Lessons from Auschwitz: The power of our words - Benjamin Zander

話語的力量 - 班傑明·山德爾 Benjamin Zander

譯者: Helen Chang 審譯者: Regina Chu

It really makes a difference what we say.

我們說出口的話語可以改變世界

這是一位從奧許維茲集中營 存活下來的女士教我的

I learned this from a woman who survived Auschwitz.

She went to Auschwitz when she was fifteen years old,

她 15 歲的時候被送到 奧許維茲集中營

and her brother was eight, and the parents were lost.

失去了雙親，弟弟才 8 歲

她告訴我

And she told me this,

"We were in the train going to Auschwitz,

我們在要去奧許維茲集中營的火車上

and I looked down, and I saw my brother's shoes were missing.

我發現我弟弟腳上穿著的鞋子不見了

And I said, 'Why are you so stupid?

我就說道：「你怎麼那麼笨！」

Can't you keep your things together?

「管好自己的東西都不會！」

For goodness sake!'

「天哪！」

The way an elder sister might speak to a younger brother."

不過就是一般姊姊教訓弟弟的方式

Unfortunately, it was the last thing she ever said to him

但是不幸地 那就是她對他說的最後一句話

because she never saw him again.

然後就再也沒見到他了

He did not survive.

弟弟沒能活下來

And so when she came out of Auschwitz, she made a vow.

所以，當她從奧許維茲 出來的時候，她說：

She said, "I walked out of Auschwitz into life.

「我從奧許維茲重生，」

And the vow was,

她發誓：「以後絕不說出那種難聽的話，」

"I will never say anything that couldn't stand

「因為那可能就是我說出的最後一句話。」

as the last thing I ever say."

Now, can we do that? No.

現在，我們做得到嗎？ 不

But it is a possibility to live in to.

但這是一輩子都該盡量做到的功課

Thank you.

感謝