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ChrisBurkard_2015-_在冰海中冲浪的喜悦_
So if I told you that this was the face of pure joy, would you call me crazy? 如果我告诉你们这是一张充满喜悦的脸 你们会觉得我疯了吗？
I wouldn't blame you, because every time I look at this Arctic selfie , I shiver just a little bit. 我不会怪你们的 因为每当看到这张在北极的自拍,我都会颤抖一下
Arctic:adj.北极的;北极地区的;极冷的;严寒的;n.北极;北极地区; selfie:n.自拍照; shiver:v.颤抖;哆嗦;n.颤抖;寒战;
I want to tell you a little bit about this photograph. 我想告诉你们一些有关这张照片的故事
I was swimming around in the Lofoten Islands in Norway, just inside the Arctic Circle , and the water was hovering right at freezing. 我当时正在挪威的罗弗敦群岛游泳 刚好在北极圈里面 水快要结冰了
Arctic Circle:n.北极圈; hovering:v.翱翔;盘旋;踌躇;靠近(某事物);处于不稳定状态(hover的现在分词)
The air? A brisk -10 with windchill , and I could literally feel the blood trying to leave my hands, feet and face, and rush to protect my vital organs . 空气？顶着凛冽寒风,体感温度零下10度 我简直能感受到血液离开我的手、脚和脸 流去保护我身体的重要器官
brisk:adj.敏锐的,活泼的,轻快的; vi.活跃起来; vt.使…活泼; windchill:n.风寒指数(等于chillfactor);vt.用风冷却; literally:adv.按字面:字面上:确实地: vital:adj.至关重要的;生死攸关的;有活力的; organs:n.[生物]器官;机构;风琴(organ的复数);
It was the coldest I've ever been. 那是我经历过最冷的时刻
But even with swollen lips, sunken eyes, and cheeks flushed red, 但是即使双唇肿胀,眼眶凹陷,双颊通红
swollen:adj.肿胀的,浮肿的;浮夸的;激动兴奋的; sunken:adj.沉没的;凹陷的;比周围低的;v.沉没(sink的过去分词);下沉; flushed:adj.脸红的;v.发红;脸红;(用水)冲洗净,冲洗;(flush的过去分词和过去式)
I have found that this place right here is somewhere I can find great joy. 我发现这正是能给我带来极大喜悦的地方
Now, when it comes to pain, psychologist Brock Bastian probably said it best when he wrote, "Pain is a kind of shortcut to mindfulness . 此刻,要是说有什么痛苦 心理学家 Brock Bastian 说的最好: “痛苦是到达心智全开之捷径
psychologist:n.心理学家,心理学者; Brock:n.獾;坏蛋,臭家伙; shortcut:n.近路;捷径;快捷方式(图标); mindfulness:n.留心,警觉;
It makes us suddenly aware of everything in the environment. 它让我们突然之间感受到周遭的一切,
It brutally draws us in to a virtual sensory awareness of the world much like meditation ." 它猛然把我们导引到 一个无形的感官世界,就像冥想一样。”
brutally:adv.残忍地;野蛮地;兽性地; virtual:adj.[计]虚拟的;实质上的,事实上的(但未在名义上或正式获承认); sensory:adj.感觉的;知觉的;传递感觉的; awareness:n.意识,认识;明白,知道; meditation:n.冥想;沉思,深思;
If shivering is a form of meditation, then I would consider myself a monk . 如果颤抖是冥想的一种形式,那我就是一个修道士
shivering:v.颤抖,哆嗦;(shiver的现在分词) monk:n.僧侣,修道士;和尚;
(Laughter) （笑）
Now, before we get into the why would anyone ever want to surf in freezing cold water? 在我们谈论 为甚么会有人想要在寒冷刺骨的水中冲浪之前
surf:v.冲浪;进行冲浪运动;(互联网上)浏览;n.激浪;拍岸浪花;
I would love to give you a little perspective on what a day in my life can look like. 我想让你们知道一些 我每天生活的样子
perspective:n.观点;远景;透视图;adj.透视的;
(Music) （音乐）
(Video) Man: I mean, I know we were hoping for good waves, but I don't think anybody thought that was going to happen. （影片）男:我想我们都期待有好海浪 但是我不认为有人相信那会出现
I can't stop shaking. 我不停地颤抖
I am so cold. 我实在太冷了
(Music) （音乐）
(Applause) （鼓掌）
Chris Burkard: So, surf photographer, right? Chris Burkard: 讲到冲浪摄影师,对吗？
I don't even know if it's a real job title, to be honest. 坦白地讲,我甚至不知道这是不是一个正式的职業名称
My parents definitely didn't think so when I told them at 19 I was quitting my job to pursue this dream career : blue skies, warm tropical beaches, and a tan that lasts all year long. 至少我父母不这么认为 19岁时我曾告诉他们我要辞职去追寻这个梦想中的职業: 蓝天,温暖的热带沙滩,以及一年四季黝黑色的皮肤
definitely:adv.清楚地,当然;明确地,肯定地; quitting:v.离开;离任;离校;停止;戒掉;(quit的现在分词) pursue:v.继续;从事;追赶;纠缠; career:n.职业;事业;生涯;经历; tropical:adj.热带的;热情的;酷热的; tan:n.(日晒后皮肤的)黝黑色; vt.鞣(革); vi.晒成棕褐色; adj.黄褐色的;
I mean, to me, this was it. Life could not get any better. 对我来说,生活没有比这更美好的了
Sweating it out, shooting surfers in these exotic tourist destinations. 挥洒汗水,在异国旅游景点拍下冲浪者英姿
surfers:n.冲浪运动员,乘冲浪板冲浪的人; exotic:adj.异国的;外来的;异国情调的;
But there was just this one problem. 但是这裏有个问题
You see, the more time I spent traveling to these exotic locations , the less gratifying it seemed to be. 当我花越多的时间去这些异国的旅游景点 我的满足感却越少
locations:n.地方;地点;位置;定位(location的复数) gratifying:adj.令人高兴的;使人满意的;v.使高兴;使满意;满足;(gratify的现在分词)
I set out seeking adventure , and what I was finding was only routine. 我出去追求的本是探险,但所见的却都是平凡事物
seeking:v.寻找;寻求;谋求;争取;(向人)请求(seek的现在分词) adventure:n.冒险;奇遇;经历;冒险游戏;v.探险;以…冒险;大胆进行;闯;
It was things like wi-fi , TV, fine dining , and a constant cellular connection that to me were all the trappings of places heavily touristed in and out of the water, and it didn't take long for me to start feeling suffocated . 举凡wi-fi、电视、美食、或者随时行动上网 对我来说,这些都是过度旅游开发地区的点缀物 不管是在水里还是陆地上 不久,我就觉得窒息般难受了
wi-fi:abbr.无线保真技术(wirelessfidelity);无线上网技术; dining:n.吃饭;v.吃饭;进餐;用饭;(dine的现在分词) cellular:adj.细胞的;多孔的;由细胞组成的;n.移动电话;单元; trappings:n.服饰,礼服;外部标志;马饰; suffocated:v.(使)窒息而死; (suffocate的过去分词和过去式)
I began craving wild, open spaces, and so I set out to find the places others had written off as too cold, too remote , and too dangerous to surf, and that challenge intrigued me. 我开始渴望野外,更开阔的空间 我开始寻找那些对冲浪来说 太冷,太远以及太危险的地方 这样的挑战令我着迷
craving:n.渴望;热望;v.渴望;恳求;(crave的现在分词); remote:adj.偏远的;偏僻的;遥远的;久远的; intrigued:adj.感兴趣的; v.密谋; (intrigue的过去式和过去分词)
I began this sort of personal crusade against the mundane , because if there's one thing I've realized, it's that any career, even one as seemingly glamorous as surf photography , has the danger of becoming monotonous . 我开始这场超越平凡的个人圣战 因为我发现 任何一种职業 即使是冲浪摄影师这种看起来很令人向往的职業 都有变得单调乏味的可能
personal:adj.个人的;身体的;亲自的;n.人事消息栏;人称代名词; crusade:n.运动;(中世纪的)十字军东征;v.长期坚定不移地奋斗; mundane:adj.世俗的,平凡的;世界的,宇宙的; seemingly:adv.看来似乎;表面上看来; glamorous:adj.迷人的,富有魅力的; photography:n.摄影;摄影术; monotonous:adj.单调的,无抑扬顿挫的;无变化的;
So in my search to break up this monotony , I realized something: 所以在我追寻刺激的过程中
monotony:n.单调;千篇一律;
There's only about a third of the Earth's oceans that are warm, and it's really just that thin band around the equator. 我发现地球上大约只有三分之一的海水是温暖的 就是在赤道附近那条窄带
band:n.带;波段;频带;箍;v.加彩条(或嵌条等);(将价格、收入等)划分档次;
So if I was going to find perfect waves, it was probably going to happen somewhere cold, where the seas are notoriously rough, and that's exactly where I began to look. 所以如果我要去找完美的海浪 很有可能就要去一些较冷的 众所周知比较危险的海域 这正是我开始寻找的地方
notoriously:adv.众所周知地;声名狼藉地;恶名昭彰地;
And it was my first trip to Iceland that I felt like I found exactly what I was looking for. 当我第一次去冰岛的时候 我发现这正是我所寻找的地方
I was blown away by the natural beauty of the landscape , but most importantly, I couldn't believe we were finding perfect waves in such a remote and rugged part of the world. 我陶醉于那儿美丽的自然风景 但最重要的是,我无法相信 在这种遥远而崎岖的地方会有完美的海浪
blown away:轻轻吹走(歌曲名);零点爆破(电影名); landscape:n.景观;乡村风景画;(文件的)横向打印格式;v.对…做景观美化;美化…的环境; rugged:adj.崎岖的;坚固的;高低不平的;粗糙的;
At one point, we got to the beach only to find massive chunks of ice had piled on the shoreline . 有一次,我们到了沙滩上 只能看到堆在海岸线上大块大块的冰
massive:adj.大量的;巨大的,厚重的;魁伟的; chunks:n.厚块;大块;相当大的量;组块;(chunk的复数) piled:v.堆放;叠放;放置;装入;拥挤;(pile的过去分词和过去式) shoreline:n.海岸线;海岸线地带;
They created this barrier between us and the surf, and we had to weave through this thing like a maze just to get out into the lineup . 这些冰成了我们去冲浪的阻碍 我们必须在冰块迷宫中迂回前行 以脱身进入等浪区
barrier:n.屏障;障碍;障碍物;关口;v.用栅围住; weave:v.编,织;(用…)编成;编造(故事等);n.织法;编法;编织式样; maze:n.迷宫;迷惑;糊涂;vt.迷失;使混乱;使困惑; lineup:n.阵容;一组人;电视节目时间表;
and once we got there, we were pushing aside these ice chunks trying to get into waves. 等我们到达海浪边 我们要把这些冰块推到一边,以进入到海浪里
It was an incredible experience, one I'll never forget, because amidst those harsh conditions, 那是个很不可思议的经验,我永远无法忘记 因为在那样严苛的环境中
incredible:adj.难以置信的,惊人的; amidst:prep.在…当中; harsh:adj.严厉的;严酷的;刺耳的;粗糙的;刺目的;
I felt like I stumbled onto one of the last quiet places, somewhere that I found a clarity and a connection with the world 我感觉自己突然发现了最后一块寂土 我感受到一种清明、和世界连结的感觉
stumbled:v.绊脚;跌跌撞撞地走;蹒跚而行;(stumble的过去分词和过去式) clarity:n.清楚,明晰;透明;
I knew I would never find on a crowded beach. 我知道我永远不会在拥挤的海滩上找到这些
I was hooked . I was hooked . (Laughter) 我上瘾了. 我上瘾了(大笑)
hooked:adj.弯曲的; v.(使)钩住,挂住; (hook的过去分词和过去式)
Cold water was constantly on my mind, and from that point on, my career focused on these types of harsh and unforgiving environments, and it took me to places like Russia, Norway, Alaska, Iceland, Chile, the Faroe Islands, and a lot of places in between. 由于冷水常萦绕我心中 从那开始 我的生涯就专注在这种严峻且毫不留情的环境上 因此我去过一些地方,像俄国、 挪威、 阿拉斯加、冰岛、 智利 还有法罗群岛、还有那之间很多地方
constantly:adv.不断地;时常地; unforgiving:adj.不原谅人的;不宽恕人的;
And one of my favorite things about these places was simply the challenge and the creativity it took just to get there: hours, days, weeks spent on Google Earth trying to pinpoint any remote stretch of beach or reef we could actually get to. 关于这些地方我最喜欢之处在于 如何挑战及发挥创意,以到达那裏 在Google地球上要花上几小时,几天, 几星期 才能找出某个我们真正到达得了的长滩或礁石
Google:谷歌;谷歌搜索引擎; pinpoint:vt.查明; adj.精确的; n.针尖; stretch:v.伸展;延伸;伸出;舒展;n.伸展;弹性;舒展;一片;adj.有弹力的; reef:礁,礁脉
And once we got there, the vehicles were just as creative : snowmobiles , six-wheel Soviet troop carriers, and a couple of super-sketchy helicopter flights. 而为了到达那裏,交通工具也一样要动点创意 雪上摩托车、六轮的苏联运兵车 还有几次超级危险的直升机飞行
vehicles:n.车辆;飞行器;运行工具;(vehicles是vehicle的复数) creative:adj.创造性的; snowmobiles:n.履带式雪上汽车(snowmobile复数); Soviet:adj.苏维埃的;苏联的;n.苏维埃(前苏联的各级代表会议);苏联人;
(Laughter) (笑声)
Helicopters really scare me, by the way . 顺便说,直升机真的吓到我了
by the way:顺便说一下;
There was this one particularly bumpy boat ride up the coast of Vancouver Island to this kind of remote surf spot, where we ended up watching helplessly from the water as bears ravaged our camp site . 这一次坐船特别顛簸 我们沿着温哥华岛海岸北上,到达这处遥远的冲浪地点 在那边我们最后无助的从水上 看着熊蹂躏我们的营地
particularly:adv.特别地,独特地;详细地,具体地;明确地,细致地; bumpy:adj.颠簸的;崎岖不平的; Vancouver:n.温哥华(加拿大主要港市); helplessly:adv.无助地;无能为力地; ravaged:v.毁坏;损坏;严重损害;(ravage的过去分词和过去式) site:n.地点;位置;场所;v.设置;为…选址;
They walked off with our food and bits of our tent, clearly letting us know that we were at the bottom of the food chain and that this was their spot, not ours. 他们带走了我们的食物而且咬了我们营帐几口 很显然是想告诉我们,位在食物链底层的是我们 这是牠们的地盘,不是我们的
food chain:n.食物链;
But to me, that trip was a testament to the wildness I traded for those touristy beaches. 但对我而言, 那趟旅行 证明我爱的是野外,而非那些挤满旅客的海滩
testament:n.[法]遗嘱;圣约;确实的证明; wildness:n.野蛮;原始;荒凉; touristy:adj.适宜游览的;游览者喜欢的;旅游者常去的;
Now, it wasn't until I traveled to Norway -- (Laughter) -- that I really learned to appreciate the cold. 再来,要等到我去挪威(笑声) (车上的字: 冲浪) 我才学会怎么欣赏冷天
appreciate:v.欣赏;感激;感谢;理解;
So this is the place where some of the largest, the most violent storms in the world send huge waves smashing into the coastline . 就是这里 一些世界最大、最猛烈的风暴 送出巨浪打击海岸线
violent:adj.暴力的;猛烈的; smashing:adj.了不起的,极好的;粉碎性的,猛烈的;v.粉碎(smash的现在分词); coastline:n.海岸线;
We were in this tiny, remote fjord , just inside the Arctic Circle. 我们当时在这个遥远的小海湾,位置刚好在北极圈内
fjord:n.[地理]峡湾(等于fiord);
It had a greater population of sheep than people, so help if we needed it was nowhere to be found. 这里羊比人多 所以我们即使求救也没用
nowhere:v.无处; n.无处; adj.不存在的;
I was in the water taking pictures of surfers, and it started to snow. 我当时在水中拍摄一些冲浪者的照片 然后开始下雪了
And then the temperature began to drop. 气温开始下降
And I told myself, there's not a chance you're getting out of the water. 我告诉自己,你不能就这样离开
You traveled all this way, and this is exactly what you've been waiting for: freezing cold conditions with perfect waves. 你旅行了这么远,而这些就是你所期盼的 刺骨的冷天和完美的海浪
And although I couldn't even feel my finger to push the trigger , 虽然我已经感觉不到按快门的手指
trigger:n.触发器; v.触发;
I knew I wasn't getting out. 我知道我不能离开
So I just did whatever I could. I shook it off, whatever. 所以我尽可能作点什么,不顾一切摆脱寒冷
But that was the point that I felt this wind gush through the valley and hit me, and what started as this light snowfall quickly became a full-on blizzard , and I started to lose perception of where I was. 就在此时我感到 一阵风吹过峡谷,打在我身上 然后原来一场小雪突然变成一阵暴风雪 我开始失去方位感
gush:v.涌出;迸出;n.涌出;迸发; snowfall:n.降雪;降雪量; full-on:adj.最典型的;最强烈的; blizzard:n.暴风雪,大风雪;大打击;vi.下暴风雪; perception:n.感知;知觉;看法;洞察力;
I didn't know if I was drifting out to sea or towards shore, and all I could really make out was the faint sound of seagulls and crashing waves. 我不晓得我正飘向海或飘向岸 我唯一能分辨的是海鸥微弱的叫声 还有拍打的波浪
drifting:v.漂流;漂移;缓慢行走;顺其自然地做;(drift的现在分词) faint:n.昏厥;v.昏厥;adj.昏眩;(光,声,味)微弱的;微小的;可能性不大的;
Now, I knew this place had a reputation for sinking ships and grounding planes, and while I was out there floating, I started to get a little bit nervous. 我知道此处以沈船和坠机闻名 随着我在那儿漂浮,我开始有点紧张
Actually, I was totally freaking out -- 事实上, 我快彻底抓狂了
freaking:adj.该死的,他妈的;v.(使)强烈反应,畏惧;(freak的现在分词)
(Laughter) -- and I was borderline hypothermic , and my friends eventually had to help me out of the water. (笑声) 就在我接近低温症边绿 朋友们终于幫我离开水中
borderline:n.边界线,边界;界线;adj.边界的;暧昧的; hypothermic:adj.体温过低的;低体温的; eventually:adv.最后,终于;
And I don't know if it was delirium setting in or what, but they told me later 我不知道是出于精神错乱还是怎样 他们之后告诉我
delirium:n.精神错乱;发狂,狂热;说谵语状态;
I had a smile on my face the entire time. 我那段时间脸上满是笑容
Now, it was this trip and probably that exact experience where I really began to feel like every photograph was precious , because all of a sudden in that moment, it was something I was forced to earn. 现在,就是这趟旅程 也许就是这个经验, 我真的开始觉得 每张相片都是珍贵的 因为在拍照那一瞬间,我都要很勉强才能拍得成
precious:adj.宝贵的;珍贵的;矫揉造作的; all of a sudden:突然地,出乎意料地;
And I realized, all this shivering had actually taught me something: 我也体会到,冷得颤抖实际上教会我一样东西:
In life, there are no shortcuts to joy. 人生没有获得喜悦的捷径
shortcuts:n.近路;捷径;快捷方式(图标);(shortcut的复数)
Anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer just a little bit, and that tiny bit of suffering that I did for my photography, it added a value to my work that was so much more meaningful to me than just trying to fill the pages of magazines. 追求任何值得的事物都需要吃苦 吃一点苦 我为了摄影而吃的那一点苦 它增加了我工作的价值,对我来说 我不再只是从事一份填满杂志版面的工作
pursuing:v.追求;致力于;贯彻;跟踪;追赶;(pursue的现在分词) meaningful:adj.严肃的;重要的;重大的;意味深长的;
See, I gave a piece of myself in these places, and what I walked away with was a sense of fulfillment I had always been searching for. 了解吗, 我贡献出我的一部份给这些地方 而我离开所获得的 是我一直梦寐以求的满足感
fulfillment:n.履行;实行;
So I look back at this photograph. 所以我回顾这张照片
It's easy to see frozen fingers and cold wetsuits and even the struggle that it took just to get there, but most of all, what I see is just joy. 上面很容易看到冻僵的手指和冰冷的潜水衣 以及为了到达那个地方所花费的努力 但最重要的是, 我看到了喜悦
wetsuits:n.潜水服;防寒泳衣;湿式保暖服;
Thank you so much. 非常谢谢你们
(Applause) (鼓掌)