TED演講：說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的三種方式

　　演講稿：

　　00:11Today, a baffled lady observed the shell where my soul dwells

　　00:17And announced that I'm "articulate"

　　00:22Which means that when it comes to enunciation and diction

　　00:26I don't even think of it

　　00:27‘Cause I’m "articulate"

　　00:30So when my professor asks a question

　　00:32And my answer is tainted with a connotation of urbanized suggestion

　　00:36There’s no misdirected intention

　　00:38Pay attention

　　00:39‘Cause I’m “articulate”

　　00:42So when my father asks, “Wha’ kinda ting is dis?”

　　00:45My “articulate” answer never goes amiss

　　00:48I say “father, this is the impending problem at hand”

　　00:52And when I’m on the block I switch it up just because I can

　　00:55So when my boy says, “What’s good with you son?”

　　00:58I just say, “I jus’ fall out wit dem people but I done!”

　　01:03And sometimes in class

　　01:05I might pause the intellectual sounding flow to ask

　　01:08“Yo! Why dese books neva be about my peoples”

　　01:11Yes, I have decided to treat all three of my languages as equals

　　01:15Because I’m “articulate”

　　01:19But who controls articulation?

　　01:22Because the English language is a multifaceted oration

　　01:25Subject to indefinite transformation

　　01:27Now you may think that it is ignorant to speak broken English

　　01:30But I’m here to tell you that even “articulate” Americans sound foolish to the British

　　01:36So when my Professor comes on the block and says, “Hello”

　　01:39I stop him and say “Noooo …

　　01:42You’re being inarticulate … the proper way is to say ‘what’s good’”

　　01:46Now you may think that’s too hood, that’s not cool

　　01:49But I’m here to tell you that even our language has rules

　　01:52So when Mommy mocks me and says “ya’ll-be-madd-going-to-the-store”

　　01:57I say “Mommy, no, that sentence is not following the law

　　02:02Never does the word "madd" go before a present participle

　　02:06That’s simply the principle of this English”

　　02:08If I had the vocal capacity I would sing this from every mountaintop,

　　02:12From every suburbia, and every hood

　　02:14‘Cause the only God of language is the one recorded in the Genesis

　　02:18Of this world saying “it is good"

　　02:20So I may not always come before you with excellency of speech

　　02:24But do not judge me by my language and assume

　　02:26That I’m too ignorant to teach

　　02:28‘Cause I speak three tongues

　　02:29One for each:

　　02:30Home, school and friends

　　02:32I’m a tri-lingual orator

　　02:34Sometimes I’m consistent with my language now

　　02:36Then switch it up so I don’t bore later

　　02:38Sometimes I fight back two tongues

　　02:40While I use the other one in the classroom

　　02:42And when I mistakenly mix them up

　　02:44I feel crazy like … I’m cooking in the bathroom

　　02:48I know that I had to borrow your language because mines was stolen

　　02:55But you can’t expect me to speak your history wholly while mines is broken

　　03:00These words are spoken

　　03:02By someone who is simply fed up with the Eurocentric ideals of this season

　　03:07And the reason I speak a composite version of your language

　　03:10Is because mines was raped away along with my history

　　03:14I speak broken English so the profusing gashes can remind us

　　03:18That our current state is not a mystery

　　03:21I’m so tired of the negative images that are driving my people mad

　　03:26So unless you’ve seen it rob a bank stop calling my hair bad

　　03:30I’m so sick of this nonsensical racial disparity

　　03:34So don’t call it good unless your hair is known for donating to charity

　　03:38As much as has been raped away from our people

　　03:43How can you expect me to treat their imprint on your language

　　03:47As anything less than equal

　　03:49Let there be no confusion

　　03:51Let there be no hesitation

　　03:53This is not a promotion of ignorance

　　03:55This is a linguistic celebration

　　03:58That’s why I put "tri-lingual" on my last job application

　　04:04I can help to diversify your consumer market is all I wanted them to know

　　04:08And when they call me for the interview I’ll be more than happy to show that

　　04:11I can say:

　　04:12“What’s good”

　　04:13“Whatagwan”

　　04:14And of course …“Hello”

　　04:17Because I’m “articulate”

　　04:20Thank you.

　　04:21(Applause)

　　00:11今天， 一位困惑的女士觀察了 我內(nèi)心深處?kù)`魂寄居的殼

　　00:17并宣稱我 “口才好”

　　00:22這意味著 我根本不用考慮

　　00:26發(fā)音和措辭

　　00:27因?yàn)槲?ldquo;口才好”

　　00:30所以當(dāng)我的老師問(wèn)一個(gè)問(wèn)題

　　00:32我的回答會(huì) 跟城市化的建議沾邊

　　00:36這沒(méi)有不當(dāng)?shù)囊馑?/p>

　　00:38注意

　　00:39因?yàn)槲?ldquo;口才好”

　　00:42所以當(dāng)我父親問(wèn)我： ”這是神馬東西?“

　　00:45我“口才好”的回答從來(lái)不會(huì)出差錯(cuò)

　　00:48我說(shuō)：”爸爸，這是眼前 即將發(fā)生的問(wèn)題“

　　00:52所以當(dāng)我在講臺(tái)上 我就打開(kāi)開(kāi)關(guān)， 因?yàn)槲铱梢宰龅?/p>

　　00:55所以當(dāng)我兒子說(shuō)：”我哪里好?”

　　00:58我只是說(shuō)：“我只是覺(jué)得#@￥%!”

　　01:03而且有時(shí)候在課堂上

　　01:05我可能會(huì)停下智慧的思考問(wèn)道

　　01:08"嘿，為什么這些書(shū)從來(lái)不是 有關(guān)我們這些人的”

　　01:11是的，我已經(jīng)決定同等 對(duì)待我的三種語(yǔ)言

　　01:15因?yàn)槲?ldquo;口才好”

　　01:19但是誰(shuí)控制口才?

　　01:22因?yàn)橛⒄Z(yǔ)是多面的華麗虛飾的語(yǔ)言

　　01:25受到不定的變化

　　01:27你可能認(rèn)為說(shuō)蹩腳的英語(yǔ)是愚昧的

　　01:30但是我是要告訴你 哪怕是“有口才”的美國(guó)人 在英國(guó)人聽(tīng)起來(lái)也很愚蠢

　　01:36所以當(dāng)教授站在講臺(tái)上 說(shuō)“大家好”

　　01:39我就會(huì)制止他說(shuō)“不對(duì)”

　　01:42你這么說(shuō)是沒(méi)口才的... 正確的說(shuō)法是：“怎么嗎”

　　01:46現(xiàn)在你可能覺(jué)得這太虛偽，不酷

　　01:49但是這里我是要告訴你 即使我們的語(yǔ)言是規(guī)范的

　　01:52所以媽媽嘲笑我說(shuō)到 ”你過(guò)商店去“

　　01:57我說(shuō)”媽，不，這個(gè)句子不合規(guī)范

　　02:02不要把’過(guò)‘放在‘去’前面

　　02:06這就是英語(yǔ)的規(guī)范“

　　02:08如果我有聲樂(lè)能力我就會(huì) 從每個(gè)山頂這么唱，

　　02:12每個(gè)郊區(qū)，每個(gè)人

　　02:14因?yàn)樽顦?biāo)準(zhǔn)的語(yǔ)言是記錄在《創(chuàng)世紀(jì)》

　　02:18在這個(gè)世界說(shuō)”它是很好的“

　　02:20所以我可以一直在你面前 做完美的演講

　　02:24但是不要用我的語(yǔ)言來(lái)評(píng)論我

　　02:26說(shuō)我不是一個(gè)好老師

　　02:28因?yàn)槲铱梢哉f(shuō)三種調(diào)調(diào)

　　02:29每樣一種：

　　02:30家，學(xué)校，朋友

　　02:32我是三語(yǔ)演說(shuō)者

　　02:34有時(shí)候我保持語(yǔ)言的一致

　　02:36然后換一種， 這樣我不會(huì)不耐煩

　　02:38有時(shí)候我在兩種語(yǔ)言之間掙扎

　　02:40當(dāng)我在教室用另一種語(yǔ)調(diào)

　　02:42有時(shí)候我會(huì)混用

　　02:44我覺(jué)得我瘋了就像... 我在廁所做飯

　　02:48我知道我必須借用你的語(yǔ)言 因?yàn)槲业恼Z(yǔ)言被盜竊了

　　02:55但是你不能希望我完整的說(shuō)你的歷史 而我的歷史是破碎的

　　03:00這些詞匯被

　　03:02那些受夠了 歐洲中心主義的人

　　03:07我說(shuō)一種復(fù)合形式的 你們的語(yǔ)言的原因是

　　03:10因?yàn)槲业恼Z(yǔ)言 已經(jīng)被歷史抹去了

　　03:14我說(shuō)蹩腳的英語(yǔ) 可以提醒我們

　　03:18我們的現(xiàn)狀不是一個(gè)謎

　　03:21我已經(jīng)受夠了那些 讓我們這些人發(fā)瘋的負(fù)面看法

　　03:26除非你看到它搶劫了銀行， 否則不要說(shuō)我的頭發(fā)不好

　　03:30我受夠了這不理智的種族差異

　　03:34所以也不要說(shuō)它好， 除非你的頭發(fā) 以捐助慈善而享譽(yù)社會(huì)。

　　03:38我們的很多東西被掠去了

　　03:43你們?nèi)绾纹诖覍?duì)待 自己印跡在你們的語(yǔ)言中

　　03:47像所有不公平的一切

　　03:49讓我們不在迷惑

　　03:51讓我們不在猶豫

　　03:53這不是推進(jìn)愚昧

　　03:55這是語(yǔ)言學(xué)家的慶典

　　03:58這就是為什么我在我的上封求職信上 寫(xiě)下“會(huì)三種語(yǔ)言”

　　04:04我可以使你的客戶多元化 這是我想讓他們知道的

　　04:08而且當(dāng)他們打電話面試的時(shí)候 我很樂(lè)意展示這

　　04:11我可以說(shuō)：

　　04:12”怎樣了“

　　04:13”好啊“

　　04:14而且當(dāng)然……”大家好“

　　04:17因?yàn)槲?ldquo;口才好”

　　04:20謝謝。

　　04:21(鼓掌)