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s/毕业论文),apaperyou'
resupposedtospendayearon.AndIknewforapaperlikethat,mynormalworkflow(工作流程)wasnotanoption(/?
p?
n/选择).Itwasway(usedwithpreporadv.非常)toobigaproject.SoIplannedthingsout(精心安排,筹划),andIdecidedIkindofhadtogosomethinglikethis.Thisishowtheyearwouldgo.SoI'
dstartoff(开始)light(ad.轻松地),andI'
dbumpitup(toincreasesth.)inthemiddlemonths,andthenattheend,Iwouldkickitupintohighgear(/g?
(r)/全力冲刺)justlikealittlestaircase.Howhardcoulditbetowalkupthestairs?
Nobigdeal(没什么大不了的),right?
01:
22
Butthen,thefunniestthinghappened.Thosefirstfewmonths?
Theycameandwent,andIcouldn'
tquite(=really)dostuff/st?
f/.Sowehadanawesome(/?
m/verygood)newrevised(/r?
va?
z/改变,调整)plan.
30(Laughter)
31Andthen--
32(Laughter)
Butthenthosemiddlemonthsactuallywentby,andIdidn'
treallywritewords,andsowewerehere.Andthentwomonthsturnedintoonemonth,whichturnedintotwoweeks.AndonedayIwokeupwiththreedaysuntil(在…之前)thedeadline,stillnothavingwrittenaword,andsoIdidtheonlythingIcould:
Iwrote90pagesover72hours,pullingnotonebuttwoall-nighters--humansarenotsupposedtopulltwoall-nighters(开两晚夜车)–sprinted(/spr?
nt/飞跑,冲刺)acrosscampus(/?
k?
mp?
s/校园),dove(dive,扑向,冲向)inslowmotion(/?
m?
n/移动,运动),andgotitin(--managetodosth.)justatthedeadline.
02:
10
Ithoughtthatwastheendofeverything.ButaweeklaterIgetacall,andit'
stheschool.Andtheysay,"
IsthisTimUrban?
"
AndIsay,"
Yeah."
Andtheysay,"
Weneedtotalkaboutyourthesis(/?
s/毕业论文)."
OK."
It'
sthebestonewe'
veeverseen."
28(Laughter)
31(Applause/?
pl?
:
z/掌声)
35Thatdidnothappen.
37(Laughter)
39Itwasavery,verybadthesis.
42(Laughter)
44
Ijustwantedtoenjoythatonemomentwhenallofyouthought,"
Thisguyisamazing!
50(Laughter)
51
No,no,itwasvery,verybad.Anyway(不管怎么说),todayI'
mawriter-bloggerguy.IwritetheblogWaitButWhy.Andacoupleofyearsago,Idecidedtowriteaboutprocrastination
(/pr?
n/拖延症).Mybehaviorhasalwaysperplexed(/p?
pleks/使迷惑)thenon-procrastinators(/pro?
.ne?
.t?
/拖延者)aroundme,andIwantedtoexplaintothenon-procrastinatorsoftheworldwhatgoesonintheheadsofprocrastinators,andwhywearethewayweare.Now,Ihadahypothesis(/ha?
θ?
s/假设)thatthebrainsofprocrastinatorswereactuallydifferentthanthebrainsofotherpeople.Andtotestthis,IfoundanMRI(核磁共振成像)labthatactuallyletmescan(/sk?
n/扫描)bothmybrainandthebrainofaprovennon-procrastinator,soIcouldcomparethem.Iactuallybroughtthemheretoshowyoutoday.Iwantyoutotakealookcarefullytoseeifyoucannoticeadifference.Iknowthatifyou'
renotatrainedbrainexpert,it'
snotthat(=so)obvious(/?
bvi?
s/明显的),butjusttakealook,OK?
Sohere'
sthebrainofanon-procrastinator.
03:
45Now...here'
smybrain.
49(Laughter)
54
Thereisadifference.BothbrainshaveaRational(/?
r?
n?
l/理智的)Decision-Makerinthem,buttheprocrastinator'
sbrainalsohasanInstantGratification(/?
gr?
t?
f?
ke?
n/满足)Monkey.Now,whatdoesthismeanfortheprocrastinator?
Well,itmeanseverything'
sfineuntilthishappens.
04:
08
[Thisisaperfecttimetogetsomeworkdone.][Nope!
]
SotheRationalDecision-Makerwillmaketherationaldecisiontodosomethingproductive(/pr?
d?
kt?
v/富有成效的),buttheMonkeydoesn'
tlikethatplan,soheactuallytakesthewheel(/wi:
l/方向盘),andhesays,"
Actually,let'
sreadtheentire(/?
ta?
(r)/整个,全部)Wikipedia(维基百科)pageoftheNancyKerrigan/TonyaHardingscandal(/?
sk?
ndl/丑闻),becauseIjustrememberedthatthathappened.
27(Laughter)
28Then--
29(Laughter)
30
Thenwe'
regoingtogoovertothefridge(/fr?
/冰箱),toseeifthere'
sanythingnewintheresince10minutesago.Afterthat,we'
regoingtogoonaYouTubespiral(/?
spa?
l/)thatstartswithvideosofRichardFeynmantalkingaboutmagnets(/?
gn?
t/磁铁)andendsmuch,muchlaterwithuswatchinginterviewswithJustinBieber'
smom.
46(Laughter)
48
Allofthat'
sgoingtotakeawhile,sowe'
renotgoingtoreallyhaveroomonthescheduleforanyworktoday.Sorry!
54(Sigh/sa?
/叹气)
57
Now,whatisgoingonhere?
TheInstantGratificationMonkeydoesnotseemlikeaguyyouwantbehindthewheel.Helivesentirely(=completely)inthepresentmoment.Hehasnomemoryofthepast,noknowledgeofthefuture,andheonlycaresabouttwothings:
easyandfun.
05:
15
Now,intheanimalworld,thatworksfine.Ifyou'
readogandyouspendyourwholelifedoingnothingotherthan(除了)easyandfunthings,you'
reahugesuccess!
24(Laughter)
26
AndtotheMonkey,humansarejustanotheranimalspecies(/?
spi:
i:
z/物种).Youhavetokeepwell-slept,well-fedandpropagating(/?
pr?
ge?
t/繁衍)intothenextgeneration,whichintribal(/?
tra?
bl/部落的)times(时代)mighthaveworkedOK.But,ifyouhaven'
tnoticed,nowwe'
renotintribaltimes.We'
reinanadvancedcivilization(/?
v?
la?
ze?
n/文明),andtheMonkeydoesnotknowwhatthatis.Whichiswhywehaveanotherguyinourbrain,theRationalDecision-Maker,whogivesustheabilitytodothingsnootheranimalcando.Wecanvisualize(/?
u?
z/设想)thefuture.Wecanseethebigpicture.Wecanmakelong-termplans.Andhewantstotakeallofthatintoaccount/?
ka?
nt/(把…考虑在内).Andhewantstojusthaveusdowhatevermakessense(有意义,合理)tobedoingrightnow.Now,sometimesitmakessensetobedoingthingsthatareeasyandfun,likewhenyou'
rehavingdinnerorgoingtobedorenjoyingwell-earnedleisure(/?
le?
(r)/闲暇)time.That'
swhythere'
san
overlap(/?
l?
p/重叠).Sometimestheyagree(一致).Butothertimes,itmakesmuchmoresensetobedoingthingsthatareharderandlesspleasant,forthesakeof(为了,因为)thebigpicture.Andthat'
swhenwehaveaconflict.Andfortheprocrastinator,thatconflicttendstoendacertainwayeverytime,leavinghimspendingalotoftimeinthisorangezone(/z?
n/区域),aneasyandfunplacethat'
sentirelyoutoftheMakesSensecircle.IcallittheDarkPlayground.
06:
41(Laughter)
42
Now,theDarkPlaygroundisaplacethatallofyouprocrastinatorsoutthereknowverywell.It'
swhereleisure(/?
(r)/)activities(休闲活动)happenattimes(=sometimes)whenleisureactivitiesarenotsupposedtobehappening.ThefunyouhaveintheDarkPlaygroundisn'
tactuallyfun,becauseit'
scompletelyunearned(不应得的),andtheairisfilledwithguilt,dread(/dred/忧虑,恐惧),anxiety(/?
za?
ti/焦虑),self-hatred(/?
he?
tr?
d/自我憎恨)--allofthosegoodprocrastinatorfeelings.Andthequestionis,inthissituation,withtheMonkeybehindthewheel,howdoestheprocrastinatorevergethimselfoverheretothisbluezone,alesspleasantplace,butwherereallyimportantthingshappen?
07:
16
Well,turnsouttheprocrastinatorhasaguardian(/?
gɑ:
di?
n/)angel(守护天使),someonewho'
salwayslookingdownon(俯瞰)himandwatchingover(照看)himinhisdarkestmoments--someonecalledthePanic(/?
k/恐慌)Monster(怪物).
27(Laughter)
33
Now,thePanicMonsterisdormant(/?
nt/蛰伏的)mostofthetime,buthesuddenlywakesupanytimeadeadlinegetstoocloseorthere'
sdangerofpublicembarrassment(/?
b?
sm?
nt/难堪),acareerdisasterorsomeotherscary(/?
ske?
ri/使人恐慌的)consequence(/?
ns?
kw?
ns/结果).Andimportantly,he'
stheonlythingtheMonkeyisterrified(/?
ter?
fa?
d/)of(非常害怕).Now,hebecameveryrelevant(/?
rel?
nt/密切相关的)inmylifepretty(=quite)recently,becausethepeopleofTEDreachedouttome(=contact联系到我)aboutsixmonthsagoandinvitedmetodoaTEDTalk.
08:
00(Laughter)
06
Now,ofcourse,Isaidyes.It'
salwaysbeenadreamofminetohavedoneaTEDTalkinthepast.
11(Laughter)
(Applause)Butinthemiddleofallthisexcitement,theRationalDecision-Makerseemedtohavesomethingelseonhismind.Hewassaying,"
Areweclearonwhatwejustaccepted?
Dowegetwhat'
sgoingtobenowhappeningonedayinthefuture?
Weneedtositdownandworkonthisrightnow."
AndtheMonkeysaid,"
Totallyagree,butlet'
sjustopenGoogleEarthandzoomin(拉近镜头)tothebottomofIndia,like200feetabovetheground,andscroll(/skr?
l/)up(向上)fortwoandahalfhourstillwegettothetopofthecountry,sowecangetabetterfeel(总体印象)forIndia."
48(Laughter)
54Sothat'
swhatwedidthatday.
55(Laughter)
59
Assixmonthsturnedintofourandthentwoandthenone,thepeopleofTEDdecidedtorelease(/r?
li:
s/公布)thespeakers.AndIopenedupthewebsite,andtherewasmyfacestaringrightbackatme.Andguesswhowokeup?
09:
12(Laughter)
SothePanicMonsterstartslosinghismind(发疯,抓狂),andafewsecondslater,thewholesystem'
sinmayhem(/?
me?
hem/混乱).
21(Laughter)
AndtheMonkey--remember,he'
sterrifiedofthePanicMonst