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TED英文演讲稿3篇3We allknow everybodyin thisroom makesmistakes.我们都知道这里的每个人都曾经犯错The humanspecies,in general,is fallible--okay fine.人类本来就会犯错-没问题But whenit comesdown tome rightnow,to allthe beliefsIhold,here in the present tense,suddenly allof thisabstractappreciation offallibility goesout thewindow--and Icant actuallythinkof anythingIm wrong about.一旦这个想法临到我们自身我们现在所有的所有的信念对人类可能犯错的抽象概念随即被我们抛弃我无法想到我有哪里出错And thething is,the present tense iswhere welive.但是,我们活在现在We goto meetingsin thepresenttense;we goon familyvacationsinthepresenttense;we goto thepolls andvote inthe presenttense.我们开会,去家庭旅游去投票全都是现在式So effectively,we allkind ofwind uptraveling throughlife,trapped in this littlebubble offeeling veryright abouteverything.我们就像现在一个小泡泡里经历人生感觉自己总是对的I thinkthis isa problem.我认为这是个问题I think its a problem foreach ofus asindividuals,in ourpersonaland professionallives,and Ithinkitsaproblemfor allofus collectivelyas aculture.我认为这是每个人私人生活和职业生活中的问题我认为我们身为群体,这也造成了(文化)问题So whatI wantto dotoday is,first of all,talk aboutwhywe get stuck insidethis feeling of being right.于是,我今天想做的是先谈谈为甚么我们会陷在这种自以为是的心态中And second,why itssuch aproblem.第二是为甚么这是个问题And finally,I wantto convinceyou thatit ispossible tostepoutside of that feeling,and that,if you can doso,it isthe singlegreatest最后我想说服大家克服这种感觉是可能的而且一旦你做到了这将成为你道德上moral,intellectual andcreative leapyoucanmake.智性上和创意上最大的进步So whydo we getstuckin this feeling ofbeingright为甚么我们会陷在这种自以为是的心态中?One reasonactually hasto dowith afeelingofbeing wrong.事实上这和犯错的感觉有关So let me askyou guyssomething一一or actually,letmeask youguyssomething,because youreright here:How doesit feel一一emotionally一一我想问问你们让我问问台上的你们当你意识到自己犯错了how doesit feelto be wrong你感觉如何?Dreadful.Thumbs down.糟透了很差劲Embarrassing.Okay,wonderful,good.难堪很好,是的Dreadful,thumbs down,embarrassing--thank you,these aregreatanswers,but theyreanswers toa differentquestion.很糟糕,很差劲,很难堪谢谢你们提供这些答案但这些答案没有回答我的问题You guysare answeringthe question:How doesit feeltorealize youre wrong你们回答的问题是当你意识到你犯错的时候,你的感觉如何?Laughter Realizingyourewrongcan feel like allofthatanda lot of otherthings,right笑声意识到你犯错了就会有刚刚所说的这些感觉,不是吗I meanit canbe devastating,it canbe revelatory,it canactuallybe quitefunny,like mystupid Chinesecharacter mistake.令人沮丧,暴露了一些真实有时候甚至有些好笑像我误以为路牌是中文字But justbeing wrongdoesnt feellike anything.但犯错本身事实上毫无感觉Ill giveyou ananalogy.让我给你一个例子Do youremember thatLoony Tunescartoon wheretheres thispatheticcoyote whosalways chasingand nevercatching aroadrunner你记得卡通里那个总是在追逐却从未抓到猎物的土狼吗?In prettymuch everyepisode ofthis cartoon,theres amomentwhere the coyote ischasing the roadrunner andtheroadrunnerruns offacliff,几乎在每一集里也的猎物-一只走鹃鸟都会跳下悬崖4which isfine,hes abird,he canfly.反正也是鸟,也可以飞44But thething is,thecoyoteruns offthe cliffright afterhim.但土狼也会跟着牛也一起跳崖And whatsfunny--at leastif youresix yearsold一一is thatthecoyotes totallyfine too.那很好笑如果你是个六岁(儿童)土狼也很好He justkeeps running--right upuntil themoment thathe looksdownand realizesthat hesin mid-air.也就这么继续跑直到牛也往下看发现自己漫步在空中4Thats whenhe falls.这时候他才会往下掉When were wrongabout something-一not whenwe realizeit,butbefore that--were likethat coyoteafter hesgone offthe cliffandbefore helooks down.在我们犯错时在我们意识到我们犯错时我们就像那只土狼还没意识到自己奔出悬崖You know,were alreadywrong,were alreadyin trouble,but wefeellike wereon solidground.我们已经错了已经惹上麻烦了但仍然感觉像走在地上So Ishould actuallycorrect somethingI saida momentago.我应该改变我之前的说法It doesfeellikesomething tobewrong;it feelslikebeing right.犯错的感觉就和正确的感觉一样Laughter Sothis isone reason,a structuralreason,why wegetstuck insidethisfeelingof rightness.笑声事实上我们这种自以为对的感受是有构造性的原因的I callthis errorblindness.我称之为错误盲点Most ofthe time,we donthave anykind ofinternal cueto letusknow that werewrongaboutsomething,until itstoo late.大部份的时间里我们身体里没有任何机制提醒我们错了直到木已成舟But theresa secondreason thatwegetstuck insidethisfeeling aswell--and thisone iscultural.但还有第二个理由文化性的理由Think backfor amoment toelementary school.回想小学时代Youre sittingthere inclass,and yourteacher ishandingback quizpapers,and oneof themlooks likethis.你坐在课堂里你的老师发回小考考卷像这样的小考考卷This isnot mine,by theway.虽然这张不是我的Laughter Sothere you are ingrade school,and youknowexactly whatto thinkabout thekid whogot thispaper.笑声你从小学时代就知道该对拿这张考卷的同学下甚么评语Its thedumb kid,the troublemaker,the onewho neverdoes hishomework.笨蛋,捣蛋鬼从不做功课的坏学生So bythe timeyou arenine yearsold,youve alreadylearned,first ofall,that peoplewho getstuff wrongare lazy,irresponsibledimwits-一你不过才九岁你已经懂得,首先那些犯错的人都是懒惰、不负责任的傻瓜and secondofall,that theway tosucceed inlife isto nevermakeany mistakes.第二想要在人生中成功就不要犯错We learnthese reallybad lessonsreally well.我们很早就得到这些错误讯息And alotofus——and Isuspect,especially alot ofusinthisroom——deal withthem byjust becomingperfect littleAstudents,而我们尤其是这个大厅里的许多人都因此成为好学生拿全Aperfectionists,over-achievers.完美主义、永不满意Right,Mr.CFO,astrophysicist,ultra-marathoner不是吗?财务长、天体物理学家、超级(马拉松)先生们?()Laughter Youreall CFO,astrophysicists,ultra-marathoners,it turnsout.(笑声)结果是你们全成了财务长、天体物理学家、跑超级马拉松Okay,so fine.那很好Except that then wefreak outatthepossibility thatwevegotten something wrong.但一旦我们发现有可能犯错就开始手足无措Because accordingto this,getting somethingwrong meanstheressomethingwrongwith us.因为依照规定犯错代表我们一定也有甚么不对劲So wejust insistthatwereright,because itmakes usfeelsmart andresponsible andvirtuous andsafe.于是我们坚持己见因为那让我们感觉聪明、得体安全和可-2zfc±.罪So letme tellyouastory.让我告诉你们一个故事。