在節(jié)目中,觀眾反應(yīng)最強(qiáng)烈的是大變身。你們知道,我們對(duì)已步入晚年的科萊塔·司各特·金——馬丁·路德·金博士的妻子,做了大變身。這就等于去羅斯摩爾山重塑喬治·華盛頓雕像。從1954年以來(lái),她就沒(méi)改變過(guò)。而我們已經(jīng)做了很多大變身。有位老婦人,37年一直堅(jiān)持梳一種老式發(fā)型并決定以后不會(huì)改變發(fā)型。另一位年輕女人在雞棚工作,我們把粘在她身上的雞毛都清理干凈后,她簡(jiǎn)直驚呆了。還有一位婦女25年來(lái)一直梳好發(fā)髻,化好妝再睡覺(jué),她說(shuō)怕有一天在睡夢(mèng)中死去,所以她必須每天都坐好準(zhǔn)備。
People love makeovers, because the physical results are always astonishing. But I like doing them because of the possibility of transforming more than the way people look. You want to change the way people feel about themselves. One man, a guy we'd just seen walking down the street, with a beard that was almost to the ground, it looked like he was hiding behind all of that beard. And after we got rid of all that hair and he could actually see himself, he said, "I feel alive again." The makeover allowed him to see himself in a way that he'd forgotten was there.You know, we all need makeovers from time to time in our lives, and graduates, I know this,that if you can see the possibility of changing your life, of seeing what you can become an d not just what you are, you will be a huge success.
人們喜歡大變身,因?yàn)樗鼈儙?lái)的結(jié)果總是讓人吃驚。我喜歡做大變身不只因?yàn)樗淖內(nèi)藗兊男蜗?,更因?yàn)檗D(zhuǎn)變的可能性。你想改變?nèi)藗儗?duì)自己的看法。舉個(gè)例子來(lái)說(shuō),有一次我在街上遇見(jiàn)一個(gè)家伙,他的胡子都快長(zhǎng)到地上了,好像他想把一切都擋在他那把長(zhǎng)胡子后面。后來(lái)我們把他的胡子都刮干凈了,他才看清楚自己,然后他說(shuō):“我覺(jué)得我又活過(guò)來(lái)了。”那次大變身讓他再次找回了遺忘了很久的自己。你知道,如果能夠發(fā)現(xiàn)改變自己生活的可能性,如果能拋開(kāi)現(xiàn)在的自己,把眼光放遠(yuǎn)看到將來(lái)的自己,你們定會(huì)大有作為。