TED演讲:一位性工作者的诉求(1)

I want to talk about sex for money. 我想讲一讲性交易。 I'm not like most of the people you'll have heard speaking about prostitution before. 我不像很多之前各位听到过的以卖淫为主题的演讲者。 I'm not a police officer or a social worker. 我不是警察,也不是社会工作者, I'm not an academic, a journalist or a politician. 我不是学者,不是记者,也不从政。 And as you&...

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TED演讲:性格的迷思–你究竟是谁(6)

We communicate differently, extroverts and introverts. 外向者和内向者的交流方式有所不同。 Extroverts, when they interact, want to have lots of social encounter punctuated by closeness. 外向者在与人互动时喜欢肢体接触,喜欢亲近对方。 They'd like to stand close for comfortable communication. 他们喜欢靠近对方近距离交流。 They like to have a lot of eye contact, or mutual gaze...

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TED演讲:疯狂的科学家用苹果做出了耳朵(2)

So one day I was hacking something, I was taking it apart, and I had this sudden idea: 有一天我正在拆解东西,我突然产生了这样的想法: Could I treat biology like hardware? 我能不能把生物体当作硬件? Could I dismantle a biological system, mix and match the parts 我能不能拆分一个生物系统,混合并配对拆分出来的部分, and then put it back together in some new and creative way? 然...

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梅琳达2013在杜克大学(3)

Coding away, seeing who could go the fastest, write the most efficient code I think you call it today probably a hackathon And whoever lost that contest would have to go down the hall 比赛写代码 看谁的代码最快 最高效今天你们好像把它叫作hackathon(编程马拉松)比赛输掉的人 惩罚是到礼堂 And touch mutant frog being grown by the biology department So the personal computer and later...

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奥巴马2012年哥伦比亚大学毕业演讲(12)

Throughout American history though, they have lost that bet and I believe they will this time as well. 可是纵观美国历史他们一再下错赌注我相信这一次也不例外 But ultimately Class of 2012, that will depend on you Don't wait for the person next to you. 可是说到底2012届的同学们 这将取决于你们不要等待你身旁的人 To be the first to speak up for what's right Because maybe, ju...

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TED演讲:格格不入者的心声(6)

On the last night, I gave a big reading at the National Poetry Club. 在最后一天晚上,我在全国诗歌俱乐部做了一场读书会。 And at the end of the reading, 在读书会结束的时候, Katharine Kidde of Kidde, Hoyt And Picard Literary Agency, 凯德公司的凯瑟琳·凯德和霍伊特与皮卡德文学社的人 walked straight up to me and shook my hand and offered me representation, like, on the spot. 径直...

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努力成为一名真正的作家(2)

He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. 一个在稠人广众中成长起来的作家,虽然可以摆脱孤苦寂寥,但是他的作品却会流于平庸。 For he does his work alone, and if he is a good enough writer, he must face eternity or the lack of it each day. 而一个在孤寂中写作的作家,如果他又恰非等闲之辈,那他就必须面对永恒或者面对缺乏永恒的每一天。 For...

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奥巴马2012年哥伦比亚大学毕业演讲(3)

The first year women were admitted to Columbia Sally Ride was the first American woman in space Music was all about Michael and the Moonwalk. 哥伦比亚大学开始录取女生的第一年当时萨莉.莱德成为第一位进入太空的美国女性那时的音乐全是麦克尔和太空步 We had the Walkman No. No Moonwalking. No Moonwalking today. 我们当时有随身听不走太空步 今天不走太空步 We had the Walkman, not ipods ...

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努力成为一名真正的作家(1)

1. Try to Be a True Writer 1. 努力成为一名真正的作家 No writer who knows the great writers who did not receive the Prize can accept it other than with humility. 没有一个作家,当他知道在他以前不少伟大的作家并没有获得此奖项的时候,能够心安理得地领奖而不感到受之有愧。 There is no need to list these writers. 这里无须一一列举这些作家的名字。 Everyone here may make his own list ac...

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奥巴马2012年哥伦比亚大学毕业演讲(14)

And focus instead on studying and inventing and competing and leading she'll think those are the only things. 而是专注学习发明创新 与人竞争 发挥领导作用她就会认为 That girls are supposed to care about Now, Michelle will say nothing wrong with caring about it a little bit. 这些才是女孩应该在意的事情好 米歇尔会说在意一点又何妨 You can be stylish and powerful, too That'...

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TED演讲:你的用词透露了你未来的精神状态?(5)

And it turned out to be that for this group of 34 people, 结果显示,刚刚的34位年轻人, the algorithm based on semantic coherence could predict, 透过这个语义连贯性算法, with 100 percent accuracy, who developed psychosis and who will not. 预测谁会精神错乱的正确率达到百分之百。 And this was something that could not be achieved not even close 目前临床上所有测量方式都无法达到、 ...

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彭博2013在肯尼恩学院(9)

And if you continue to work hard you will find opportunities that continue to be rewarding. 如果你愿意一直努力你将能够持续从工作和生活中得到回报 I can only tell you that I came from a family with no connections and no contacts I wrote letters. I called. I knocked on doors. 我只想告诉你们 我出身于一个无关系无背景的家庭我四处写求职信 打求职电话 敲门找雇主 I asked friends to ke...

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罗斯福要求国会对日本宣战演讲(1)

10.Franklin Delano Roosevelt Pearl Harbor SPeech Declaration of War 10.富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福要求国会对日本宣战演讲 To the Congress of the United States: 副总统先生、议长先生、各位参议员和众议员: Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy 昨天,1941年12月7日,将成为我国的国耻日。 the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by na...

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查理邓森2013在犹他州立大学(13)

Respect and understanding will be critical to avoid conflict and that will take leadership and participation. 尊敬和理解是避免冲突的关键所在这需要领导和参与 So have an opinion Get involved. 拥有自己的主见投身其中 And you can make a difference I hope you won't be afraid to fail, that you'll remain curious. 你们能改变世界我希望 你们别害怕失败 保持好奇心 And that you...

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奥巴马2012年哥伦比亚大学毕业演讲(11)

Just to take one example much of federally-funded research on diseases focused solely on their effects on men. 及其他女性进入国会前联邦资助的大部分疾病研究主要侧重于疾病对男性的影响 It wasn't until women like Patsy Mink and Edith Green got to Congress and passed Title IX 40 years ago this year. 40年前的今天帕齐.明克和伊迪丝.格林等女性进入国会并通过教育法修正案《第九条》 ...

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推特CEO迪克2013密歇根大学(8)

The impact is what others framed for you and the world after it happens The present is only what you're experiencing and focused on right now 影响是事件发生后 别人为你和世界所构建的 你所能够体验和关注到的只有现在这一刻 And every so often, my past and present come together I was invited to this fundraiser at this children's hospital in the Bay Area last year 时常 我的...

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TED演讲:探讨中国的属相(2)

According to the BBC and the Chinese government's press release, 根据BBC和中国政府的官方消息 January 2015 saw a peak of Cesarean sections. Why? 2015年1月迎来了剖腹产的高潮。为什么? That was the last month for the Year of the Horse. 因为这是马年的最后一个月。 It's not because they like horses so much, 并不是大家喜欢生肖马 it's because they try to avoid having unl...

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英国首相卡梅伦辞职演讲 4

I will do everything I can as Prime Minister to steady the ship over the coming weeks and months but I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. 我将为尽我所能,在接下来的几个月将任内事务处理妥善,但我认为,我不是带领英国走向下一个目的地的最佳人选。 This is not a decision I've taken lightly but I do be...

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梅琳达2013在杜克大学(6)

Paul Farmer the Duke graduate I admire most I think most of you know him 保罗.法默是我最钦佩的一位杜克毕业生我想你们大多数人都听说过他 He's a doctor and a global health innovator He spends his time between Boston, Haiti, Rwanda He's now trying to fix or completely change the Rwandan health system 他是一名医生 一名全球健康革新者他把大部分时间都花在波士顿 海地 卢旺达他...

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TED演讲:一位性工作者的诉求(8)

Forced labor does occur in many industries, 强制劳动在很多国家都屡见不鲜, especially those where the workers are migrants or otherwise vulnerable, and this needs to be addressed. 尤其发生在移民劳工和其他弱势群体中,这是一个需要解决的问题。 But it's best addressed with legislation targeting those specific abuses, not an entire industry. 但是最好立法,直接针对特殊的受虐待...

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