2022年TED英語演講：生命無限,勇往直前

2022年TED英語演講：生命無限，勇往直前Ifyourlifewereabookandyouweretheauthor,howwouldyouwantyourstorytogo?That'sthequestionthatchangedmylifeforever.GrowingupinthehotLastVegasdesert,allIwantedwastobefree.Iwoulddaydreamabouttravelingtheworld,livinginaplacewhereitsnowed,andIwouldpictureallofthestoriesthatIwouldgoontotell.如果你的人生是一本書你是書的作者你會(huì)怎么寫你的故事？這個(gè)問題永遠(yuǎn)改變了我的一生生長在拉斯維加斯的炎熱沙漠我一直向往自由我做著白日夢(mèng)夢(mèng)想周游世界住在能看見雪的地方編我想講述的所有故事Attheageof19,thedayafterIgraduatedhighschool,ImovedtoaplacewhereitsnowedandIbecameamassagetherapist.WiththisjoballIneededweremyhandsandmymassagetablebymysideandIcouldgoanywhere.Forthefirsttimeinmylife,Ifeltfree,independentandcompletelyincontrolofmylife.Thatis,untilmylifetookadetour.Iwenthomefromworkearlyonedaywithwhat第1頁共9頁Ithoughtwastheflu,andlessthan24hourslaterIwasinthehospitalonlifesupportwithlessthanatwopercentchanceofliving.Itwasn'tuntildayslaterasIlayinacomathatthedoctorsdiagnosedmewithbacterialmeningitis,avaccine-preventablebloodinfection.OverthecourseoftwoandahalfmonthsIlostmyspleen,mykidneys,thehearinginmyleftearandbothofmylegsbelowtheknee.19歲那年在我從高中畢業(yè)后我搬到了能見到雪的地方我成為一名按摩師這份工作只需要雙手以及身邊的按摩桌而且我可以去任何地方有生以來頭一次我感到自由獨(dú)立對(duì)生活充滿把握直到人生出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折一天我下班比往常早以為自己得了流感24小時(shí)不到我就進(jìn)了醫(yī)院生命垂危只有2%的存活幾率之后的幾天我陷入昏迷醫(yī)生診斷我得了細(xì)菌性腦膜炎疫苗可預(yù)防性血液感染在為期兩個(gè)半月的治療中我切除了脾和腎左耳失聰膝蓋以下截肢WhenmyparentswheeledmeoutofthehospitalIfeltlikeIhadbeenpiecedbacktogetherlikeapatchworkdoll.IthoughttheworstwasoveruntilweekslaterwhenIsawmynewlegsforthefirsttime.Thecalveswerebulkyblocksofmetalwithpipesboltedtogetherfortheanklesandayellow第2頁共9頁rubberfootwitharaisedrubberlinefromthetoetotheankletolooklikeavein.Ididn'tknowwhattoexpect,butIwasn'texpectingthat.當(dāng)父母把我推出醫(yī)院時(shí)我感到自己被重新拼湊起來像一個(gè)拼布娃娃我以為最慘的事已完結(jié)直到我第一次見到自己的新腿小腿是笨重的金屬塊腳踝用管子和螺絲固定外加黃色的橡膠腳突起的橡膠線從腳趾延伸到腳踝為了使它們看起來像血管我不知道我想要的結(jié)果是什么但絕不會(huì)是這個(gè)Withmymombymysideandtearsstreamingdownourfaces,IstrappedonthesechunkylegsandIstoodup.TheyweresopainfulandsoconfiningthatallIcouldthinkwas,howamIevergoingtotraveltheworldinthesethings?HowwasIevergoingtolivethelifefullofadventureandstories,asIalwayswanted?AndhowwasIgoingtosnowboardagain?媽媽站在我旁邊兩個(gè)人淚水肆意我綁上這兩條粗短腿然后站起來它們讓我感到十分痛苦，并且充滿限制我腦子里只有一個(gè)想法：用這些破玩意我怎么能周游世界？我如何才能過我一直想要的異彩紛呈的生活?Thatday,Iwenthome,Icrawledintobedandthisiswhatmylifelookedlikeforthenextfewmonths:mepassedout,escapingfromreality,withmylegsrestingbymy第3頁共9頁side.Iwasabsolutelyphysicallyandemotionallybroken.我如何才能再玩單板滑雪？那天，我回到家，爬上床這是我接下來幾個(gè)月的生活狀態(tài)：我躺在床上，淡出生活逃離現(xiàn)實(shí)我的腿放在床邊.我在生理上和心理上完全崩潰了ButIknewthatinordertomoveforward,IhadtoletgooftheoldAmyandlearntoembracethenewAmy.AndthatiswhenitdawnedonmethatIdidn'thavetobefive-foot-fiveanymore.IcouldbeastallasIwanted!(Laughter)(Applause)OrasshortasIwanted,dependingonwhoIwasdating.(Laughter)AndifIsnowboardedagain,myfeetaren'tgoingtogetcold.(Laughter)Andbestofall,Ithought,Icanmakemyfeetthesizeofalltheshoesthatareonthesalesrack.(Laughter)AndIdid!Sotherewerebenefitshere.但是我知道為了向前走我必須放開過去的艾米學(xué)著接受新的艾米那時(shí)我突然想到我再也不只有5.5英尺高了我可以想多高有多高(笑聲)(掌聲)或者想多矮有多矮這得看我和誰約會(huì)(笑聲)如果我再玩單板滑雪腳再也不會(huì)冷(笑聲)我覺得最棒的、是我可以調(diào)整腳的大小來適合貨架上任何尺碼的鞋子(笑聲)我真那么干了！所以這還是有些好處的ItwasthismomentthatIaskedmyselfthatlife-第4頁共9頁definingquestion：IfmylifewereabookandIweretheauthor,howwouldIwantthestorytogo?AndIbegantodaydream.IdaydreamedlikeIdidasalittlegirlandIimaginedmyselfwalkinggracefully,helpingotherpeoplethroughmyjourneyandsnowboardingagain.AndIdidn'tjustseemyselfcarvingdownamountainofpowder,Icouldactuallyfeelit.Icouldfeelthewindagainstmyfaceandthebeatofmyracingheartasifitwerehappeninginthatverymoment.Andthatiswhenanewchapterinmylifebegan.那一刻我問了自己一個(gè)決定人生走向的問題如果人生是一本書而我是作者我會(huì)怎么寫這個(gè)故事？我開始做白日夢(mèng)想小時(shí)候那樣做夢(mèng)我想象自己優(yōu)雅地前行在路途中幫助別人再次玩單板滑雪我并不是僅僅看到自己從山上滑下來我可以真切感受到那個(gè)場景我可以感受到風(fēng)撲面而來感受到心臟的韻律如同那一刻正在真實(shí)發(fā)生.那就是我開啟人生新篇章的時(shí)刻FourmonthslaterIwasbackuponasnowboard,althoughthingsdidn'tgoquiteasexpected:Mykneesandmyankleswouldn'tbendandatonepointItraumatizedalltheskiersonthechairliftwhenIfellandmylegs,stillattachedtomysnowboard—(Laughter)—went第5頁共9頁flyingdownthemountain,andIwasontopofthemountainstill.Iwassoshocked,Iwasjustasshockedaseverybodyelse,andIwassodiscouraged,butIknewthatifIcouldfindtherightpairoffeetthatIwouldbeabletodothisagain.AndthisiswhenIlearnedthatourbordersandourobstaclescanonlydotwothings:one,stopusinourtracksortwo,forceustogetcreative.4個(gè)月之后，我重拾單板滑雪雖然事情并不像我期待的那樣我的膝蓋和腳踝無法彎曲在某一點(diǎn)上我嚇壞了升降椅上所有的滑雪者（笑聲）就是當(dāng)我摔倒時(shí),我的腿還連著滑板（笑聲）它們一起飛落到山腳而我依然在山頂（笑聲）我被驚到了同其他人一樣我驚呆了而且很失落但是我知道如果我找到了兩條合適的腿我完全可以成功這時(shí)我明白了艱難險(xiǎn)阻只能做兩件事：一是將我們困在原來的軌道二是迫使我們充滿創(chuàng)造力Ididayearofresearch,stillcouldn'tfigureoutwhatkindoflegstouse,couldn'tfindanyresourcesthatcouldhelpme.SoIdecidedtomakeapairmyself.MylegmakerandIputrandompartstogetherandwemadeapairoffeetthatIcouldsnowboardin.Asyoucansee,rustedbolts,rubber,woodandneonpinkducttape.Andyes,Ican第6頁共9頁changemytoenailpolish.Itwastheselegsandthebest21stbirthdaygiftIcouldeverreceive—anewkidneyfrommydad—thatallowedmetofollowmydreamsagain.Istartedsnowboarding,thenIwentbacktowork,thenIwentbacktoschool,我研究了一年仍然不知道用什么樣的腿也找不到任何有用的資源于是我決定自己做一副假腿我和制作者把各種部件拼在一起做了兩條可以玩滑板的腿你可以看到生銹的螺栓、橡膠、木頭和熒光粉膠帶沒錯(cuò)我可以換指甲顏色這雙假腿以及我21歲生日收到的最好禮物 我爸爸的一個(gè)腎讓我再次追逐夢(mèng)想.我開始玩單板滑雪我重新工作并回到學(xué)校Thenin20xxIcofoundedanonprofitorganizationforyouthandyoungadultswithphysicaldisabilitiessotheycouldgetinvolvedwithactionsports.Fromthere,IhadtheopportunitytogotoSouthAfrica,whereIhelpedtoputshoesonthousandsofchildren'sfeetsotheycouldattendschool.20xx年我創(chuàng)辦了一個(gè)非盈利組織用來救助身體殘疾的年輕人使他們能再次參加體育運(yùn)動(dòng)從那時(shí)起我有機(jī)會(huì)前往南非給千百兒童帶來鞋子這樣他們就可以去上學(xué)AndjustthispastFebruary,Iwontwoback-to-backWorldCupgoldmedals一(Applause)一whichmademe第7頁共9頁thehighestrankedadaptivefemalesnowboarderintheworld.在剛剛過去的二月我相繼取得兩塊世界金牌（掌聲）——這使我成為世界上最高級(jí)別的殘疾人女子單板滑雪運(yùn)動(dòng)員.Elevenyearsago,whenIlostmylegs,Ihadnoideawhattoexpect.Butifyouaskmetoday,ifIwouldeverwanttochangemysituation,Iwouldhavetosayno.Becausemylegshaven'tdisabledme,ifanythingthey'veenabledme.They'veforcedmetorelyonmyimaginationandtobelieveinthepossibilities,andthat'swhyIbelievethatourimaginationscanbeusedastoolsforbreakingthroughborders,becauseinourminds,wecandoanythingandwecanbeanything.20xx年前當(dāng)我失去腿時(shí)我不知道該期盼什么但是如果你現(xiàn)在問我是否愿意換個(gè)人生我會(huì)回答不因?yàn)槲业碾p腿并沒有阻礙我如果說它們給我?guī)砹耸裁茨蔷褪撬鼈冏屛乙揽肯胂罅ψ屛蚁嘈乓磺薪杂锌赡苓@就是為什么我相信想象可以成為工具用來沖破障礙因?yàn)樵谀X子里我們可以做任何事可以成為任何人It'sbelievinginthosedreamsandfacingourfearshead-onthatallowsustoliveourlivesbeyondourlimits.Andalthoughtodayisaboutinnovationwithoutborders,Ihavetosaythat第8頁共9頁inmylife,innovation