TED英文演讲稿:谈转变心态的珠峰游(附翻译)
Last year when I was here, I was speaking to you about a swim which I did across the North Pole.去年,当我站在这里的时候,我在谈论我横跨 北极的游泳。
And while that swim took place three years ago, I can remember it as if it was yesterday.那还是发生在3年前, 对我则好像是昨天一般。
I remember standing on the edge of the ice, about to dive into the water, and thinking to myself, I have never ever seen any place on this earth which is just so frightening.我还记得我站在冰层的边缘, 就要扎进水里, 然后我自己想到,我再也再也 不要看到地球上的这个地方,这里是如此的让人恐惧。
The water is completely black.The water is minus 1.7 degrees centigrade, or 29 degrees Fahrenheit.It's flipping freezing in that water.
那里的水是全黑色。水的温度是负1.7摄氏度, 华氏29度。那水里就是翻动的冰块。
And then a thought came across my mind: if things go pear-shaped on this swim, how long w……(
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