TED英文演说-被错误的中英演讲稿.pdf

On being wrong Kathryn Schulzmy 2011 So its 1995, Im in college, and a friend and I go on a road trip from Providence, Rhode Island to Portland, Oregon. And you know, were young and unemployed, so we do the whole thing on back roads through state parks and national forests -- basically the longest route we can possibly take. 当时是95 年，我在上大学。我和一个朋友开车去玩，从罗得岛的普罗旺斯区出 发，到奥勒冈州的波特兰市。我们年轻，无业，于是整个旅程都在乡间小道，经 过州立公园和国家保护森林。我们尽可能绕着最长的路径。 And somewhere in the middle of South Dakota, I turn to my friend and I ask her a question thats been bothering me for 2,000 miles. Whats up with the Chinese character I keep seeing by the side of the road? My friend looks at me totally blankly. Theres actually a gentleman in the front row whos doing a perfect imitation of her look. 在南达科塔州之中某处，我转向我的朋友，问她一个，两千英里路途上，一直烦 恼我的问题。“路边那个一直出现的中文字到底是什么？”，我的朋友露出疑惑的 神情，正如现在坐在第一排的这三位男士，所露出的神情一样。 And Im like, You know, all the signs we keep seeing with the Chinese character on them. She just stares at me for a few moments, and then she cracks up, because she figures out what Im talking about. And what Im talking about is this. Right, the famous Chinese character for picnic area. 我说“你知道的，我们一直看到的那个路牌，写着中文的那个啊”。她瞪着我的脸 一阵子，突然笑开了，因为她总算知道我所指为何，我说的是这个。没错，这就 是代表野餐区的那个中文字。 第 1 页 Ive spent the last five years of my life thinking about situations exactly like this -- why we sometimes misunderstand the signs around us, and how we behave when that happens, and what all of this can tell us about human nature. In other words, as you heard Chris say, Ive spent the last five years thinking about being wrong. 过去的五年，我一直在思考，刚刚我所描述的状况。为什么我们会对身边的征兆， 产生误解，当误解发生时我们作何反应，以及这一切所告诉我们的人性。换句话 说，就像Chris 刚才说的，过去五年的时间，我都在思考错误的价值。 This might