TED中英双语演讲稿Letting go of God.pdfVIP

Letting go of God Julia Sweeney 2006-07-10 /talks/julia_sweeney_letting_go_of_god 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。 On September 10, the morning of my seventh birthday, 9月10日，在我7岁生日的早晨， I came downstairs to the kitchen, where my mother was washing the dishes 我下楼去厨房，看见我母亲在洗碗 and my father was reading the paper or something, 我父亲在看报纸 and I sort of presented myself to them in the doorway, and they said, 当他们发现我出现在厨房门口的时候，他们祝贺我说： Hey, happy birthday! And I said, Im seven. “嘿，生日快乐。”我回答，“我7岁了” And my father smiled and said, 我父亲微笑着对我说： Well, you know what that means, dont you? “你知道那代表什么，对吧？” And I said, Yeah, that Im going to have a party 我回答说：“当然，代表我会有个生日宴会，生日蛋糕， and a cake and get a lot of presents? 还会收到许多礼物。”我父亲说，是的 And my dad said, Well, yes. But more importantly, being seven means that youve reached the age of reason, 但是，更重要的是，7岁意味着你已经到了理性的年龄了 and youre now capable of committing any and all sins against God and man. 现在你已经有能力犯下所有亵渎上帝和人类罪恶了。 (Laughter) （笑声） Now, I had heard this phrase, age of reason, before. 我原来就听说过“理性的年龄”这种说法。 Sister Mary Kevin had been bandying it about 在我二年级的时候，玛丽凯文姐姐曾经随口和我提起过 my second-grade class at school. 但那只是在学校二年级的课堂上。并且当她提到这个词的时候 But when she said it, the phrase seemed all caught up in the excitement of preparations 也都是因为我们都沉浸在为了我们第一次宗教告解与交流 for our first communion and our first confession, 做准备的兴奋之中。 and everybody knew that was really all about the white dress 而且大家都知道那只是意味着白色的礼服和面纱 and the white veil. And anyway, I hadnt really paid all that much attention 无论如何，我真的没太在意理性的年龄”的这种说法 to that phrase, age of reason. So, I said, Yeah, yeah, age of reason. What does that mean again? 所以我说，“好吧，理性的年龄，再告诉我一遍，那是什么意思？” And my dad said, Well, we believe, in the Catholic Church, 我父亲说，“我们信仰天主教 that God knows that little kids dont know the difference between right and wrong, 我们认为上帝知道小孩没有辨