名校勵志英語演講 第22期:失敗的額外收益和想象力的重要性

[00:00.00]Amnesty mobilises thousands of people who have never been tortured 大赦國際動員成千上萬沒有因為個人信仰而受到折磨或監(jiān)禁的人， [00:04.62]or imprisoned for their beliefs to act on behalf of those who have. 去為那些遭受這種不幸的人奔走。 [00:08.75]The power of human empathy, leading to collective action, saves lives, and frees prisoners. 人類的同情心引發(fā)了集體行動，拯救生命，使那些被關押的人們得以釋放。 [00:16.03]Ordinary people, whose personal well-being and security are assured, 個人的福祉和安全有保證的普通百姓聚集在一起， [00:21.49]join together in huge numbers to save people they do not know, and will never meet. 攜手挽救那些與他們素不相識，也許永遠不會見面的人。 [00:27.34]My small participation in that process was one of the most humbling and inspiring experiences of my life. 我的參與雖然微不足道，但那卻是我一生中最振奮人心的一次經歷。 [00:35.35]Unlike any other creature on this planet, humans can learn and understand, without having experienced. 與這個星球上任何其他的動物不同，人類可以學習和理解未曾經歷過的事情。 [00:44.07]They can think themselves into other people’s places. 他們可能會換位思考，能夠設身處地地去體會他人的感受。 [00:48.50]Of course, this is a power, like my brand of fictional magic, that is morally neutral. 當然，這種能力就像我在小說里虛構的魔法一樣，沒有邪惡之分。 [00:54.39]One might use such an ability to manipulate, or control, just as much as to understand or sympathise. 有人可能會利用這種能力去操控或者控制別人，也有人選擇用它去了解和同情他人。 [01:02.04]And many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at all. 而很多人不愿去運用他們的想象力。 [01:07.33]They choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their own experience, 他們選擇舒適地生活在自己經驗所及的范圍內， [01:12.24]never troubling to wonder how it would feel to have been born other than they are. 從來不愿費心去想想如果生活在別處會怎樣。 [01:17.10]They can refuse to hear screams or to peer inside cages; 他們會拒絕去聽別人的尖叫，不愿看一眼囚禁的籠子; [01:20.21]they can close their minds and hearts to any suffering that does not touch them personally; they can refuse to know. 對于與自身無關的苦難，他們會封閉自己的內心;他們會拒絕了解這一切。

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