TED演讲: 一人饰演地球村内多个角色(11)

 　　So, these are the words I am waiting to hear, but from my son, not my daughter. 这些话是我想听到的，但应该是从我儿子嘴里说出来，而不是我女儿

　　But at first I did not know what to do.  刚开始的时候，我真的不知道该怎么办

　　But then, over time, I have come to understand that this is who she is.  但过了一段时间，我开始明白了她真的就是这样的一个人

　　So, even though sometimes it's still hard,  即便有的时候还是很难接受

　　I will share with you that it helps me to realize  我想跟你们分享的是，这件事让我认识到

　　society is more tolerant, usually because of places like this,  这个社会越来越宽容，就是因为有像TED¹这样的地方

　　because of ideas like this, and people like you, with an open mind. 因为有像这样的想法，像你们这样的思想开放的人

　　So I think maybe TED, you impact people's lives in the ways maybe even you don't realize. 我觉得TED给我们的生活带来了重大影响，在不知不觉中影响着我们

　　So, for my daughter's sake, I thank you for your ideas worth spreading. Thank you. Xie xie. 所以，我要代表我女儿，谢谢你们分享思想之美。谢谢你们

　　Good evening. My name is Habbi Belahal.  晚上好，我叫哈比贝拉艾

　　And I would like to first of all thank Sarah Jones  我首先要感谢莎拉琼斯

　　for putting all of the pressure on the only Arab who she brought with her to be last today. 因为我是她请来的唯一一位阿拉伯人，这给我很大压力，而且我是最后一个发言的

　　I am originally from Jordan. And I teach comparative literature at Queens College. It is not Harvard. 我来自约旦，我在皇后学院教比较文学，不是哈佛

　　But I feel a bit like a fish out of water. But I am very proud of my students. 我感到有些不适应，但我为我的学生感到骄傲

　　And I see that a few of them did make it here to the conference.  我看到他们有些人来到了大会现场

　　So you will get the extra credit I promised you.  我保证会给你们加学分的

　　But, while I know that I may not look like the typical TED-izen, as you would say,  尽管我知道我看起来不像本地人

　　I do like to make the point that we in global society, we are never as different as the appearances may suggest. 我正想说的就是，我们生活在地球村里，我们之间的差异再也不像我们的长相这样差别如此大

　　So, if you will indulge me, I will share quickly with you a bit of verse,  如果你们允许的话，我愿意跟你们分享一段诗

　　which I memorized as a young girl at 16 years of age.  这是我16岁时就会背的一首诗

　　So, back in the ancient times.  那么让我们回到远古年代

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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。