Aimee Mullins: Changing my legs - and my mindset

翻译人员: Qing Zhang 校对人员: Heidi Haibin Xu

Sheryl Shade: Hi, Aimee. Aimee Mullins: Hi.

谢丽尔：艾米和我认为--你好，艾米。艾米•穆林斯：你好。

SS: Aimee and I thought we'd just talk a little bit,

谢丽尔：艾米和我刚刚交流了一会儿，

and I wanted her to tell all of you what makes her a distinctive athlete.

我想让她告诉你们所有人是什么使她成为了与众不同的运动员。

AM: Well, for those of you who have seen the picture in the little bio --

艾米：嗯，如果你们看过我的简历里的照片，♪

it might have given it away --

它可能已经向你们透露了一些信息。

I'm a double amputee, and I was born without fibulas in both legs.

我双腿截肢，因为生来两腿就没有腓骨，

I was amputated at age one,

一岁的时候就被截肢了。

and I've been running like hell ever since, all over the place.

从那以后我就一直拼命跑，到处都跑。

SS: Well, why don't you tell them how you got to Georgetown -- why don't we start there?

谢丽尔：那么，你可以告诉大家，比如说，你是怎么去乔治敦的？

Why don't we start there?

我们就从那里开始讲起吧！

AM: I'm a senior in Georgetown in the Foreign Service program.

艾米：我是乔治敦对外服务项目的高年级学生，

I won a full academic scholarship out of high school.

高中毕业的时候赢得了全额奖学金。

They pick three students out of the nation every year

他们每年在全国范围内选三名学生，

to get involved in international affairs,

让他们参与到国际事务中去，

and so I won a full ride to Georgetown

我赢得了全公费去乔治敦的机会。

and I've been there for four years. Love it.

我在那儿待了四年，非常喜欢那儿。

SS: When Aimee got there,

谢丽尔：当艾米到那的时候，

she decided that she's, kind of, curious about track and field,

她觉得自己，对田径有点儿好奇，

so she decided to call someone and start asking about it.

于是她决定打电话找人咨询。

So, why don't you tell that story?

那么，你来说说那个故事吧！

AM: Yeah. Well, I guess I've always been involved in sports.

艾米：好的。我猜自己一直都很喜欢运动。½

I played softball for five years growing up.

我曾经打了五年垒球，

I skied competitively throughout high school,

在高中阶段一直是滑雪高手。

and I got a little restless in college

到了大学，我开始有点不安，

because I wasn't doing anything for about a year or two sports-wise.

因为那时候我已经有一两年没怎么运动了。

And I'd never competed on a disabled level, you know --

而且那时我从没有参加过残疾人水平的比赛。

I'd always competed against other able-bodied athletes.

我总是和那些身体正常的运动员一起比赛。

That's all I'd ever known.

我只知道那些。

In fact, I'd never even met another amputee until I was 17.

事实上，我一直到十七岁才见到其他截肢的人。

And I heard that they do these track meets with all disabled runners,

而且我听说，你知道，也有专门为残疾跑步者设立的径赛。

and I figured, "Oh, I don't know about this,

那时我想，哦，我还不太了解这个比赛，

but before I judge it, let me go see what it's all about."

但在我评判它之前，让我先去看看它到底是怎么回事。

So, I booked myself a flight to Boston in '95, 19 years old

于是95年，我给自己订了一张飞波士顿的票。那年我十九岁，

and definitely the dark horse candidate at this race. I'd never done it before.

并且成了那场比赛的绝对黑马。我之前从没这么干过。

I went out on a gravel track a couple of weeks before this meet

这场比赛的前几周，我找了一条砂石跑道

to see how far I could run,

来试试自己能跑多远。

and about 50 meters was enough for me, panting and heaving.

五十米就够我受的，气喘嘘嘘的。

And I had these legs that were made of

那个时候我的腿是用某种

a wood and plastic compound, attached with Velcro straps --

木头和塑料的合成物做的，用尼龙搭扣带子固定--

big, thick, five-ply wool socks on --

又大又沉，还包了五层羊毛袜--

you know, not the most comfortable things, but all I'd ever known.

你知道，那可不太舒服，但那时候我只有这些。

And I'm up there in Boston against people

然后我到了波士顿，对手

wearing legs made of all things -- carbon graphite

都装了碳石墨制的各种假肢

and, you know, shock absorbers in them and all sorts of things --

你知道，还有减震器什么的各种东西，

and they're all looking at me like,

他们都那么看着我，好像在说

OK, we know who's not going to win this race.

好吧，我们知道谁不可能赢得比赛。

And, I mean, I went up there expecting --

我是说，我去那儿，期待着--

I don't know what I was expecting --

我也不知道我到底在期待什么--

but, you know, when I saw a man who was missing an entire leg

但是，你知道吗，当我看见一个失去了一整条腿的男运动员，

go up to the high jump, hop on one leg to the high jump

参加了跳高比赛，用一条腿跳高，

and clear it at six feet, two inches ...

并且一跃而过了六英尺二英寸...

Dan O'Brien jumped 5'11" in '96 in Atlanta,

丹•奥布赖恩在96年亚特兰大跳出了五英尺一英寸，

I mean, if it just gives you a comparison of --

我是说，这可以给你们一个比较--£

these are truly accomplished athletes,

这个世界上有很多成就非凡的运动员，

without qualifying that word "athlete."

即使他们看上去都不具备成为“运动员”的条件。

And so I decided to give this a shot: heart pounding,

于是我决定去试一试，你知道，那时候我的心怦怦直跳。

I ran my first race and I beat the national record-holder

我人生的第一场赛跑，就打败了全国纪录保持者，

by three hundredths of a second,

以三百分之一秒的差距

and became the new national record-holder on my first try out.

让我在第一次尝试中就成为了新的全国纪录保持者。

And, you know, people said,

而且，人们都说，

"Aimee, you know, you've got speed -- you've got natural speed --

“艾米，你知道吗，你速度很快--你有与生俱来的速度--

but you don't have any skill or finesse going down that track.

但你对跑步的技巧和策略还一无所知。£

You were all over the place.

你跑得很用力，

We all saw how hard you were working."

我们都看到了你是多么努力。

And so I decided to call the track coach at Georgetown.

所以我决定给乔治敦的田径教练打电话。

And I thank god I didn't know just how huge this man is in the track and field world.

感谢上帝我当时完全不知道他在这个领域是重量级人物。

He's coached five Olympians, and

他当了五届奥运会教练，而且你知道么，

the man's office is lined from floor to ceiling

这个人的办公室从地板到房顶

with All America certificates

都被全美证书贴满了，你能想象么，♪

of all these athletes he's coached.

所有他带过的运动员，

He's just a rather intimidating figure.

是个令人生畏的数字。

And I called him up and said, "Listen, I ran one race and I won ..."

我给他打了电话，说：“听着，我参加了一个跑步比赛我赢了，而且...

(Laughter)

(笑)

"I want to see if I can, you know --

我想看看能不能，你知道--

I need to just see if I can sit in on some of your practices,

我想看看能不能旁听你的训练，

see what drills you do and whatever."

看看你都训些什么项目之类的。”

That's all I wanted -- just two practices.

我只是想要--两次训练就够了。

"Can I just sit in and see what you do?"

我能就坐在那儿看你都怎么做吗？

And he said, "Well, we should meet first, before we decide anything."

然后他说：“这样啊，在做任何决定之前，我们还是先见个面吧。”

You know, he's thinking, "What am I getting myself into?"

他当时肯定在想，“我没事给自己添什么乱啊？”

So, I met the man, walked in his office,

就这样，我去见了教练，走进他的办公室，

and saw these posters and magazine covers of people he has coached.

看到了那些印着他曾经训练过的运动员的海报还有杂志封面，

And we got to talking,

我们坐下来，开始谈话，

and it turned out to be a great partnership

我们达成了很棒的合作计划，

because he'd never coached a disabled athlete,

因为他以前从来没有带过残疾运动员，

so therefore he had no preconceived notions

正因如此他对我的能力和不足

of what I was or wasn't capable of,

完全没有先入为主的概念，

and I'd never been coached before.

而且我之前从来没有接触过专业训练，

So this was like, "Here we go -- let's start on this trip."

所以这一切，就像是，好的，我们开始一趟全新的旅程。

So he started giving me four days a week of his lunch break,

于是每星期四次，他在午饭休息时间给我训练，

his free time, and I would come up to the track and train with him.

完全是在他的休息时间，我去跑道和他一起训练，

So that's how I met Frank.

那就是我怎么遇到弗兰克教练的

That was fall of '95. But then, by the time that winter was rolling around,

但到95年的秋天，冬天快来的时候，

he said, "You know, you're good enough.

他说，“你知道吗，你已经够强的了。

You can run on our women's track team here."

你可以加入我们这儿的女子田径队了。”™

And I said, "No, come on."

我说，“算了吧，别逗了。”

And he said, "No, no, really. You can.

他回答说，“不，我说真的，你能做到。

You can run with our women's track team."

你能和我们的女子田径队一起训练了。”

In the spring of 1996, with my goal of making the U.S. Paralympic team

于是在1996年的春天，我为自己制定了加入国家残疾人队的计划。

that May coming up full speed, I joined the women's track team.

五月全速到来，我加入了女子田径队。¼

And no disabled person had ever done that -- run at a collegiate level.

从来都没有过残疾人这么做过--参加大学级别的比赛。

So I don't know, it started to become an interesting mix.

所以，这一切都开始变成一场奇妙的结合。

SS: Well, on your way to the Olympics,

谢丽尔：那么，你干吗不再和大家说说，在你进入奥运会的路上，

a couple of memorable events happened at Georgetown.

在乔治敦发生了几件印象深刻的事，

Why don't you just tell them?

告诉大家吧？

AM: Yes, well, you know, I'd won everything as far as the disabled meets --

艾米：哦，是的，你知道，我之前获得的各种奖项都是在残疾人运动会中取得的，

everything I competed in -- and, you know, training in Georgetown

但是，在乔治敦的训练，

and knowing that I was going to have to get used to

当我知道自己必须适应

seeing the backs of all these women's shirts --

追着别人的背影跑步的时候--

you know, I'm running against the next Flo-Jo --

你知道么，我当时就在葛丽菲丝旁边跑--

and they're all looking at me like,

她们全都看着我，好像在说，

"Hmm, what's, you know, what's going on here?"

唔，这是...这算是怎么回事儿啊？

And putting on my Georgetown uniform

当时穿着我的乔治敦校服，

and going out there and knowing that, you know,

在那儿和她们一起，心里想着

in order to become better -- and I'm already the best in the country --

一定要变强--而且我已经是国内最好的选手了--

you know, you have to train with people who are inherently better than you.

但是，你知道，你必须和那些生来就比你优越的人一起训练。

And I went out there and made it to the Big East,

我就这样一路闯入了“大东部”比赛，

which was sort of the championship race at the end of the season.

就是，类似季末的冠军赛。

It was really, really hot.

而且当时非常非常热。

And it's the first --

那是第一次--

I had just gotten these new sprinting legs that you see in that bio,

从那本自传里可以看到那时候我刚刚装上了这副短跑专用腿--

and I didn't realize at that time that

那个时候我还没有意识到

the amount of sweating I would be doing in the sock --

流到袜子里的汗

it actually acted like a lubricant

能起到润滑剂的作用，

and I'd be, kind of, pistoning in the socket.

我像是在托座里做活塞运动似的，

And at about 85 meters of my 100 meters sprint, in all my glory,

100米短跑，我跑道85米的时候，天哪，

I came out of my leg.

我的腿竟然掉了。

Like, I almost came out of it, in front of, like, 5,000 people.

它就那么脱了下来，当着，大概五千人的面。

And I, I mean, was just mortified --

我郁闷坏了，而且--

because I was signed up for the 200, you know, which went off in a half hour.

而且我还报了200米的比赛，半小时之内就要开始！

(Laughter)

(笑)

I went to my coach: "Please, don't make me do this."

我来到教练面前，我..."拜托，别让我再跑了。”

I can't do this in front of all those people. My legs will come off.

我不能再在所有观众面前出洋相。我的腿会掉下来的。

And if it came off at 85 there's no way I'm going 200 meters.

如果它在85米的时候脱落，我不可能完成200米。

And he just sat there like this.

教练就这样坐在那儿，

My pleas fell on deaf ears, thank god.

我的请求他置若罔闻--感谢上帝--

Because you know, the man is from Brooklyn;

因为他就像是--你知道，他是布鲁克林来的--

he's a big man. He says, "Aimee, so what if your leg falls off?

他是个大块头--他说，“艾米，就算你的腿掉下来又怎么啦？

You pick it up, you put the damn thing back on,

你把那家伙捡起来，安回去，

and finish the goddamn race!"

然后跑完这场该死的比赛！”

(Laughter) (Applause)

(掌声♫)

And I did. So, he kept me in line.

我照他的话作了。所以就像是 ，他把我留在了这行，

He kept me on the right track.

让我保持在正轨上。

SS: So, then Aimee makes it to the 1996 Paralympics,

谢丽尔：这样，艾米参加了1996年的残奥运，™

and she's all excited. Her family's coming down -- it's a big deal.

她非常激动。她全家都去了--那可是大事件。

It's now two years that you've been running?

现在她已经--你已经跑了两年了吧？

AM: No, a year.

艾米：不，一年而已。

SS: A year. And why don't you tell them what happened

谢丽尔：一年。那你来告诉大家就在比赛之前

right before you go run your race?

发生了什么吧。

AM: Okay, well, Atlanta.

艾米：好的。嗯，亚特兰大啊。♪

The Paralympics, just for a little bit of clarification,

残奥会，先提一下，

are the Olympics for people with physical disabilities --

那是为有身体残障的人们设立的奥运会--

amputees, persons with cerebral palsy, and wheelchair athletes --

截肢者，患大脑性瘫痪的人，还有坐轮椅的运动员--

as opposed to the Special Olympics,

和特殊奥运会相反，

which deals with people with mental disabilities.

那是专门为智利障碍人士设立的。

So, here we are, a week after the Olympics and down at Atlanta,

所以，奥运会过后一个星期，我们抵达了亚特兰大，

and I'm just blown away by the fact that

我都被自己震惊到，你知道，

just a year ago, I got out on a gravel track and couldn't run 50 meters.

一年之前我在砂石跑道上还跑不过50米，

And so, here I am -- never lost.

而现在，我在这里——一场没输。

I set new records at the U.S. Nationals -- the Olympic trials -- that May,

我刷新了美国记录--在奥运选拔赛上--那个五月，

and was sure that I was coming home with the gold.

而且你知道，我就是抱着把金牌拿回家的信念去的，

I was also the only, what they call "bilateral BK" -- below the knee.

同时我也是唯一一个，被他们叫做膝下双腿截肢的。

I was the only woman who would be doing the long jump.

我还是唯一的参加跳远项目的女运动员。

I had just done the long jump,

我刚跳完

and a guy who was missing two legs came up to me and says,

一个没了两条腿的家伙就走上前对我说，

"How do you do that? You know, we're supposed to have a planar foot,

“你怎么做到的？我们应该都是平脚板，

so we can't get off on the springboard."

所以都不可能跳离跳板啊！”

I said, "Well, I just did it. No one told me that."

我说，“嗯？我刚刚不就跳出去了么。没人跟我说过不行。”

So, it's funny -- I'm three inches within the world record --

这很好笑--我离世界纪录差了三英寸--

and kept on from that point, you know,

从那时起我一直参加，

so I'm signed up in the long jump -- signed up?

我报名参加了跳远--报名？--

No, I made it for the long jump and the 100-meter.

不，我入围了跳远和100米，

And I'm sure of it, you know?

非常确定。

I made the front page of my hometown paper

我上了家乡报纸的头版，

that I delivered for six years, you know?

以前我还送了六年报呢！

It was, like, this is my time for shine.

那就像是，终于等到我发光的时刻了。

And we're at the trainee warm-up track,

我们那时候在热身体育馆--培训的热身跑道，

which is a few blocks away from the Olympic stadium.

离奥林匹克体育馆大概几个街区远。

These legs that I was on, which I'll take out right now --

我当时穿着这副腿--我现在可以把它们拿出来。

I was the first person in the world on these legs.

我是世界上第一个穿它们的人--

I was the guinea pig., I'm telling you,

我像只小豚鼠似的--现在我告诉你这个，

this was, like -- talk about a tourist attraction.

就像是，像是在做景点介绍。

Everyone was taking pictures -- "What is this girl running on?"

所有相机都盯着我：“这个女孩在用什么跑步啊？”

And I'm always looking around, like, where is my competition?

我迷茫得望向四周，心想我的对手在哪里？

It's my first international meet.

那是我第一次参加国际大赛。

I tried to get it out of anybody I could,

我想要尽我所能超越所有人，

you know, "Who am I running against here?"

你知道么，你知道我都要和什么人比赛么？

"Oh, Aimee, we'll have to get back to you on that one."

“哦，艾米，我们待会儿会告诉你的。"

I wanted to find out times.

我想知道什么时候。

"Don't worry, you're doing great."

“艾米，别担心，你知道的，你已经做得很棒了。”♫

This is 20 minutes before my race in the Olympic stadium,

现在是我在奥林匹克体育馆的比赛正式开始前二十分钟。

and they post the heat sheets. And I go over and look.

他们贴了预赛成绩表。我走过去看，

And my fastest time, which was the world record, was 15.77.

我的最好成绩，同时也是世界纪录，是15.77秒。

Then I'm looking: the next lane, lane two, is 12.8.

我看了下一行，第二行，是12.8秒。

Lane three is 12.5. Lane four is 12.2. I said, "What's going on?"

第三行是12.5，第四行是12.2。我说，“这是怎么回事？”

And they shove us all into the shuttle bus,

接着他们就把我们运动员都推上了往返巴士。

and all the women there are missing a hand.

那上面的所有女运动员都少了一只手。

(Laughter)

(笑♪♫)

So, I'm just, like --

然后，我只好，就像是--

they're all looking at me like 'which one of these is not like the other,' you know?

她们所有人都看着我，像是看着异类，你知道吗？

I'm sitting there, like, "Oh, my god. Oh, my god."

我坐在那儿，心想，“天啊，噢，天啊。”

You know, I'd never lost anything,

我从来没有输过。

like, whether it would be the scholarship or, you know,

不管是奖学金还是，你知道，

I'd won five golds when I skied. In everything, I came in first.

滑雪那会儿我拿了五年金牌，不论做什么我总是第一。

And Georgetown -- that was great.

在乔治敦的经历也很棒。

I was losing, but it was the best training because this was Atlanta.

虽然我不再总是第一，但那可是最好的训练，是奥运会水平的训练。

Here we are, like, crème de la crème,

我们聚在亚特兰大，就像是一个精英团队

and there is no doubt about it, that I'm going to lose big.

现在毫无悬念，我要输了，还会输得很惨。

And, you know, I'm just thinking,

那个时候我想，

"Oh, my god, my whole family got in a van

“噢，天哪，我整个家都坐上了面包车

and drove down here from Pennsylvania."

从宾夕法尼亚一路赶来。"

And, you know, I was the only female U.S. sprinter.

而且，我是参加这次比赛的唯一美国短跑女选手。

So they call us out and, you know --

所以，他们一起叫出了我的名字。

"Ladies, you have one minute."

“女士们，你们还有一分钟。”

And I remember putting my blocks in and just feeling horrified

当我最后把腿检查装好的时候，我感觉糟糕透了，

because there was just this murmur coming over the crowd,

因为我听见人群里有人在议论

like, the ones who are close enough to the starting line to see.

像是他们近得就在起跑线上看着我。

And I'm like, "I know! Look! This isn't right."

我感觉像是，“我就知道！快看！不大对劲儿。”

And I'm thinking that's my last card to play here;

我知道我只剩下最后一张牌了，就是，

if I'm not going to beat these girls,

最起码，你知道，如果我不是把这些女孩打败，♫

I'm going to mess their heads a little, you know?

我至少也要让她们头疼， 你知道吗？

(Laughter)

(笑)

I mean, it was definitely the "Rocky IV" sensation of me versus Germany,

我是说，那完全就是洛基四版的我对德国

and everyone else -- Estonia and Poland -- was in this heat.

所有其他运动员--爱沙尼亚的，波兰的--都在此列。

And the gun went off, and all I remember was

当发令枪一响，我唯一能回忆起来的就是

finishing last and

最后一个才跑完，你能了解么，

fighting back tears of frustration and incredible -- incredible --

努力地把失望的泪水往肚子里咽，还有这难以置信，难以置信

this feeling of just being overwhelmed.

的被彻底打倒的感觉。

And I had to think, "Why did I do this?"

我必须想清楚自己为什么这样做，你知道，

If I had won everything -- but it was like, what was the point?

如果我什么都第一，第一还有什么意义呢？

All this training -- I had transformed my life.

所有这些训练，完全改变了我的生活。

I became a collegiate athlete, you know. I became an Olympic athlete.

我先是成了大学生运动员，然后是奥运会运动员。

And it made me really think about how

所有的一切真的让我觉得

the achievement was getting there.

我就要接近最终胜利了。

I mean, the fact that I set my sights, just a year and three months before,

而事实是我在一年零三个月前刚刚才定下了成为

on becoming an Olympic athlete and saying,

奥林匹克运动员的目标，

"Here's my life going in this direction --

从此我的生活就驶入了这条轨道，

and I want to take it here for a while,

我想在这条轨道上多感受一下，

and just seeing how far I could push it."

看自己的极限在哪儿。

And the fact that I asked for help -- how many people jumped on board?

我确实进行过求助--可又有多少人用过起跳板跳远?

How many people gave of their time and their expertise,

多少人付出了他们的时间,专长

and their patience, to deal with me?

和耐心来帮助我？

And that was this collective glory --

这就像是,像是一项集体荣誉--

that there was, you know, 50 people behind me

在我身后,有50个人

that had joined in this incredible experience of going to Atlanta.

都参与了这次不可思议的亚特兰大之旅。

So, I apply this sort of philosophy now

我想说，我现在的人生哲学是，

to everything I do:

我做任何事情，比如说现在这样

sitting back and realizing the progression,

舒服地坐着，回想这一路的过程，

how far you've come at this day to this goal, you know.

你走了多久到今天到达这个目标。

It's important to focus on a goal, I think, but

集中目标， 我认为，非常重要，

also recognize the progression on the way there

同时我还意识到在达到目标的进程中

and how you've grown as a person.

自己作为一个人是如何成长的。

That's the achievement, I think. That's the real achievement.

那也是一种成功，是真正的成功。

SS: Why don't you show them your legs?

谢丽尔：为什么不给我们看看你的腿呢？

AM: Oh, sure.

艾米：哦，没问题。

SS: You know, show us more than one set of legs.

谢丽尔：给我们看看不仅那几付假肢。

AM: Well, these are my pretty legs.

艾米：好的，这就是我漂亮的腿。

(Laughter)

（笑）

No, these are my cosmetic legs, actually,

不，它们真的是我装饰性的腿。

and they're absolutely beautiful.

它们真的非常美。

You've got to come up and see them.

你们一定要上前好好欣赏一下它们。

There are hair follicles on them, and I can paint my toenails.

上面甚至还有汗毛孔，我还能给自己涂脚指甲油。

And, seriously, like, I can wear heels.

说真的，而且，有了它们我还能穿高跟鞋。

Like, you guys don't understand what that's like

那感觉你们可能体会不到，

to be able to just go into a shoe store and buy whatever you want.

总算可以走进鞋店，买任何自己喜欢的鞋了。

SS: You got to pick your height?

谢丽尔：你还能决定自己的身高？

AM: I got to pick my height, exactly.

艾米：是的，我想多高就多高。

(Laughter)

（笑）

Patrick Ewing, who played for Georgetown in the '80s,

帕特里克·尤因，八十年代乔治敦的运动员

comes back every summer.

每年夏天都回来。

And I had incessant fun making fun of him in the training room

我在训练室里不停地开他玩笑，

because he'd come in with foot injuries.

因为他来的时候脚受伤了。

I'm like, "Get it off! Don't worry about it, you know.

我就那么说，“把它拿了，别担心它，

You can be eight feet tall. Just take them off."

你有八英尺高呢，把它们拿了吧！”

(Laughter)

（笑）

He didn't find it as humorous as I did, anyway.

可惜的是，他不像我， 不觉得这有什么好笑。

OK, now, these are my sprinting legs, made of carbon graphite,

恩，这里的这些，是我的短跑腿，用碳石墨做的。

like I said, and I've got to make sure I've got the right socket.

我说过，我每次都要确保自己把它们卡在正确的槽里。

No, I've got so many legs in here.

天哪，我有那么多腿！

These are -- do you want to hold that actually?

这些是--你能拿一下吗？

That's another leg I have for, like, tennis and softball.

这一副，是我专门用来打网球和玩垒球的。

It has a shock absorber in it so it, like, "Shhhh," makes this neat sound

它里面竟然还装了减震器，当你穿这它跳来跳去时，

when you jump around on it. All right.

它会发出嘘嘘的声音。好吧。

And then this is the silicon sheath I roll over,

我只要滚动这个小的硅质零件

to keep it on. Which, when I sweat,

就可以将假肢保持在我的腿上。当我流汗的时候，

you know, I'm pistoning out of it.

它们有可能在摩擦的过程中滑出去。

SS: Are you a different height?

谢丽尔：你身高有变话吗？

AM: In these?

艾米：你是说穿着这个？

SS: In these.

谢丽尔：对，穿着这些。

AM: I don't know. I don't think so.

艾米：我也不知道。应该不会吧，我也不清楚。

I may be a little taller. I actually can put both of them on.

可能会高一点儿？我可以把这这两双都穿一下。

SS: She can't really stand on these legs. She has to be moving, so ...

谢丽尔：她不能站在这两条腿上，她必须得走动，所以...

AM: Yeah, I definitely have to be moving,

艾米：是的，我必须得到处走动。

and balance is a little bit of an art in them.

而且，穿着它们保持平衡有点像一门艺术。

But without having the silicon sock, I'm just going to try slip in it.

如果没有这个硅质的套子，我就要努力把腿塞进它们，

And so, I run on these, and have shocked half the world on these.

就是这样，我穿着它们跑步，并且用它们震撼了半个世界。

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

These are supposed to simulate the actual form of a sprinter when they run.

这些是用来模仿短跑运动员的跑步时的真实状态的。

If you ever watch a sprinter,

如果你观察短跑选手，

the ball of their foot is the only thing that ever hits the track.

就会发现他们在短跑时唯一触地的地方就是脚掌下近脚趾的球形部分，

So when I stand in these legs,

所以当我穿上这些腿，

my hamstring and my glutes are contracted,

我的腿筋和臀肌都会收缩起来，

as they would be had I had feet and were standing on the ball of my feet.

就像如果我有脚站在自己的脚掌那部分上一样。

(Audience: Who made them?)

（观众：它们是哪里制造的？）

AM: It's a company in San Diego called Flex-Foot.

艾米：是在圣地亚哥的一间叫Flex-Foot的公司，♪♪

And I was a guinea pig, as I hope to continue to be

我就是一只小白鼠，我希望能继续当

in every new form of prosthetic limbs that come out.

每一种假肢新品的小白鼠。

But actually these, like I said, are still the actual prototype.

这些，我刚才说过，其实还都是雏形。

I need to get some new ones because the last meet I was at, they were everywhere. You know,

我需要新产品，因为上一次参加运动会，你知道的，

it's like a big -- it's come full circle.

那真是...又回到了原点。

Moderator: Aimee and the designer of them will be at TEDMED 2,

主持人：艾米和它们的设计者将要在TED Med 2

and we'll talk about the design of them.

告诉我们它们的设计过程。

AM: Yes, we'll do that.

艾米：是的。♪

SS: Yes, there you go.

谢丽尔：是的，太期待了。

AM: So, these are the sprint legs, and I can put my other...

艾米：那么，这些就是短跑腿了，我可以把我其他的...♪

SS: Can you tell about who designed your other legs?

谢丽尔：你能说说谁设计了其他的腿吗？

AM: Yes. These I got in a place called Bournemouth, England,

艾米：当然。这些是我在英国的伯恩茅斯拿到的。

about two hours south of London,

在伦敦南边，大概两小时车程。

and I'm the only person in the United States with these,

我是美国唯一一个有它们的人。

which is a crime because they are so beautiful.

简直就是犯罪，它们实在是太美了。

And I don't even mean, like, because of the toes and everything.

我绝不骗你，因为这些脚趾啊，一切的细节--

For me, while I'm such a serious athlete on the track,

对我来说，我在运动场上是严肃认真的运动员，

I want to be feminine off the track, and I think it's so important

但走下跑道我也希望自己非常女性化，我觉得那很重要。®

not to be limited in any capacity,

你知道，不被任何自身的能力所限制。

whether it's, you know, your mobility or even fashion.

不论是你的行动力，还是，甚至是时尚。

I mean, I love the fact that I can go in anywhere

我是说，我非常高兴自己能行动自由，

and pick out what I want -- the shoes I want, the skirts I want --

挑选喜欢的鞋，短裙，

and I'm hoping to try to bring these over here

我非常希望它们能在未来

and make them accessible to a lot of people.

服务于更多的人。

They're also silicon.

这些也是硅质的，

This is a really basic, basic prosthetic limb under here.

下面是非常基础，原始的假肢，

It's like a Barbie foot under this.

就像是芭比娃娃的腿似的。

(Laughter)

（笑）

It is. It's just stuck in this position,

确实如此。它就在这个位置卡住，

so I have to wear a two-inch heel.

所以我必须得穿两英寸的高跟鞋。

And, I mean, it's really -- let me take this off so you can see it.

我真的觉得--让我把它脱下来让你好好看看。

I don't know how good you can see it, but, like, it really is.

我不知道你觉得它怎么样，但是，它们真的很棒。

There're veins on the feet, and then my heel is pink,

脚上甚至还有静脉血管，而我的脚跟是粉色的，像你看到的，

and my Achilles' tendon -- that moves a little bit.

而我的阿基里斯腱--它还能微微地动弹。

And it's really an amazing store. I got them a year and two weeks ago.

真的是神奇的发明。我在一年零两周之前得到它们。

And this is just a silicon piece of skin.

它们就像是有一层硅质的皮肤，

I mean, what happened was, two years ago

就在两年以前，

this man in Belgium was saying, "God,

一个比利时人说，天哪，

if I can go to Madame Tussauds' wax museum

如果我能去杜莎夫人蜡像馆，

and see Jerry Hall replicated down to the color of her eyes,

去看从头到脚甚至眼睛颜色都一模一样，

looking so real as if she breathed,

看起来像是在呼吸的杰里·霍尔，

why can't they build a limb for someone

为什么我们就不能造出逼真的假肢，

that looks like a leg, or an arm, or a hand?"

和真的腿一模一样，或者是胳膊和手？

I mean, they make ears for burn victims.

后来，他们为火灾受害者造了耳朵，

They do amazing stuff with silicon.

他们能用硅制造出各种让人叹为观止的东西。

SS: Two weeks ago, Aimee was up for the Arthur Ashe award at the ESPYs.

谢丽尔：两个星期以前，艾米去接受ESPYs的阿瑟·阿什奖，€

And she came into town and she rushed around

她去了城里，到处乱逛，

and she said, "I have to buy some new shoes!"

并且说，“我必须买些新鞋！”

We're an hour before the ESPYs,

那大概离颁奖还有一个小时。

and she thought she'd gotten a two-inch heel

她以为自买了双两英寸的高跟鞋，

but she'd actually bought a three-inch heel.

但实际上那是一双三英寸高的鞋。

AM: And this poses a problem for me,

艾米：那可让我为难坏了，

because it means I'm walking like that all night long.

因为那意味着我整个晚上都得那样走路。

SS: For 45 minutes. Luckily, the hotel was terrific.

谢丽尔：我们找了四十五分钟，幸好酒店非常棒，

They got someone to come in and saw off the shoes.

他们派人把鞋送了过来。

(Laughter)

（笑）

AM: I said to the receptionist -- I mean, I am just harried, and Sheryl's at my side --

艾米：我对前台说，我非常苦恼，那时谢丽尔就在我旁边。♪½

I said, "Look, do you have anybody here who could help me?

我说，“听着，你们有人能来帮我一下么，

Because I have this problem ... "

因为我现在遇上麻烦了。”

You know, at first they were just going to write me off, like,

一开始，他们毫不理会，那感觉就是，

"If you don't like your shoes, sorry. It's too late."

如果你不喜欢你的鞋，非常抱歉。可现在太晚了。

"No, no, no, no. I've got these special feet

“不，不，不。我的脚有点儿特殊，恩，

that need a two-inch heel. I have a three-inch heel.

我需要一双两英寸的高跟鞋，我只有一双三英寸的。

I need a little bit off."

我得把它给弄矮点儿。”

They didn't even want to go there.

但是，他们甚至来都不想来。

They didn't even want to touch that one. They just did it.

他们碰都不想碰那鞋，他们就那么干了。

No, these legs are great.

不，这些腿非常棒。

I'm actually going back in a couple of weeks

过几个星期我准备回去

to get some improvements.

给他们再做些改进。

I want to get legs like these made for flat feet

我想要平脚板的腿，

so I can wear sneakers, because I can't with these ones.

这样我就能穿运动鞋了，现在这些实在不行。

So... Moderator: That's it.

那么...主持人：时间差不多了。

SS: That's Aimee Mullins.

谢丽尔：这就是艾米·穆林斯。

(Applause)

（鼓掌♫♪）