名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第21期:失敗的額外收益和想象力的重要性

[00:00.36]He was a foot taller than I was, and seemed as fragile as a child. 他比我高一英尺，但看上去卻像個(gè)孩子一樣脆弱。 [00:05.49]I was given the job of escorting him back to the Underground Station afterwards, 隨后我遵照組織的安排護(hù)送他到地鐵站時(shí)， [00:10.07]and this man whose life had been shattered by cruelty took my hand with exquisite courtesy, and wished me future happiness. 這名人生已遭到殘酷摧殘的男子彬彬有禮地握住我的手，祝我未來(lái)幸福。 [00:20.41]And as long as I live I shall remember walking along an empty corridor and suddenly hearing, 在我有生之年，我都會(huì)記得一件事，當(dāng)時(shí)我正經(jīng)過(guò)一條空曠的走廊， [00:26.46]from behind a closed door, a scream of pain and horror such as I have never heard since. 突然聽(tīng)到緊閉著的房門(mén)口里傳出一聲痛苦和恐懼的尖叫，那是至今我從未聽(tīng)過(guò)的， [00:33.23]The door opened, and the researcher poked out her head and told me to run and make a hot drink for the young man sitting with her. 那扇門(mén)打開(kāi)了，調(diào)查員探出頭請(qǐng)我快去給坐在她旁邊的年輕男子倒一杯熱飲料。 [00:43.43]She had just had to give him the news that in retaliation for his own outspokenness 她剛剛告訴那個(gè)年輕人，為報(bào)復(fù)他對(duì)祖國(guó)專(zhuān)政的直言批判， [00:49.01]against his country’s regime, his mother had been seized and executed. 他的母親已被抓走并處決了。 [00:57.10]Every day of my working week in my early 20s I was reminded how incredibly fortunate I was, 在我20多歲的那段日子里，每一天的工作都是在提醒我自己是多么幸運(yùn)， [01:04.06]to live in a country with a democratically elected government, 能夠生活在一個(gè)民主選舉的政府領(lǐng)導(dǎo)國(guó)家， [01:07.31]where legal representation and a public trial were the rights of everyone. 人人都享有依法申訴和公開(kāi)審理的權(quán)力。 [01:13.14]Every day, I saw more evidence about the evils humankind will inflict on their fellow humans, 每一天，我都能看到更多關(guān)于惡人的證據(jù)， [01:20.07]to gain or maintain power. I began to have nightmares, literal nightmares, 他們?yōu)榱双@得或維護(hù)權(quán)力而對(duì)自己的同胞實(shí)施暴行。 [01:26.54]about some of the things I saw, heard, and read. 我開(kāi)始做惡夢(mèng)，真實(shí)的噩夢(mèng)，全都和我的所見(jiàn)所聞?dòng)嘘P(guān)。 [01:32.36]And yet I also learned more about human goodness at Amnesty International than I had ever known before. 同時(shí)在大赦國(guó)際我也更多地了解了人類(lèi)的善良，遠(yuǎn)比我以前了解的多。

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