“What happened when we all stopped” narrated by Jane Goodall

Today we have something a little different.

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Helen Chang

今天的內容有點不一樣。

Dr. Jane Goodall is going to tell you a story.

珍 · 古德博士要來述說一個故事。

Ready?

看完動畫之後別走開，

Let's begin.

後面還會說明如何下載 這個故事的免費童書版本。

準備好了嗎？

It starts as a whisper,

開始吧。

a word on the air.

It can't quite be heard, but you know that it's there.

它一開始只是低語，

空氣中的一個字，

As gentle as sunlight,

你不太能聽見它， 但你知道它的存在。

as tenacious as hale,

in its route to the heart, it could not but prevail.

和陽光一樣溫柔， 和健壯老人一樣頑強，

And the people looked up from their day-to-day tasks,

通往心的路上，戰無不勝。

their day-to-day jobs

and their day-to-day masks.

人們自日常工作堆中舉頭上望，

They heard or they felt

那是他們每天埋首的工作、

where the whisper could lead,

戴著的面具。

and they looked with eyes wide

他們聽見或察覺低語的引領之處，

at what that might mean.

And once they could see it, they hadn't a chance

睜大眼睛看著，

想知道那是什麼意思。

To resist the sweet song

of the deep spell it cast.

一旦他們看到了，

就完全無法抗拒這甜美的歌曲

But the feeling it brought them at first glance

和它施展的強大魔咒。

was pain,

as they lifted their eyes on the land they had claimed.

但當他們睜大眼睛 看著他們聲稱擁有的土地時，

Since they saw at last

as if raised from a dream,

乍看之下帶給他們的感覺是痛苦。

they were almost alone on the land and the sea.

因為他們終於看見了，

彷彿從夢中升起，

看見他們在土地上、海洋裡， 可說是孑然一身。

For the trees had almost gone,

and the bees had almost gone,

and the creatures in their shells by the seas

樹木幾乎都不見了，

had almost gone.

蜜蜂幾乎都不見了，

And the people felt sad as they saw their new Earth,

住在海邊殼中的生物 幾乎都不見了，

but they knew this was it,

one wild chance for rebirth.

看見這個新地球時， 大家感到很悲傷，

但他們知道，

Breaking new ground, seeds rolling down,

這是一個重生的難得機會。

smell of the earth on your hands and your brow.

開拓新天地，播下種子，

No time for sorrow, we're building tomorrow.

嗅聞手上和額上的土壤。

The sound of things growing now keeps us around.

沒有時間悲傷了， 我們要建造明天。

As the wildness grows, and the deep wood grows,

此時萬物生長的聲音陪伴著我們。

and the sense that the future's come to meet you

grows,

隨著荒野成長，隨著森林成長，

There's no chance we can rest.

We must do our best.

未來要來與你相見的感覺

This moment can lead us back home,

也跟著成長。

我們沒有休息的機會。

that's our test.

我們必須要盡力而為。

It starts as a whisper,

這個時刻能夠引導我們回家，

那是對我們的考驗。

a word on the air.

It can't quite be heard, but you know that it's there.

它一開始只是低語，

空氣中的一個字。

It then spoke like thunder.

你不太能聽見它， 但你知道它的存在。

Until we all moved.

And we could.

And we did.

接著，它的聲音大到如雷。

And it's done.

直到我們都動起來。

She's renewed.

我們可以。

我們也做了。

完成了。

她恢復了。

Help turn the whisper into a roar by sharing this poem today.

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今天就分享這首詩， 協助把耳語轉為吶喊。

to curb global emissions and regenerate our planet.

在 ed.ted.com/whisper 可以免費下載這本圖畫書，

或者讓你的靈魂 繼續跟著這些動畫詩作飛揚。