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Pat Mitchell: So I was thinking about female friendship a lot, and by the way , these two women, 帕特.米歇尔:我对女性友情有很多想法, 说起来,非常荣幸,我与这两位女士,
Pat:v.合适; n.拍打; adj.过于简易的; v.(喜爱地)轻拍; female:adj.女性的;雌性的;柔弱的,柔和的;n.女人;[动]雌性动物; by the way:顺便说一下;
I'm very honored to say, have been my friends for a very long time, too. 所以,莉莉也知道的, 已经是老朋友了。
Jane Fonda : Yes we have. 简.方达:是的,我们是。
Fonda:n.旅馆;
PM: And one of the things that I read about female friendship is something that Cervantes said. 帕特.米歇尔:关于女性友情,我读过塞万提斯说的一些话,
He said, "You can tell a lot about someone," 他说:“你可以了解一个人的许多事情,”
in this case a woman, "by the company that she keeps." 在这里是指一个女人, “仅仅是通过观察她的友伴。”
So let's start with -- 所以,让我们由此开始。
(Laughter) （笑）
JF: We're in big trouble. 简.方达:我们有大麻烦了。
Lily Tomlin: Hand me one of those waters,I'm extremely dry. 莉莉.托姆琳:给我拿杯水,我好渴。
Lily:n.百合花:adj.洁白:纯洁的: extremely:adv.非常,极其;极端地;
(Laughter) （笑声）
JF: You're taking up our time. 简.方达:你在浪费我们的时间,
We have a very limited -- 时间有限。
limited:adj.有限的; n.高级快车; v.限制; (limit的过去分词和过去式)
LT: Just being with her sucks the life out of me. 莉莉.托姆琳:你就跟她说吧,不用管我。
sucks:v.吮吸;吸;咂;啜;抽吸;抽取;(suck的第三人称单数)
(Laughter) （笑声）
JF: You ain't seen nothing yet. 简.方达:你没有被忽略。
Anyway -- sorry. 不管怎样——抱歉。
PM: So tell me, what do you look for in a friend? 帕特.米歇尔:告诉我,你们希望找一个什么样的朋友？
LT: I look for someone who has a sense of fun, who's audacious , who's forthcoming , who has politics , who has even a small scrap of passion for the planet, someone who's decent , has a sense of justice and who thinks I'm worthwhile . 莉莉.托姆琳:我寻找那些有幽默感的, 有勇气的, 直率的,有政治信仰的, 甚至是对地球有一点点激情的, 有分寸的,有正义感的, 以及认为我是值得交往的。
audacious:adj.无畏的;鲁莽的; forthcoming:adj.即将到来的;即将发生(或出版等)的;现成;n.来临; politics:n.政治;钩心斗角;政治观点;v.(贬)从事政治活动;(politic的第三人称单数) scrap:n.碎片;残余物;打架;少量;v.废弃;使解体;拆毁;adj.废弃的;零碎的; passion:n.激情;热情;酷爱;盛怒; decent:adj.正派的;得体的;相当好的; justice:n.公平;公正;司法制度;审判; worthwhile:adj.值得做的,值得花时间的;
(Laughter) （笑）
(Applause) （鼓掌）
JF: You know, I was thinking this morning, 简.方达:今早我就在考虑这个问题,
I don't even know what I would do without my women friends. 要是没有女性朋友们,我甚至不知道我该做什么。
I mean it's, "I have my friends, therefore I am." 我要说,“我友故我在。”
LT: (Laughter) 莉莉.托姆琳:（笑）
JF: No, it's true. 简.方达:别取笑我,这是真的。
I exist because I have my women friends. They -- 因为我有很多女性朋友,所以我才有意义地存在。
You're one of them. 你是其中一个。
I don't know about you. But anyway -- 我不太了解你。但不管怎样你就是。
(Laughter) （笑）
You know, they make me stronger, they make me smarter, they make me braver. 你要知道,她们让我更坚强,更聪明, 更有勇气。
They tap me on the shoulder when I might be in need of course-correcting. 有需要的时候她们会拍我的肩膀提醒我。
And most of them are a good deal younger than me, too. 而且大多数都比我年轻很多。
You know? I mean, it's nice -- LT: Thank you. 你知道吗？我想说,这感觉很棒。莉莉.托姆琳:谢谢。
(Laughter) （笑）
JF: No, I do, I include you in that, because listen, you know -- it's nice to have somebody still around to play with and learn from when you're getting toward the end. 简.方达:不,我真的这么认为。其中包括你,听我说—— 在晚年,仍然有人在身边并向对方学习,是很棒的。
I'm approaching -- I'll be there sooner than you. 我会比你先度完余生。
approaching:v.靠近,接近;接洽;建议;要求;(approach的现在分词)
LT: No, I'm glad to have you parallel aging alongside me. 莉莉.托姆琳:别这么说,我很高兴与你同行。
parallel:adj.平行的; v.与…相似; n.极其相似的人(或情况、事件等);
(Laughter) （笑）
JF: I'm showing you the way. 简.方达:我在给你引路。
(Laughter) （笑）
LT: Well, you are and you have. 莉莉.托姆琳:是啊,你一直都在引路。
PM: Well, as we grow older, and as we go through different kinds of life's journeys , what do you do to keep your friendships vital and alive? 帕特.米歇尔:在不断成长、 经历不同生活的旅程中, 你们是如何使友情保持活力？
vital:adj.至关重要的;生死攸关的;有活力的;
LT: Well you have to use a lot of -- 莉莉.托姆琳:你必须经常使用——
JF: She doesn't invite me over much, I'll tell you that. 简.方达:我告诉你,她没有经常邀请我。
LT: I have to use a lot of social media -- 莉莉.托姆琳:你必须经常使用社交网络——
media:n.媒体;媒质(medium的复数);血管中层;浊塞音;中脉;
You be quiet now. And so -- 你现在要安静。所以——
(Laughter) （笑）
LT: And I look through my emails, I look through my texts to find my friends, so I can answer them as quickly as possible, because I know they need my counsel . 莉莉.托姆琳:我使用电子邮件和短信, 在清单中寻找我的朋友, 我会尽快答复她们, 因为我知道她们需要我的建议。
look through:浏览,温习;看穿,识破;从…中显露; counsel:n.劝告,忠告,建议;法律顾问;律师;vt.提供专业咨询;建议,劝告(做某事)
(Laughter) （笑）
They need my support, because most of my friends are writers, or activists, or actors, and you're all three ... 她们需要我来支持, 因为大多数朋友是作家,或者社会活动家,或者演员。 而你属于这全部三者,
and a long string of other descriptive phrases, and I want to get to you as soon as possible, 还有其它许多可以描述的角色。 我会尽快跟你联系上,
string:n.字符串; v.悬挂; adj.由弦乐器组成的; descriptive:adj.描写的,叙述的;描写性的; as soon as:一…就;
I want you to know that I'm there for you. 我想要你知道我一直在等候你。
JF: Do you do emojis? 简.方达:你会发表情符号吗？
LT: Oh ... JF: No? 莉莉.托姆琳:噢。。。简.方达:没有？
LT: That's embarrassing . JF: I'm really into emojis. 莉莉.托姆琳:那很麻烦。简.方达:我很喜欢用表情符号。
embarrassing:adj.令人尴尬的; v.使尴尬; (embarrass的现在分词)
LT: No, I spell out my -- 莉莉.托姆琳:我用文字表达我的——
spell out:讲清楚;
I spell out my words of happiness and congratulations,and sadness. 我用文字表达我的开心、祝贺以及伤心。
JF: You spell it right out -- 简.方达:你用文字表达——
LT: I spell it, every letter. 莉莉.托姆琳:用每个字母表达。
(Laughter) （笑）
JF: Such a purist . 简.方达:真是洁癖。
purist:n.纯化论者,力求纯化的人;
You know, as I've gotten older, 你要知道,我比你更好,
I've understood more the importance of friendships, and so, I really make an effort to reach out and make play dates -- not let too much time go by. 我也更清楚友情的重要, 所以我实实在在地 努力与朋友们往来——而不过多浪费时间。
I read a lot so, as Lily knows all too well, my books that I like, I send to my friends. 我读很多书, 所以,莉莉也知道的, 我会把喜欢的书送给朋友们。
LT: When we knew we would be here today you sent me a lot of books about women, female friendships, and I was so surprised to see how many books, how much research has been done recently -- 莉莉.托姆琳:当知道我们今天要做这个谈话, 你送给我了很多关于妇女、女性友情的书, 我很好奇,到目前为止总共有多少相关的书籍, 以及进行了多少研究——
recently:adv.最近;新近;
JF: And were you grateful? LT: I was grateful. 简.方达:你喜欢吗？莉莉.托姆琳:喜欢。
(Laughter) （笑）
PM: And -- 帕特.米歇尔:然后——
LT: Wait, no, it's really important because this is another example of how women are overlooked , put aside, marginalized . 莉莉.托姆琳:等等,这很重要, 因为这是妇女被忽略、排斥、轻视的又一个例证。
overlooked:n.被忽视;v.忽视(overlook的过去式和过去分词形式);忽略;俯瞰; marginalized:使边缘化;忽略;排斥(marginalize的过去式和过去分词);
There's been very little research done on us, even though we volunteered lots of times. 虽然已经贡献了大量的时间, 但是实质上只进行了极少的研究。
volunteered:v.自愿做;义务做;自愿参军;(volunteer的过去分词和过去式)
JF: That's for sure. 简.方达: 这是事实。
(Laughter) （笑）
LT: This is really exciting, and you all will be interested in this. 莉莉.托姆琳:这很有吸引力,并且你们都对它感兴趣。
The Harvard Medical School study has shown that women who have close female friendships are less likely to develop impairments -- physical impairments as they age, 哈佛医学院研究表明, 女人拥有亲密的女性朋友, 就会更少地遭受伤痛—— 与年龄相对应的身体伤痛,
Harvard:n.哈佛大学;哈佛大学学生; impairments:损害;损伤; physical:adj.[物]物理的;身体的;物质的;符合自然法则的;n.体格检查;
and they are likely to be seen to be living much more vital, exciting -- 而且会过的更加充实、愉快——
JF: And longer -- 简.方达:活的更久——
LT: Joyful lives. 莉莉.托姆琳:快乐的生活。
Joyful:adj.欢喜的;令人高兴的;
JF: We live five years longer than men. 简.方达:我们比男人年长5岁。
LT: I think I'd trade the years for joy. 莉莉.托姆琳:我想把这拿来换取喜悦。
(Laughter) （笑）
LT: But the most important part is they found -- the results were so exciting and so conclusive -- the researchers found that not having close female friends is detrimental to your health, as much as smoking or being overweight . 莉莉.托姆琳:最重要的是他们发现—— 结果令人兴奋且不容置疑—— 研究人员发现, 没有亲密的女性朋友对你的健康有害, 就如同吸烟或肥胖。
conclusive:adj.决定性的;最后的;确实的;确定性的; detrimental to:有害的; overweight:adj.超重的;过重的;vt.使负担过重;n.超重;
JF: And there's something else, too -- 简.方达:还有其它的——
LT: I've said my part, so ... 莉莉.托姆琳:我说的是我要说的,所以。。。
(Laughter) （笑）
JF: OK, well, listen to my part, because there's an additional thing. 简.方达:好的,听听我要说的,因为有一个补充。
additional:adj.附加的,额外的;
Because they only -- for years, decades -- they only researched men when they were trying to understand stress, only very recently have they researched what happens to women when we're stressed, 因为他们只——有几年、几十年—— 研究压力时,他们只研究男人, 仅仅在最近他们才开始研究,女性遭受压力时发生了什么,
and it turns out that when we're stressed -- women, our bodies get flooded by oxytocin . 而且事实表明,当我们女性遭受压力时, 体内充满了催长素,
oxytocin:n.[药]催产素;缩宫素;脑下垂体后叶荷尔蒙之一种;
Which is a feel-good , calming, stress-reducing hormone . 是能使人感觉良好、冷静、降低压力的荷尔蒙。
feel-good:感觉舒服,感觉良好; hormone:n.[生理]激素,荷尔蒙;
Which is also increased when we're with our women friends. 当与女性朋友在一起时,这种荷尔蒙也会增多。
And I do think that's one reason why we live longer. 我实在觉得,那是我们活得更久的原因。
And I feel so bad for men because they don't have that. 并且我同情男人因为他们没有。
Testosterone in men diminishes the effects of oxytocin. 睾丸素的效果与催长素的相反。
Testosterone:n.[生化]睾酮,睾丸素(男性荷尔蒙的一种); diminishes:(使)减少,缩小;减损(diminish的第三人称单数);
LT: Well, when you and I and Dolly made "9 to 5" ... 莉莉.托姆琳:当你跟我以及多丽一起公司上班的时候,
Dolly:n.洋娃娃;手推车;移动式摄影车;洗衣搅棒;v.用移动车移动;移动摄影车;
JF: Oh -- 简.方达:噢——
LT: We laughed, we did, we laughed so much, we found we had so much in common and we're so different. 莉莉.托姆琳:那时我们实在很开心, 我们发现我们有那么多共同点以及不同点。
Here she is, like Hollywood royalty , 她在这里,像好莱坞明星,
royalty:n.皇室;版税;王权;专利税;
I'm like a tough kid from Detroit , 我像个底特律来的野孩子。
Detroit:n.底特律(美国一座城市);
[Dolly's] a Southern kid from a poor town in Tennessee , and we found we were so in sync as women, and we must have -- we laughed -- we must have added at least a decade onto our lifespans . （多丽的）田纳西一个贫穷村庄来的南部小孩, 我们发现作为女性,我们能够在那么的息息相通, 并且我们肯定—— 笑得那么开心——我们肯定延长了至少十年的寿命。
Tennessee:n.田纳西州(美国州名); sync:n.同步,同时;vi.同时发生;vt.使同步; lifespans:n.寿命;预期生命期限;预期使用期限;
JF: I think -- we sure crossed our legs a lot. 简.方达:我想——我们确实有很多共同点
(Laughter) （笑）
If you know what I mean. 你知道我在说什么吧。
LT: I think we all know what you mean. 莉莉.托姆琳:我想我们都知道你在说什么。
(Laughter) （笑）
PM: You're adding decades to our lives right now. 帕特.米歇尔:你现在就给我们增长了几十年的寿命。
So among the books that Jane sent us both to read on female friendship was one by a woman we admire greatly , Sister Joan Chittister, who said about female friendship that women friends are not just a social act, they're a spiritual act. 在简送给我们读的书当中,关于女性友情, 有一位我们非常崇敬的女性,修女琼?齐谛斯特, 关于女性友情, 他说女性朋友不只是社交活动, 也是灵魂的活动。
greatly:adv.很,大大地;非常; spiritual:n.圣歌(尤指美国南部黑人的);adj.精神的,心灵的;
Do you think of your friends as spiritual? 你们认为你们的朋友有想法吗？
Do they add something spiritual to your lives? 她们为你们的生活带来有想法的东西吗？
LT: Spiritual -- I absolutely think that. 莉莉.托姆琳:想法——我真的也是这么认为的。
absolutely:adv.绝对地;完全地;
Because -- especially people you've known a long time, people you've spent time with -- 因为——特别是那些你已经认识很久了的, 已经相互陪伴很久的人们——
especially:adv.尤其;特别;格外;十分;
I can see the spiritual essence inside them, the tenderness , the vulnerability . 我能够在她们身上看到她们的本质, 她们的亲和力,还有软弱的地方。
essence:n.本质;实质;精髓;香精; tenderness:n.亲切;柔软;柔和;敏感;棘手; vulnerability:n.易损性;弱点;
There's actually kind of a love, an element of love in the relationship. 在友情中存在爱,以及爱的元素。
element:n.元素;要素;原理;成分;自然环境;
I just see deeply into your soul. 我看到了你们的灵魂深处。
PM: Do you think that, Jane -- 帕特.米歇尔:你同意吗,简——
LT: But I have special powers. 莉莉.托姆琳:我有特异功能。
JF: Well, there's all kinds of friends. 简.方达:有各种各样的朋友,
There's business friends, and party friends, 有商业朋友和聚会朋友,
I've got a lot of those. 我有很多这样的朋友。
(Laughter) （笑）
But the oxytocin-producing friendships have ... 但是那些能生产催产素的友情——
They feel spiritual because it's a heart opening, right? 她们感觉不同是因为这打开了心扉,对吗？
You know, we go deep. And -- 你们要知道,我们进行得很深入。并且——
I find that I shed tears a lot with my intimate friends. 我发现,为我的好友我流了很多眼泪。
shed:v.摆脱;去除;蜕;落;n.工棚;简易房;剪羊毛棚;挤奶棚; intimate:n.知己; v.暗示; adj.亲密的;
Not because I'm sad but because I'm so touched and inspired by them. 不是因为感到悲伤,而是为了她们感动。
inspired:adj.受到启发的; v.鼓舞; (inspire的过去分词和过去式)
LT: And you know one of you is going to go soon. 莉莉.托姆琳:还有你知道你们中一人马上要死了。
(Laughter) （笑）
PM: Well, two of us are sitting here, Lily, which one are you talking about? 帕特.米歇尔:我们有两个人坐在这里,莉莉,你说的是哪一个？
(Laughter) （笑）
And I always think, when women talk about their friendships, that men always look a little mystified . 我一直觉得,当妇女们谈论她们的友情时, 男人们总是有些迷惑,
mystified:v.迷惑;使迷惑不解;使糊涂;(mystify的过去分词和过去式)
What are the differences, in your opinion, between men friendships and women friendships? 你们觉得,男性友情与女性友情, 有什么不同？
JF: There's a lot of difference, and I think we have to have a lot of empathy for men -- 简.方达:有很多不同, 我觉得我们必须同情男人,
empathy:n.神入;移情作用;执着;
(Laughter) （笑）
that they don't have what we have. 他们没有我们所拥有的东西,
Which I think may be why they die sooner. 我觉得这也许是他们死得早的原因。
(Laughter) （笑）
I have a lot of compassion for men, because women, no kidding , we -- women's relationships, our friendships are full disclosure , we go deep. 我非常同情男人, 因为女人,没有开玩笑的,我们—— 女性友情,我们的友情是深植的,我们相处的很深入。
compassion:n.同情;怜悯; no kidding:说真的,不要开玩笑; disclosure:n.揭露;透露;公开;公开的事情;
They're revelatory . 他们是启发性的,
revelatory:adj.泄露的,启示的;
We risk vulnerability -- this is something men don't do. 我们体会感性——这是男人没有的。
I mean how many times have I asked you, "Am I doing OK?" 比方说,我经常问你,“我做得好吗？”
'"Did I really screw up there?" “我弄糟了吗？”
screw:v.旋,拧;压榨;强迫;n.螺旋;螺丝钉;吝啬鬼;
PM: You're doing great. 帕特.米歇尔:你做得很棒。
(Laughter) （笑）
JF: But I mean, we ask questions like that of our women friends, and men don't. 简.方达:我的意思是,我们与女性朋友们像这样提出问题 , 但男人不会,
You know, people describe women's relationships as face-to-face , whereas men's friendships are more side-by-side . 你们知道,人们认为女性友情是面对面的, 而男性友情是肩并肩的。
describe:v.描述;形容;把…称为;画出…图形; face-to-face:adj.面对面的;当面的;adv.面对面地; whereas:conj.然而;鉴于;反之; side-by-side:adj.并肩的;并行的;
LT: I mean most of the time men don't want to reveal their emotions , they want to bury deeper feelings. 莉莉.托姆琳:我觉得男人们经常并不会发泄情感, 而是要隐藏他们的内心感受。
reveal:v.显示;透露;揭露;泄露;n.揭露;暴露;门侧,窗侧; emotions:n.强烈的感情;激情;情感;(emotion的复数) bury:v.埋葬;隐藏;
I mean, that's the general, conventional thought. 那是普遍、传统的看法。
conventional:adj.符合习俗的,传统的;常见的;惯例的;
They would rather go off in their man cave and watch a game or hit golf balls, or talk about sports, or hunting, or cars or have sex. 他们宁愿回到男人的洞穴里,看一场热门高尔乎球赛, 或谈论体育,或打猎,或汽车或做爱。
would rather:宁愿,宁可;
I mean, it's just the kind of -- it's a more manly behavior. 我想说的是,比如是这样更男人的行为。
manly:adj.男子气概的;强壮的;适于男人的;adv.雄赳赳地;
JF: You meant -- LT: They talk about sex. 简.方达:你是说——莉莉.托姆琳:他们谈论性爱。
I meant they might have sex if they could get somebody in their man cave to -- 我是说,他们可能会做爱, 如果他们能把某个人逮到他们男人的洞穴里——
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JF: You know something, though, that I find very interesting -- and again, psychologists didn't know this until relatively recently -- is that men are born every bit as relational as women are. 简.方达:然而我发现一些有趣的事情,你也知道的—— 并且是心理学家最近才知道的—— 男人出生的时候与女人极其相像。
psychologists:n.[心理]心理学家(psychologist的复数形式); relatively:adv.相当程度上;相当地;相对地; relational:adj.相关的;亲属的;
If you look at films of newborn baby boys and girls, you'll see the baby boys just like the girls, gazing into their mother's eyes, you know, needing that relational exchange of energy. 要是你看新生儿的电影, 就会发现男孩很像女孩, 盯着妈妈的研究, 你知道的,要求相互间的能量交流,
newborn:adj.新生的;再生的;n.婴儿; gazing:v.凝视;注视;盯着;(gaze的现在分词) exchange:n.交换;交流;交易所;兑换;v.交换;交易;兑换;
When the mother looks away, they could see the dismay on the child, even the boy would cry. 当妈妈看向别处,他们就会感到沮丧, 甚至会哭出来。
dismay:n.沮丧,灰心;惊慌;vt.使沮丧;使惊慌;
They need relationship. 他们需要情感。
So the question is why, as they grow older, does that change? 所以问题是,随着年岁增长,他们为什么变了？
And the answer is patriarchal culture, which says to boys and young men that to be needing of relationship, to be emotional with someone is girly . 答案是父权文化, 它告诉男孩和年轻男人, 跟人建立联系及产生感情是女性化的;
patriarchal:adj.家长的;族长的;由族长统治的; emotional:adj.情绪的;易激动的;感动人的; girly:adj.像少女的;
That a real man doesn't ask directions or express a need, they don't go to doctors if they feel bad. 并且一个真正的男人不要去问方向或表达一个需求。 如果感觉不好,他们不会去看医生。
express:v.表达; adj.特快的; n.特快列车; v.使用快速服务;
They don't ask for help. 他们不会要求帮助。
There's a quote that I really like, "Men fear that becoming 'we' will erase his 'I'." 我想饮用一段很喜欢的话, “男人们对用*我们’代替‘我’而感到恐惧。”
quote:v.引用;报价;举例说明;开价;为(企业的股份)上市;n.引用; erase:vt.抹去;擦除;vi.被擦去,被抹掉;
You know, his sense of self. 你们知道的,这是男人的自我,
Whereas women's sense of self has always been kind of porous . 相对来说,女人的自我确是多样性的。
porous:adj.多孔渗水的;能渗透的;有气孔的;
But our "we" is our saving grace , it's what makes us strong. 但是我们说的“我们”是我们基本的优雅, 它使我们强大,
saving grace:n.仅有的优点;唯一可取之处;
It's not that we're better than men, we just don't have our masculinity to prove. 并不是说我们比男人更好, 我们只是不需要证明男子气概。
masculinity:n.男性;男子气;刚毅;
LT: And, well -- 莉莉.托姆琳:然后——
JF: That's a Gloria Steinem quote. 简.方达:那时葛罗莉亚·斯坦能说的。
So we can express our humanity -- LT: I know who Gloria Steinem is. 所以我们能够表达我们的仁慈。莉莉.托姆琳:我知道葛罗莉亚·斯坦能是谁。
humanity:n.人类;人道;仁慈;人文学科;
JF: I know you know who she is, but I think it's a -- 简.方达:我了解你知道她的,但是我想这是一个——
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No, but it's a great quote, I think. 别笑,我想这是一个了不起的引用。
We're not better than men, we just don't have our masculinity to prove. 我们不用比男人更好,我们只是不需要证明男子气概。
And that's really important. 那确实非常重要。
LT: But men are so inculcated in the culture to be comfortable in the patriarchy . 莉莉.托姆琳:但是在社会文化中, 男人被教育地以适应男权社会。
patriarchy:n.父权制;家长统治;父系社会;
And we've got to make something different happen. 我们必须做些改变。
JF: Women's friendships are like a renewable source of power. 简.方达:女性友情就像是不断涌出的能量源泉。
renewable:adj.可再生的;可更新的;可继续的;n.再生性能源; source:n.来源;水源;原始资料;
LT: Well, that's what's exciting about this subject. 莉莉.托姆琳:是的,这就是这个主题令人感兴趣的地方。
It's because our friendships -- female friendships are just a hop to our sisterhood , and sisterhood can be a very powerful force, to give the world -- to make it what it should be -- the things that humans desperately need. 因为我们的友情—— 女性友情往上就是我们的闺蜜情感, 闺蜜感情有非常强大的力量 奉献给世界—— 使之变成本应该发展成的样子—— 变成人类真正需要的样子。
hop:n.啤酒花;单足短距离跳跃;;v.单脚跳行;齐足(或双足)跳行;突然快速去某处; sisterhood:n.姐妹关系;妇女团体; desperately:adv.拼命地;绝望地;不顾一切地;极度地;
PM: It is why we're talking about it, because women's friendships are, as you said, Jane, a renewable source of power. 帕特.米歇尔:我们为什么要讨论这个, 因为女性友情是, 像你说的,简, 不断涌现的力量源泉。
So how do we use that power? 我们要如何利用这个力量？
JF: Well, women are the fastest growing demographic in the world, especially older women. 简.方达:在世界上女性人数增长最快, 特别是年长的妇女。
demographic:adj.人口统计学的;人口学的;
And if we harness our power, we can change the world. 如果利用好我们的能量,我们就能够改变世界。
harness:vt.治理; n.马具;
And guess what? We need to. 猜猜看会变什么样？我们必须改变。
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And we need to do it soon. 并且我们必须马上开始。
And one of the things that we need to do -- and we can do it as women -- for one thing , we kind of set the consumer standards . 我们需要做的一件事情—— 作为女人我们能做的—— 首先,我们要设定好新的消费标准。
for one thing:首先;一则; consumer:n.[经]消费者;[生,生态]消费者; standards:n.标准,水平,规格(standard的复数)
We need to consume less. 要减少消费。
We in the Western world need to consume less and when we buy things, we need to buy things that are made locally , when we buy food, we need to buy food that's grown locally. 在西方世界里我们要减少消费, 买东西时,我们要买当地生产的, 买食物时,要买当地种植的。
locally:adv.在本地;局部地;在地方上;
We are the ones that need to get off the grid . 我们需要卸下输电网,
grid:n.网格;格子,栅格;输电网;
We need to make ourselves independent from fossil fuels. 不依赖于矿物燃料,
independent:adj.独立的; n.无党派议员(或候选人等); fossil:n.化石;老人;老古董;adj.从地下发掘出来的;化石的;属于旧时代的;陈腐的;
And the fossil fuel companies -- the Exxons and the Shell Oils and those bad guys -- cause they are --are going to tell us that we can't do it without going back to the Stone Age . 以及矿物燃料公司, Exxons公司和Shell Oils公司,以及那些坏家伙—— 因为他们威胁我们,将会回到石器时代。
fossil fuel:n.化石燃料(如煤或石油); Shell:n.壳;炮弹;壳层;骨架;v.脱壳;剥壳;采集贝壳;用壳体包被;short.shewill; Stone Age:n.石器时代;
You know, that the alternatives just aren't quite there yet, and that's not true. 众所周知,我们已经有了可选择的新能源, 并且那些家伙说的是错的。
alternatives:n.可供选择的事物;(alternative的复数)
There are countries in the world right now that are living mostly on renewable energy and doing just fine. 现在世界上很多公司主要依靠可再生能源, 并且发展得很好。
And they tell us that if we do wean ourselves from fossil fuel that we're going to be back in the Stone Age, and in fact, if we begin to use renewable energy, and not drill in the Arctic , and not drill -- 他们威胁说,要是脱离了化石燃料, 我们将会回到石器时代, 但事实上,如果我们开始使用可再生能源, 不去开采北极,不去开采——
wean:vt.使断奶;使断念;使放弃;n.(苏格兰)幼儿; Arctic:adj.北极的;北极地区的;极冷的;严寒的;n.北极;北极地区;
LT: Oh, boy. 莉莉.托姆琳:哎呀。
JF: And not drill in the Alberta tar sands -- 简.方达:不去开采阿尔伯塔焦油砂。
tar:n.焦油;柏油;水手;vt.涂以焦油;玷污;
Right. 对。
That we will be -- there will be more democracy and more jobs and more well-being , and it's women that are going to lead the way . 那将会是—— 会变得更加民主,有更多的工作和人口, 并且将会由女性来领导。
democracy:n.民主,民主主义;民主政治; well-being:n.幸福;康乐; lead the way:带路,示范;
LT: Maybe we have the momentum to start a third-wave feminist movement with our sisterhood around the world, with women we don't see, women we may never meet, but we join together that way, because -- 莉莉.托姆琳:或许我们有力量发起第三波女权主义运动, 其中有在全世界的姐妹们。 也有我们没见过的、也可能一直都见不到的女士们, 我们由此加入到同一个行动中。 因为——
momentum:n.势头;[物]动量;动力;冲力; feminist:n.男女平等主义者;adj.主张男女平等的;
Aristotle said -- most people -- people would die without male friendships. 亚里士多德说过—— 许多人—— 要是没有男性朋友就会死。
Aristotle:n.亚里士多德;
And the operative word here was "male." 这里的主角是“男性”。
operative:adj.有效的;运转着的;从事生产劳动的;n.侦探;技工;
Because they thought that friendships should be between equals and women were not considered equal -- 因为他们认为友情的平等存在于男性之间, 而女性却不享有平等——
JF: They didn't think we had souls even, the Greeks. 简.方达:希腊人甚至不相信我们有灵魂。
LT: No, exactly. That shows you just how limited Aristotle was. 莉莉.托姆琳:的确如此。这显示亚里士多德多么无知。
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And wait, no, here's the best part. 等等,这可是最重要的部分。
It's like, you know, men do need women now. 就像,男人确实需要女人。
The planet needs women. 地球需要女人。
The US Constitution needs women. 美国宪法需要女人。
Constitution:n.宪法;构成;体质;组成;
We are not even in the Constitution. 我们甚至不在宪法中。
JF: You're talking about the Equal Rights Amendment . 简.方达:你在提及平等权利宪法修正案。
Amendment:n.修正案;改善;改正;
LT: Right. 莉莉.托姆琳:对。
Justice Ginsberg said something like -- every constitution that's been written since the end of World War II included a provision that made women citizens of equal stature , but ours does not. 大法官金斯伯格说这样说过—— 每条宪法条款都是在二战结束之后写的, 包括妇女公民权利平等的条款, 但是实际上我们并不平等。
provision:n.规定;条款;准备;[经]供应品;vt.供给…食物及必需品; stature:n.身高,身材;(精神,道德等的)高度;
So that would be a good place to start. 所以我们恰好可以从这里着手。
Very, very mild -- 她非常平和地说了这个——
mild:adj.温和的; n.(英国的一种)淡味麦芽啤酒;
JF: Right. 简.方达:对。
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And gender equality, it's like a tide , it would lift all boats, not just women. 性别平等,就像一个潮流, 会掀起所有的船,不仅仅是女性。
gender:n.性别; tide:n.潮汐; v.顺应潮水航行;
PM: Needing new role models on how to do that. 帕特.米歇尔:需要新的角色模范来为大家示范,
How to be friends, how to think about our power in different ways, as consumers , as citizens of the world, and this is what makes Jane and Lily a role model of how women can be friends--for a very long time, and even if they occasionally disagree. 如何结交朋友, 如何重新看待我们的能力。 作为消费者, 作为世界公民, 正是由此,简和莉莉成为我们的模范, 为示范了地久天长的友谊, 即使他们什么时候突然有了分歧(也仍然是我们的模范）。
consumers:n.消费者;顾客;用户;(consumer的复数) role model:n.榜样;崇拜对象; occasionally:adv.偶尔;有时候;偶然;
Thank you. 谢谢。
Thank you both. 谢谢两位。
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JF: Thanks. 简.方达:谢谢。
LT: Thank you. 莉莉.托姆琳:谢谢大家。
JF: Thank you. 简.方达:谢谢大家。
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