TED中英双语演讲稿Why did I ski to the North Pole_.pdfVIP

Why did I ski to the North Pole? Ben Saunders 2006-10-25 /talks/ben_saunders_why_did_i_ski_to_the_north_pole Pollykann - A powerful video player (App) for learning languages provided technical support for the subtitles. 本字幕由【小鹦看看】- 用了会后悔，不用更后悔的外语学习App，提供技术支持。 This is me. My name is Ben Saunders. 这就是我。我叫本·桑德斯。 I specialize in dragging heavy things 我特别擅长在寒冷的地方 around cold places. 拖行重物。 On May 11th last year, 去年5月11日， I stood alone at the North geographic Pole. 我独自一人站在北极点上。 I was the only human being in an area 在那片有一个半美国大的大地上， one-and-a-half times the size of America, 在那片5500平方英里的地方， five-and-a-half thousand square miles. 我是唯一的人类。 More than 2,000 people have climbed Everest. 有2000多人登上过珠穆朗玛峰。 12 people have stood on the moon. 有12个人曾站立在月球上。 Including me, only four people 而包括我在内，只有4个人 have skied solo to the North Pole. 曾独自一人滑雪去北极。 And I think the reason for that -- 而我认为这是因为 -- (Applause) （鼓掌） -- thank you -- I think the reason for that is that its -- its -- -- 谢谢 -- 我认为这是因为 -- well, its as Chris said, bonkers. 就像克里斯说的那样，犯傻 。（笑声） Its a journey that is right at the limit 这是一段考验人类极限的 of human capability. 旅程。 I skied the equivalent of 31 marathons 我滑的距离相当于31个马拉松来回， back to back. 800 miles in 10 weeks. 10周滑了800英里。 And I was dragging all the food I needed, 我拖着所有所需的食物， the supplies, the equipment, sleeping bag, 日用品，装备，睡袋， one change of underwear -- everything I needed for nearly three months. 和一套换洗的内衣——这些是我在三个月的必需品 (Laughter) （笑声） What were going to try and do today, in the 16 and a bit minutes Ive got left, 而在剩下的16分钟多一点的时间里，我们要做的， is to try and answer three questions. The first one is, why? 就是尝试回答三个问题。第一个：为什么？ The second one is, 第二个： how do you go to the loo at minus 40? 你怎样在零下40度的条件下上厕所。 Ben, Ive read somewhere that at minus 40, “本，我知道在零下四十度的时候， exposed skin becomes frostbitten in less than a minute, so how do you answer the call of nature? 暴露的皮肤会在一分钟内冻伤，所以你是怎么解决内急的？” I dont want to answer these now. Ill