TED中英双语演讲稿A life of purpose.pdfVIP

A life of purpose Rick Warren 2006-07-18 /talks/rick_warren_a_life_of_purpose 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。 Im often asked, 经常有人问我， What surprised you about the book? 这本书使你惊讶的是什么？ And I say, That I got to write it. 我说，是我要写它的决心。 I would have never imagined that. 我本来根本想像不到， Not in my wildest dreams did I think -- 即使是在我最荒诞的梦里面也没有想到—— I dont even consider myself to be an author. 我甚至没有料到自己会成为作家。 And Im often asked, 也经常有人问我， Why do you think so many people have read this? 你认为是什么原因这么多人看过你的书？ This things selling still about a million copies a month. 这本书现在还每个月销售1百万本。 And I think its because spiritual emptiness 我认为这是因为精神上的空虚 is a universal disease. 这是整个地球的通病。 I think inside at some point, we put our heads down on the pillow and we go, 我觉得在内心深处，我们倒在枕头上面就想： Theres got to be more to life than this. “人生中肯定应该有比我现在的生活更多的东西。” Get up in the morning, go to work, come home and watch TV, 每天早上起床，上班，回家看电视， go to bed, get up in the morning, go to work, come home, watch TV, go to bed, 睡觉，早上起床，上班，回家看电视，睡觉， go to parties on weekends. 周末去和朋友聚会。 A lot of people say, Im living. No, youre not living -- thats just existing. 很多人说：“我在生活”。其实不是，你不是在生活——那只是活着。只是活着而已。 Just existing. I really think that theres this inner desire. 我真的认为内心深处有这个（不只是活着的）渴望。 I do believe what Chris said; I believe that youre not an accident. 我的确相信耶稣基督说的话。我相信你来到这个世界不是碰巧偶然的。 Your parents may not have planned you, but I believe God did. 你的父母可能没有计划你，但是我相信上帝计划了。 I think there are accidental parents; theres no doubt about that. 我认为有偶然碰巧成为父母的，这一点毫无疑问。 I dont think there are accidental kids. 但是我认为没有偶然产生的小孩。 And I think you matter. 并且我认为你是重要的。 I think you matter to God; I think you matter to history; 我认为你对上帝重要，对历史重要， I think you matter to this universe. 我认为你对这个宇宙重要。 And I think that the difference 我认为在 between what I call the survival level of living, the