TED演讲训练《自造词典》Beautiful new words to describe obscure emotion.docxVIP

PAGE 231 Lesson18《自造词典》创始人——刷新你对语言的认知 Beautiful new words to describe obscure emotion Speaker: John Koenig 英文版 Today I want to talkabout the meaning of words,?how we define them?and how they, almostas revenge,?define us. 00:09 The English languageis a magnificent sponge.?I love the English language. Im glad that Ispeak it.But for all that, it has a lot of holes.?In Greek, theres aword, lachesism?which is the hunger for disaster.?Youknow, when you see a thunderstorm on the horizon?and you just findyourself rooting for the storm.?In Mandarin, they have a word yùyī --?Im not pronouncing that correctly --?which means thelonging to feel intensely again?the way you did when you were akid.?In Polish, they have a word jouska?which is the kindof hypothetical conversation?that you compulsively play out in yourhead.And finally, in German, of course in German,?they have a word calledzielschmerz?which is the dread of getting what you want. 01:03 (Laughter) 01:08 Finally fulfilling alifelong dream.?Im German myself, so I know exactly what that feels like. 01:15 Now, Im not sure ifI would use any of these words?as I go about my day,?but Im reallyglad they exist.But the only reason they exist is because I made them up. 01:25 I am the author ofThe Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows,?which Ive been writing forthe last seven years.?And the whole mission of the project?is to findholes in the language of emotion?and try to fill them?so that we havea way of talking about all those human peccadilloes?and quirks of thehuman condition?that we all feel but may not think to talkabout?because we dont have the words to do it. 01:53 And about halfwaythrough this project,?I defined sonder,?the idea that weall think of ourselves as the main character?and everyone else is justextras.?But in reality, were all the main character,?and youyourself are an extra in someone elses story.?And so as soon as Ipublished that,?I got a lot of response from people?saying,Thank you for giving voice to something I ha