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1、www.XiYuS锡育软件You may know this feeling:you wake up to multiple unreadnotifications on your mobile phone.你可能知道这种感觉:起床时,手机上已经 有一堆未读通知。00:12Your calendar is already packed with meetings,sometimesdouble-or triple-booked.你的行事历塞满了会议行程,有时还有两、三场会议时间重迭。00:19You feel engaged,you feel busy.你觉得有在做事,你觉得很忙。00:24I

2、n fact,you feel productive.事实上,你觉得很有生产力。00:27But at the end of it all,something still feels missing.但在一切都结束时,仍然觉得少了点什么。00:30You try to figure out what it is.你试着想出是少了什么。00:35But before you do,the next day starts all over again.但在你想出来之前,隔天的重覆循环又开始了。00:38That was how I felt two years ago.我两年前就是有这种感觉。00

3、:44I felt stressed;I felt anxious.我觉得有压力;我觉得很焦虑。00:47I felt a bit trapped.我觉得有点被困住了。00:50The world around me was moving very quickly.我周围的世界动得好快。00:53And I didnt know what to do.我不知道如何是好。00:57I started wondering to myself:How do I keep up with allthis?我开始问自己:我要如何跟上这一切？00:59How do we find fulfillment

4、in a world thats literallychanging as fast as we can think,or maybe even faster?我们要如何才能找到满足感,毕竟这个世界改变的速度 和我们思考的速度一样快,说不定还更快？01:04unread:adj.未经阅读的;无学问的,读书不多的 keep up with:赶得上;和保持联系 fulfillment:n.履行;实行I started looking for answers.我开始寻找答案。01:15I spoke to many people,I spoke to my friends,I spoke to my

5、family.我和很多人谈过,我和我的朋友谈过,我和我的家人谈过。01:17I even read many self-help books.我甚至读了很多自助书籍。01:21But I couldnt find anything satisfactory.但我找不到任何满意的答案。01:25In fact,the more self-help books I read,the more stressedand anxious I became.事实上,我读越多自助书籍,我反而变得更有压力、更焦虑。01:28(Laughter)It was like I was feeding my mind

6、 with junk food,and I was becoming mentally obese.（笑声）这就像是喂我的大脑吃垃圾食物,而我在精神上变得很肥胖。01:33(Laughter)I was about to give up,until one day,I found this.（笑声）我快要放弃了,直到有一天,我发现了这个:01:40The Tao Te Ching:The Book of the Way and Its Virtue.道德经:谈道和德的书籍。01:47This is an ancient Chinese philosophy classic that was w

7、rittenmore than 2,600 years ago.这是中国古代的哲学经典,至少有两千六百年的历史。01:53And it was by far the thinnest and the smallest book on thebookshelf.它是书架上最薄最小的一本书。02:00self-help:n.自助;自救;自立/adj.自助的 junk food:垃圾食物;无营养的速食;华而不实的东西 mentally:adv.精神上,智力上;心理上 obese:adj.肥胖的,过胖的 Ching:n.实验用电子控制自动转换 by far:到目前为止;远,非常(与比较级或最高级连用)

8、thinnest:adj.薄的;瘦的(thin的最高级形式)bookshelf:n.书架It only had 81 pages.它只有八十一页。02:05And each page had a short poem.每一页都有一首短诗。02:08I remember I flipped to one particular poem.我记得,我翻到了一首诗。02:11Here it is.在这里。02:15Its beautiful,isnt it?很美,是吧？02:16(Laughter)Let me read it out to you.（笑声）让我读给你们听。02:17TED演讲者：Ra

9、ymond Tang|邓雷蒙:谦逊演讲标题：Be humble-and other lessons from the philosophy of water|以及水的哲学教导我们的其他课题内容概要：How do we find fulfillment in a world that.s constantly changing?Raymond Tangstruggled with this question until he came across the ancient Chinese philosophy of the Tao TeChing.In it,he found a passage

10、 comparing goodness to water,an idea he.s now applying to hiseveryday life.In this charming talk,he shares three lessons he.s learned so far from thephilosophy of water.What would water do?Tang asks.This simple and powerful question.has changed my life for the better.在不断改变的世界中，我们要如何找到满足？邓雷蒙对这个问题很困惑，

11、直到他翻到了中国哲学经典道德经。他在道德经中找到一段文字，把善比喻为水，现在他把这个想法运用在他的日常生活中。在这场迷人的演说里，他分享了他从水的哲学中所学习到的三课。他说：水会怎么做？这个简单又强大的问题，让我的人生变得更好了。The supreme goodness is like water.至高的善就像是水。02:21It benefits all things without contention.它让万物受惠,不与万物相争。02:25In dwelling,it stays grounded.静止时,它谦虚待在低处。02:28In being,it flows to depths.

12、流动时,它渊博沉静。02:32In expression,it is honest.表现时,它清晰有诚信。02:35In confrontation,it stays gentle.对质时,它维持温和柔善。02:38In governance,it does not control.在治理时,它不求控制。02:42In action,it aligns to timing.在行动时,它会顺应时势。02:45It is content with its nature and therefore cannot be faulted.因为它无所争,也就不会有所怨尤。02:48flipped:快速翻动

13、/入迷(flip的过去式和过去分词)supreme:adj.最高的;至高的;最重要的/n.至高;霸权 contention:n.争论，争辩；争夺；论点 dwelling:n.住处;寓所/v.居住(dwell的现在分词)grounded:adj.接地的;有基础的/v.停(ground的过去式);触地 confrontation:n.对抗;面对;对质 governance:n.管理;统治;支配 content with:满足于;对感到满意faulted:adj.有缺点的;有毛病的/v.挑剔;发现的缺点(fault的过去式)Wow!I remember when I first read this

14、passage.哇！我记得第一次读到这段文字,02:54I felt the biggest chills down my spine.明显感到背脊发凉。02:57I still feel that today,reading it to you guys.今天读给各位听时,都还有这感觉。03:01My anxiety and stress just suddenly disappeared.我的焦虑和压力突然就消失了。03:04Ever since that day,Ive been trying to apply the concepts inthis passage to my day-

15、to-day life.那天之后,我就一直试图将这段文字中的概念 应用到我的日常生活当中。03:09And today,Id like to share with you three lessons I learnedso far from this philosophy of water-three lessons that Ibelieve have helped me find greater fulfillment今天我想要分享我目前从水的哲学 所学到的三课 我相信,正是这三课协助了我,03:16The first lesson is about humility.第一课和谦卑有关。0

16、3:28If we think about water flowing in a river,it is always stayinglow.如果我们想想在河流中流动的水,它一直都是低姿态的。03:32It helps all the plants grow and keeps all the animals alive.它协助各种植物成长,维持所有动物的生命。03:37It doesnt actually draw any attention to itself,nor does itneed any reward or recognition.水不会把注意力拉到自己身上,也不需要任何奖赏或

17、是认可。03:41chills:n.寒冷;冷漠;寒栗(chill的复数)/v.使变冷;使感到寒冷;使感到害怕;使沮丧(chill的三单形式)spine:n.脊柱,脊椎;刺;书脊concepts:n.概念,观念;思想(concept复数形式)day-to-day:adj.日常的;逐日的 far from:adv.远离;远非;完全不 humility:n.谦卑,谦逊 flowing:adj.流动的;平滑的;上涨的/v.流动;起源;上涨(flow的ing形式)It is humble.水是谦逊的。03:47But without waters humble contribution,life as

18、we know itmay not exist.但若没有水的谦逊贡献,我们所知道的生命就不会存在。03:49www.XiYuS锡育软件Waters humility taught me a few important things.水的谦虚教了我几件重要的事。03:56It taught me that instead of acting like I know what Im doingor I have all the answers,its perfectly OK to say,I dontknow.它教我,不用在表面装作 我知道我在做什么,或装作我有所有的答案,我完全可以大方的说:我

19、不知道。04:00I want to learn more,and I need your help.我想要学更多,我需要你的协助。04:09It also taught me that,instead of promoting my glory andsuccess,it is so much more satisfying to promote the successand glory of others.水也教我,不用去 宣传我的榮耀和成功,宣传他人的榮耀和成功 才是更让人满足的。04:12It taught me that,instead of doing things where I

20、 can getahead,it so much more fulfilling and meaningful to helpother people overcome their challenges so they can succeed.水教我,我要做的不是 让我能领先别人的事,更有意义也更让人满足的是 协助他人克服他们的挑战,让他们能够成功。04:21With a humble mindset,I was able to form a lot richerconnections with the people around me.有了谦逊的心态,我得以和我身边的人 建立更丰富满足的连结

21、。04:33I became genuinely interested in the stories and experiencesthat make them unique and magical.我变成真心感到好奇,想了解是什么故事和经验 让他们如此独特且迷人。04:39promoting:促进/晋升/促销 satisfying:adj.令人满意的;令人满足的 fulfilling:adj.令人满意的;能实现个人抱负的;令人高兴的 mindset:n.心态;倾向;习惯;精神状态 genuinely:adv.真诚地;诚实地Life became a lot more fun,because

22、every day Id discovernew quirks,new ideas and new solutions to problems I didntknow before,all thanks to the ideas and help from others.人生变得更有趣了,因为每天我都会发现 新的奇思妙想、新的点子,以及新的问题解决方案,都是我以前不知道的,全都归功于这些想法 以及他人的协助。04:45All streams eventually flow to the ocean because it is lowerthan them.所有的溪流最终都会流入海洋,因为海洋比

23、它们还要低。04:56Humility gives water its power.水的力量来自谦虚。05:02But I think it gives us the capacity to remain grounded,to bepresent,to learn from and be transformed by the stories of但我认为,它让我们有足够的 能力可以保持脚踏实地,可以活在当下,可以从身边的人的故事中 学到东西并产生改变。05:06present,to learn from and be transformed by the stories ofthe peop

24、le around us.东西并产生改变。05:06The second lesson I learned is about harmony.我学到的第二课与和谐有关。05:18If we think about water flowing towards a rock,it will justflow around it.想想看,当水流向一块石头时,水只会绕过它。05:21It doesnt get upset,it doesnt get angry,it doesnt getagitated.它不会沮丧,它不会生气,它不会激动。05:25In fact,it doesnt feel muc

25、h at all.事实上,它几乎不会有感觉。05:30When faced with an obstacle,somehow water finds asolution,without force,without conflict.当面临障碍时,水会以 某种方式找到解决方案,不用武力,不用冲突。05:32When I was thinking through this,I began to understandInstead of working in harmony with my environment,当我在思考这一点时,我并没有和我的环境和谐相处,05:41quirks:怪癖/急转/借

26、口(quirk的复数)agitated:adj.激动的;焦虑的;表现不安的/v.焦虑;鼓动(agitate的过去分词)I was working against it.反而是在对抗它。05:49I was forcing things to change because I was consumed bythe need to succeed or to prove myself.我试图强迫事物改变,因为我有强烈的需求,需要成功或证明我自己。05:52In the end,nothing did.最终,什么都没改变。05:58And I got more frustrated.我就更感到挫折。

27、06:00By simply shifting my focus from trying to achieve moresuccess to trying to achieve more harmony,I wasimmediately able to feel calm and focused again.只要简单地把我的焦点转移,从达成更多的成就,转移到试图达成更多的和谐,我马上就能够再次 感受到平静以及专注。06:03I started asking questions like:Will this action bring megreater harmony and bring mor

28、e harmony to myenvironment?我开始问这样的问题:这么做是否会带给我更大的和谐？带给我的环境更多的和谐？06:13Does this align with my nature?这和我的天性吻合吗？06:20I became more comfortable simply being who I am,ratherthan who Im supposed to be or expected to be.我变得能够更自在地做自己,而不是做我应该成为的人,或被期望成为的人。06:24Work actually became easier,because I stopped f

29、ocusing onthings that I cannot control and only on the things that I can.工作变得更容易了,因为我不再把焦点放在 我无法控制的事物上,只放在我能控制的事物上。06:31I stopped fighting with myself,and I learned to work with myenvironment to solve its problems.我不再和自己斗争,我学会和我的环境合作,来解决它的问题。06:38In the end:终于,最后 frustrated:adj.失意的,挫败的;泄气的/v.挫败;阻挠(f

30、rustrate的过去式和过去分词形式)shifting:n.计移位；狡猾/v.改变(shift的ing形式)/adj.移动的；狡诈的 align:vt.使结盟;使成一行;匹配/vi.排列;排成一行 rather than:而不是;宁可也不愿Nature does not hurry.大自然并不匆忙。06:46Yet,everything is accomplished.然而,一切都完成了。06:48Thats Tao Te Chings way of describing the power ofharmony.那就是道德经 描述和谐力量的方式。06:51Just as water is a

31、ble to find a solution without force orconflict,I believe we can find a greater sense of fulfillment inour endeavors by shifting focus from achieving more successto achieving more harmony.就像水能够找到不用武力 或冲突的方式来解决问题一样,我相信,在我们的努力尝试中,我们也能找到更高的满足感,只要能把焦点从达成更多成就转移到 达成更多和谐。06:56The third lesson I learned fro

32、m the philosophy of water isabout openness.我从水的哲学中所学到的第三课 和开放有关。07:11Water is open to change.水对于改变是开放的。07:17Depending on the temperature,it can be a liquid,solid orgas.依温度的不同,它可以是 液态、固态,或气态。07:20Depending on the medium its in,it can be a teapot,a cup ora flower vase.依它所在的媒介物,它可以是茶壶、杯子,或花瓶。07:24In fa

33、ct,its waters ability to adapt and change and remainflexible that made it so enduring through the ages,despiteall the changes in the environment.事实上,水有能力去适应、去改变,还能维持弹性,这让它能世世代代持续下去,不论环境如何改变。07:30describing:v.描述;表示(describe的ing形式)/adj.描述的 endeavors:尽力 openness:n.公开;宽阔;率真 teapot:n.茶壶/小题大做 vase:n.瓶;花瓶

34、flexible:adj.灵活的；柔韧的；易弯曲的 enduring:adj.持久的;能忍受的/v.忍耐(endure的ing形式)We also live in a world today of constant change.现今,我们也居住在 一个经常改变的世界中,07:40We can no longer expect to work to a static job descriptionor follow a single career path.我们已经无法期待 工作内容不会改变,也不能只循着单一职涯的路。07:44We,too,are expected to constantly

35、 reinvent and refresh ourskills to stay relevant.我们也被期许要经常 重塑和更新我们的技能,才能保有重要性。07:50In our organization,we host a lot of hackathons,where smallgroups or individuals come together to solve a businessproblem in a compressed time frame.在我们的组织里,会举办许多骇客马拉松,小团体或是个人来参加,在一段有限的时间之内 要解决一个商業问题。07:57And whats in

36、teresting to me is that the teams that usually让我很感兴趣的是,通常会胜出的团队,它们的队员通常都不是最有经验的,而是愿意开放学习的,And whats interesting to me is that the teams that usuallywin are not the ones with the most experienced teammembers,but the ones with members who are open to learn,who are open to unlearn and who are open to h

37、elping eachother navigate through the changing circumstances.员通常都不是最有经验的,而是愿意开放学习的,也愿意开放舍弃既有想法的,还能开放地协助彼此,在不断改变的情境中找到方向。08:05Life is like a hackathon in some way.在某种层面上,人生就像骇客马拉松。08:23Its calling to each and every one of us to step up,to openup and cause a ripple effect.它在呼唤我们每个人,站出来,打开心胸,制造出涟漪效应。08

38、:25reinvent:vt.重新使用;彻底改造;重复发明(在不知他人已发明的情况下)compressed:adj.被压缩的;扁平的 unlearn:vt.忘却;抛掉以前的想法;去掉的弊习 navigate:vt.驾驶,操纵;使通过;航行于/vi.航行,航空 step up:提高;增加;走近 open up:打开;开发;开始;展示,揭露 ripple:n.波纹;涟漪;物涟波/vi.起潺潺声/vt.在上形成波痕Now,we can stay behind closed doors and continue to beparalyzed by our self-limiting beliefs,s

39、uch as:I will never beable to talk about Chinese philosophy in front of a hugeaudience.我们可以待在关闭的门后,继续消极气馁,只因为我们的信念限制了自己,如:我永远不可能对着广大的观众,谈中国的哲学。08:32(Laughter)Or we can just open up and enjoy the ride.（笑声）或者,我们也可以 打开自己,享受过程。08:43It can only be an amazing experience.它只有可能是很棒的经验。08:47So humility,harmon

40、y and openness.谦虚、和谐,以及开放。08:50Those are the three lessons I learned from the philosophy ofwater so far.这些是我目前从 水的哲学所学到的三课。08:54They nicely abbreviate to H-H-O,or H2O.它们可以缩写成 H-H-O,（谦虚=H、和谐=H、开放=O）或 H2O。（谦虚=H、和谐=H、开放=O）08:58(Laughter)And they have become my guiding principles inlife.（笑声）它们已经变成了我的人生指

41、引原则。09:02So nowadays,whenever I feel stressed,unfulfilled,anxious orjust not sure what to do,I simply ask the question:所以现在当我感到有压力、不满足、焦虑,或只是不确定该怎么做时,我就只是问这个问题:09:07What would water do?水(H2O)会怎么做？09:16(Laughter)This simple and powerful question inspired by abook written long before the days of bitco

42、in,fintech anddigital technology has changed my life for the better.（笑声）这个简单又强大的问题,灵感来自一本书,这本早在比特币、金融科技、数位科技出现之前就存在的书,让我的人生变得更好了。09:17stay behind:留下来 paralyzed:adj.瘫痪的;麻痹的/v.使麻痹;使无力;使失去勇气(paralyze的过去分词)abbreviate:vt.缩写,使省略;使简短/vi.使用缩写词 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unful

43、filled:adj.未得到满足的;没有成就感的 bitcoin:比特币(电子货币的一种形式,是专为互联网交易而创造的货币)for thebetter:好转,向好的方向发展Try it,and let me know how it works for you.试试看,再告诉我 它对你的幫助如何。09:29I would love to hear from you.我很乐意听到你们的回音。09:31Thank you.谢谢。09:33(Applause)（掌声）09:34*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。*