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Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green in the South Bronx
史蒂夫-瑞茨：南布鲁克斯的环保教师
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史蒂夫-瑞茨，纽约州的一名教师，在寸草不生的南布鲁克斯刮起一阵环保旋风，他带着他的学生们种植花圃、食物，播撒绿色，还创造了就业！他还把其这一想法推广到其他社区，给人们带来希望。
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Good afternoon.
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各位下午好！
00:17
I am not a farmer.
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我不是农民。
00:20
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
00:21
I'm not. I'm a parent, I'm a resident and I'm a teacher.
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我不是。我是一位家长，一个居民，也是一名教师。
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And this is my world.
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这就是关于我的全部。
00:26
And along the way I've started noticing --
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这些年来，我逐渐意识到
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I'm on my third generation of kids --
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我现在的学生是第三代移民
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that they're getting bigger.
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他们越长越大
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They're getting sicker.
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身体也越来越差
00:32
In addition to these complexities,
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除了这些复杂的问题
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I just learned that 70 percent of the kids that I see
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最近我才知道，我所看到的所谓的“学习障碍者”
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who are labeled learning disabled would not have been
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他们的当中的70%，如果不是因为出生前营养不良
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had they had proper prenatal nutrition.
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都将会不会有这个问题
00:40
The realities of my community are simple. They look like this.
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我所在社区的情况很简单。他们看上去是这样的。
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Kids should not have to grow up and look at things like this.
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孩子们不应该这样成长，也不应该看到如此的事。
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And as jobs continue to leave my community,
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另外，我所在的社区，越来越多的人失去了工作，
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and energy continues to come in, be exported in,
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我们需要从外面引进能源
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it's no wonder that really some people refer to the South Bronx as a desert.
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难怪一些人几乎把南布朗克斯称之为沙漠，
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But I'm the oldest sixth grader you'll ever meet,
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但是在你见过的六年级的学生中，我是最老的一个，
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so I get up every day with this tremendous amount of enthusiasm
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所以我每天醒来都充满了无比的热情，
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that I'm hoping to share with you all today.
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我现在就想和大家分享这热情。
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And with that note, I come to you with this belief
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说到这里，我来先跟你们说说我相信的一点，
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that kids should not have to leave their communities
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我相信孩子不应该离开他们所在的社区，
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to live, learn and earn in a better one.
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不应该去更好的社区生活、学习、赚钱。
01:12
So I'm here to tell you a story about me
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让我来讲个故事给你们听。
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and this wall that I met outside, which I'm now bringing inside.
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这块墙砖是我在外面看到的，现在把它带进来。
01:17
And it starts with three people.
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这个故事还得从三个人讲起。
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The crazy teacher -- that's me on the left,
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一位疯狂的老师，就是左边那个，实际上也就是我，
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I dress up pretty, thank you, my wife, I love you for getting a good suit --
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我特地打扮了一番。多亏了我太太，非常感谢你的好西装。
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my passionate borough president
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我热情的镇长，
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and a guy named George Irwin from Green Living Technologies
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还有一个名叫乔治-鄂文的人，他来自绿色生活科技（公司），
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who helped me with my class
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他曾经帮我上过课，
01:29
and helped me get involved with this patented technology.
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还邀请我参加这项专利技术的研发。
01:32
But it all starts with seeds in classrooms,
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但一切都从教室里的种子开始，
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in my place, which looks like this.
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在我那儿，教室是这样的。
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And I'm here today hoping that my reach will exceed my grasp.
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今天我在此，希望我能够把目光放得长远。
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And that's really what this is all about.
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这就是关键所在。
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And it starts with incredible kids like this,
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就是这样让人佩服的孩子们开始了一切，
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who come early and stay late.
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他们起早贪黑。
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All of my kids are either IEP or ELL learners,
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所有这些孩子都学习IEP（自我学习）或ELL（英语学习）
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most come with a lot of handicaps,
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其中大部分人还存在诸多障碍，
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most are homeless and many are in foster care.
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大多数人无家可归，许多都被寄养
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Almost all of my kids live below poverty.
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几乎我所有的学生都生活在贫困之中，
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But with those seeds, from day one, we are growing in my classroom,
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但是我们从第一天上课开始就种下了这些种子，
02:01
and this is what it looks like in my classroom.
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这就是我班上的情况。
02:03
And you see how attentive these kids are to these seeds.
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你们看这些孩子们对种子多专注呀。
02:06
And then you notice that those seeds become farms across the Bronx that look like this.
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然后你会看到，这些种子长成了作物，遍布布朗克斯，就像这样。
02:10
But again, I am not a farmer. I'm a teacher.
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不过，还是那句话，我不是农民，我是一名老师。
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And I don't like weeding, and I don't like back-breaking labor.
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我不喜欢除草和那些把腰都累断的劳动。
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So I wanted to figure out how I could get this kind of success
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所以我想找到一个办法，能把这样一件伟事
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into something small, like this,
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分解成若干这样的小事，
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and bring it into my classroom so that handicapped kids could do it,
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于是我把它带到课堂上，让那些残疾的孩子们种植，
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kids who didn't want to be outside could do it,
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那些不想外出的孩子就可以做这件事，
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and everyone could have access.
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每个人都可以做。
02:28
So I called George Irwin, and what do you know?
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于是我打了个电话给乔治-鄂文，你猜怎么着？
02:30
He came to my class and we built an indoor edible wall.
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他到我教室，我们在教室里砌了一堵可食用的墙。
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And what we do is we partner it with authentic learning experiences,
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我们还把这个种植活动跟真实的学习经验结合，
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private-based learning.
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还结合了个性化的学习，
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And lo and behold, we gave birth to
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你瞧，在我们的共同努力下，
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the first edible wall in New York City.
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纽约市第一堵可食用的墙就诞生了！
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So if you're hungry, get up and eat.
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如果你饿了，不妨起来吃一点。
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You can do it right now. My kids play cow all the time.
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你现在就可以。我的孩子们就像吃草的牛一样，
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Okay? But we were just getting started,
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但是我们才刚刚开始，
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the kids loved the technology,
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孩子们非常喜欢这一技术，
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so we called up George and we said, "We gotta learn more!"
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所以我们就一起打了电话给乔治，我们说：“我们想要学更多东西！”
02:53
Now, Mayor Bloomberg, thank you very much, we no longer need work permits,
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现在，彭博市长，非常感谢您，我们不再需要许可才去工作了，
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which comes with slices and bonded contractors -- we're available for you --
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这些工作只带来杯水车薪和刻薄的合同。可对你随时有空
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We decided to go to Boston.
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我们决定把它推广到波士顿。
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And my kids, from the poorest congressional district in America,
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我的学生们，虽然他们来自美国最穷的地方，
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became the first to install a green wall,
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却成了第一批竖起这座绿色之墙的人
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designed by a computer, with real-live learning tools,
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这堵墙由计算机设计，还能用到现实生活中的各种工具，
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21 stories up -- if you're going to go visit it,
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足足有21层楼这么高。如果你乐意来参观的话，
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it's on top of the John Hancock building.
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它就位于约翰-汉考克大楼楼顶。
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But closer to home, we started installing these walls in schools
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在我们学校附近，我们也开始在其它学校里竖起这样的墙，
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that look like this with lighting like that,
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就像这样，上面装点了很多彩灯，
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real LED stuff, 21st-century technology.
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还是LED的灯，21世纪的技术。
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And what do you know? We made 21st century money,
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你知道吗？我们赚了21世纪钱，
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and that was groundbreaking. Wow!
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这是一件多么有突破性的事情呀！
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This is my harvest, people.
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这就是我的收获。
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And what do you do with this food? You cook it!
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那么这些食物能做什么呢？当然是用它做菜啦！
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And those are my heirloom students making heirloom sauce,
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这些是我宝贝学生们做的宝贝香肠，
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with plastic forks, and we get it into the cafeteria,
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外加塑料叉子，我们把这些香肠卖到咖啡厅，
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and we grow stuff and we feed our teachers.
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我们继续种植，养活老师们。
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And that is the youngest nationally certified
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而且我们有幸成为了国家认可的、最年轻的
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workforce in America with our Bronx Borough President.
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劳动力，获得了布鲁克斯镇长的认可。
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And what'd we do then? Well, I met nice people like you,
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然后呢？后来又发生了什么？后来我遇到了一群很棒的人，像你们这样，
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and they invited us to the Hamptons.
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他们邀请我们去汉普顿，
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So I call this "from South Bronx to Southampton."
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所以我称之为“从南布鲁克斯到南汉普顿”
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And we started putting in roofs that look like this,
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于是我们开始在那里打造这样的屋顶，
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and we came in from destitute neighborhoods
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我们来自贫困的街区，
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to start building landscape like this, wow! People noticed.
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却在塑造这样的景致！很棒！不是吗？吸引了很多人的目光，
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And so we got invited back this past summer,
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所以今年夏天我们又受到了邀请，
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and we actually moved into the Hamptons,
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而且我们还搬到了汉普顿，
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payed 3,500 dollars a week for a house, and we learned how to surf.
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我们花3,500美金一周租了一所房子，我们学会了如何冲浪，
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And when you can do stuff like this --
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当你学会做这些事的时候——
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These are my kids putting in this technology,
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我的孩子们现在就在推广这项技术
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and when you can build a roof that looks like that
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当你可以造出这样的一个房顶
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on a house that looks like that
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架在这样的一个房子之上的时候
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with sedum that looks like this,
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并且用的是这样的景天草，
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this is the new green graffiti.
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这就是新的绿色涂鸦。
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So, you may wonder what does a wall like this
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你也许会不明白，究竟像这样一堵墙
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really do for kids, besides changing landscapes and mindsets?
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除了改变我们的庭院和想法，还能真正给孩子们什么？
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Okay, I'm going to tell you what it does.
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好吧，让我来告诉你们。
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It gets me to meet incredible contractors like this,
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它帮我遇到了一群神奇的承包商，
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Jim Ellenberger from Ellenberger Services.
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比如艾伦伯格服务机构的吉姆-艾伦伯格，
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And this is where it becomes true triple bottom line.
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从此我们开始获利翻番，
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Because Jim realized that these kids, my future farmers,
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因为吉姆明白这群孩子们，也就是我未来的农业劳动者们，
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really had the skills he needed to build affordable housing
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确实有超凡的天赋，可以帮助他建造出人们买得起的房子，
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for New Yorkers, right in their own neighborhood.
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让纽约人居有定所，而且就在他们自己的街区里。
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And this is what my kids are doing, making living wage.
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这也就是我的学生们现在在做的事，也养活了他们自己。
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Now, if you're like me, you live in a building, there are seven guys
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现在，如果你也像我一样，住在一幢楼里，楼里有七个人，
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out of work looking to manage a million dollars.
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他们没有工作，但是管理者上百万美金，
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I don't have it. But if you need a toilet fixed
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我没有一百万。但是你需要修一个厕所，
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or, you know, some shelving, I gotta wait six months
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或者，修什么架子，我需要等六个月
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for an appointment with someone who drives a much nicer car than me.
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等到预约的人来帮忙，他们通常开得比我好很多的车。
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That's the beauty of this economy.
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这就是这个经济世界的魅力所在。
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But my kids are now licensed and bonded in trade.
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但是我的学生们现在已经有执照了，也可以参与经营。
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And that's my first student to open up, the first in his family to have a bank account.
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这是我一个开始创业学生，他也是他们家唯一开了银行账户的人。
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This immigrant student is the first one in his family to use an ATM.
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这位移民学生是他家里唯一一个用ATM的人。
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And this is the true triple bottom line,
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这绝对是帮助他们提高了生活质量，
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because we can take neighborhoods that were abandoned and destitute
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因为我们选取了被遗弃的最贫困的街区，
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and turn them into something like this with interiors like this.
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把它们变成了这样。
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Wow! People noticed. And notice they did.
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哇！不错吧！人们被吸引了过来。人们开始注意我们。
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So CNN called, and we were delighted to have them come to our farmer's market.
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CNN也打电话来，我们很高兴地邀请他们来参观我们的农场。
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And then when Rockefeller Center said, NBC,
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之后，洛克菲勒中心说：NBC，
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could you put this thing up on the walls? We were delighted.
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你可以把这条新闻放到大屏幕上吗？我们高兴极了！
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But this, I show you, when kids from the poorest congressional district in America
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但是我们的孩子们来自美国最贫困的地方，
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can build a 30-foot by 15-foot wall,
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他们终于可以建立起高达30英尺或者15英尺的墙，
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design it, plant it and install it in the heart of New York City,
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自己设计，自己种植，而且这墙还在纽约市的市中心，
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that's a true "sí se puede" moment.
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这绝对是西班牙语中所说的“是的！绝对可能！“的时刻。
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Really scholastic, if you ask me.
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你要有疑问，我只能说这绝对是学生做的。
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But this is not a Getty image.
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但是这不是来自盖特的图片，
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That's a picture I took of my Bronx Borough President,
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这是我拍的布鲁克斯镇长的照片，
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addressing my kids in his house, not the jailhouse,
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为我的孩子们在他家发表演讲，而不是在监狱里
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making them feel a part of it.
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他让学生感受到自己是那儿的一部分，
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That's our State Senator Gustavo Rivera and Bob Bieder,
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这是我们的州议员古斯塔沃-里维拉和鲍勃-彼得，
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coming to my classroom to make my kids feel important.
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他们来到我的课堂，让孩子们知道到自己很重要，
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And when the Bronx Borough President shows up
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当布鲁克斯镇长出现的时候，
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and the State Senator comes to our class,
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以及州议员们来到课堂之际，
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believe you me, the Bronx can change attitudes now.
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说真的，布鲁克斯对我们的态度大为改观。
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We are poised, ready, willing and able
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现在的我们自信能干，充满期待与毅力
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to export our talent and diversity in ways we've never even imagined.
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以从前不敢想的方式散播着我们的智慧，让世界更多元
06:10
And when the local senator gets on the scale in public
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本来议员在公众中变得知名以后，
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and says he's got to lose weight, so do I!
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他可能会因此减肥。其实我也一样。
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And I tell you what, I'm doing it and so are the kids.
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而且，我告诉大家，我在做这些事业，孩子们也是！
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Okay? And then celebrities started.
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于是，之后名人们也加入到这个行列之中。
06:20
Produce Pete can't believe what we grow.
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普路德斯-皮特简直不敢相信我们在种什么，
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Lorna Sass came and donated books.
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罗娜-萨斯来拜访我们，还给我们捐书。
06:25
Okay? We're feeding seniors.
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我们养活了老人们。
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And when we realized that we were growing for food justice in the South Bronx,
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当我们意识到自己在为南布鲁克斯种粮食
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so did the international community.
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同时也是国际社会关心的事，
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And my kids in the South Bronx were repped in
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我的学生们甚至还代表南布鲁克斯参加
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the first international green roof conference.
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首届国际绿色屋顶大会。
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And that's just great.
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多棒啊！
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Except what about locally?
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除了一些关于当地的情况？
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Well, we met this woman, Avis Richards, with the Ground Up Campaign.
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我们和Group Up运动的人员去拜会了这位女士，艾维斯-理查德
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Unbelievable! Through her, my kids,
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简直令人难以置信！通过她，我的学生们，
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the most disenfranchised and marginalized,
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那些被剥夺权利的人们，还有被边缘化的人们，
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were able to roll out 100 gardens to New York City public schools.
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终于得以在纽约市公立学校铺开100个园圃。
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That's triple bottom line! Okay?
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是不是改变了他们的生活？！
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A year ago today, I was invited to the New York Academy of Medicine.
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去年今日，我收到纽约医学院的邀请，
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I thought this concept of designing a strong and healthy New York
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我认为设计一个强装健康纽约的概念合情合理
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made sense, especially when the resources were free.
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特别是我们需要的资源都不用花钱。
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So thank you all and I love them.
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所以，太感谢你们了，我爱他们。
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They introduced me to the New York City Strategic Alliance for Health,
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他们向我介绍了纽约市健康战略联盟，
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again, free resources, don't waste them.
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这些也是免费的资源，可千万别浪费了他们。
07:10
And what do you know? Six months later,
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你知道吗？六个月之后，
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my school and my kids were awarded the first ever
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我的学校和学生们就得到了嘉奖，
07:15
high school award of excellence for creating a healthy school environment.
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这是第一个授予高中的杰出健康校园奖。
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The greenest class in New York City.
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也是纽约市最绿色的课堂。
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But more importantly is my kids learned to get,
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但是更重要的是，我的学生们学会了收获
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they learned to give.
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学会了奉献。
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And we took the money that we made from our farmer's market,
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我们拿那些从农场上赚来的钱，
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and started buying gifts for the homeless
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买了礼物送给无家可归的人，
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and for needy around the world.
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还有世界上需要帮助的穷人。
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So we started giving back.
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这就是我们所开始的奉献行动。
07:32
And that's when I realized that the greening of America
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从那时起，我明白了要让美国变得更绿色
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starts first with the pockets, then with the heart
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从钱袋开始，然后再到心，
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and then with the mind.
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再然后到意识。
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So we were onto something, and we're still onto something.
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我们曾经支持那些事，现在一如既往。
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And thank God Trinity Wall Street noticed,
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感谢上帝，华尔街三一教堂注意到了我们，
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because they gave us the birth of Green Bronx Machine.
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因为它们帮助我们造就了“绿色布鲁克斯机”，
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We're 3,000 strong right now.
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我们现在有3000台了。
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And what does it really do?
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这些机器究竟干嘛呢？
07:50
It teaches kids to re-vision their communities,
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它教会孩子们如何重新规划它们所在的社区，
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so when they grow up in places like this, they can imagine it like this.
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他们在这些地方长大，他们可以将它想象成这样。
07:55
And my kids, trained and certified --
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我的学生们，接受了培训，获得认证，
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Ma, you get the tax abatement. Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg --
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马，你获得了税收减免，多亏了彭博市长，
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can take communities that look like this and convert them into things that look like that,
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于是得以把这样的社区，改造成现在的模样
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and that to me, people, is another true "sí se puede" moment.
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这对我来说，意味着另一个真切的“是的！绝对可能！“的时刻。
08:06
Now, how does it start? It starts in schools.
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现在，这些从何开始呢？就从学校开始。
08:08
No more little Knicks and little Nets.
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再也不会有街头打篮球的小子，小混混
08:10
Group by broccoli, group by your favorite vegetable,
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他们因为西兰花结成队伍，因为他们喜欢的蔬菜在一起，
08:13
something you can aspire to.
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于是你们就有值得期待的东西。
08:15
Okay? And these are my future farmers of America,
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这些是我们未来的美国农民，
08:17
growing up in Brook Park on 141st Street,
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在141大街的布鲁克公园公园长大，
08:19
the most migrant community in America.
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它是美国移民最为多样的社区。
08:21
When tenacious little ones learn how to garden like this,
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当最顽强的小家伙们学会如何这样种菜的时候，
08:23
it's no wonder we get fruit like that.
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水果的丰收也是在意料之中了。
08:25
And I love it! And so do they.
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我爱这一切！孩子们也爱。
08:27
And we're building teepees in neighborhoods that were burning down.
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我们在那些被焚毁的街区里搭起帐篷，
08:30
And that's a true "sí se puede" moment.
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这是真正的一切皆有可能的时刻！
08:33
And again, Brook Park feeds hundreds of people
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布鲁克公园又为上百人提供食物，
08:36
without a food stamp or a fingerprint.
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而且无需食品券或指纹。
08:38
The poorest congressional district in America,
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在美国最贫困的地区，
08:41
the most migratory community in America, we can do this.
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也是移民最多的地方——我们做到了这一切！
08:44
Bissel Gardens is cranking out food in epic proportions,
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比赛尔公园把食物载入史诗，
08:47
moving kids into an economy they never imagined.
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把孩子们带入一个他们从不想像的经济体制。
08:50
Now, somewhere over the rainbow, my friends,
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现在，在彩虹之上的，我的朋友们，
08:52
is the South Bronx of America. And we're doing it.
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就是我们的南布鲁克斯的热土。我们正为此耕耘，
08:56
How does it start? Well, look at Jose's attention to detail.
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从何开始呢？来看看约斯对细节的注重，
08:59
Thank God Omar knows that carrots come from the ground,
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感谢上帝，奥玛懂得胡萝卜是地上种出来的，
09:01
and not aisle 9 at the supermarket
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而不是从超市的货架上来的，
09:03
or through a bullet-proof window or through a piece of styrofoam.
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或者从防弹玻璃或发泡胶里。
09:06
And when Henry knows that green is good, so do I.
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亨利得知环保是件好事，我也知道。
09:08
And when you expand their palates, you expand their vocabulary.
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当你让他们感到吃惊时，你也同时拓宽了他们的词汇量。
09:12
And most importantly, when you put big kids together with little kids,
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更重要的是，当你把大一点的孩子们混在一起的时候，
09:15
you get the big fat white guy out of the middle, which is cool,
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你会从中发现大白胖小子。这很酷。
09:18
and you create this kind of accountability amongst peers, which is incredible.
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你在同伴间塑造了一种责任感，这很奇妙。
09:21
God, I'm going to run out of time, so I've gotta keep it moving.
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演讲快没时间了，我得快一点儿。
09:24
But this is my weekly paycheck for kids; that's our green graffiti.
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这是我们一周之内孩子们的收获；这是我们的绿色涂鸦。
09:27
This is what we're doing.
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这就是我们所做的。
09:28
And behold the glory and bounty that is Bronx County.
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谁知，这一切都是布鲁克斯镇的荣耀和奖赏，
09:33
Nothing thrills me more than to see kids pollinating plants instead of each other.
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没有什么比看到孩子们帮植物授粉让我更高兴的了！
09:36
I gotta tell you, I'm a protective parent.
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其实我是个懂得的保护孩子的家长。
09:38
But those kids are the kids who are now putting
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不过这些孩子
09:40
pumpkin patches on top of trains.
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把一小块南瓜田建在了火车之上。
09:42
We're also designing coin ponds for the rich and affluent.
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我们正在为富人设计玉米田，
09:45
We're also becoming children of the corn,
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我们也成为玉米之子，
09:46
creating farms in the middle of Fordham Road for awareness
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在福特汉姆路上打造出一片农地，让人们能意识到，
09:49
and window bottles out of garbage.
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我们还利用垃圾中的瓶子围成窗户。
09:50
Now I don't expect every kid to be a farmer,
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如今我已经不期望每个孩子都成为农民了，
09:52
but I expect you to read about it, write about it, blog about it, offer outstanding customer service.
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但是我期望各位去读一读，写一些关于这些的文章、博客，提供一些优质的客户服务。
09:56
I expect them to be engaged, and man, are they!
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我希望他们都参与其中，每个人都参与！
09:58
So that's my incredible classroom, that's the food.
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这就是我们神奇的教室，这是那些食物。
10:01
Where does it go? Zero miles to plate, right down into the cafeteria.
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它们最终去往哪儿呢？直达餐盘，直至餐厅。
10:04
Or more importantly, to local shelters,
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更重要的是，供给当地的避难所，
10:06
where most of our kids are getting one to two meals a day.
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那里的孩子一天只有1到2顿饭。
10:09
And we're stepping it up.
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我们孩子继续推进，
10:10
No Air Jordans were ever ruined on my farm.
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我们农场里也不让孩子们弄坏他们的耐克乔丹鞋。
10:13
And in his day, a million dollar gardens and incredible installations.
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在他们的生活里，价值一百万的花园和所有神奇的装置无处不在。
10:16
Let me tell you something, people.
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让我再来给你讲讲吧，观众朋友们。
10:18
This is a beautiful moment.
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这是一个美妙的瞬间。
10:22
Black field, brown field, toxic waste field, battlefield --
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黑色的田地、棕色的土壤、有毒废弃的地方、战场……
10:25
we're proving in the Bronx that you can grow anywhere, on cement.
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我们在向大家证明：布鲁克斯哪里都可以种植，哪怕在水泥上都可以。
10:28
And we take orders for flowers. I'm putting the bake sale to shame.
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我们接受鲜花的预定。我让烤蛋糕的小商小户们汗颜。
10:32
We take orders now. I'm booking for the spring.
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我们开始接受订单，已经排到春天。
10:34
And these were all grown from seeds. We're learning everything.
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这些都是从种子慢慢长出来的。我们尽可能的学习。
10:37
And again, when you can take kids from backgrounds as diverse
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当你接受所有背景的孩子们时，
10:40
as this to do something as special as this,
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就像这是一件如此特别的事情，
10:42
we're really creating a moment.
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我们确实在创造一个时刻，
10:44
Now, you may ask about these kids.
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你可能会问一些关于这些孩子们的事，
10:47
Forty percent attendance to 93 percent attendance.
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参与率从40%提升至93%，
10:50
All start overage and under-credit.
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无需任何原始投入，也无需贷款。
10:53
They are now, my first cohort is all in college, earning a living wage.
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我第一批学生现在已经在念大学了，而且能赚钱养活自己。
10:57
The rest are scheduled to graduate this June.
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其余的孩子们也将于今年六月毕业。
10:59
Happy kids, happy families, happy colleagues.
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快乐的孩子们，快乐的家庭，快乐的同事们。
11:02
Amazed people. The glory and bounty that is Bronx County.
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令人称奇的人们啊。所有的荣耀和赏赐都来自于布鲁克斯镇。
11:06
Let's talk about mint. Where is my mint?
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我们来说说薄荷。我的薄荷哪儿去了？
11:08
I grow seven kinds of mint in my class.
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我在课堂上种了七种薄荷。
11:10
Mojitos, anybody? I'll be at Telepan later.
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莫黑脱，你们都知道吧？之后我回去特勒潘。
11:13
But, understand this is my intellectual Viagra.
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但是，可以理解，这激发了我学术的热情。
11:16
Ladies and gentlemen, I gotta move quick, but understand this:
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女士们先生们，我得快点儿，但是请理解：
11:19
The borough that gave us baggy pants and funky fresh beats
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这个镇让给我们习惯穿宽松、嘻哈的裤子，打着时髦、潮流的节拍，
11:22
is becoming home to the organic ones.
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这现在已经成为有机食品的源泉。
11:24
My green [unclear] 25,000 pounds of vegetables,
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我种了2万5千磅蔬菜，
11:27
I'm growing organic citizens, engaged kids.
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我也是在培养”有机“市民，懂得奉献的孩子们。
11:30
So help us go from this to this.
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所以它帮我们从这样变成了这样。
11:33
Self-sustaining entities, 18 months return on investment,
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帮我们自己自足，十八个月就收回投资了。
11:36
plus we're paying people living wage and health benefits,
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而且我们还给员工们付了足够工资和福利，
11:38
while feeding people for pennies on the dollar.
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他们以便士为生，我们付给他们美元。
11:40
Martin Luther King said that people need to be uplifted with dignity.
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马丁-路德-金曾说：应该给予人民自尊。
11:44
So here in New York, I urge you, my fellow Americans,
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在此，我敦促大家，我亲爱的美国同胞们，让我们在纽约
11:47
to help us make America great again.
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一起把美国建设得更加富强。
11:50
It's simple. Share your passion.
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其实很简单。只要贡献你的激情。
11:52
It's real easy. Go see these two videos, please.
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真的很容易。请看看这两段视频。
11:54
One got us invited to the White House, one's a recent incarnation.
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一段关于我们受到白宫的邀请，另一段关于我们最近的一段代言。
11:57
And most importantly, get the biggest bully out of schools.
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更重要的是，我们要让这些垃圾食品在学校消失。
12:00
This has got to go tomorrow.
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要让他们立刻消失。
12:02
People, you can all do that.
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这些，各位都可以做得到。
12:04
Keep kids out of stores that look like this.
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不要让孩子们走进这样的店。
12:07
Make them a healthy plate,
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给他们吃健康的食物。
12:09
especially if you can pick it off the wall in your own classroom -- delicioso!
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尤其是，如果你可以从我们教室的墙上摘一些的话就更好了！可美味了！
12:11
Model good behavior. Get them to a green cart.
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学习良好行为，让购物车更加绿色环保。
12:15
Big kids love strawberries and bananas.
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大一点的孩子应该喜欢草莓和香蕉。
12:17
Teach them entrepreneurship. Thank God for GrowNYC.
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教会他们企业家精神。感谢上帝我们在纽约这个城里种蔬菜！
12:20
Let them cook. Great lunch today, let them do culinary things.
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让他们学做饭。让他们做一些跟烹饪相关的事。
12:23
But most importantly, just love them.
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更关键的是，关爱他们。
12:25
Nothing works like unconditional love.
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没有什么像无条件的爱一样有用
12:27
So, my good friend Kermit said it's not easy being green.
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我的好朋友科密特说：做到环保不容易。
12:31
It's not. I come from a place where kids can buy
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但事实并非如此。我所来的地方，孩子们都可以买
12:33
35 flavors of blunt wrap at any day of the moment,
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35种口味的卷饼，每天任何时候都可以，
12:36
where ice cream freezers are filled with slushy malt liquor.
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放冰淇林的冰柜里都装满了麦芽糖酿的酒。
12:39
Okay? My dear friend Majora Carter once told me,
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我亲爱的朋友玛约拉-卡特曾经告诉我，
12:43
we have everything to gain and nothing to lose.
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我们一无所有，只有得到，不再会有失去。
12:47
So here, and at a time when we've gone from
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因此，在我们追求的每时每刻，
12:49
the audacity to hope to hope for some audacity,
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大胆地寄予希望，
12:51
I urge you to do something.
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我请各位开始做些什么吧！
12:53
I urge you to do something.
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我请各位开始做些什么吧！
12:55
Right now, we're all tadpoles,
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就是现在，我们都像蝌蚪一样，
12:57
but I urge you to become a big frog and take that big, green leap.
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但是我希望大家都成为大大的青蛙，能够一跃而起，
13:00
I don't care if you're on the left, on the right, up the middle, wherever.
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不管跃向左右、向上、或居中
13:03
Join me. Use -- I've got a lot of energy. Help me use it.
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请加入我们的行列。我觉得自己充满活力。请帮我用掉一点活力。
13:07
We can do something here.
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我们什么都可以做。
13:10
And along the way, please take time to smell the flowers,
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在这条路上，请停留片刻闻闻花香，
13:12
especially if you and your students grew them.
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特别是和你的学生一起种植。
13:14
I'm Steve Ritz, this is Green Bronx Machine.
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我是史蒂夫-瑞茨。这是绿色布鲁克斯的机器。
13:16
I've got to say thank you to my wife and family, for my kids,
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在此，感谢我的妻子、家人和学生。
13:20
thank you for coming every day, and for my colleagues,
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也谢谢各位今日来到这里，也谢谢我的同事们
13:22
believing and supporting me.
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一直信任、支持我。
13:23
We are growing our way into a new economy.
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我们将继续种植下去，开创一番新的经济。
13:25
Thank you, God bless you and enjoy the day. I'm Steve Ritz.
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谢谢大家！祝大家享受每一天。我是史蒂夫-瑞茨
13:28
Sí se puede!
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“是的！绝对可能！“
13:30
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stephen Ritz - TeacherStephen Ritz teaches at-risk kids in the South Bronx.
Why you should listen
Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx teacher/administrator who believes that students shouldn't have to leave their community to live, learn and earn in a better one. Moving generations of students into spheres of personal and academic successes they have never imagined while reclaiming and rebuilding the Bronx, Stephen’s extended student and community family have grown over 25,000 pounds of vegetables in the Bronx while generating extraordinary academic performance.
His Bronx classroom features the first indoor edible wall in NYC DOE which routinely generates enough produce to feed 450 students healthy meals and trains the youngest nationally certified workforce in America. His students, traveling from Boston to Rockefeller Center to the Hamptons, earn living wage en route to graduation.
Stephen Ritz | Speaker | TED.com