TED中英双语演讲稿Happiness by design.pdfVIP

Happiness by design Stefan Sagmeister 2007-04-05 /talks/stefan_sagmeister_happiness_by_design Pollykann - A powerful video player (App) for learning languages provided technical support for the subtitles. 本字幕由【小鹦看看】- 用了会后悔，不用更后悔的外语学习App，提供技术支持。 About 15 years ago, I went to visit a friend in Hong Kong. 大约15年前，我去香港拜访一位朋友。 And at the time I was very superstitious. 那个时候我很迷信。 So, upon landing -- this was still at the old Hong Kong airport 所以，在飞机降落之前--那还是在香港的旧机场， thats Kai Tak, when it was smack in the middle of the city -- 那是Kai Tak,它当时正好在市中心-- I thought, If I see something good, Im going to have a great time here in 我当时想：如果我现在看见一些好的东西，那么我将会在香港的这2周过的十分快乐。 my two weeks. And if I see something negative, Im going to be miserable, indeed. 如果我看见一些不好的东西，那么我将会过的十分悲痛沮丧。 So the plane landed in between the buildings 之后飞机降落在一些楼的中间， and got to a full stop in front of this little billboard. 并停在了这个小广告牌的前面。 (Laughter) 笑声（WINNER：胜利者） And I actually went to see some of the design companies 实际上，我当时是去参观一些香港的 in Hong Kong in my stay there. 设计公司。 And it turned out that -- 但结果却是-- I just went to see, you know, what they are doing in Hong Kong. 我本来只是想去看看他们在香港正在做什么设计项目。 But I actually walked away with a great job offer. 但是我却轻易的获得了一个很好的工作机会。 And I flew back to Austria, packed my bags, 之后我飞回奥地利并收拾我的行装。 and, another week later, I was again on my way to Hong Kong 一个星期后，我又踏上了飞往香港的旅程， still superstitions and thinking, Well, if that Winner billboard is still up, 我仍然迷信的想：好的，如果那块“Winner(胜利）的广告牌还竖在那里的话， Im going to have a good time working here. 我将会在这里工作的很开心。 (Laughter) 笑声 But if its gone, its going to be really miserable and stressful. 但是如果它不在那里的话，我在香港的时间将会很不幸，很痛苦。 So it turned out that not only was the billboard still up 但结果是，不仅那块广告牌还竖在那里， but they had put this one right next to it. 有人还将这块牌子放在了它的旁边。 (Laughter) 笑声（Double Happiness:双重快乐） On the other hand, it also taught me where superstition gets me 另一方面，它也让我明白了迷信不可信， because I really had a terrib