TED演讲 如果我有一个女儿…(9)

 I'd like to close with this poem. 我想以此诗来做结束。

When they bombed Hiroshima, the explosion¹ formed a mini-supernova, so every living animal, human or plant that received direct² contact with the rays from that sun was instantly³ turned to ash. 当他们轰炸了广岛，爆炸形成了一个小型的超新星，所以每一个活生生的动物，人们和植物受到如同太阳光芒一般的直接辐射，瞬间化为灰烬。

And what was left of the city soon followed. The long-lasting damage of nuclear radiation caused an entire city and its population to turn into powder. 这城市遗留的灰烬随后落下来。核辐射的长期损害，致使整个城市和它的人口化为粉末。

When I was born, my mom says I looked around the whole hospital room with a stare that said, "This? I've done this before." 当我出生时，我妈妈说我四处张望整个病房，凝视着说到，“这个？我从前就经历过这个。”

She says I have old eyes. When my Grandpa Genji died, I was only five years old, but I took my mom by the hand and told her, "Don't worry, he'll come back as a baby." 她说我有双慧眼。当我姥爷源氏去世时，我只有5岁，但我用手拉着我妈妈，告诉她。“不要忧伤，他会像婴儿般降生归来。”

And yet, for someone who's apparently⁴ done this already, I still haven't figured anything out yet. My knees still buckle⁵ every time I get on a stage. 而且显然有人已经这样的诞生了，尽管我还没完全弄清楚。每次我站在舞台上，我双膝都直不起来。

My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons⁶ mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth. 我的自信可以用茶匙掺和到我的诗歌中衡量出，这在我嘴中尝起来还总是有滋有味的。

But in Hiroshima, some people were wiped clean away, leaving only a wristwatch or a diary page. 但在广岛，一些人都被消灭干净了，只留下了一个手表或者1页日志。

So no matter that I have inhibitions to fill all my pockets, I keep trying, hoping that one day I'll write a poem I can be proud to let sit in a museum exhibit⁷ as the only proof⁸ I existed. 所以不管什么限制，我要填满我所有口袋，我努力尝试着，希望有一天我会写诗，我可以自豪地让我的诗呈现在博物馆展览，这也是我存在的唯一证明。

 

1 explosion   

n.爆发，发出，爆炸

参考例句：

• The police arrived right at the moment of the explosion.警察就在爆炸的那个时候赶到了。
• The shock of the explosion was felt far away.爆炸引起的震动很远都可感觉到。

2 direct   

adj.直接的；直达的；v.指挥；知道；监督；管理

参考例句：

• This train is direct,you do not have to change.这辆火车是直达的，你不必换车。
• The army is under the king's direct command.军队由国王直接统帅。

3 instantly   

adv.立即，立刻

参考例句：

• She was used to having her orders instantly obeyed.她习惯了让人即刻服从她的命令。
• Though he slept soundly,he awoke instantly.他虽然睡得很香，但是马上就醒了。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 buckle   

n.扣子，带扣；v.把...扣住，由于压力而弯曲

参考例句：

• The two ends buckle at the back.带子两端在背后扣起来。
• She found it hard to buckle down.她很难专心做一件事情。

6 teaspoons   

n.茶匙( teaspoon的名词复数 )；一茶匙的量

参考例句：

• Add two teaspoons of salt. 加两小匙盐。
• Add 3 heaped teaspoons of sugar. 加满满的三匙糖。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 exhibit   

vt.展览，展出，陈列；n.展览品；陈列品

参考例句：

• Next week those goods will exhibit in that shop. 下个星期，这些货物将在那家商店展出。
• The economy continued to exhibit signs of decline in September.9月份，经济继续呈现出衰退的迹象。

8 proof   

adj.防...的，耐...的，能防护；n.校样，证据，证明；vt.检验，给...做防护措施

参考例句：

• He is living proof of the wonders of modern medicine.他是当代医学奇迹的活证明。
• The proof was fished up from some old papers.校样在旧文件中被找到了。