TED中英官方演讲稿-JoshuaPrager_2013寻找那个弄断了我脖子的人.docxVIP

1.One year ago, I rented a car in Jerusalem to go find a man Id never met but who had changed my life. 就在一年前，我在耶路撒冷租了一辆车 去寻找一个我从未谋面 但却改变了我一生的人2.I didnt have a phone number to call to say I was coming. 我没有他的电话号码3.I didnt have an exact address, but I knew his name, Abed, I knew that he lived in a town of 15,000, Kfar Kara, and I knew that, 21 years before, just outside this holy city, 我也不知道他住在哪 但我知道他的名字，Abed 我知道他住在一个有15,000居民的小镇——法卡拉 我还知道，21年前，就在圣城外4.he broke my neck. 是他弄断了我的脖子5.And so, on an overcast morning in January, I headed north off in a silver Chevy to find a man and some peace. 因此，一月里一个阴沉沉的早上，我乘坐一辆银色雪弗兰， 一路向北，去寻找那个人，去寻找内心的平静6.The road dropped and I exited Jerusalem. 记得车祸那天，我正在离开耶路撒冷的路上7.I then rounded the very bend where his blue truck, heavy with four tons of floor tiles, had borne down with great speed onto the back left corner 突然我的车绕过一个急弯，这时，一辆蓝色卡车 载着四吨重的地砖 风驰电掣地冲着我的左后方就开过来了8.of the minibus where I sat. 风驰电掣地冲着我的左后方就开过来了9.I was then 19 years old. 那年我才十九岁10.Id grown five inches and done some 20,000 pushups in eight months, and the night before the crash, I delighted in my new body, playing basketball with friends 八个月就长高了五英寸，还做了大约两万个俯卧撑 就在车祸前的那个晚上 我还对自己的体格洋洋得意 在五月，我跟朋友打篮球能一直打到半夜两三点钟11.into the wee hours of a May morning. 在五月，我跟朋友打篮球能一直打到半夜两三点钟12.I palmed the ball in my large right hand, and when that hand reached the rim, I felt invincible. 我张开右手，一下就能把篮球稳稳抓住， 上篮时我的手还能触到篮筐，我感到骄傲无比，无人能敌13.I was off in the bus to get the pizza Id won on the court. 我坐公共汽车是要去取我在球场上赢到的匹萨14.I didnt see Abed coming. 我没看到Abed的车，15.From my seat, I was looking up at a stone town on a hilltop, bright in the noontime sun, when from behind there was a great bang, as loud and violent as a bomb. 当时我正坐在座位上，仰头看一个小山上石头建的小镇 小镇在正午阳光的照耀下闪闪发光 忽然，我身后砰的一声巨响 就像炸弹爆炸了一样16.My head snapped back over my red seat. 我的脑袋一下子撞到了身后的红色座椅17.My eardrum blew. My shoes flew off. 我的鼓膜破了，我的鞋子飞了出去18.I flew too, my head bobbing on broken bones, and when