TED演讲：一个编舞者的现场创作过程(1)

 　　As you might imagine, I'm absolutely passionate¹ about dance.  你们能想象到，我对舞蹈充满了热情。

　　I'm passionate about making it, about watching it, about encouraging others to participate in it, and I'm also really passionate about creativity.  我热衷于编舞，看别人跳舞，鼓励他人参与到舞蹈中来，我同样对创造力充满了激情。

　　Creativity for me is something that's absolutely critical, and I think it's something that you can teach.  创造力对我来说是至关重要的，我认为创造力是可以教的。

　　I think the technicities of creativity can be taught and shared,  我认为创造力的技术细节是可以教的，也可以被分享，

　　and I think you can find out things about your own personal physical signature, your own cognitive² habits, and use that as a point of departure to misbehave beautifully. 我认为你可以找到你自己的标志性动作，你自己的认知习惯，并以此为起点优美地去“不守规矩”。

　　I was born in the 1970s, and John Travolta was big in those days: "Grease," "Saturday Night Fever,"  我是一个七零后，那时候约翰·特拉沃尔塔是大明星，他的《油脂》、《周末夜狂热》很出名，

　　and he provided a fantastic kind of male role model for me to start dancing.  他给了我一个男性舞者的最好榜样，让我开始习舞。

　　My parents were very up for me going. They absolutely encouraged me to take risks, to go, to try, to try.  我父母非常支持我。他们绝对鼓励我去冒险，去努力，去尝试，不断地尝试。

　　I had an opportunity, an access to a local dance studio,  我当时有个机会，进了一间本地的舞蹈培训班，

　　and I had an enlightened teacher who allowed me to make up my own and invent my own dances,  有一位开明的启蒙老师她允许我自己编排，创造自己的舞蹈，

　　so what she did was let me make up my own ballroom³ and Latin American dances to teach to my peers.  她让我自己编排舞厅舞和拉丁舞的节目并教给同学们。

　　And that was the very first time that I found an opportunity to feel that I was able to express my own voice, and that's what's fueled me, then, to become a choreographer⁴.  那就是我生平头一次有机会感受到自己有能力表达自己的声音，这成了之后我想做编舞的动力。

　　I feel like I've got something to say and something to share. 我感到自己有东西要说，要分享。

　　And I guess what's interesting is, is that I am now obsessed⁵ with the technology of the body.  它的有趣之处在于，也是让我为之沉迷的是人体技术。

　　I think it's the most technologically⁶ literate⁷ thing that we have,  我认为这是我们拥有的最具技术文明的东西，

　　and I'm absolutely obsessed with finding a way of communicating ideas through the body to audiences that might move them, touch them, help them think differently about things. 我一门心思想要找到一种方法，能通过肢体语言与观众交流，能够带动他们，感动他们，帮助他们转变思维和观念。

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 cognitive   

adj.认知的，认识的，有感知的

参考例句：

• As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大，他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
• The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。

3 ballroom   

n.舞厅

参考例句：

• The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
• I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。

4 choreographer   

n.编舞者

参考例句：

• She is a leading professional belly dancer, choreographer, and teacher. 她既是杰出的专业肚皮舞演员，也是舞蹈设计者和老师。 来自辞典例句
• It'stands aside, my choreographer of grace, and blesses each finger and toe. 它站在一旁，我优雅的舞蹈指导，并祝福每个指尖与脚尖。 来自互联网

5 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

6 technologically   

ad.技术上地

参考例句：

• Shanghai is a technologically advanced city. 上海是中国的一个技术先进的城市。
• Many senior managers are technologically illiterate. 许多高级经理都对技术知之甚少。

7 literate   

n.学者；adj.精通文学的，受过教育的

参考例句：

• Only a few of the nation's peasants are literate.这个国家的农民中只有少数人能识字。
• A literate person can get knowledge through reading many books.一个受过教育的人可以通过读书而获得知识。