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1、www.XiYuS锡育软件If you had caught me straight out of college in the halls ofthe Vermont State House where I was a lobbyist in trainingand asked me what I was going to do with my life,如果你在我本科刚毕业后 在佛蒙特州议会大楼里遇到我-那时我还正在参加说客培训 并同时问我我的人生理想是什么00:13I would have told you that Id just passed the HanyuShuiping Ka
2、oshi,the Chinese equivalency exam,?TheChinese Equivalency Exam)and I was going to go study lawin Beijing,and I was going to improve U.S.-China relationsthrough top-down policy changes and judicial systemreforms.我会告诉你 我刚通过了汉语水平考试 而且我准备去北京进修法律 我要自上而下地修订政策 及改革司法系统 以来改善中美关系00:22(Laughter)（笑声）00:38(Appla
3、use)I had a plan,and I never ever thought it wouldhave anything to do with the banjo.（掌声）我是有个计划 但是我没想到它会 和班卓琴扯上什么关系 就是这玩意儿00:42Little did I know what a huge impact it would have on meone night when I was at a party and I heard a sound comingout of a record player in the corner of a room.我真没想到 它将在某个晚
4、上对我造成如此巨大的影响 当时我正在一个派对 我听见从房间角落里的录音机 传来得声音00:54And it was Doc Watson singing and playing Shady Grove.那是多克沃森(Doc Watson)弹唱的 林荫01:06?Shady Grove,my little love?树林荫荫啊,我的小爱人?01:10?Shady Grove,my darlin?树林荫荫啊,我的小亲亲?01:13lobbyist:n.说客;活动议案通过者 equivalency:n.等价;相等(等于equivalence)banjo:n.班卓琴;五弦琴 Grove:n.小树林;果
5、园?Shady Grove,my little love?树林荫荫啊,我的小爱人?01:15?Going back to Harlan?让我们一起回哈兰?01:17That sound was just so beautiful,the sound of Docs voiceand the rippling groove of the banjo.那声音真是太美了 多克的嗓音 和荡漾的班卓琴声01:20And after being totally and completely obsessed with themammoth richness and history of Chinese c
6、ulture,it was likethis total relief to hear something so truly American and sotruly awesome.在完全彻底沉迷于悠久厚重 浩浩汤汤的中国历史与文化 这么久以后 听到这种地道的美国风格 也是地道的一流音乐 实在是对我的一种解脱01:30I knew I had to take a banjo with me to China.我这时候知道我肯定会带着班卓琴去中国了01:49So before going to law school in China I bought a banjo,Ithrew it in
7、my little red truck and I traveled down throughAppalachia and I learned a bunch of old American songs,and I ended up in Kentucky at the International BluegrassMusic Association Convention.在出发去中国的法学院之前 我买了个班卓琴,把它扔进我的红色小皮卡里 然后我一路开到了阿巴拉契亚 途中也学了一堆美国风老歌 最后我来到了肯塔基的 国际蓝草音乐联盟大会01:51And I was sitting in a ha
8、llway one night and a couple girlscame up to me.有天晚上我坐在走廊里 几个姑娘走了过来02:08And they said,Hey,do you want to jam?她们问我:“嘿,来个小合奏呗？”02:13rippling:adj.潺潺流水般声音的;起涟漪的/v.使起涟漪;呈波状起伏(ripple的ing形式)mammoth:n.长毛象;猛犸象;庞然大物/adj.巨大的,庞大的;猛犸似的 richness:n.丰富;富裕;肥沃;华美 awesome:adj.令人敬畏的;使人畏惧的;可怕的;极好的 abunch of:一群;一束;一堆 Blu
9、egrass:n.莓系属的牧草;早熟禾属植物 hallway:n.走廊;门厅;玄关 jam:n.果酱;拥挤;困境;扣篮/vt.使堵塞;挤进,使塞满;混杂;压碎/vi.堵塞;轧住And I was like,Sure.我说:“成啊！”02:15So I picked up my banjo and I nervously played four songsthat I actually knew with them.然后我拿起班卓琴 非常紧张地和她们合奏了四首歌02:17And a record executive walked up to me and invited me toNashvil
10、le,Tennessee to make a record.然后一个唱片公司的管理人员走了过来 然后邀请我去田纳西的纳什维尔(被称为音乐之都）录专辑02:22(Laughter)Its been eight years,and I can tell you that Ididnt go to China to become a lawyer.（笑声）八年过去了 我没去中国当律师02:28In fact,I went to Nashville.事实上 我去了纳什维尔02:42And after a few months I was writing songs.几个月之后我就开始自己写歌02:44
11、TED演讲者：Abigail Washburn|阿比盖尔.沃什伯恩演讲标题：Abigail Washburn:Building US-China relations.by banjo|用班卓琴来建设中美关系内容概要：Abigail Washburn pairs venerable folk elements with far-flung sounds,creatingresults that feel both strangely familiar and unlike anything anybody.s ever heard before.TED Fellow 阿比盖尔.沃什伯恩本来想要当
12、一名律师去促进中美关系直到她拿起了班卓琴。她娓娓道来了一个感人的故事，告诉了我们她是怎样通过在中国和美国弹唱中文歌而为这两块大陆建立起了不同寻常的关系。And the first song I wrote was in English,and the second onewas in Chinese.第一首是用英文写的 第二首是中文02:48(Music)（音乐）02:54Chinese Outside your door the world is waiting.中文歌词（后有翻译）?门外有个世界?02:55Inside your heart a voice is calling.?心中有个
13、声音?03:09The four corners of the world are watching,so traveldaughter,travel.?四方等你来啊?远行吧我的姑娘,去远行03:11Go get it,girl.去追逐你的梦03:15(Applause)Its really been eight years since that fated nightin Kentucky.（掌声）距离肯塔基那改变命运的一夜的确已经过去八年了03:17And Ive played thousands of shows.这期间我参加过数以千计的表演03:30nervously:adv.神经质地
14、;焦急地;提心吊胆地 fated:adj.命中注定的,宿命的;受命运支配的And Ive collaborated with so many incredible,inspirationalmusicians around the world.我和不计其数的出色音乐人合作过 他们来自世界的各个地方03:33And I see the power of music.我感受到了音乐的力量03:38I see the power of music to connect cultures.我感受到了音乐能 联通不同文化的力量03:41I see it when I stand on a stage i
15、n a bluegrass festival in eastVirginia and I look out at the sea of lawn chairs and I bust outinto a song in Chinese.我是在东弗吉尼亚 一个蓝草音乐节的舞台上意识到的 当我的视线越过草坪躺椅的海洋时 我突然唱起了一段中文歌03:45Chinese And everybodys eyes just pop wide open like itsgoing to fall out of their heads.?太阳出来了喽喂 喜洋洋喽 啷喽?然后大家都睁大了眼睛 好像眼珠子要掉出来似
16、的03:53And theyre like,Whats that girl doing?他们像是在问,她发什么神经呢？“04:02And then they come up to me after the show and they allhave a story.表演后他们来找我 带着他们的故事04:05They all come up and theyre like,You know,my auntssisters babysitters dogs chicken went to China andadopted a girl.他们过来告诉我”你知道吗,我婶婶的姐姐的保姆家的狗的小鸡去过中
17、国 还收养了一个小女孩“04:09And I tell you what,it like everybodys got a story.我跟你说,真的是大家都是有故事的人04:17collaborated:v.合作(collaborate的过去分词);协作;协调 inspirational:adj.鼓舞人心的；带有灵感的，给予灵感的 bust:vi.破产;爆裂;降低级别/vt.使破产;使爆裂;逮捕/n.破产;半身像;萧条;胸部/adj.破产了的;毁坏了的 fall out:发生;脱落;争吵;离队;结果是 come up to:v.达到;等于 babysitter:n.临时照顾幼儿者 adopt
18、ed:adj.被收养的;被采用的/v.采用;接受(adopt的过去式和过去分词)Its just incredible.真是太难以置信了04:21And then I go to China and I stand on a stage at a universityand I bust out into a song in Chinese and everybody singsalong and they roar with delight at this girl with the hair andthe instrument,and shes singing their music.后来
19、我去了中国 我站在一个大学的舞台上 我又突然唱起了中文歌 然后每个人都跟我一起唱 他们跟我一起大吼 对我这个 长着头发拿着乐器的普通女孩 这个女孩唱着他们的音乐04:23And I see,even more importantly,the power of music toconnect hearts.这时候我意识到更重要的是 音乐能够联通心灵04:42Like the time I was in Sichuan Province and I was singing forkids in relocation schools in the earthquake disaster zone.又
20、一次我去四川 在地震灾后的临时小学里 给孩子们唱歌04:51And this little girl comes up to me.然后一个小女孩走过来05:00Chinese Big sister Wong,中文（后有翻译）”王大姐,可以给你唱一下我妈妈教我的歌曲？“05:01Washburn,Wong,same difference.沃什伯恩,王,差不多05:10Big sister Wong,can I sing you a song that my mom sangfor me before she was swallowed in the earthquake?”王大姐,我能不能给你
21、唱一下 我妈妈再被地震吞噬前 教我的歌曲？”05:13And I sat down,she sat on my lap.我坐下来 她坐在我膝盖上05:22She started singing her song.她开始唱05:27And the warmth of her body and the tears rolling down herrosy cheeks,and I started to cry.我感到了她身体的的温度 我看到了眼泪从她绯红的脸颊滚落下来 我也哭了起来05:30delight:n.高兴/vi.高兴/vt.使高兴 relocation:n.重新安置;再布置,变换布置 r
22、osy:adj.蔷薇色的,玫瑰红色的;美好的;乐观的;涨红脸的www.XiYuS锡育软件And the light that shone off of her eyes was a place I couldhave stayed forever.她眼中闪烁的光 是我愿意相伴一生的东西05:40And in that moment,we werent our American selves,wewerent our Chinese selves,we were just mortals sittingtogether in that light that keeps us here.在那一刻,
23、我们不是美国人 也不是中国人 我们只是简单的人 静静地坐在将我们心灵带到一起的光里05:48I want to dwell in that light with you and with everyone.我真想和你们所有人 一起去那片光里看一看06:01And I know U.S.-China relations doesnt need another lawyer.我知道中美关系 不再需要一个律师了06:09Thank you.谢谢06:13Thank you.(Applause)（掌声）06:15shone:vi.发光(shine的过去式及过去分词)selves:n.自己,自我(self的复数);私心 mortals:凡人/人类(mortal的复数)dwell:vi.居住;存在于;细想某事*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。*