TED 英文演讲:有选择困难症的人 | 中英文演讲稿 | 1.Think of a hard choice youll face in the near future. 想想你在不久的将来会面临的艰难抉择。 2.It might be between two careers -- artist and accountant -- or places to live -- the city or the country -- or even between two people to marry -- 这也许是在两份职业中做出一个选择, 艺术家还是会计师; 也许是选择居住的地方,城市还是乡村; 也许是在两个人中 3.you could marry Betty or you could marry Lolita. 选择和谁结婚,Betty 或者是 Lolita; 4.Or it might be a choice about whether to have children, to have an ailing parent move in with you, to raise your child in a religion 抑或思考是否要孩子; 是否让年老体衰的父母跟你一起住; 是否让你的孩子信奉 5.that your partner lives by but leaves you cold. 即便你会因自身不信奉而被冷落; 6.Or whether to donate your life savings to charity. 又或者说,是否将毕生积储捐赠给慈善机构。 7.Chances are, the hard choice you thought of was something big, something momentous, something that matters to you. 有可能,你所思考的这些艰难抉择 都十分庞大,十分重要 你也十分重视。 8.Hard choices seem to be occasions for agonizing, hand-wringing, the gnashing of teeth. 每当困难的选择出现, 他都会让你感到痛苦、无望, 让你咬牙切齿。 9.But I think weve misunderstood hard choices and the role they play in our lives. 但我认为我们误解了艰难抉择的定义, 更误解了其在我们生活中扮演的角色。 10.Understanding hard choices uncovers a hidden power each of us possesses. 倘若能理解这些艰难决定, 我们每个人便会发掘出 一种隐藏的潜力。 11.What makes a choice hard is the way the alternatives relate. 一个抉择之所以难 是由于选项之间相互关联。 12.In any easy choice, one alternative is better than the other. 任何简单的抉择中, 总有一种选择比另一种要好。 13.In a hard choice, one alternative is better in some ways, the other...