Ted中英对照演讲稿 大人能从小孩身上学到什么 Now, I want to start with a question: When was the last time you were called childish? For kids like me, being called childish can be a frequent occurrence. Every time we make irrational demands, exhibit irresponsible behavior, or display any other signs of being normal American citizens, we are called childish, which really bothers me. After all, take a look at these events: Imperialism and colonization, world wars, George W. Bush. Ask yourself: Who's responsible? Adults. 首先我要问大家一个问题：上一回别人说你幼稚是什么时候？像我这样的小孩，可能经常会被 人说成是幼稚。每一次我们提出不合理的要求，做出不负责任的行为，或者展现出有别于普通美 国公民的惯常行为之时，我们就被说成是幼稚。这让我很不服气。首先，让我们来回顾下这些事件：帝国主义和殖民主义，世界大战，小布什。请你们扪心自问下：这些该归咎于谁？是大人。 Now, what have kids done? Well, Anne Frank touched millions with her powerful account of the Holocaust, Ruby Bridges helped end segregation in the United States, and, most recently, Charlie Simpson helped to raise 120,000 pounds for Haiti on his little bike. So, as you can see evidenced by such examples, age has absolutely nothing to do with it. The traits the word childish addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking. 而小孩呢，做了些什么？安妮·弗兰克(Anne Frank)对大屠杀强有力的叙述打动了数百万人的心。鲁比·布里奇斯为美国种族隔离的终结作出了贡献。另外，最近还有一个例子，查理·辛普 森（Charlie Simpson）骑自行车为海地募得 12万英镑。所以，这些例子证明了年龄与行为完 全没有关系。 "幼稚"这个词所对应的特点是常常可以从大人身上看到，由此我们在批评不负责 和非理性的相关行为时，应停止使用这个年龄歧视的词。 (Applause) Thank you. Then again, who's to say that certain types of irrational thinking aren't exactly what the world needs? Maybe you've had grand plans before, but stopped yourself, thinking: That's impossible or that costs too much or that won't
TED演讲——拖延症 拖延症者的思维方式到底是什么样的？为什么有些人非要到deadline来的时候才知道打起精神做事情？是否存在执行力强的人或是说人人都有一定程度的拖延症？Tim Urban从一个被deadline 赶着走的拖延症者的角度带你走进拖延症的神奇思维世界。 中英对照翻译 So in college, I was a government major, which means I had to write a lot of papers. Now, when a normal student writes a paper, they might spread the work out a little like this. So, you know --you get started maybe a little slowly, but you get enough done in the first week that, with some heavier days later on, everything gets done, things stay civil.And I would want to do that like that. That would be the plan. I would have it all ready to go, but then, actually, the paper would come along, and then I would kind of do this. 在大学，我读的是政府专业。也就是说，我需要写很多的论文。一般的学生写论文时，他们可能会这样安排：(看图)你可能开头会慢一点，但第一周有这些已经足够。后期再一点点的增加，最后任务完成，非常的有条理。我也想这么做，所以一开始也是这么计划的。我做了完美的安排(看图)，但后来，实际上论文任务一直出现，我就只能这样了(看图)。 And that would happen every single paper. But then came my 90-page senior thesis, a paper you're supposed to spend a year on. And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option. It was way too big a project. So I planned things out, and I decided I kind of had to go something like this. This is how the year would go. So I'd start off light, and I'd bump it up in the middle months, and then at the end, I would kick it up into high gear just like a little staircase. How hard could it be to walk up the stairs? No big deal, right? 我的每一篇论文都是这种情况，直到我长达90页的毕业论文任务，这篇论文理应花一年的时间来做，我也知道这样的工作，我先前的工作方式是行不通的，这个项目太大，所以我制定了计划。决定按照这样的方式工作，这样来安排我这一年。(看图)开头我会轻松一点，中期任务逐渐增加，到最后，我再全力冲刺一下。整体是这种阶梯式安排，一层一层走楼梯有多难?所以没什么大不了的，是吧? But then, the funniest thing happened. Those first few months? They came and went, and I couldn't quite do stuff. So we had an awesome new revised plan. And then --But then those middle months actually went by, and I didn't really write words, and so we were here.And then two months turned into one month, which turned into two weeks. 但后来，好笑的事情出现了，头几个月时光匆匆而逝，我还没有来得及动工，所以我们明智的调整了计划。然后，中间的几个月也过去了，我还是一个字也没有动，眨眼就到了这里，然后两个月变成了一个月，再变成了2周。 And one day I woke up with three days until the deadline, still not having written a word, and so I did the only thing I could: I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours, pulling not one but two all-nighters -- humans are not supposed to pull two all-nighters -- sprinted across campus, dove in slow motion, and got it in just at the deadline. 一天我醒来，发现离交稿日期只剩3天了，但我还一个字都没写。我别无选择，只能在接下来的72小时里，连续通宵两个晚上赶论文——一般人不应连续通宵两个晚上。90页赶出来后，我飞速冲过校园，像电影中的特写慢镜头一样，恰好在截止日期前的最后一刻交上。 I thought that was the end of everything. But a week later I get a call, and it's the school. And they say, "Is this Tim Urban?" And I say, "Yeah." And they say, "We need to talk about your thesis." And I say, "OK." And they say, "It's the best one we've ever seen." That did not happen.It was a very, very bad thesis. I just wanted to enjoy that one moment when all of you thought, "This guy is amazing!" No, no, it was very, very bad. 我以为事情就这么完了，但一周后，我接到一个电话，是学校打来的。他们说：“你是Tim Urban 吗?”我说：“是。”他们说：“我们要说一说你的毕业论文。”我说：“好啊。”他们说：“这是我见过最棒
越有钱越无情 It's amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. In this entertaining but sobering talk, social psychologist Paul Piff shares his research into how people behave when they feel wealthy. (Hint: badly.) But while the problem of inequality is a complex and daunting challenge, there's good news too. (Filmed at TEDx Marin.) 一个被操纵的大富翁游戏能告诉我们的东西竟然有那么多！在这个有趣且发人深省的演讲中，社会心理学家保罗-皮夫分享了他对于“人感到富有时如何表现”的研究结果（暗示：很坏）。在面对异常复杂、异常严峻的不平等问题的同时，我们也听到了好的消息。。（摄于TEDx加州马林县） Paul Piff studies how social hierarchy, inequality and emotion shape relations between individuals and groups. Why you should listen: Paul Piff is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. In particular, he studies how wealth (having it or not having it) can affect interpersonal relationships. His surprising studies include running rigged games of Monopoly, tracking how those who drive expensive cars behave versus those driving less expensive vehicles and even determining that rich people are literally more likely to take candy from children than the less well-off. The results often don't paint a pretty picture about the motivating forces of wealth. He writes, "specifically, I have been finding that increased wealth and status in society lead to increased self-focus and, in turn, decreased compassion, altruism, and ethical behavior." What others say: “When was the last time, as Piff puts it, that you prioritized your own interests above the interests of other people? Was it yesterday, when you barked at the waitress for not delivering your cappuccino with sufficient promptness? Perhaps it was last week, when, late to
这是今天讲课的目录。 为什么要演讲 如何建立演讲自信心 演讲的三要素 如何组织演讲内容 演讲前的准备 如何使用视觉辅助工具 如何营造演讲气氛 如何提高演讲技巧 可是一提到演讲大家都觉得很难，没上过场肯定都会恐惧和怯场对不对？恐惧和怯场表现在：恐惧和怯场的表现： 手足无措；面红耳赤； 呼吸急促；喉咙发紧； 手心出汗；双腿发抖； 表情僵硬；头脑空白； 说话结巴；卡壳忘词。 那我们如何来建立自信呢？这边教大家一个PBM九步法： 第一步就是“Practice----练习”，克服恐惧最好的方法，除了练习还是练习。这里的练习包括三个方面的内容：个人练习：加强内容记忆，也就是说在上台演讲前我反复记忆，保证我们所要讲的内容非常熟悉；第二就是情景练习，自己反复的念，自已发现自己的不足；也就是说比如到会议室里来试讲，讲给我们听，我们帮你来指出不足的地方，多听一听大家的意见，好及时的改正。实际练习：多种表现方式聆听真实意见 第二步就是：积极肯定的自我暗示。自己对自己说下面这四句话： 我很高兴来到这里！ 我很高兴你们来到这里！ 我关心你们！ 我知道我要讲什么 第三-六步：可以采取以下四个行动： Hand ——双手用力推墙或推桌子 Nose ——发言之前深吸几口气 Foot ——迅速阔步，比平时快15% Body ——昂首挺胸，伸直腰杆 第七到九步：Face ——表情放松而和谐 Eye ——不要急于开口，先环视听众几秒钟，寻找一个亲切的面孔
Mouth ——大声开口，解除紧张，释放和激活脑能量 在演讲中，观众对你的印象一般基于以下三个要素： 第一个要素就是你所说的内容，语言是知识，它可以使你拥有技能和信息。语言由字、句子、问题、语言、内容的组织方式等构成。 第二个要素就是你所说的方式：说话的质量就体现在你的声音上：声音包括：音量是否足够大，必须保证全场的人都要清楚的听到，音质是否好，这和每个人的声音特性有关，没办法改变，吐字是否清晰也很重要，所以要尽量练好普通话，要使用标准的普通话进行演讲、说话是否有连贯性，这里的连贯性表示在上下文衔接是否得当，是否停顿太久接不下去等。语音、语调、语速是否适中。 讲的最后一个要素就是形体语言。形体语言是听课的人对你的第一印象。形体语言包括：形象、仪容举止、姿势、面部表情、手势、眼神、位置移动、使用视觉辅助器材的方式等。 用怎样的语言容易抓住观众的注意力呢？多运用比喻和比较的方法，这样就不会那么抽象，另外还可以适当的穿插一些佚事和小故事，这样可以提高听课者的兴趣，多引用一些著名的语句，避免使用行话，行话外行人是听不懂的，所以一定要注意。 声音 发声中可能会出现以下的问题：听不见：由于发音低或不清楚，观众听不到你的陈述 呆板的语调：缺少语调的抑扬顿挫，演讲人的声音也很单调 试探性的声调：升调，在句末时音调变得较高，会造成提问题的感觉 显得萎靡不振：过低的嗓音使演讲人对要讲的话题没有把握 不能赢得关注：一直讲得很快，会使演讲人和观众都不能获得间歇，可能会失去观众的注意如何运用你的声音？ 适度的音量，用真嗓 强调重点，不重要的跳过去 改变音调 变化说话的速度 在要点前后停顿一下或静场 激情与热情 避免口头禅、含糊吞音、拖腔 如何来运用你的形体语言呢？所谓演讲就是演加讲，演讲=演+讲 讲：作用于听众的听 演：作用于听众的视 以讲为主，以演为辅 站姿——永远要面对听众，避免出现死亡角度 双脚——两脚间距同肩宽，勿过大或过小 表情——自然放松，真心微笑，忌呆滞 手势——多用手掌少用手指，充分伸展，忌检阅式、受伤式、遮羞布式 移动——在开放的空间不断走动，有效地贴近听众，勿背对听众
ted演讲稿中英文对照 小编今天推荐给大家的是 ted演讲稿中英文对照，仅供参考，希望对大家有用。关注网获得更多内容。 ted演讲稿中英文对照 Hi. I'm here to talk to you about the importance of praise, admiration and thank you, and having it be specific and genuine. 嗨。我在这里要和大家谈谈向别人表达赞美，倾佩和谢意的重要性。并使它们听来真诚，具体。 And the way I got interested in this was, I noticed in myself, when I was growing up, and until about a few years ago, that I would want to say thank you to someone, I would want to praise them, I would want to take in their praise of me and I'd just stop it. And I asked myself, why? I felt shy, I felt embarrassed. And then my question became, am I the only one who does this? So, I decided to investigate. 之所以我对此感兴趣是因为我从我自己的成长中注意到几年前，当我想要对某个人说声谢谢时，当我想要赞美他们时，当我想接受他们对我的赞扬，但我却没有说出口。我问我自己，这是为什么? 我感到害羞，我感到尴尬。接着我产生了一个问题难道我是唯一一个这么做的人吗?
张彤禾 HI，So I'd like to talk little bit about the people 嗨，今天我想来探讨一下 Who make the things we use every day; 这些为我们制造日常用品的人们： Our shoes，our handbags,our computers and cell phones, 例如我们的鞋子，手提包，电脑，还有手机。 Now, this is a conversatuon that often calls up a lot of guilt. 这个话题时常让我们觉得很内疚。 Imagine the teenage farm girl who makes less than 想象一下，一个年轻的农村女孩给你缝制跑步鞋 a dollar an hour stitching your running shoes, 可每个小时还赚不到一美金， Or the young Chinese man who jumps off a rooftop 又或者是那个加班为你组装ipad的中国小伙子 after working overtime assembling your ipad 在加班之后从楼上跳了下来。 We，the beneficiaries of globalization,seem to exploit 我们，是全球化的受益者， These victims with every purchase we make, 可每笔交易却似乎都是在剥削那些受害者， and the injustice 而这种不公平 Feels embedded in the products themselves. 似乎也深深烙印在这些产品之中。 After all, what’s wrong with the world in which a worker 总而言之，这个世界到底怎么了？ On an iphone assembly line can’t even afford to buy one? 一个在组装iphone 生产线上的员工却买不起一台iphone？It's taken for granted that chinese factories are oppressive, 人们理所当然地认为，中国的工厂就是应该被压榨的，And that it’s our desire for cheap goods 因为我们渴求便宜的产品 That makes them so。 造成了这样的局面。 So,this simple narrative equating Weatern demand 很显然，西方社会的需求 And Chinese suffering is appealing, 和中国人对他们遭遇的申诉被连接在一起， especially at a time when many of us already feel guilty 尤其是当我们中的很多人已经因为我们对世界影响 About our impact on the world, 而感到了内疚， But it's also inaccurate and disrespectful.
Richard 在Ted 英语演讲：成功的八个秘诀(中英双语) 2014-09-08 激情，刻苦，精通，专注，强迫，服务，点子，坚持，这就是成功的秘诀 This is really a two-hour presentation I give to high school students, cut down to three minutes. And it all started one day on a plane, on my way to TED, seven years ago. And in the seat next to me was a high school student, a teenager, and she came from a really poor family.
这真的是一个我给高中学生做的2个小时的演讲现在缩到了3分钟所有的一切都是从7年前的一天开始，我坐在飞往TED会议的飞机上。在我邻座坐的是一个高中生，一个十几岁的年轻人。她生于一个贫穷的家庭而且她的愿望是成就一番 事业所以她问了我一个简单的小问题。 And she wanted to make something of her life, and she asked me a simple little question. She said, "What leads to success" And I felt really badly, because I couldn't give her a good answer. So I get off the plane, and I come to TED. And I think, jeez, I'm in
Never ever give up And by the way it?s amusing to me that journalists and people before these attempts often you know ask me,” Well, are you going to go with any boats or any people or anything?” And I?m thinking, what are they imaging ? That I?ll just sort of
do some celestial navigation, and carry a bowie knife in my mouth, and I?ll hunt fish and skin them alive and eat them, and maybe drag a desalinization plant behind me for fresh water. Yes I have a team. And the team is expert, and the team is courageous, and brimming with innovation and scientific discovery, as it?s true with any major expedition on the planet.
But the journey itself was worthwhile taking. And at this point, by this summer, everybody, scientists, sports scientists, endurance experts, neurologists, my own team, Bonnie said it?s impossible. It?s just simply can?t be done,and Bonnie said to me,”But you?re going to take the journey, I?m going to see you through to the end of it, so I?ll be there.”And now we?re there. 但是这个过程本身依然值得去经历，在这个时候，这个夏天，每个人，科学家、运动科学家、耐力专家、精神科专家、我的团队、伯尼都说这不可能，这就是不可能的完成的任务。伯尼对我说，但是你要开始这段旅程，我要见证你到达终点，所以我会出现在那里，我们都会在那里。 And as we looking out ,kind of a surreal moment before the first stroke, standing on the rocks at Marina Heming way, the Cuban flag is flying above, all my team?s out in their boats, hands up in the air,”We?re here,we?re here for you,” 当我们放眼望去，在我开始入水划第一下之前，一切显得有些不真实。我们站在海明威码头的岩石上，古巴国旗飘扬在头上，我所有的团队成员都站在船上，举起手，告诉我，“我们在这里，我们支持你。” Bonnie and i looked at each other, and we say, this year, the mantra is and I?ve been used it in training find a way. You have a dream and you have obstacles in front of you, as we to do. None of us ever get through this life without heartache, without turmoil, and if you believe and you have faith and you can get knocked down and get back up again and you believe in perseverance as a great human quality, you find way, and Bonnie grabbed my shoulders, and she said,”Let?s find our way to Florida.” 伯尼和我互相看着对方，我们说，今年，口头禅是，你有一个梦想，在你去实现它的时候，有很多的阻碍在你面前。没有人能够过完这一生而没有心痛和骚动，如果你相信而且拥有信念，你就能被击倒之后从新在站起来，你会相信坚持不懈是人类的一种伟大的品质，你就会找到方法，Bonnie 抓住我的肩膀，然后说，让我们找到去往佛罗里达的路。
员工培训教程——业务技能培训 演讲 演讲者在特定的环境中，借助声音语言和身体语言的艺术手段，针对社会的未来，面对广大听众发表意见，抒发情感，从而达到感召听众并促使其行动的一种现实的信息交流活动，就是演讲。 演讲：演讲者一个与听众多人的双向沟通； 主持：演讲者一个与听众多人以及听众相互间的双向沟通； 演讲的特点 调查研究发现，不管什么形式和什么内容的演讲,其中有五个至关重要的元素，所有的听众都期望通过演讲： ●获取信息、获取知识 ●评估、确认观念与信念 ●增加信心 ●被感染、被激励 ●享受娱乐 员工培训教程——业务技能培训 一、演讲的组织、计划与准备 1.演讲的组织 通常组织演讲会议，我们必须考虑五个常规问题； ●Why-----会议的目标是什么? 这是一个非常重要的问题。因为这决定——选择什么人参加会议；请谁担任主持人及演讲者；如何确定会议的内容、形式。
●Who-----应该邀请什么人？如何邀请？ 以下一些因素必须考虑 1)会议的目标 2)投资与回报 3)同参会者之间的关系 4)参会者对公司、产品、推广代表的态度 5)即往参加同类会议的历史 邀请的形式 1)书信（邀请函有时可附上会场地址、地图、回执单等） 员工培训教程——业务技能培训 2）电话 3）亲自拜访 ●When-----选择什么时间？时间的长短 为达到开会的目标，决定开会的时间应下列因素； 1)主办部门的意见 2)工作习惯 3)假期 4)其它活动（如竞争对手活动情况） ●Where-----选择什么地点？ 开会地点会影响会议是否顺利进行和参会者对公司、产品、推广代表的印象，所以必须考虑下列因素: 1)参会者的人数、文化层次与特点 2)公司的形象
杨澜ted演讲稿中英文 杨澜ted演讲稿中英文 杨澜ted演讲稿中英文 的关注这些在精神上和生理上都与外界脱节的年轻农民工人。For those who do return back to the countryside, they find themselves very wele locally, because with the knowledge, skills and networks they have learned in the cities, with the assistance of the Internet, they re able to create more jobs, upgrade local agriculture and create new business in the less developed market.对于那些回到农村的年轻人，他们所经历的城市生活，所学到的知识，技巧和建立的社会网络，让他们通常更受欢迎。特别是在互联网的帮助下，他们更有可能获得工作，提升农村的农业水平和发展新的商业机会。So for the past few years, the coastal areas, they found themselves in a shortage of labor.在过去的一些年中，一些沿海的城镇甚至出现了劳动力短缺。These diagrams show a more general social background.这些图片展现出整体的社 会背景。The first one is the Engels coefficient, which explains that the cost of daily necessities has dropped its percentage all through the past decade, in terms of family ine, to about 37-some percent.第一张图片是恩格斯系数(食品支出占总消费支出 的比例)，可以看到在过去的十年中，食物和生活必需品在家庭消费 中的比例有所下降(37%)。But then in the last two years, it goes up again to 39 percent, indicating a rising living cost.然后在过去的两年中，这项指数上升到39%，说明近两年中生活成本的攀升。The Gini coefficient
The price of shame 主讲人：莫妮卡莱温斯基主题：耻辱的代价 You're looking at a woman who was publicly silent for a de cade. Obviously, that's changed, but only recently. 站在你们面前的是一个在大众面前沉默了十年之久的女人。当然，现在情况不一样了，不过这只是最近发生的事。 It was several months ago that I gave my very first major public talk at the Forbes 30 Under 30 summit:1,500 brillian t people, all under the age of 30. That meant that in 1998, the oldest among the group were only 14, and the youngest, just four. I joked with them that some might only have heard of me from rap songs. Yes, I'm in rap songs. Almost 40 rap songs. 几个月前，我在《福布斯》杂志举办的“30岁以下”峰会（Under 30 Summit）上发表了首次公开演讲。现场1500位才华横溢的与会者都不到30岁。这意味着1998年，他们中最年长的是14岁，而最年轻的只有4岁。我跟他们开玩笑道，他们中有些人可能只在说唱歌曲里听到过我的名字。是的，大约有40首说唱歌曲唱过我。 But the night of my speech, a surprising thing happened. At the age of 41, I was hit on by a 27-year-old guy. I kno
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The price of shame 主讲人：莫妮卡莱温斯基主题：耻辱的代价 You're looking at a woman who was publicly silent for a de cade. Obviously, that's changed, but only recently. 站在你们面前的是一个在大众面前沉默了十年之久的女人。当然，现在情况不一样了，不过这只是最近发生的事。 It was several months ago that I gave my very first major public talk at the Forbes 30 Under 30 summit:1,500 brillian t people, all under the age of 30. That meant that in 1998, the oldest among the group were only 14, and the youngest, just four. I joked with them that some might only have heard of me from rap songs. Yes, I'm in rap songs. Almost 40 rap songs. 几个月前，我在《福布斯》杂志举办的“30岁以下”峰会 （Under 30 Summit）上发表了首次公开演讲。现场1500位才华横溢的与会者都不到30岁。这意味着1998年，他们中最年长的是14岁，而最年轻的只有4岁。我跟他们开玩笑道，他们中有些人可能只在说唱歌曲里听到过我的名字。是的，大约有40首说唱歌曲唱过我。 But the night of my speech, a surprising thing happened. At the age of 41, I was hit on by a 27-year-
TED演讲：如何成为一个更好的交谈者？（中英对照） Celeste Headlee 是一个靠交谈吃饭的人，她的工作是电台主持人。在几十年的工作中，她学到了很多沟通技巧，同时也发现居然有如此多的人真的很不会聊天。 下面是她在TED 上分享的10 条提高谈话质量的方法。全是干货，来一起学习：【视频请在wifi情况下观看，文字为中英对照】如何成为一个更好的交谈者格鲁吉亚公共广播节目主持人：Celeste Headlee 首先，我想让大家举手示意一下，有多少人曾经在Facebook 上拉黑过好友，因为他们发表过关于政治，宗教，儿童权益，或者食物等不恰当的言论，有多少人至少有一个不想见的人，因为你就是不想和对方说话？ All right, I want to see a show of hands how many of you have unfriended someone on Facebook because they said something offensive about politics or religion, childcare, food? And how many of you know at least one person that you avoid because you just don’t want to talk to them? 要知道，在过去想要一段礼貌的交谈我们只要遵循亨利﹒希金斯在《窈窕淑女》中的忠告，只谈论天气和你的健康状况就行了。但这些年随着气候变化以及反对疫苗运动的开展——这招不怎么管用了。
因此，在我们生活的这个世界，这个每一次交谈都有可能发展为争论的世界，政客无法彼此交谈。甚至为那些鸡毛蒜皮的事情，都有人群情绪激昂地赞成或者反对，这太不正常了。皮尤研究中心对一万名美国成年人做了一次调查，发现此刻我们的偏激程度，我们立场鲜明的程度，比历史上任何时期都要高。 You know, it used to be that in order to have a polite conversation, we just had to follow the advice of Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady”: Stick to the weather and your health. But these days, with climate change and anti-vaxxing, those subjects—are not safe either. So this world that we live in, this world in which every conversation has the potential to devolve into an argument, where our politicians can’t speak to one another, and where even the most trivial of issues have someone fighting both passionately for it and against it, it’s not normal. Pew Research did a study of 10,000 American adults, and they found that at this moment, we are more polarized; we are more divided than we ever have been in history. 我们更不倾向于妥协，这意味着我们没有倾听彼此。我们做的各种决定，选择生活在何处，与谁结婚甚至和谁交朋友，都只基于我们已有的信念。再重复一遍，这只说明我们没有
At every stage of our lives we make decisions that will profoundly influence the lives of the people we're going to become, and then when we become those people, we're not always thrilled with the decisions we made. So young people pay good money to get tattoos removed that teenagers paid good money to get. Middle-aged people rushed to divorce people who young adults rushed to marry. Older adults work hard to lose what middle-aged adults worked hard to gain. On and on and on. The question is, as a psychologist, that fascinates me is, why do we make decisions that our future selves so often regret? 在我们生命的每个阶段, 我们都会做出一些决定, 这些决定会深刻影响未来我们自己的生活, 当我们成为未来的自己时, 我们并不总是对过去做过的决定感到高兴。所以年轻人花很多钱洗去当还是青少年时花了很多钱做上的纹身。中年人急着跟年轻时迫不及待想结婚的人离婚。老年人很努力的挥霍着作为中年人时不停工作所赚的钱。如此没完没了。作为一个心理学家,让我感兴趣的问题是,为什么我们会做出让自己将来常常后悔的决定? Now, I think one of the reasons -- I'll try to convince you today — is that we have a fundamental misconception about the power of time. Every one of you knows that the rate of change slows over the human lifespan, that your children seem to change by the minute but your parents seem to change by the year. But what is the name of this magical point in life where change suddenly goes from a gallop to a crawl? Is it teenage years? Is it middle age? Is it old age? The answer, it turns out, for most people, is now, wherever now happens to be. What I want to convince you today is that all of us are walking around with an illusion, an illusion that history, our personal history, has just come to an end, that we have just recently become the people that we were always meant to be and will be for the rest of our lives. 我认为其中一个原因——而我今天想说服你们的——就是我们对时间的力量有个基本的错误概念。你们每个人都知道变化的速度随着人的年龄增长不断放慢, 孩子们好像每分钟都有变化, 而父母们的变化则要慢得多。那么生命中这个让变化突然间从飞速变