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Reggie Watts - Vocalist, beatboxer, comedian
Reggie Watts creates unpredictably brilliant performances on the spot using his voice, looping pedals and his giant brain.

Why you should listen

The winner of TED's Full Spectrum auditions, Reggie Watts works on the edge of improv performance -- at a place where you can almost visibly see his brain moving, as he pulls spoken and musical snippets from the sonosphere and blends them into a stream-of-consciousness flow. On screen, Reggie has appeared on The Conan O’Brien Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, HBO’s The Yes Men Save the World, Comedy Central’s Michael and Michael Have Issues and PBS’ Electric Company. Last summer, he opened nightly on Conan O'Brien’s sold-out North American “Prohibited From Being Funny on Television” tour.

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Reggie Watts: Beats that defy boxes

Reggie Watts用最娛樂的方式使你迷惘

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Reggie Watts 打破常規,解開你的邏輯枷鎖並且將詩與音樂結合在他這個比生命還大的表演之中。
- Vocalist, beatboxer, comedian
Reggie Watts creates unpredictably brilliant performances on the spot using his voice, looping pedals and his giant brain. Full bio

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... and that's one of the things that I enjoy請享用 most
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這就是其中我最享受這個大會
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about this convention慣例.
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的原因之一
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It's not so much, as so little as to do with what everything is.
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這不是很多,但相對於所有事情來說也不是很小
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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But it is within our self-interest自我利益
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不過這是我們自己的興趣去
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to understand理解 the topography地形 of our lives生活
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了解我們生活的地形學
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unto ourselves我們自己.
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在我們身上的影響
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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The future未來 states狀態
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未來表明了
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that there is no time
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除了我們生存中的記憶的感覺會
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other than the collapsationcollapsation of that sensation感覺
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崩塌之外,
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of the mirror鏡子 of the memories回憶 in which哪一個 we are living活的.
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就不會再有其他時間了
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Common共同 knowledge知識,
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非常簡單的常識,
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but important重要 nonetheless儘管如此,.
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卻是十分重要
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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As we face面對 fear恐懼 in these times,
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當我們遇到恐懼,
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and fear恐懼 is all around us,
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而且恐懼就在我們身邊的時候
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we also have anti-fear抗恐懼.
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我們還會有反恐懼
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It's hard to imagine想像 or measure測量.
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這很難想像或測量
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The background背景 radiation輻射 is simply只是 too static靜態的
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就是因為背景放射線太過於靜態
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to be able能夠 to be seen看到 under the normal正常 spectral光譜 analysis分析.
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以致於我們不能在正常的光譜分析下看到它
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But we feel as though雖然 there are times
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不過我們感覺到是有些時候
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when a lot of us -- you know what I'm say'nsay'n?
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當我們 - 你知道我說的是什麼吧?
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But -- you know what I'm say'nsay'n?
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不過 - 你知道我在說什麼吧?
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Cuz曲子, like, as a hip臀部 hop thing, you know what I'm say'nsay'n,
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因為,就好像,嘻哈這個東西,你知道我在說什麼吧?
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TEDTED be rock'nROCK'N -- you know what I'm say'nsay'n.
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TED一定很棒 - 你懂我在說什麼吧?
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Like so I wrote a song歌曲,
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因此呢我寫了一首歌
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and I hope希望 you guys dig it.
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我希望你們會喜歡
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It's a song歌曲 about people
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這是一首關於人們
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and sasquatchessasquatches --
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和薩斯科奇人的歌
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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-- and other French法國 science科學 stuff東東.
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還有其他法國科學的東西
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That's French法國 science科學.
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那是法國科學
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Okay, here we go.
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好吧,來了喔
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♫ I've been trying inside
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♪我一直在內心努力♪
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♫ I know that I'm in trouble麻煩 by myself
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♪我知道我自己正處於麻煩之中♪
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♫ But every一切 time it gets得到 me ♫
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♪不過每當它讓我心煩時♪
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♫ [unclear不明] ♫
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♪【不清楚】♪
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(Music音樂)
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(音樂)
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♫ And I've been trying to be the one that you believe in ♫
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♪我一直在努力成為你相信的人♪
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♫ And you're the one that I want to be so saucy俏皮
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♪而你就是我想要成為的那個活潑的人♪
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♫ And you're the one I want to [unclear不明], baby寶寶
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♪你就是我想要......的人,寶貝♪
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♫ And you can do anything ♫
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♪你可以做任何事♪
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♫ as long as you don't get hurt傷害 along沿 the way back ♫
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♪只要你在回來時不會受傷♪
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♫ If I survive生存, I'm gonna tell you what is wrong錯誤
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♪如果我熬過來了,我會告訴你哪裡錯了♪
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♫ Because if you were [unclear不明] ♫
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♪因為如果你是......♪
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♫ And I think that you're looking like a [unclear不明] ♫
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♪而且我認為你看起來像個......♪
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♫ I give you what I want to be ♫
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♪我給了你我想要成為的♪
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(Music音樂)
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(音樂)
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And it's like, you could use as many許多 of those things that you want.
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這就好像,你可以盡可能的用那些你想要的
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(Applause掌聲)
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And the computer電腦 models楷模,
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這個電腦模式呢
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no matter how many許多 that you have
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不管你有多少
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and how many許多 people that you use,
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或者用了多少人
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are never going to be able能夠 to arrive到達 at the same相同 conclusions結論.
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從來不會有一個統一的結論的
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Four years年份 ago I worked工作 with a few少數 people at the Brookings布魯金斯 Institute研究所,
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四年前我在Brookings學校和幾個人一起工作,
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and I arrived到達 at a conclusion結論.
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然後我得到了一個結論
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Tomorrow明天 is another另一個 day.
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明天又是另一個一天
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Not just any day,
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不是任何的一天
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but it is a day.
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但是是一天
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It will get here, there's no question.
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毫無疑問的,它總是會到來的
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And the important重要 thing to remember記得
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應該要記住的重要一點是
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is that this simulation模擬 is a good one.
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這個模擬是好的
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It's believable可信的, it's tactile.
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它是可相信的,是有形的
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You can reach達到 out -- things are solid固體.
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你可以伸手摸得到 - 這些都是有形固體狀的
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You can move移動 objects對象 from one area to another另一個.
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你可以將東西從這個地方移到那個地方
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You can feel your body身體.
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你可以感覺到你的身體
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You can say, "I'd like to go over to this location位置,"
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你可以說:“我想去那個地方”
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and you can move移動 this mass of molecules分子 through通過 the air空氣
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你也可以在你的意願下在空氣之間移動你的身體
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over to another另一個 location位置 at will.
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到另一個地方
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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That's something you live生活 inside of every一切 day.
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這才是你每天的生活。
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Now with the allocation分配 and the understanding理解 of
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現在透過缺乏認知的配置
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the lack缺乏 of understanding理解,
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與理解
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we enter輸入 into a new era時代 of science科學
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我們進入了科學的新紀元
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in which哪一個 we feel nothing more
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在這新紀元中,我們感受不到比
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than so much so as to say
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在他們與他們自己之間的
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that those within themselves他們自己,
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還要更多的了,
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comporarycomporary or non-comporary非comporary,
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現在或者非現在
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will figuratively比喻 figure數字
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我們會象徵性地去瞭解
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into the folding摺頁 of our non-understanding不理解
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我們對網絡上所獲取的訊息
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and our partial局部 understanding理解
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與所下的結論的
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to the networks網絡 of which哪一個 we all draw our source資源
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不理解與一知半解的
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and conclusions結論 from.
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疑惑
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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So, as I say before the last piece,
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所以,在我呈現最後一個作品之前我想說的是
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feel not as though雖然 it is a sphere領域 we live生活 on,
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感受不要僅限於這是我們生活的一顆星球
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rather an infinite無窮 plane平面 which哪一個 has the illusion錯覺
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而是要想這是一架會給你一種可以引導你回到原點的
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of leading領導 yourself你自己 back to the point of origin起源.
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錯覺的一架大飛機
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Once一旦 we understand理解 that all the spheres in the sky天空
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一旦我們瞭解到所有在空中的星球
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are just large infinite無窮 planes飛機,
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就好像是一些大飛機一樣
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it will be plain to see. Ha Ha Ha.
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那就很簡單明瞭了。哈哈哈
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This is my final最後 piece.
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這是我今天想要呈現最後一個作品
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And just remember記得
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所以呢
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everything you are --
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記住你是什麼
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it's more important重要 to realize實現
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比較重要的是要去了解
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the negative space空間,
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負面的生活空間
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as music音樂 is only the division of space空間;
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就好像音樂是五線譜的一部份一樣
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it is the space空間 we are listening to divided分為 as such這樣,
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它是被五線譜所分割成的一個我們聆聽的東西
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which哪一個 gives us the information信息
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從而給我們這些跟其他東西
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comparison對照 to something other
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相比較的訊息
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that gives us the idea理念 of what the idea理念 that wants to be transmitted發送
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給我們一些想要被傳輸的想法想變成什麼
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wants to be.
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的一種想法
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So please, without further進一步 ado忙亂.
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因此,我就不多說了。
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(Applause掌聲)
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(鼓掌)
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Thank you.
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謝謝!
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(Applause掌聲)
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(鼓掌)
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This is a fun開玩笑 one.
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這個是很有意思的
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It goes like this.
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像這樣
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(Music音樂)
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(音樂)
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Okay, for the last piece I'd like to do,
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好吧,最後一個我希望這麼做
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this one goes very similar類似 to this.
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這個聽起來像是這樣
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I hope希望 you guys recognize認識 it.
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我希望你們能聽得出來
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Here we go.
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來囉!
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Okay, that still works作品. Okay, good.
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好吧,那也是可行的,很好。
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All right, here we go.
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好囉,我們開始囉!
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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(Music音樂)
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(音樂)
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Here we go.
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來囉!
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(Music音樂)
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(音樂)
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♫ Yeah, yo, yo, yo
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♪耶,yo,yo,yo♪
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(Music音樂)
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(音樂)
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Thank you. Enjoy請享用 the rest休息. Thank you.
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謝謝!請享受剩下的。謝謝!
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Translated by Yuguo Zhang
Reviewed by Paoli Lee

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Reggie Watts - Vocalist, beatboxer, comedian
Reggie Watts creates unpredictably brilliant performances on the spot using his voice, looping pedals and his giant brain.

Why you should listen

The winner of TED's Full Spectrum auditions, Reggie Watts works on the edge of improv performance -- at a place where you can almost visibly see his brain moving, as he pulls spoken and musical snippets from the sonosphere and blends them into a stream-of-consciousness flow. On screen, Reggie has appeared on The Conan O’Brien Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, HBO’s The Yes Men Save the World, Comedy Central’s Michael and Michael Have Issues and PBS’ Electric Company. Last summer, he opened nightly on Conan O'Brien’s sold-out North American “Prohibited From Being Funny on Television” tour.

More profile about the speaker
Reggie Watts | Speaker | TED.com