TED英语演讲别人嘲笑你的英语口音时该怎么办

欢迎阅读本文档，希望本文档能对您有所帮助!欢迎阅读本文档，希望本文档能对您有所帮助!感谢阅读本文档，希望本文档能对您有所帮助!感谢阅读本文档，希望本文档能对您有所帮助!欢迎阅读本文档，希望本文档能对您有所帮助!感谢阅读本文档，希望本文档能对您有所帮助!TED英语演讲：别人嘲笑你的英语口音时该怎么办艺术家Safwat从小就有口吃，但身为独立动画制作者，他决定用自己的声音，赋予视频中的角色生命。当网络评论者开始嘲笑他的巴勒斯坦口音，他受到到打击，他不再用自己的声音配音。且听这令人深思的演说中，如何找回他的声音及自信。下面是小编为大家收集关于TED英语演讲：别人嘲笑你的英语口音时该怎么办，欢迎借鉴参考。

TED演讲：当别人都在嘲笑你的英语口音时，你该怎么办?

IusedtohavethisrecurringdreamwhereI'dwalkintoaroomfulofpeople,andI'dtrynottomakeeyecontactwithanyone.Untilsomeonenoticesme,andIjustpanic.Andthepersonwalksuptome,andsays,"Hi,mynameisSo-and-so.Andwhatisyourname?"AndI'mjustquiet,unabletorespond.Aftersomeawkwardsilence,hegoes,"Haveyouforgottenyourname?"AndI'mstillquiet.Andthen,slowly,alltheotherpeopleintheroombegintoturntowardmeandask,almostinunison,

(Voice-over,severalvoices)"Haveyouforgottenyourname?"Asthechantgetslouder,Iwanttorespond,butIdon't.

I'mavisualartist.Someofmyworkishumorous,andsomeisabitfunnybutinasadway.AndonethingthatIreallyenjoydoingismakingtheselittleanimationswhereIgettodothevoice-overforallkindsofcharacters.I'vebeenabear.

(Video)Bear(SafwatSaleem'svoice):Hi.

SafwatSaleem:I'vebeenawhale.

(Video)Whale(SS'svoice):Hi.

SS:I'vebeenagreetingcard.

(Video)Greetingcard(SS'svoice):Hi.

SS:AndmypersonalfavoriteisFrankenstein'smonster.

(Video)Frankenstein'smonster(SS'svoice):(Grunts)

SS:Ijusthadtogruntalotforthatone.

Afewyearsago,Imadethiseducationalvideoaboutthehistoryofvideogames.Andforthatone,IgottodothevoiceofSpaceInvader.

(Video)SpaceInvader(SS'svoice):Hi.

SS:Adreamcometrue,really,

(Laughter)Andwhenthatvideowaspostedonline,Ijustsatthereonthecomputer,hitting"refresh,"excitedtoseetheresponse.Thefirstcommentcomesin.

(Video)Comment:Greatjob.SS:Yes!Ihit"refresh."

(Video)Comment:Excellentvideo.Ilookforwardtothenextone.

SS:Thiswasjustthefirstofatwo-partvideo.Iwasgoingtoworkonthesecondonenext.Ihit"refresh."

(Video)Comment:WhereispartTWO?WHEREEEEE?IneeditNOWWWWW!:P

SS:Peopleotherthanmymomweresayingnicethingsaboutme,ontheInternet!ItfeltlikeIhadfinallyarrived.Ihit"refresh."

(Video)Comment:Hisvoiceisannoying.Nooffense.

SS:OK,nooffensetaken.Refresh.

(Video)Comment:Couldyouremakethiswithoutpeanutbutterinyourmouth?

SS:OK,atleastthefeedbackissomewhatconstructive.Hit"refresh."

(Video)Comment:Pleasedon'tusethisnarratoragainucanbarelyunderstandhim.

SS:Refresh.

(Video)Comment:Couldn'tfollowbecauseoftheIndianaccent.

SS:OK,OK,OK,twothings.Numberone,Idon'thaveanIndianaccent,IhaveaPakistaniaccent,OK?Andnumbertwo,IclearlyhaveaPakistaniaccent.

Butcommentslikethatkeptcomingin,soIfiguredIshouldjustignorethemandstartworkingonthesecondpartofthevideo.Irecordedmyaudio,buteverytimeIsatdowntoedit,Ijustcouldnotdoit.Everysingletime,itwouldtakemebacktomychildhood,whenIhadamuchhardertimespeaking.

I'vestutteredforaslongasIcanremember.Iwasthekidinclasswhowouldneverraisehishandwhenhehadaquestion--orknewtheanswer.Everytimethephonerang,IwouldruntothebathroomsoIwouldnothavetoanswerit.Ifitwasforme,myparentswouldsayI'mnotaround.Ispentalotoftimeinthebathroom.AndIhatedintroducingmyself,especiallyingroups.I'dalwaysstutteronmyname,andtherewasusuallysomeonewho'dgo,"Haveyouforgottenyourname?"Andtheneverybodywouldlaugh.Thatjokenevergotold.

IspentmychildhoodfeelingthatifIspoke,itwouldbecomeobviousthattherewassomethingwrongwithme,thatIwasnotnormal.SoImostlystayedquiet.Andsoyousee,eventuallyformetoevenbeabletousemyvoiceinmyworkwasahugestepforme.EverytimeIrecordaudio,Ifumblemywaythroughsayingeachsentencemany,manytimes,andthenIgobackinandpicktheoneswhereIthinkIsucktheleast.

(Voice-over)SS:AudioeditingislikePhotoshopforyourvoice.Icanslowitdown,speeditup,makeitdeeper,addanecho.AndifIstutteralongtheway,andifIstutteralongtheway,Ijustgobackinandfixit.It'smagic.

SS:Usingmyhighlyeditedvoiceinmyworkwasawayformetofinallysoundnormaltomyself.Butafterthecommentsonthevideo,itnolongermademefeelnormal.AndsoIstoppedusingmyvoiceinmywork.Sincethen,I'vethoughtalotaboutwhatitmeanstobenormal.AndI'vecometounderstandthat"normal"hasalottodowithexpectations.

Letmegiveyouanexample.IcameacrossthisstoryabouttheAncientGreekwriter,Homer.Now,Homermentionsveryfewcolorsinhiswriting.Andevenwhenhedoes,heseemstogetthemquiteabitwrong.Forexample,theseaisdescribedaswinered,people'sfacesaresometimesgreenandsheeparepurple.Butit'snotjustHomer.Ifyoulookatalloftheancientliterature--AncientChinese,Icelandic,Greek,IndianandeventheoriginalHebrewBible--theyallmentionveryfewcolors.Andthemostpopulartheoryforwhythatmightbethecaseisthatculturesbegintorecognizeacoloronlyoncetheyhavetheabilitytomakethatcolor.Sobasically,ifyoucanmakeacolor,onlythencanyouseeit.Acolorlikered,whichwasfairlyeasyformanyculturestomake--theybegantoseethatcolorfairlyearlyon.Butacolorlikeblue,whichwasmuchhardertomake--manyculturesdidn'tbegintolearnhowtomakethatcoloruntilmuchlater.Theydidn'tbegintoseeituntilmuchlateraswell.Sountilthen,eventhoughacolormightbeallaroundthem,theysimplydidnothavetheabilitytoseeit.ItwasinvisIble.Itwasnotapartoftheirnormal.

Andthatstoryhashelpedputmyownexperienceintocontext.SowhenIfirstreadthecommentsonthevideo,myinitialreactionwastotakeitallverypersonally.Butthepeoplecommentingdidnotknowhowself-consciousIamaboutmyvoice.Theyweremostlyreactingtomyaccent,thatitisnotnormalforanarratortohaveanaccent.

Butwhatisnormal,anyway?Weknowthatreviewerswillfindmorespellingerrorsinyourwritingiftheythinkyou'reblack.Weknowthatprofessorsarelesslikelytohelpfemaleorminoritystudents.Andweknowthatresumeswithwhite-soundingnamesgetmorecallbacksthanresumeswithblack-soundingnames.Whyisthat?Becauseofourexpectationsofwhatisnormal.Wethinkitisnormalwhenablackstudenthasspellingerrors.Wethinkitisnormalwhenafemaleorminoritystudentdoesnotsucceed.Andwethinkitisnormalthatawhiteemployeeisabetterhirethanablackemployee.Butstudiesalsoshowthatdiscriminationofthiskind,inmostcases,issimplyfavoritism,anditresultsmorefromwantingtohelppeoplethatyoucanrelatetothanthedesiretoharmpeoplethatyoucan'trelateto.

Andnotrelatingtopeoplestartsataveryearlyage.Letmegiveyouanexample.Onelibrarythatkeepstrackofcharactersinthechildren'sbookcollectioneveryyear,foundthatin2020,onlyabout11percentofthebookshadacharacterofcolor.Andjusttheyearbefore,thatnumberwasabouteightpercent,eventhoughhalfofAmericanchildrentodaycomefromaminoritybackground.Half.

Sotherearetwobigissueshere.Numberone,childrenaretoldthattheycanbeanything,theycandoanything,andyet,moststoriesthatchildrenofcolorconsumeareaboutpeoplewhoarenotlikethem.Numbertwoisthatmajoritygroupsdon'tgettorealizethegreatextenttowhichtheyaresimilartominorities--oureverydayexperiences,ourhopes,ourdreams,ourfearsandourmutualloveforhummus.It'sdelicious!

JustlikethecolorblueforAncientGreeks,minoritiesarenotapartofwhatweconsidernormal,becausenormalissimplyaconstructionofwhatwe'vebeenexposedto,andhowvisibleitisaroundus.

Andthisiswherethingsgetabitdifficult.Icanacceptthepreexistingnotionofnormal--thatnormalisgood,andanythingoutsideofthatverynarrowdefinitionofnormalisbad.OrIcanchallengethatpreexistingnotionofnormalwithmyworkandwithmyvoiceandwithmyaccentandbystandinghereonstage,eventhoughI'mscaredshitlessandwouldratherbeinthebathroom.

(Video)Sheep(SS'svoice):I'mnowslowlystartingtousemyvoiceinmyworkagain.Anditfeelsgood.ItdoesnotmeanIwon'thaveabreakdownthenexttimeacoupledozenpeoplesaythatItalk(Mumbling)likeIhavepeanutbutterinmymouth.

SS:ItjustmeansInowhaveamuchbetterunderstandingofwhat'satstake,andhowgivingupisnotanoption.

TheAncientGreeksdidn'tjustwakeuponedayandrealizethattheskywasblue.Ittookcenturies,even,forhumanstorealizewhatwehadbeenignoringforsolong.Andsowemustcontinuouslychallengeournotionofnormal,becausedoingsoisgoingtoallowusasasocietytofinallyseetheskyforwhatitis.

(Video)Characters:Thankyou.Thankyou.Thankyou.Thankyou.Thankyou.Frankenstein'smonster:(Grunts)

SS:Thankyou.

我以前常常做一个梦，梦到我走进一个满是人的房间，我小心翼翼地避开每个人的眼神。直到有个人注意到我，我就慌了。然后，这个人向我走来，说：”;你好，我的名字叫某某某，你叫什么?”;我就一句话都说不出了。尴尬的沉默后，他继续问道，“;你忘了自己的名字吗?”;我还是一句话都说不出。然后，慢慢地，屋子里的所有人都转过身，看着我。几乎是齐声问我：

(画外音，各种声音)“;你是忘了自己的名字吗?”;声音越来越大，我很想回答，但是答不出口。

我是个视觉艺术家。我的工作有时候很幽默，有时候却是黑色幽默。我很喜欢一件事，就是做这些小动画，我很喜欢给各种角色配音。我为熊配过音

(视频)熊(萨配音)：你好。

萨：我为鲸鱼配过音。

(视频)鲸鱼(萨配音)：你好。

萨：我还为贺卡配过音。

(视频)贺卡(萨配音)你好。

萨：而我个人最喜欢的是科学怪人。

(视频)科学怪人(萨配音)：咕噜

萨：这一个，我只需要发出咕噜咕噜的声音。

几年前，我做过一个教育片，是关于电子游戏史的。在那部片子里，我为太空侵略者配音。

(视频)太空侵略者(萨配音)：你好。

萨：我的梦想实现了，真的。

(笑声)当视频在网络上发布以后，我就坐在电脑面前不停地敲”;刷新”;键，很期待观众的反应。第一个评论是这样说的：

(视频)评论：干得不错。萨：太好了!我接着敲”;刷新”;键，

(视频)评论：很棒的视频，期待你的下一部作品。

萨：目前发布的只是上半部，我正在准备着制作下半部。我再敲”;刷新”;键

(视频)评论：下半部在哪哪哪哪?我现在就想看啊啊啊!

萨：除了我妈以外，所有人都在夸我。这可是在网络上啊!我感觉像获得了最终的胜利一样。我继续敲”;刷新”;键，

(视频)评论：他的声音真不好听，别介意啊。

萨：好好好，不介意，刷新。

(视频)评论：能再做一个没有含着花生酱录的版本吗?

萨：这个反馈勉强算是有点用。接着刷新。

(视频)评论：别再用这个人配音了，根本听不懂他在说什么。

萨：刷新。

(视频)评论：这印度口音让人根本听不清。

萨：好吧好吧，我就说两件事，第一，我没有印度口音，我是巴基斯坦口音好吗?第二，我明显是巴基斯坦口音嘛。

像这样的评论越来越多，我决定无视他们，开始制作视频的下半部。我录下了音频，但每次我想剪辑的时候，我就是做不下去。每一次，这都让我想起我小时候，那时我说话更糟糕。

我说话一直都结结巴巴的。我就是班里那种从不举手提问也从不回答问题的学生。每一次电话铃声响起，我就会跑到厕所，这样就可以不用接电话了。如果电话是找我的，我爸妈就会说我不在家。我总是躲在厕所里。我最讨厌自我介绍，尤其是面对很多的人的时候。我连自己的名字都说不顺，这时总会有人问，“;你连自己的名字都不记得了吗?”;然后所有人都笑了。这个笑话一直伴随着我。

小时候我总觉得，只要我一说话，别人就会觉得我有问题，觉得我不正常。于是我总是很安静。所以你看，把我自己的声音用到我的作品里，于我而言，已经是非常大的进步了。每当我录音的时候，我总是笨手笨脚的，一句话要说好多好多遍。然后当我剪辑的时候，我就会挑一个我觉得最不糟糕的。

(画外音)萨：音频剪辑就像给你的声音Photoshop一样。我给它减速、加速，让它变得深沉、加上回音。如果我说得不顺畅，如果我说得不顺畅，我就重新再修改一遍。这就像魔法一样。

萨：将经过大幅度修饰的声音用到我的视频里，才能让我觉得自己的声音正常了一些。不过自从看了那些评论，这也不能让我觉得正常了。于是我不再把自己的声音用到视频里。在那之后，我想了很多人们所谓的”;正常”;到底是什么?后来我开始理解了，所谓的”;正常”;与人们的期待值有关。

举个例子吧，我想到一个故事，是关于古希腊作家荷马的。在荷马的作品里只提到了非常少的几种颜色。即使在描写颜色的时候，荷马笔下的颜色也和现代人的常识不尽相同。比如说，荷马说海是酒红色的，人的脸有时是绿色的，而绵羊则是紫色的。这种现象不单单出现在荷马的作品里。在世界古典文学中;;古代中国、冰岛、希腊、印度的文学甚至是在希伯来圣经中提到的颜色都很少。对这种现象最出名的解释是：一个文明首先要能生产出一种颜色，然后才能识别出这种颜色。简单的说，你只有先制造出一种颜色，才能”;看见”;这种颜色。像红色这种比较方便制造的颜色就能比较早的出现在各大文明的认知中。然而像蓝色这种不那么方便制作的颜色，很多文明都花了相当长的时间才最终制造出了蓝色。于是他们也花了相当长的时间来最终”;看见”;蓝色。