名校勵志英語演講 第21期:失敗的額外收益和想象力的重要性
他比我高一英尺，但看上去卻像個孩子一樣脆弱。
[00:05.49]I was given the job of escorting him back to the Underground Station afterwards,
隨后我遵照組織的安排護(hù)送他到地鐵站時，
[00:10.07]and this man whose life had been shattered by cruelty took my hand with exquisite courtesy, and wished me future happiness.
這名人生已遭到殘酷摧殘的男子彬彬有禮地握住我的手，祝我未來幸福。
[00:20.41]And as long as I live I shall remember walking along an empty corridor and suddenly hearing,
在我有生之年，我都會記得一件事，當(dāng)時我正經(jīng)過一條空曠的走廊，
[00:26.46]from behind a closed door, a scream of pain and horror such as I have never heard since.
突然聽到緊閉著的房門口里傳出一聲痛苦和恐懼的尖叫，那是至今我從未聽過的，
[00:33.23]The door opened, and the researcher poked out her head and told me to run and make a hot drink for the young man sitting with her.
那扇門打開了，調(diào)查員探出頭請我快去給坐在她旁邊的年輕男子倒一杯熱飲料。
[00:43.43]She had just had to give him the news that in retaliation for his own outspokenness
她剛剛告訴那個年輕人，為報復(fù)他對祖國專政的直言批判，
[00:49.01]against his country’s regime, his mother had been seized and executed.
他的母親已被抓走并處決了。
[00:57.10]Every day of my working week in my early 20s I was reminded how incredibly fortunate I was,
在我20多歲的那段日子里，每一天的工作都是在提醒我自己是多么幸運(yùn)，
[01:04.06]to live in a country with a democratically elected government,
能夠生活在一個民主選舉的政府領(lǐng)導(dǎo)國家，
[01:07.31]where legal representation and a public trial were the rights of everyone.
人人都享有依法申訴和公開審理的權(quán)力。
[01:13.14]Every day, I saw more evidence about the evils humankind will inflict on their fellow humans,
每一天，我都能看到更多關(guān)于惡人的證據(jù)，
[01:20.07]to gain or maintain power. I began to have nightmares, literal nightmares,
他們?yōu)榱双@得或維護(hù)權(quán)力而對自己的同胞實(shí)施暴行。
[01:26.54]about some of the things I saw, heard, and read.
我開始做惡夢，真實(shí)的噩夢，全都和我的所見所聞有關(guān)。
[01:32.36]And yet I also learned more about human goodness at Amnesty International than I had ever known before.
同時在大赦國際我也更多地了解了人類的善良，遠(yuǎn)比我以前了解的多。
