1、此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。TED英语演讲：才华可以人人都有，但时机不是才华可以人人都有，但时机不是。从无家可归的孤儿到世界顶尖名校双学位，是什么改变了他的命运他为什么会有这样的时机怎样让更多的人也拥有这样的时机登上TED舞台的演讲者Christopher Ategeka用他自己被跨国收养的经历来向我们证明真爱可以超越血缘，超越地域，超越文化，也即;老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人之幼;的国际版。每个人都重要，每个人的梦想也重要。下面是小编为大家收集关于TED英语演讲：才华可以人人都有，但时机不是，欢迎借鉴参考。才华可以人人都有，但时机不是H
2、ow many of you are tired of seeingcelebrities adopting kids from the African continent你们之中有多少人已经对那些从非洲领养小孩的明星而感到厌倦了Well, it's not all that bad. I was adopted.I grew up in rural Uganda, lost both my parents when I was very, very young.And when my parents passed, I experienced all the negative eff
3、ects of poverty,from homelessness, eating out of trash piles, you name it.嗯，那也不全是坏事。我就是被其中领养的一员。我在乌干达的郊区长大，在我很小的时候，我的父母就去世了。在我父母离世之后，我经历了所有贫困带来的困难，从无家可归，到捡食路边的垃圾，所有你能想得到的。But my life changed when I got acceptedinto an orphanage. Through one of those sponsor-an-orphan programs, I wassponsored and giv
4、en an opportunity to acquire an education. I started off inUganda. I went through school, and the way this particular program worked, youfinished high school and after high school, you go learn a trade - to become acarpenter, a mechanic or something along those lines.但自从我被一家孤儿院收养 我的生活就发生了巨变。通过孤儿院的一个
5、补助工程，我获得了接受教育的时机，以及相应的资助。一开始是在乌干达。我去了学校念书，而根据这个工程的运作流程，他们会在你读完高中以后，送你去学一门手艺，比方木匠，或者机修工或者其他的一些专业技术。My case was a little different. The sponsorfamily that was sending these 25 dollars a month to this orphanage to sponsorme, which - I had never met them - said, &Well . we would like to sendyou to colle
6、ge instead.& Oh - it gets better.而我的情况却有所不同。每个月我会在孤儿院收到25美元补助。这钱来自资助我的家庭，我从未见过他们他们说，;我们希望资助你去上大学; 哦，那再好不过了。And they said, &If you get thepaperwork, we'll send you to school in America instead.& So with theirhelp, I went to the embassy and applied for the visa. I got the visa.他们还说：;如果你能通过申请 我们会把你
7、送到美国的大学读书。; 所以，在他们的帮助下，我去大使馆申请了签证。并且通过了签证。I remember this day like it was yesterday.I walked out of the embassy with this piece of paper in my hand, a hop in mystep, smile on my face, knowing that my life is about to change. I went homethat night, and I slept with my passport, because I was afraid t
8、hat someonemight steal it.那一天对我来说就像昨天一样。我拿着手里的文件走出大使馆，一路蹦跳，难掩笑意，我明白我的生活将不复从前。那天晚上我回到家里，抱着我的护照睡着了，因为我担忧有人会把它偷走。I couldn't fall asleep. I kept feeling it.I had a good idea for security. I was like, &OK, I'm going to put it in aplastic bag, and take it outside and dig a hole, and put it in ther
9、e.& Idid that, went back in the house. I could not fall asleep. I was like,&Maybe someone saw me.& I went back -而我辗转反侧。那念头依然挥之不去。我突然想到了一个万全的主意。我说：;好吧，我可以把它放进一个塑料袋里然后在外面地上挖一个洞，把袋子放进去。; 我真的做了，然后又回到屋子里。但我依然无眠，我想，;也许有人看到我了。; 我又回去了I pulled it out, and I put it with me theentire night - all to say that it
10、 was an anxiety-filled night.我把袋子拿出来，然后抓着它度过了一宿 我只想说那真是焦虑的一晚。Going to the US was, just like anotherspeaker said, was my first time to see a plane, be on one, let alone sit on itto fly to another country. December 15, 2023. 7:08pm. I sat in seat 7A. FlyEmirates. One of the most gorgeous, beautiful wo
11、men I've ever seen walked up,red little hat with a white veil. I'm looking terrified, I have no idea whatI'm doing. She hands me this warm towel - warm, steamy, snow white. I'mlooking at this warm towel; I don't know what to do with my life, let alonewith this damn towel -来到美国的感受
12、，和其他初来乍到的人一样 那是我第一次坐飞机，坐在座位上，飞向另一个国家。2023年12月15日 晚上7点08分 我坐在7A座位上。乘坐阿联酋航班。一个我有生以来见过的最美的女人朝我走来，她戴着红色的帽子和白色的口罩。我真的吓坏了，我简直手足无措。她递给我一张温热的纸巾 温暖，湿润，白净如雪。我盯着这张温暖的纸巾; 我都不知道我该拿我的生活怎么办，更别说这张纸巾了I did one of the - you know, anythinganyone could do in that situation: look around, see what everyone else isdoing.
13、I did the same. Mind you, I drove about seven hours from my village tothe airport that day. So I grab this warm towel, wipe my face just likeeveryone else is doing, I look at it - damn.我做了一件;你懂的，任何人都会做的事：我环顾四周，看其他人的举动。然后我也跟着他们做。顺便一提，从村子到机场，那一天我开了7个小时的车。所以我拿起那张温暖的纸，效仿着别人擦拭了自己的脸，我看了看纸巾;该死。It was all d
14、irt brown.I remember being so embarrassed that whenshe came by to pick it up, I didn't give mine.I still have it.已经变成屎黄色了。我记得我是那么的为难，以至于当她来回收纸巾的时候，我没好意思给她。我现在都还带着它。Going to America opened doors for me tolive up to my full God-given potential. I remember when I arrived, the sponsorfamily embraced
15、 me, and they literally had to teach me everything from scratch:this is a microwave, that's a refrigerator - things I'd never seen before. Andit was also the first time I got immersed into a new and different culture.These strangers showed me true love. These strangers showed me that I matte
16、red,that my dreams mattered.Thank you.美国向我敞开了大门让我能够发挥自己最大的潜力。我记得我刚到的时候，我的资助家庭迎接了我，然后他们就把一切从头开始教给我：这是一个微波炉，那是一个冰箱;那些都是我以前闻所未闻的东西。那也是我第一次 被放置在全新的文化环境当中。这些陌生人向我展示了真正的关爱。这些陌生人让我明白，我很重要 我的梦想很重要。谢谢。These individuals had two of their ownbiological children. And when I came in, I had needs. They had to teach meEnglish, teach me literally everything, which resulted in them spending a lotof time w
