How to tie your shoes | Terry Moore

Translator: Chitmin Ng Reviewer: Nova Upinel Altesse

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience

我一直覺得TED有一羣好勁噶聽衆，

as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective,

令人印象深刻，有智慧，

intelligent, intellectual, savvy,

聰明、機智、

worldly and innovative people in the world.

經歷豐富、有創新。

And I think that's true.

我真係咁覺嘎。

However, I also have reason to believe that many, if not most, of you

不過，我有理由相信

你地之中噶好多人

are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

用緊錯誤噶方式綁鞋帶。

（笑聲）

(Laughter)

Now I know that seems ludicrous.

我知聽起來几荒謬。

我知聽起來几荒謬。

I know that seems ludicrous.

And believe me, I lived the same sad life until about three years ago.

但係相信我，我曾經過住同樣悽慘噶生活。

直到大概3年前先結束。

And what happened to me

果陣我

was I bought, what was for me, a very expensive pair of shoes.

我买左一對好贵噶鞋。

But those shoes came with round nylon laces,

綁住尼龙鞋带，

and I couldn't keep them tied.

但我唔识点绑。

So I went back to the store and said to the owner,

跟住我翻翻到商店同个老板讲，

"I love the shoes, but I hate the laces."

“我钟意哩对鞋，但我好憎个鞋带。“

He took a look and said, "Oh, you're tying them wrong."

距睇左下讲：“噢，你绑錯左啦。”

直到果阵，

Now up until that moment,

I would have thought that, by age 50,

我原先覺得到左50歲

one of the life skills that I had really nailed

一定會識噶生存技能

was tying my shoes.

系綁鞋帶。

(Laughter)

But not so -- let me demonstrate.

其實唔係——我現在來展示下

哩個係

This is the way

我地大多數人學習綁鞋帶噶方式

that most of us were taught to tie our shoes.

Now as it turns out -- thank you.

現在搞點——多謝。

(Applause)

Wait, there's more.

等陣，仲有更多。

As it turns out --

結果

(Laughter)

there's a strong form and a weak form of this knot,

哩個結有牢固同脆弱兩種模式。

我地學習噶係脆弱模式。

and we were taught the weak form.

And here's how to tell.

你可以咁判斷。

If you pull the strands at the base of the knot,

如果拉個結下邊個鞋帶，

you will see that the bow will orient itself

你會見到個結轉動，

down the long axis of the shoe.

向下同個鞋個牙長軸對齊。

That's the weak form of the knot.

哩個就係脆弱模式。

But not to worry.

不過無所謂。

If we start over

如果我地從新來過

and simply go the other direction around the bow,

用第二種好簡單噶方式

來繞過距

就可以得到牢固噶結

we get this, the strong form of the knot.

如果拉結下邊個鞋帶，

And if you pull the cords under the knot,

you will see that the bow orients itself

你會見到個結轉動

同鞋噶橫軸對齊。

along the transverse axis of the shoe.

This is a stronger knot.

哩個就係牢固噶結，距無咁容易粒。

It will come untied less often.

同樣都唔會令你失望。

It will let you down less, and not only that, it looks better.

唔但只係感樣，距更加好睇

We're going to do this one more time.

我地再來一次。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

從尋常野開始

Start as usual --

(Applause)

go the other way around the loop.

用另一種方式繞圈。

This is a little hard for children,

對於小朋友來講有少少難度，

but I think you can handle it.

不過我覺得你地可以掌握距。

Pull the knot.

拉個結。

There it is: the strong form of the shoe knot.

哩度：牢固噶結。

Now, in keeping with today's theme,

爲左相應今日噶主題，

I'd like to point out -- something you already know --

我想指出噶係——有D野你地係知道噶——

that sometimes a small advantage someplace in life

生活中噶某些地方噶

小優勢

can yield tremendous results someplace else.

都可以係其他地方產生好強大噶結果

(Laughter)

Live long and prosper.

多福多壽。

(Applause)

（掌聲）