I gave a TEDx talk organised by London Business School a few weeks ago. I did not think it went particularly well — all the faffing and rehearsing that TED demands had the effect of making me a cheesy, stilted version of myself. As I skulked offstage, an MBA student came up to me in a state of great excitement. “That was awesome!” he said. I demurred but he went on: “I couldn’t believe you said that!”
几周前,我参加了伦敦商学院(LBS)组织的一次TEDx大会并发表了演讲。我自己觉得那次演讲效果并不是特别好——所有那些按要求进行的瞎忙活和排练只让我在台上变得做作生硬。当我在台下偷偷摸摸地走着的时候,一位极度兴奋的MBA学员来到我面前。“那样讲棒极了!”他说。我表示不赞同,但他接着说:“我简直不敢相信你居然说了那个词!”
This was puzzling, given I had just spent 18 minutes giving a motherhood-and-apple-pie talk about why I was junking journalism to be a maths teacher. Then he explained: “You said the word bullshit! In a TED talk!”
他的话有点费解,因为在那18分钟里我谈论的东西应该是大家喜闻乐见的,关于我为什么要放弃记者生涯,成为一名数学老师。然后他解释说:“你说了‘bullshit’(狗屎,瞎扯淡)这个词!在一场TED演讲里!”
We stared at each other in mutual amazement. He was shocked at my use of the word. I was shocked at his shock.
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