Don't feel sorry for refugees -- believe in them | Luma Mufleh

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譯者: nr chan 審譯者: Jack Zhang
00:12
I remember when I first found out
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我記得當我聽到
00:14
I was going to speak at a TED conference.
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我要去 TED 演講的時候,
00:16
I ran across the hall to one of my classrooms
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我跑到我帶的其中一個班級,
00:18
to inform my students.
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告訴那裡面的學生:
00:20
"Guess what, guys?
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「你們知道嗎?
00:21
I've been asked to give a TED Talk."
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我被邀請去 TED 演講呢!」
00:23
The reaction wasn't one I quite expected.
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但他們的反應不如預期。
00:25
The whole room went silent.
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整間教室只有沉默。
00:28
"A TED Talk? You mean, like the one you made us watch on grit?
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「TED?是那些很勵志的演講嗎?
00:31
Or the one with the scientist that did this really awesome thing with robots?"
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還是那些科學家和機器人 會做出來的東西?」
穆罕默德問我。
00:35
Muhammad asked.
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「嗯,差不多是。」
00:36
"Yes, just like that."
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00:38
"But Coach, those people are really important and smart."
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「但教練,只有重要又聰明的人 會去那裡演講耶。」
00:41
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
00:44
"I know that."
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「我知道啊。」
00:46
"But Coach, why are you speaking? You hate public speaking."
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「你又為什麼會去演講? 你不是不喜歡在眾人面前說話嗎?」
00:50
"I do," I admitted,
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「我是不喜歡,」我承認,
00:54
"But it's important that I speak about us, that I speak about your journeys,
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「但講關於我們的事何其重要,
00:57
about my journey.
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那些關於你我的歷程,
00:58
People need to know."
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是其他人需要知道的。」
01:00
The students at the all-refugee school that I founded
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我所創立的難民學校的學生
01:03
decided to end with some words of encouragement.
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決定以鼓勵的話語結束我們的對話。
01:06
"Cool! It better be good, Coach."
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「不錯呢!祝你順利,教練。」
01:07
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
01:10
There are 65.3 million people who have been forcibly displaced
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當今有 6530 萬人因為戰火迫害,
01:14
from their homes because of war or persecution.
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不得不離家異地。
01:17
The largest number, 11 million, are from Syria.
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其中來自敘利亞的 1100 萬人占最多數。
01:21
33,952 people flee their homes daily.
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每天有 33,952 人逃離。
01:28
The vast majority remain in refugee camps,
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他們多數來到了難民營,
01:31
whose conditions cannot be defined as humane under anyone's definition.
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沒有人敢說那裡的條件合乎人道。
01:36
We are participating in the degradation of humans.
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我們把人類降級。
01:44
Never have we had numbers this high.
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我們從來沒有那麼多人過。
01:46
This is the highest number of refugees since World War II.
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這是自二戰以來最大的難民潮。
01:50
Now, let me tell you why this issue is so important to me.
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讓我來告訴你為何 這個議題對我這麼重要。
01:53
I am an Arab. I am an immigrant.
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我是位阿拉伯移民。
01:57
I am a Muslim.
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我是穆斯林。
01:59
I've also spent the last 12 years of my life working with refugees.
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近 12 年我都投身難民相關工作。
02:03
Oh -- and I'm also gay.
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噢──我還是同性戀。
02:05
It makes me really popular these days.
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這讓我近期滿受矚目的。
02:07
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
02:08
But I am the daughter of a refugee.
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我是難民的女兒。
02:11
My grandmother fled Syria in 1964 during the first Assad regime.
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我奶奶在 1964 年逃離 敘利亞的阿薩德政權。
02:16
She was three months pregnant when she packed up a suitcase,
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那時她已經懷胎三個月了,
她帶著五個小孩來到鄰國約旦,
02:19
piled in her five children and drove to neighboring Jordan,
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02:22
not knowing what the future held for her and her family.
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面對著未知的未來。
02:26
My grandfather decided to stay, not believing it was that bad.
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我爺爺決定留下來, 不相信情況那麼糟。
02:30
He followed her a month later, after his brothers were tortured
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但在他兄弟被虐待以後, 他也在一個月後過來了。
02:33
and his factory was taken over by the government.
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他的工廠被政府控制。
02:36
They rebuilt their lives starting from scratch
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他們白手重新起家,
02:39
and eventually became independently wealthy Jordanian citizens.
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成為經濟獨立的約旦人。
02:43
I was born in Jordan 11 years later.
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11 年後我在約旦出生。
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It was really important to my grandmother for us to know our history
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奶奶認為知道自己的歷史和歷程
02:50
and our journey.
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是很重要的。
02:52
I was eight years old when she took me to visit my first refugee camp.
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我 8 歲時她帶我參觀了 我第一個難民營。
02:56
I didn't understand why.
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我沒辦法理解。
02:58
I didn't know why it was so important to her
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我不知道我們一定要去的理由何在。
03:00
for us to go.
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03:02
I remember walking into the camp holding her hand,
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我記得她牽著我的手跟我說:
03:05
and her saying, "Go play with the kids,"
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「去跟孩子們玩吧。」
03:07
while she visited with the women in the camp.
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她自己則要拜訪一些女人。
03:10
I didn't want to.
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我那時不想去。
03:11
These kids weren't like me.
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那些小孩跟我不一樣。
03:13
They were poor. They lived in a camp.
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他們很窮還住在難民營。
03:14
I refused.
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我拒絕了。
03:16
She knelt down beside me and firmly said, "Go.
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奶奶蹲在我旁邊堅定地說:「快去。
03:19
And don't come back until you've played.
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在跟他們玩過之前不准回來。
03:21
Don't ever think people are beneath you
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不要覺得他們比你低下,
03:23
or that you have nothing to learn from others."
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或覺得他們沒什麼好教你的。」
03:26
I reluctantly went.
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我不情願地去了。
03:27
I never wanted to disappoint my grandmother.
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我不想讓我奶奶失望。
03:31
I returned a few hours later,
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我跟那些小孩踢了一下足球,
03:32
having spent some time playing soccer with the kids in the camp.
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幾個小時候才回來。
03:37
We walked out of the camp,
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我們走出難民營,
03:39
and I was excitedly telling her what a great time I had
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我很興奮的告訴她我有多高興,
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and how fantastic the kids were.
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那些小孩有多棒。
03:44
"Haram!" I said in Arabic. "Poor them."
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「阿拉禁止!」我用阿拉伯文說。 「他們真可憐。」
03:48
"Haram on us," she said, using the word's different meaning,
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「我們也是不潔的,」 她用了這個字的另一個意思,
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that we were sinning.
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代表我們都有罪。
03:53
"Don't feel sorry for them; believe in them."
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「別對他們感到抱歉, 而是去相信他們。」
03:58
It wasn't until I left my country of origin for the United States
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一直到我來美國後
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that I realized the impact of her words.
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才體會到了這句話的涵義。
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After my college graduation, I applied for and was granted political asylum,
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大學畢業後我得到了政治庇護,
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based on being a member of a social group.
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基於我是社會團體的一份子。
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Some people may not realize this,
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有的人可能沒察覺,
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but you can still get the death penalty in some countries for being gay.
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但在某些國家身為同性戀 是會被判死刑的。
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I had to give up my Jordanian citizenship.
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我得放棄我的約旦國籍。
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That was the hardest decision I've ever had to make,
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這是我做過最艱難的決定,
但我別無選擇。
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but I had no other choice.
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04:29
The point is,
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重點是,
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when you find yourself choosing between home and survival,
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當你得在生存和故鄉做選擇時,
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the question "Where are you from?" becomes very loaded.
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「你從哪裡來?」就會變成負擔。
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A Syrian woman who I recently met at a refugee camp in Greece
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我在希臘難民營遇到的敘利亞女人
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articulated it best,
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描述得很好,
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when she recalled the exact moment she realized she had to flee Aleppo.
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她在回想自己得逃離 阿勒頗的時候這麼說道:
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"I looked out the window and there was nothing.
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「我往窗外看去, 但只看到一片荒蕪。
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It was all rubble.
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到處都是瓦礫。
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There were no stores, no streets, no schools. Everything was gone.
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沒有商店、沒有街道, 更遑題學校了。所有東西都消失了。
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I had been in my apartment for months,
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我在公寓住了幾個月,
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listening to bombs drop and watching people die.
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聽著炸彈墜落,看著人們死去。
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But I always thought it would get better,
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但我相信明天會更好,
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that no one could force me to leave,
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沒有人能逼我離開,
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no one could take my home away from me.
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沒有人能奪走我的房子。
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And I don't know why it was that morning, but when I looked outside,
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可是一個早晨我看向外頭,
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I realized if I didn't leave, my three young children would die.
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我驚覺如果再不離開, 我的三個小孩就死定了。
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And so we left.
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所以我們只好離開。
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We left because we had to, not because we wanted to.
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這是因為我們必須離開, 不是自己的意願使然。
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There was no choice," she said.
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我們別無選擇。」她說。
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It's kind of hard to believe that you belong
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當你無家可歸之時,
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when you don't have a home,
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當你的母國因 恐懼或迫害而拒絕你時,
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when your country of origin rejects you because of fear or persecution,
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當你的故土被摧毀殆盡時,
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or the city that you grew up in is completely destroyed.
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你會很難相信自己屬於 任何一個群體。
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I didn't feel like I had a home.
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我那時不覺得我有家。
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I was no longer a Jordanian citizen,
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我不再是約旦人,
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but I wasn't American, either.
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但我同時也不是美國人。
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I felt a kind of loneliness
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孤寂感油然而生,
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that is still hard to put into words today.
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至今仍難以言喻。
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After college, I desperately needed to find a place to call home.
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大學畢業後,我急切地 想要找一個可以稱為家的所在。
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I bounced around from state to state
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我在州與州之間徘徊,
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and eventually ended up in North Carolina.
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最後來到了北卡羅來納。
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Kindhearted people who felt sorry for me
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善心的民眾可憐我,
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offered to pay rent
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他們幫我繳房租,
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or buy me a meal or a suit for my new interview.
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或在我去應徵時幫我買食物或衣服。
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It just made me feel more isolated and incapable.
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這只讓我更覺得自己的孤立無能。
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It wasn't until I met Miss Sarah,
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直到我遇到了莎拉小姐,
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a Southern Baptist who took me in at my lowest and gave me a job,
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一個美南浸信會教徒, 在我人生的低點給了我一份工作,
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that I started to believe in myself.
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讓我開始產生自信。
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Miss Sarah owned a diner in the mountains of North Carolina.
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莎拉小姐在北卡羅萊那州的 山區有一間餐館。
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I assumed, because of my privileged upbringing
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我原本以為是因為我優越的成長環境
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and my Seven Sister education,
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和七姊妹學院的學歷,
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that she would ask me to manage the restaurant.
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讓她給我管理餐廳的機會。
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I was wrong.
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但我錯了。
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I started off washing dishes,
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我從洗盤子、
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cleaning toilets and working the grill.
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清廁所、顧烤架開始做起。
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I was humbled; I was shown the value of hard work.
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我態度謙卑,也明白了 努力工作的價值。
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But most importantly, I felt valued and embraced.
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但更重要的是,我覺得被重視了。
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I celebrated Christmas with her family,
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我和她們家一同慶祝聖誕節,
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and she attempted to observe Ramadan with me.
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她也試著跟我一起過齋戒月。
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I remember being very nervous about coming out to her --
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我記得對她出櫃那時我緊張萬分──
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after all, she was a Southern Baptist.
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畢竟她是美南浸信會教徒。
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I sat on the couch next to her
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我坐在她旁邊
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and I said, "Miss Sarah, you know that I'm gay."
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並說道:「莎拉, 我是一名同性戀。」
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Her response is one that I will never forget.
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她的回應讓我永生難忘。
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"That's fine, honey. Just don't be a slut."
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「沒關係,親愛的。 別當個蕩婦就好。」
06:59
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
07:02
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
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I eventually moved to Atlanta, still trying to find my home.
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我最後移到亞特蘭大, 仍試著尋找我的定所。
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My journey took a strange turn three years later,
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三年後我遇到一群難民小孩在踢球,
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after I met a group of refugee kids playing soccer outside.
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我的旅程有了奇妙的轉折。
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I'd made a wrong turn into this apartment complex,
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我走錯路進到了一間公寓大樓,
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and I saw these kids outside playing soccer.
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看到這些小孩在踢足球。
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They were playing barefoot with a raggedy soccer ball
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他們赤腳踢著殘破的足球,
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and rocks set up as goals.
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並用石頭計分。
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I watched them for about an hour,
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我大概看了一個小時,
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and after that I was smiling.
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之後我笑了。
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The boys reminded me of home.
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他們讓我想起了家。
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They reminded me of the way I grew up playing soccer
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想起了我兒時在約旦街道上,
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in the streets of Jordan, with my brothers and cousins.
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和兄弟姊妹一起踢球。
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I eventually joined their game.
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我加入了他們的賽局。
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They were a little skeptical about letting me join it,
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他們一開始還有點疑義,
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because according to them, girls don't know how to play.
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因為他們認為女生不會踢球。
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But obviously I did.
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但我當然會。
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I asked them if they had ever played on a team.
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我問他們有沒有組隊過。
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They said they hadn't, but that they would love to.
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他們說沒有,但是願意試試看。
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I gradually won them over, and we formed our first team.
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我慢慢地說服他們,並組了隊。
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This group of kids would give me a crash course in refugees, poverty
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這群小孩會讓我對難民、貧困
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and humanity.
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和人性上有了深刻的一課。
08:06
Three brothers from Afghanistan -- Roohullah, Noorullah and Zabiullah --
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來自阿富汗的三兄弟── 魯拉、努爾拉和扎比伍拉──
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played a major role in that.
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扮演了主要角色。
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I showed up late to practice one day to find the field completely deserted.
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一天我遲到,卻發現 場地上沒有半個人。
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I was really worried.
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我很緊張。
08:16
My team loved to practice.
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我的團隊是喜歡練習的。
08:18
It wasn't like them to miss practice.
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他們應該不會錯過才是。
08:21
I got out of my car, and two kids ran out from behind a dumpster,
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我從車子出來, 兩個小孩從垃圾桶後跑出,
08:24
waving their hands frantically.
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焦急地揮著手。
08:26
"Coach, Rooh got beat up. He got jumped.
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「教練,魯被人打啦。他被人圍毆。
08:28
There was blood everywhere."
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到處都是血。」
08:30
"What do you mean? What do you mean he got beat up?"
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「你說被打是甚麼意思?」
「有一群壞蛋跑來打他,教練。
08:33
"These bad kids came and beat him up, Coach.
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大家都很害怕地跑了。」
08:35
Everybody left. They were all scared."
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08:37
We hopped into my car and drove over to Rooh's apartment.
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我們上車來到魯住的地方。
08:40
I knocked on the door, and Noor opened it.
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我敲了敲門,努爾來幫我開門。
08:43
"Where's Rooh? I need to talk to him, see if he's OK."
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「魯在哪裡?我得跟他談談, 看他好不好。」
08:46
"He's in his room, Coach. He's refusing to come out."
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「他在他房間,教練。他不想出來。」
08:49
I knocked on the door.
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我敲了門。
08:50
"Rooh, come on out. I need to talk to you.
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「魯,出來吧!我們講一下話。
08:52
I need to see if you're OK or if we need to go to the hospital."
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我得看你好不好,要不要去醫院。」
08:55
He came out.
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他出來了 。
08:57
He had a big gash on his head, a split lip,
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他的臉上有一道疤痕,嘴唇也裂了。
08:59
and he was physically shaken.
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他渾身發抖。
09:02
I was looking at him,
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我看著他,
09:03
and I asked the boys to call for their mom,
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並請其他人打電話給他們的媽媽,
09:06
because I needed to go to the hospital with him.
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因為我得跟他去醫院。
09:08
They called for their mom.
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他們打了電話,
09:10
She came out.
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而媽媽也來了。
09:12
I had my back turned to her, and she started screaming in Farsi.
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她開始用波斯語尖叫,我背對著她。
09:16
The boys fell to the ground laughing.
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其他男孩笑著在地上打滾。
09:18
I was very confused,
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我感到困惑,
09:19
because there was nothing funny about this.
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因為這並不好笑。
09:22
They explained to me that she said,
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他們告訴我媽媽是在說
09:24
"You told me your coach was a Muslim and a woman."
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「你們明明告訴我 你們的教練是穆斯林女性。」
09:27
From behind, I didn't appear to be either to her.
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而我從背後看來一點都不像。
09:29
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
09:33
"I am Muslim," I said, turning to her.
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「我是穆斯林,」我轉身告訴她。
09:35
"Ašhadu ʾan lā ʾilāha ʾilla (A)llāh,"
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「我作證──萬物非主,唯有真主。」
09:37
reciting the Muslim declaration of faith.
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這是穆斯林的信仰宣言。
09:40
Confused,
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她很疑惑,
09:43
and perhaps maybe a little bit reassured,
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但慢慢開始相信,
09:45
she realized that yes,
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眼前這個美國樣、
09:46
I, this American-acting, shorts-wearing, non-veiled woman,
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穿短褲、沒頭巾的女人,
09:49
was indeed a Muslim.
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的確是穆斯林。
09:51
Their family had fled the Taliban.
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他們的家庭逃離塔利班。
09:55
Hundreds of people in their village
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幾百位村民
09:57
were murdered.
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都被殺了。
09:58
Their father was taken in by the Taliban,
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他們家父親被塔利班抓走,
10:00
only to return a few months later, a shell of the man he once was.
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幾個月後被送回來, 已經沒有了生命。
10:06
The family escaped to Pakistan,
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他們逃到巴基斯坦,
10:08
and the two older boys, age eight and 10 at the time,
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而兩個分別為 8 歲和 10 歲的男孩,
10:12
wove rugs for 10 hours a day to provide for their family.
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為了生計每天織地毯 10 小時。
10:16
They were so excited when they found out that they had been approved
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他們獲知能在美國
10:20
to resettle in the United States,
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重新開始時有多麼高興,
10:23
making them the lucky 0.1 percent who get to do that.
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只有千分之一的幸運兒有這個機會。
10:26
They had hit the jackpot.
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他們就像中了大獎。
10:28
Their story is not unique.
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這個故事並不特別。
10:30
Every refugee family I have worked with has had some version of this.
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每個我接觸的難民都有 差不多的遭遇。
10:34
I work with kids
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我接觸孩子,
10:37
who have seen their mothers raped, their fathers' fingers sliced off.
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那些看到母親被強姦, 父親被剁手指的孩子。
10:40
One kid saw a bullet put in his grandmother's head,
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一位孩子看見一顆子彈 穿過她祖母的腦門,
10:43
because she refused to let the rebels take him to be a child soldier.
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因為她拒絕惡棍 抓她的小孩去當童兵。
10:49
Their journeys are haunting.
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他們的故事都很駭人。
10:51
But what I get to see every day is hope, resilience, determination,
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但我每天看到的 是希望,是復甦,是決心,
10:57
a love of life
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是生活的愛,
10:58
and appreciation for being able to rebuild their lives.
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還有能夠重獲新生的感激。
11:03
I was at the boys' apartment one night,
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一晚我在男孩的公寓,
11:05
when the mom came home after cleaning 18 hotel rooms in one day.
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他們的母親在清完 18 間 旅館客房後回來。
11:10
She sat down, and Noor rubbed her feet,
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她坐下,努爾開始幫她腳底按摩,
11:13
saying that he was going to take care of her once he graduated.
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並說他畢業後會好好照顧她。
11:16
She smiled from exhaustion.
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她疲憊的面容露出了微笑。
11:18
"God is good. Life is good. We are lucky to be here."
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「感謝老天。感謝生命。 我們在此何其有幸。」
11:22
In the last two years, we have seen an escalating anti-refugee sentiment.
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近兩年,人們反難民的情緒激增。
11:28
It's global.
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這個現象布及全球。
11:30
The numbers continue to grow because we do nothing to prevent it
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這個數字不斷攀升, 因為我們都毫無作為,
11:33
and nothing to stop it.
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也沒有抵擋。
11:35
The issue shouldn't be stopping refugees from coming into our countries.
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問題不是阻止難民來到這裡,
11:38
The issue should be not forcing them to leave their own.
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而是在怎麼讓他們不會 被迫離鄉背井。
11:41
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
11:58
Sorry.
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對不起。
11:59
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
12:09
How much more suffering,
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還有多少苦難,
12:12
how much more suffering must we take?
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我們到底還要遭受多少苦難?
12:15
How many more people need to be forced out of their homes
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又要有多少人離開家園,
12:17
before we say, "Enough!"?
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在我們說出「夠了!」之前?
12:19
A hundred million?
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一億?
12:20
Not only do we shame, blame and reject them
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我們不僅因為跟他們無關的暴行
12:25
for atrocities that they had absolutely nothing to do with,
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羞赧、斥責、拒絕他們,
12:28
we re-traumatize them,
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我們還做了二度傷害,
12:30
when we're supposed to be welcoming them into our countries.
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而且是在他們 應該被歡迎接納的時候。
12:35
We strip them of their dignity and treat them like criminals.
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我們剝奪了他們的尊嚴, 對待他們就像是在對待罪犯。
12:38
I had a student in my office a couple of weeks ago.
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我辦公室前幾個禮拜來了個學生。
12:41
She's originally from Iraq.
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她是伊拉克來的。
12:43
She broke down crying.
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她哭了出聲。
12:45
"Why do they hate us?"
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「他們為甚麼討厭我們?」
12:47
"Who hates you?"
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「誰討厭妳?」
12:48
"Everyone; everyone hates us because we are refugees,
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「所有人。因我們是難民, 大家都討厭我們。
12:51
because we are Muslim."
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也因為我們是穆斯林。」
12:53
In the past, I was able to reassure my students
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以前我能安撫我的學生,
12:56
that the majority of the world does not hate refugees.
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沒有人會排斥難民。
12:58
But this time I couldn't.
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但現在不行了。
13:00
I couldn't explain to her why someone tried to rip off her mother's hijab
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我沒辦法解釋怎麼有人會在店裡,
13:04
when they were grocery shopping,
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拉掉她母親的頭巾。
13:06
or why a player on an opposing team called her a terrorist
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或者敵隊的同學, 直接叫她恐怖分子,
13:09
and told her to go back where she came from.
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叫她滾回原本的國家。
13:11
I couldn't reassure her
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我也沒辦法安慰她,
13:13
that her father's ultimate life sacrifice
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她的父親一生奉獻給了美軍,
13:15
by serving in the United States military as an interpreter
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擔任美軍的翻譯,
13:19
would make her more valued as an American citizen.
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但這沒辦法使她成為 被尊重的美國人。
13:22
We take in so few refugees worldwide.
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我們接納的難民為數不多。
13:26
We resettle less than 0.1 percent.
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我們安置的難民少於 0.1%。
13:30
That 0.1 percent benefits us more than them.
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這 0.1 的數字對國家的利益 大於對他們的利益。
13:34
It dumbfounds me how the word "refugee" is considered something to be dirty,
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莫非所謂「難民」, 就是骯髒污穢的?
13:38
something to be ashamed of.
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就是應該羞恥的?
13:40
They have nothing to be ashamed of.
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他們不應感到羞恥。
13:45
We have seen advances in every aspect of our lives --
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我們的生活日新月異,
13:48
except our humanity.
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除了人道關懷之外。
13:50
There are 65.3 million people who have been forced out of their homes
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因為征戰,有 6530 萬人
13:54
because of war --
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離開故土。
13:56
the largest number in history.
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這是史上最大的數字。
13:58
We are the ones who should be ashamed.
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我們才是該感到羞恥的人。
14:01
Thank you.
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謝謝大家。
14:02
(Applause)
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