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1、www.XiYuS锡育软件(Applause)Thank you so much.(Applause)Im a man whostrying to live from his heart,and so just before I get going,（掌声）非常感谢！（掌声）此刻的我只想表达内心的感觉890066I wanted to tell you as a South African that one of the menwho has inspired me most passed away a few hours ago.身为南非人的我要告诉你们 一位鼓舞我至深的人几小时前去世了00

2、:19Nelson Mandela has come to the end of his long walk tofreedom.纳尔逊?曼德拉(Nelson Mandela)毕生为自由奋斗终告躹躬尽粹00:27And so this talk is going to be for him.因此我以这场演说向他致敬00:33I grew up in wonder.我的成长经历充满惊奇00:40I grew up amongst those animals.从小就与动物相伴00:43I grew up in the wild eastern part of South Africa at a p

3、lacecalled Londolozi Game Reserve.因为我在南非东部的荒野中长大 在一个叫伦多洛兹(Londolozi)的保育区00:47Its a place where my family has been in the safari businessfor four generations.我们家在当地经营生态游猎 已有四代之久00:54Now for as long as I can remember,my job has been to takepeople out into nature,and so I think its a lovely twist of fa

4、tetoday to have the opportunity to bring some of myexperiences out in nature in to this gathering.就我记忆所及 我的工作就是带人走进大自然 所以我觉得今天因缘际会 让我有机会 把我在大自然中的经验 在此分享01:01Africa is a place where people still sit under starlit skies andaround campfires and tell stories,and so what I have to sharewith you today is

5、the simple medicine of a few campfirestories,stories about heroes of heart.非洲是一处 人们可在星空下 围坐篝火边讲故事的地方 所以今天我要与各位分享的 是几段简单的围炉夜语 都与勇敢的好汉相关01:18live from:离某地远 Reserve:n.储备,储存;自然保护区;预备队;缄默;金融储备金/vt.储备;保留;预约/vi.预订 safari:n.旅行;狩猎远征;旅行队 starlit:adj.星光的;星光照耀的 campfires:n.营火;营火会 campfire:n.营火;营火会Now my stories

6、 are not the stories that youll hear on thenews,and while its true that Africa is a harsh place,我要讲的故事 不是新闻会播报的那种 非洲确实是个艰困的地方01:37I also know it to be a place where people,animals andecosystems teach us about a more interconnected world.但我也知道此处的 人类、动物和生态系统 让我们见识了更紧密相连的脉络01:44When I was nine years ol

7、d,President Mandela came to staywith my family.我九岁的时候 曼德拉总统来我家住01:54He had just been released from his 27 years of incarceration,and was in a period of readjustment to his sudden globalicon status.那时他刚从27年的监禁中获释 还无法完全适应自己 突然变成全球注目的焦点01:59Members of the African National Congress thought that inthe bu

8、sh he would have time to rest and recuperate awayfrom the public eye,and its true that lions tend to be a verygood deterrent to press and paparazzi.非洲民族议会的议员以为 在丛林中 他会有休养生息的机会 摆脱众人的眼光 而狮群确能有效吓阻02:08(Laughter)But it was a defining time for me as a young boy.（笑声）对年幼的我来说,当时的影响至关重大02:24harsh:adj.严厉的；严酷的

9、；刺耳的；粗糙的；刺目的/ecosystems:n.生态系统(ecosystem的复数)interconnected:adj.连通的;有联系的/v.互相连接(interconnect的过去式)stay with:同住在一起;把坚持下去;与并驾齐驱 incarceration:n.监禁;下狱;禁闭 readjustment:n.重新调整;重新适应;再调整 recuperate:vi.恢复,复原;挽回损失/vt.恢复,使恢复健康deterrent:adj.遏制的,威慑的;制止的/n.威慑;妨碍物;挽留的事物 paparazzi:n.狗仔队(专门追逐名人偷拍照片的摄影者或记者,paparazzo的复

10、数)defining:adj.最典型的;起决定性作用的/v.规定(define的ing形式);给下定义;表明特征I would take him breakfast in bed,and then,in an old tracksuit and slippers,he would go for a walk around the garden.我会送早餐到他床边,之后穿着旧运动服和拖鞋 他会在花园里散步02:29At night,I would sit with my family around the snowy,bunny-eared TV,and watch images of that

11、 same quiet manfrom the garden surrounded by hundreds and thousands ofpeople as scenes from his release were broadcast nightly.晚上,我和家人则围坐在 画面有杂纹的天线电视旁花园里那个沉默的身影 就是我们在电视上看到 那个被人海包围的人 晚间播出的是他获释的镜头02:36He was bringing peace to a divided and violent South Africa,那时他正以非凡的仁心02:51TED演讲者：Boyd Varty|博伊德.瓦提演讲

12、标题：What I learned from Nelson Mandela|我从曼德拉身上学会的事内容概要：In the cathedral of the wild,we get to see the best parts of ourselves reflected backto us.Boyd Varty,a wildlife activist,shares stories of animals,humans and theirinterrelatedness,or ubuntu-defined as,I am,because of you.And he dedicates the tal

13、k toSouth African leader Nelson Mandela,the human embodiment of that same great-hearted,generous spirit.在神圣的荒野中，我们能看见自己最良善的特质野生生态保育人士博伊德.瓦提(Boyd Varty)与我们分享动物、人类及两者相互关系的故事，也就是南非谚语Ubuntu所言:是你成就了我。博伊德将此演讲献给那位宽怀无私的人性代表前南非总统曼德拉。He was bringing peace to a divided and violent South Africa,one man with an

14、unbelievable sense of his humanity.Mandela said often that the gift of prison was the ability togo within and to think,to create in himself the things hemost wanted for South Africa:peace,reconciliation,harmony.曼德拉常说,坐牢的好处就是 有办法内省、思考 并在心中擘划 他最想为南非做的事情:和平、和解、和谐03:01Through this act of immense open-he

15、artedness,he was tobecome the embodiment of what in South Africa we callubuntu.透过这种极为宽厚的胸怀 他后来注定要成为 南非当地所谓ubuntu的象征03:15Ubuntu:I am because of you.意思是是你造就了我!03:23slippers:n.拖鞋(slipper的复数形式)sit with:临时替人照看 snowy:adj.下雪的,多雪的;被雪覆盖的;洁白无瑕的 nightly:adj.夜间的;每夜的/adv.每夜 reconciliation:n.和解;调和;和谐;甘愿 immense:a

16、dj.巨大的，广大的；无边无际的；非常好的embodiment:n.体现;化身;具体化 ubuntu:n.乌班图;一种Linux操作系统Or,people are not people without other people.也可以说,若没有彼此 人无法成就自己03:26Its not a new idea or value but its one that I certainly thinkat these times is worth building on.这不是新的概念或价值观 却是我最近认为 值得加以阐扬的理念03:31In fact,it is said that in the

17、collective consciousness of Africa,we get to experience the deepest parts of our own humanitythrough our interactions with others.事实上有此一说,非洲人都相信 透过与他人的互动我们得以体认 自己最深切的人性03:37Ubuntu is at play right now.我们现场就体现了Ubuntu03:46You are holding a space for me to express the deepest truthof who I am.你们创造了这个场合

18、 让我得以表达最真切的自己03:48Without you,Im just a guy talking to an empty room,and Ispent a lot of time last week doing that,and its not the sameas this.没有各位,我不过是空房独语 尽管上礼拜我常这样做 但表现差多了!03:54(Laughter)If Mandela was the national and internationalembodiment,then the man who taught me the most aboutthis value pe

19、rsonally was this man,（笑声）若国内和国际性的Ubuntu代表是曼德拉那关于这种价值 教我最多的是这个人04:02Solly Mhlongo.萨利 穆朗戈(Solly Mhlongo)04:12Solly was born under a tree 60 kilometers from where I grewup in Mozambique.萨利是在树下出生的 离我长大的莫桑比克的60 公里远04:14He would never have a lot of money,but he was to be one ofthe richest men I would eve

20、r meet.他向来不怎么富裕 但我遇过最富足的人当中 他是其中一位04:18consciousness:n.意识;知觉;觉悟;感觉 interactions:n.计交互,相互作用;相互交流(interaction复数)Solly grew up tending to his fathers cattle.萨利从小就为父亲照顾牛只04:24Now,I can tell you,I dont know what it is about people whogrow up looking after cattle,but it makes for?ber-resourcefulness.我无法体会

21、自小放牧的生活 但这种成长环境造就顶尖的本领04:27The first job that he ever got in the safari business was fixingthe safari trucks.他在游猎这行的首份工作 是修理游猎车(safaritrucks)04:34Where he had learned to do that out in the bush I have noidea,but he could do it.至于在丛林长大的他怎么会这个 我无从得知,但他确实能修理04:39He then moved across into what we called

22、 the habitat team.后来他转行到我们所谓的 栖地团队04:43These were the people on the reserve who were responsiblefor its well-being.也就是维持 保护区完善的一群人04:47He fixed roads,he mended wetlands,he did some anti-poaching.他修整道路,复育湿地 也参与防堵盗猎04:51And then one day we were out together,and he came acrossthe tracks of where a fema

23、le leopard had walked.有天我们一起出去 他看到一只雌豹04:55And it was an old track,but for fun he turned and he beganto follow it,and I tell you,I could tell by the speed at whichhe moved on those pad marks that this man was a Ph.D.-leveltracker.留下的旧足迹 为了好玩,他转身追踪 我告诉你,从他循迹追踪的速度 我看得出来 这家伙是博士级的追踪者05:01tending:v.照顾(te

24、nd的现在分词形式);维护保养 habitat:n.生态栖息地,产地 well-being:n.幸福;康乐 mended:v.修改(mend的过去式)wetlands:n.湿地(wetland的复数形式);沼泽地;塘地 leopard:n.豹;美洲豹 tell by:根据判断(推断)tracker:n.拉纤者,纤夫;追踪系统,自跟踪装置;追踪者If you drove past Solly somewhere out on the reserve,youlook up in your rearview mirror,youd see hed stopped thecar 20,50 meter

25、s down the road just in case you need helpwith something.如果你在保护区开车 与萨利擦身而过 抬头看一下后照镜 就会发现他往前开20或50米 就会停在路边看看你有无不时之需05:12The only accusation I ever heard leveled at him was whenone of our clients said,Solly,you are pathologically helpful.我所听过,针对他的唯一指控 就是我们的一位游客说:萨利,你乐于助人的毛病就是改不了!05:24(Laughter)When I

26、started professionally guiding people out（笑声）当我成为专业的 本地导览员时 萨利是我的追踪者05:31(Laughter)When I started professionally guiding people outinto this environment,Solly was my tracker.的追踪者05:31We worked together as a team.我俩团队合作05:40And the first guests we ever got were a philanthropy groupfrom your East Coas

27、t,and they said to Solly,on the side,theysaid,Before we even go out to see lions and leopards,wewant to see where you live.我们的第一批客人 是美东来的一个慈善团体 他们悄悄对萨利说:在我们出去看狮子和猎豹前,我们想先看看你住的地方。05:42So we took them up to his house,and this visit of thephilanthropist to his house coincided with a time whenSollys wif

28、e,who was learning English,was going through aphase where she would open the door by saying,Hello,Ilove you.所以我们就带他们去 他们到萨利家拜访时,正好萨利的妻子 在家学英语 她正处于练习开门问候语的阶段:05:54accusation:n.控告,指控;谴责 leveled:n.水平;标准;水平面/adj.水平的;平坦的;同高的/vi.瞄准;拉平;变得平坦/vt.使同等;对准;弄平 pathologically:adv.病理上,病理地 professionally:adv.专业地;内行地

29、 guiding:adj.引导的;控制的;制导的/n.航导向;控制;定向/v.指导;管理(guide的ing形式);支配 philanthropy:n.博爱,慈善;慈善事业 leopards:豹(leopard的复数)philanthropist:n.慈善家,博爱主义者;乐善好施的人 coincided:同时发生/一致Welcome,I love you.(Laughter)And there was something sobeautifully African about it to me,this small house with ahuge heart in it.欢迎,我爱你。（笑声

30、）在我看来,非洲的美在于但主人慷慨大气06:07Now on the day that Solly saved my life,he was already myhero.话说从救我的那天后 我就把萨利当英雄06:16www.XiYuS锡育软件It was a hot day,and we found ourselves down by the river.那天很热 我们在一条河边06:25Because of the heat,I took my shoes off,and I rolled up mypants,and I walked into the water.由于太热,我脱掉鞋子

31、卷起裤管 走入水中06:29Solly remained on the bank.萨利仍待在岸边06:35The water was clear running over sand,and we turned andwe began to make our way upstream.清澈的河水流过沙滩 我们转身溯河而上06:37And a few meters ahead of us,there was a place where a treehad fallen out of the bank,and its branches were touchingthe water,and it wa

32、s shadowy.在前方几米处 岸边有棵树倒落河滨 枝干已没入水面 形成一片阴影06:43And if had been a horror movie,people in the audiencewould have started saying,Dont go in there.Dont go inthere.(Laughter)若是恐怖片 观众里会冒出这样的话:别去！不要啊!（笑声）06:52And of course,the crocodile was in the shadows.果然,暗处有鳄鱼藏身07:01Now the first thing that you notice w

33、hen a crocodile hits youis the ferocity of the bite.被鳄鱼袭击的话,首先感到的 是牠凶残的撕咬07:04upstream:adv.逆流地;向上游/adj.向上游的;逆流而上的/n.上游部门 shadowy:adj.朦胧的;有阴影的;虚无的;暗黑的ferocity:n.凶猛;残忍;暴行Wham!It hits me by my right leg.一声巨响!我感觉右腿被咬了07:08It pulls me.It turns.I throw my hand up.Im able to grab abranch.牠甩头拉扯,我一手攀住树干07:10

34、Its shaking me violently.这时鳄鱼也剧烈地摇晃我,07:14Its a very strange sensation having another creature try andeat you,and there are few things that promotevegetarianism like that.另一种生物想要吃你时 那感觉难以言喻 若要提倡素食,很少有比这效果更好的!07:16(Laughter)Solly on the bank sees that Im in trouble.（笑声）岸上的萨利见我身陷险境07:23He turns.He beg

35、ins to make his way to me.急忙转身赶来救我07:27The croc again continues to shake me.这时鳄鱼再度摆头摇晃07:29It goes to bite me a second time.并咬我07:31I notice a slick of blood in the water around me that getswashed downstream.我发现河面一抹血迹 顺流而下07:33As it bites the second time,I kick.鳄鱼再度咬我时,我踢了一下07:36My foot goes down it

36、s throat.It spits me out.一脚深入鳄鱼喉咙,牠才松口07:39Wham:vi.重打/vt.重打/n.重打声 grab:vt.攫取;霸占;将深深吸引/vi.攫取;夺取/n.攫取;霸占;夺取之物 shaking:n.震动,震惊;挥动,摇动/v.握手(shake的ing形式);摇动;颤动 violently:adv.猛烈地,激烈地;极端地 sensation:n.感觉;轰动;感动vegetarianism:n.素食主义 croc:n.鳄鱼(等于crocodile)slick:adj.光滑的;熟练的;老套的/n.机平滑器;机修光工具;通俗杂志/adv.灵活地;聪明地/vt.使光

37、滑;使漂亮/vi.打扮整洁 downstream:adv.下游地;顺流而下/adj.下游的;顺流的 spits:vi.吐痰;吐口水;发出劈啪声/vt.吐,吐出;发出;发射/n.唾液I pull myself up into the branches,and as I come out of thewater,I look over my shoulder.我攀上树枝 离开水面后,我回头一看07:41My leg from the knee down is mangled beyond description.我被咬的那脚,膝盖以下 伤势惨不忍睹07:47The bone is cracked.

38、除了骨折07:51The meat is torn up.肌肉组织也遭撕裂07:52I make an instant decision that Ill never look at that again.我当机立断不要再看07:54As I come out of the water,Solly arrives at a deep section,achannel between us.我离开水面时 萨利也来到我们之间 水位较深的地方07:59He knows,he sees the state of my leg,he knows that betweenhim and I there i

39、s a crocodile,and I can tell you this mandoesnt slow down for one second.他明白是怎么回事,包括我的腿伤 也知道我们之间有一条鳄鱼 说来你也许不信,他毫不迟疑08:05He comes straight into the channel.就直接进入深水区08:13He wades in to above his waist.他涉水而来时,水位过腰08:15He gets to me.He grabs me.接着到我身边抓住我08:17Im still in a vulnerable position.当时我仍在鳄鱼的攻击范

40、围内08:18He picks me and puts me on his shoulder.抱起我后,他把我背在肩上08:20look over:检查,察看;从上面看;原谅 mangled:vt.乱砍;轧布;损坏/n.轧布机 beyond description:无法形容,难以形容slow down:减速,放慢速度;使慢下来 wades:vi.跋涉/vt.涉水;费力行走/n.跋涉;可涉水而过的地方 grabs:n.链钩(grab的复数)/v.抓取;捕获(grab的第三人称单数)vulnerable:adj.易受攻击的，易受的攻击；易受伤害的；有弱点的This is the other thi

41、ng about Solly,hes freakishly strong.萨利的另一项特质就是极其强壮08:21He turns.He walks me up the bank.他转身带我上岸08:24He lays me down.He pulls his shirt off.放下我后,他脱下衬衫08:26He wraps it around my leg,picks me up a second time,walksme to a vehicle,and hes able to get me to medical attention.来包扎我的伤腿 然后再把我抱起 走到车上 并送我就医08

42、:28And I survive.我才大难不死08:37Now I dont know how many people you know that go into adeep channel of water that they know has a crocodile in it tocome and help you,but for Solly,it was as natural asbreathing.我不知各位认识的人当中 有多少即使知道水中有鳄鱼 仍愿冒险犯难 去帮你一把 但对萨利来说,这是稀松平常的道理08:44And he is one amazing example of wh

43、at I have experiencedall over Africa.他是我在非洲的经历中 一个令人惊异的榜样08:56In a more collective society,we realize from the inside thatour own well-being is deeply tied to the well-being of others.在群体关系更紧密的社会中 人们打从心底明白 彼此的幸福 是密切相关的09:02Danger is shared.Pain is shared.危险与痛苦一起承担09:13Joy is shared.Achievement is sh

44、ared.喜悦和成就也要共享09:17Houses are shared.Food is shared.住所和食物也不例外09:20Ubuntu asks us to open our hearts and to share,and whatSolly taught me that day is the essence of this value,hisanimated,empathetic action in every moment.Ubuntu 就是要人敞开心房 与人分享 那天我从萨利身上学到的 正是Ubuntu的本质 他行动间总是活力充沛 且善体人意09:24freakishly:ad

45、v.反常地;见异思迁地 wraps:n.外衣;书刊检查;披肩(wrap的复数形式)/v.包裹;穿外衣;覆盖(wrap的三单形式)animated:adj.活生生的;活泼的;愉快的/vt.使有生气(animate的过去式)empathetic:adj.移情作用的;同感的(等于empathic)Now although the root word is about people,I thought thatmaybe ubuntu was only about people.虽然ubuntu的字根舆人有关 我也曾以为这是唯一的解释09:38And then I met this young lad

46、y.直到我遇见这头09:44Her name was Elvis.名叫猫王(Elvis)的母象09:48In fact,Solly gave her the name Elvis because he said shewalked like she was doing the Elvis the pelvis dance.事实上,萨利给她取这名字 据他说是因为她的步伐就像猫王的扭臀舞09:49She was born with very badly deformed back legs and pelvis.她的后腿和骨盆先天严重变形09:57She arrived at our reserv

47、e from a reserve east of us on hermigratory route.是从我们这个保护区的东边 另一个在她迁徙路径上的保护区来的10:01When I first saw her,I thought she would be dead in a matterof days.我第一次看到这头母象 一度认为她来日无多10:05And yet,for the next five years she returned in the wintermonths.然而,往后的五年 她都会在冬季回来10:10And we would be so excited to be out

48、 in the bush and tocome across this unusual track.那时我们会因为在野外发现 她与众不同的足迹而兴奋不已10:15It looked like an inverted bracket,and we would dropwhatever we were doing and we would follow,and then wewould come around the corner,and there she would be withher herd.那足迹像是反向的括号 这时我们定会放下手边的事 前往她和所属象群 所在的地方10:20pelvi

49、s:n.骨盆 deformed:adj.畸形的;丑陋的;残废的/v.使.残缺,使.变形(deform的过去式和过去分词形式)migratory:adj.迁移的;流浪的 come across:v.偶遇;无意中发现;讲得清楚明白;给人印象 inverted:adj.倒转的,反向的/v.颠倒(invert的过去分词);使反向 bracket:n.支架;括号;墙上凸出的托架/vt.括在一起;把归入同一类;排除 come around:来;苏醒,恢复知觉 herd:n.兽群,畜群;放牧人/vi.成群,聚在一起/vt.放牧;使成群And that outpouring of emotion from p

50、eople on our safari游猎车上的人看到猫王时10:28And that outpouring of emotion from people on our safaritrucks as they saw her,it was this sense of kinship.And it reminded me that even people who grow up in citiesfeel a natural connection with the natural world and withanimals.即使是在城市长大的人 对自然界及其中的生物 仍会本能地感到亲切10:3