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Eric Liu: There's no such thing as not voting
艾瑞克·刘: 不存在“不投票”这种事
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很多人喜欢谈论投票的重要性和作为成年人的公民责任和义务。艾瑞克赞同这种说法，但他也同时认为，现在应该是时候把乐趣带进投票箱了。这位前政治演讲写手与我们分享了他和他的团队怎样把文化因素代入2016年大选中，演讲结尾对为什么人人都应参与投票给出了强有力的分析。
Eric Liu - Civics educator
Eric Liu is founder of Citizen University, which teaches the art of powerful citizenship, and the executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship & American Identity Program. Full bio
Eric Liu is founder of Citizen University, which teaches the art of powerful citizenship, and the executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship & American Identity Program. Full bio
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Why bother?
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为什么非要投票呢？
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The game is rigged.
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选举被操纵了。
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My vote won't count.
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我那一票不起作用。
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The choices are terrible.
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选举的结果很糟糕。
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Voting is for suckers.
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选举都是骗人的。
00:25
Perhaps you've thought
some of these things.
some of these things.
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也许你曾经这么想过。
也许你还说过这样的话。
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Perhaps you've even said them.
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00:29
And if so, you wouldn't be alone,
and you wouldn't be entirely wrong.
and you wouldn't be entirely wrong.
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如果是这样，那你不是一个人在战斗，
你说的也不是没有道理。
你说的也不是没有道理。
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The game of public policy today
is rigged in many ways.
is rigged in many ways.
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今天的公共选举在很多方面都被操纵了。
要不然如何解释过半的联邦所得税减免
00:38
How else would more than half
of federal tax breaks
of federal tax breaks
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都流向了最富有的5%的人？
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flow up to the wealthiest
five percent of Americans?
five percent of Americans?
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00:45
And our choices indeed are often terrible.
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我们的选择也经常是可怕的。
00:48
For many people
across the political spectrum,
across the political spectrum,
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对许多具有政治背景的人来说，
证据就是2016年的总统大选。
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Exhibit A is the 2016
presidential election.
presidential election.
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00:54
But in any year, you can look
up and down the ballot
up and down the ballot
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但不管是哪一年，你去看一下投票结果，
令人沮丧的结果比比皆是。
00:57
and find plenty to be uninspired about.
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01:01
But in spite of all this,
I still believe voting matters.
I still believe voting matters.
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尽管如此，
我仍然相信投票是一件重要的事。
我仍然相信投票是一件重要的事。
尽管听起来挺疯狂，
01:05
And crazy as it may sound,
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但我相信我们可以重新获得选举的乐趣。
01:06
I believe we can revive the joy of voting.
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01:09
Today, I want to talk
about how we can do that, and why.
about how we can do that, and why.
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今天，我要谈一谈我们要怎样，
以及为什么要重新享受选举。
以及为什么要重新享受选举。
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There used to be a time
in American history when voting was fun,
in American history when voting was fun,
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在美国历史上选举曾经是充满乐趣的，
那时选举可不仅仅是
在投票站露面那么无聊。
在投票站露面那么无聊。
01:18
when it was much more than just
a grim duty to show up at the polls.
a grim duty to show up at the polls.
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That time is called
"most of American history."
"most of American history."
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那个时代被称为“大部分美国历史”。
(笑声）
01:24
(Laughter)
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从美国革命到人权时代，
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From the Revolution
to the Civil Rights Era,
to the Civil Rights Era,
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美国选举曾经充满生机，
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the United States had a vibrant,
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参与者信念坚定，草根文化喧嚣一时。
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robustly participatory
and raucous culture of voting.
and raucous culture of voting.
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01:35
It was street theater, open-air debates,
fasting and feasting and toasting,
fasting and feasting and toasting,
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街头戏剧，公开辩论，
斋戒，盛宴，祝酒，
斋戒，盛宴，祝酒，
游行和篝火晚会盛极一时。
01:39
parades and bonfires.
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十九世纪，移民和城市政治机器
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During the 19th century,
immigrants and urban political machines
immigrants and urban political machines
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使得选举文化迅速发展。
01:45
helped fuel this culture of voting.
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01:47
That culture grew with each
successive wave of new voters.
successive wave of new voters.
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新选民不断加入，
选族文化不断增长。
选族文化不断增长。
01:53
During Reconstruction,
when new African-American voters,
when new African-American voters,
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在美国重建期，当新一代美国黑人选民，
新一代美国黑人市民，
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new African-American citizens,
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began to exercise their power,
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行使他们的权利，
他们为欢庆奴隶解放纪念日而游行，
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they celebrated in jubilee parades
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把他们的解放
与新获得的选举权联系到一起。
与新获得的选举权联系到一起。
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that connected emancipation
with their newfound right to vote.
with their newfound right to vote.
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02:06
A few decades later, the suffragettes
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几十年后，妇女参政运动
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brought a spirit
of theatricality to their fight,
of theatricality to their fight,
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给这场斗争附加了一种戏剧化的效果：
穿着白衣游行前进，宣称选举权。
02:12
marching together in white dresses
as they claimed the franchise.
as they claimed the franchise.
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02:16
And the Civil Rights Movement,
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民权运动，则寻求重新确认
所承诺的被种族隔离政策
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which sought to redeem
the promise of equal citizenship
the promise of equal citizenship
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背叛的平等公民权，
02:21
that had been betrayed by Jim Crow,
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put voting right at the center.
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把选举权作为民权运动的核心。
02:26
From Freedom Summer to the march in Selma,
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从自由之夏到塞尔玛行军
（黑人选民登记活动），
（黑人选民登记活动），
那一代的活动者知道，选举事关重大，
02:28
that generation of activists
knew that voting matters,
knew that voting matters,
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他们也知晓那种壮观的场面，权利的行使
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and they knew that spectacle
and the performance of power
and the performance of power
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才是权利的意义所在。
02:35
is key to actually claiming power.
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But it's been over a half century
since Selma and the Voting Rights Act,
since Selma and the Voting Rights Act,
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塞尔玛行军和选举权力法案
已经过去了半个世纪，
已经过去了半个世纪，
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and in the decades since,
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面对面的选举文化
也已经消失了
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this face-to-face culture of voting
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几十年，
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has just about disappeared.
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这都是电视惹的祸，
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It's been killed by television
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互联网更是后来居上。
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and then the internet.
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沙发代替了评论，
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The couch has replaced the commons.
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屏幕使公民变成了观众。
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Screens have made
citizens into spectators.
citizens into spectators.
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在社交媒体上分享政治观点
不失为好主意，
不失为好主意，
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And while it's nice to share
political memes on social media,
political memes on social media,
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但这只是安静的公民权。
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that's a rather quiet kind of citizenship.
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03:04
It's what the sociologist Sherry Turkle
calls "being alone together."
calls "being alone together."
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社会学家雪莉·特克称之为
“群体中的孤独”。
“群体中的孤独”。
03:09
What we need today
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我们今天需要的
是一种选举文化，人与人之间面对面
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is an electoral culture
that is about being together together,
that is about being together together,
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交流思想，
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in person,
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喧闹而又激情四射，
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in loud and passionate ways,
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并不只是自扫门前雪或勉强尽责，
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so that instead of being
"eat your vegetables" or "do you duty,"
"eat your vegetables" or "do you duty,"
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选举可以让人感觉更像是加入了俱乐部，
03:22
voting can feel more like "join the club"
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或更酷一点，参加大联欢。
03:25
or, better yet, "join the party."
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03:28
Imagine if we had,
across the country right now,
across the country right now,
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想象一下，如果现在全国各地，
小到各个地方，
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in local places but nationwide,
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共同恢复面对面的
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a concerted effort
to revive a face-to-face set of ways
to revive a face-to-face set of ways
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竞选参与方式：
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to engage and electioneer:
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outdoor shows in which candidates
and their causes are mocked
and their causes are mocked
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参选人及其参选目标在众目睽睽之下
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and praised in broad satirical style;
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被嘲弄，被支持；
市民随意发表街头演讲；
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soapbox speeches by citizens;
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public debates held inside pubs;
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酒馆里展开公开辩论；
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streets filled with political art
and handmade posters and murals;
and handmade posters and murals;
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街头充满政治艺术，手工海报和壁画；
乐队演奏表演中，竞争性的演出代表了
候选人的竞争。
候选人的竞争。
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battle of the band concerts in which
competing performers rep their candidates.
competing performers rep their candidates.
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04:04
Now, all of this may sound
a little bit 18th century to you,
a little bit 18th century to you,
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当然，所有这些在你们听来
都是十八世纪的老古董了，
都是十八世纪的老古董了，
但实际上，这么形容百老汇的《汉密尔顿》
04:08
but in fact, it doesn't have to be
any more 18th century
any more 18th century
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或许更贴切，
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than, say, Broadway's "Hamilton,"
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其实这也是生机勃勃的现代主义。
04:15
which is to say vibrantly contemporary.
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And the fact is that all around the world,
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事实是，在当下，全世界
每天都有几百万人像这样进行选举。
04:19
today, millions of people
are voting like this.
are voting like this.
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在印度，选举是多彩的公众事务。
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In India, elections are colorful,
communal affairs.
communal affairs.
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在巴西，选举日是节日，
狂欢节般的气氛。
狂欢节般的气氛。
04:27
In Brazil, election day
is a festive, carnival-type atmosphere.
is a festive, carnival-type atmosphere.
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In Taiwan and Hong Kong,
there is a spectacle,
there is a spectacle,
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在台湾，香港，选举是奇观，
比起街头剧院的选举，
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eye-popping, eye-grabbing spectacle
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更让人惊叹不已，大开眼界。
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to the street theater of elections.
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You might ask, well,
here in America, who has time for this?
here in America, who has time for this?
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你也许会问，但这是美国，
谁有时间折腾这些啊？
谁有时间折腾这些啊？
我要告诉你，
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And I would tell you
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美国人平均每天看5小时的电视。
04:45
that the average American
watches five hours of television a day.
watches five hours of television a day.
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You might ask, who has the motivation?
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你会问，谁有那个劲头啊？
让我告诉你，
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And I'll tell you,
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那些希望被注意和被聆听的公民，
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any citizen who wants to be seen and heard
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不想当龙套，不为博眼球，
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not as a prop, not as a talking point,
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而要成为参与者，创造者。
05:00
but as a participant, as a creator.
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Well, how do we make this happen?
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好了，那到底要怎么做呢？
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Simply by making it happen.
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很简单，付诸行动。
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That's why a group of colleagues and I
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这就是我和一群同事
发起了一个新运动：
”选举的快乐“的原因。
”选举的快乐“的原因。
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launched a new project
called "The Joy of Voting."
called "The Joy of Voting."
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In four cities across the United States --
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在美国四个城市——
费城，迈阿密，
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Philadelphia, Miami,
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俄亥俄的阿克伦，和堪萨斯的威奇托，
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Akron, Ohio, and Wichita, Kansas --
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我们召集了艺术家，活动家，
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we've gathered together
artists and activists,
artists and activists,
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教育家，政治人物，邻居和普通市民，
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educators, political folks,
neighbors, everyday citizens
neighbors, everyday citizens
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相聚一起，创造了一个项目
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to come together and create projects
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来培育地域选举文化。
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that can foster this culture
of voting in a local way.
of voting in a local way.
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In Miami, that means
all-night parties with hot DJs
all-night parties with hot DJs
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在迈阿密，有整夜的聚会，火辣的DJ，
只要注册为选民就可以入内。
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where the only way to get in
is to show that you're registered to vote.
is to show that you're registered to vote.
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In Akron, it means political plays
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在阿克伦，则是政治戏剧，
演出在移动的平板拖车上进行，
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being performed
in the bed of a flatbed truck
in the bed of a flatbed truck
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从一个小区到另一个小区。
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that moves from neighborhood
to neighborhood.
to neighborhood.
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In Philadelphia,
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在费城，
是选举主题的寻宝游戏，
遍布所有殖民古镇。
遍布所有殖民古镇。
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it's a voting-themed scavenger hunt
all throughout colonial old town.
all throughout colonial old town.
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威奇托，则是在城区北部
创作混音带和现场涂鸦，
创作混音带和现场涂鸦，
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And in Wichita, it's making
mixtapes and live graffiti art
mixtapes and live graffiti art
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那里是选举开始的地方。
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in the North End to get out the vote.
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There are 20 of these projects,
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这样的项目有20个，
每一个都美轮美奂，丰富多彩。
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and they are remarkable
in their beauty and their diversity,
in their beauty and their diversity,
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这些项目改变了人们的态度。
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and they are changing people.
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我来讲几个故事。
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Let me tell you about a couple of them.
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在迈阿密，我们委托一个艺术家，
06:10
In Miami, we've commissioned and artist,
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年轻的艺术家阿托米卡，
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a young artist named Atomico,
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去创作栩栩如生的“我投票了”
新系列贴纸。
新系列贴纸。
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to create some vivid and vibrant images
for a new series of "I voted" stickers.
for a new series of "I voted" stickers.
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06:19
But the thing is, Atomico had never voted.
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可是，阿托米卡从来没投过票。
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He wasn't even registered.
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甚至都没登过记。
当他开始设计艺术贴纸时，
06:24
So as he got to work on creating
this artwork for these stickers,
this artwork for these stickers,
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他也要开始克服对政治的恐惧。
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he also began to get over
his sense of intimidation about politics.
his sense of intimidation about politics.
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他去登记了，
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He got himself registered,
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他也了解了即将到来的大选，
06:35
and then he got educated
about the upcoming primary election,
about the upcoming primary election,
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在投票日当天，他不仅当街散发贴纸，
06:38
and on election day he was out there
not just passing out stickers,
not just passing out stickers,
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还和选民交谈，鼓励大家投票，
06:41
but chatting up voters
and encouraging people to vote,
and encouraging people to vote,
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与行人谈论选举。
06:44
and talking about
the election with passersby.
the election with passersby.
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06:47
In Akron, a theater company
called the Wandering Aesthetics
called the Wandering Aesthetics
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在阿克伦，一家名叫美学漫步的戏剧公司
曾经进行过这种卡车演出。
06:51
has been putting on
these pickup truck plays.
these pickup truck plays.
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为了演出，这家公司公开
06:54
And to do so, they put out
an open call to the public
an open call to the public
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征集演讲，独白，对话，诗歌，
06:57
asking for speeches,
monologues, dialogues, poems,
monologues, dialogues, poems,
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小品之类的，只要能大声念出来的
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snippets of anything
that could be read aloud
that could be read aloud
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都可以编入演出。
07:03
and woven into a performance.
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07:05
They got dozens of submissions.
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结果投稿如云。
07:07
One of them was a poem
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其中有一首诗，
作者是ESL（English as a Second Language）
课程的九个学生，
课程的九个学生，
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written by nine students in an ESL class,
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都是拉美籍的移民工人，
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all of them Hispanic migrant workers
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来自俄亥俄州内比邻的哈特威尔。
07:14
from nearby Hartville, Ohio.
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07:17
I want to read to you from this poem.
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我给大家读一段。
07:21
It's called "The Joy of Voting."
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诗的名字叫：选举的快乐。
07:24
"I would like to vote for the first time
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我要进行第一次投票，
因为拉美裔的处境变了。
07:27
because things are changing for Hispanics.
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07:30
I used to be afraid of ghosts.
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我过去怕鬼，
现在怕人。
07:32
Now I am afraid of people.
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07:34
There's more violence and racism.
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暴力和种族主义越来越多。
07:36
Voting can change this.
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选举会改变这一切。
07:39
The border wall is nothing.
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边界墙什么也不是。
07:41
It's just a wall.
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就是个墙。
07:44
The wall of shame is something.
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耻辱的墙才可怕。
07:47
It's very important to vote
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投票很重要，
让我们可以打破这耻辱之墙。
07:49
so we can break down this wall of shame.
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07:53
I have passion in my heart.
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我心中有激情。
07:55
Voting gives me a voice and power.
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选举使我发出声音和力量。
07:58
I can stand up and do something."
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我能站起来做出改变了。
08:02
"The Joy of Voting" project
isn't just about joy.
isn't just about joy.
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“选举的快乐”项目并不只是关于快乐。
这是激情。
08:05
It's about this passion.
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也是感受和信仰，
08:07
It's about feeling and belief,
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不是只有我们一个组织在工作。
08:09
and it isn't just our organization's work.
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08:12
All across this country right now,
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现在全国都步调一致，
移民，年轻人，退伍军人，各种背景的人，
08:14
immigrants, young people, veterans,
people of all different backgrounds
people of all different backgrounds
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聚在一起创造了这种充满激情，快乐的
08:17
are coming together to create
this kind of passionate, joyful activity
this kind of passionate, joyful activity
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投票活动。
08:21
around elections,
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不论是民主党还是共和党的优势州，
不论城乡，
不论城乡，
08:22
in red and blue states,
in urban and rural communities,
in urban and rural communities,
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人民不论政治背景。
08:25
people of every political background.
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有一点是共同的：
08:27
What they have in common is simply this:
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他们的工作都是本地的。
08:30
their work is rooted in place.
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08:34
Because remember,
all citizenship is local.
all citizenship is local.
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要记住，公民都是本地人。
08:37
When politics becomes
just a presidential election,
just a presidential election,
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如果政治仅仅关乎总统选举，
大家就只是对着屏幕大呼小叫，
直到精疲力尽。
直到精疲力尽。
08:41
we yell and we scream at our screens,
and then we collapse, exhausted.
and then we collapse, exhausted.
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08:45
But when politics is about us
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但如果政治是有关自己，
邻居和社区的其他人，
08:49
and our neighbors
and other people in our community
and other people in our community
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大家聚在一起，
共同发出声音，表达期许，
共同发出声音，表达期许，
08:52
coming together to create experiences
of collective voice and imagination,
of collective voice and imagination,
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08:57
then we begin to remember
that this stuff matters.
that this stuff matters.
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我们就会记得这样做是有意义的。
09:00
We begin to remember
that this is the stuff of self-government.
that this is the stuff of self-government.
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我们开始铭记，这就是自治。
09:05
Which brings me back to where I began.
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回到开始那句话。
09:07
Why bother?
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为什么非要投票呢？
09:09
There's one way to answer this question.
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不妨这样回答。
09:12
Voting matters because it is
a self-fulfilling act of belief.
a self-fulfilling act of belief.
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投票很重要，因为这是信仰的自我满足。
09:17
It feeds the spirit of mutual interest
that makes any society thrive.
that makes any society thrive.
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它供养了利益的双方，
实现了社会繁荣。
实现了社会繁荣。
09:22
When we vote, even if it is in anger,
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当我们投票，即使是愤怒的一票，
我们仍是创造性信念集合的一部分。
09:25
we are part of a collective,
creative leap of faith.
creative leap of faith.
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09:29
Voting helps us generate
the very power that we wish we had.
the very power that we wish we had.
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投票帮助我们创造了最强的力量。
09:34
It's no accident
that democracy and theater
that democracy and theater
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无怪乎民主和剧院
同时出现于古代雅典。
09:37
emerged around the same time
in ancient Athens.
in ancient Athens.
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09:40
Both of them yank the individual
out of the enclosure of her private self.
out of the enclosure of her private self.
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民主和戏剧都把个体从私我中分离出来。
09:45
Both of them create great
public experiences of shared ritual.
public experiences of shared ritual.
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都从一种共同的仪式感中创立了
伟大的公共体验。
伟大的公共体验。
09:50
Both of them bring the imagination to life
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把想象带进了生活，
让我们意识到错综复杂的
社会联系都是由设想而来的，
社会联系都是由设想而来的，
09:52
in ways that remind us
that all of our bonds in the end
that all of our bonds in the end
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也可以进行重构。
09:56
are imagined, and can be reimagined.
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10:02
This moment right now,
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此时此刻，
10:04
when we think about
the meaning of imagination,
the meaning of imagination,
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当我们思索想象的意义，
便会发觉想象是何其重要，
10:08
is so fundamentally important,
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10:12
and our ability to take that spirit
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我们如果有能力接受这样一种精神，
这样一种感知，
10:15
and to take that sense
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承认有更伟大的存在，
10:17
that there is something greater out there,
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并非只是技术性的专长。
10:19
is not just a matter
of technical expertise.
of technical expertise.
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不只是挤出时间或者拥有技术。
10:23
It's not just a matter of making the time
or having the know-how.
or having the know-how.
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这关乎一种精神。
10:26
It is a matter of spirit.
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10:28
But let me give you an answer
to this question, "Why bother?"
to this question, "Why bother?"
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让我来揭晓答案，究竟为什么要投票。
答案并不虚空，而是有实践意义的。
10:31
that is maybe a little less spiritual
and a bit more pointed.
and a bit more pointed.
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10:36
Why bother voting?
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为什么要投票？
因为不存在不投票这种事。
10:38
Because there is
no such thing as not voting.
no such thing as not voting.
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不投票也是投票。
10:41
Not voting is voting,
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只不过投给了所有
你不喜欢和反对的东西。
你不喜欢和反对的东西。
10:43
for everything that you
may detest and oppose.
may detest and oppose.
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不投票有时装扮成
10:45
Not voting can be dressed up
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原则性的，被动的抵抗，
10:47
as an act of principled,
passive resistance,
passive resistance,
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但实际上不投票
10:50
but in fact not voting
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是交出权力
10:52
is actively handing power over
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给那些与你利益相左的人，
10:54
to those whose interests
are counter to your own,
are counter to your own,
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那些很乐意利用你缺席的人。
10:57
and those who would be very glad
to take advantage of your absence.
to take advantage of your absence.
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不投票是失败者的选择。
11:00
Not voting is for suckers.
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11:04
Imagine where this country would be
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想象一下这个国家将会怎样，
如果所有2010年创建茶党的人
11:06
if all the folks who in 2010
created the Tea Party
created the Tea Party
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认为政治太肮脏，
11:09
had decided that,
you know, politics is too messy,
you know, politics is too messy,
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投票太复杂。
11:12
voting is too complicated.
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我们的投票永远没有机会贡献任何事。
11:13
There is no possibility
of our votes adding up to anything.
of our votes adding up to anything.
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11:17
They didn't preemptively
silence themselves.
silence themselves.
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但他们没有沉默。
他们表达了自己，
11:19
They showed up,
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在表达自我的过程中，
他们改变了美国的政治。
他们改变了美国的政治。
11:21
and in the course of showing up,
they changed American politics.
they changed American politics.
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11:25
Imagine if all of the followers
of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders
of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders
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想象一下如果特朗普和桑德斯的
所有拥护者
所有拥护者
决定不去碰触政治现状，
11:30
had decided not to upend
the political status quo
the political status quo
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而是保持原先的美国政治结构
11:34
and blow apart the frame
of the previously possible
of the previously possible
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会怎样。
11:37
in American politics.
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但他们却通过投票迈出了改变的步伐。
11:38
They did that by voting.
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11:43
We live in a time right now,
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我们所生活的时代
出现了严重的分裂，时常黑暗无比，
11:45
divided, often very dark,
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不论左派右派，都想变革，
11:47
where across the left and the right,
there's a lot of talk of revolution
there's a lot of talk of revolution
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都有打破常规民主的革命需求。
11:51
and the need for revolution
to disrupt everyday democracy.
to disrupt everyday democracy.
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11:55
Well, here's the thing:
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而关键就在于：
民主环境已经给了我们革命的脚本。
11:56
everyday democracy already
gives us a playbook for revolution.
gives us a playbook for revolution.
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12:00
In the 2012 presidential election,
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在2012年总统选举中，
年轻人，拉丁选民，
12:02
young voters, Latino voters,
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亚裔人，低收入群体，
12:04
Asian-American voters, low-income voters,
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投票率都低于50%
12:06
all showed up at less than 50 percent.
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12:11
In the 2014 midterm elections,
turnout was 36 percent,
turnout was 36 percent,
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2014年中期选举是36%，
70年来最低。
12:15
which was a 70-year low.
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12:17
And in your average local election,
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地方选举的平均投票率
只有20%左右。
12:19
turnout hovers
somewhere around 20 percent.
somewhere around 20 percent.
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12:23
I invite you to imagine 100 percent.
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我想请你们想象一下100%。
12:27
Picture 100 percent.
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100%的投票率会是何种景象。
12:30
Mobilize 100 percent,
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100%全体动员，
一夜之间，我们就会爆发革命。
12:32
and overnight, we get revolution.
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12:35
Overnight, the policy priorities
of this country change dramatically,
of this country change dramatically,
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一夜之间，
国家的政治优先权就会剧烈反转，
国家的政治优先权就会剧烈反转，
所有级别的政府会更积极回应
12:39
and every level of government
becomes radically more responsive
becomes radically more responsive
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民众的呼声。
12:42
to all the people.
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12:45
What would it take
to mobilize 100 percent?
to mobilize 100 percent?
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怎样来全动员100%的人呢？
12:48
Well, we do have to push back
against efforts afoot
against efforts afoot
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我们正在为此
在全国范围内努力，
12:51
all across the country right now
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让投票更有力。
12:52
to make voting harder.
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12:54
But at the same time,
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同时，
要积极创立正面的选举文化，
12:56
we have to actively create
a positive culture of voting
a positive culture of voting
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人民乐于追随的文化，
12:59
that people want to belong to,
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置身其中，共同经历。
13:00
be part of, and experience together.
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要把选举变得有意义，
13:03
We have to make purpose.
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更快乐。
13:05
We have to make joy.
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13:07
So yes, let's have that revolution,
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对，我们现在一起发动革命，
精神，观念，
13:09
a revolution of spirit, of ideas,
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政策和参与的革命，
13:12
of policy and participation,
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抛弃玩世不恭，
13:14
a revolution against cynicism,
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抛弃自我无力感。
13:16
a revolution against the self-fulfilling
sense of powerlessness.
sense of powerlessness.
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13:20
Let's vote this revolution into existence,
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让我们通过选举来实现革命，
我们正在路上，
13:23
and while we're at it,
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让我们享受这个过程。
13:25
let's have some fun.
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谢谢。
13:26
Thank you very much.
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（掌声）
13:28
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eric Liu - Civics educatorEric Liu is founder of Citizen University, which teaches the art of powerful citizenship, and the executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship & American Identity Program.
Why you should listen
Eric Liu is an author, educator and civic entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Citizen University, which promotes and teaches the art of great citizenship through a portfolio of national programs, and the executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship and American Identity Program.
Liu's books include the national bestsellers The Gardens of Democracy, and The True Patriot, co-authored with Nick Hanauer. His most recent book is A Chinaman's Chance, published in July, 2014. His first book, The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, was a New York Times Notable Book featured in the PBS documentary "Matters of Race." His other books include Guiding Lights: How to Mentor – and Find Life's Purpose, the Official Book of National Mentoring Month; and Imagination First, co-authored with Scott Noppe-Brandon of the Lincoln Center Institute, which explores ways to unlock imagination in education, politics, business and the arts.
Liu served as a White House speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and later as the President's deputy domestic policy adviser. After the White House, he was an executive at the digital media company RealNetworks. In 2002 he was named one of the World Economic Forum’s Global Leaders of Tomorrow, and in 2010 he was awarded the Bill Grace Leadership Legacy Award by the Center for Ethical Leadership.
Liu lives in Seattle, where he teaches civic leadership at the University of Washington and hosts Citizen University TV, a television program about civic power. In addition to speaking regularly at venues across the country, he also serves on numerous nonprofit and civic boards. He is the co-founder of the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility. A board member of the Corporation for National and Community Service, he is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School.
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