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1、www.XiYuS锡育软件I didnt know when I agreed to do this whether I wasexpected to talk or to sing.当我答应来到这个舞台时我不知道 他们是想让我演讲还是演唱。00:12But when I was told that the topic was language,I felt that Ihad to speak about something for a moment.但是当他们告诉我今天的主题是关于语言时,我觉得必须说点什么。00:22I have a problem.我有一个小毛病。00:32Its no

2、t the worst thing in the world.但这不是世界上最糟糕的事情。00:36Im fine.我很好。00:38Im not on fire.我没有身陷火海。00:39I know that other people in the world have far worse thingsto deal with,but for me,language and music are inextricablylinked through this one thing.我知道世界上的其他人 还有更糟糕的事情要去应付,但是对我来说,语言和音乐 通过这件事变得密不可分。00:41And

3、 the thing is that I have a stutter.这件事就是我有口吃。00:57It might seem curious given that I spend a lot of my life onthe stage.考虑到我生命中的许多时光都花在了舞台上,口吃这件事似乎有点奇怪。01:05One would assume that Im comfortable in the public sphereand comfortable here,speaking to you guys.有人可能会认为呆在公共空间会使 我感到很舒适,在这里与你们谈话 会使我感觉很自在。01

4、:11But the truth is that Ive spent my life up until this point andincluding this point,living in mortal dread of publicspeaking.但事实是,在我的生命中直到此刻,甚至包括此刻,我都一直生活在01:19speak about:说到(谈论)inextricably:adv.逃不掉地;解不开地;解决不了地 stutter:vi.结结巴巴地说话/n.口吃,结巴/vt.结结巴巴地说出 on the stage:在舞台上;现阶段;当演员 mortal:adj.凡人的;致死的;终有一

5、死的;不共戴天的/n.人类,凡人dread:n.恐惧;可怕的人(或物)/vi.惧怕;担心/vt.惧怕;担心/adj.可怕的Public singing,whole different thing.(Laughter)But well getto that in a moment.但公开演唱,又完全是另外一回事。（笑声）但是我们很快就会进入那种状态。01:32Ive never really talked about it before so explicitly.以前我从来没有真正这么坦率地谈论我的口吃问题。01:40I think that thats because Ive always

6、lived in hope that whenI was a grown-up,I wouldnt have one.我觉得那是因为我一直生活在那种 当我长大了就不会再口吃了 的希望中。01:46I sort of lived with this idea that when Im grown,Ill havelearned to speak French,and when Im grown,Ill learn howto manage my money,and when Im grown,I wont have astutter,我曾经梦想过,当我长大了 我会学会法语;当我长大了,我会学会管

7、理我的钱财;以及当我长大了,我不会再有口吃,01:57and then Ill be able to public speak and maybe be the primeminister and anythings possible and,you know.然后我能公开地演讲,也可能成为总理,并且一切皆有可能,你知道的。02:09(Laughter)So I can talk about it now because Ive reachedthis point,where?Im pretty sure that Im grown now.（笑声）因此我现在能够谈论它 是因为我已经到了这个阶

8、段 我非常肯定我已经长大了。02:15(Laughter)And Im an adult woman who spends her life as aperformer,with a speech impediment.（笑声）我现在一个成年女性,一个有言语障碍的歌手。02:31So,I might as well come clean about it.所以,我应该最好将它全盘托出。02:42in a moment:立刻 explicitly:adv.明确地；明白地 grown-up:adj.成熟的/n.成年人 performer:n.执行者;演奏者impediment:n.口吃;妨碍;阻止

9、 might as well:不妨,何妨;还是的好 come clean:v.全盘招供;坦白交待There are some interesting angles to having a stutter.其实可以从几个有趣的角度去看待口吃。02:46For me,the worst thing that can happen is meeting anotherstutterer.对我来说,最糟糕的事 就是碰见另一个口吃者。02:50(Laughter)This happened to me in Hamburg,when this guy,we met and he said,Hello,m

10、-m-m-my name is Joe,（笑声）这种事情在汉堡发生过,当我见到那个人后他说;“你好,我我我叫Joe,”02:57and I said,Oh,hello,m-m-m-my name is Meg.然后我说:你好,我我我叫Meg。“03:09Imagine my horror when I realized he thought I was makingfun of him.想像一下当我意识到他认为我在取笑他时 我是多么恐惧。03:13TED演讲者：Megan Washington|梅根.华盛顿演讲标题：Why I live in mortal dread of public sp

11、eaking|为什么我活在对公共演讲的致命恐惧中内容概要：Megan Washington is one of Australia.s premier singer/songwriters.And,sincechildhood,she has had a stutter.In this bold and personal talk,she reveals how she copes withthis speech impedimentfrom avoiding the letter combination“st”to tricking her brain bychanging her word

12、s at the last minute to,yes,singing the things she has to say rather thanspeaking them.梅根.华盛顿是澳大利亚最顶尖的歌手/曲作家之一。然而，从童年开始，她就得了口吃。在这场勇敢的个人谈话中，她揭示了她是如何应付语言障碍的从在最后时刻变换词语避免“ST“组合以骗过大脑，到唱出而不是说出她要表达的东西。(Laughter)People think Im drunk all the time.（笑声）人们总是以为我喝醉了。03:18(Laughter)People think that Ive forgotten

13、 their name when Ihesitate before saying it.（笑声）当我在说出别人的名字之前犹豫一下时,他们会认为我想不起来他们的名字了。03:29And it is a very weird thing,because proper nouns are theworst.这是一件非常奇怪的事,因为 专有名词对我来说是最难的。03:40If Im going to use the word Wednesday in a sentence,andIm coming up to the word,and I can feel that Im going tostutte

14、r or something,如果我打算在一个句子中使用“星期三”这个词,然后当我即将说到这个词时,我预料到我将会结巴或者别的情况,03:47I can change the word to tomorrow,我可以将“星期三”替换成“明天”,03:57or the day after Tuesday,或者“星期二之后的一天”04:00or something else.或其它诸如此类的。04:02Its clunky,but you can get away with it,because over timeIve developed this loophole method of usin

15、g speech whereright at the last minute you change the thing and you trickyour brain.这是一个笨拙的办法,但是却可以帮我摆脱口吃,因为随着时间的推移,我已经进化出了那种 在最后关头 找到替换词语 并且骗过大脑的能力。04:04nouns:n.语名词(noun的复数)clunky:adj.沉重的;影响不好的 get away with:侥幸成功,侥幸逃脱 loophole:n.漏洞;枪眼;换气孔;射弹孔But with peoples names,you cant change them.但是对于人名,你不可能找到

16、替换词。04:24(Laughter)When I was singing a lot of jazz,I worked a lotwith a pianist whose name was Steve.（笑声）当我唱爵士乐的时候 我经常跟一个叫Steve的钢琴师一起工作。04:27As you can probably gather,Ss and Ts,together orindependently,are my kryptonite.正如你们可能注意到的那样,S和T的发音,不管是分开的还是连在一起的,都是我的克星。04:39But I would have to introduce th

17、e band over this rollingvamp,and when I got around to Steve,Id often find myselfstuck on the St.但是在摇滚演奏的过程中 我不得不介绍乐队成员,当介绍到Steve时,我经常发现自己卡在了 St 的发音上。04:49And it was a bit awkward and uncomfortable and it totallykills the vibe.这会使我很尴尬很难受,并且气氛也被完全破坏掉了。05:03So after a few instances of this,Steve happil

18、y became Seve,因此经过几次这样的事之后,Steve愉快地变成了“Seve,”05:08and we got through it that way.(Laughter)Ive had a lot oftherapy,and a common form of treatment is to use thistechnique thats called smooth speech,which is where youalmost sing everything that you say.我们用这种方式解决了问题。（笑声）我接受过很多治疗,最常见的是一种 叫做流畅说话的疗法,即用几乎像

19、唱歌一样的调子去说话。05:16You kind of join everything together in this very singsong,kindergarten teacher way,and it makes you sound veryserene,like youve had lots of Valium,and everything is calm.(Laughter)你相当于要将所有的事情与 这种单调的、幼儿园老师使用的方法结合,然后它会使你的声音听起来很平静,就像吃了很多安定片一样,一切听起来都是冰冷的。（笑声）05:36pianist:n.钢琴家;钢琴演奏者 ind

20、ependently:adv.独立地;自立地 kryptonite:n.氪星石 vamp:vt.修补;拼凑/vi.即席伴奏/n.鞋面;荡妇 vibe:n.气氛,氛围 instances:n.相依物体,例子;实体(instance的复数)/v.举例说明(instance的第三人称单数形式)therapy:n.治疗，疗法 singsong:n.单调的节奏/adj.单调的/vt.声调很平地说;单调地唱/vi.单调地唱;声调很平地说话serene:adj.平静的;安详的;清澈的;晴朗的/n.平静;晴朗/vt.使平静Thats not actually me.那不是真实的我。05:51And I do

21、use that.I do.但我得这样做。我得。05:54I use it when I have to be on panel shows,or when I have todo radio interviews,when the economy of airtime isparamount.当我不得不参加电视讨论节目时我会使用这种方法,或者当我不得不参加电台访谈时,当说话时间的经济性至关重要时。05:57(Laughter)I get through it that way for my job.（笑声）我用这种方法搞定工作。06:12But as an artist who feels

22、that their work is based solely on aplatform of honesty and being real,that feels often likecheating.但是作为一个觉得自己的工作 是完全基于诚实和真实的平台上 的艺术家,那种方法经常感觉像是欺骗。06:20Which is why before I sing,I wanted to tell you what singingmeans to me.这就是为什么在我演唱之前,我想要告诉你们 歌唱对我来说意味着什么。06:36Its more than making nice sounds,and

23、its more thanmaking nice songs.它不仅仅是发出动听的声音,也不仅仅是唱出好听的歌。06:43Its more than feeling known,or understood.它不仅仅是感受已知,或理解。06:52Its more than making you feel the things that I feel.它不仅仅是使你感受到我的感受。06:58Its not about mythology,or mythologizing myself to you.它不是神话,或者把我自己当作神话。07:04Somehow,through some miracul

24、ous synaptic function ofthe human brain,its impossible to stutter when you sing.不知为何,通过一些奇迹般的 人类大脑的突触功能,当你歌唱的时候不可能口吃。07:12airtime:n.电影或电视节目开始的时间 paramount:adj.最重要的,主要的;至高无上的/n.最高统治者 solely:adv.单独地,唯一地 mythology:n.神话;神话学;神话集 miraculous:adj.不可思议的,奇迹的 synaptic:adj.突触的;(染色体)联合的www.XiYuS锡育软件And when I wa

25、s younger,that was a method of treatment在我小时候,有种治疗方法 就对我很管用,那就是And when I was younger,that was a method of treatmentthat worked very well for me,singing,so I did it a lot.唱歌,所以我经常唱。07:27And thats why Im here today.这也是我今天在这里的原因。07:39(Applause)Thank you.（掌声）谢谢。07:43Singing for me is sweet relief.歌唱对我来

26、说一种甜蜜的释放。07:54It is the only time when I feel fluent.那是我唯一能够流利表达的时候。07:58It is the only time when what comes out of my mouth iscomprehensively exactly what I intended.那是唯一的从我嘴里出来的东西 是完完全全我想要说的东西的时候。08:07(Laughter)So I know that this is a TED Talk,but now imgoing to TED sing.（笑声）我知道这是TED演讲,但是我将要进行TED

27、演唱。08:13This is a song that I wrote last year.这是我去年写的一首歌。08:22Thank you very much.Thank you.非常感你们。谢谢。08:23(Applause)（掌声）08:26(Piano)（钢琴）08:39?I would be a beauty?我想成为美人?08:54?but my nose?但是我的鼻子?08:58?is slightly too big?对我的脸来说?09:02?for my face?稍微有点大?09:05?And I would be a dreamer?我想成为梦想家?09:09?but

28、my dream?但是我的梦想?09:13?is slightly too big?对这个空间来说?09:16comprehensively:adv.包括地;包括一切地 dreamer:n.梦想家;做梦的人;不切实际的人?for this space?稍微有点大?09:20?And I would be an angel?我想成为天使?09:23?but my halo?但是我的光环?09:27?it pales in the glow?在你的光芒下?09:31?of your grace?显得有点苍白?09:34?And I would be a joker?我想成为王牌?09:38?but

29、 that card looks silly when you play?但是当你出A时?09:42?your ace?这张牌会看起来有点傻?09:50?Id like to know?我想要知道?10:07?Are there stars in hell?地狱里是否有星星？?10:11?And Id like to know?我还想知道?10:15?know if you can tell?知道你是否可以告诉我?10:18?that you make me lose everything I know?你使我失去了一切 我知道?10:22?That I cannot choose to or

30、 not let go?我无法选择或者放手?10:29?And Id stay forever?我想永远留下来?10:50?but my home?但是我的家?10:54?is slightly too far?离这里?10:57?from this place?有点远?11:01?And I swear I tried to?我发誓当我?11:03?slow it down?踏着你的脚印前行时?11:08?when I am walking at your pace?我试过放慢脚步?11:11halo:n.光环;荣光/vt.使有晕轮;围以光环/vi.成晕轮 pales:v.变苍白(pale的

31、三单形式)/n.尖木桩(pale的复数)ace:n.幺点;直接得分的发球;佼佼者;(俚)最好的朋友/adj.一流的,突出的/vt.以发球赢一分;击败/int.太棒了;太好了?But all I could think?但所有我能想到的是?11:18?idling through the cities?在城市中闲逛?11:21?do I look pretty in the rain?我在雨中看起来漂亮吗？?11:26?And I dont know how someone?我不知道怎会有人?11:33?quite so lovely?如此可爱?11:37?makes me feel ugly?

32、使我感到丑陋?11:40?So much shame?多么地羞愧?11:46?And Id like to know?我也想知道?11:55?Are there stars in hell?地狱里是否有星星？?11:59?And Id like to know?我还想知道?12:02?know if you can tell?知道你是否可以告诉我?12:06?that you make me lose everything I know?你使我失去了一切 我知道?12:10?that I cannot choose to or not let go?我无法选择或者放手?12:17idling:n.电空载;空运转*Warning:本文是由生成导出，请用于个人学习，不要用于商业用途。否则，导致的一切法律后果，均由您个人承担，锡育软件概不负责。*