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LouieSchwartzberg_2011X-_自然、美与感恩_
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| When I graduated UCLA, I moved to northern California, and I lived in a little town called Elk on the Mendocino coast, and I didn't have a phone or TV, but I had U.S. mail, and life was good back then, if you could remember it. |
当我从加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)毕业后,我搬到北加州 我住在一个叫做Elk的小镇里 在门多西诺海岸 我没有电话、没有电视,但有美国邮政 如果你还记得,那时的生活蛮不错的 |
| I'd go to the general store for a cup of coffee and a brownie , and I'd ship my film to San Francisco, and lo and behold , two days later, it would end up on my front door, |
我会去百货店享用咖啡 和布朗尼,把我的底片 运到旧金山,你瞧,两天后 我就能收到（冲洗的照片） |
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general store:n.(尤指小城镇或乡村的)杂货店; brownie:n.巧克力蛋糕,核仁巧克力饼;棕仙(传说中夜间帮助做家务的小精灵); behold:v.看;注视;把...视为;int.瞧;看呀;
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| which was way better than having to fight the traffic of Hollywood. (Music) |
这可比在好莱坞与繁忙的交通奋斗 要好多了。（音乐响起） |
| I didn't have much money, but I had time and a sense of wonder. (Music) |
我那时没什么钱 但我有时间和对奇迹的感知（音乐） |
| So I started shooting time-lapse photography . |
我开始延时摄影 |
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time-lapse:adj.延时的;定时的; photography:n.摄影;摄影术;
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| It would take me a month to shoot a four-minute roll of film, because that's all I could afford . |
我能花上一个月时间来完成四分钟长的 一卷胶卷,因为那是我负担得起的 |
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afford:v.给予,提供;买得起;
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| I've been shooting time-lapse flowers continuously , non-stop , 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for over 30 years, and to see them move is a dance I'll never get tired of. |
我一直用延时摄影拍摄花朵 没有间断,每天24小时,每周七天 至今已经30年。看花朵运动 就像看一场我永远不会厌倦的舞蹈 |
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continuously:adv.连续不断地; non-stop:adj.直达的;中途不停的;adv.不停地;
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| Their beauty immerses us with color, taste, touch. |
那种美带给我们无上的享受,色彩、品味、感动。 |
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immerses:v.浸;沉湎于;
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| It also provides a third of the food we eat. |
它们还为我们提供1/3的食物 |
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| Beauty and seduction is nature's tools for survival , because we protect what we fall in love with . |
美与诱惑是自然界的生存工具 因为我们会保护我们爱上的东西 |
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seduction:n.诱惑;魅力;(复数)诱惑物; survival:n.幸存,残存;幸存者,残存物; fall in love with:爱上......;与......相爱;
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| It opens our hearts, and makes us realize we are a part of nature and we're not separate from it. |
它们打开我们的心扉,让我们认识到 我们是自然的一份子,不曾分离 |
| When we see ourselves in nature, it also connects us to every one of us, because it's clear that it's all connected in one. |
当我们身处自然之中,自然也联系到 我们每一个人,因为显而易见 我们是浑然一体的 |
| When people see my images , a lot of times they'll say, "Oh my God." Have you ever wondered what that meant? |
当人们看到我的照片,很多时候他们会说 “哦我的上帝！”你们想过这句话意味着什么吗？ |
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images:n.印象;声誉;形象;画像;雕像;(image的第三人称单数和复数)
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| The "oh" means it caught your attention, makes you present, makes you mindful . |
“哦”说明我引起了你的注意 让你脑中有物 |
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mindful:adj.留心的;记住的;警觉的;
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| The "my" means it connects with something deep inside your soul. |
“我的”说明这些作品联结到 你灵魂深处的某样东西 |
| It creates a gateway for your inner voice to rise up and be heard. And "God"? |
它提供了一个通道,让你内心的声音响起来 能被人听到。“上帝”呢？ |
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inner:n.内部;射中接近靶心部分的一发;adj.里面的;向内的;内部的;接近中心的;
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| God is that personal journey we all want to be on, to be inspired , to feel like we're connected to a universe that celebrates life. |
上帝是我们都希望走的个人的旅程 被启发,让我们感觉天人合一 赞颂生命 |
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personal:adj.个人的;身体的;亲自的;n.人事消息栏;人称代名词; journey:n.旅行;行程;vi.旅行; inspired:adj.受到启发的; v.鼓舞; (inspire的过去分词和过去式)
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| Did you know that 80 percent of the information we receive comes through our eyes? |
你们知不知道 我们接受的信息中有80%都是来自于视觉？ |
| And if you compare light energy to musical scales , it would only be one octave that the naked eye could see, which is right in the middle? |
如果把光能和（钢琴）音域作比较 裸眼能看到的光谱范围 只相当于（钢琴）正中的一个八度音域 |
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compare:v.比较;对比;n.比较; scales:n.规模范围; v.攀登; (scale的第三人称单数和复数) octave:n.八度音阶; adj.八个一组的; naked:adj.裸体的;无装饰的;无证据的;直率的;
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| And aren't we grateful for our brains that can, you know, take this electrical impulse that comes from light energy to create images in order for us to explore our world? |
我们难道不该心存感激,因为我们的大脑 能够把从光能中探测到的电脉冲信号 转变为我们用来认识世界的图像？ |
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electrical:adj.有关电的;电气科学的; impulse:n.冲动;[电子]脉冲;刺激;神经冲动;推动力;v.推动; explore:v.探索:探测:探险:
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| And aren't we grateful that we have hearts that can feel these vibrations in order for us to allow ourselves to feel the pleasure and the beauty of nature? |
我们难道不该心存感激,因为我们的心 能够感受这些波动 让我们能感受到 自然之美的乐趣？ |
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vibrations:n.[力]振动;共鸣;动摇(vibration的复数);
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| Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude . |
自然之美是天赐礼物 能够滋养欣赏和感激 |
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cultivates:耕作;栽培;与…结交(cultivate的第三人称单数); appreciation:n.升值;欣赏;感谢;增值; gratitude:n.感谢(的心情);感激;
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| So I have a gift I want to share with you today, a project I'm working on called Happiness Revealed , and it'll give us a glimpse into that perspective from the point of view of a child and an elderly man of that world. |
今天我有一样礼物要与你们分享 是我正在做的一个项目,叫做“揭示幸福” 它告诉我们 孩子和老人的视角中 世界是什么样子的 |
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Revealed:v.揭示;显示;露出;(reveal的过去分词和过去式) glimpse:v.瞥见;[诗]闪现;n.领悟;概况;见识;一睹; perspective:n.观点;远景;透视图;adj.透视的; point of view:观点;见地;立场; elderly:adj.上了年纪的;过了中年的;稍老的;
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| Child: When I watch TV, it's just some shows that you just -- that are pretend, and when you explore, you get more imagination than you already had, and when you get more imagination, it makes you want to go deeper in so you can get more and see beautifuller things, |
小孩:我看电视的时候 那上面只是演一些假装出来的事情 当你探索的时候 你的想象力就增加了 当你的想象力增加了 你就会想要更进一步 就能看到更多美丽的事物 |
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imagination:n.想象;想象力;创造力;想象的事物;
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| like the path, if it's a path, it could lead you to a beach, or something, and it could be beautiful. |
比如一条路,能带你去海边 还有其他美丽的东西 |
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| Elderly Man: You think this is just another day in your life? |
老人:你认为这只是人生中另一个平白无奇的日子？ |
| It's not just another day. It's the one day that is given to you today. |
不是的,这是被赐予的一天 今天 |
| It's given to you. It's a gift. |
是上天赐给你的,是一个礼物 |
| It's the only gift that you have right now, and the only appropriate response is gratefulness . |
这是你手头唯一的礼物 唯一的恰当反应是 感恩 |
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appropriate:adj.适当的;恰当的;v.占用,拨出; response:n.响应;反应;回答; gratefulness:n.感激,感恩;
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| If you do nothing else but to cultivate that response to the great gift that this unique day is, if you learn to respond as if it were the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well. |
如果你去培养这种反应 对这恩赐的特别的日子充满感恩 如果你学会这种反应 就好像这是你人生的第一天 也是最后一天 你就能很好地度过这一天 |
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unique:adj.独特的,稀罕的;[数]唯一的;n.独一无二的人或物; respond:vi.回答;作出反应;承担责任;n.应答;唱和;
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| Begin by opening your eyes and be surprised that you have eyes you can open, that incredible array of colors that is constantly offered to us for pure enjoyment . |
以睁开双眼为始 对自己目能视物充满惊喜 时刻能感受到色彩那不可思议的光芒而带来的 纯粹的享受 |
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incredible:adj.难以置信的,惊人的; array:n.数组,阵列;排列,列阵;大批,一系列;衣服;v.排列,部署;打扮; constantly:adv.不断地;时常地; enjoyment:n.享受;乐趣;享有;
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| Look at the sky. |
看看天空 |
| We so rarely look at the sky. |
我们很少看天 |
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rarely:adv.很少地;难得;罕有地;
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| We so rarely note how different it is from moment to moment, with clouds coming and going. |
我们很少能注意到 这一刻与下一刻的不同,云彩的来去 |
| We just think of the weather, and even with the weather, we don't think of all the many nuances of weather. |
我们只是关心天气 就算是天气,我们也不曾 关注天气的各种细微之处 |
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nuances:细微差别;
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| We just think of good weather and bad weather. |
我们只是关心天气是好是坏 |
| This day, right now, has unique weather, maybe a kind that will never exactly in that form come again . |
今天,此时此刻,有特别的天气 也许这种天气再也不会 以同样的方式再现 |
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come again:请再说一遍;再来啊;回来;又来;
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| That formation of clouds in the sky will never be the same as it is right now. |
云彩的组合也再不会出现 与现在一模一样的 |
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formation:n.形成;编队;组成;队形;
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| Open your eyes. Look at that. |
睁大你的双眼,看看这些 |
| Look at the faces of people whom you meet. |
看看你遇到的人的脸庞 |
| Each one has an incredible story behind their face, a story that you could never fully fathom , not only their own story, but the story of their ancestors. |
每一张脸后面都有一个不平凡的故事 一个你无法完全理解的故事 这个故事不仅关于他们自己,还关于他们的祖先 |
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fathom:vt.看穿;彻底了解;测量…的深度;n.英寻(测量水深的长度单位);
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| We all go back so far, and in this present moment, on this day, all the people you meet, all that life from generations and from so many places all over the world flows together and meets you here like a life-giving water, if you only open your heart and drink. |
我们回顾过去 但此时此刻 你遇到的所有人,所有的生命 跨越时间和距离 与你相遇了 就像生命之水,只要你打开心扉,喝下它 |
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life-giving:adj.提神的;给与生命的;
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| Open your heart to the incredible gifts that civilization gives to us. |
打开心扉去接受文明带给我们的不可思议的 礼物 |
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civilization:n.文明;文明社会;文明世界;(特定时期和地区的)社会文明;
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| You flip a switch and there is electric light. |
拨一下开关电灯就亮了 |
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flip:n.浏览;空翻;轻抛;捻掷;v.迅速翻动;按(开关);按(按钮);开(或关)(机器等);
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| You turn a faucet and there is warm water and cold water, and drinkable water. |
打开水龙头,就有热水和冷水 还有饮用水 |
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faucet:n.旋塞;插口; drinkable:adj.可饮用的;可以喝的;n.饮料(常用复数);
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| It's a gift that millions and millions in the world will never experience. |
这是世界上成千上万的人所 无法体验的礼物 |
| So these are just a few of an enormous number of gifts to which we can open your heart. |
这只是无数礼物中的几件 我们能够打开心扉对待的 |
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enormous:adj.庞大的,巨大的;凶暴的,极恶的;
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| And so I wish you that you will open your heart to all these blessings , and let them flow through you, that everyone whom you will meet on this day will be blessed by you, just by your eyes, by your smile, by your touch, just by your presence . |
我祝愿你们能打开心扉 让这些福祉荡漾在你身心 你们今天遇到的每个人 都能因为蒙荫 因你的双眸 你的微笑 你的触摸 以及你的出现 |
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blessings:n.祝福(blessing复数); blessed:adj.神圣的; v.求上帝降福于; (bless的过去分词和过去式) presence:n.存在;出席;参加;风度;仪态;
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| Let the gratefulness overflow into blessing all around you, and then it will really be a good day. (Music) |
让这份感激 充满你们身边 今天将会是真正美好的一天（音乐） |
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overflow:vi.溢出;泛滥;充溢;n.充满,洋溢;泛滥;超值;溢值;vt.使溢出;使泛滥;使充溢;
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| Louie Schwartzberg: Thank you. |
Louie Schwartzberg: 谢谢你们 |
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Louie:路易(男子名,Louis的异体);
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| Thank you very much. (Applause) |
非常感谢（掌声） |