Bill Strickland: Rebuilding a neighborhood with beauty, dignity, hope

翻译人员: wei gu 校对人员: Sunny Yen

It's a great honor to be here with you.

幸会，诸位。

The good news is

有一个好消息

I'm very aware of my responsibilities to get you out of here

我非常清楚我负有将各位带离现场的责任

because I'm the only thing standing between you and the bar.

因为我是你们和酒巴之间唯一的障碍了

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And the good news is I don't have a prepared speech,

好在是我并没有提前准备好一个长篇演讲，

but I have a box of slides.

但我有一大盒幻灯片。

I have some pictures that represent my life and what I do for a living.

我有一些能够描述我的生活，以及我如何谋生的图片。

I've learned through experience

我的经验告诉我

that people remember pictures long after they've forgotten words,

人们能够在忘记文字以后很久，还记得图片上的内容。

and so I hope you'll remember some of the pictures

所以我希望你们会记住其中的一些图片

I'm going to share with you for just a few minutes.

我将要和你们分享的，只需要几分钟时间

The whole story really starts

故事从这里开始……

with me as a high school kid in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

那时候我还是宾州匹兹堡一所高中的学生，

in a tough neighborhood that everybody gave up on for dead.

生活在一个很乱的，每个人都放弃了希望的街区。

And on a Wednesday afternoon,

在一个星期三的下午

I was walking down the corridor of my high school

我走在学校的过道中，

kind of minding my own business. And there was this artist teaching,

一边想着自己的心事，当时这位艺术家在讲课，

who made a great big old ceramic vessel,

他做了一个巨大的老式瓷器。

and I happened to be looking in the door of the art room --

我无意中朝艺术教室的大门内看了一眼

and if you've ever seen clay done, it's magic --

如果你曾经见过制陶器是怎么作出来的，那简直就是魔法

and I'd never seen anything like that before in my life.

我一生当中从未见过那样的东西。

So, I walked in the art room and I said, "What is that?"

于是我就走进了艺术教室，说：“这是什么？”

And he said, "Ceramics. And who are you?"

他说：“瓷器……你是谁？”

And I said, "I'm Bill Strickland. I want you to teach me that."

我说：“我是比尔·斯特里克兰，我想你教教我弄这个。”

And he said, "Well, get your homeroom teacher to sign a piece of paper

他说：“好的，让你的主管教师签一个单子，

that says you can come here, and I'll teach it to you."

说明你可以来这里学，我就教你。”

And so for the remaining two years of my high school,

就这样，我在中学的最后两年，

I cut all my classes.

我取消了所有的课程，

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But I had the presence of mind

但我很安心，

to give the teachers' classes that I cut the pottery that I made,

我给那些我取消了课程的老师送去我做的瓷器

(Laughter)

（笑）

and they gave me passing grades.

他们就给了我合格。

And that's how I got out of high school.

我就是这样完成了中学的学业。

And Mr. Ross said,

罗斯先生说：

"You're too smart to die and I don't want it on my conscience,

“你这个鬼灵精，为了让我的良心不受谴责，

so I'm leaving this school and I'm taking you with me."

我要离开这所学校并把你带走。”

And he drove me out to the University of Pittsburgh

然后他就开车带我到了匹兹堡大学

where I filled out a college application and got in on probation.

我在那填了一份入学申请，并获准试读

Well, I'm now a trustee of the university,

我现在是这所大学的理事会成员

and at my installation ceremony I said,

在我的就职典礼上，我说，

"I'm the guy who came from the neighborhood

“我在附近的街区长大

who got into the place on probation.

以试读生的身份进入了这所大学

Don't give up on the poor kids, because you never know

不要放弃那些穷孩子，因为你永远不知道

what's going to happen to those children in life."

他们的生命里会发生什么样的事情。”

What I'm going to show you for a couple of minutes

我要用几分钟时间来展示给诸位的

is a facility that I built in the toughest neighborhood in Pittsburgh

是我在匹兹堡犯罪率最高的街区里

with the highest crime rate.

建立的一所设施

One is called Bidwell Training Center; it is a vocational school

彼得维尔培训中心，这是一所为失业者、单亲妈妈和福利妈妈

for ex-steel workers and single parents and welfare mothers.

设立的专科学校。

You remember we used to make steel in Pittsburgh?

还记得匹兹堡以前生产钢铁吗？

Well, we don't make any steel anymore,

现在这里已经不再生产钢铁了

and the people who used to make the steel

过去以炼钢为生的人们

are having a very tough time of it.

面临非常困难的情况。

And I rebuild them and give them new life.

我改造他们，给他们新的生活。

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is named after my neighborhood.

曼彻斯特手工艺行会就是以我们的街区命名的。

I was adopted

在骚乱中我曾经被

by the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese during the riots,

圣公会的主教收留。

and he donated a row house. And in that row house

他捐出了一座废弃的住宅楼，在那里，

I started Manchester Craftsmen's Guild,

我建立了曼彻斯特手工艺行会，

and I learned very quickly that wherever there are Episcopalians,

我很快就知道，只要有圣公会教徒的地方，

there's money in very close proximity.

附近就有钱！

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And the Bishop adopted me as his kid.

主教视我如己出，

And last year I spoke at his memorial service

去年我在他的追悼会上致辞，

and wished him well in this life.

这一生我都会感激他。

I went out and hired a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect,

我找来建筑大师弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特的一位学生，

and I asked him to build me a world class center

让他替我建一座世界级的（培训）中心，

in the worst neighborhood in Pittsburgh.

就在匹兹堡最糟糕的地带。

And my building was a scale model for the Pittsburgh airport.

我的中心简直就是匹兹堡机场的比例模型。

And when you come to Pittsburgh -- and you're all invited --

当你们来到匹兹堡……随时欢迎诸位……

you'll be flying into the blown-up version of my building.

你们就飞进了我的建筑的放大版本。

That's the building.

这就是我的建筑。

Built in a tough neighborhood where people have been given up for dead.

建在一个贫困潦倒的粗鲁的街区。

My view is that if you want to involve yourself

我认为，如果想介入那些

in the life of people who have been given up on,

已经被认为没有希望的人的生活，

you have to look like the solution and not the problem.

你自己就更应该看上去象是解决问题的办法，而不是问题本身。

As you can see, it has a fountain in the courtyard.

你们看，院子里有一个喷泉

And the reason it has a fountain in the courtyard is I wanted one

园子里做一个喷泉是我的主意。

and I had the checkbook, so I bought one and put it there.

我掌握着支票本，就买了一个放在那。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And now that I'm giving speeches at conferences like TED,

现在我在很多类似TED的会议上演讲，

I got put on the board of the Carnegie Museum.

他们让我加入了卡内基博物馆的董事会

At a reception in their courtyard, I noticed that they had a fountain

在博物馆院子的一个接待处，我看到那也有一个喷泉

because they think that the people who go to the museum deserve a fountain.

因为他们认为应该让每个去到博物馆的人都看到一个喷泉。

Well, I think that welfare mothers and at-risk kids

嗯，我认为应该让福利妈妈、不幸的孩子

and ex-steel workers deserve a fountain in their life.

和失业者的生活里，都有一个“喷泉”。

And so the first thing that you see in my center in the springtime

所以春季你在我的中心第一眼看到的，

is water that greets you -- water is life and water of human possibility --

就是迎接你的水花——水是生命之源。

and it sets an attitude and expectation

它在你向人们开口之前，就明确了你对

about how you feel about people before you ever give them a speech.

他们的态度和期望。

So, from that fountain I built this building.

于是我从这座喷泉开始建立了这座建筑。

As you can see, it has world class art, and it's all my taste

正如你们所看到的，它具备世界级的艺术水准，而且完全符合我的口味

because I raised all the money.

因为我筹集了所有的资金。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

I said to my boy, "When you raise the money,

我对我的儿子说：“如果你筹来了钱

we'll put your taste on the wall."

我们就把你的口味写在墙上。”

That we have quilts and clay and calligraphy

实际上我们有织锦、瓷器还有书法

and everywhere your eye turns,

在你目光所到之处，

there's something beautiful looking back at you,

都有些美丽的东西和你相对。

that's deliberate.

用心良苦，

That's intentional.

颇费周章啊。

In my view, it is this kind of world

我认为，只有这样的世界，

that can redeem the soul of poor people.

才能够拯救贫苦大众的灵魂。

We also created a boardroom,

我们还建了一个会议室。

and I hired a Japanese cabinetmaker from Kyoto, Japan,

我从日本的京都重金请来一位家具匠人，

and commissioned him to do 60 pieces of furniture for our building.

让他为我们的建筑制作了60件家具。

We have since spun him off into his own business.

因为我们，他从此开创了自己的事业。

He's making a ton of money doing custom furniture for rich people.

他现在为富人定制家具，赚了很多很多的钱。

And I got 60 pieces out of it for my school

他的定制家具中有60件是我为我的学校订作的。

because I felt that welfare moms and ex-steel workers

因为我觉得福利母亲、失业者

and single parents deserved to come to a school

和单身妈妈都愿意去一所

where there was handcrafted furniture that greeted them every day.

有些手工家具每天欢迎他们的学校

Because it sets a tone and an attitude about how you feel about people

因为这是一种早在你向他们开口之前就已经表明的

long before you give them the speech.

你如何对待他们的腔调和态度。

We even have flowers in the hallway, and they're not plastic.

我们甚至在走廊里布置了花，这些花不是塑料的

Those are real and they're in my building every day.

他们可是货真价实，每天都摆在我们的楼里

And now that I've given lots of speeches,

现在，我已经做了很多场演讲了

we had a bunch of high school principals come and see me,

有一帮高中校长来看我

and they said, "Mr. Strickland,

他们说，“斯特里克兰先生，

what an extraordinary story and what a great school.

你的故事真是太精彩了，你的学校也很棒。

And we were particularly touched by the flowers

特别是那些花,它们尤其让我们感动。

and we were curious as to how the flowers got there."

我们很好奇，那些花是怎么摆到那里的呢？”

I said, "Well, I got in my car and I went out to the greenhouse

我说：“我开上车，来到花房，

and I bought them and I brought them back and I put them there."

把这些花买下来，然后他们带回来并放到那里。”

You don't need a task force or a study group to buy flowers for your kids.

你不需要一个任务小组或者一个研究小组来为你的孩子买花。

What you need to know is that the children

你需要知道的是，孩子

and the adults deserve flowers in their life.

和成人在他们的生命中都配得欣赏鲜花。

The cost is incidental but the gesture is huge.

买花的费用无阻挂齿，但是它所表达的东西是很巨大的。

And so in my building, which is full of sunlight and full of flowers,

在我的学校了，充满了阳光和鲜花，

we believe in hope and human possibilities.

我们坚信希望和人类的潜能。

That happens to be at Christmas time.

当时刚好在圣诞期间。

And so the next thing you'll see is a million dollar kitchen

接下来你们将看到的是一个价值一百万美元的厨房

that was built by the Heinz company -- you've heard of them?

它由亨氏（Heinz）企业为我们提供的，你们听说过这间公司吗？

They did all right in the ketchup business.

他们在番茄酱领域做得不错。

And I happen to know that company pretty well

我恰好挺熟悉这家公司，

because John Heinz, who was our U.S. senator --

因为，参议员约翰亨氏先生

who was tragically killed in a plane accident --

后来他不幸死于飞机失事-

he had heard about my desire to build a new building,

听说了我要建这么一座新楼的愿望，

because I had a cardboard box and I put it in a garbage bag

因为我正拿着一个纸盒放在垃圾袋里

and I walking all over Pittsburgh trying to raise money for this site.

走遍匹兹堡为此筹款呢。

And he called me into his office --

于是他就让我去他的办公室—

which is the equivalent of going to see the Wizard of Oz

那感觉就像我要去看《绿野仙踪》一样

(Laughter) --

（笑声）

and John Heinz had 600 million dollars, and at the time I had about 60 cents.

约翰亨氏（John Heinz）有6个亿美元，我当时却只有60美分。

And he said, "But we've heard about you.

他说：“我们听说过你，

We've heard about your work with the kids and the ex-steel workers,

以及你为儿童和失业工人做的工作，

and we're inclined to want to support your desire to build a new building.

我们很想资助你修建这个新楼的愿望。

And you could do us a great service

如果能在你的课程里增加一个烹饪课程的话，

if you would add a culinary program to your program."

那你就给我们帮了大忙了。”

Because back then, we were building a trades program.

因为在当时，我们只是要做工匠培训方面的。

He said, "That way we could fulfill our affirmative action goals

他说：“那样的话我们就实现

for the Heinz company."

亨氏企业反歧视行动的目标。”

I said, "Senator, I'm reluctant to go into a field

我说，“参议员先生，让我涉足不熟悉的领域，

that I don't know much about, but I promise you

这使我感觉有些勉为其难，但是我向你保证，

that if you'll support my school, I'll get it built

如果你资助我的学校，

and in a couple of years, I'll come back

一两年的时间我就会把它建好，

and weigh out that program that you desire."

然后我就会考虑你想做的那个项目的。”

And Senator Heinz sat very quietly and he said,

亨参议员静静的坐在那儿，说：

"Well, what would your reaction be

说：“嗯，如果我说我要给你一百万美元，

if I said I'd give you a million dollars?"

你的反应会怎样呢？”

I said, "Senator, it appears that we're going into the food training business."

我说: “参议院先生，看来我们要进军烹饪培训业了。”

(Laughter)

(笑声)

And John Heinz did give me a million bucks.

然后约翰亨氏就真的给了我一百万。

And most importantly,

而最重要的是，

he loaned me the head of research for the Heinz company.

他还把他的公司研究部部长派给了我。

And we kind of borrowed the curriculum from the Culinary Institute of America,

我们借用了一点儿美国烹饪学校（Culinary Institute of America）的课程,

which in their mind is kind of the Harvard of cooking schools,

而那个学校就好像是烹饪界的哈佛。

and we created a gourmet cooks program for welfare mothers

于是，我们为福利妈妈们设计了一个美食烹饪课程，

in this million dollar kitchen in the middle of the inner city.

就在市中心的这个价值百万美元的厨房里。

And we've never looked back.

我们从没有回过头。

I would like to show you now some of the food

我想向你们展示一些食物

that these welfare mothers do in this million dollar kitchen.

它们是由这些福利妈妈们在这个百万美元的厨房里烹制的。

That happens to be our cafeteria line.

这是我们的餐厅。

That's puff pastry day. Why?

这是松饼日。 为什么这样呢？

Because the students made puff pastry

因为学生们做了这些松饼

and that's what the school ate every day.

而学校的学生每天都在吃这些食物

But the concept was that I wanted to take the stigma out of food.

但是我的理念是，我要剔除食物中耻辱的标记。

That good food's not for rich people --

美食并非富人独享

good food's for everybody on the planet,

美食属于这个星球上的每一个人。

and there's no excuse why we all can't be eating it.

每个人都应该享用，没有理由可以把任何人排除在外。

So at my school, we subsidize a gourmet lunch program

所以，在我的学校里，我们资助了一项美味午餐计划，

for welfare mothers in the middle of the inner city

这些计划是为住在内城的中部地区的福利妈妈们准备的，

because we've discovered that it's good for their stomachs,

因为我们发现，这有益于她们的胃。

but it's better for their heads.

不过更有益于他们的头脑。

Because I wanted to let them know every day of their life

因为我想让他们明白，在这个被我称之为中心的地方，

that they have value at this place I call my center.

他们生命的每一天都是有价值的。

We have students who sit together, black kids and white kids,

我们这儿有黑人学生，也有白人学生，他们都坐在一起

and what we've discovered is you can solve the race problem

我们发现，种族问题是可以解决的，

by creating a world class environment,

办法是创造一个世界级的环境。

because people will have a tendency to show you world class behavior

因为人们愿意展现世界级的行为

if you treat them in that way.

如果你能这样对对他们。

These are examples of the food that welfare mothers are doing

这张是照片是福利妈妈们

after six months in the training program.

在培训六个月后做出的食物。

No sophistication, no class, no dignity, no history.

没有刻意、没有阶级、没有贵贱、没有历史。

What we've discovered is the only thing wrong with poor people

我们发现，穷人唯一的问题就在于

is they don't have any money, which happens to be a curable condition.

他们没有一分钱，而这个问题是可以解决的。

It's all in the way that you think about people

这完全取决于你们是怎样看待人们的

that often determines their behavior.

这常常决定了他们的行为。

That was done by a student after seven months in the program,

这张照片是由一个参加培训七个月的学生做的食物。

done by a very brilliant young woman

她既聪明又年轻。

who was taught by our pastry chef.

她的老师就是我们的糕点师。

I've actually eaten seven of those baskets and they're very good.

我已经吃了7个这样的食物篮子了，味道很不错。

(Laughter)

笑声。

They have no calories.

它们没有卡路里。

That's our dining room.

这是我们的餐厅。

It looks like your average high school cafeteria

看上去就象一个普通美国小镇

in your average town in America.

中的学校餐厅一样。

But this is my view of how students ought to be treated,

我认为学生们应该得到这样的尊重，

particularly once they have been pushed aside.

尤其是对那些曾被人们放弃过的孩子们。

We train pharmaceutical technicians for the pharmacy industry,

我们为制药业培训制药方面的技术人员。

we train medical technicians for the medical industry,

我们为医疗行业提供医疗技术人员。

and we train chemical technicians for companies

我们还为一些公司培训化工技术人员，

like Bayer and Calgon Carbon and Fisher Scientific and Exxon.

比如拜尔，卡尔冈炭素, 飞世尔科技以及埃克森石油。

And I will guarantee you that if you come to my center in Pittsburgh --

我向你们保证，如果你们来到我的匹兹堡中心，

and you're all invited --

当然你们都受到我们的邀请

you'll see welfare mothers doing analytical chemistry

你们会看到，福利妈妈们

with logarithmic calculators

在使用对数计算机作化学分析。

10 months from enrolling in the program.

他们才入学10个月。

There is absolutely no reason why poor people

没有任何理由证明穷人

can't learn world class technology.

就不能学习世界级的技术。

What we've discovered is you have to give them flowers

我们发现，你必须给他们鲜花、

and sunlight and food and expectations and Herbie's music,

阳光、食物、期望、赫比（Herbie）的音乐

and you can cure a spiritual cancer every time.

这样每次你都能够治愈精神上的癌症了。

We train corporate travel agents for the travel industry.

我们为旅游业培训旅游专员。

We even teach people how to read.

我甚至还教人读书识字。

The kid with the red stripe was in the program two years ago --

穿红条衫的那个孩子两年前参加了培训

he's now an instructor.

他现在已经成了课程的教师。

And I have children with high school diplomas that they can't read.

还有一些孩子都有高中毕业证书，但自己却不认识证书上的字。

And so you must ask yourself the question:

你们肯定会问自己

how is it possible in the 21st century

都21世纪了，这种连毕业证上的字都不会念的孩子

that we graduate children from schools

我们就让他们毕业了，

who can't read the diplomas that they have in their hands?

怎么可能还有这种事情。

The reason is that the system gets reimbursed

其实原因是，教育系统从政府拿钱

for the kids they spit out the other end, not the children who read.

是以毕业人数为基准而不是认字的人数。

I can take these children and in 20 weeks,

这样的孩子们只要智力正常，20周内

demonstrated aptitude; I can get them high school equivalent.

就可以在我的学校中达到高中生的水平。

No big deal.

没什么大不了的。

That's our library with more handcrafted furniture.

那个是我们的图书馆，有更多的手工家具，

And this is the arts program I started in 1968.

这个是我在1968年开班的艺术课程。

Remember I'm the black kid from the '60s who got his life saved with ceramics.

请记住，我是一个生长于60年代的黑人，陶器制造挽救了我的生命。

Well, I went out and decided to reproduce my experience

当我准备把我的成长模式复制到

with other kids in the neighborhood,

其他住在我那个地方的小孩身上时

the theory being if you get kids flowers and you give them food

我的理论就是，如果你给他们

and you give them sunshine and enthusiasm,

鲜花、食物、阳光和激情，

you can bring them right back to life.

你就能让他们重新回到正常的生活中去。

I have 400 kids from the Pittsburgh public school system

有400个曾就读匹兹堡公立学校的孩子

that come to me every day of the week for arts education.

每天都来我这里接受艺术教育。

And these are children who are flunking out of public school.

这些孩子都快被公立学校退学了。

And last year I put 88 percent of those kids in college

去年我让这些孩子中的88%的人进入了大学，

and I've averaged over 80 percent for 15 years.

这个比例平均高于80%已经有15年了。

We've made a fascinating discovery:

我们做出一个惊人的发现:

there's nothing wrong with the kids

问题不在孩子们身上

that affection and sunshine and food and enthusiasm

没有爱、阳光、食物、热情、

and Herbie's music can't cure.

和赫比的音乐不能治愈的孩子。

For that I won a big old plaque -- Man of the Year in Education.

凭这个发现，我赢得了一个又大又旧的匾额---年度杰出教育人物。

I beat out all the Ph.D.'s

我打败了所有的博士们

because I figured that if you treat children like human beings,

因为我认为，如果你把孩子像人一样对待的话，

it increases the likelihood they're going to behave that way.

他们的举动就更有可能像个正常人。

And why we can't institute that policy

我们为什么不能

in every school and in every city and every town

在每个学校、每个城市、每个小镇制定这样的措施呢？

remains a mystery to me.

我真的很难理解。

Let me show you what these people do.

让我来告诉你这些人是怎么做的。

We have ceramics and photography and computer imaging.

我们有陶瓷制造课、摄影课、电脑制图课，

And these are all kids with no artistic ability, no talent,

而这些孩子们没有艺术细胞、没有才华、

no imagination. And we bring in the world's greatest artists --

没有想象力，我们又请来了很多世界级的艺术家

Gordon Parks has been there, Chester Higgins has been there --

Gordon Parks和Chester Higgins都来过我们这儿

and what we've learned

我们发现

is that the children will become like the people who teach them.

孩子们可以变成和教他们的人一样的人。

In fact, I brought in a mosaic artist from the Vatican,

实际上，我从梵蒂冈请来了一个镶嵌艺术家，

an African-American woman

她是一位非洲裔美国人，

who had studied the old Vatican mosaic techniques,

学习古代梵蒂冈镶嵌艺术技巧。

and let me show you what they did with the work.

让我来给你们看看他们的作品

These were children who the whole world had given up on,

这些孩子曾被世界抛弃

who were flunking out of public school,

被公立学校开除

and that's what they're capable of doing

而这幅画证明了他们的能力

with affection and sunlight and food and good music and confidence.

只要有爱、阳光、食物、美好的音乐和自信。

We teach photography.

我们教授摄影

And these are examples of some of the kids' work.

这是一些学生的作品

That boy won a four-year scholarship

拍摄这张照片的男孩凭借这幅照片展示出的力量

on the strength of that photograph.

拿到了4年的奖学金

This is our gallery.

这是我们的画廊

We have a world class gallery

我们有一个世界级的画廊

because we believe that poor kids need a world class gallery,

因为我们相信穷孩子需要一个世界级的画廊。

so I designed this thing.

所以我设计了它。

We have smoked salmon at the art openings,

我们在艺术展开幕式准备了熏三文鱼。

we have a formal printed invitation,

我们有正式的印刷请柬。

and I even have figured out a way to get their parents to come.

我甚至想出一个方法来让他们家长参加开幕式。

I couldn't buy a parent 15 years ago

15年前，我就是花钱也请不来一个父母。

so I hired a guy who got off on the Jesus big time.

所以我就雇了个人，他从上帝的事业中跳槽过来。

He was dragging guys out of bars

他把人们从酒吧里拉出来

and saving those lives for the Lord.

让他们得到上帝的救赎。

And I said, "Bill, I want to hire you, man.

我说：“比尔，我想聘用你，

You have to tone down the Jesus stuff a little bit,

你得先把上帝的事儿放一放，

but keep the enthusiasm.

不过得保持这股激情。

(Laughter) (Applause)

（笑声）

I can't get these parents to come to the school."

我没法让这些父母来学校。“

He said, "I'll get them to come to the school."

他说：“我会让他们来学校的。”

So, he jumped in the van, he went to Miss Jones' house and said,

然后他就开上面包车，来到琼斯太太家，问道,

"Miss Jones, I knew you wanted to come to your kid's art opening

"琼斯女士，我知道你想去参加你孩子的艺术展开幕式，

but you probably didn't have a ride.

但是你可能没车过去。

So, I came to give you a ride."

所以我来载你去。”

And he got 10 parents and then 20 parents.

他先叫来了10个家长，然后又来了20个家长。

At the last show that we did, 200 parents showed up

在我们的上一个展览上，来了200个家长。

and we didn't pick up one parent.

一个家长我们都没有去接。

Because now it's become socially not acceptable not to show up

因为现在，你要是不来曼彻斯特工匠行会办的展览支持你的小孩的话，

to support your children at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild

你就不会被社会接受，

because people think you're bad parents.

因为大家认为你是糟糕的家长。

And there is no statistical difference

而白人家长和黑人家长

between the white parents and the black parents.

在这点上都是一样的。

Mothers will go where their children are being celebrated,

母亲们会去参加自己孩子的庆祝活动

every time, every town, every city.

任何时间、任何地点都是如此

I wanted you to see this gallery because it's as good as it gets.

我想让你们看看这个画廊，因为不可能比它作得更好了。

And by the time I cut these kids loose from high school,

到这些孩子从我这里毕业的时候

they've got four shows on their resume

他们在申请大学前

before they apply to college because it's all up here.

他们的简历上就有了四次展览的经历了。

You have to change the way that people see themselves

在你能够改变人们的行为之前

before you can change their behavior.

你必须改变他们看待自己的方式。

And it's worked out pretty good up to this day.

这条法则至今都很有有效。

I even stuck another room on the building, which I'd like to show you.

我还在这栋楼上加盖了一个房间，我想请你们看看。

This is brand new.

这可是全新的。

We just got this slide done in time for the TED Conference.

我们赶在TED会议前完成了这张幻灯片。

I gave this little slide show at a place called the Silicon Valley

我在硅谷做了一个小型的幻灯片演讲，

and I did all right.

演讲的效果很好。

And the woman came out of the audience,

观众中一位女士过来

she said, "That was a great story

说：“这个故事非常好

and I was very impressed with your presentation.

你的演讲给我留下了很深的印象。

My only criticism is your computers are getting a little bit old."

美中不足的是你们的电脑有点旧了。"

And I said, "Well, what do you do for a living?"

我说：“您是做哪行的？”

She said, "Well, I work for a company called Hewlett-Packard."

她说：“我在惠普工作。”

And I said, "You're in the computer business, is that right?"

我说：“你是从事电脑行业的，对吗？”

She said, "Yes, sir."

她说：“是的，先生”

And I said, "Well, there's an easy solution to that problem."

我说：“这个问题有个很简单的办法来解决”

Well, I'm very pleased to announce to you that HP

我非常高兴的想你们宣布，惠普

and a furniture company called Steelcase

和Steelcase家具公司

have adopted us as a demonstration model for all of their technology

已经我们作为他们所有的技术和家具

and all their furniture for the United States of America.

在全美的展示样板。

And that's the room

这就是那个房间。

that's initiating the relationship.

因为我们的合作关系才刚开始，

We got it just done in time to show you,

我们刚把它做好来给你展示，

so it's kind of the world debut of our digital imaging center.

这次讲演就成了我们的数字影像中心的全球首映式了。

(Applause)

（掌声）

(Music)

（音乐）

I only have a couple more slides,

我还有一些幻灯片。

and this is where the story gets kind of interesting.

故事开始越来越有趣了。

So, I just want you to listen up for a couple more minutes

所以我想让你们再多听我几分钟，

and you'll understand why he's there and I'm here.

然后你就会明白为什么他在那儿，我在这儿。

In 1986, I had the presence of mind to stick a music hall

1986年我正在修建这个中心的时候，

on the north end of the building while I was building it.

我就想在它的最北边修一个音乐厅。

And a guy named Dizzy Gillespie showed up to play there

然后一个叫Dizzy Gillespie的人就来这儿表演了，

because he knew this man over here, Marty Ashby.

因为他认识坐在那边的人—Marty Ashby。

And I stood on that stage with Dizzy Gillespie on sound check

一个星期三的下午，

on a Wednesday afternoon, and I said,

Dizzy和我在台上试音，我说，

"Dizzy, why would you come to a black-run center

“Dizzy， 为什么你要来一个黑人办的中心来表演呢？

in the middle of an industrial park with a high crime rate

这儿是个工业园区，犯罪率又高，

that doesn't even have a reputation in music?"

在音乐界一点名气也没有。”

He said, "Because I heard you built the center

他说：“因为我听说你建了这个中心，

and I didn't believe that you did it, and I wanted to see for myself.

但我不相信你把这个做成了，所以我想亲自来看看。

And now that I have, I want to give you a gift."

现在我相信了，而且我要送你一件礼物。”

I said, "You're the gift."

我说：“你就是我的礼物。”

He said, "No, sir. You're the gift.

他说：“不，先生，你才是那件礼物。

And I'm going to allow you to record the concert

我允许你为我的现场录音

and I'm going to give you the music,

我要把我的音乐版权给你

and if you ever choose to sell it, you must sign an agreement

如果你准备通过这些录音营利的话，你必须签一个协议，

that says the money will come back and support the school."

声明经营所得要用于资助学校。”

And I recorded Dizzy. And he died a year later,

我为Dizzy录了音，半年后他就去世了。

but not before telling a fellow named McCoy Tyner what we were doing.

不过在去世之前他就把我们所做的事情告诉了一个叫作McCoy Tyner的人

And he showed up and said,

Tyner来了，他说：

"Dizzy talking about you all over the country, man,

“Dizzy在全国各地都谈起你们，

and I want to help you."

我想帮助你们。”

And then a guy named Wynton Marsalis showed up.

然后，一个叫做Wynton Marsalis也来了。

Then a bass player named Ray Brown,

之后是 一个叫 Ray Brown 的贝斯手、

and a fellow named Stanley Turrentine,

一个叫Stanley Turrentine的家伙、

and a piano player named Herbie Hancock,

一个叫Herbie Hancock的钢琴师、

and a band called the Count Basie Orchestra,

一个叫Court Basie Orchestra的乐队、

and a fellow named Tito Puente,

一个叫Tito Puente的家伙、

and a guy named Gary Burton, and Shirley Horn, and Betty Carter,

还有 Gary Burton、 Shirley Horn、 Betty Carter

and Dakota Staton and Nancy Wilson

Dakota Staton和 Nancy Wilson

all have come to this center in the middle of an industrial park

他们都来过个内城中央的工业园里的中心演出。

to sold out audiences in the middle of the inner city.

观众场场爆满。

And I'm very pleased to tell you that, with their permission,

我很高兴的告诉你们，在这些艺术家的允许下，

I have now accumulated 600 recordings

我已经制做了600张专辑

of the greatest artists in the world,

都是世界上最伟大的艺术家们的音乐

including Joe Williams, who died,

包括去世的Joe Williams

but not before his last recording was done at my school.

他在我的学校录制了他的最后一张专辑。

And Joe Williams came up to me and he put his hand on my shoulder

Joe Williams找到我，把他的手放在我的肩膀上

and he said, "God's picked you, man, to do this work.

说：“是上帝拣选了你，让你做这样的工作，

And I want my music to be with you."

愿我的音乐与你同在。”

And that worked out all right.

我们合作的很好。

When the Basie band came, the band got so excited about the school

Basie乐团来了后，整个乐队都因学校感到激动，

they voted to give me the rights to the music.

他们就投票决定把演出的版权给我。

And I recorded it and we won something called a Grammy.

我就做他们录制了音乐，然后我们就赢得了一个叫做个格莱美的东西。

And like a fool, I didn't go to the ceremony

我真是个傻瓜，我并没有参加颁奖典礼，

because I didn't think we were going to win.

因为我觉得我们赢不了。

Well, we did win,

但是，我们确实赢了

and our name was literally in lights over Madison Square Garden.

我们的名字被灯光打在了麦迪逊花园上空。

Then the U.N. Jazz Orchestra dropped by and we recorded them

然后UN Jazz管弦乐队又造访了我们，我们为他们录制了音乐

and got nominated for a second Grammy back to back.

第二次得到格莱美奖的提名。

So, we've become one of the hot, young jazz recording studios

结果我们变成了美国的一个

in the United States of America

年轻而热门的爵士乐录音室

(Laughter)

（笑声）

in the middle of the inner city with a high crime rate.

在这个犯罪率极高的市中心。

That's the place all filled up with Republicans.

这张照片是坐满了共和党人的音乐厅

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

If you'd have dropped a bomb on that room,

如果你当时在那儿丢一颗炸弹，

you'd have wiped out all the money in Pennsylvania

那么全宾夕法尼亚州的财源就全被你断了，

because it was all sitting there.

因为他们可都在那儿呢，

Including my mother and father, who lived long enough

我的父母也在其中，他们能活到足够大的年纪

to see their kid build that building.

看着他们的孩子建好了这个建筑

And there's Dizzy, just like I told you. He was there.

那是Dizzy,就像我告诉你们那样，他在那儿。

And he was there, Tito Puente.

那是Tito Puente，

And Pat Metheny and Jim Hall were there

那是Pat Metheny和 Jim Hall，

and they recorded with us.

他们和我们录音。

And that was our first recording studio, which was the broom closet.

那是我们的第一个录音室，过去是一个扫帚间。

We put the mops in the hallway and re-engineered the thing

我们只能把抹布什么的都放在走廊里，重新设计了这个房间，

and that's where we recorded the first Grammy.

我们在那录制了第一次获得格莱美奖的专辑。

And this is our new facility, which is all video technology.

这是我们的新录音室，全部使用视频技术。

And that is a room that was built for a woman named Nancy Wilson,

这个房间是我们为Nancy Wilson修造的，

who recorded that album at our school last Christmas.

去年圣诞，她在我们的学校录制了专辑。

And any of you who happened to have been watching Oprah Winfrey

如果你们中有谁正好在圣诞节看了“奥普拉”（一个电视节目）的话，

on Christmas Day, he was there and Nancy was there

你们就会看到到他和南希在节目里

singing excerpts from this album,

演唱了这张专辑里的部分歌曲，

the rights to which she donated to our school.

她把专辑的版权捐给了我们学校。

And I can now tell you with absolute certainty

我现在可以向你们打包票，

that an appearance on Oprah Winfrey will sell 10,000 CDs.

一旦在“奥普拉”上露过一面，他的CD就能卖出一万张。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

We are currently number four on the Billboard Charts,

我们现在在全美音乐公告牌上排名第四，

right behind Tony Bennett.

仅次于托尼Tony Bennett。

And I think we're going to be fine.

我想我们的成绩会更好的。

This was burned out during the riots -- this is next to my building --

这张照片是一个在暴乱中烧毁的建筑—紧挨着我的学校。

and so I had another cardboard box built

所以我又做了个硬纸板盒子，

and I walked back out in the streets again.

再次走上了街头。

And that's the building, and that's the model,

这就是那个新学校的模型，

and on the right's a high-tech greenhouse

在它的右边是一个高科技的温室，

and in the middle's the medical technology building.

中央是医学楼。

And I'm very pleased to tell you that the building's done.

我很高兴的告诉你们，这座楼已经建好了。

It's also full of anchor tenants at 20 dollars a foot --

这个建筑里全是有名的商户，一英尺20美元

triple that in the middle of the inner city.

是市中心租价的三倍。

And there's the fountain.

这张是一个喷泉。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Every building has a fountain.

每一个建筑都有一个喷泉。

And the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center are anchor tenants

匹兹堡大学医疗中心是这儿的大租户，

and they took half the building,

他们租了一半的空间。

and we now train medical technicians through all their system.

我们现在就通过他们的系统来培训医疗技术人员。

And Mellon Bank's a tenant.

梅隆银行也租了这里，

And I love them because they pay the rent on time.

我很喜欢他们，因为他们按时交房租。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And as a result of the association,

由于这层关系，

I'm now a director of the Mellon Financial Corporation

我现在是梅隆金融公司的董事，

that bought Dreyfus.

这家公司买下了Dreyfus制药公司。

And this is in the process of being built as we speak.

这个目前正在修建中

Multiply that picture times four and you will see the greenhouse

把照片中的花房再扩大四倍就是今年10月份

that's going to open in October this year

正式落成的样子了，

because we're going to grow those flowers

因为我们要把这些花

in the middle of the inner city.

中在市中心。

And we're going to have high school kids

我们要让高中的孩子们

growing Phalaenopsis orchids in the middle of the inner city.

在市中心种上蝴蝶兰。

And we have a handshake with one of the large retail grocers

我们和一个大型零售商协定，

to sell our orchids in all 240 stores in six states.

让他们在六个州的240个商店里卖我们的兰花。

And our partners are Zuma Canyon Orchids of Malibu, California,

我们的合作伙伴是一家西班牙裔开办的公司

who are Hispanic.

--加州马里布的Zuma Canyon Orchids。

So, the Hispanics and the black folks have formed a partnership

所以，西班牙裔和黑人达成了合作

to grow high technology orchids in the middle of the inner city.

在市中心的中段来种植具有高科技含量的兰花。

And I told my United States senator

我告诉一个美国参议员，

that there was a very high probability

如果他能帮我们

that if he could find some funding for this,

找到一些资金援助，

we would become a left-hand column in the Wall Street Journal,

我们就能上华尔街日报的左边栏的专栏。

to which he readily agreed.

他答应了我们。

And we got the funding and we open in the fall.

所以我们最后得到了资助，我们的花房在今年秋季就要开业了。

And you ought to come and see it -- it's going to be a hell of a story.

你们到时候一定要来看看---这个才是故事的高潮。

And this is what I want to do when I grow up.

这张照片是长大以后，我想要做的事

(Laughter)

（笑声）

The brown building is the one you guys have been looking at

那个棕色的大楼你们看到了吧，

and I'll tell you where I made my big mistake.

我告诉你们，我在它身上犯了一个巨大的错误。

I had a chance to buy this whole industrial park --

我曾经有机会把整个园区

which is less than 1,000 feet from the riverfront --

--距河边不到1000英尺--

for four million dollars and I didn't do it.

以400万美元的价格买下来，但是我没有买。

And I built the first building, and guess what happened?

你们知道在我修好第一个楼后发生了什么吗？

I appreciated the real estate values beyond everybody's expectations

我让这块地的地价涨得超出了所有人的想象，

and the owners of the park turned me down for eight million dollars last year,

去年我出价800万美元要买下整个园区，园区的所有者拒绝了。

and said, "Mr. Strickland,

他说：“斯特里克兰先生，

you ought to get the Civic Leader of the Year Award

你应该得到年度领袖大奖，

because you've appreciated our property values

因为你让我的地价升值到

beyond our wildest expectations.

超出了我们想象的程度，

Thank you very much for that."

非常感谢你。”

The moral of the story is you must be prepared to act on your dreams,

这个故事告诉人们，人们要对他们所梦想的事情做好准备，

just in case they do come true.

以免梦想有机会成真的时候措手不及。

And finally, there's this picture.

最后，请看这张照片。

This is in a place called San Francisco.

这个楼建在旧金山。

And the reason this picture's in here is

我放这张照片的原因是，

I did this slide show a couple years ago at a big economics summit,

几年前我在一个很大的经济峰会上作一个幻灯片秀时，

and there was a fellow in the audience who came up to me.

观众里一个人找到我，

He said, "Man, that's a great story.

他说：“那个故事真的很棒，

I want one of those."

我也想要这样的一座中心。”

I said, "Well, I'm very flattered. What do you do for a living?"

我说“很荣幸，请问你是做哪一行的？”

He says, "I run the city of San Francisco.

他说：“我经营一个城市，叫旧金山。

My name's Willie Brown."

我叫威利布朗。”

And so I kind of accepted the flattery and the praise

我随便的接受了他的表扬

and put it out of my mind.

就把这事儿抛在脑后了。

And that weekend, I was going back home

那一周的周末，我正准备回家，

and Herbie Hancock was playing our center that night --

Herbie Hancock晚上要在中心表演

first time I'd met him.

那是我第一次和他见面。

And he walked in and he says, "What is this?"

他来到中心，说：“这是怎么回事？”

And I said, "Herbie, this is my concept of a training center

我说：“赫比（Herbie）,穷人的培训中心

for poor people."

就该是这个样子的。

And he said, "As God as my witness,

他说：“上帝作证，

I've had a center like this in my mind for 25 years and you've built it.

我想要建这样一个培训中心想了有25年了，现在你却实现了它。

And now I really want to build one."

现在我真想修一个。”

I said, "Well, where would you build this thing?"

我说：“那...你要把它修在哪呢？”

He said, "San Francisco."

他说：“旧金山。”

I said, "Any chance you know Willie Brown?"

我说：“认识威利布朗吗？”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

As a matter of fact he did know Willie Brown,

实际上，他确实认识威利布朗。

and Willie Brown and Herbie and I had dinner four years ago,

威利布朗、赫比和我四年前一起吃晚餐，

and we started drawing out that center on the tablecloth.

我们开始在桌布上描绘那个中心的蓝图。

And Willie Brown said, "As sure as I'm the mayor of San Francisco,

威利布朗说：“我以旧金山市市长的名义保证，

I'm going to build this thing

我要修建这个学校，

as a legacy to the poor people of this city."

把它送给我们这座城市里的穷人。”

And he got me five acres of land on San Francisco Bay

他批给我旧金山湾附近5英亩的土地，

and we got an architect and we got a general contractor

我们还从其他人那里得到了帮助，比如一位设计师，一个总承包商，

and we got Herbie on the board,

我们还有Herbie,

and our friends from HP, and our friends from Steelcase,

惠普的朋友，Steelcase公司的朋友，

and our friends from Cisco, and our friends from Wells Fargo

思科(Cisco)的朋友，以及富国银行

and Genentech.

和Genentech的朋友。

And along the way, I met this real short guy

在硅谷做演讲时，

at my slide show in the Silicon Valley.

我认识了一个个子很矮的人。

He came up to me afterwards,

演讲结束后，他找到我

he said, "Man, that's a fabulous story.

说：“你的故事真实太精彩了，

I want to help you."

我想帮助你。”

And I said, "Well, thank you very much for that.

我说：“非常感谢你能帮助我们，

What do you do for a living?"

您是做哪一行的呢？”

He said, "Well, I built a company called eBay."

他说：“我开了一家公司，叫EBAY。”

I said, "Well, that's very nice.

我说：“太好了。

Thanks very much, and give me your card and sometime we'll talk."

非常感谢你，请给我你的名片，我们将来可以聊聊。”

I didn't know eBay from that jar of water sitting on that piano,

我当时还不知道EBAY这家公司。

but I had the presence of mind to go back

不过，谨慎起见，

and talk to one of the techie kids at my center.

我还是问了一下学校里的一些懂技术的学生，

I said, "Hey man, what is eBay?"

我说：“喂，EBAY是什么啊？”

He said, "Well, that's the electronic commerce network."

他说：“EBAY是一家网上商务公司。”

I said, "Well, I met the guy who built the thing

我说：“我见过这家公司的老板，

and he left me his card."

他给我留了名片。”

So, I called him up on the phone and I said, "Mr. Skoll,

我打电话给他说：“Skoll先生，

I've come to have a much deeper appreciation of who you are

恕我有眼不识泰山

(Laughter)

（笑声），

and I'd like to become your friend."

我愿意和你交朋友。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And Jeff and I did become friends,

我和杰夫后来真的成为了朋友，

and he's organized a team of people

他已经组织好一班人马，

and we're going to build this center.

我们要开始修这个中心了。

And I went down into the neighborhood called Bayview-Hunters Point,

然后我去来到将要修学校的社区，那地方叫 Bayview-Hunters Point，

and I said, "The mayor sent me down here to work with you

我说：“市长派我来和你们一来工作，

and I want to build a center with you,

我想和你们一起修这个培训中心，

but I'm not going to build you anything if you don't want it.

但是，如果你们不愿意，那我们就不修了。

And all I've got is a box of slides."

我唯一用来说服你们的东西就是一盒子幻灯片。”

And so I stood up in front of 200 very angry, very disappointed people

于是，在一个夏夜里，我站在200个非常愤怒非常沮丧的人前面，

on a summer night, and the air conditioner had broken

屋里的空调坏了，

and it was 100 degrees outside,

外面的温度有华氏100度，

and I started showing these pictures.

我开始给他们放这些幻灯片。

And after about 10 pictures they all settled down.

看过10张照片后，他们就都静了下来，

And I ran the story and I said, "What do you think?"

我把我的故事讲给他们听，最后说：“你们觉得怎么样？”

And in the back of the room, a woman stood up and she said,

在房间的后面，一位女士站起来说：

"In 35 years of living in this God forsaken place,

“我在这个被上帝遗弃的地方生活了35年，

you're the only person that's come down here and treated us with dignity.

你是唯一拿我们当人看的人。

I'm going with you, man."

我跟定你了。”

And she turned that audience around on a pin.

她影响了当时所有的观众。

And I promised these people that I was going to build this thing,

我向这些人保证，我们不仅要修

and we're going to build it all right.

而且要把它修好。

And I think we can get in the ground this year

我想我们今年就能开始修建了

as the first replication of the center in Pittsburgh.

这座学校将以匹兹堡培训中心为模型来修建。

But I met a guy named Quincy Jones along the way

后来我碰见了Quincy Jones，

and I showed him the box of slides.

给他看了这盒幻灯片。

And Quincy said, "I want to help you, man.

Quincy说：“我想帮助你，

Let's do one in L.A."

我们在洛杉矶也建一个吧。”

And so he's assembled a group of people.

然后他也组织了一批人

And I've fallen in love with him,

然后我像爱上了他

as I have with Herbie and with his music.

如同我爱上Herbie和他的音乐一样

And Quincy said, "Where did the idea for centers like this come from?"

Quincy说：“修建这样的培训中心的想法是从哪来的呢？”

And I said, "It came from your music, man.

我说：“这都来自你的音乐。

Because Mr. Ross used to bring in your albums

当我16岁时在制陶课上，

when I was 16 years old in the pottery class,

当世界还是一片漆黑的时候，

when the world was all dark,

ROSS先生带来你的专辑，

and your music got me to the sunlight."

你的专辑让我回到了阳光里。”

And I said, "If I can follow that music,

我说：“随着那些音乐，

I'll get out into the sunlight and I'll be OK.

我就重新沐浴在阳光下，我就会好起来。

And if that's not true, how did I get here?"

如果不是那样的话，我怎么会取得现在的成就？”

I want you all to know

我想让你们所有人都明白：

that I think the world is a place that's worth living.

我认为，这个世界是值得我们生活的地方。

I believe in you.

我相信你们，

I believe in your hopes and your dreams,

我相信你们的希望、你们的梦想。

I believe in your intelligence

我相信你们的才智，

and I believe in your enthusiasm.

我相信你们的热情。

And I'm tired of living like this,

我厌倦了这样的生活方式：

going into town after town with people standing around on corners

来到一座又一座城市，人们站在街角，

with holes where eyes used to be, their spirits damaged.

眼睛里是空洞的眼神，没有魂魄。

We won't make it as a country unless we can turn this thing around.

不扭转这种状况的话，我们又怎么能成为一个国家呢？

In Pennsylvania it costs 60,000 dollars to keep people in jail,

在宾夕法尼亚，把那些看起来我一样的人

most of whom look like me.

关在监狱里要花6万美元。

It's 40,000 dollars to build the University of Pittsburgh Medical School.

但是修匹兹堡大学医学院才花4万美元。

It's 20,000 dollars cheaper to build a medical school than to keep people in jail.

建医学院比把人关进监狱还要少花2万美元。

Do the math -- it will never work.

你们算算，靠把人关起来永远都没用。

I am banking on you

我要向你们寻求帮助，

and I'm banking on guys like Herbie and Quincy and Hackett and Richard

向Herbie, Quincy, Hackett, Richard

and very decent people who still believe in something.

和那些还有一点信仰的好人寻求帮助。

And I want to do this in my lifetime, in every city and in every town.

我希望在每一个城市，每一个小镇，都做这个事业，并为之付出一生。

And I don't think I'm crazy.

我认为我并没有发疯。

I think we can get home on this thing

我觉得我们能把这些东西带回家里，

and I think we can build these all over the country

我想我们可以在全国各处

for less money than we're spending on prisons.

花费比修监狱更少的钱修建这些学校

And I believe we can turn this whole story around

我相信，我们能把人们的悲惨生活

to one of celebration and one of hope.

转变成一个圆满的大结局。

In my business it's very difficult work.

这种工作难度很大--

You're always fighting upstream like a salmon --

你们都像鲑鱼一样要力争上游，

never enough money, too much need --

钱永远都不够，需要办的总是太多。

and so there is a tendency

所以容易产生

to have an occupational depression that accompanies my work.

一种职业性的抑郁。

And so I've figured out, over time, the solution to the depression:

长久以来，我终于找到了一个避免这种抑郁的办法

you make a friend in every town and you'll never be lonely.

那就是在每一个城镇都交一个朋友，这样你就永远都不会感到孤单。

And my hope is that I've made a few here tonight.

我希望，我今天晚上在这儿也能交一些朋友。

And thanks for listening to what I had to say.

感谢大家听我的故事。

(Applause)

（掌声）