Ukraine's Fight to Keep Educating Its Children | Zoya Lytvyn | TED

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Helen Chang

On February 24,

二月二十四日，

my daughter spoke for the first time.

我的女兒第一次開口說話了。

First word was “ba-bah,”

第一個字是「砰砰」，

which means the sound of a great explosion.

指的是大爆炸的聲音。

That night, we woke to the concussive sound of bombs

那晚，衝擊的炸彈 爆炸聲驚醒了我們，

as our windows came crashing in.

我們的窗戶向內爆裂。

It was the bombardment of Kyiv.

是基輔受到了砲轟。

I'm someone who didn't believe it would happen.

我不相信這種事會發生。

I was born just a few days before the Chernobyl disaster

我出生後幾天就發生了車諾比核災，

and a few years before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

幾年後就發生了蘇聯解體。

I grew up in an independent Ukraine,

我在獨立的烏克蘭長大。

struggling to overcome the legacy of the Soviet system.

很辛苦地努力克服 殘留下來的蘇聯體制。

My mother and my grandmother worked very hard

我母親和外婆非常努力

so that I could have a good education

讓我能接受好的教育，

because they believed my generation would build the country.

因為她們相信，我的這個世代 會是建立國家的棟樑。

And we have.

我們也做到了。

Until six weeks ago,

直到六週前，

Ukraine was on an upward path,

烏克蘭都還在向上邁進，

becoming more prosperous, more fair, more free.

變得更繁榮、更平等、更自由。

In 2004 and 2013,

在 2004 年和 2013 年，

we marched for democracy, and we defeated autocracy.

我們發起民主遊行，

也打敗了獨裁政體。

So I was stunned when the windows crushed in.

所以當窗戶向內爆裂時，我嚇壞了，

I froze.

我呆住了。

Speechless, motionless,

無法說話，無法動彈，

absolutely helpless.

完全無助。

That was my first lesson of war.

那是我的第一堂戰爭課。

What you cherish can be taken from you in a moment.

你所珍視的一切， 都能在瞬間被奪去，

Even your peace of mind.

包括你內心的平靜。

My hands were still shaking as I fled to the west of Ukraine with my children

當我帶著孩子逃到烏克蘭西部時， 我的雙手還在發抖，

and then over the border to Slovakia.

接著我們越過國界進入斯洛伐克。

My husband and my parents remain in Kyiv, helping our country.

我先生和我父母都還留在基輔，

幫助我們的國家。

As we traveled further from our family,

隨著我們離家人越來越遠，

I imagined all that was being destroyed.

我想像著被摧毀的一切。

Our homes, our hospitals,

我們的家園、

我們的醫院、

our critical infrastructure and so much more.

我們的重要基礎設施，

還有好多好多。

For 40 million people in my country

對我祖國的四千萬人

and for billions around the globe,

以及全球數十億人而言，

February 24 is the day Russia invaded Ukraine.

二月二十四日是俄羅斯 入侵烏克蘭的日子。

For seven million Ukrainian children,

對七百萬烏克蘭兒童而言，

it is also the day Russia tried to take their future.

那一天也是俄羅斯 試圖奪走他們未來的日子。

176 children have been killed by Russian bombs.

已經有一百七十六名兒童

被俄羅斯的炸彈炸死。

Hundreds more have been wounded.

還有數百名兒童受傷。

Ten years ago,

十年前，我投入為烏克蘭兒童

I dedicated myself to building world-class schools

建造世界級學校的工作。

for the children of Ukraine.

I believe education is the most powerful tool

我相信教育是最強大的工具，

for improving the economy,

能改善經濟、

the environment and human well-being.

環境，及人類福祉。

War very quickly destroys all three.

很快地，這三項都被戰爭摧毀了。

So far, 900 schools have been critically damaged.

目前，已經有九百間學校嚴重受損，

84 are completely destroyed.

八十四間完全被摧毀。

And yet, education goes on.

但，教育還持續著。

During the COVID pandemic,

在新冠肺炎疫情期間，

Ukrainian government engaged my team to create the Ukrainian school online.

烏克蘭政府來找我的團隊，

打造了烏克蘭線上學校。

During the last two years,

在過去兩年間，已經將學校帶給

it has delivered school to children wherever they were.

各地的孩童。

Students from remote areas had access to teachers and lessons

偏遠地區的學生能夠接觸到

他們無法從其他管道 接觸到的老師和課程。

they wouldn't have otherwise.

This platform covers the secondary school curriculum

這個平台能提供中等學校的課程，

and puts every student in front of our very best teachers.

且能讓我們最棒的老師 來教導每一位學生。

We never imagined our nonprofit project would be needed in a situation

我們完全沒料到 我們的非營利專案計畫

會因為比新冠肺炎

even more horrible than COVID.

更可怕的情況而派上用場。

But today, almost 400,000 students learn on this platform.

但，現在有近四十萬學生

在這個平台上學習。

They connect from within Ukraine and from 120 countries

連上平台的學生有的在烏克蘭國內，

有的則以難民的身分待在

where they are refugees at the moment.

另外一百二十個國家。

And for all of them, those couple of hours a day

對所有這些學生而言， 一天中的那幾個小時，

is not just a safe environment where they learn something new.

不僅是讓他們能學到 新東西的安全環境，

It is also the space where, despite everything,

在這個空間裡，不論如何，

Ukraine continues to invest in them.

烏克蘭都會持續投資在他們身上。

And that was my second lesson of war.

這是我的第二堂戰爭課。

Putin can take a lot from us.

普丁能奪走很多我們所擁有的：

Our homes, our jobs, our loved ones, our peace.

我們的家園、我們的工作、

我們的愛人、我們的和平。

But he cannot undo education.

但他無法收回教育。

Knowledge and curiosity are unassailable treasures.

知識和好奇心是無懈可擊的寶藏。

And as long as our children keep learning

只要我們的學生持續學習，

and our teachers keep teaching,

我們的老師持續教學，

even while they are starving in shelters under bombardment,

即使他們在砲轟之下 躲在庇護所裡挨餓，

even in refugee camps,

即使在難民營裡，

we are undefeated.

我們都還沒有被擊敗。

In this war, every Ukrainian has his own front.

在這場戰爭中，

每一位烏克蘭人都有他自己的前線。

Our soldiers, our doctors, our mothers.

我們的士兵、

我們的醫生、我們的母親，

And, yes, even our children and teachers.

是的，還有我們的孩子和老師。

By continuing to learn, they fight for our future.

他們透過持續學習，

為我們的未來而戰。

And this fight is about so much more than borders.

而這場仗的重點遠不只是邊界。

Ukrainians are fighting for freedom,

烏克蘭人在為自由而戰，

for our right to imagine and build our future in our own way.

讓我們有權能夠 以我們自己的方式來想像

和打造我們的未來。

Our people stand heroically.

我們的同胞英勇地堅持著。

But against the second-largest army in the world,

但對抗的是世界上第二大的軍隊，

we cannot stand alone.

我們無法孤軍奮戰。

To end this war, we need you.

要終止這場戰爭，我們需要各位。

We need every citizen in every nation to demand that it stops.

我們需要每個國家的每位公民

要求停止這場戰爭。

And that was my third lesson.

那是我的第三堂課。

My freedom is connected to yours.

我的自由和你的自由相連。

My daughter's first word was the sound of destruction.

我女兒說出的第一個字 是毀滅的聲音。

But as she grows,

但隨著她長大，

I know she and the rest of her generation

我知道，她和她那個世代的其他人

will build Ukraine again.

會再次重建烏克蘭。

We will rehabilitate our roads, our schools, our hospitals,

我們會重建我們的道路、

我們的學校、我們的醫院、

our houses and people.

我們的房子，以及人民。

Fueled by knowledge and curiosity,

在知識和好奇心的推動下，

we will walk again the path to become a prosperous, free nation.

我們將會再次踏上 成為繁榮自由之國的道路，

If you stand with us.

倘若各位與我們並肩的話。

So please,

所以，拜託，

don't watch from the side.

不要旁觀。

Don't wait and see.

不要等看看會如何。

Stand up with us now.

現在就和我們一起站出來。

Stand up for freedom.

為自由站出來。

Stand up for democracy.

為民主站出來。

Stand up for Ukraine.

為烏克蘭站出來。

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Applause)

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