – shift some of that e_tra burden that falls in their lap, like substituteteaching, case management, e_am proctoring? can you give them more time to actuallycounsel students?
to the college presidents here, can you do even more to make college counseling part of yourmission to get the very best students to your schools? and can the foundations and nonprofitorganizations help in that work? can you rethink the college admissions process to find more ofthose students who’ve got what it takes to succeed but haven’t had the chance to develop theirpotential? can you create college prep centers in your communities and ensure that test-prepclasses are affordable for all of our kids?
and for those of you who are concerned that perhaps this type of involvement might falselyraise hopes of admission to your school – because i’ve heard that as well – just consider the factthat while many of the kids you help might not be the right fit for your college or university,but they will be the right fit for another school, and maybe that other school will help preparestudents for admission to your school. (applause.)
so this is really a collective effort, and everyone can benefit. and as you all step up to take onthese issues, really, i really want to hear about what you’re doing. and that’s one of the reasonswhy i recently announced two new reach higher commencement challenges. i’m askingcolleges to create videos showcasing your work to bring low-income and first-generationstudents to your campuses for peer mentoring, college immersion e_periences and all kind ofwonderful opportunities.
and for the high schools, i want to see videos about what you’re doing to increase your fafsacompletion rates to help more students afford college. and for those schools with the winningvideos, i just might pay a visit around commencement time, if you know what i mean – (laughter) – to let you know how impressed i am.
so i hope that you all will go to reachhigher.gov and get more information, because i’m eagerto see what you all are doing. i know you’re going to do some great things. you see, i know thatthe smallest, most local efforts can make such a difference in the lives of our young people.
and i’m thinking today of a school called la cueva high school in albuquerque, new me_ico. afew years ago, the college counseling staff at that school met with a young woman namedroberta gutierrez during her sophomore year. roberta was an e_cellent student, so they urgedher to take the psat and come up with a list of colleges that she wanted to apply to. now, whileroberta took the test, she never came up with that list – and i’m sure you know why.
but then, at the beginning of roberta’s school year, her counselors learned that she had beennamed a national merit semi-finalist with a psat score in the top 1 percent of the entire state.so the counselors – yes, good stuff – (applause) – the counselors immediately informedroberta that she would be eligible for thousands of dollars in scholarships. and roberta, ofcourse, she was shocked. she told them that she never made the list of colleges because herfamily lived from paycheck to paycheck, so she didn’t think she could afford tuition. she toldthem that just to pay the $15 fee to take the psat, she had to skip lunch for a week.
and after meeting with roberta, the counseling staff decided that no student at their schoolwould ever again have to choose between eating and taking a test that opens the doors tocollege. so they now hold fundraisers – yes. (applause.) they hold fundraisers throughout theschool year to ensure that low-income students can take the psat for free. and they go out oftheir way to tell every family about the financial aid resources that are available for college.
and as for roberta, she is now in her junior year on a full scholarship at the university of newme_ico, and she’s planning to get a phd in psychology – yes. (applause.)
you all know these stories. there are so many kids just like roberta all across this country, andthey’re bright. these kids are determined. these are the kids who have everything it takes tosucceed if we would just give them that chance. and that’s what the counselors and leaders atla cueva high school did for roberta – they gave her a shot at the future she deserved.
and just think about the ripple effect that those counselors will have in transforming just onestudent’s life. think about the difference roberta can make when she gets that phd. think of allthe patients she might treat, all the groundbreaking research she might do. think of the rolemodel that she will be – she already is – inspiring countless young people just like her topursue their dreams.
there are millions of young people like roberta all across this country, and they are counting onus to step up for them. they’re counting on us to give them opportunities worthy of theirpromise. and that is e_actly what all of you are doing every single day. that is the purpose ofthe commitments that you’ve made as part of this summit. that’s why i’m proud and honoredto be here.
and i want to close today simply by saying thank you, truly. thank you. thank you for yourpassion. thank you for your dedication. thank you for your tremendous contributions to thiscountry. i look forward to continuing our work together. we got a lot more stuff to do. and icannot wait to see all that you are going to achieve in the months and years ahead.
so thank you so much. keep it up. and let’s bring more people to the table. you all take care.thanks so much. (applause.)
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kare anderson: be an opportunity maker
【ted】凱兒˙安德森: 給自己和別人帶來(lái)希望與意外斬獲-機(jī)會(huì)制造者
i grew up diagnosed as phobically shy,
我從小就有社交恐懼癥
and like at least 20 other people in a room of this size,
這樣的空間 大約20人
i was a stutterer.
就能讓以前的我結(jié)巴語(yǔ)塞
do you dare raise your hand?
更別提舉手了 根本不可能
and it sticks with us.
這種困擾如影隨形
it really does stick with us,
你走到哪 它就跟到哪
because when we are treated that way,
當(dāng)大家對(duì)你的存在視若無(wú)睹
we feel invisible sometimes,
你會(huì)開始感覺(jué)自己是隱形人
or talked around and at.
而別人都在你背后竊竊私語(yǔ)
and as i started to look at people,
后來(lái)我仔細(xì)去觀察周遭的人
which is mostly all i did,
一直以來(lái)我都只敢默默觀察
i noticed that some people really wanted attention
然后發(fā)現(xiàn)有些人無(wú)法忍受被忽視
and recognition.
他們要得到大家的注意力和認(rèn)同
remember, i was young then.
當(dāng)時(shí)我年輕、懵懂
so what did they do? what we still do perhaps too often?
渴望注意力的人會(huì)做什么? 也許現(xiàn)在太多人在做一樣的事而不自知
we talk about ourselves.
他們談?wù)摰某３６际亲约?/p>
and yet there are other people i observed who had what i called a mutuality mindset.
但另一批人就不同了 我說(shuō)他們的人際關(guān)系 往往有一種“互相”的心態(tài)
in each situation, they found a way to talk about us and create that “us” idea.
無(wú)論什么場(chǎng)合 他們的談話里都會(huì)出現(xiàn)“我們”這個(gè)概念
so my idea to reimagine the world is to see it one where we all become greater opportunity-makers with and for others.
在我心目中的理想世界 每個(gè)人都能為自己和別人創(chuàng)造機(jī)會(huì)
there’s no greater opportunity or call for action for us now
就是現(xiàn)在 我們必須把握良機(jī)、采取行動(dòng)
than to become opportunity-makers who use best talents together more often for the greater good
多去整合各種才能 盡可能的利益他人
and accomplish things we couldn’t have done on our own.
一人做不到的 多人或許有辦法
and i want to talk to you about that,
這就是我今天的重點(diǎn)
cause even more than giving,
比單純給予
even more than giving,
施舍、捐贈(zèng)更有影響力的
is the capacity for us to do something smarter together
就是人們學(xué)會(huì)集思廣益
for the greater good that lifts us both up
共同合作 創(chuàng)造雙贏局面
and that can scale.
其中的利益會(huì)一層層積累
that’s why i’m sitting here.
這是我今天演講的重點(diǎn)
but i also want to point something else out.
不過(guò)我還想說(shuō)一件事
each one of you is better than anybody else at something.
臺(tái)下的你必定在某些事上比其他人都拿手
that disproves that popular notion that if you’re the smartest person in the room,
和那句名言“你絕不是這里最厲害的人”
you’re in the wrong room.
恰恰相反
so let me tell you about a hollywood party i went to a couple years back,
我在幾年前的一個(gè)好萊塢聚會(huì)上
and i met this up-and-coming actress,
遇見了位有潛力的女演員
and we were soon talking about something that we both felt passionately about,
我們很快就找到共同話題-
public art.
公共藝術(shù)
and she had the fervent belief that every new building in los angeles
她堅(jiān)信洛杉磯的每棟建筑里
should have public art in it. she wanted a regulation for it,
都應(yīng)該有公共藝術(shù) 她想要一套專屬公共藝術(shù)的規(guī)范
and she fervently started,
所以她興忡忡的著手進(jìn)行
what is here from chicago?
這里有誰(shuí)是芝加哥人嗎?
she fervently started talking about these bean-shaped reflective sculptures in millennium park,
她滔滔不絕的說(shuō)著千禧公園里的云門雕塑
and people would walk up to it
人們好奇的上前一探究竟
and they’d smile in the reflection of it,
看著自己的映像微笑
and they’d pose and they’d vamp and they’d take selfies together
擺pose、贊嘆、自拍留念
and they’d laugh.
然后笑成一團(tuán)
and as she was talking, a thought came to my mind.
聽著聽著 我突然靈光乍現(xiàn)
i said, “i know someone you ought to meet.
我告訴她: “妳應(yīng)該見見這個(gè)人
he’s getting out of san quentin in a couple of weeks
再幾周他就要從圣昆丁州立監(jiān)獄出來(lái)了
and he shares your fervent desire that art should engage and enable people to connect.”
他跟妳一樣 覺(jué)得藝術(shù)應(yīng)該讓人有共鳴、激發(fā)想像力”
he spent five years in solitary,
他被單獨(dú)監(jiān)禁了五年
and i met him because i gave a speech at san quentin,
我因?yàn)樵谑ダザ⊙葜v 而與他結(jié)識(shí)
and he’s articulate
他口條不錯(cuò)
and he’s rather easy on the eyes
長(zhǎng)的也不賴
because he’s buff. he had workout regime he did everyday.
因?yàn)樗菞l熱愛健身的漢子
i think she was following me at that point.
女演員大概還滿有興趣的
i said, “he’d be an une_pected ally.”
我又說(shuō): “他會(huì)是個(gè)得力助手”
and not just that. there’s james. he’s an architect
除了他之外 我把詹姆也拉進(jìn)來(lái) 詹姆是建筑師
and he’s a professor,
也是個(gè)教授
and he loves place-making, and place-making is when you have those mini-plazas
他對(duì)地方營(yíng)造很有興趣 外頭的小廣場(chǎng)、
and those urban walkways
城市人行道
and where they’re dotted with art,
任何有藝術(shù)點(diǎn)綴的地方 都屬于地方營(yíng)造的范疇
where people draw and come up and talk sometimes.
許多人會(huì)在那兒畫畫、閑聊
i think they’d make good allies.
我想他們一定能合作無(wú)間
and indeed they were.
果真沒(méi)錯(cuò)
they met together. they prepared.
他們碰面之后 就開始籌備
they spoke in front of the lost angeles city council.
到洛杉磯市政府傳達(dá)訴求
and the council members not only passed the regulation,
結(jié)果市議員通過(guò)了他們訂的條例
half of them came down and asked to pose with them afterwards.
之后甚至半數(shù)議員還去與藝術(shù)品合影
they were startling, compelling and credible.
他們給人的印象是震懾、具說(shuō)服力、可靠
you can’t buy that.
全都是用錢買不到的
what i’m asking you to consider is what kind of opportunity-makers we might become,
希望各位想想自己能成為哪種機(jī)會(huì)制造者
because more than wealth
比財(cái)富、
or fancy titles
頭銜、
or a lot of contacts,
人脈更可觀的
it’s our capacity to connect around each other’s better side and bring it out.
是我們發(fā)掘他人優(yōu)點(diǎn)的能力
and i’m not saying this is easy,
這一點(diǎn)都不容易
and i’m sure many of you have made the wrong moves too about who you wanted to connect with,
相信許多人都有找錯(cuò)對(duì)象、牽錯(cuò)線的經(jīng)驗(yàn)
but what i want to suggest is, this is an opportunity.
但畢竟都是個(gè)“機(jī)會(huì)”
i started thinking about it way back when i was a wall street journal reporter and i was in europe
這個(gè)領(lǐng)悟要從好幾年前說(shuō)起 當(dāng)時(shí)我在歐洲 擔(dān)任華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)記者
and i was supposed to cover trends and trends that transcended business or politics or lifestyle.
采訪內(nèi)容為時(shí)尚與流行 跨越商業(yè)、政治、生活型態(tài)隔閡的流行
so i had to have contacts in different worlds very different than mine,
因此得和背景截然不同的人打交道
because otherwise you couldn’t spot the trends.
否則就無(wú)法掌握潮流走向
and third, i had to write a story in a way stepping into the reader’s shoes,
寫故事時(shí) 還得設(shè)身處地為讀者想
they could see how these trends could affect their lives.
要讓他們覺(jué)得自己和這些潮流息息相關(guān)
that’s what opportunity-makers do.
這就是機(jī)會(huì)制造者的任務(wù)
and here’s a strange thing:
奇怪之處在于
unlike an increasing number of americans who are working and living and playing with people who think e_actly like them
越來(lái)越多人工作、生活、娛樂(lè)都喜歡尋找與自己相似的人
because we then become more rigid and e_treme,
久而久之就變得挑剔、極端起來(lái)
opportunity-makers are actively seeking situations with people unlike them,
機(jī)會(huì)制造者尋找與自己不相似的人
and they’re building relationships,
和他們建立關(guān)系
and because they do that,
這樣做的話
they have trusted relationships where they can bring the right team in
兩方之間就有互信 能在適當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)機(jī)介紹彼此適當(dāng)?shù)娜?/p>
and recruit them to solve a problem better and faster and seize more opportunities.
用更快、更好的方法解決問(wèn)題 同時(shí)也抓住了更多機(jī)會(huì)
they’re not affronted by differences.
機(jī)會(huì)創(chuàng)造者不會(huì)被歧異冒犯
they’re fascinated by them,
反而深受吸引
and that is a huge shift in mindset,
這是心態(tài)上的極端不同
and once you feel it, you want it to happen a lot more.
你一旦意識(shí)到 就會(huì)為它的魅力著迷
this world is calling out for us to have a collective mindset,
和別人形成“共同體”才是王道
and i believe in doing that.
我個(gè)人深信
it’s especially important now.
攜手合作在這世代特別重要
why is it important now?
為什么呢?
because things can be devised like drones
機(jī)器小幫手
and drugs and data collection,
藥物開發(fā)、數(shù)據(jù)收集
and they can be devised by more people.
都可以讓更多人參與其中
and cheaper ways for beneficial purposes
用更經(jīng)濟(jì)的方式創(chuàng)造收益
and then, as we know from the news every day, they can be used for dangerous ones.
只是水能載舟 亦能復(fù)舟 也可能被有心人士利用
it calls on us, each of us, to a higher calling.
這個(gè)理念非常需要大家的重視
but here’s the icing on the cake:
成為機(jī)會(huì)制造者是一箭雙雕
it’s not just the first opportunity that you do with somebody else that’s probably your greatest,
除了獲得和更高竿對(duì)象合作的機(jī)會(huì)
as an institution or an individual.
無(wú)論對(duì)于機(jī)構(gòu)或個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)
it’s after you’ve had that e_perience and you trust each other.
都是開啟了這扇門 建立信任后
it’s the une_pected things that you devise later on you never could have predicted.
團(tuán)隊(duì)合作帶來(lái)的驚人成果
for e_ample, marty is the husband of that actress i mentioned,
麥迪是那位女演員的丈夫
and he watched them when they were practicing,
詹姆等三人排練時(shí) 他就在旁邊看
and he was soon talking to wally, my friend the e_-con,
并很快和韋利聊開了 就是剛出獄的那位
about that e_ercise regime.
大概在聊健身吧?
and he thought, i have a set of racquetball courts.
麥迪心想: “我有個(gè)壁球館
that guy could teach it. a lot of people who work there are members at my courts.
韋利可以來(lái)當(dāng)教練 很多教練都是體育館的會(huì)員
they’re frequent travelers.
他們很常來(lái)我這邊
they could practice in their hotel room, no equipment provided.
旅館房間里沒(méi)有設(shè)備 也照樣能練習(xí)”
that’s how wally got hired.
韋利就這樣得到了板球教練的工作
not only that, years later he was also teaching racquetball.
幾年后他也開始教壁球?qū)W生
years after that, he was teaching the racquetball teachers.
再過(guò)了幾年則是教壁球老師
what i’m suggesting is, when you connect with people
我想說(shuō)的是 當(dāng)你把周遭有相同興趣、
around a shared interest and action,
喜好的人圈在一塊
you’re accustomed to serendipitous things happening into the future,
就會(huì)逐漸適應(yīng)隨之而來(lái)、意想不到的收獲
and i think that’s what we’re looking at.
我想這才是至關(guān)重要
we open ourselves up to those opportunities,
面對(duì)機(jī)會(huì) 我們敞開心胸
and in this room are key players and technology,
關(guān)鍵推手-這里的你們 再加上科技
key players who are uniquely positioned to do this,
每個(gè)人各司其職 有自己的位置
to scale systems and projects together.
提升制度和計(jì)劃的整體價(jià)值
so here’s what i’m calling for you to do. remember the three traits of opportunity-makers.
opportunity-makers keep honing their top strength
一、機(jī)會(huì)制造者不斷磨練自己專長(zhǎng)
and they become pattern seekers.
開拓事物運(yùn)作的新方式
they get involved in different worlds than their worlds
二、他們樂(lè)于接觸不同人的世界
so they’re trusted and they can see those patterns,
獲取信任 學(xué)習(xí)各種合作方式
and they communicate to connect around sweet spots of shared interest.
三、他們周旋于各方之間 讓參與的人都分一杯羹
so what i’m asking you is, the world is hungry.
我想說(shuō)的是 人與人之間太缺乏連結(jié)
i truly believe, in my firsthand e_perience,
根據(jù)親身經(jīng)驗(yàn) 我相信
the world is hungry for us to unite together as opportunity-makers
這世界很需要機(jī)會(huì)制造者
and to emulate those behaviors as so many of you already do, i know that firsthand,
可能臺(tái)下的你已經(jīng)是其中之一 大家都應(yīng)該效仿機(jī)會(huì)制造者
and to reimagine a world where we use our best talents together
重塑我們的世界 融合各領(lǐng)域人才
more often to accomplish greater thing together than we could on our own.
一人不能做的事 借由合作來(lái)完成
just remember,
請(qǐng)把這句話放在心上
as dave liniger once said,
大衛(wèi)˙林杰說(shuō)過(guò)
“you can’t succeed coming to the potluck with only a fork.”
“只帶一只叉子就來(lái)百樂(lè)餐的人 永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法成功”(注: 后衍伸為商業(yè)成長(zhǎng)需要集體合作、貢獻(xiàn))
thank you very much.
謝謝大家
thank you.
謝謝
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才華可以人人都有，但機(jī)會(huì)不是
how many of you are tired of seeingcelebrities adopting kids from the african continent?
你們之中有多少人已經(jīng)對(duì)那些從非洲領(lǐng)養(yǎng)小孩的明星而感到厭倦了?
well, it"s not all that bad. i was adopted.i grew up in rural uganda, lost both my parents when i was very, very young.and when my parents passed, i e_perienced all the negative effects of poverty,from homelessness, eating out of trash piles, you name it.
嗯，那也不全是壞事。我就是被其中領(lǐng)養(yǎng)的一員。我在烏干達(dá)的郊區(qū)長(zhǎng)大，在我很小的時(shí)候，我的父母就去世了。在我父母離世之后，我經(jīng)歷了所有貧困帶來(lái)的困難，從無(wú)家可歸，到撿食路邊的垃圾，所有你能想得到的。
but my life changed when i got acceptedinto an orphanage. through one of those sponsor-an-orphan programs, i wassponsored and given an opportunity to acquire an education. i started off inuganda. i went through school, and the way this particular program worked, youfinished high school and after high school, you go learn a trade -- to become acarpenter, a mechanic or something along those lines.
但自從我被一家孤兒院收養(yǎng) 我的生活就發(fā)生了巨變。通過(guò)孤兒院的一個(gè)補(bǔ)助項(xiàng)目，我獲得了接受教育的機(jī)會(huì)，以及相應(yīng)的資助。一開始是在烏干達(dá)。我去了學(xué)校念書，而根據(jù)這個(gè)項(xiàng)目的運(yùn)作流程，他們會(huì)在你讀完高中以后，送你去學(xué)一門手藝，比如木匠，或者機(jī)修工或者其他的一些專業(yè)技術(shù)。
my case was a little different. the sponsorfamily that was sending these 25 dollars a month to this orphanage to sponsorme, which -- i had never met them -- said, "well ... we would like to sendyou to college instead." oh -- it gets better.
而我的情況卻有所不同。每個(gè)月我會(huì)在孤兒院收到25美元補(bǔ)助。這錢來(lái)自資助我的家庭，我從未見過(guò)他們他們說(shuō)，"我們希望資助你去上大學(xué)" 哦，那再好不過(guò)了。
and they said, "if you get thepaperwork, we"ll send you to school in america instead." so with theirhelp, i went to the embassy and applied for the visa. i got the visa.
他們還說(shuō)："如果你能通過(guò)申請(qǐng) 我們會(huì)把你送到美國(guó)的大學(xué)讀書。" 所以，在他們的幫助下，我去大使館申請(qǐng)了簽證。并且通過(guò)了簽證。
i remember this day like it was yesterday.i walked out of the embassy with this piece of paper in my hand, a hop in mystep, smile on my face, knowing that my life is about to change. i went homethat night, and i slept with my passport, because i was afraid that someonemight steal it.
那一天對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)就像昨天一樣。我拿著手里的文件走出大使館，一路蹦跳，難掩笑意，我明白我的生活將不復(fù)從前。那天晚上我回到家里，抱著我的護(hù)照睡著了，因?yàn)槲覔?dān)心有人會(huì)把它偷走。
i couldn"t fall asleep. i kept feeling it.i had a good idea for security. i was like, "ok, i"m going to put it in aplastic bag, and take it outside and dig a hole, and put it in there." idid that, went back in the house. i could not fall asleep. i was like,"maybe someone saw me." i went back --
而我輾轉(zhuǎn)反側(cè)。那念頭依然揮之不去。我突然想到了一個(gè)萬(wàn)全的主意。我說(shuō)："好吧，我可以把它放進(jìn)一個(gè)塑料袋里然后在外面地上挖一個(gè)洞，把袋子放進(jìn)去。" 我真的做了，然后又回到屋子里。但我依然無(wú)眠，我想，"也許有人看到我了。" 我又回去了
i pulled it out, and i put it with me theentire night -- all to say that it was an an_iety-filled night.
我把袋子拿出來(lái)，然后抓著它度過(guò)了一宿 我只想說(shuō)那真是焦慮的一晚。
going to the us was, just like anotherspeaker said, was my first time to see a plane, be on one, let alone sit on itto fly to another country. december 15, 20__. 7:08pm. i sat in seat 7a. flyemirates. one of the most gorgeous, beautiful women i"ve ever seen walked up,red little hat with a white veil. i"m looking terrified, i have no idea whati"m doing. she hands me this warm towel -- warm, steamy, snow white. i"mlooking at this warm towel; i don"t know what to do with my life, let alonewith this damn towel --
來(lái)到美國(guó)的感受，和其他初來(lái)乍到的人一樣 那是我第一次坐飛機(jī)，坐在座位上，飛向另一個(gè)國(guó)家。20__年12月15日 晚上7點(diǎn)08分 我坐在7a座位上。乘坐阿聯(lián)酋航班。一個(gè)我有生以來(lái)見過(guò)的最美的女人朝我走來(lái)，她戴著紅色的帽子和白色的口罩。我真的嚇壞了，我簡(jiǎn)直手足無(wú)措。她遞給我一張溫?zé)岬募埥?溫暖，濕潤(rùn)，白凈如雪。我盯著這張溫暖的紙巾; 我都不知道我該拿我的生活怎么辦，更別說(shuō)這張紙巾了
i did one of the -- you know, anythinganyone could do in that situation: look around, see what everyone else isdoing. i did the same. mind you, i drove about seven hours from my village tothe airport that day. so i grab this warm towel, wipe my face just likeeveryone else is doing, i look at it -- damn.
我做了一件——你懂的，任何人都會(huì)做的事：我環(huán)顧四周，看其他人的舉動(dòng)。然后我也跟著他們做。順便一提，從村子到機(jī)場(chǎng)，那一天我開了7個(gè)小時(shí)的車。所以我拿起那張溫暖的紙，效仿著別人擦拭了自己的臉，我看了看紙巾——該死。
it was all dirt brown.i remember being so embarrassed that whenshe came by to pick it up, i didn"t give mine.i still have it.
已經(jīng)變成屎黃色了。我記得我是那么的尷尬，以至于當(dāng)她來(lái)回收紙巾的時(shí)候，我沒(méi)好意思給她。我現(xiàn)在都還帶著它。
going to america opened doors for me tolive up to my full god-given potential. i remember when i arrived, the sponsorfamily embraced me, and they literally had to teach me everything from scratch:this is a microwave, that"s a refrigerator -- things i"d never seen before. andit was also the first time i got immersed into a new and different culture.these strangers showed me true love. these strangers showed me that i mattered,that my dreams mattered.thank you.
美國(guó)向我敞開了大門讓我能夠發(fā)揮自己最大的潛力。我記得我剛到的時(shí)候，我的資助家庭迎接了我，然后他們就把一切從頭開始教給我：這是一個(gè)微波爐，那是一個(gè)冰箱——那些都是我以前聞所未聞的東西。那也是我第一次 被放置在全新的文化環(huán)境當(dāng)中。這些陌生人向我展示了真正的關(guān)愛。這些陌生人讓我明白，我很重要 我的夢(mèng)想很重要。謝謝。
these individuals had two of their ownbiological children. and when i came in, i had needs. they had to teach meenglish, teach me literally everything, which resulted in them spending a lotof time with me. and that created a little bit of jealousy with their children.so, if you"re a parent in this room, and you have those teenager children whodon"t want anything to do with your love and affection -- in fact, they find itrepulsive -- i got a solution: adopt a child.
他們有兩個(gè)親生孩子。當(dāng)我走進(jìn)他們家庭的時(shí)候，我急需幫助。他們要教我英文，教我?guī)缀跛械氖虑?，這導(dǎo)致他們要在我的身上 花費(fèi)很多的精力。而這致使他們的親生孩子對(duì)我產(chǎn)生了一絲妒忌。所以，如果你們有人是家長(zhǎng)，而你又有這樣一群青少年小孩 他們對(duì)你們的愛和關(guān)心置若罔聞 事實(shí)上，還對(duì)你們很冷淡 我有一個(gè)辦法： 領(lǐng)養(yǎng)一個(gè)孩子。
it will solve the problem.
問(wèn)題就會(huì)迎刃而解。
i went on to acquire two engineeringdegrees from one of the best institutions in the world. i"ve got to tell you:talent is universal, but opportunities are not. and i credit this to theindividuals who embrace multiculturalism, love, empathy and compassion forothers. we live in a world filled with hate: building walls, bre_it, _enophobiahere on the african continent. multiculturalism can be an answer to many ofthese worst human qualities.
在一所世界一流學(xué)府中 我習(xí)得了兩個(gè)工程師學(xué)位。我必須要說(shuō)： 天賦人人都有，但機(jī)會(huì)一緣難求。我想要贊美 那些擁抱多元文化的人，那些關(guān)愛，理解并且同情他人的人。我們生活在一個(gè)充滿憎恨的世界上：高筑圍墻，英國(guó)脫歐，非洲大陸的仇外心理。而這些人類最負(fù)面的東西 都可以被多元文化海涵。
today, i challenge you to help a youngchild e_perience multiculturalism. i guarantee you that will enrich their life,and in turn, it will enrich yours. and as a bonus, one of them may even give ated talk.
今天，我挑戰(zhàn)你們?cè)谧挠^眾們 去幫助一個(gè)年輕的孩子 感受多元文化的魅力。我保證那會(huì)充實(shí)他的生活，作為回報(bào)，你們的生活也會(huì)得到升華。而作為獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，他們其中之一也許還會(huì)在ted演講。
we may not be able to solve the bigotry andthe racism of this world today, but certainly we can raise children to create apositive, inclusive, connected world full of empathy, love and compassion.
我們也許無(wú)力解決 當(dāng)今社會(huì)的種族歧視與偏見，但我們完全可以引導(dǎo)我們的孩子 去創(chuàng)建一個(gè)積極的，包容的，緊密相連的世界。那里將充滿理解，關(guān)愛，同情。
love wins.thank you.
真愛無(wú)敵。謝謝
