最全面的TED演講:不要再濫用Awesome
無(wú)論是在美劇，還是美國(guó)人日常生活中，通常會(huì)在什么場(chǎng)合下說(shuō)出“Awesome”這個(gè)詞?在英語(yǔ)中也是存在一個(gè)詞被人們?yōu)E用的場(chǎng)景，但事實(shí)awesome的本義是畏懼參雜著傾慕或崇敬的感覺(jué)，不僅僅是簡(jiǎn)單地翻譯成“棒極了”，不是所有事情都可以被輕易的稱贊為“Awesome”。下面是小編為大家整理的一份關(guān)于awesome的正確用法的演講文本，希望能幫助到大家。
TED演講文本：
0:12
How many times have you used the word "awesome" today? Once? Twice? Seventeen times? Doyou remember what you were describing when you used the word? No, I didn't think so, becauseit's come down to this, people: You're using the word incorrectly, and tonight I hope to show youhow to put the "awe" back in "awesome."
0:32
Recently, I was dining at an outdoor cafe, and the server came up to our table, and asked us if wehad dined there before, and I said, "Yes, yes, we have." And she said, "Awesome." And I thought, "Really? Awesome or just merely good that we decided to visit your restaurant again?"
0:53
The other day, one of my coworkers asked me if I could save that file as a PDF, and I said, "Well,of course," and he said, "Awesome." Seriously, can saving anything as a PDF be awesome?
1:10
Sadly, the frequent overuse of the word "awesome" has now replaced words like "great" and"thank you." So Webster's dictionary defines the word "awesome" as fear mingled with admirationor reverence, a feeling produced by something majestic. Now, with that in mind, was your Quiznossandwich awesome? How about that parking space? Was that awesome? Or that game the otherday? Was that awesome? The answer is no, no and no. A sandwich can be delicious, that parkingspace can be nearby, and that game can be a blowout, but not everything can be awesome. (Laughter)
1:55
So when you use the word "awesome" to describe the most mundane of things, you're takingaway the very power of the word. This author says, "Snowy days or finding money in your pantsis awesome." (Laughter) Um, no, it is not, and we need to raise the bar for this poor schmuck. (Laughter)
2:18
So in other words, if you have everything, you value nothing. It's a lot like drinking from afirehose like this jackass right here. There's no dynamic, there's no highs or lows, if everything isawesome.
2:33
Ladies and gentlemen, here are 10 things that are truly awesome.
2:37
Imagine, if you will, having to schlep everything on your back. Wouldn't this be easier for me if Icould roll this home? Yes, so I think I'll invent the wheel. The wheel, ladies and gentlemen. Is thewheel awesome? Say it with me. Yes, the wheel is awesome!
2:56
The Great Pyramids were the tallest man-made structure in the world for 4,000 years. Pharaohhad his slaves move millions of blocks just to this site to erect a big freaking headstone. Were theGreat Pyramids awesome? Yes, the pyramids were awesome.
3:14
The Grand Canyon. Come on. It's almost 80 million years old. Is the Grand Canyon awesome? Yes,the Grand Canyon is.
3:22
Louis Daguerre invented photography in 1829, and earlier today, when you whipped out yoursmartphone and you took a shot of your awesome sandwich, and you know who you are — (Laughter) — wasn't that easier than exposing the image to copper plates coated with iodizedsilver? I mean, come on. Is photography awesome? Yes, photography is awesome.
3:46
D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, the largest amphibious invasion in worldhistory. Was D-Day awesome? Yes, it was awesome.
3:58
Did you eat food today? Did you eat? Then you can thank the honeybee, that's the one, becauseif crops aren't pollinated, we can't grow food, and then we're all going to die. It's just like that. Butit's not like a flower can just get up and have sex with another flower, although that would beawesome. (Laughter) Bees are awesome. Are you kidding me?
4:22
Landing on the moon! Come on! Apollo 11. Are you kidding me? Sixty-six years after the WrightBrothers took off from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Neil Armstrong was 240,000 miles away. That'slike from here to the moon. (Laughter) That's one small step for a man, one giant leap forawesome! You're damn right, it was.
4:49
Woodstock, 1969: Rolling Stone Magazine said this changed the history of rock and roll. Ticketswere only 24 dollars back then. You can't even buy a freaking t-shirt for that now. Jimi Hendrix'sversion of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was the most iconic. Was Woodstock awesome? Yes, itwas awesome.
5:10
Sharks! They're at the top of the food chain. Sharks have multiple rows of teeth that grow in theirjaw and they move forward like a conveyor belt. Some sharks can lose 30,000 teeth in theirlifetime. Does awesome inspire fear? Oh, hell yeah, sharks are awesome!
5:30
The Internet was born in 1982 and it instantly took over global communication, and later tonight,when all these PowerPoints are uplifted to the Internet so that a guy in Siberia can get drunk andwatch this crap, the Internet is awesome.
5:49
And finally, finally some of you can't wait to come up and tell me how awesome my PowerPointwas. I will save you the time. It was not awesome, but it was true, and I hope it was entertaining,and out of all the audiences I've ever had, y'all are the most recent. Thank you and good night.
0:12
今天你們用了多少次“棒極了”這個(gè)詞? 一次?兩次? 十七次? 你還記得用這詞的時(shí)候 是在說(shuō)什么嗎? 我猜你不記得了， 因?yàn)槠鋵?shí)，各位： …這詞你們用錯(cuò)了。 而今晚我希望可以展示 怎么把 “敬畏” 放還回 “棒極了”這種描述之中。
0:32
最近，我在一個(gè)露天咖啡店吃東西， 有個(gè)服務(wù)員走到我們桌邊， 問(wèn)我們以前有沒(méi)有來(lái)過(guò)， 然后我回答， “有，我們來(lái)過(guò)。” 她說(shuō)， “棒極了"。 我想， “你認(rèn)真的? 我們?cè)俅蝸?lái)你的咖啡店 是'棒極了'還是僅僅是'挺好的'?"
0:53
有一天，一個(gè)同事問(wèn)我是否 可以把那個(gè)文檔保存成PDF， 然后我說(shuō)， "當(dāng)然可以，“ 他也說(shuō), "棒極了。” 老實(shí)說(shuō)，把文檔保存成PDF都算 “棒極了”嗎?
1:10
可惜，頻繁過(guò)度使用的“棒極了” 已經(jīng)取代了其他詞， 比如 “很好” 和 "謝謝“。 韋氏字典把“棒極了”定義為 畏懼參雜著傾慕或崇敬的感覺(jué)， 一種由雄偉壯觀的 事物引發(fā)的情感。 請(qǐng)記住這個(gè)定義， 你的Quiznos三明治是 “棒極了” 嗎? 那個(gè)停車位是“棒極了”嗎? 或者那天的比賽也是“棒極了”嗎? 回答是：不是，不是和不是。 一份三明治可以美味， 那個(gè)停車位可以在附近， 還有那個(gè)比賽可以是狂勝， 但不是所有事情都是“棒極了”。 (笑聲)
1:55
所以你們用“棒極了”這詞 描述最平凡的東西的時(shí)候， 你們忽略了這個(gè)單詞 所能表達(dá)的力量。 這個(gè)作者說(shuō)， “雪天 或者在褲子找到錢是'棒極了'。” (笑聲) 啊，不，不是， 我們要為這個(gè)屌絲提高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。 (笑聲)
2:18
所以換句話說(shuō)，如果 你擁有一切，你就不會(huì)去重視它們。 很像用消防水帶喝水， 像這個(gè)蠢貨一樣。 如果所有的事都是“棒極了”， 就沒(méi)有動(dòng)態(tài)變化，沒(méi)有高低比較了。
2:33
諸位，這里有十件東西 真正是“棒極了”的。
2:37
設(shè)想，如果你必須 用你的后背背負(fù)一切。 如果能讓它滾動(dòng)著回家， 我是不是就可以輕松一點(diǎn)呢? 是的，所以我想我會(huì)發(fā)明那個(gè)輪子。 輪子，各位。 輪子“棒極了”嗎?跟我一起說(shuō)! 是，輪子是“棒極了”!
2:56
金字塔曾在4000年中 都是世界最高的 人造建筑。 法老叫他的奴隸搬幾百萬(wàn)石塊， 就為了去這個(gè)地方 豎起一塊嚇人的墓碑。 金字塔是“棒極了”嗎? 是，金字塔是“棒極了”。
3:14
接著說(shuō)，大峽谷。看吧! 差不多八千萬(wàn)歲了。 大峽谷是“棒極了”嗎? 是，大峽谷是的。
3:22
1829年路易達(dá)蓋爾發(fā)明了攝影， 今天稍早的時(shí)候， 你拿出手機(jī)， 拍你的‘棒極了’的三明治的時(shí)候， 你們知道我說(shuō)的是誰(shuí)— (笑聲)— 難道不比把圖像在覆蓋了 碘化銀的銅片上曝光容易嗎? 我的意思是，攝影是“棒極了”嗎? 是，攝影是“棒極了”。
3:46
諾曼底登陸日，1944年6月6日， 諾曼底盟軍的進(jìn)軍， 世界歷史最大的兩棲進(jìn)軍。 諾曼底登陸日是“棒極了”嗎? 是，是“棒極了”。
3:58
今天你們吃過(guò)東西嗎?你吃了嗎? 你得多謝蜜蜂，就是這只， 因?yàn)槿绻魑餂](méi)有授粉， 我們就不能種植食物， 然后我們都會(huì)死。 就是這樣。 但是并不是一朵花能直接起來(lái) 跟另一朵花交配， 雖然那會(huì)是“棒極了”。 (笑聲) 蜜蜂是“棒極了”。不可思議是吧?
4:22
登陸月球!繼續(xù)! 阿波羅11號(hào)。開(kāi)玩笑吧? 萊特兄弟在北卡羅來(lái)納州的基蒂霍克 第一次飛上天66年以后， 尼爾阿姆斯特朗 飛到了二十四萬(wàn)英里之遠(yuǎn)的地方。 就相當(dāng)于從這里到月亮。 (笑聲) 對(duì)一個(gè)人那是小步， 對(duì)“棒極了”卻是一大步! 的確，確實(shí)是的。
4:49
1969年的'伍德斯托克音樂(lè)節(jié)： 滾石雜志稱 這件事改變了搖滾的歷史。 當(dāng)時(shí)票價(jià)只有24美元。 現(xiàn)在連一件該死的T恤都買不到。 吉米亨得里克斯版本的 “星條旗永不落” 是最標(biāo)志性的。 伍德斯托克音樂(lè)節(jié)是“棒極了”嗎? 是，是“棒極了”。
5:10
鯊魚(yú)!它們?cè)谑澄镦滍敹恕?鯊魚(yú)有好幾列牙齒， 長(zhǎng)在下巴上， 可以像輸送帶一樣向前移動(dòng)。 某些鯊魚(yú)一生，會(huì)掉3萬(wàn)顆牙齒。 “棒極了”激發(fā)了恐懼嗎? 噢，對(duì)，鯊魚(yú)是“棒極了”! 互聯(lián)網(wǎng)在1982年誕生，
5:32
它即刻占領(lǐng)了全球的通信， 今晚，當(dāng)所有這些PPT 上傳到網(wǎng)上的時(shí)候， 遠(yuǎn)在西伯利亞的某個(gè)人也能酩酊大醉地 觀看這堆廢話， 互聯(lián)網(wǎng)是“棒極了”。 最后，最后你們有些人等不及
5:51
上來(lái)告訴我，我的PPT是"棒極了"的。 我會(huì)節(jié)約您的時(shí)間。 不是"棒極了"的，但都是真實(shí)的， 我希望它能博大家一笑， 另外在我所有的觀眾中， 你們是——最近的一批。 謝謝，晚安。 (掌聲)
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