Ukraine's Fight to Keep Educating Its Children | Zoya Lytvyn | TED

翻译人员: sylvia feng 校对人员: Yuwei Wu

On February 24,

2 月 24 日,

my daughter spoke for the first time.

我女儿第一次开口说话。

First word was “ba-bah,”

她的第一个词是“ba-bah”,

which means the sound of a great explosion.

这个词的意思是大爆炸的声音。

That night, we woke to the concussive sound of bombs

那一天晚上，我们在 绵绵不绝的爆炸声中醒来

as our windows came crashing in.

我们的窗户的玻璃碎裂到房间里。

It was the bombardment of Kyiv.

这是对基辅的轰炸。

I'm someone who didn't believe it would happen.

我不是一个会相信 这件事会发生的人。

I was born just a few days before the Chernobyl disaster

我出生在切尔诺贝利 灾难发生的几天前

and a few years before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

也是和苏联崩塌的几年前。

I grew up in an independent Ukraine,

我在一个独立的乌克兰长大，

struggling to overcome the legacy of the Soviet system.

挣扎着去克服从前苏联遗留的制度。

My mother and my grandmother worked very hard

我的妈妈和外婆十分努力

so that I could have a good education

为的就是给我一个良好的教育

because they believed my generation would build the country.

因为她们相信我们这一代 会建造这个国家。

And we have.

而且我们做到了。

Until six weeks ago,

直到六个星期前，

Ukraine was on an upward path,

乌克兰还在变得更好，

becoming more prosperous, more fair, more free.

它正在变得变得更加繁荣， 公平，和自由。

In 2004 and 2013,

在 2004 年和 2013 年，

we marched for democracy, and we defeated autocracy.

我们为民主而游行， 打败了独裁政府。

So I was stunned when the windows crushed in.

所以当那窗户破裂时，我惊呆了。

I froze.

我僵住了。

Speechless, motionless,

不能说话，动也不能动，

absolutely helpless.

完全无助的感觉。

That was my first lesson of war.

那是战争给我的第一课：

What you cherish can be taken from you in a moment.

你所珍惜的一切随时可能被夺走，

Even your peace of mind.

包括你的平静的内心。

My hands were still shaking as I fled to the west of Ukraine with my children

我带着孩子逃向乌克兰的西边时 我的手还在颤抖，

and then over the border to Slovakia.

我们越过边境来到了斯洛伐克。

My husband and my parents remain in Kyiv, helping our country.

我的丈夫还有父母留在了基辅， 帮助我们的国家。

As we traveled further from our family,

当我们离家人越来越远时，

I imagined all that was being destroyed.

我开始想象被摧毁的一切。

Our homes, our hospitals,

我们的家，我们的医院，

our critical infrastructure and so much more.

我们所有重要的建筑 和太多其他的东西。

For 40 million people in my country

对我国家的我国4000万人，

and for billions around the globe,

和全球数十亿人来说，

February 24 is the day Russia invaded Ukraine.

2 月 24 日是俄罗斯 入侵乌克兰的那一天。

For seven million Ukrainian children,

可是对乌克兰的 700 万儿童来说，

it is also the day Russia tried to take their future.

那天也是俄罗斯试图夺 走他们的未来的日子。

176 children have been killed by Russian bombs.

176名儿童被俄罗斯的炸弹炸死。

Hundreds more have been wounded.

数百人受伤。

Ten years ago,

十年前，

I dedicated myself to building world-class schools

我致力于建设世界一流学校

for the children of Ukraine.

给乌克兰的孩子们。

I believe education is the most powerful tool

我坚信教育是 最强大的工具

for improving the economy,

为了发展经济，

the environment and human well-being.

环境、和人类的健康。

War very quickly destroys all three.

战争很快就把这些摧毁了这些。

So far, 900 schools have been critically damaged.

到目前为止，900所学校 已严重受损，

84 are completely destroyed.

84所已被完全摧毁。

And yet, education goes on.

可是，教育还在持续。

During the COVID pandemic,

在疫情期间，

Ukrainian government engaged my team to create the Ukrainian school online.

乌克兰政府让我的团队参与 创建了线上乌克兰学校。

During the last two years,

这两年，

it has delivered school to children wherever they were.

它为儿童提供了教育， 无论他们身在何处。

Students from remote areas had access to teachers and lessons

生在偏远地区的学生 也有机会接触到老师和课程，

they wouldn't have otherwise.

要是没线上课的话 他们是接触不到这些资源的。

This platform covers the secondary school curriculum

这个平台概括了中学的课程

and puts every student in front of our very best teachers.

把所有学生交给最好的老师。

We never imagined our nonprofit project would be needed in a situation

我们从未想过我们这个非盈利的项目

even more horrible than COVID.

会被一个比疫情更加糟糕的 情况下被需要。

But today, almost 400,000 students learn on this platform.

不过现在已经快有 40 万学生 在这个平台上学习。

They connect from within Ukraine and from 120 countries

他们从包括乌克兰在内的 120 个国家接入

where they are refugees at the moment.

此刻他们以难民的身份 待在那些国家。

And for all of them, those couple of hours a day

对于他们所有人来说， 每天这几个小时

is not just a safe environment where they learn something new.

不仅仅是一个学习新知识的 安全的环境，

It is also the space where, despite everything,

它也是一个

Ukraine continues to invest in them.

乌克兰可以继续投入的领域。

And that was my second lesson of war.

这也是我从战争中学到的第二课。

Putin can take a lot from us.

普京可以夺走我们很多的东西。

Our homes, our jobs, our loved ones, our peace.

我们的家，我们的工作， 我们的爱人，以及我们的安宁。

But he cannot undo education.

但是他不能拿走我们收到的教育。

Knowledge and curiosity are unassailable treasures.

知识和好奇心 是无法被摧毁的宝藏。

And as long as our children keep learning

只要我们的孩子还在继续学习

and our teachers keep teaching,

只要我们的老师继续教课，

even while they are starving in shelters under bombardment,

即使他们正在轰炸下的避难所挨饿，

even in refugee camps,

即使在难民营中，

we are undefeated.

我们是不可战胜的。

In this war, every Ukrainian has his own front.

在这场战争中每一位乌克兰人民 都有自己的前线。

Our soldiers, our doctors, our mothers.

我们的军人，医生，母亲

And, yes, even our children and teachers.

就连我们的老师和学生 也有自己的战场。

By continuing to learn, they fight for our future.

通过不断学习， 他们为我们的未来而战。

And this fight is about so much more than borders.

这场战争不只是关于边界。

Ukrainians are fighting for freedom,

我们乌克兰人民在为自由而战斗，

for our right to imagine and build our future in our own way.

为了我们想象和建造 我们想要的未来的权利。

Our people stand heroically.

我们的人勇敢的站了出来。

But against the second-largest army in the world,

不过面对世界上第二大的军队，

we cannot stand alone.

我们不能独自战斗。

To end this war, we need you.

要想结束这场战争我们需要你。

We need every citizen in every nation to demand that it stops.

我们需要每个国家的每一位公民 要求这场战争停止。

And that was my third lesson.

这也是我学到的第三课。

My freedom is connected to yours.

我的自由和你有关。

My daughter's first word was the sound of destruction.

我的女儿的第一个字 是破毁的生音

But as she grows,

但随着她的成长，

I know she and the rest of her generation

我知道她和她这代人

will build Ukraine again.

会重新建造乌克兰。

We will rehabilitate our roads, our schools, our hospitals,

我们会修复我们的道路， 我们的学校，我们的医院，

our houses and people.

我们的房子和人。

Fueled by knowledge and curiosity,

在知识和好奇心的推动下，

we will walk again the path to become a prosperous, free nation.

我们将再次走向成为一个繁荣、 自由的国家的路。

If you stand with us.

如你支持我们。

So please,

所以请，

don't watch from the side.

不要做一个旁观者。

Don't wait and see.

不要坐视不管。

Stand up with us now.

和我们站在一起。

Stand up for freedom.

为自由而站。

Stand up for democracy.

为民主而站。

Stand up for Ukraine.

为乌克兰而站。

Thank you.

谢谢大家。

(Applause)

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