TED演讲:这个世界需要各种心智(7)

 　　Is it unrealistic for them to hope or think that that child loves them, as some might, as most, wish? 对于家长来说，他们希望或者认为自己的孩子也许能够爱他们，这是不是比较不现实？

　　Well let me tell you, that child will be loyal,  假如家长这么做，孩子会变得很孝顺

　　and if your house is burning down, they're going to get you out of it.  假如家里着火了，他们会把你救出来

　　Wow. So, most people, if you ask them what are they most passionate¹ about,  我跟很多人聊天，当我问及“你对什么最有热情”这个问题的时候

　　they'd say things like, "My kids" or "My lover."  他们说是我的孩子以及我的爱人

　　What are you most passionate about?  你对什么最为热情呢？

　　I'm passionate about that the things I do are going to make the world a better place. 我对于我所做的事情感到十分热情，并且希望这些事情可以让世界变得更美好

　　When I have a mother of an autistic child say,  当我听到有母亲说

　　"My kid went to college because of your book, or one of your lectures," that makes me happy. “我的孩子现在上大学了，多亏你的书呢，多亏你的讲座呢。”这是我最开心的时刻

　　You know, the slaughter² plants, I've worked with them in the '80s; they were absolutely awful. 在80年代我在屠宰场工作的时候，那里非常的糟糕

　　I developed a really simple scoring system for slaughter plants  我开发了一个非常简单的记分工具

　　where you just measure outcomes: How many cattle fell down?  只需计算产出，如有多少的牛跌倒了

　　How many cattle got poked³ with the prodder⁴?  多少的牛被赶牛棒子捅过

　　How many cattle are mooing their heads off?  有多少牛哞哞叫个不停

　　And it's very, very simple.  非常非常简单

　　You directly observe a few simple things.  就只关注一些很小的事情

　　It's worked really well. 并且运作的相当好

　　I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world.  看到事情发生实际的改变，我心里非常高兴，

　　We need a lot more of that, and a lot less abstract stuff. 我们需要更多这样简单的东西，而不是抽象的东西

　　When we were talking on the phone,  我们电话里聊的时候，

　　one of the things you said that really astonished me was you said one thing 你讲到的一个事情让我感到很惊讶

　　you were passionate about was server farms. Tell me about that.  因为你说你有热情的是服务器农场。能详细说一下吗？

　　Well the reason why I got really excited when I read about that, it contains knowledge.  因为我知道那里蕴含了知识

　　It's libraries.  它就是图书馆

　　And to me, knowledge is something that is extremely valuable. 对我来说，知识就是非常宝贵的一种东西

　　So, maybe, over 10 years ago now our library got flooded.  也许十年后我们的图书馆会变得非常大

　　And this is before the Internet got really big. And I was really upset about all the books being wrecked⁶, 那还是互联网尚未急剧增长的时候,每当我看到有人损毁书籍的时候

　　because it was knowledge being destroyed.  我都会感到非常的愤怒，因为那就是知识啊

　　And server farms, or data centers are great libraries of knowledge. 而服务器农场或数据中心就是巨大的知识图书馆

　　Temple, can I just say it's an absolute delight to have you at TED⁵.  坦普女士，我们有幸邀请到您来TED，真的十分高兴

　　Well thank you so much. Thank you.  谢谢。谢谢大家。

1 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

2 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

3 poked   

v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
• His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 prodder   

做刺或戳的动作的人或给人以激励的人或物

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5 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

6 wrecked   

adj.失事的，遇难的

参考例句：

• the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
• the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞