TED演讲:新美国梦(6)

 Now, this means the nine-to-five no longer works for anyone. 如今，这意味着朝九晚五的工作不再适合所有人。

Punch clocks are becoming obsolete¹, as are career ladders. 打卡和事业的阶梯已经过时了。

Whole industries are being born and dying every day. It's all nonlinear from here. 企业日新月异、起伏不定。

So we need to stop asking kids, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" 因此我们不要再问孩子，“你长大后想做什么？”

and start asking them, "How do you want to be when you grow up?" 而是问，“你长大后要如何成为自己想成为的人？”

Their work will constantly change. The common denominator is them. 他们的工作千变万化，只有他们本身是不变的。

So the more they understand their gifts and create crews of ideal collaborators, the better off they will be. 因此，他们越了解自己的天赋，理想的合作伙伴也会越多，生活也会更好。

The challenge ahead is to reinvent the social safety net to fit this increasingly fragmented economy. 我们面临的挑战就是重建社会保障体系，以适应逐渐分化的经济。

We need portable health benefits. 我们需要便捷的医疗保障。

We need policies that reflect that everyone deserves to be vulnerable or care for vulnerable others, without becoming destitute³. 我们需要制定政策，规定不仅仅穷人是弱者，每个人都应该是弱者。每个人都应当关心其他弱者。

We need to seriously consider a universal basic income. We need to reinvent labor² organizing. 我们需要慎重考虑全民基本收入，我们需要重新构建劳动组织。

The promise of a work world that is structured to actually fit our 21st century values, 工作前景应当是符合21世纪价值观，

not some archaic⁴ idea about bringing home the bacon, is long overdue⁵ -- just ask your mother. 而不是养家这种过时的观念，早就应该这样想了，问问母亲们就知道了。

Now, how about the second question: How should we live? We should live like our immigrant ancestors. 现在我们来谈谈第二个问题，我们应该怎么生活？我们应该像移民的祖先一样生活。

When they came to America, they often shared apartments, survival tactics, child care 他们来到美洲时，经常分享住所、生存手段和照顾孩子，

always knew how to fill one more belly⁶, no matter how small the food available. 不论食物有多少，总是有办法喂饱新生儿的肚子。

But they were told that success meant leaving the village behind and pursuing that iconic symbol of the American Dream, the white picket⁷ fence. 但是人们告诉他们，想要成功，就得离开村庄，追寻美国梦的象征：白色尖桩篱笆。

And even today, we see a white picket fence and we think success, self-possession. 甚至今天，当我们看到白色尖桩篱笆，也能联想到成功和沉着冷静。

But when you strip away the sentimentality, what it really does is divides us. 但是当你抛开这种表象就会发现，白篱笆只是将我们分隔开来。

Many Americans are rejecting the white picket fence and the kind of highly privatized life that happened within it, 现在许多美国人都抵制白篱笆，抵制篱笆内的独立封闭式生活，

and reclaiming⁸ village life, reclaiming interdependence instead. 重新追求乡村生活，重新追求相互依赖。

1 obsolete   

adj.已废弃的，过时的

参考例句：

• These goods are obsolete and will not fetch much on the market.这些货品过时了，在市场上卖不了高价。
• They tried to hammer obsolete ideas into the young people's heads.他们竭力把陈旧思想灌输给青年。

2 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

3 destitute   

adj.缺乏的；穷困的

参考例句：

• They were destitute of necessaries of life.他们缺少生活必需品。
• They are destitute of common sense.他们缺乏常识。

4 archaic   

adj.(语言、词汇等)古代的，已不通用的

参考例句：

• The company does some things in archaic ways,such as not using computers for bookkeeping.这个公司有些做法陈旧，如记账不使用电脑。
• Shaanxi is one of the Chinese archaic civilized origins which has a long history.陕西省是中国古代文明发祥之一，有悠久的历史。

5 overdue   

adj.过期的，到期未付的；早该有的，迟到的

参考例句：

• The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。
• The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。

6 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

7 picket   

n.纠察队；警戒哨；v.设置纠察线；布置警卫

参考例句：

• They marched to the factory and formed a picket.他们向工厂前进,并组成了纠察队。
• Some of the union members did not want to picket.工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。

8 reclaiming   

v.开拓( reclaim的现在分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救

参考例句：

• People here are reclaiming land from the sea. 这儿的人们正在填海拓地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• How could such a man need reclaiming? 这么一个了不起的人怎么还需要别人拯救呢？ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹