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It will always be in conflict

总会有矛盾斗争

If you accept that, everything gets a lot better

如果你接受这一事实 一切都会好得多

The other reason is

另一个原因是

because you are establishing your identities and your beliefs

因为你在建立自己的身份和信念

you need to argue yourself down, because somebody else will

你需要驳倒自己 否则其他人就会这样做

Somebody's going to come at you

有人会找到你

and whatever your belief, your idea, your ambition

不管你有什么信念 想法 抱负

somebody's going to question it

总有人会提出质疑

And unless you have first, you won't be able to answer back

除非你先自省 否则你无法对这些质疑作出回答

you won't be able to hold your ground

否则你无法坚持立场

You don't believe me, try taking a stand on just one leg

不相信我的话 你可以一只脚站着试试

You need to see both sides

你需要同时看到两面

Now, if you do, does this mean that you get to change the world?

如果这样做了 这就意味着你能改变世界吗

Well, I'm getting to that, so just chill

我马上就会说到 放轻松

All I can say to this point is

这方面 我只能说

I think we can all agree that the world could use a little changing

我想我们都会赞同 世界需要改变一下

I don't know if your parents have explained this to you about the world

我不知道你们父母有没有给你解释世界的这个方面

but we broke it

但是 我们将它打破

we're sorry

我们很抱歉

it's a bit of a mess

这有点乱

It's a hard time to go out in there

步入社会会遇到很多困难

And it's a weird time in our country

而且我们国家现在处于一个奇怪的时期

The thing about our country isoh, it's nice, I like it

我们国家现在 哦 这很好 我喜欢

it's not long on contradiction or ambiguity

并不注重矛盾或模棱两可

It's not long on these kinds of things

并不注重这样一些东西

It likes things to be simple, it likes things to be pigeonholed

它希望事物都很简单 喜欢进行简单分类

good or bad, black or white, blue or red

好或坏 黑或白 蓝或红

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介

本视频是美国著名作家、影剧导演及影剧监制乔斯·韦登在卫斯理大学2013届毕业典礼上的演讲。十三分钟的演讲看似沉重，不断提起死亡等话题，实际上是勉励毕业生不要一味地去否认死亡等生命中不可或缺的另一面。他认为人生是生和死，积极和消极之间连起的一条直线，人只有明白了这种联系，尊重生活中的一切，理解它，看透它，感激它，才能过得开心。