TED演讲procastination英文文稿

TED演讲英文文稿Procrastination/pr9Uk侬stI,ne1m/（拖延症）00：11Soincollege,Iwasagovernmentmajor（主修行政管理专业的学生），whichmeansIhadtowritealotofpapers。Now,whenanormalstudentwritesapaper,theymightspreadtheworkoutalittle（一点点地展开工作）likethis.So,youknow——00：25yougetstarted（=start）maybealittleslowly,butyougetenoughdoneinthefirstweekthat，withsomeheavier（=busier）dayslateron（infml后来），everythinggetsdone，thingsstaycivi/Sivl/（文明的）。00:33（Laughter/，la:ft3（r）/笑声）00:34AndIwouldwanttodothatlikethat。Thatwouldbetheplan.Iwouldhaveitallreadytogo,butthen，actually，thepaperwouldcomealong（出现），andthenIwouldkindof（用于表示不确定，”有点，可以这么说"）dothis.00：45（Laughter）00：47Andthatwouldhappeneverysinglepapero00:50Butthencamemy90—pageseniorthesis（/'Bi:sis/毕业论文）， apaperyou,resupposedtospendayearon。AndIknewforapaperlikethat,mynormalworkflow（工作流程）wasnotanoption（/'Dpn/选择）.Itwasway（usedwithpreporadv。非常）toobigaproject。SoIplannedthingsout（精心安排，筹划），andIdecidedIkindofhadtogosomethinglikethis。Thisishowtheyearwouldgo。SoI'dstartoff开始）light（ad。轻松地），andI,dbumpitup（toincreasesth。）inthemiddlemonths,andthenattheend,Iwouldkickitupintohighgear（/gi（r）/全力冲刺）justlikealittlestaircase.Howhardcoulditbetowalkupthestairs?Nobigdeal（没什么大不了的）,right?01：22Butthen,thefunniestthinghappened。Thosefirstfewmonths?Theycameandwent,andIcouldn'tquite（=really）dostuff/stAf/。Sowehadanawesome（/'ossm/verygood）newrevised（/ri'vaiz/改变,调整）plan.01:30（Laughter）01：31Andthen——01:32（Laughter）01:34Butthenthosemiddlemonthsactuallywentby,andIdidn'treallywritewords,andsowewerehere.Andthentwomonthsturnedintoonemonth,whichturnedintotwoweeks.AndonedayIwokeupwiththreedaysuntil（在•一之前）thedeadline,stillnothavingwrittenaword,andsoIdidtheonlythingIcould:Iwrote90pagesover72hours,pullingnotonebuttwoall—nighters——humansarenotsupposedtopulltwoall—nighters（开两晚夜车）-sprinted（/sprnt/飞跑，冲刺）acrosscampus（/'k无mpes/校园），dove（dive,扑向，冲向）inslowmotion（/宜°明/移动，运动）,andgotitin（ managetodosth.）justatthedeadline.02：10Ithoughtthatwastheendofeverything.ButaweeklaterIgetacall,andit,stheschool。Andtheysay,“IsthisTimUrban?"AndIsay,"Yeah"Andtheysay,“Weneedtotalkaboutyourthesis（/6i：sis/毕业论文）."AndIsay, "OK."Andtheysay,"It'sthebestonewe,veeverseen."02:28（Laughter）02:31（Applause/°'plo：z/掌声）02：35Thatdidnothappen。02:37（Laughter）02:39Itwasavery,verybadthesis.02:42（Laughter）02:44Ijustwantedtoenjoythatonemomentwhenallofyouthought， "Thisguyisamazing！"02：50（Laughter）02:51No,no，itwasvery，verybad。Anyway（不管怎么说），todayI,mawriter-bloggerguy。IwritetheblogWaitButWhy。Andacoupleofyearsago，Idecidedtowriteaboutprocrastination（/prou,kr况sti'neijn/拖延症）。Mybehaviorhasalwaysperplexed（/ps'pleks/使迷惑）thenon-procrastinators（/prou'kr况s.to。neij孑/拖延者）aroundme，andIwantedtoexplaintothenon-procrastinatorsoftheworldwhatgoesonintheheadsofprocrastinators,andwhywearethewayweare。Now，Ihadahypothesis（/hai'pD0ssis/假设）thatthebrainsofprocrastinatorswereactuallydifferentthanthebrainsofotherpeople.Andtotestthis,IfoundanMRI（核磁共振成像）labthatactuallyletmescan（/sk出n/扫描）bothmybrainandthebrainofaprovennon-procrastinator,soIcouldcomparethem.Iactuallybroughtthemheretoshowyoutoday.Iwantyoutotakealookcarefullytoseeifyoucannoticeadifference.Iknowthatifyou'renotatrainedbrainexpert,it,snotthat（二so）obvious（/'Dbviss/明显的），butjusttakealook，OK?Sohere,sthebrainofanon-procrastinator.03:42（Laughter）03：45Now。.。here'smybraino03：49（Laughter）03：54ThereisadifferenceoBothbrainshaveaRational（/'r况JnH/理智的）Decision-Makerinthem,buttheprocrastinator'sbrainalsohasanInstantGratification（/igr^tifi'keifn/满足）MonkeyoNow,whatdoesthismeanfortheprocrastinator?Well,itmeanseverything'sfineuntilthishappens.04：08[Thisisaperfecttimetogetsomeworkdone。][Nope!]04:11SotheRationalDecision—Makerwillmaketherationaldecisiontodosomethingproductive（/pro'd八ktiv/富有成效的）,buttheMonkeydoesn'tlikethatplan,soheactuallytakesthewheel（/wi:l/方向盘），andhesays,“Actually,let’sreadtheentire（/in'taio（r）/整个,全部）Wikipedia（维基百科）pageoftheNancyKerrigan/TonyaHardingscandal（/'sk况ndl/丑闻）,becauseIjustrememberedthatthathappenedo04:27（Laughter）04：28Then——04：29（Laughter）04:30Thenwe,regoingtogoovertothefridge（/frid3/冰箱），toseeifthere,sanythingnewintheresince10minutesago。Afterthat,we'regoingtogoonaYouTubespiral（/spairsl/）thatstartswithvideosofRichardFeynmantalkingaboutmagnets（/'m况gnot/磁铁）andendsmuch,muchlaterwithuswatchinginterviewswithJustinBieber,smom。04：46（Laughter）04：48”Allofthat'sgoingtotakeawhile,sowe'renotgoingtoreallyhaveroomonthescheduleforanyworktodayo Sorry!"04:54（Sigh/sai/叹气）04:57SaiNow,whatisgoingonhere?TheInstantGratificationMonkeydoesnotseemlikeaguyyouwantbehindthewheel.Helivesentirely（=completely）inthepresentmomentoHehasnomemoryofthepast,noknowledgeofthefuture,andheonlycaresabouttwothings：easyandfuno05:15Now,intheanimalworld,thatworksfine°Ifyou'readogandyouspendyourwholelifedoingnothingotherthan（除了）easyandfunthings,you,reahugesuccess!05:24（Laughter）05：26AndtotheMonkey,humansarejustanotheranimalspecies（/'spiJin/物种）。Youhavetokeepwell—slept,well—fedandpropagating（/'prDp°geit/繁衍）intothenextgeneration,whichintribal（/'traibl/部落的）times（时代）mighthaveworkedOK.But,ifyouhaven'tnoticed,nowwe'renotintribaltimes.We,reinanadvancedcivilization"sivelai'zeifn/文明），andtheMonkeydoesnotknowwhatthatis。Whichiswhywehaveanotherguyinourbrain,theRationalDecision—Maker, whogivesustheabilitytodothingsnootheranimalcando.Wecanvisualize（/'vI3uHaIz/设想）thefutureoWecanseethebigpictureoWecanmakelong一termplans。Andhewantstotakeallofthatintoaccount/s'kaunt/（把•一考虑在内）。Andhewantstojusthaveusdowhatevermakessense（有意义，合理）tobedoingrightnow。Now,sometimesitmakessensetobedoingthingsthatareeasyandfun,likewhenyou,rehavingdinnerorgoingtobedorenjoyingwell-earnedleisure（/'le3°（r）/闲暇）time.That,swhythere'sanoverlapQouvo'底p/重叠）。Sometimestheyagree（一致）。Butothertimes,itmakesmuchmoresensetobedoingthingsthatareharderandlesspleasant,forthesakeof（为了，因为）thebigpicture.Andthat,swhenwehaveaconflictoAndfortheprocrastinator,thatconflicttendstoendacertainwayeverytime,leavinghimspendingalotoftimeinthisorangezone（/zn/区域），aneasyandfUnplacethat,sentirelyoutoftheMakesSensecircleoIcallittheDarkPlaygroundo06：41（Laughter）06:42Now,theDarkPlaygroundisaplacethatallofyouprocrastinatorsoutthereknowverywell.It'swhereleisure（/'lem°（ry）activities（休闲活动）happenattimes（二sometimes）whenleisureactivitiesarenotsupposedtobehappening.ThefunyouhaveintheDarkPlaygroundisn'tactuallyfun,becauseit'scompletelyunearned（不应得的），andtheairisfilledwithguilt,dread（/dred/忧虑，恐惧）,anxiety（/到'zaioti/焦虑），self—hatred（/'he1tr1d/自我憎恨）一-allofthosegoodprocrastinatorfeelingsoAndthequestionis,inthissituation,withtheMonkeybehindthewheel,howdoestheprocrastinatorevergethimselfoverheretothisbluezone,alesspleasantplace,butwherereallyimportantthingshappen?07:16Well,turnsouttheprocrastinatorhasaguardian（/，gn.diQn/）angel（守护天使）,someonewho）alwayslookingdownon（俯瞰）himandwatchingover（照看）himinhisdarkestmoments--someonecalledthePanic（/'p^nik/恐慌）Monster（怪物）。07：27（Laughter）07:33Now,thePanicMonsterisdormant（/,do：ment/蛰伏的）mostofthetime,buthesuddenlywakesupanytimeadeadlinegetstoocloseorthere,sdangerofpublicembarrassment（/1mb史resment/难堪），acareerdisasterorsomeotherscary（/,skeeri/使人恐慌的）consequence（/,kDns1kwens/结果）。Andimportantly,he,stheonlythingtheMonkeyisterrified（/,terifaid/）of（非常害怕）。Now,hebecameveryrelevant（/，reievent/密切相关的）inmylifepretty（=quite）recently,becausethepeopleofTEDreachedouttome（=contact联系到我）aboutsixmonthsagoandinvitedmetodoaTEDTalk。08:00（Laughter）08：06Now,ofcourse,Isaidyes.It,salwaysbeenadreamofminetohavedoneaTEDTalkinthepast.08:11（Laughter）08:15（Applause）Butinthemiddleofallthisexcitement，theRationalDecision-Makerseemedtohavesomethingelseonhismind。Hewassaying,”Areweclearonwhatwejustaccepted?Dowegetwhat'sgoingtobenowhappeningonedayinthefuture?Weneedtositdownandworkonthisrightnow."AndtheMonkeysaid，"Totallyagree,butlet'sjustopenGoogleEarthandzoomin（拉近镜头）tothebottomofIndia,like200feetabovetheground,andscroll（/skri/）up（向上）fortwoandahalfhourstillwegettothetopofthecountry,sowecangetabetterfeel（总体印象）forIndiao”08：48（Laughter）08：54Sothat,swhatwedidthatday.08：55（Laughter）08：59Assixmonthsturnedintofourandthentwoandthenone,thepeopleofTEDdecidedtorelease（/ri'|j:s/公布）thespeakersoAndIopenedupthewebsite,andtherewasmyfacestaringrightbackatme。Andguesswhowokeup?09:12（Laughter）09:16SothePanicMonsterstartslosinghismind（发疯,抓狂），andafewsecondslater,thewholesystem,sinmayhem（/'meihem/混乱）.09:21（Laughter）09：26AndtheMonkey——remember,he,sterrifiedofthePanicMonster-boom（吼叫），he'supthetree!Andfinally,finally,theRationalDecision-MakercantakethewheelandIcanstartworkingonthetalk。09：36Now,thePanicMonsterexplainsallkindsofprettyinsane（/1n.se1n/疯狂的，精神失常的）procrastinatorbehavior,likehowsomeonelikemecouldspendtwoweeksunabletostarttheopeningsentenceofapaper,andthenmiraculously（/mi'r史kjelesli/奇迹般地）findtheunbelievableworkethic（realk/）（职业操守）tostayupallnightandwriteeightpages.Andthisentiresituation,withthethreecharacters——thisistheprocrastinator'ssystem.It,snotpretty,butintheend,itworks.ThisiswhatIdecidedtowriteaboutontheblogacoupleofyearsago.10:08WhenIdid,Iwasamazedbytheresponse.Literally（/htereii/毫不夸张地）thousandsofemailscamein,fromalldifferentkindsofpeoplefromallovertheworld,doingalldifferentkindsofthingsoThesearepeoplewhowerenurses,bankers,painters,engineersandlotsandlotsofPhDstudentso10:23（Laughter）10:25Andtheywereallwriting,sayingthesamething：”Ihavethisproblemtoo。”Butwhatstruck（strike打动,触动）mewasthecontrast（/'kQntr^st/差异，悬殊）betweenthelighttone（/tn/语气）0fthepost（apieceofwritingthatformspartofablog）andtheheavinessoftheseemails。Thesepeoplewerewritingwithintense（/intens/强烈的）frustration（，®"挫败）aboutwhatprocrastinationhaddonetotheirlives,aboutwhatthisMonkeyhaddonetothem.AndIthoughtaboutthis,andIsaid,well,iftheprocrastinator,ssystemworks,thenwhat'sgoingon?Whyareallofthesepeopleinsuchadarkplace?10:54Well,itturnsoutthatthere,stwokindsofprocrastinationoEverythingI'vetalkedabouttoday,theexamplesI,vegiven,theyallhavedeadlines。Andwhenthere,sdeadlines,theeffectsofprocrastinationarecontained（/ken，te1n/控制）totheshorttermbecausethePanicMonstergetsinvolved（介入）。Butthere'sasecondkindofprocrastinationthathappensinsituationswhenthereisnodeadline.Soifyouwantedacareerwhereyou,reaself-starter（主动做事的人） somethinginthearts,somethingentrepreneurial（/Dntrepre'n3：riei/创业的） there,snodeadlinesonthosethingsatfirst,becausenothing,shappening,notuntilyou,vegoneoutanddonethehardworktogetmomentum（/me，mentem/推动力），getthingsgoing.There,salsoallkindsofimportantthingsoutsideofyourcareerthatdon'tinvolveanydeadlines,likeseeingyourfamilyorexercisingandtakingcareofyourhealth,workingonyourrelationshiporgettingoutofarelationshipthatisn,tworking.11:38Nowiftheprocrastinator,sonlymechanism（/mekar117Am/行为方式）ofdoingthesehardthingsisthePanicMonster,that'saproblem,becauseinallofthesenon—deadlinesituations,thePanicMonsterdoesn'tshowup。Hehasnothingtowakeupfor,sotheeffectsofprocrastination,they'renotcontained;theyjustextendX/ik'stend/扩及，波及）outward（向外地）forever.Andit'sthislong—termkindofprocrastinationthat,smuchlessvisible（/'vizabl/明显的）andmuchlesstalkedaboutthanthefunnier,short—termdeadline-basedkind。It'susuallysufferedquietlyandprivately（/'praivtli/私下地）。Anditcanbethesourceofahugeamountoflong-termunhappiness,andregrets（后悔）.AndIthought,that'swhythosepeopleareemailing,andthat'swhythey'reinsuchabadplace.It'snotthatthey,recramming（/kr^m/）for（急匆匆地做,突击学习）someprojectoIt,sthatlong—termprocrastinationhasmadethemfeellikeaspectator（/spek'teits（r）/旁观者），attimes（二sometimes）,intheirownlives。Thefrustration（/fs'streifn/挫败）isnotthattheycouldn'tachievetheirdreams;it'sthattheyweren'tevenabletostartchasing（chase/tjeis/追寻）them。12：35SoIreadtheseemailsandIhadalittlebitofanepiphany（/i,pifani/顿悟,突然明白） thatIdon,tthinknon—procrastinatorsexistoThat'sright Ithinkallofyouareprocrastinators。Now,youmightnotallbeamess（/mes/一团糟的人，看上去邋遢的人）,likesomeofus,12：52（Laughter）12：53andsomeofyoumayhaveahealthyrelationshipwithdeadlines,butremember:theMonkey'ssneakiest（/'sni:ki/偷偷摸摸地）trick（/trik/诡计，花招）iswhenthedeadlinesaren'tthereo13：02Now,IwanttoshowyouonelastthingoIcallthisaLifeCalendaroThafsoneboxforeveryweekofa90—yearlife.That'snotthat（二so）manyboxes,especiallysincewe,vealreadyusedabunch（/bAntJ/）of（=anumberof）thoseoSoIthinkweneedtoalltakea10ng,hard