演講MP3+雙語文稿:當(dāng)一名“海盜”的好處

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【演講人及介紹】【Tom Nash】

DJ湯姆·納什向聽眾介紹自我反省和自我實現(xiàn)，鼓勵人們重新審視自己的人生經(jīng)歷。

【演講主題】當(dāng)一名“海盜”的好處

【演講文稿-中英文】

翻譯者 Saanman Fong 校對人員 Wanting Zhong

00:10

Often when I'm out in public, a child willstare at me. And if the child is particularly brave, they'll approach me andask: "Are you a pirate?"

當(dāng)我在公共場所的時候，總會有個小孩盯著我。如果這個小孩比較勇敢，他會走過來問我：“你是海盜嗎？”

00:12

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

00:16

To which I then need to respond, onceagain, "Yes."

而我就得再一次回答，“沒錯。”

00:20

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

00:23

I mean, let's be honest: I've got twohooks, prosthetic legs and a penchant for hard liquor.

我是說，大家都知道的：我手裝倆鉤子，雙腿義肢，還嗜好烈酒。

00:28

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

00:29

All I need is an eye-patch and a parrot,and I'm basically there.

再加一個眼罩和一只鸚鵡就齊活了。

00:32

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

00:35

But I like being a pirate. I find manyadvantages to having a disability, and I'm not just talking about the money Isave on gloves ...

不過我喜歡當(dāng)海盜。我發(fā)覺殘疾也能有許多好處，我指的不僅是可以省下買手套的錢……

00:44

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

00:47

or the fantastically legitimate excuse fornever having to master chopsticks.

或是有不用學(xué)用筷子的極其合理的借口。

00:51

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

00:52

I'm talking about real advantages I feelI've gained, having gone through physical adversity.

我指的是在經(jīng)受了身體上的患難后，我覺得我真正得到的好處。

00:58

When I was 19, I contracted a disease thatresulted in the loss of both my arms at the elbows, both my legs below theknee, and left enough scars on my face to elicit jealousy in Freddy Krueger.

在我19歲時，我染上了一種病，使我失去了手肘以下的雙臂，膝蓋以下的雙腿，在我臉上留下的傷疤之多，可以讓殺手弗萊迪都嫉妒三分。

01:09

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

01:11

Now, I may never be able to communicate insign language, but my increased resilience and general ability to problem-solvehas been heightened by being forced to think laterally to overcome problemsthat most people aren't faced with.

我也許永遠(yuǎn)也不能用手語交流了，但我的適應(yīng)力和解決問題的能力已經(jīng)得到大幅提高，因為我被迫橫向思考，來克服大多數(shù)人都不會遇到的問題。

01:27

One of the first lessons that I learnedimmediately followed the painful and arduous task of learning how to walkagain, but it went on to pay dividends for the rest of my life. It happenedwhen I attempted to step up a curb. Now as rudimentary as this action sounds tomost of you, stepping up a curb is somewhat of a challenge for those of uswithout ankle movement. So I tried stepping up the curb the way I'd alwaysknown how, front on, for days on end, with no success, until it became obviousthat the time and effort I was investing into this endeavor was clearlydisproportionate to the benefit of its outcome.

我最早學(xué)會的一課伴隨著重新學(xué)走路這項痛苦而艱巨的任務(wù)，不過我的余生都從中受益。那是在我嘗試踏上馬路牙子的時候。雖說對于你們中大多數(shù)人來說，這動作聽起來很基礎(chǔ)，但對于我們這些腳踝沒法動的人來說，踏上馬路牙子算是一種挑戰(zhàn)。于是我試圖用我熟知的辦法，從正面踩上馬路牙子，可連續(xù)多日的嘗試都以失敗告終，直到能明顯察覺，我投入的時間與努力和它帶來的好處根本不成正比

02:05

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

02:10

So, I decided to inspect the problem from adifferent angle. If I couldn't use an ankle joint to achieve the range of motionthat I required to mount the curb, I would have to use a different joint, likemy hip. So I turned my body perpendicular to the curb and placed my foot upsideways, and I was able to step up immediately. Within five minutes, nostaircase was safe from my advances.

所以我決定從另外的角度來審視這個問題。如果我沒法用踝關(guān)節(jié)做出足夠幅度的動作來登上馬路牙子，我就得用別的的關(guān)節(jié)，比如我的髖關(guān)節(jié)。于是我把身體扭成與路邊垂直，把我的一只腳側(cè)著放上去，然后我一下子就能踏上去了。五分鐘之內(nèi)，沒有樓梯能逃過我前進的步伐。

02:35

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

02:36

That very day, I climbed a staircase ofthree flights, which I was quite impressed with as well, except I realized thatI didn't know how to get back down again.

就在那一天，我一口氣爬上了三層樓梯，連我自己都震驚了，然后我發(fā)現(xiàn)，我不知道該怎么下樓梯。

02:45

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

02:47

That was a long weekend.

那可真是個漫長的周末。

02:48

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

02:53

Now, in my past life as an able-bodiedperson, I'd been a guitarist. I was alright as a player, but I'd never reallytaken it further. I'd never really started a band or played live all that much.Nonetheless, music was a great passion of mine, and when I lost my arms, theidea that it may no longer be a part of my life critically challenged my willto keep living. However, the thought that emerged immediately after beingdischarged from hospital was: "If Ray Charles can play the piano whileblind as a bat, let's get to work on a solution for this guitar problem."So, consulting with an engineer, I designed a slide system that would hook intomy left hook, and I devised another pick-holder system that would clip into myright hook. Now, if this worked, I would be able to play the guitar open tunedon my lap, like a slide.

在我過去身體還健全時，我曾是個吉他手。我彈得還算可以，不過從沒有要更上一層樓。我從沒組建過樂隊，或是頻繁現(xiàn)場演出。但無論如何，音樂是我的一大摯愛，當(dāng)我失去雙臂的時候，想到音樂可能從此與我無緣，我的求生意志便受到了致命打擊。但是，在出院之后，我立刻想到的是：“如果雷·查爾斯（Ray Charles）眼盲得像只蝙蝠也可以彈鋼琴，我也可以為這個吉他難題想想辦法?！庇谑?，咨詢了一位工程師后，我設(shè)計了一個滑音管裝置，鉤在我的左手鉤子上，然后我又設(shè)計了一個撥片固定裝置，夾在我右手鉤子上。如果這樣行得通，我就可以把吉他平放在腿上，用開放定弦彈奏，像幻燈片吉他那樣。

03:47

So after weeks of testing and alterations,I finally had the accessories back to play the guitar again, and I was rightback where I was before losing my hands -- being issued with noise complaintsfrom my neighbors, obviously.

經(jīng)過數(shù)周的調(diào)試和修改之后，我終于有裝備可以重新彈吉他了，然后我立刻回到了我失去雙手前的狀態(tài)——那自然是被鄰居投訴噪音太大。

03:59

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

04:01

But this time, I took it further. I starteda band with my friends. We wrote songs and recorded them. We even played gigsto real people. Not as many as this.

不過這次，我又更進一步，和朋友們組建了一支樂隊。我們自己寫歌、錄音，甚至還給真人觀眾們演出。沒像現(xiàn)在那么多人啦。

04:14

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

04:17

But even though it was a just a tiny step,it was a giant leap from what I'd achieved when I was all in one piece.

盡管這只是一小步，但和我還完好無缺時的成就相比，這已經(jīng)是一次巨大的飛躍。

04:26

Now while relearning every action that onehas ever cultivated might seem like a significant undertaking -- and believeme, it very much was, in the short term -- it was nonetheless having a positiveeffect on the way that I approached everything else in my life. Not only did ittransform my ability to problem-solve, but I also felt I became more pragmatic,less sensitive to hindrances, in some cases, more patient, and magicallytransformed people's abilities to offer me their seats on public transport.

的確，重學(xué)每一個曾經(jīng)習(xí)得的動作聽起來像是件任重而道遠(yuǎn)的事情——而且相信我，在短期來說，它的確如此——它依然積極地影響了我處理人生中所有其他事情的方式。它不僅僅轉(zhuǎn)變了我解決困難的能力，它還讓我變得更加務(wù)實，對挫折沒那么敏感，在某些情況下，更有耐心，還能很神奇地讓人們在公共交通工具上給我讓座。

04:58

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

05:02

Trivial setbacks began to pale incomparison to challenges I'd previously overcome, and this allowed me to take acalm and measured approach to these challenges, keeping them in perspective andoften even finding new and improved ways to overcome them. The benefit of notdwelling on the negative and just getting on with the task at hand becameself-evident. It even encouraged me to pursue some more fulfilling career pathsthat may otherwise have been inadvisable. And who would have thought that anappropriate job for me might involve the meticulous operation of electronicequipment to curate dance music to people in inaccessible places under theinfluence of alcohol.

瑣碎的小挫折跟我之前克服的困難相比就相形見絀了，而這讓我可以冷靜謹(jǐn)慎地面對這些挑戰(zhàn)，保持客觀務(wù)實，還經(jīng)常能發(fā)現(xiàn)更好的新辦法來克服困難。不拘泥于負(fù)能量，只管完成手頭上的任務(wù)，這樣做的好處不言而喻。它甚至鼓舞我去追尋曾經(jīng)顯得并不可取，卻讓我感到更加充實的事業(yè)道路。而誰能想到，適合我的工作竟會涉及對電子設(shè)備的精密操作，在難以企及的地方給一群喝醉的人們播放電音舞曲。

05:45

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

05:47

Not I.

我可沒想到

05:50

So in a competitive industry where DJs havebeen relentlessly honing their craft, desperate to attain gigs, sending demosto clubs, my best friend and I took a different approach, and we started ourown club night, and we employed ourselves as the DJs.

在這個競爭激烈行業(yè)中，DJ 們不斷磨煉他們的技藝，拼了命地接活出演，給夜店發(fā)歌曲小樣，而我和我的至交好友選擇了另一種方式，我們自己開了家夜店，然后聘用我們自己當(dāng) DJ。

06:04

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

06:06

Suddenly, we had a headline slot.

一夜之間，我們就成了舞臺上的焦點。

06:08

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

06:11

Now, when we started that club night, Icould not DJ. The first time I ever got behind the decks was on our openingnight, in front of hundreds of people. I'd only just learned where the playbutton was.

我們剛開始舉辦夜店活動的時候，我甚至還不會打碟。我人生第一次用打碟機是在我們開業(yè)的那晚，面對數(shù)百個人。我才剛搞清楚播放鍵在哪兒。

06:23

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

06:25

But, being previously faced with so manyultimatums, one's forced to be astute in adapting to new situations.

不過，一個人先前面臨了如此多最后通牒的情況，他已經(jīng)被迫在適應(yīng)新狀況時靈活變通。

06:32

That club night went on to become thelongest-running weekly club night in Sydney, and we as DJs went on to playAustralia's biggest music festivals. So eventually, I either learned quickly,or the standards of clubs have gone really downhill.

我們的夜店演出之后成為了悉尼最經(jīng)久不衰的每周夜店演出，而我們之后也作為 DJ 在澳洲最大的音樂節(jié)上出演。所以最后，要么是我學(xué)習(xí)得很快，要么是夜店標(biāo)準(zhǔn)已經(jīng)一落千丈了。

06:46

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

06:51

Coming close to death can be an educationalexperience. It's certainly true that one's priorities receive somewhat of arealignment immediately afterwards. And it's also true that some of thosepriorities are met with an increased sense of urgency. But another, moresalient realization that comes to light is the triviality of our ownself-importance and self-consciousness. To truly understand the extent to whichyour self-consciousness prohibits you from engaging in opportunities shouldlead everyone to take risks they otherwise wouldn't. We're merely a blip on thetime line of the universe, right? Act accordingly.

瀕臨死亡可以是一次很有教育意義的體驗?？梢钥隙ǖ氖?，在這之后一般人多少都會重新安排自己的優(yōu)先事項。同樣可以肯定的是，其中一些優(yōu)先事項會因為更加強烈的緊迫感而被完成。不過另一個更加突出的感悟是，自己的虛榮心和不安感是多么不值一提。當(dāng)真正明白了過剩的自我意識有多么阻礙你去抓住機遇，這應(yīng)該會讓所有人冒他們本不會去冒的險。我們只不過是浩瀚宇宙時間線上的一瞬而已，對吧？抓緊時間去行動。

07:36

Now the ideas that I'm presenting todaywere imbued upon me through some otherwise unfortunate circumstances, granted,but they're lying dormant in the lives of anyone who's willing to exploit them.If we all understand that we all have unique weaknesses, and if we're honestabout what they are, we can learn how to best take advantage of them, whetherthey be mounting a curb or fear of presenting sales reports or the inability tosufficiently manage one's finances -- looking at that guy --

今天我講述的理念確實是通過一些不幸的境況灌輸給我的，不過這些理念沉睡在每一個愿意去發(fā)掘它們的人的心中。如果我們都理解我們都有獨特的缺陷，并且如果我們坦誠面對這些缺陷，我們就可以學(xué)會如何充分利用它們，無論是難以踏上馬路牙子，還是畏懼介紹銷售報告，抑或是無法好好管理自己的財務(wù)狀況——看看那家伙——

08:11

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

08:14

there lies the ability to learn, to adapt,and even the ability to rewire one's instinctual response to challenges.

利用好缺陷可以獲得學(xué)習(xí)和適應(yīng)的能力，甚至還有能力重塑一個人對待挑戰(zhàn)的本能反應(yīng)。

08:25

Adversity is good, and it has the potentialto make you stronger. And, at the very least, you can scare the hell out ofkids if you look like a pirate.

遇到困境是件好事，它有潛力讓你變得更強。而且，如果你看起來像個海盜，最起碼你可以把小孩子嚇得屁滾尿流。

08:36

Thanks.

謝謝。

08:37

(Applause and cheers)

（掌聲和歡呼）