Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green in the South Bronx

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Translator: Morton Bast Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha
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翻译人员: Kang Rong SUN 校对人员: Qiumeng Zhao
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Good afternoon.
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各位下午好!
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I am not a farmer.
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我不是农民。
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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I'm not. I'm a parent, I'm a resident and I'm a teacher.
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我不是。我是一位家长,一个居民,也是一名教师。
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And this is my world.
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这就是关于我的全部。
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And along the way I've started noticing --
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这些年来,我逐渐意识到
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I'm on my third generation of kids --
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我现在的学生是第三代移民
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that they're getting bigger.
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他们越长越大
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They're getting sicker.
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身体也越来越差
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In addition to these complexities,
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除了这些复杂的问题
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I just learned that 70 percent of the kids that I see
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最近我才知道,我所看到的所谓的“学习障碍者”
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who are labeled learning disabled would not have been
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他们的当中的70%,如果不是因为出生前营养不良
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had they had proper prenatal nutrition.
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都将会不会有这个问题
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The realities of my community are simple. They look like this.
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我所在社区的情况很简单。他们看上去是这样的。
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Kids should not have to grow up and look at things like this.
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孩子们不应该这样成长,也不应该看到如此的事。
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And as jobs continue to leave my community,
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另外,我所在的社区,越来越多的人失去了工作,
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and energy continues to come in, be exported in,
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我们需要从外面引进能源
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it's no wonder that really some people refer to the South Bronx as a desert.
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难怪一些人几乎把南布朗克斯称之为沙漠,
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But I'm the oldest sixth grader you'll ever meet,
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但是在你见过的六年级的学生中,我是最老的一个,
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so I get up every day with this tremendous amount of enthusiasm
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所以我每天醒来都充满了无比的热情,
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that I'm hoping to share with you all today.
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我现在就想和大家分享这热情。
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And with that note, I come to you with this belief
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说到这里,我来先跟你们说说我相信的一点,
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that kids should not have to leave their communities
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我相信孩子不应该离开他们所在的社区,
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to live, learn and earn in a better one.
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不应该去更好的社区生活、学习、赚钱。
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So I'm here to tell you a story about me
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让我来讲个故事给你们听。
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and this wall that I met outside, which I'm now bringing inside.
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这块墙砖是我在外面看到的,现在把它带进来。
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And it starts with three people.
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这个故事还得从三个人讲起。
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The crazy teacher -- that's me on the left,
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一位疯狂的老师,就是左边那个,实际上也就是我,
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I dress up pretty, thank you, my wife, I love you for getting a good suit --
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我特地打扮了一番。多亏了我太太,非常感谢你的好西装。
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my passionate borough president
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我热情的镇长,
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and a guy named George Irwin from Green Living Technologies
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还有一个名叫乔治-鄂文的人,他来自绿色生活科技(公司),
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who helped me with my class
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他曾经帮我上过课,
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and helped me get involved with this patented technology.
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还邀请我参加这项专利技术的研发。
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But it all starts with seeds in classrooms,
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但一切都从教室里的种子开始,
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in my place, which looks like this.
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在我那儿,教室是这样的。
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And I'm here today hoping that my reach will exceed my grasp.
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今天我在此,希望我能够把目光放得长远。
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And that's really what this is all about.
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这就是关键所在。
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And it starts with incredible kids like this,
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就是这样让人佩服的孩子们开始了一切,
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who come early and stay late.
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他们起早贪黑。
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All of my kids are either IEP or ELL learners,
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所有这些孩子都学习IEP(自我学习)或ELL(英语学习)
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most come with a lot of handicaps,
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其中大部分人还存在诸多障碍,
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most are homeless and many are in foster care.
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大多数人无家可归,许多都被寄养
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Almost all of my kids live below poverty.
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几乎我所有的学生都生活在贫困之中,
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But with those seeds, from day one, we are growing in my classroom,
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但是我们从第一天上课开始就种下了这些种子,
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and this is what it looks like in my classroom.
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这就是我班上的情况。
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And you see how attentive these kids are to these seeds.
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你们看这些孩子们对种子多专注呀。
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And then you notice that those seeds become farms across the Bronx that look like this.
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然后你会看到,这些种子长成了作物,遍布布朗克斯,就像这样。
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But again, I am not a farmer. I'm a teacher.
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不过,还是那句话,我不是农民,我是一名老师。
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And I don't like weeding, and I don't like back-breaking labor.
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我不喜欢除草和那些把腰都累断的劳动。
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So I wanted to figure out how I could get this kind of success
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所以我想找到一个办法,能把这样一件伟事
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into something small, like this,
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分解成若干这样的小事,
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and bring it into my classroom so that handicapped kids could do it,
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于是我把它带到课堂上,让那些残疾的孩子们种植,
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kids who didn't want to be outside could do it,
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那些不想外出的孩子就可以做这件事,
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and everyone could have access.
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每个人都可以做。
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So I called George Irwin, and what do you know?
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于是我打了个电话给乔治-鄂文,你猜怎么着?
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He came to my class and we built an indoor edible wall.
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他到我教室,我们在教室里砌了一堵可食用的墙。
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And what we do is we partner it with authentic learning experiences,
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我们还把这个种植活动跟真实的学习经验结合,
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private-based learning.
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还结合了个性化的学习,
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And lo and behold, we gave birth to
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你瞧,在我们的共同努力下,
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the first edible wall in New York City.
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纽约市第一堵可食用的墙就诞生了!
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So if you're hungry, get up and eat.
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如果你饿了,不妨起来吃一点。
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You can do it right now. My kids play cow all the time.
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你现在就可以。我的孩子们就像吃草的牛一样,
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Okay? But we were just getting started,
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但是我们才刚刚开始,
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the kids loved the technology,
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孩子们非常喜欢这一技术,
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so we called up George and we said, "We gotta learn more!"
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所以我们就一起打了电话给乔治,我们说:“我们想要学更多东西!”
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Now, Mayor Bloomberg, thank you very much, we no longer need work permits,
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现在,彭博市长,非常感谢您,我们不再需要许可才去工作了,
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which comes with slices and bonded contractors -- we're available for you --
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这些工作只带来杯水车薪和刻薄的合同。可对你随时有空
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We decided to go to Boston.
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我们决定把它推广到波士顿。
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And my kids, from the poorest congressional district in America,
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我的学生们,虽然他们来自美国最穷的地方,
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became the first to install a green wall,
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却成了第一批竖起这座绿色之墙的人
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designed by a computer, with real-live learning tools,
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这堵墙由计算机设计,还能用到现实生活中的各种工具,
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21 stories up -- if you're going to go visit it,
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足足有21层楼这么高。如果你乐意来参观的话,
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it's on top of the John Hancock building.
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它就位于约翰-汉考克大楼楼顶。
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But closer to home, we started installing these walls in schools
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在我们学校附近,我们也开始在其它学校里竖起这样的墙,
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that look like this with lighting like that,
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就像这样,上面装点了很多彩灯,
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real LED stuff, 21st-century technology.
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还是LED的灯,21世纪的技术。
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And what do you know? We made 21st century money,
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你知道吗?我们赚了21世纪钱,
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and that was groundbreaking. Wow!
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这是一件多么有突破性的事情呀!
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This is my harvest, people.
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这就是我的收获。
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And what do you do with this food? You cook it!
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那么这些食物能做什么呢?当然是用它做菜啦!
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And those are my heirloom students making heirloom sauce,
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这些是我宝贝学生们做的宝贝香肠,
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with plastic forks, and we get it into the cafeteria,
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外加塑料叉子,我们把这些香肠卖到咖啡厅,
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and we grow stuff and we feed our teachers.
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我们继续种植,养活老师们。
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And that is the youngest nationally certified
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而且我们有幸成为了国家认可的、最年轻的
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workforce in America with our Bronx Borough President.
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劳动力,获得了布鲁克斯镇长的认可。
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And what'd we do then? Well, I met nice people like you,
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然后呢?后来又发生了什么?后来我遇到了一群很棒的人,像你们这样,
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and they invited us to the Hamptons.
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他们邀请我们去汉普顿,
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So I call this "from South Bronx to Southampton."
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所以我称之为“从南布鲁克斯到南汉普顿”
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And we started putting in roofs that look like this,
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于是我们开始在那里打造这样的屋顶,
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and we came in from destitute neighborhoods
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我们来自贫困的街区,
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to start building landscape like this, wow! People noticed.
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却在塑造这样的景致!很棒!不是吗?吸引了很多人的目光,
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And so we got invited back this past summer,
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所以今年夏天我们又受到了邀请,
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and we actually moved into the Hamptons,
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而且我们还搬到了汉普顿,
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payed 3,500 dollars a week for a house, and we learned how to surf.
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我们花3,500美金一周租了一所房子,我们学会了如何冲浪,
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And when you can do stuff like this --
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当你学会做这些事的时候——
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These are my kids putting in this technology,
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我的孩子们现在就在推广这项技术
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and when you can build a roof that looks like that
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当你可以造出这样的一个房顶
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on a house that looks like that
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架在这样的一个房子之上的时候
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with sedum that looks like this,
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并且用的是这样的景天草,
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this is the new green graffiti.
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这就是新的绿色涂鸦。
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So, you may wonder what does a wall like this
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你也许会不明白,究竟像这样一堵墙
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really do for kids, besides changing landscapes and mindsets?
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除了改变我们的庭院和想法,还能真正给孩子们什么?
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Okay, I'm going to tell you what it does.
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好吧,让我来告诉你们。
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It gets me to meet incredible contractors like this,
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它帮我遇到了一群神奇的承包商,
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Jim Ellenberger from Ellenberger Services.
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比如艾伦伯格服务机构的吉姆-艾伦伯格,
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And this is where it becomes true triple bottom line.
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从此我们开始获利翻番,
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Because Jim realized that these kids, my future farmers,
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因为吉姆明白这群孩子们,也就是我未来的农业劳动者们,
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really had the skills he needed to build affordable housing
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确实有超凡的天赋,可以帮助他建造出人们买得起的房子,
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for New Yorkers, right in their own neighborhood.
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让纽约人居有定所,而且就在他们自己的街区里。
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And this is what my kids are doing, making living wage.
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这也就是我的学生们现在在做的事,也养活了他们自己。
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Now, if you're like me, you live in a building, there are seven guys
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现在,如果你也像我一样,住在一幢楼里,楼里有七个人,
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out of work looking to manage a million dollars.
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他们没有工作,但是管理者上百万美金,
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I don't have it. But if you need a toilet fixed
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我没有一百万。但是你需要修一个厕所,
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or, you know, some shelving, I gotta wait six months
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或者,修什么架子,我需要等六个月
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for an appointment with someone who drives a much nicer car than me.
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等到预约的人来帮忙,他们通常开得比我好很多的车。
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That's the beauty of this economy.
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这就是这个经济世界的魅力所在。
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But my kids are now licensed and bonded in trade.
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但是我的学生们现在已经有执照了,也可以参与经营。
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And that's my first student to open up, the first in his family to have a bank account.
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这是我一个开始创业学生,他也是他们家唯一开了银行账户的人。
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This immigrant student is the first one in his family to use an ATM.
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这位移民学生是他家里唯一一个用ATM的人。
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And this is the true triple bottom line,
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这绝对是帮助他们提高了生活质量,
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because we can take neighborhoods that were abandoned and destitute
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因为我们选取了被遗弃的最贫困的街区,
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and turn them into something like this with interiors like this.
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把它们变成了这样。
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Wow! People noticed. And notice they did.
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哇!不错吧!人们被吸引了过来。人们开始注意我们。
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So CNN called, and we were delighted to have them come to our farmer's market.
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CNN也打电话来,我们很高兴地邀请他们来参观我们的农场。
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And then when Rockefeller Center said, NBC,
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之后,洛克菲勒中心说:NBC,
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could you put this thing up on the walls? We were delighted.
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你可以把这条新闻放到大屏幕上吗?我们高兴极了!
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But this, I show you, when kids from the poorest congressional district in America
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但是我们的孩子们来自美国最贫困的地方,
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can build a 30-foot by 15-foot wall,
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他们终于可以建立起高达30英尺或者15英尺的墙,
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design it, plant it and install it in the heart of New York City,
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自己设计,自己种植,而且这墙还在纽约市的市中心,
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that's a true "sí se puede" moment.
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这绝对是西班牙语中所说的“是的!绝对可能!“的时刻。
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Really scholastic, if you ask me.
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你要有疑问,我只能说这绝对是学生做的。
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But this is not a Getty image.
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但是这不是来自盖特的图片,
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That's a picture I took of my Bronx Borough President,
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这是我拍的布鲁克斯镇长的照片,
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addressing my kids in his house, not the jailhouse,
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为我的孩子们在他家发表演讲,而不是在监狱里
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making them feel a part of it.
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他让学生感受到自己是那儿的一部分,
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That's our State Senator Gustavo Rivera and Bob Bieder,
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这是我们的州议员古斯塔沃-里维拉和鲍勃-彼得,
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coming to my classroom to make my kids feel important.
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他们来到我的课堂,让孩子们知道到自己很重要,
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And when the Bronx Borough President shows up
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当布鲁克斯镇长出现的时候,
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and the State Senator comes to our class,
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以及州议员们来到课堂之际,
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believe you me, the Bronx can change attitudes now.
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说真的,布鲁克斯对我们的态度大为改观。
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We are poised, ready, willing and able
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现在的我们自信能干,充满期待与毅力
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to export our talent and diversity in ways we've never even imagined.
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以从前不敢想的方式散播着我们的智慧,让世界更多元
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And when the local senator gets on the scale in public
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本来议员在公众中变得知名以后,
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and says he's got to lose weight, so do I!
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他可能会因此减肥。其实我也一样。
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And I tell you what, I'm doing it and so are the kids.
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而且,我告诉大家,我在做这些事业,孩子们也是!
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Okay? And then celebrities started.
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于是,之后名人们也加入到这个行列之中。
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Produce Pete can't believe what we grow.
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普路德斯-皮特简直不敢相信我们在种什么,
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Lorna Sass came and donated books.
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罗娜-萨斯来拜访我们,还给我们捐书。
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Okay? We're feeding seniors.
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我们养活了老人们。
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And when we realized that we were growing for food justice in the South Bronx,
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当我们意识到自己在为南布鲁克斯种粮食
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so did the international community.
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同时也是国际社会关心的事,
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And my kids in the South Bronx were repped in
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我的学生们甚至还代表南布鲁克斯参加
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the first international green roof conference.
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首届国际绿色屋顶大会。
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And that's just great.
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多棒啊!
06:37
Except what about locally?
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除了一些关于当地的情况?
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Well, we met this woman, Avis Richards, with the Ground Up Campaign.
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我们和Group Up运动的人员去拜会了这位女士,艾维斯-理查德
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Unbelievable! Through her, my kids,
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简直令人难以置信!通过她,我的学生们,
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the most disenfranchised and marginalized,
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那些被剥夺权利的人们,还有被边缘化的人们,
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were able to roll out 100 gardens to New York City public schools.
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终于得以在纽约市公立学校铺开100个园圃。
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That's triple bottom line! Okay?
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是不是改变了他们的生活?!
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A year ago today, I was invited to the New York Academy of Medicine.
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去年今日,我收到纽约医学院的邀请,
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I thought this concept of designing a strong and healthy New York
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我认为设计一个强装健康纽约的概念合情合理
06:59
made sense, especially when the resources were free.
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特别是我们需要的资源都不用花钱。
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So thank you all and I love them.
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所以,太感谢你们了,我爱他们。
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They introduced me to the New York City Strategic Alliance for Health,
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他们向我介绍了纽约市健康战略联盟,
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again, free resources, don't waste them.
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这些也是免费的资源,可千万别浪费了他们。
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And what do you know? Six months later,
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你知道吗?六个月之后,
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my school and my kids were awarded the first ever
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我的学校和学生们就得到了嘉奖,
07:15
high school award of excellence for creating a healthy school environment.
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这是第一个授予高中的杰出健康校园奖。
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The greenest class in New York City.
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也是纽约市最绿色的课堂。
07:21
But more importantly is my kids learned to get,
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但是更重要的是,我的学生们学会了收获
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they learned to give.
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学会了奉献。
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And we took the money that we made from our farmer's market,
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我们拿那些从农场上赚来的钱,
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and started buying gifts for the homeless
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买了礼物送给无家可归的人,
07:29
and for needy around the world.
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还有世界上需要帮助的穷人。
07:30
So we started giving back.
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这就是我们所开始的奉献行动。
07:31
And that's when I realized that the greening of America
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从那时起,我明白了要让美国变得更绿色
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starts first with the pockets, then with the heart
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从钱袋开始,然后再到心,
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and then with the mind.
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再然后到意识。
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So we were onto something, and we're still onto something.
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我们曾经支持那些事,现在一如既往。
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And thank God Trinity Wall Street noticed,
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感谢上帝,华尔街三一教堂注意到了我们,
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because they gave us the birth of Green Bronx Machine.
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因为它们帮助我们造就了“绿色布鲁克斯机”,
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We're 3,000 strong right now.
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我们现在有3000台了。
07:48
And what does it really do?
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这些机器究竟干嘛呢?
07:49
It teaches kids to re-vision their communities,
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它教会孩子们如何重新规划它们所在的社区,
07:51
so when they grow up in places like this, they can imagine it like this.
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他们在这些地方长大,他们可以将它想象成这样。
07:54
And my kids, trained and certified --
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我的学生们,接受了培训,获得认证,
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Ma, you get the tax abatement. Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg --
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马,你获得了税收减免,多亏了彭博市长,
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can take communities that look like this and convert them into things that look like that,
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于是得以把这样的社区,改造成现在的模样
08:02
and that to me, people, is another true "sí se puede" moment.
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这对我来说,意味着另一个真切的“是的!绝对可能!“的时刻。
08:05
Now, how does it start? It starts in schools.
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现在,这些从何开始呢?就从学校开始。
08:07
No more little Knicks and little Nets.
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再也不会有街头打篮球的小子,小混混
08:09
Group by broccoli, group by your favorite vegetable,
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他们因为西兰花结成队伍,因为他们喜欢的蔬菜在一起,
08:12
something you can aspire to.
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于是你们就有值得期待的东西。
08:14
Okay? And these are my future farmers of America,
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这些是我们未来的美国农民,
08:16
growing up in Brook Park on 141st Street,
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在141大街的布鲁克公园公园长大,
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the most migrant community in America.
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它是美国移民最为多样的社区。
08:20
When tenacious little ones learn how to garden like this,
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当最顽强的小家伙们学会如何这样种菜的时候,
08:22
it's no wonder we get fruit like that.
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水果的丰收也是在意料之中了。
08:25
And I love it! And so do they.
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我爱这一切!孩子们也爱。
08:27
And we're building teepees in neighborhoods that were burning down.
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我们在那些被焚毁的街区里搭起帐篷,
08:30
And that's a true "sí se puede" moment.
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这是真正的一切皆有可能的时刻!
08:32
And again, Brook Park feeds hundreds of people
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布鲁克公园又为上百人提供食物,
08:35
without a food stamp or a fingerprint.
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而且无需食品券或指纹。
08:38
The poorest congressional district in America,
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在美国最贫困的地区,
08:40
the most migratory community in America, we can do this.
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也是移民最多的地方——我们做到了这一切!
08:43
Bissel Gardens is cranking out food in epic proportions,
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比赛尔公园把食物载入史诗,
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moving kids into an economy they never imagined.
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把孩子们带入一个他们从不想像的经济体制。
08:49
Now, somewhere over the rainbow, my friends,
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现在,在彩虹之上的,我的朋友们,
08:52
is the South Bronx of America. And we're doing it.
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就是我们的南布鲁克斯的热土。我们正为此耕耘,
08:55
How does it start? Well, look at Jose's attention to detail.
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从何开始呢?来看看约斯对细节的注重,
08:58
Thank God Omar knows that carrots come from the ground,
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感谢上帝,奥玛懂得胡萝卜是地上种出来的,
09:01
and not aisle 9 at the supermarket
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而不是从超市的货架上来的,
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or through a bullet-proof window or through a piece of styrofoam.
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或者从防弹玻璃或发泡胶里。
09:05
And when Henry knows that green is good, so do I.
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亨利得知环保是件好事,我也知道。
09:08
And when you expand their palates, you expand their vocabulary.
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当你让他们感到吃惊时,你也同时拓宽了他们的词汇量。
09:11
And most importantly, when you put big kids together with little kids,
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更重要的是,当你把大一点的孩子们混在一起的时候,
09:15
you get the big fat white guy out of the middle, which is cool,
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你会从中发现大白胖小子。这很酷。
09:17
and you create this kind of accountability amongst peers, which is incredible.
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你在同伴间塑造了一种责任感,这很奇妙。
09:20
God, I'm going to run out of time, so I've gotta keep it moving.
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演讲快没时间了,我得快一点儿。
09:23
But this is my weekly paycheck for kids; that's our green graffiti.
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这是我们一周之内孩子们的收获;这是我们的绿色涂鸦。
09:26
This is what we're doing.
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这就是我们所做的。
09:28
And behold the glory and bounty that is Bronx County.
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谁知,这一切都是布鲁克斯镇的荣耀和奖赏,
09:32
Nothing thrills me more than to see kids pollinating plants instead of each other.
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没有什么比看到孩子们帮植物授粉让我更高兴的了!
09:36
I gotta tell you, I'm a protective parent.
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其实我是个懂得的保护孩子的家长。
09:38
But those kids are the kids who are now putting
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不过这些孩子
09:39
pumpkin patches on top of trains.
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把一小块南瓜田建在了火车之上。
09:41
We're also designing coin ponds for the rich and affluent.
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我们正在为富人设计玉米田,
09:44
We're also becoming children of the corn,
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我们也成为玉米之子,
09:46
creating farms in the middle of Fordham Road for awareness
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在福特汉姆路上打造出一片农地,让人们能意识到,
09:48
and window bottles out of garbage.
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我们还利用垃圾中的瓶子围成窗户。
09:50
Now I don't expect every kid to be a farmer,
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如今我已经不期望每个孩子都成为农民了,
09:52
but I expect you to read about it, write about it, blog about it, offer outstanding customer service.
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但是我期望各位去读一读,写一些关于这些的文章、博客,提供一些优质的客户服务。
09:55
I expect them to be engaged, and man, are they!
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我希望他们都参与其中,每个人都参与!
09:58
So that's my incredible classroom, that's the food.
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这就是我们神奇的教室,这是那些食物。
10:00
Where does it go? Zero miles to plate, right down into the cafeteria.
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它们最终去往哪儿呢?直达餐盘,直至餐厅。
10:04
Or more importantly, to local shelters,
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更重要的是,供给当地的避难所,
10:06
where most of our kids are getting one to two meals a day.
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那里的孩子一天只有1到2顿饭。
10:08
And we're stepping it up.
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我们孩子继续推进,
10:10
No Air Jordans were ever ruined on my farm.
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我们农场里也不让孩子们弄坏他们的耐克乔丹鞋。
10:12
And in his day, a million dollar gardens and incredible installations.
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在他们的生活里,价值一百万的花园和所有神奇的装置无处不在。
10:16
Let me tell you something, people.
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让我再来给你讲讲吧,观众朋友们。
10:17
This is a beautiful moment.
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这是一个美妙的瞬间。
10:21
Black field, brown field, toxic waste field, battlefield --
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黑色的田地、棕色的土壤、有毒废弃的地方、战场……
10:24
we're proving in the Bronx that you can grow anywhere, on cement.
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我们在向大家证明:布鲁克斯哪里都可以种植,哪怕在水泥上都可以。
10:27
And we take orders for flowers. I'm putting the bake sale to shame.
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我们接受鲜花的预定。我让烤蛋糕的小商小户们汗颜。
10:31
We take orders now. I'm booking for the spring.
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我们开始接受订单,已经排到春天。
10:33
And these were all grown from seeds. We're learning everything.
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这些都是从种子慢慢长出来的。我们尽可能的学习。
10:37
And again, when you can take kids from backgrounds as diverse
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当你接受所有背景的孩子们时,
10:39
as this to do something as special as this,
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就像这是一件如此特别的事情,
10:42
we're really creating a moment.
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我们确实在创造一个时刻,
10:43
Now, you may ask about these kids.
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你可能会问一些关于这些孩子们的事,
10:46
Forty percent attendance to 93 percent attendance.
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参与率从40%提升至93%,
10:49
All start overage and under-credit.
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无需任何原始投入,也无需贷款。
10:52
They are now, my first cohort is all in college, earning a living wage.
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我第一批学生现在已经在念大学了,而且能赚钱养活自己。
10:56
The rest are scheduled to graduate this June.
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其余的孩子们也将于今年六月毕业。
10:58
Happy kids, happy families, happy colleagues.
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快乐的孩子们,快乐的家庭,快乐的同事们。
11:01
Amazed people. The glory and bounty that is Bronx County.
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令人称奇的人们啊。所有的荣耀和赏赐都来自于布鲁克斯镇。
11:05
Let's talk about mint. Where is my mint?
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我们来说说薄荷。我的薄荷哪儿去了?
11:08
I grow seven kinds of mint in my class.
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我在课堂上种了七种薄荷。
11:10
Mojitos, anybody? I'll be at Telepan later.
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莫黑脱,你们都知道吧?之后我回去特勒潘。
11:12
But, understand this is my intellectual Viagra.
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但是,可以理解,这激发了我学术的热情。
11:15
Ladies and gentlemen, I gotta move quick, but understand this:
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女士们先生们,我得快点儿,但是请理解:
11:18
The borough that gave us baggy pants and funky fresh beats
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这个镇让给我们习惯穿宽松、嘻哈的裤子,打着时髦、潮流的节拍,
11:21
is becoming home to the organic ones.
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这现在已经成为有机食品的源泉。
11:23
My green [unclear] 25,000 pounds of vegetables,
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我种了2万5千磅蔬菜,
11:26
I'm growing organic citizens, engaged kids.
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我也是在培养”有机“市民,懂得奉献的孩子们。
11:29
So help us go from this to this.
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所以它帮我们从这样变成了这样。
11:32
Self-sustaining entities, 18 months return on investment,
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帮我们自己自足,十八个月就收回投资了。
11:35
plus we're paying people living wage and health benefits,
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而且我们还给员工们付了足够工资和福利,
11:38
while feeding people for pennies on the dollar.
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他们以便士为生,我们付给他们美元。
11:40
Martin Luther King said that people need to be uplifted with dignity.
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马丁-路德-金曾说:应该给予人民自尊。
11:43
So here in New York, I urge you, my fellow Americans,
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在此,我敦促大家,我亲爱的美国同胞们,让我们在纽约
11:46
to help us make America great again.
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一起把美国建设得更加富强。
11:49
It's simple. Share your passion.
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其实很简单。只要贡献你的激情。
11:51
It's real easy. Go see these two videos, please.
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真的很容易。请看看这两段视频。
11:53
One got us invited to the White House, one's a recent incarnation.
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一段关于我们受到白宫的邀请,另一段关于我们最近的一段代言。
11:56
And most importantly, get the biggest bully out of schools.
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更重要的是,我们要让这些垃圾食品在学校消失。
11:59
This has got to go tomorrow.
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要让他们立刻消失。
12:01
People, you can all do that.
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这些,各位都可以做得到。
12:03
Keep kids out of stores that look like this.
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不要让孩子们走进这样的店。
12:06
Make them a healthy plate,
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给他们吃健康的食物。
12:08
especially if you can pick it off the wall in your own classroom -- delicioso!
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尤其是,如果你可以从我们教室的墙上摘一些的话就更好了!可美味了!
12:11
Model good behavior. Get them to a green cart.
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学习良好行为,让购物车更加绿色环保。
12:14
Big kids love strawberries and bananas.
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大一点的孩子应该喜欢草莓和香蕉。
12:16
Teach them entrepreneurship. Thank God for GrowNYC.
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教会他们企业家精神。感谢上帝我们在纽约这个城里种蔬菜!
12:19
Let them cook. Great lunch today, let them do culinary things.
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让他们学做饭。让他们做一些跟烹饪相关的事。
12:23
But most importantly, just love them.
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更关键的是,关爱他们。
12:25
Nothing works like unconditional love.
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没有什么像无条件的爱一样有用
12:27
So, my good friend Kermit said it's not easy being green.
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我的好朋友科密特说:做到环保不容易。
12:30
It's not. I come from a place where kids can buy
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但事实并非如此。我所来的地方,孩子们都可以买
12:33
35 flavors of blunt wrap at any day of the moment,
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35种口味的卷饼,每天任何时候都可以,
12:36
where ice cream freezers are filled with slushy malt liquor.
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放冰淇林的冰柜里都装满了麦芽糖酿的酒。
12:38
Okay? My dear friend Majora Carter once told me,
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我亲爱的朋友玛约拉-卡特曾经告诉我,
12:43
we have everything to gain and nothing to lose.
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我们一无所有,只有得到,不再会有失去。
12:46
So here, and at a time when we've gone from
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因此,在我们追求的每时每刻,
12:48
the audacity to hope to hope for some audacity,
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大胆地寄予希望,
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I urge you to do something.
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我请各位开始做些什么吧!
12:53
I urge you to do something.
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我请各位开始做些什么吧!
12:54
Right now, we're all tadpoles,
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就是现在,我们都像蝌蚪一样,
12:56
but I urge you to become a big frog and take that big, green leap.
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但是我希望大家都成为大大的青蛙,能够一跃而起,
12:59
I don't care if you're on the left, on the right, up the middle, wherever.
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不管跃向左右、向上、或居中
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Join me. Use -- I've got a lot of energy. Help me use it.
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请加入我们的行列。我觉得自己充满活力。请帮我用掉一点活力。
13:06
We can do something here.
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我们什么都可以做。
13:09
And along the way, please take time to smell the flowers,
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在这条路上,请停留片刻闻闻花香,
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especially if you and your students grew them.
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特别是和你的学生一起种植。
13:13
I'm Steve Ritz, this is Green Bronx Machine.
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我是史蒂夫-瑞茨。这是绿色布鲁克斯的机器。
13:16
I've got to say thank you to my wife and family, for my kids,
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在此,感谢我的妻子、家人和学生。
13:19
thank you for coming every day, and for my colleagues,
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也谢谢各位今日来到这里,也谢谢我的同事们
13:21
believing and supporting me.
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一直信任、支持我。
13:22
We are growing our way into a new economy.
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我们将继续种植下去,开创一番新的经济。
13:24
Thank you, God bless you and enjoy the day. I'm Steve Ritz.
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谢谢大家!祝大家享受每一天。我是史蒂夫-瑞茨
13:28
Sí se puede!
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“是的!绝对可能!“
13:30
(Applause)
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(掌声)
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