TED英語(yǔ)演講：給你的情書

TEDHannah 演講者：HannahBrencher IwasoneoftheonlykidsincollegewhohadareasontogototheP.O.boxattheendoftheday,andthatwasmainlybecausemymotherhasneverbelievedinemail,inFacebook,intextingorcellphonesingeneral.AndsowhileotherkidswereBBMingtheirparents,Iwasliterallywaitingbythemailboxtogetaletterfromhometoseehowtheweekendhadgone,whichwasalittlefrustratingwhenGrandmawasinthehospital,butIwasjustlookingforsomesortofscribble,someunkemptcursivefrommymother. 時(shí)，我是唯一一個(gè)需要在一天結(jié)束的時(shí)候去開郵箱的人，主要是因?yàn)槲覌寢審牟恍刨囯娮余]件、社交網(wǎng)站、短信，甚至電話。于是，別人在和父母轉(zhuǎn)短信的時(shí)候我卻等在郵箱旁邊等待家書，了解家人怎么度過(guò)周末的，這在祖母住院的期間真讓我有些抓狂，我只能通過(guò)母親手寫的有 AndsowhenImovedtoNewYorkCityaftercollegeandgotcompletelysuckerpunchedinthefacebydepression,IdidtheonlythingIcouldthinkofatthetime.Iwrotethosesamekindsoflettersthatmymotherhadwrittenmeforstrangers,andtuckedthemallthroughoutthecity,dozensanddozensofthem.Ileftthemeverywhere,incafesandinlibraries,attheU.N.,everywhere.Ibloggedaboutthoselettersandthedayswhentheywerenecessary,andIposedakindofcrazypromisetotheInternet:thatifyouaskedmeforahandwrittenletter,Iwouldwriteyouone,noquestionsaskedOvernight,myinboxmorphedintothisharborofheartbreakasinglemotherinSacramento,agirlbeingbulliedinruralKansas,allaskingme,a22-yearoldgirlwhobarelyevenknewherowncoffeeorder,towritethemaloveletterandgivethemareasontowaitbythemailbox. ，當(dāng)時(shí)正經(jīng)歷人生的低谷，無(wú)法自拔，我做了唯一能想到的一件事。封地寫，我把它們留在城市的各個(gè)角落，咖啡館、圖書館，甚至聯(lián)合國(guó)，不問(wèn)任何問(wèn)題。一夜之間，我的郵箱成了寄托心碎故事的港灣住在薩克拉門托(美國(guó)加州首府)的單身媽媽、來(lái)自堪薩斯鄉(xiāng)下的被欺負(fù)的女孩，都來(lái)問(wèn)我這么一個(gè)22歲的她們素未謀面，連點(diǎn)咖啡時(shí)都猶豫不決的女生，給她們寫一封情書，好讓她們也有個(gè)理由守候在郵箱旁。Well,todayIfuelaglobalorganizationthatisfueledbythosetripstothemailbox,fueledbythewaysinwhichwecanharnesssocialmedialikeneverbeforetowriteandmailstrangersletterswhentheyneedthemmost,butmostofall,fueledbycratesofmaillikethisone,mytrustymailcrate,filledwiththescriptingsofordinarypeople,strangerswritingletterstootherstrangersnotbecausethey'reevergoingtomeetandlaughoveracupofcoffee,butbecausetheyhavefoundoneanotherbywayofletter-writing. 今天我推行著一個(gè)國(guó)際組織，通過(guò)這些發(fā)往郵箱的信件，通過(guò)這樣的方式我們放慢新興社交媒體的腳步，在陌生人最需要的時(shí)候，給他們寫信寄信，但最重要的是通過(guò)這些郵箱，像我的這個(gè)可靠郵箱，里面裝滿普通人的字跡，給素未謀面的陌生人寫信不是因?yàn)樗麄儠?huì)見(jiàn)面，一起喝咖啡聊聊天，而是因?yàn)橥ㄟ^(guò)寫信而找到彼But,youknow,thethingthatalwaysgetsmeabouttheselettersisthatmostofthemhavebeenwrittenbypeoplethathaveneverknownthemselveslovedonapieceofpaper.Theycouldnottellyouabouttheinkoftheirownloveletters.They'retheonesfrommygeneration,theonesofusthathavegrownupintoaworldwhereeverythingispaperless,andwheresomeofourbestconversationshavehappeneduponascreen.WehavelearnedtodiaryourpainontoFacebook,andwespeakswiftlyin140charactersorless. 我觸動(dòng)的地方是大多數(shù)的信件都是由這些從來(lái)不知道情書為何物的人寫來(lái)的。他們壓根不知道什么是手寫情書。他們是我這一代的人，在我們這一代成長(zhǎng)的世界，一切都是無(wú)紙化的，而我們一些最好的對(duì)話都發(fā)生在屏幕里。我們學(xué)會(huì)把傷心事記錄在社交網(wǎng)站Facebook上，我們的話精簡(jiǎn)在140個(gè)字符或以內(nèi)。 Butwhatifit'snotaboutefficiencythistime?Iwasonthesubwayyesterdaywiththismailcrate,whichisaconversationstarter,letmetellyou.Ifyoueverneedone,justcarryoneofthese.(Laughter)Andamanjuststaredatme,andhewaslike,"Well,whydon'tyouusetheInternet?"AndIthought,"Well,sir,Iamnotastrategist,noramIspecialist.Iammerelyastoryteller."AndsoIcouldtellyouaboutawomanwhosehusbandhasjustcomehomefromAfghanistan,andsheishavingahardtimeunearthingthisthingcalledconversation,andsoshetuckslovelettersthroughoutthehouseasawaytosay,"Comebacktome.Findmewhenyoucan."OragirlwhodecidesthatsheisgoingtoleavelovelettersaroundhercampusinDubuque,Iowa,onlytofindhereffortsrippleeffectedthenextdaywhenshewalksoutontothequadandfindslovelettershangingfromthetrees,tuckedinthebushesandthebenches.Orthemanwhodecidesthatheisgoingtotakehislife,usesFacebookasawaytosaygoodbyetofriendsandfamily.Well,tonighthesleepssafelywithastackoflettersjustlikethisonetuckedbeneathhispillow,scriptedbystrangerswhowerethereforhimwhen. 信無(wú)關(guān)效率呢?我昨天提著這個(gè)郵箱坐地鐵，我跟你們說(shuō)，它真是個(gè)搭人看著我，像是說(shuō)，“你怎么不用網(wǎng)絡(luò)呢?”我想，“先生，我不是軍人的故事，她的丈夫剛從阿富汗歸來(lái)，她不知道該如何開展對(duì)話，所以她就把這些情書藏到屋子的各個(gè)角落，作為一種方式，說(shuō)“回到我身邊。隨時(shí)來(lái)找我談?wù)劙??！被蚴且粋€(gè)女孩的故事，她決定把情信放在她所在位于愛(ài)荷華州迪比克的校園各處，第二天發(fā)現(xiàn)她的心思引起了漣Facebook，這些信是陌生人寫的，他們?cè)谒钚枰臅r(shí)候支持他。 Thesearethekindsofstoriesthatconvincedmethatletterwritingwillneveragainneedtoflipbackherhairandtalkaboutefficiency,becausesheisanartformnow,allthepartsofher,thesigning,thescripting,themailing,thedoodlesinthemargins.Themerefactthatsomebodywouldevenjustsitdown,pulloutapieceofpaperandthinkaboutsomeonethewholewaythrough,withanintentionthatissomuchhardertounearthwhenthebrowserisupandtheiPhoneispingingandwe'vegotsixconversationsrollinginatonce,thatisanartformthatdoesnotfalldowntotheGoliathof"getfaster,"nomatterhowmanysocialnetworkswemightjoin.Westillclutchclosetheseletterstoourchest,tothewordsthatspeaklouderthanloud,whenweturnpagesintopalettestosaythethingsthatwehaveneededtosay,thewordsthatwehaveneededtowrite,tosistersandbrothersandeventostrangers,forfartoolong.Thankyou.這些故事讓我相信這些手寫信件永遠(yuǎn)都不需要撓首弄姿講究時(shí)效，因?yàn)樗F(xiàn)在就是一種藝術(shù)形式，她所有的一切，署名，手寫體，郵寄，頁(yè)邊的涂畫都是藝術(shù)。事實(shí)上僅僅是有人會(huì)真的坐下來(lái)，攤開一張紙，花一