MikeKinney_2017S[麦克金尼][一个职業摔角手的信心指南].pdf

www.XiYuS锡育软件Picture it:a big,sweaty,tattooed man in a cowboy hat andchaps,is in the ring as the arena full of fans cheer him on.想像一下,一个高大、满身是汗、刺青的男人,戴着牛仔帽穿着牛仔皮裤,站在竞技场里,满场的观众为他欢呼。00:12Their hero:Cowboy Gator Magraw.他们的英雄:牛仔鳄鱼麦克罗。00:21Gator bounces off the ropes and is quickly body-slammed tothe mat.鳄鱼利用边绳反弹,很快就被抱举重摔在垫上。00:25His wild opponent leaps into the air,crashing down ontoGators rib cage.他狂野的对手跳到空中,向下撞击鳄鱼的肋骨。00:29Gator struggles to breathe,wondering:Is this really what myfather wanted for me?鳄鱼挣扎地呼吸,心想:我老爸真的希望我这样吗？00:33(Laughter)That wild man in the chaps.（笑声）那个穿着牛仔皮裤的狂野男人00:39was me.就是我。00:44(Laughter)（笑声）00:45(Applause)（掌声）00:46(Cheers)And the answer to the question,surprisingly,is yes.（欢呼）而那个问题的答案,出乎意料,是没错。00:48(Laughter)I grew up watching professional wrestling withmy dad.（笑声）我是看职業摔角长大的,和老爸一起看。01:01sweaty:adj.出汗的;吃力的;使人出汗的 tattooed:刺花纹/连续有节奏地敲击(tattoo的过去式和过去分词)chaps:n.皮套裤(指皮护腿套裤)arena:n.舞台;竞技场 Gator:n.短吻鳄 bounces:n.弹;跳(bounce的复数);蹦跳/v.弹回;蹦跳(bounce的三单形式)leaps:n.跳跃,剧增,急变(leap的复数)/v.跳跃;急速进步(leap的三单形式)answer to:符合;适应 wrestling:n.摔跤;扭斗/v.摔跤;格斗(wrestle的ing形式);与摔跤;使劲移动And like him,I loved everything about it:the showmanship,the athletic skill,the drama.和他一样,我热爱摔角的一切:表演能力、运动员技巧、戏剧性。01:07Id be this little boy,bouncing all over our living room,pretending to be my favorite wrestlers from TV.我是这个在客厅里弹来弹去的男孩,假装是电视上我最爱的摔角手。01:12My dad actually reminded me a little bit of Hulk Hogan,butI was Hulk Hogan and he was Andre the Giant.我老爸其实会让我想到霍克霍肯,但我才是霍克霍肯,他是巨人安德烈。01:19Id get all serious on him and say things like,Dad.我对他变得很认真,说:老爸,01:24someday I am going to be world heavyweight champion.总有一天,我要成为 世界重量级冠军。01:27And he would usually smile and very calmly say,OK,then Iguess I can count on you to be my retirement fund.通常,他会微笑,并很冷静地说:好,那么,我想 我的退休金就靠你了。01:32(Laughter)When I was 16,a small wrestling show came to mylittle town in Minnesota.（笑声）我十六岁时,有个小型的摔角表演,来到我住的明尼苏达小镇。01:40I couldnt believe it.我无法置信。01:45showmanship:n.表演技巧;吸引观众的窍门 bouncing:adj.跳跃的;巨大的;活泼的/v.弹跳(bounce的ing形式)wrestlers:n.摔角选手(wrestler的复数)Hulk:n.废船;笨重的船;船体/vi.庞然大物般出现;赫然显现 Hogan:n.泥盖木屋 heavyweight:n.重量级拳击手;有影响的人物;聪明绝顶的人/adj.重量级的;特别厚重的 calmly:adv.冷静地;平静地;安静地 count on:指望;依靠 Minnesota:n.明尼苏达州(美国中北部洲)Nothing like that had ever come to my town before.从来没有像那样的演出 会来我的小镇。01:47So I got to the arena early in the morning the day of theshow,waiting out in the parking lot to see if I could spotsome wrestlers pulling up in their cars.所以,演出当天一早 我就去了竞技场,等在外面的停车场,碰运气看能不能遇见一些01:49It wasnt as creepy as it sounds.并没有听起来那么诡异。01:57But I could definitely tell who the wrestlers were,just the waythey walked.我绝对能分辨谁是摔角手,仅仅靠观察他们走路的方式。02:01They were tall and confident and intimidating,with theirtank tops and Zubaz and fanny packs.他们又高又有自信,令人生畏,穿着背心式上衣、斑马裤、戴着腰包,02:04TED演讲者：Mike Kinney|麦克金尼演讲标题：A pro wrestlers guide to confidence|一个职業摔角手的信心指南内容概要：You are more than you think you are,says former pro wrestler Mike Kinney-youjust have to find what makes you unique and use it to your advantage.For years Kinney turnedup the parts of himself that made him special as he invented and perfected his wrestlingpersona,Cowboy Gator Magraw.In a talk equal parts funny and smart,he brings his wisdomfrom the ring to everyday life,sharing how we can all live more confidently and reach our fullpotential.前职業摔角手麦克金尼说，你比你想像的还要更好你只需找出是什么让你独一无二，并把它变成你的优势。多年来，金尼把那些让他特别的部份发挥出来，发明了他的摔角角色牛仔鳄鱼麦克罗，并让这个角色越来越完美。这场演说机智又有趣，他把在场上的智慧带到了日常生活中，与我们分享如何自信过日子并发挥所有潜能的密诀。Why wouldnt I want to be them?我怎么可能不想变成他们？02:10(Laughter)All I could think about was who are these people,and what are they like?（笑声）我唯一能想的就是,这些人是谁、他们是怎样的？02:12How did they become wrestlers?他们如何变成摔角手的？02:17So before the show started,I walked into this tiny arena-more like a gymnasium-and I asked them if I could helpset up the wrestling ring.在表演开始前,我走进这个很小的竞技场 更像是个体育馆 我问他们能不能让我 幫忙架设摔角场。02:20Sure,kid.No problem.当然,孩子,没问题。02:28And then I pleaded with them to show me some wrestlingmoves.接着,我恳求他们 做些摔角动作给我看。02:31creepy:adj.令人毛骨悚然的;爬行的 intimidating:adj.吓人的 fanny:n.(口)屁股，臀部/n.(禁忌语)女性阴部，女性生殖器packs:n.包裹;生存集群;资料袋(pack的复数)/v.包装包装;塞满(pack的第三人称单数形式)gymnasium:n.体育馆;健身房pleaded:v.辩护(plead的过去式)Sure,kid.No problem.当然,孩子,没问题。02:34Man,they would just punch and kick me-hard!天哪,他们就直接 揍我、踢我很用力！02:36But I never complained.但我都没抱怨。02:39They would come to my town for one night every couple ofmonths that year,and then-poof!-next day,they weregone.那年,他们每几个月 就会来我的镇上一个晚上,接着噗（消散声）他们隔天就不见了。02:41By the next year,they finally told me about an actualwrestling training camp that one of the wrestlers wasrunning,and I begged my parents to sign me up.隔年,他们终于告诉我 一个真正的摔角训练营,是其中一位摔角手经营的,我求我父母让我报名。02:47Next thing I knew,I was a high school senior by day andwrestling in front of live audiences by night.突然间,我就变成了 白天是高中高年级生,晚上则在现场观众面前摔角。02:55I had this giant poster of an alligator hanging on mybedroom wall.我卧房墙壁上挂了 一只鳄鱼的巨型海报。03:01So when I needed to come up with a wrestling name at thelast minute and Jesse The Body Ventura was already taken-我很急迫地需要想出一个摔角艺名,杰西筋肉人温图拉 已经有人用了03:04(Laughter)I went with Gator.（笑声）我就用了鳄鱼。03:10I also wrestled in a t-shirt and camouflage pants becausethats what I had in my closet.我也穿着 T 恤和迷彩裤在摔角,因为我的衣柜中只有这些。03:12poof:n.吹熄蜡烛的声音/int.哇(表示突然消失的)感叹词 by day:在白天;日间 poster:n.海报,广告;招贴 alligator:n.短吻鳄(产于美国及中国);短吻鳄皮革;鳄口式工具/vi.皱裂;裂开/adj.鳄鱼般的;鳄鱼皮革的;鳄鱼皮纹的 come up with:提出;想出;赶上wrestled:n.摔跤;搏斗;斗争/vi.摔跤;斗争;斟酌/vt.与摔跤;与搏斗;使劲搬动 camouflage:n.伪装,掩饰/vt.伪装,掩饰/vi.伪装起来 closet:n.壁橱；议事室，密室；小房间/adj.秘密的，私下的；空谈的/vt.把关在私室中/I hadnt quite figured out how to develop my own personayet,but I was learning.我还没想到要如何 发展出我自己的角色,但我在学习。03:18It was sort of like an apprenticeship.那有点像是学徒见习。03:22But I was a wrestler.但我是个摔角手。03:24And my dad would come to all my matches wearing a t-shirtthat said,Papa Gator across the front.我老爸会来看我所有的比赛,他穿的 T 恤正面 写着鳄鱼爸爸。03:25(Laughter)And hed brag to his friends about how his sonwas going to pay for his retirement someday.（笑声）他会向他的朋友炫耀,说有一天他退休就靠他儿子养了。03:30(Laughter)And I wouldve.（笑声）我的确会养他的。03:35Not long after I started wrestling,my dad unexpectedlypassed away.我开始摔角后没多久,我老爸意外过世了。03:39And as you can imagine,especially as a teenage boy,itdestroyed me.你们应该可以想像,特别我才是个青少年,这件事毁了我。03:46If youve ever lost someone,you know what a difficult timethat can be.如果你曾失去过某人,你知道那段时间会有多艰难。03:54Your mind-its not working right.你的大脑无法正常运作。03:58The whole thing is just so surreal.一切感觉好不真实。04:00www.XiYuS锡育软件I wanted to feel normal again,even if it was for just a second,so I went back to wrestling almost immediately.我想要再次感觉正常,即使只有一秒钟也好,所以我回去摔角,几乎是立刻回去。04:05persona:n.人物角色;伪装的外表 apprenticeship:n.学徒期;学徒身分 brag:n.吹牛,自夸/vi.吹牛,自夸/vt.吹牛,吹嘘unexpectedly:adv.出乎意料地,意外地 surreal:adj.超现实主义的;离奇的;不真实的Wrestling belonged to me and my dad,you know?摔角是属于我和我老爸的,懂吗？04:11So there I was,sitting in the locker room,getting ready for amatch within days of my dad passing away.所以,我在那里,坐在更衣室里,在我老爸过世后没几天 就在准备比赛。04:15He was gone.他不在了。04:21And sitting there alone-it felt like I was hiding.独自坐在那里 感觉好像我在躲藏。04:24But it also felt like I needed to be there.但我也觉得我需要在那里。04:29One of the wrestlers whod been on the scene a long timeknew what I was going through,and he came over to see howI was holding up.长时间在现场的一位摔角手 知道我经历了什么,他过来看看我的状况好不好。04:33I couldnt get the words out.我一个字也说不出来。04:39I just said,I dont know what Im doing.我只说:我不知道我在做什么。04:41And then we just sat there in silence-just.silence.我们就沉默地坐在那里 仅是沉默着。04:45Before he got up to get ready for his own match,he gave methis piece of advice that would change the entire direction ofmy life.在他起身去准备他的比赛之前,他给了我一个建议,完全改变了我人生的方向。04:50He told me the best wrestlers are just themselves,butturned up.他说最好的摔角手只做自己,但是全力发挥。04:57He said successful wrestlers find the traits within themselvestheyre the strongest at and make those the focus of whothey become in the ring.他说,成功的摔角手 在他们自己的内在 找到他们最强的特质,然后在场内就专注展现那些特质。05:02holding up:举起;阻挡;拦截(holdup的现在分词形式)in silence:沉默地 traits:n.特性,特质,性格(trait的复数)So there I sat-a scared teenager who didnt know who hewas or why he was even wrestling anymore.所以,我坐在那里 一个害怕的青少年,不知道自己是谁,不再知道他为什么要摔角了。05:11I looked around the locker room at some of the otherwrestlers,and I thought,I look so different.How can I everbe like them?我环视了更衣室,看着其他摔角手,心想:我看起来好不同。我怎么可能变成像他们一样。05:18And then it hit me.我突然意识到,05:25Thats the moment I realized I didnt have to be like them.那一刻,我了解到,我不需要像他们。05:27What I did have to do was find out:What did it mean to beme?我要做的是找出:身为我的意义是什么？05:31What made me unique,and how could I use it to myadvantage?是什么让我独一无二、我又要如何把它变成我的优势？05:34I knew I wasnt a chiseled athlete like some of these guys,butI really didnt care.我知道我不并像一些人 是天生的运动员,但我不在乎。05:38So the first thing I thought was,How can I amplifysomething as simple as:comfortable with my own body?我想到的第一件事是:我如何扩大像对我自己的身体 感到舒服这么简单的事？05:42I didnt know.我不知道。05:49And then I thought:Speedo.接着我想到:泳装。05:50(Laughter)（笑声）05:54(Applause)Or trunks,（掌声）或平口四角短裤,05:57as we call them in wrestling.在摔角中我们称之为trunks。06:05chiseled:adj.轮廓分明的;凿刻的/v.镌刻;用凿子刻(chisel的过去分词)amplify:vt.放大，扩大；增强；详述/vi.详述Speedo:n.速度计;速率计 trunks:n.中继线;运动短裤;男式游泳裤Yeah,trunks.是的,平口四角短裤。06:07I could be this big guy who was comfortable wearing theselittle trunks in front of a bunch of strangers.我这个大个子 可以自自在在穿着四角短裤 呈现在一群陌生人面前。06:08So I ditched the t-shirt and camouflage pants,and Gatorsnew wardrobe was born.所以我扔了 T 恤和迷彩裤,鳄鱼的新戏服就诞生了。06:13(Laughter)I was also pretty good at drawing cartoons,so Iwondered if I could turn that up.（笑声）我也很擅长画卡通,所以我好奇是否能发挥这点。06:17I could design my own wrestling costumes,so each pair oftrunks would have its own unique design and color,all ofthem completely different-and extremely comfortable,bythe way.我可以设计自己的摔角服装,所以每一件四角短裤都有 它自己独特的设计和颜色,每一件都完完全全不同 顺道一提,它们穿起来也极舒服。06:23(Laughter)And I was also the funny kid in school,believe it ornot.（笑声）我在学校也是负责搞笑的人,信不信由你。06:33So I thought maybe I could turn that up.所以我心想,也许我可以发挥这点。06:39Maybe I could go from the boy who made his buddies laughto the man who could rally hundreds or thousands.也许我可以从一个逗伙伴笑的男孩,转变成能够团结成千上百人的男人。06:41So I committed to the idea that my character wasnt going tobe as scary as some of the others.所以我投身到这个 我的角色不会像其他一些 角色那么吓人的想法当中。06:48a bunch of:一群;一束;一堆 ditched:vt.在上掘沟;把开入沟里;丢弃/vi.开沟;掘沟/n.沟渠;壕沟 cartoons:n.卡通动画;动漫图书(cartoon的复数)/v.画漫画(cartoon的三单形式)costumes:n.服装服装(costume的复数形式)buddies:n.伙伴,好朋友(buddy的复数形式)/v.交朋友(buddy的第三人称单数形式)rally:vi.团结；重整；恢复；(网球等)连续对打/vt.团结；集合；恢复健康、力量等/n.集会；回复；公路赛车会/Id be hilarious from the moment I walked into the arena.我走上竞技场的那一刻起,我就会是滑稽的。06:53With every wrestling match,I dug deeper.随着每一场摔角比赛,我投入更多。06:56I found out that I could laugh at myself.我发现我可以笑我自己。06:58So this guy would dance and sing his entrance music all theway to the ring.所以,这个家伙会一路唱唱跳跳 自己的主题曲进场。07:00That was dancing,by the way.对了,我刚那是在跳舞。07:04(Laughter)I found out that I was an OK wrestler,but I was aneven better entertainer.（笑声）我发现我是个还可以的摔角手,但我是个更棒的表演者。07:06And turning myself up made me unforgettable to the fans.而自我发挥的结果 是粉丝对我难以忘怀。07:11I was trying to find those things about me-the simplethings that were special,and then ask,How can I turn themup?我在试图找到我的特质 简单但特别的特质,接着来问:我要如何发挥它们？07:14Now,I knew I wanted my character to be a mans man likemy dad was.我知道我希望我的角色 是像老爸那种男人中的男人。07:21I thought,Whats more of a mans man than a cowboy?我心想:有什么比牛仔 还更能代表男人中的男人？07:25And thats when Gator became Cowboy.Gator.从此,鳄鱼就变成了 牛仔鳄鱼.07:30Yeah,I needed a last name.是啊,我需要个姓氏。07:35I thought about it until my head hurt.I couldnt come upwith anything.我想到头都痛了,仍然想不出来。07:37hilarious:adj.欢闹的;非常滑稽的;喜不自禁的 laugh at:嘲笑;因而发笑 entertainer:n.演艺人员,表演者 unforgettable:adj.难忘的Im sitting there watching TV one night,flipping through thechannels,and this commercial comes on about a countrysinger who had just won an Entertainer of the Year award.有天晚上,坐着看电视,随意转台,看到了一个广告,内容是刚刚赢得 年度表演者奖的乡村歌手。07:41Tim McGraw.提姆麦克罗。07:49Hes a cool cowboy with a great last name.他是个酷牛仔,姓氏又很好听。07:50And I liked his music.且我喜欢他的音乐。07:52It was just all part of my process.这都是我的过程的一部份。07:53But I just kept turning myself up until I became CowboyGator Magraw!但我就不断地自我发挥,直到我成为牛仔鳄鱼麦克罗！07:55(Laughter)（笑声）08:02(Applause)And I knew that if I kept turning myself up andpushing myself harder,the opportunities would come.（掌声）我知道如果我不断自我发挥,更用力逼我自己,机会就会来临。08:04And then it finally happened.而它终于发生了。08:17In the middle of the night,I got a phone call.在大半夜,我接到一通电话。08:19It was the call I wish my dad was around to hear.是那通我希望我老爸 能在旁边一起听的电话。08:24The WWE,the biggest wrestling organization in the world,wanted me to come and be a part of Monday Night Raw.WWE（世界摔角娱乐）,世界最大的摔角组织,想要我去担任星期一晚上 节目中的一个角色。08:28Yes-all of my hard work and miles on the road were finallypaying off.是的,我所有的努力 和走过的路终于都有回报了。08:36flipping:adj.非常的;糟透的/adv.非常;该死地/v.轻弹;急动;蹦蹦跳跳(flip的ing形式)Monday:n.星期一 on the road:在旅途中;到处奔走I got to walk down the WWE Raw entrance ramp on livetelevision-我得以在电视直播中走在 WWE 节目的进场坡道上08:41(Laughter)dressed up as a fake security guard-（笑声）穿得像是个假保安人员08:46(Laughter)to escort another wrestler to the ring.（笑声）护送另一位摔角手到场上。08:51(Laughter)Sure,I was disappointed I didnt get to wrestle,but very few wrestlers get any kind of call from the WWE.（笑声）当然,我很失望,我没上台摔角,但很少有摔角手能接到 WWE 那样子的电话。08:54Maybe one in a few hundred.也许几百人中才有一人。09:02And becoming Cowboy Gator Magraw is what got me there.是因为变成牛仔鳄鱼麦克罗 才让我走到这一步。09:05So instead of walking away that day,I decided to turn myselfup again and become the best security guard I could.所以那天,我并没有一走了之,我决定再一次自我发挥,极尽所能扮演最好的保安人员。09:08In fact,I did it so well,I was the only guard to get a close-upon TV that night.事实上,我做得太好了,我是唯一在电视上 有特写镜头的保安人员。09:16Thats a big deal,you know?这很了不起,你们知道吗？09:21(Laughter)And I got to sit backstage that entire day withsome of the most famous pro wrestlers in the world,some ofwhich were heroes of mine as a kid.（笑声）那整天,我得以坐在后台,和一些世界最知名的 职業摔角手在一起,有些是我儿时的英雄。09:23ramp:n.斜坡,坡道;敲诈/vi.蔓延;狂跳乱撞;敲诈/vt.敲诈;使有斜面 security guard:保安人员 escort:n.陪同;护航舰;护卫队;护送者/vt.护送;陪同;为护航 close-up:n.电影特写镜头,特写;小传 backstage:adv.在后台;向后台And I got to listen to them and learn from them,and for thatday,I was accepted as one of them.我得以倾听他们、向他们学习,而那一天,我被接受成为他们的一份子。09:33Maybe my experience with the WWE wasnt ideal.也许我在 WWE 的 经历并不是很理想。09:41I mean,I didnt get to wrestle.我是指,我没上台摔角。09:44But it made me work harder,turning myself up louder yearafter year.但那让我更努力,一年又一年,把我自己发挥到更好。09:46I was becoming the biggest version of myself in the ring,andother people took notice.我在场上变成了我自己最棒的版本,而其他人注意到了。09:51Before I knew it,Id gone from wrestling maybe once amonth in Minnesota to as often as four times a week all overthe United States on the independent wrestling circuit.在我察觉之前,我已经从在明尼苏达 大约一个月摔角一次,变成一周就能在全美的 独立摔角联合组织有四场摔角比赛这么频繁。09:57I was literally living my dream.我真的实现了我的梦。10:06While wrestling over the next few years,I suffered a prettybad shoulder injury right around the same time my wife andI found out that we were expecting our first child.不过在接下来几年的摔角,我被蛮严重的肩伤所苦,大约同时,我太太和我发现,我们的第一个孩子也要到来了。10:10I know what youre thinking,but believe me when I say thosetwo events are completely unrelated.我知道你们在想什么,但相信我,这两件事完全无关。10:19(Laughter)But I needed shoulder surgery,and I wanted to behome with my family.（笑声）但,我的肩膀需要动手术,且我想在家陪我的家人。10:23year after year:年复一年地;每年 unrelated:adj.无关的,不相干的It was my turn to