Sam Martin: The quirky world of "manspaces"

翻译人员: Ning Zhang 校对人员: dahong zhang

So, I am indeed going to talk about

我将要谈论的是

the spaces men create for themselves,

人类为他们自己创造的空间。

but first I want to tell you why I'm here.

但是，首先我想告诉你我为什么来到这里。

I'm here for two reasons. These two guys

我来这里有两个原因。这是

are my two sons Ford and Wren.

我的两个儿子，福特和韦恩。

When Ford was about three years old,

当福特大概三岁的时候，

we shared a very small room together,

我和他共用一个非常小的房间，

in a very small space.

一个非常小的空间。

My office was on one half of the bedroom,

我的办公室占一个卧室房间的一半，

and his bedroom was on the other half.

他的占另一半。

And you can imagine, if you're a writer,

可以想见，如果你是一位作家，

that things would get really crowded around deadlines.

临近截稿日那些天这里就会相当拥挤。

So when Wren was on the way,

所以，当韦恩要出生的时候，

I realized I needed to find a space of my own.

我意识到我必须要给我自己另找个地方。

There was no more space in the house. So I went out to the backyard,

因为房子里没有更多的空间了。所以，我只能考虑我家后院。

and without any previous building experience,

我以前没有任何建筑经验，

and about 3,000 dollars and some

我用了大约3000美金和一些

recycled materials, I built this space.

环保材料，建成了这个地方。

It had everything I needed. It was quiet.

这里有我需要的所有东西。很安静。

There was enough space. And I had control, which was very important.

有了足够的空间，我自己能做主了，这很重要。

As I was building this space, I thought

当我建造这个空间的时候，我对自己说

to myself, "Surely I'm not the only guy

“我肯定不是那唯一一个

to have to have carved out a space for his own."

为自己建造一个空间的人。“

So I did some research.

所以，我做了些调查。

And I found that there was an historic precedence.

我发现早有先例。

Hemingway had his writing space.

海明威就有他自己的写作空间。

Elvis had two or three manspaces,

猫王艾维斯有两三个人造空间，

which is pretty unique because he lived with both his wife and his mother in Graceland.

很独特，因为他和妻子，母亲一起住在Graceland（貓王府邸）。

In the popular culture, Superman had the Fortress of Solitude,

在大众流行文化里，超人有他自己的总部。

and there was, of course, the Batcave.

当然，蝙蝠侠也有自己的地方。

So I realized then that I wanted to go out on a journey

所以，我认为我得出去走走

and see what guys were creating for themselves now.

看看人们现在为自己都建造了些什么。

Here is one of the first spaces I found. It is in Austin, Texas,

这是我发现的第一个空间。在田纳西州的奥斯汀。

which is where I'm from.

那里也是我的故乡。

On the outside it looks like a very typical garage, a nice garage.

从外面看起来它象一个非常典型的车库，很不错的车库。

But on the inside, it's anything but.

但里面可不是。

And this, to me, is a pretty classic manspace.

这个，在我看来，是个非常经典的空间。

It has neon concert posters, a bar

这里有霓虹灯音乐会的海报，吧台，

and, of course, the leg lamp,

当然，还有个美腿形状的台灯，

which is very important.

这很重要。

I soon realized that manspaces didn't have to be only inside.

接着我发现空间不仅仅只局限在内部。

This guy built a bowling alley in his backyard,

这个人在他的后院建了一个保龄球道，

out of landscaping timbers, astroturf.

就在园林木，人工草皮的外面。

And he found the scoreboard in the trash.

他还在垃圾房上立了比分板。

Here's another outdoor space, a little bit more sophisticated.

这是另一个户外空间，稍微有点复杂。

This a 1923 wooden tugboat,

这个1923年的木拖船

made completely out of Douglas fir.

完全是用道格拉斯冷杉建的。

The guy did it all himself.

这全是他的主人亲手建造的。

And there is about 1,000 square feet of hanging-out space inside.

这里大概有1000平方英尺的内部活动空间。

So, pretty early on in my investigations

所以，在我最早的调查中

I realized what I was finding was not what I expected to find,

我意识到我那时找的不是我期待要找的东西，

which was, quite frankly, a lot of beer can pyramids

老实说，我找到了很多啤酒罐堆成的金子塔

and overstuffed couches and flat-screen TVs.

塞得满满当当的沙发和平板电视机。

There were definitely hang-out spots.

当然还有一些活动区域。

But some were for working, some were for playing,

但是有些是为了工作，有些是为了娱乐，

some were for guys to collect their things.

有些是为了人们收集物品。

Most of all, I was just surprised with what I was finding.

最重要的是，我很惊讶于我找到的那些东西。

Take this place for example.

以这个地方为例。

On the outside it looks like a typical northeastern garage.

从外面看，这象个典型的东北部的车库。

This is in Long Island, New York.

这是纽约的长岛。

The only thing that might tip you off is the round window.

唯一能给你暗示的就是这个圆型的窗户。

On the inside it's a recreation of a

房子内部是一个对

16th century Japanese tea house.

16世纪日本茶屋的改建。

The man imported all the materials from Japan,

主人从日本进口了所有的原材料，

and he hired a Japanese carpenter

并聘请了日本木匠

to build it in the traditional style.

建造成传统风格。

It has no nails or screws.

这个房间没有一个钉子或螺丝。

All the joints are hand-carved and hand-scribed.

所有衔接处都是纯手工雕琢和手绘的。

Here is another pretty typical scene. This is a suburban Las Vegas neighborhood.

这是另一个非常典型的场景。这是拉斯维加斯的某个郊区。

But you open one of the garage doors

但是你打开一扇车库的门

and there is a professional-size boxing ring inside.

就会看见里面有一个职业拳击台大小的场地。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And so there is a good reason for this.

建造它有一个好理由。

It was built by this man who is Wayne McCullough.

建造它的人是维恩.麦库洛夫

He won the silver medal for Ireland

1992年奥运会

in the 1992 Olympics,

他为爱尔兰赢得过银牌。

and he trains in this space. He trains other people.

他在这个空间里培训。他培训其他人。

And right off the garage he has his own trophy room

在车库的右侧，他有一个自己的奖章房间，

where he can sort of bask in his accomplishments,

在这里他能沉浸于自己的成就之中，

which is another sort of important part about a manspace.

这是关于一个人造空间的另一个重要的组成部分。

So, while this space represents someone's profession,

所以，当这个空间代表某人的职业时，

this one certainly represents a passion.

那么这一个显然代表着一种热情。

It's made to look like the inside of an English sailing ship.

它内部看起来是一个英国航船。

It's a collection of nautical antiques from the 1700s and 1800s.

它收藏了很多18世纪到19世纪航海古董。

Museum quality.

博物馆级别的。

So, as I came to the end of my journey,

所以，当我结束我的旅行时，

I found over 50 spaces.

我找到50多处空间。

And they were unexpected and they were surprising.

他们都很出乎意料，很令我惊奇。

But they were also --

但是，他们也

I was really impressed by how personalized they were,

留给我非常深刻的印象，他们都那么有个性，

and how much work went into them.

也被人们花费了那么多心血去建造。

And I realized that's because the guys that I met

我意识到那是因为这些我遇见的人们

were all very passionate about what they did.

都非常热爱他们所从事的。

And they really loved their professions.

他们非常热爱他们自己的职业。

And they were very passionate about their collections and their hobbies.

非常热爱他们的收藏和他们自己的兴趣。

And so they created these spaces

所以，他们创造了这些空间

to reflect what they love to do,

去反应他们喜欢做的，

and who they were.

和他们自己。

So if you don't have a space of your own,

所以，如果你不能有一个你自己的空间，

I highly recommend finding one, and getting into it.

我强烈建议你去找一个，并且走进去。

Thank you very much.

非常感谢。

(Applause)

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