TED演讲:网络暴力的失控(1)

In the early days of Twitter, it was like a place of radical¹ de-shaming.

Twitter刚出不久时，像是个奇葩类的供洗耻的地方。

People would admit shameful² secrets about themselves, and other people would say, "Oh my God, I'm exactly the same."

人们会直讳一些羞于启齿的秘密，其他人就会搭腔说，“天啊，我跟你一模一样。”

Voiceless people realized that they had a voice, and it was powerful and eloquent³.

欲言无处诉的人意识到自己有话语权了，而且还能声势浩大、振振有词。

If a newspaper ran some racist⁴ or homophobic column, we realized we could do something about it.

遇到哪份报张发表了种族歧视或反同性恋的言论时，我们就知道可以采取行动了。

We could get them. We could hit them with a weapon that we understood but they didn't -- a social media shaming.

我们能把他们揪出来。我们可以用炮轰他们，用他们觉得陌生而我们得心应手的武器，叫社交媒体羞辱法。

Advertisers would withdraw their advertising⁵.

广告商就会撤回广告。

When powerful people misused⁶ their privilege, we were going to get them.

遇到有权有势之士滥用特权的时候，我们就可以把他们给揪出来。

This was like the democratization of justice.

简直就像司法的民主化。

Hierarchies⁷ were being leveled out. We were going to do things better.

阶层差异被推平了。很多事情我们都可以做得更好了。

Soon after that, a disgraced pop science writer called Jonah Lehrer

那之后不久，一位名叫乔纳·雷尔的知名科学作家，做了件丢人的事，

he'd been caught plagiarizing⁸ and faking quotes, and he was drenched⁹ in shame and regret, he told me.

抄袭和捏造引据，并因之深陷羞辱和悔恨，他对我说。

And he had the opportunity to publicly apologize at a foundation lunch.

他得到一个机会可以在一次基金午餐会上公开道歉。

This was going to be the most important speech of his life.

那将会是他生命中最重要的一次讲话的了。

Maybe it would win him some salvation¹⁰.

可能会为他挽回一点颜面。

He knew before he arrived that the foundation was going to be live-streaming his event,

出席之前他知道，该基金会将要流媒体直播他的讲话，

but what he didn't know until he turned up, was that they'd erected¹¹ a giant screen Twitter feed right next to his head.

但他没有料到的是，到了会场之后才发现现场竖起了一个巨大的推特荧屏，就挨他的头旁边。

Another one in a monitor screen in his eye line.

另一个电脑荧屏则在他的视线之内。

1 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

2 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

3 eloquent   

adj.雄辩的，口才流利的；明白显示出的

参考例句：

• He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩，胜过最好的演说家。
• These ruins are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war.这些废墟形象地提醒人们不要忘记战争的恐怖。

4 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

5 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

6 misused   

v.使用…不当( misuse的过去式和过去分词 )；把…派作不正当的用途；虐待；滥用

参考例句：

• He misused his dog shamefully. 他可耻地虐待自己的狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had grossly misused his power. 他严重滥用职权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 hierarchies   

等级制度( hierarchy的名词复数 )； 统治集团； 领导层； 层次体系

参考例句：

• That's a trip of two hierarchies. 那是两个领导层之间的互访。
• Hierarchies of authority, spans of control, long-range plans, and budgets. 等级森严的权力机构，控制范围，长期计划，预算。 来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦

8 plagiarizing   

v.剽窃，抄袭( plagiarize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was accused of plagiarizing his colleague's results. 他被指控剽窃同事的成果。
• Moderates are plagiarizing his ideas in hopes of wooing voters. 温和派为讨好选民在盗用他的观点。 来自辞典例句

9 drenched   

adj.湿透的；充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
• The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 salvation   

n.（尤指基督）救世，超度，拯救，解困

参考例句：

• Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
• Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。

11 ERECTED   

adj. 直立的，竖立的，笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立，建立

参考例句：

• A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。
• A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist. 树立了一块纪念碑纪念那位伟大的科学家。