【TED】Misfit 中英对照演讲稿整理.pdfVIP

So I know TED is about a lot of things that are big, but I want to talk to you about something very small. So small, its a single word. The word is mis?t. Its one of my favorite words, because its so literal. I mean, its a person who sort of missed ?tting in. Or a person who ?ts in badly. Or this: a person who is poorly adapted to new situations and environments. Im a card-carrying mis?t. And Im here for the other mis?ts in the room, because Im never the only one. Im going to tell you a mis?t story. 我知道 TED 总是谈?一些?大事 但是我想讲?一件微不?足道的?小事 ?小到只有?一个词 “不适者。” 这是我最喜欢的词， 因为简单明了 这样的?人是?一个?无法融?入， 或 者融?入得很差的?人， 或 者“?一个很难适应 新位置和新环境的?人。” 我是真正的 不适者。 我代表其他 屋?子?里的不适 者站在这?里， 因为我不是?一个?人。 我将讲 述?一个不适者的故事。 Somewhere in my early 30s, the dream of becoming a writer came right to my doorstep. Actually, it came to my mailbox in the form of a letter that said Id won a giant literary prize for a short story I had written. The short story was about my life as a competitive swimmer and about my crappy home life, and a little bit about how grief and loss can make you insane. The prize was a trip to New York City to meet big-time editors and agents and other authors. So kind of it was the wannabe writers dream, right? You know what I did the day the letter came to my house? Because Im me, I put the letter on my kitchen table, I poured myself a giant glass of vodka with ice and lime, and I sat there in my underwear for an entire day, just staring at the letter. I was thinking about all the ways Id already screwed my life up. Who the hell was I to go to New York City and pretend to be a writer? Who was I? 在我三?十岁出头的时候， 成为作家的梦想在向我招?手。 准确地说我在我的邮 箱?里 发现了?一封信 信上说我写的?小说 为我赢得了?一份?大奖。?小说讲述了 ?一名 历经糟糕的家庭?生活的优秀的游泳运动员的故事， 还有?一些关于 悲痛和困惑 如何让?人抓狂的情节。 赢得的奖励是去纽约和知名的编辑、代理 和其他作家 ?见?面。 这是每个作家的梦想，对吧？ 各位知道我看到信后做了什么吗？ 因为 我是不适者， 我把信放在厨房桌?子上， 给?自?己倒了?一?大杯加了冰和柠檬的 伏 特加， 就这样穿着内?衣看着那封信 坐了?一整天。 我在考虑以前 把我的?生活毁 了的各种?方式。 那个要去纽约装作是?一位作家的我 到底是谁？ 我是谁？ Ill tell you. I was a mis?t. Like legions of other children, I came from an abusive h