TED中英双语演讲稿Progress is not a zero-sum game.pdfVIP

Progress is not a zero-sum game Robert Wright 2007-01-17 /talks/robert_wright_progress_is_not_a_zero_sum_game 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。 Ive got apparently 18 minutes 我大概有18分钟的时间 to convince you that history has a direction, an arrow; 来说服你们历史发展是有方向的如一个箭头。 that in some fundamental sense, its good; 本质上来说，这是个好事。 that the arrow points to something positive. 箭头指向着一些积极的事物。 Now, when the TED people first approached me about giving this upbeat talk -- 当初TED来找我做个乐观的演讲 (Laughter) （笑声） -- that was before the cartoon of Muhammad had triggered global rioting. -- 那时穆斯林还没有在世界各地引发暴乱 It was before the avian flu had reached Europe. 禽流感还未登录欧洲 It was before Hamas had won the Palestinian election, 哈马斯还未赢得巴勒斯坦大选 eliciting various counter-measures by Israel. 以色列也还未对之采取一系列对抗政策 And to be honest, if I had known when I was asked to give this upbeat talk 说实话，如果当初接受邀请时 that even as I was giving the upbeat talk, 我能预见知道现在 the apocalypse would be unfolding -- 老天还没打开启示录的话 (Laughter) （笑声） -- I might have said, Is it okay if I talk about something else? 我也许会说，“我能不能说点别的？” But I didnt, OK. So were here. Ill do what I can. Ill do what I can. 不过我当时没说，那么好吧，我只能尽力试试看了。 Ive got to warn you: 我必须先警告你们 the sense in which my worldview is upbeat has always been kind of subtle, 我世界观的积极意义很难被理解 sometimes even elusive. 甚至可以说是晦涩难懂 (Laughter) （笑声） The sense in which I can be uplifting and inspiring -- 当我说：“我可以变得很乐观“， I mean, theres always been a kind of a certain grim dimension 我想，我尝试去乐观这件事 to the way I try to uplift, so if grim inspiration -- 本来就带着点悲观色彩，所以- (Laughter) （笑声） -- if grim inspiration is not a contradiction in terms, that is, Im afraid, --如果“悲观的乐观主义精神“不算自相矛盾的话，恐怕 the most you can hope for. OK, today -- thats if I succeed. 这就是今天你们可以从我这儿得到的，最乐观的东西了。 Ill see what I can do. OK? 我会尽力的。 Now, in one sense, 首先， the claim t