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Sting: How I started writing songs again
史汀: 我如何重拾写歌灵感
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史汀早年都被船厂生活占据，所以他十分渴望逃脱这辛苦乏味的苦差事。但历经多年创作瓶颈后，他发现年轻时在船厂所听到的船工故事，却不自觉地转变成写歌的素材。在一场抒情而坦诚的说唱会上，史汀带来他即将上映的音乐剧，并加码演出了《瓶中信》，让我们大饱耳福。
Sting - Composer, singer, author, actor, activist
He’s sold more than 100 million albums and earned 16 Grammy Awards, yet Sting continues to surprise. His fourteenth solo album, The Last Ship, features songs from his Broadway-bound musical of the same name. Full bio
He’s sold more than 100 million albums and earned 16 Grammy Awards, yet Sting continues to surprise. His fourteenth solo album, The Last Ship, features songs from his Broadway-bound musical of the same name. Full bio
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♪ It's all there in gospels ♪
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♪ 福音书写道 ♪
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♪A Magdalene girl comes to pay her respects ♪
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♪ 抹大拉的女子来吊唁基督 ♪
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♪ But her mind is awhirl ♪
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♪ 她发现坟墓已空 ♪
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♪ When she finds the tomb empty ♪
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♪ 顿感一阵天旋地转 ♪
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♪ Straw had been rolled ♪
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♪ 草席已被卷起 ♪
♪ 圣体不见 ♪
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♪ Not a sign of a corpse ♪
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♪ In the dark and the cold ♪
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♪ 漆黑寒冷中 ♪
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♪ When she reaches the door ♪
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♪ 她来到门边 ♪
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♪ Sees an unholy sight ♪
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♪ 却见异象 ♪
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♪ There's a solitary figure and a halo of light ♪
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♪ 有个散发圣光的身影 ♪
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♪ He just carries on floating past Calvary Hill ♪
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♪ 他如疾风般 ♪
♪ 超越死亡飘然前行 ♪
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♪ In an Almighty hurry ♪
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♪ Aye, but she might catch him still ♪
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♪ 是的，但她或能追随他 ♪
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♪ Tell me where are you gone, Lord ♪
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♪ 主，您要去哪 ♪
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♪ And why in such haste? ♪
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♪ 为何如此匆忙 ♪
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♪ Oh don't hinder me, woman ♪
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♪ 喔别阻挡我，女士 ♪ ♪ 我没有时间去浪费 ♪
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♪ I've no time to waste ♪
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♪ For they're launching a boat
on the morrow at noon ♪
on the morrow at noon ♪
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♪ 明天中午船就要启航 ♪
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♪ And I have to be there before daybreak ♪
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♪ 天不亮我就得赶到 ♪
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♪ Oh I cannot be missing ♪
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♪ 我绝不能错过 ♪
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♪ The lads'll expect me ♪
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♪ 大家在等待我 ♪
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♪ Why else would the Good
Lord Himself resurrect me? ♪
Lord Himself resurrect me? ♪
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♪ 不然主为何让我复活 ♪
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♪ For nothing'll stop me. I have to prevail ♪
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♪ 此事不容有失，我必须克服万难 ♪
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♪ Through the teeth of this tempest ♪
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♪ 无惧风暴 ♪
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♪ In the mouth of a gale ♪
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♪ 逆风而行 ♪
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♪ May the angels protect me ♪
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♪ 如果一切注定堕落 ♪
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♪ If all else should fail ♪
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♪ 请天使护佑 我♪
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♪ And the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 让最后的方舟远扬 ♪
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♪ Oh the roar of the chains ♪
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♪ 噢，船索轰然巨响 ♪
♪ 船板嘎吱作响 ♪
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♪ And the cracking of timbers ♪
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♪ The noise at the end of the world in your ears ♪
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♪ 当巍然钢铁破浪入洋 ♪
♪ 末日之声与耳中回荡 ♪
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♪ As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea ♪
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♪ And the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 最后的方舟扬帆远洋 ♪
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So I was born and raised
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英格兰东北海岸的一个小镇上有个船厂，
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in the shadow of a shipyard
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in a little town on the northeast coast of England.
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我就是在那出生和成长的。
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Some of my earliest memories
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从我记事起，
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are of giant ships
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我家街尾几乎终年有大船横卧在那，
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blocking the end of my street,
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还遮住阳光。
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as well as the sun, for a lot of the year.
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Every morning as a child,
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儿时的每天早上，
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I'd watch thousands of men walk down that hill
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我都可看到数千人下山到船厂去上班，
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to work in the shipyard.
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I'd watch those same men
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每晚再看他们循原路回家。
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walking back home every night.
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It has to be said, the shipyard was not
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我必须说，
与船厂为邻或是在那工作并非非常愉快的事，
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the most pleasant place to live next door to,
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or indeed work in.
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The shipyard was noisy, dangerous,
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除了很吵，
也很危险，
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highly toxic,
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加上污染性强，
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with an appalling health and safety record.
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所以健康及安全纪录都骇人听闻。
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Despite that, the men and women
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尽管如此，
船厂员工对自己的工作都相当自豪；
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who worked on those ships
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were extraordinarily proud of the work they did,
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and justifiably so.
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这也合乎情理，
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Some of the largest vessels
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几艘全球最大的船只都出自我们这条街尾。
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ever constructed on planet Earth
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were built right at the end of my street.
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My grandfather had been a shipwright,
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因为祖父做过造船工，
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and as a child,
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且镇上工作选择不并多，
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as there were few other jobs in the town,
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小时候我不禁忧虑将来是否注定要干这行。
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I would wonder with some anxiety
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whether that would be my destiny too.
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I was fairly determined that it wouldn't be.
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当时我十分笃不继承衣钵，
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I had other dreams,
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因为我有其他梦想；
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not necessarily practical ones,
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或许不很实际，
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but at the age of eight,
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不过八岁时，
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I was bequeathed a guitar.
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我继承了一把老吉他，
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It was a battered old thing
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五条弦不但生锈而且走音
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with five rusty strings, and was out of tune,
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但我不久便学会弹奏并体悟到，
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but quickly I learned to play it
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and realized that I'd found a friend for life,
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自己找到一位终生挚友，
和我共谋逃离家乡不真实的工业环境。
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an accomplice, a co-conspirator
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in my plan to escape from this surreal
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industrial landscape.
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Well, they say if you dream something hard enough,
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很多人说，
若你对梦想够执著，
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it will come to pass.
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假以时日梦想必会实现。
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Either that, or I was extremely lucky,
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若非如此，
就是我太幸运了。
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but this was my dream.
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反正离开家故乡的小镇，
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I dreamt I would leave this town,
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就是我当时梦寐以求的事情，
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and just like those ships,
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就像那些船，
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once they were launched, I'd never come back.
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一旦航行便不复返。
我梦想成为歌词作者，
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I dreamt I'd become a writer of songs,
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that I would sing those songs
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全球的众多听众都会听到我唱这些歌曲，
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to vast numbers of people all over the world,
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that I would be paid extravagant amounts of money,
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而且收入惊人；
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that I'd become famous,
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我会一炮打响，迎娶白富美，
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that I'd marry a beautiful woman,
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have children, raise a family,
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生儿育女，养家活口，
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buy a big house in the country,
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搬进乡间豪宅，
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keep dogs, grow wine,
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养狗，种葡萄酿酒，
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have rooms full of Grammy Awards,
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还有好几个房间，
摆满葛莱美奖座和白金唱片这类东西。
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platinum discs, and what have you.
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目前为止都还不赖对吧？ （观众笑了）
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So far, so good, right? (Laughter)
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And then one day, the songs stopped coming,
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然后从某天起我就没灵感了，
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and while you've suffered from periods
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尽管人人都有创作瓶颈，
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of writer's block before, albeit briefly,
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不过都很短暂而已，
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this is something chronic.
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我这次持续了很久。
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Day after day, you face a blank page,
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日复一日，对着空白的稿页我却一筹莫展。
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and nothing's coming.
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And those days turned to
weeks, and weeks to months,
weeks, and weeks to months,
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这样的日子逐渐累积成星期，
又变成个把月,
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and pretty soon those months
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之后数年光阴就这样消磨掉，
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have turned into years
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with very little to show for your efforts. No songs.
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却没多少成果问津。
因无作品产出，我开始自问：
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So you start asking yourself questions.
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是否作出冒犯神明的事，
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What have I done to offend the gods
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that they would abandon me so?
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所以不再受到眷顾？
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Is the gift of songwriting taken away
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收回歌词创作的天赋，
是否和赐与一样容易？
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as easily as it seems to have been bestowed?
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Or perhaps there's a more --
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或许还有更深的心理因素，
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a deeper psychological reason.
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It was always a Faustian pact anyway.
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因为这本来就是一场与魔鬼的交易。
经由创作把最内部的想法和个人情感表达在纸上，
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You're rewarded for revealing
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your innermost thoughts,
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your private emotions on the page
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藉此娱乐他人並獲得報酬，
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for the entertainment of others,
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for the analysis, the scrutiny of others,
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提供分析对象，
并承受他人检视，
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and perhaps you've given enough
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或许我透露的隐私已经够多了！
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of your privacy away.
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And yet, if you look at your work,
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话虽如此，但是若检视自己的作品，
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could it be argued that your best work
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谁又能辩称巅峰之作跟自己毫无关系，
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wasn't about you at all,
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it was about somebody else?
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反倒是描述他人的？
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Did your best work occur
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难不成最好的作品，
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when you sidestepped your own ego
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是在抛开自我，不谈自己的故事，
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and you stopped telling your story,
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but told someone else's story,
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却去聊别人的故事时产生的？
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someone perhaps without a voice,
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而且这个别人还可能无话可说，
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where empathetically, you stood in his shoes
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你不过暂且靠同理设身处地，
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for a while or saw the world through his eyes?
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或是透过他的世界观来看问题。
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Well they say, write what you know.
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很多人也说，就用熟悉的题材来创作；
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If you can't write about yourself anymore,
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若连自己的事都无法融入创作，
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then who do you write about?
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还能拿谁作题材？
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So it's ironic that the landscape
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这倒讽刺了，
原来我曾想尽办法逃离的那些东西，
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I'd worked so hard to escape from,
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and the community that I'd more or less abandoned
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还有我几乎已摆脱的环境，
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and exiled myself from
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should be the very landscape,
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正是要找回灵感的我必须重拾的。
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the very community I would have to return to
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to find my missing muse.
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就在我付诸行动后，
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And as soon as I did that,
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也就是当我决定称颂家乡，
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as soon as I decided to honor the community
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I came from and tell their story,
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诉说在地故事后，
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that the songs started to come thick and fast.
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写歌的灵感再度疯狂涌出；
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I've described it as a kind of projectile vomiting,
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我形容过这样的情形就像吐东西一样，
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a torrent of ideas, of characters, of voices,
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灵感、人物、声音、主段、副歌如泉涌出，
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of verses, couplets, entire songs
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整首歌如同在我体内封存许久后，
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almost formed whole,
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materialized in front of me
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as if they'd been bottled up inside me
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于我眼前蔚然成形。
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for many, many years.
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One of the first things I wrote was just a list of names
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当时我先写下一连串认识的人名，
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of people I'd known,
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and they become characters
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然后他们宛如戏说从头，
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in a kind of three-dimensional drama,
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where they explain who they are, what they do,
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诉说自己的身分、职业、
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their hopes and their fears for the future.
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对未来的向往与恐惧。
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This is Jackie White.
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接着各位介诏船厂工头杰基•怀特（Jackie White）。
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He's the foreman of the shipyard.
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My name is Jackie White,
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我是船厂工头杰基•怀特，
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and I'm foreman of the yard,
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我在码头区可不是好惹的。
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and you don't mess with Jackie on this quayside.
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I'm as hard as iron plate,
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我可厉害的很，
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woe betide you if you're late
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若涨潮时要推船启航而你却迟到，
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when we have to push a boat out on the spring tide.
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那你就惨了！
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Now you can die and hope for heaven,
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你大可去死还巴望上天堂，
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but you need to work your shift,
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但得先值完班再说，
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and I'd expect you all to back us to the hilt,
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而且我希望你们全力以赴，
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for if St. Peter at his gate
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因为圣彼得若在天门问你们为何迟到，
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were to ask you why you're late,
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why, you tell him that you had to get a ship built.
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可以回答因为你要造船，
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We build battleships and cruisers
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我们为女王陛下造战舰和巡洋舰；
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for Her Majesty the Queen,
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supertankers for Onassis,
and all the classes in between,
and all the classes in between,
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也为希腊船王欧纳西斯造过超级邮轮，
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We built the greatest ship in tonnage
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还生产过其他各种船级。
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what the world has ever seen
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现存最大吨位的船就是我们制造的。
♪ 船厂生活是唯一值得体验的 ♪
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♪ And the only life worth knowing is in the shipyard ♪
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♪ Steel in the stockyard, iron in the soul ♪
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♪ 堆货场有钢材，加上钢铁精神 ♪
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♪ Would conjure up a ship ♪
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♪ 就能从船体开始 ♪
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♪ Where there used to be a hull ♪
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♪ 造出一艘船 ♪
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♪ And we don't know what we'll do ♪
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♪ 若船厂被卖掉 ♪
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♪ If this yard gets sold ♪
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♪ 我们会不知所措 ♪
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♪ For the only life worth knowing is in the shipyard ♪
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♪ 因为船厂生活是唯一值得体验的 ♪
（掌声欢呼）
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(Applause)
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So having decided to write about other people
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决定以他人取代自己为创作题材后，
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instead of myself,
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a further irony is that sometimes you reveal
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才发现更讽刺的是，
有时候反而揭露更多自己的事，
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more about yourself than you'd ever intended.
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尽管这往往不是本意。
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This song is called "Dead Man's Boots,"
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而接下来的这首歌叫《死者之靴》，
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which is an expression
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所要表达的昰工作难求；
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which describes how difficult it is to get a job;
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in other words, you'd only get a job in the shipyard
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除非船厂有人去世了才可能轮到你，
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if somebody else died.
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Or perhaps your father could finagle you
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要不然就是你老爸
在你15岁时设法替你找到学徒缺。
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an apprenticeship at the age of 15.
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不过有时这份父爱可能被误解为控制欲，
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But sometimes a father's love can be misconstrued
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as controlling,
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and conversely, the scope of his son's ambition
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相对的，
儿子的抱负在老爸看来可能很不实际。
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can seem like some pie-in-the-sky fantasy.
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(Music)
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♪ You see these work boots in my hands ♪
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♪ 看见我手中的工作靴没？♪
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♪ They'll probably fit you now, my son ♪
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♪ 现在应该很适合你了，儿子 ♪
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♪ Take them, they're a gift from me ♪
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♪ 拿去吧，算我送你的礼物 ♪
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♪ Why don't you try them on? ♪
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♪ 何不来穿穿看？♪
09:21
♪ It would do your old man good to see ♪
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♪ 看你穿上你老爸会很高兴 ♪
♪ 有朝一日你穿来走江湖 ♪
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♪ You walking in these boots one day ♪
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♪ And take your place among the men ♪
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♪ 在下水坡道的工人中 ♪
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♪ Who work upon the slipway ♪
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♪ 找到合适自己的位置 ♪
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♪ These dead man's boots,
though they're old and curled ♪
though they're old and curled ♪
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♪ 尽管这双遗靴破损老旧 ♪
09:35
♪ When a fellow needs a job and a place in the world ♪
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♪ 当小伙子需要工作，寻求机会 ♪
09:38
♪ And it's time for a man to put down roots ♪
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♪ 当安定下来的时候到了 ♪
09:42
♪ And walk to the river in his old man's boots ♪
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♪ 他踩着老爸的鞋来到河边 ♪
09:50
♪ He said, "I'm dying, son, and asking ♪
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♪ 老爸说：「儿啊！我已来日无多 ♪
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♪ That you do one final thing for me ♪
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♪ 最后有件事要你帮我完成 ♪
09:56
♪ You're barely but a sapling,
and you think that you're a tree ♪
and you think that you're a tree ♪
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♪ 还是小树的你自认已长成 ♪
10:01
♪ If you need a seed to prosper ♪
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♪ 但你若想结籽繁衍 ♪
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♪ You must first put down some roots ♪
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♪ 必须先生根啊！♪
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♪ Just one foot then the other in ♪
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♪ 一次一只脚 ♪
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♪ These dead man's boots" ♪
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♪ 穿上我的遗靴」♪
10:12
♪ These dead man's boots,
though they're old and curled ♪
though they're old and curled ♪
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♪ 这双遗靴尽管破损老旧 ♪
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♪ When a fellow needs a job and a place in the world ♪
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♪ 当小伙子需要工作，寻求机会 ♪
10:18
♪ And it's time for a man to put down roots ♪
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♪ 当安定下来的时候到了 ♪
10:23
♪ And walk to the river in his old man's boots ♪
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♪ 他踩着老爸的鞋来到河边 ♪
10:28
♪ I said, "Why in the hell would I do that? ♪
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♪ 我说：「我为什么要这样做？ ♪
10:31
♪ Why would I agree?" ♪
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♪ 我干嘛答应？」 ♪
10:33
♪ When his hand was all that I'd received ♪
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♪ 从我记事起 ♪
♪ 就是受他管控 ♪
10:36
♪ As far as I remember ♪
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♪ It's not as if he'd spoiled me with his kindness ♪
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♪ 对我他总吝于慈爱 ♪
♪ 你知道那时 ♪
10:42
♪ Up to then, you see ♪
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10:44
♪ I'd a plan of my own and I'd quit this place ♪
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♪ 我已打算离乡背井 ♪
10:47
♪ When I came of age September ♪
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♪ 九月时我成年了 ♪
10:49
♪ These dead man's boots
know their way down the hill ♪
know their way down the hill ♪
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♪ 那双遗靴熟悉下山的路 ♪
10:53
♪ They could walk there themselves,
and they probably will ♪
and they probably will ♪
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♪ 也许自能到那 ♪
10:55
♪ I've plenty of choices, I've plenty other routes ♪
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♪ 而我选择很多，前程康庄 ♪
11:00
♪ And you'll never see me walking
in these dead man's boots ♪
in these dead man's boots ♪
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♪ 你决不会看到我再穿上那双破靴 ♪
11:06
♪ What was it made him think ♪
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♪ 他凭甚么认为 ♪
11:08
♪ I'd be happy ending up like him ♪
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♪ 我会乐于继承衣钵？ ♪
11:11
♪ When he'd hardly got two halfpennies left ♪
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♪ 他自己几乎连一便士都存不了 ♪
11:13
♪ Or a broken pot to piss in? ♪
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♪ 破夜壶都快保不住 ♪
11:16
♪ He wanted this same thing for me ♪
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♪ 还指望我像他一样 ♪
11:19
♪ Was that his final wish? ♪
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♪ 这就是他最后的期盼？ ♪
11:21
♪ He said, "What the hell are you gonna do?" ♪
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♪ 他说：「那你到底有何打算？」♪
11:24
♪ I said, "Anything but this!" ♪
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♪ 我说：「除此外都好！」 ♪
11:27
♪ These dead man's boots
know their way down the hill ♪
know their way down the hill ♪
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♪ 那双遗靴熟悉下山的路 ♪
11:30
♪ They can walk there themselves
and they probably will ♪
and they probably will ♪
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♪ 也许自能到那 ♪
11:33
♪ But they won't walk with me
‘cause I'm off the other way ♪
‘cause I'm off the other way ♪
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♪ 不过分道扬镳的我不会与其同行 ♪
11:36
♪ I've had it up to here, I'm gonna have my say ♪
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♪ 到此为止了，我要开始自己做主 ♪
11:38
♪ When all you've got left is that cross on the wall ♪
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♪ 你家徒四壁只剩墙上的十字架 ♪
11:41
♪ I want nothing from you, I want nothing at all ♪
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♪ 所以我不要你的东西 ♪
♪ 寒寒酸酸，你一生就这样罢了 ♪
11:44
♪ Not a pension, nor a pittance,
when your whole life is through ♪
when your whole life is through ♪
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11:47
♪ Get this through your head, I'm nothing like you ♪
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♪ 搞清楚这一点，我不想跟你一样 ♪
11:50
♪ I'm done with all the arguments,
there'll be no more disputes ♪
there'll be no more disputes ♪
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♪ 我再也不想跟你争辩 ♪
11:55
♪ And you'll die before you see
me in your dead man's boots ♪
me in your dead man's boots ♪
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♪ 你有生之年都不会看到我继承衣钵 ♪
（掌声）
12:04
(Applause)
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12:13
Thank you.
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谢谢！
12:14
So whenever they'd launch a big ship,
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每当有船首次起航，
他们就会邀请伦敦的名人搭火车来致词，
12:19
they would invite some dignitary up from London
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12:21
on the train to make a speech,
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12:23
break a bottle of champagne over the bows,
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在般首击碎香槟后，
沿下水坡道让船入河出海。
12:26
launch it down the slipway
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12:27
into the river and out to sea.
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12:29
Occasionally on a really important ship,
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偶而遇到重要船舶的启航仪式，
12:32
they'd get a member of the royal family to come,
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就会邀请一位皇室成员莅临，
12:34
Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne or somebody.
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例如爱丁堡公爵、
安妮公主或其他皇族。
12:37
And you have to remember, it wasn't that long ago
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别忘了不久前，
12:40
that the royal family in England
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英国皇室据传有神奇的医治能力；
12:42
were considered to have magical healing powers.
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为了有机会摸到亲王或女王的衣袍，
12:46
Sick children were held up in crowds
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12:48
to try and touch the cloak
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人们会将病童高举过群众，
12:50
of the king or the queen to cure them
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藉此医治病症。
12:52
of some terrible disease.
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12:55
It wasn't like that in my day,
but we still got very excited.
but we still got very excited.
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到我这代已经不来这套，
不过这场合仍让大伙儿很兴奋。
12:59
So it's a launch day, it's a Saturday,
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船下水的那天是周六，
13:01
and my mother has dressed
me up in my Sunday best.
me up in my Sunday best.
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母亲替我盛装打扮，
当时我跟她还闹了些不愉快。
13:03
I'm not very happy with her.
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孩童都到街上来了，
13:05
All the kids are out in the street,
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13:07
and we have little Union Jacks to wave,
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我们手中都有用来挥舞的小国旗。
13:10
and at the top of the hill,
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一列摩托车队自山顶现身，
13:12
there's a motorcycle cortege appears.
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13:15
In the middle of the motorcycles,
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车队中间有辆大型黑色的劳斯莱斯，
13:16
there's a big, black Rolls-Royce.
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13:19
Inside the Rolls-Royce is the Queen Mother.
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太后就坐在里面，
13:21
This is a big deal.
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这可不得了。
13:23
So the procession is moving
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队伍庄严稳重地驶入我家街坊，
13:25
at a stately pace down my street,
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13:27
and as it approaches my house,
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朝我家接近，
13:30
I start to wave my flag vigorously,
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我开始兴奋地挥舞国旗，
13:32
and there is the Queen Mother.
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因为太后就在眼前啊！
13:34
I see her, and she seems to see me.
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我看见她时，她似乎也看到我了，
13:38
She acknowledges me. She waves, and she smiles.
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并挥手微笑向我致意，
因此我更加奋力挥舞国旗。
13:40
And I wave my flag even more vigorously.
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13:43
We're having a moment,
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太后和我在那一刻有所交集，
13:44
me and the Queen Mother.
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13:46
She's acknowledged me.
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还注意到我，
13:48
And then she's gone.
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然后便离开了。
13:51
Well, I wasn't cured of anything.
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我并未因此从任何疾病中痊愈，
13:55
It was the opposite, actually.
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事实上，我反而被感染上了一个想法；
13:57
I was infected.
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14:00
I was infected with an idea.
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14:03
I don't belong in this street.
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我不属于这条街，
我不想住在这房子里，
14:05
I don't want to live in that house.
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14:08
I don't want to end up in that shipyard.
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不想困在这船厂，
14:11
I want to be in that car. (Laughter)
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我想坐那辆黑色劳斯莱斯。（笑声）
14:15
I want a bigger life.
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我要比这小镇更远大、
14:16
I want a life beyond this town.
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14:19
I want a life that's out of the ordinary.
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更不平凡的精采人生，
14:23
It's my right.
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这是我跟太后平等的权利。
14:24
It's my right as much as hers.
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14:27
And so here I am at TED,
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这是为何我能出席TED，
因为我该分享这个故事。
14:32
I suppose to tell that story,
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14:34
and I think it's appropriate to say the obvious
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我认为确切说来，
显然，
14:39
that there's a symbiotic and intrinsic link
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共生关系以及本质关联存在于
14:43
between storytelling and community,
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情节与社区、
14:46
between community and art,
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社区与艺术、
14:49
between community and science and technology,
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社区与科技、
14:52
between community and economics.
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社区与经济间
14:54
It's my belief that
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我认为抽象的经济理论
14:58
abstract economic theory
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15:00
that denies the needs of community
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否认社区的需求及其经济贡献，
15:03
or denies the contribution that community makes
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15:06
to economy is shortsighted, cruel
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这是短视、冷酷且无理的。
15:10
and untenable.
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15:12
(Applause)
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（观众报以掌声）
15:16
The fact is, whether you're a rock star
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事实上，无论你是摇滚明星、
15:19
or whether you're a welder in a shipyard,
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船厂的焊接工、
15:23
or a tribesman in the upper Amazon,
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亚马孙河上游的部落人，
15:26
or the queen of England,
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或是英国女王，
15:27
at the end of the day,
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冥河上迎接我们的都是同一条渡船。
15:32
we're all in the same boat.
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15:36
♪ Aye, the footmen are frantic in their indignation ♪
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♪ 是啊！男仆们气呼呼地手忙脚乱 ♪
15:40
♪ You see the queen's took
a taxi herself to the station ♪
a taxi herself to the station ♪
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♪ 你看女王已自行搭出租车到车站 ♪
15:44
♪ Where the porters, surprised
by her lack of royal baggage ♪
by her lack of royal baggage ♪
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♪ 行李员见她没带皇室行李感到惊讶 ♪
15:48
♪ Bustle her and three corgis
to the rear of the carriage ♪
to the rear of the carriage ♪
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♪ 赶忙将她及三只柯基犬领至车厢后座 ♪
15:51
♪ For the train it is crammed
with all Europe's nobility ♪
with all Europe's nobility ♪
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♪ 因为火车早已挤满欧洲贵族 ♪
15:55
♪ And there's none of them
famous for their compatibility ♪
famous for their compatibility ♪
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♪ 这些人都很难相处 ♪
15:59
♪ There's a fight over seats ♪
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♪ 还有人为了座位吵起来 ♪
16:01
♪ "I beg pardon, Your Grace ♪
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♪「抱歉，阁下。♪
16:03
♪ But you'll find that one's mine,
so get back in your place!" ♪
so get back in your place!" ♪
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♪ 这位子是我的，你该回自己的座位。」♪
16:08
♪ "Aye, but where are they going?" ♪
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♪「这样他们要去哪？」♪
16:10
♪ All the porters debate ♪
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♪ 行李员们争论不休 ♪
16:12
♪ "Why they're going to Newcastle
and they daren't be late ♪
and they daren't be late ♪
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♪ 「他们要到新城堡，这非得准时不可，♪
16:16
♪ For they're launching a boat
on the Tyne at high tide ♪
on the Tyne at high tide ♪
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♪ 因为得趁泰恩河涨潮时让船下水 ♪
16:20
♪ And they've come from all over,
from far and from wide" ♪
from far and from wide" ♪
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♪ 大家都是从各地赶来的。♪
16:23
♪ There's the old Dalai Lama ♪
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♪ 有老迈的达赖喇嘛 ♪
16:26
♪ And the pontiff of Rome ♪
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♪ 罗马教皇 ♪
16:28
♪ Every palace in Europe, and
there's nay bugger home ♪
there's nay bugger home ♪
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♪ 来自欧洲皇室的混球 ♪
♪ 还有康沃尔公爵夫人和忠诚的威尔士亲王 ♪
16:31
♪ There's the Duchess of Cornwall
and the loyal Prince of Wales ♪
and the loyal Prince of Wales ♪
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16:35
♪ Looking crushed and uncomfortable
in his top hat and tails ♪
in his top hat and tails ♪
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♪ 身着礼帽和燕尾服的亲王 ♪
♪ 看来沮丧又难过 ♪
16:39
♪ Well, they haven't got tickets ♪
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♪ 因为他们没买到票 ♪
16:41
♪ Come now, it's just a detail ♪
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♪ 走吧！这不过是小问题 ♪
16:43
♪ There was no time to purchase
and one simply has to prevail ♪
and one simply has to prevail ♪
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♪ 没空买票了，这趟非得成行不可 ♪
16:47
♪ For we'll get to the shipyards
or we'll end up in jail! ♪
or we'll end up in jail! ♪
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♪ 到不了船厂就得坐牢了 ♪
16:51
♪ When the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 当末班船启航 ♪
16:55
♪ Oh the roar of the chains ♪
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♪ 船索轰隆巨响 ♪
16:58
♪ And the cracking of timbers ♪
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♪ 船板咯吱作响 ♪
17:00
♪ The noise at the end of the world in your ears ♪
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♪ 耳中回荡末日之声 ♪
17:04
♪ As a mountain of steel
makes its way to the sea ♪
makes its way to the sea ♪
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♪ 巍然钢铁破浪入海 ♪
17:08
♪ And the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 最后船舶行入汪洋 ♪
17:11
♪ And whatever you'd promised ♪
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♪ 无论往昔承诺 ♪
17:14
♪ Whatever you've done ♪
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♪ 不计过去所做 ♪
17:16
♪ And whatever the station in life you've become ♪
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♪ 不管身份地位 ♪
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♪ In the name of the Father,
in the name of the Son ♪
in the name of the Son ♪
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♪ 以圣父圣子之名 ♪
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♪ And no matter the weave of
this life that you've spun ♪
this life that you've spun ♪
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♪ 不论天上人间，阳光之下 ♪
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♪ On the Earth or in Heaven or under the Sun ♪
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♪ 你的一生如何定论 ♪
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♪ When the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 当末班船只启航 ♪
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♪ Oh the roar of the chains ♪
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♪ 船索轰然巨响 ♪
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♪ And the cracking of timbers ♪
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♪ 船板咯吱作响 ♪
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♪ The noise at the end of the world in your ears ♪
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♪ 末日之声耳中回荡 ♪
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♪ As a mountain of steel
makes its way to the sea ♪
makes its way to the sea ♪
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♪ 巍然钢铁破浪入洋 ♪
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♪ And the last ship sails ♪
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♪ 最后船舶行入汪洋 ♪
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Thanks very much for listening to my song.
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非常感谢大家听歌，谢谢！ （掌声）
17:59
Thank you. (Applause)
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Thank you.
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谢谢！
18:37
Okay, you have to join in if you know it.
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好的，知道的人请一起唱。 （乐音及掌声）
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(Music) (Applause)
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♪ Just a castaway ♪
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♪ 我不过是个海难幸存者 ♪
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♪ An island lost at sea, oh ♪
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♪ 噢！一座不知名的海上小岛 ♪
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♪ Another lonely day ♪
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♪ 又是寂寞的一天 ♪
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♪ With no one here but me, oh ♪
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♪ 无人相伴，噢！♪
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♪ More loneliness than any man could bear ♪
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♪ 这种寂寞远非常人所能忍受 ♪
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♪ Rescue me before I fall into despair ♪
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♪ 在我绝望前，拯救我吧！♪
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♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我要向全世界发出求救信号 ♪
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♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我要向全世界发出求救信号 ♪
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♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人收到我的求救 ♪
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♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人收到我的求救 ♪
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♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人收到我的求救 ♪
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♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
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♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
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♪ A year has passed since I wrote my note ♪
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♪ 一年前就写好了这信 ♪
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♪ I should have known this right from the start ♪
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♪ 起初我就该明白 ♪
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♪ Only hope can keep me together ♪
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♪ 只能靠希望活下去 ♪
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♪ Love can mend your life ♪
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♪ 爱能补全生命 ♪
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♪ but love can break your heart ♪
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♪ 但也能让人心碎 ♪
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♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我要向全世界发出求救信号 ♪
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♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我要向全世界发出求救信号 ♪
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♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人收到我的求救 ♪
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♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人收到我的求救 ♪
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♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人收到我的求救 ♪
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♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
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♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
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♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
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♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
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♪ Walked out this morning ♪
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♪ 今晨外出 ♪
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♪ I don't believe what I saw ♪
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♪ 我不能相信所见 ♪
♪ 一千亿支瓶子 ♪
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♪ A hundred billion bottles ♪
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♪ Washed up on the shore ♪
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♪ 被冲刷上岸 ♪
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♪ Seems I'm not alone in being alone ♪
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♪ 似乎有人和我一样 ♪
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♪ A hundred billion castaways ♪
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♪ 一千亿个船难幸存者 ♪
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♪ Looking for a home ♪
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♪ 盼望着归家 ♪
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♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我要向全世界发出求救信号 ♪
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♪ I'll send an S.O.S. to the world ♪
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♪ 我要向全世界发出求救信号 ♪
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♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人收到我的求救 ♪
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♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人收到我的求救 ♪
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♪ I hope that someone gets my ♪
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♪ 希望有人收到我的求救 ♪
21:27
♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
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♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
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♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
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♪ Message in a bottle ♪
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♪ 瓶中信 ♪
21:49
So I'm going to ask you to sing after me,
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接下来我要请大家和我一起唱唱。很容易，来吧!
21:51
okay, the next part.
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It's very easy. Sing in unison.
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Here we go.
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♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪ Come on now.
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♪ 发出求救讯号 ♪ 换你们了！
22:05
Audience: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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观众：♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
22:08
Sting: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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史汀：♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
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Audience: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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观众：♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
22:14
Sting: ♪ I'm sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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史汀：♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
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Audience: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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观众：♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
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Sting: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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史汀：♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
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Audience: ♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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观众：♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
22:26
Sting: ♪ Sending out ♪
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史汀：♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
22:39
♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
22:44
♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
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♪ Sending out an S.O.S. ♪
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♪ 发出求救信号 ♪
22:53
♪ Yoooooooo ♪
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Thank you, TED. Goodnight.
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♪ 谢谢！晚安，TED的各位。♪
23:04
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sting - Composer, singer, author, actor, activistHe’s sold more than 100 million albums and earned 16 Grammy Awards, yet Sting continues to surprise. His fourteenth solo album, The Last Ship, features songs from his Broadway-bound musical of the same name.
Why you should listen
Premiering in 2014, The Last Ship—with direction by Joe Mantello, music and lyrics by Sting and book by John Logan and Brian Yorkey—is inspired by Sting's memories of the English seafaring community of Wallsend where he was born and raised. The story is set against the demise of the local shipbuilding industry and is anchored by a group of unemployed workers who take back the shipyard to build one last ship.
The constant throughout Sting's enduring career has been his propensity to evolve. From his tenure as lead singer and bassist with The Police, producing classic hits like "Every Breath You Take" and "Message In A Bottle," to his acclaimed ventures as a solo artist, Sting is one of the world's most renowned and distinctive musicians.
An actor, composer, author and committed activist, Sting, along with wife Trudie Styler, founded the Rainforest Fund in 1989 to protect the world's rainforests and the indigenous people living there. This year, the organization celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Sting | Speaker | TED.com