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“If you were 30% braver, what would you do to be a better ancestor?” the enthusiastic host asked a roomful of delegates in New York, gathered for a conference on democracy.[qh]
“如果你比以前勇敢30%，你会怎么做才能成为一个更好的祖先?”热情的主持人在纽约问满屋子的代表，他们聚集在一起参加一个关于民主的会议。[qh]
“Take 60 seconds to think and share your answers in your small groups.”[qh]
“花60秒思考，然后在小组中分享你的答案。”[qh]
My small group consisted of seasoned activists from different parts of the world.[qh]
我的小组由来自世界各地经验丰富的活动家们组成。[qh]
They were eager to discuss their opinions on courage and legacy.[qh]
他们急于讨论自己对勇气和遗赠的看法。[qh]
“I'd spend more time with my kids,” said one.[qh]
“我会花更多的时间和孩子们在一起，”其中一位说。[qh]
“I would speak to people I disagree with more often,” said another.[qh]
另一个人说:“我会更经常地和我不同意的人说话。”[qh]
I kept quiet hoping no one would notice.[qh]
我保持沉默，希望没有人会注意到。[qh]
“You're being quiet,” said one of them when everyone else had spoken. My group turned to me.[qh]
“你太安静了。”当其他人都说话时，其中一个说。我的团队成员转向我。[qh]
“Oh, I don't know. It's a difficult question.”[qh]
“哦，我不知道。这是个很难回答的问题。”[qh]
I tried to get myself out of the trap.[qh]
我试图使自己摆脱陷阱。[qh]
“I need more time to think about it.”[qh]
“我需要更多的时间来考虑。”[qh]
The thing is, I didn't need time to think about it.[qh]
问题是，我不需要时间去想。[qh]
As soon as the facilitator finished her question, my answer was right there, staring me in the face.[qh]
主持人一问完她的问题，我的答案就在那里，盯着我的脸。[qh]
Now that my small group was staring at me just as insistently, I couldn't face sharing my thoughts with them.[qh]
现在，我的那一小群人同样目不转睛地盯着我，我不敢和他们分享我的想法。[qh]
It seemed like I needed to be 30% braver just to utter the answer.[qh]
我似乎需要再勇敢30%才能说出答案。[qh]
“If I were braver, to be a better ancestor, I'd join the army. The Ukrainian armed forces.”[qh]
“如果我再勇敢一点，做一个更好的祖先，我就去参军。乌克兰武装部队。”[qh]
At that moment, it was the only answer that rang true.[qh]
在那一刻，这是唯一听起来真实的答案。[qh]
My response was met with the sort of uncomfortable silence I seem to bring to most social conversations.[qh]
我的回答得到的是一种令人不安的沉默，就像我在大多数社交对话中所表现的那样。[qh]
A friend has found a good term for that: a Ukrainian killjoy.[qh]
一位朋友为这种情况找到了一个很好的术语:乌克兰扫兴者。[qh]
It applies to those of us who keep talking about the war when people want to talk about their kids, the future and all those wonderful things that give us hope.[qh]
当人们想要谈论他们的孩子、未来和所有那些给我们希望的美好事物时，我们这些人却一直在谈论战争。[qh]
Sometimes, we don't even need to offer a digest of Russia's recent bombardments, we end conversations just by entering the room.[qh]
有时，我们甚至不需要提供俄罗斯最近轰炸的摘要，我们只要进入房间就结束了谈话。[qh]
When people think of Ukraine these days, they think of war, destruction, death, weapons, the need to produce and provide more weapons.[qh]
如今，当人们想到乌克兰时，他们想到的是战争、破坏、死亡、武器，以及生产和提供更多武器的需求。[qh]
Such thoughts bring little inspiration.[qh]
这样的想法带来的灵感很少。[qh]
And so, when asked to talk about Ukraine on international platforms, I am frequently encouraged to speak of peace, reconstruction and reconciliation.[qh]
因此，当我被要求在国际平台上谈论乌克兰时，我经常被鼓励谈论和平、重建与和解。[qh]
A relentless fight with no end in sight is a conversation killer.[qh]
无休无止的争吵是谈话杀手。[qh]
It's also a reality in which most Ukrainians have been living since the start of the full-scale war.[qh]
这也是自全面战争开始以来大多数乌克兰人一直所处的生活现实。[qh]
