剖析【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 misfit. Its one of my favorite words, because its so literal. I mean, its a person who sort of missed fitting in. Or a person who fits in badly. Or this: a person who is poorly adapted to new situations and environments. Im a card-carrying misfit. And Im here for the other misfits in the room, because Im never the only one. Im going to tell you a misfit 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 ⻅⾯。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 misfit. Like legions of other children, I came from an abusive household that I narrowly escaped with my li