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1、此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。ted英文演讲稿：犯错的价值每个人都会避免犯错，但或许避免犯错本身就是一种错误?请看以下这篇“犯错家“凯瑟琳舒尔茨告诉我们，或许我们不只该承认错误，更应该大力拥抱人性中“我错故我在“的本质。So its 1995, Im in college, and a friend and I go on a road trip from Providence, Rhode Island to Portland, Oregon.当时是95年 我在上大学 我和一个朋友开车去玩 从罗得岛的普罗旺斯区出发 到奥勒冈州的波特兰市An
2、d you know, were young and unemployed, so we do the whole thing on back roads through state parks and national forests - basically the longest route we can possibly take.我们年轻、无业 ，于是整个旅程都在乡间小道 经过州立公园 和国家保护森林 我们尽可能绕着最长的路径And somewhere in the middle of South Dakota, I turn to my friend and I ask her a
3、question thats been bothering me for 2,000 miles.在南达科塔州之中某处 我转向我的朋友 问她一个 两千英里路途上 一直烦恼我的问题"Whats up with the Chinese character I keep seeing by the side of the road?""路边那个一直出现的中文字到底是什么?"My friend looks at me totally blankly.我的朋友露出疑惑的神情Theres actually a gentleman in the front row w
4、hos doing a perfect imitation of her look.正如现在坐在第一排的这三位男士 所露出的神情一样(Laughter) And Im like, "You know, all the signs we keep seeing with the Chinese character on them."(笑声) 我说"你知道的 我们一直看到的那个路牌 写着中文的那个啊"She just stares at me for a few moments, and then she cracks up, because she fig
5、ures out what Im talking about.她瞪着我的脸一阵子 突然笑开了 因为她总算知道我所指为何And what Im talking about is this.我说的是这个(Laughter) Right, the famous Chinese character for picnic area.(笑声) 没错，这就是代表野餐区的那个中文字(Laughter) Ive spent the last five years of my life thinking about situations exactly like this - why we sometimes m
6、isunderstand the signs around us,(笑声) 过去的五年 我一直在思考 刚刚我所描述的状况 为什么我们会对身边的征兆 产生误解and how we behave when that happens, and what all of this can tell us about human nature.当误解发生时我们作何反应 以及这一切所告诉我们的人性In other words, as you heard Chris say, Ive spent the last five years thinking about being wrong.换句话说，就像 Ch
7、ris 刚才说的 过去五年的时间 我都在思考错误的价值This might strike you as a strange career move, but it actually has one great advantage: no job competition.你可能觉得这是个奇异的专业 但有一项好处是不容置疑的： 没有竞争者。(Laughter) In fact, most of us do everything we can to avoid thinking about being wrong, or at least to avoid thinking about the po
8、ssibility that we ourselves are wrong.(笑声) 事实上，我们大部分的人 都尽力不思考错误的价值 或至少避免想到我们有可能犯错。We get it in the abstract.我们都知道这个模糊的概念。We all know everybody in this room makes mistakes.我们都知道这里的每个人都曾经犯错The human species, in general, is fallible - okay fine.人类本来就会犯错 - 没问题But when it comes down to me right now, to a
9、ll the beliefs I hold, here in the present tense, suddenly all of this abstract appreciation of fallibility goes out the window - and I cant actually think of anything Im wrong about.一旦这个想法临到我们自身 我们现在所有的 所有的信念 对人类可能犯错的抽象概念随即被我们抛弃 我无法想到我有哪里出错And the thing is, the present tense is where we live.但是，我们活
10、在现在We go to meetings in the present tense; we go on family vacations in the present tense; we go to the polls and vote in the present tense.我们开会，去家庭旅游 去投票 全都是现在式So effectively, we all kind of wind up traveling through life, trapped in this little bubble of feeling very right about everything.我们就像现在一
11、个小泡泡里 经历人生 感觉自己总是对的I think this is a problem.我认为这是个问题I think its a problem for each of us as individuals, in our personal and professional lives, and I think its a problem for all of us collectively as a culture.我认为这是每个人私人生活 和职业生活中的问题 我认为我们身为群体，这也造成了文化问题So what I want to do today is, first of all, t
12、alk about why we get stuck inside this feeling of being right.于是，我今天想做的是 先谈谈为甚么我们会 陷在这种自以为是的心态中And second, why its such a problem.第二是为甚么这是个问题And finally, I want to convince you that it is possible to step outside of that feeling, and that, if you can do so, it is the single greatest最后我想说服大家 克服这种感觉 是
13、可能的 而且一旦你做到了 这将成为你道德上moral, intellectual and creative leap you can make.智性上和创意上最大的进步So why do we get stuck in this feeling of being right?为甚么我们会陷在 这种自以为是的心态中?One reason actually has to do with a feeling of being wrong.事实上这和犯错的感觉有关So let me ask you guys something - or actually, let me ask you guys so
14、mething, because youre right here: How does it feel - emotionally -我想问问你们 让我问问台上的你们 当你意识到自己犯错了how does it feel to be wrong?你感觉如何?Dreadful. Thumbs down.糟透了。很差劲。Embarrassing. Okay, wonderful, good.难堪。很好，是的。Dreadful, thumbs down, embarrassing - thank you, these are great answers, but theyre answers to
15、a different question.很糟糕，很差劲，很难堪。 谢谢你们提供这些答案 但这些答案没有回答我的问题You guys are answering the question: How does it feel to realize youre wrong?你们回答的问题是： 当你意识到你犯错的时候，你的感觉如何?(Laughter) Realizing youre wrong can feel like all of that and a lot of other things, right?(笑声) 意识到你犯错了就会有刚刚所说的这些感觉，不是吗?I mean it can be devastating, it can be revelatory, it can actually be quite funny, like my stup
