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TED十佳演讲之感动重临 一人饰演地球村内多个角色(5)

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  • I usually have to just like try to calm down and take a deep breath.
  • 通常我要深呼吸让自己镇静下来
  • But then on top of that, you know, Sarah Jones told me we only have 18 minutes.
  • 但更糟糕的是,莎拉琼斯告诉我,我们总共只有18分钟
  • So then I'm like, should I be nervous, you know, because maybe it's better.
  • 于是我想也许我应该紧张点儿才好
  • And I'm just trying not to panic and freak out. So I like, take a deep breath.
  • 我要尽量不慌张,所以我得深呼吸
  • Okay. Sorry. So anyway, what I was trying to say is that I really love TED.
  • 好了,我想说我真的很喜欢TED
  • Like, I love everything about this. It's amazing.
  • 我喜欢这里的一切,太不可思议了
  • Like, it's -- I can't get over this right now.
  • 我克服不了这个(紧张情绪)
  • And, like, people would not believe, seriously, where I'm from, that this even exists.
  • 说真的,人们都不相信我是从哪来的,不相信居然有这么个地方
  • You know, like even, I mean I love like the name, the -- TED.
  • 我喜欢TED这个名字
  • I mean I know it's a real person and everything, but I'm just saying that like,
  • 我知道这是个真人的名字,我只想说
  • you know, I think it's very cool how it's also an acronym, you know,
  • 这居然还是个缩略语,真是太酷了
  • which is like, you know, is like very high concept and everything like that. I like that.
  • 这听起来非常高深。我喜欢
  • And actually, I can relate to the whole like acronym thing and everything.
  • 事实上,我自己跟缩略语也很有关系
  • Because, actually, I'm a sophomore at college right now.
  • 我现在是大学二年级的学生
  • At my school -- actually I was part of co-founding an organization, which is like a leadership thing,
  • 我在学校跟几个朋友成立了一个组织,也颇有领导意义
  • you know, like you guys, you would really like it and everything.
  • 就像你们一样,你们一定会喜欢这个想法的
  • And the organization is called DA BOMB, and DA BOMB -- not like what you guys can build and everything --
  • 这个组织叫DA BOMB,我们的DA BOMB组织比不上你们所创造的这些(伟大的东西)
  • it's like, DA BOMB, it means like Dominican -- it's an acronym --
  • DA BOMB也是个缩略语
  • Dominican-American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and Babies.
  • 全称是多米尼加裔美国人慈善组织为了母亲和婴儿们
  • So, I know, see, like the name is like a little bit long, but with the war on terror and everything,
  • 我知道这个名字有点长,但是因为反恐战争这类原因
  • the Dean of Student Activities has asked us to stop saying DA BOMB and use the whole thing so nobody would get the wrong idea, whatever.
  • 校学生活动的主任不让我们用DA BOMB这个简称,让我们要用全称以避免歧义
  • So, basically like DA BOMB -- what Dominican-American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and Babies does
  • 所以说DA BOMB这个组织,我是说,多米尼加裔美国人慈善组织为了母亲和婴儿们
  • is, basically, we try to advocate for students who show a lot of academic promise and who also happen to be mothers like me.
  • 我们努力为在学业上很有前途的学生们争取权益,而且这些学生跟我一样同时也是母亲


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演讲简介

这是一段精采绝伦的演出。莎拉·琼斯一个人分别扮演了一位固执的犹太老太太、一个语速极快的多米尼加裔女大学生以及其他众多精彩角色。她为TED2009展示了她极其丰富的多面性格。


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panic ['pænik]

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n. 恐慌
adj. 惊慌的
vt.

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benevolent [bi'nevələnt]

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adj. 仁慈的,乐善好施的

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terror ['terə]

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n. 恐怖,惊骇,令人惧怕或讨厌的人或事物

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academic [.ækə'demik]

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adj. 学术的,学院的,理论的
n.

 
advocate ['ædvəkeit,'ædvəkit]

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n. 提倡者,拥护者,辩护者,律师
v. 主张

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concept ['kɔnsept]

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n. 概念,观念

 
minutes ['minits]

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n. 会议记录,(复数)分钟

 

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