ted演讲：多国口音英语模仿秀

TED演讲：多国口音英语模仿秀下面是由(m)提供的TED演讲：多国口音英语模仿秀，欢迎阅读。脱口秀演员Sarah Jones莎拉琼斯在TED现场来了段精彩的单口秀，她惟妙惟肖地模仿了八国人说英语，惊为天人。里面包括了英式口音、美式口音、印度口音、法国口音、中式口音、阿拉伯口音、这短短的20分钟内，莎拉琼斯好像领着你去了一次环球旅行。莎拉琼斯一个人分别扮演了一位固执的犹太老太太、一个语速极快的多米尼加裔女大学生以及其他众多精彩角色。被莎拉琼斯模仿的八个国家和地区为：英国、纽约皇后区、澳大利亚、多米尼加、法国、德国、 印度、中国、约旦。代表了八种不同的口音：英音、美音、西班牙音、法语音、德语音、印度音、汉语音、阿拉伯音。当然从Sarah的本意出发，这次旅行的重点并不仅仅是口音，还有文化与交流的问题。我们生活在一个距离越来越短，联系越来越紧密的地球村里。一种语言就像是一把钥匙，打开地球另一边人们生活的大门。如果说你的语言是一个维度，它带来了一个角度，多一种语言能力就是多一个思考的维度，多了一扇看世界的窗，生活的厚度就这样叠加起来越发丰富多彩。以下是演讲全文：I should tell you that when I was asked to be here, I thought to myself that well, its TED. And these TED sters are - you know, as innocent as that name sounds - these are thephilanthropists and artists and scientists who sort of shape our world. And what could I possibly have to say that would be distinguished enough to justify my participation in something like that? And so I thought perhaps a really civilized sounding British accent might help things a bit.And then I thought no, no. I should just get up there and be myself and just talk the way I really talk because, after all, this is the great unveiling. And so I thought Id come up here and unveil my real voice to you. Although many of you already know that I do speak the Queens English because I am from Queens, New York. (Laughter) But the theme of this session, of course, is invention. And while I dont have any patents that Im aware of, you will be meeting a few of my inventions today. And I suppose its fair to say that I am interested in the invention of self or selves. Were all born into certain circumstances with particular physical traits, unique developmental experiences, geographical and historical contexts. But then what? To what extent do we self-construct, do we self-invent? How do we self-identify and how mutable is that identity? Like, what if one could be anyone at any time? Well my characters, like the ones in my shows, allow me to play with the spaces between those questions. And so Ive brought a couple of them with me. And well, theyre very excited. What I should tell you - what I should tell you is that theyve each prepared their own little TED talks. So feel free to think of this as Sarah University. (Laughter)Okay. Okay. Oh, well. Oh, wonderful. Good evening everybody. Thank you so very much for having me here today. Ah, thank you very much. My name is Loraine Levine. Oh my! Theres so many of you. Hi sweetheart. Okay. (Laughter) Anyway, I am here because of a young girl, Sarah Jones. Shes a very nice, young, black girl. Well you know, she calls herself black, shes really more like a caramel color if you look at her. But anyway, (Laughter) she has me here because she puts me in her show, what she calls her one-woman show. And you know what that means, of course. That means she takes the credit and then makes us come out here and do all the work. But I dont mind.Frankly, Im kvelling just to be here with all the luminaries you have attending something like this, you know. Really, its amazing. Not only, of course, the scientists and all the wonderful giants of the industries but the celebrities. There are so many celebrities running around here. I saw - Glenn Close I saw earlier. I love her. And she was getting a yogurt in the Google cafe. Isnt that adorable. (Laughter) So many others you see, theyre just wonderful. Its lovely to know theyre concerned, you know. And - oh, I saw Goldie Hawn. Oh, Goldie Hawn. I love her, too; shes wonderful. Yeah. You know, shes only half Jewish. Did you know that about her? Yeah. But even so, a wonderful talent. And I - you know, when I saw her, such a wonderful feeling. Yeah, shes lovely. But anyway, I should have started by saying just how lucky I feel. Its such an eye-opening experience to be here. Youre all so responsible for this world that we live in today. You know, I couldnt have dreamed of such a thing as a young girl. And youve all made these advancements happen in such a short time. Youre all so young. You know, youre parents must be very proud.But I - I also appreciate the diversity that you have here. I noticed its very multicultural. You know, when youre standing up here, you can see all the different people. Its like a rainbow. Its okay to say rainbow. Yeah. I just - I cant keep up with whether you can say, you know, the different things. What are you allowed to say or not say? I just - I dont want to offend anybody. You know. But anyway, you know, I just think that to be here with all of you accomplished young people, literally, some of you, the architects building our brighter future. You know, its heartening to me. Even though, quite frankly, some of your presentations are horrifying, absolutely horrifying. Its true. Its true. You know, between the environmental degradation and the crashing of the world markets youre talking about. And of course, we know its all because of the - all the . Well, I dont know how else to say it to you, so Ill just say it my way. The ganeyvish tetikeyt coming from the governments and the, you know, the bankers and the Wall Street. You know it. Anyway. (Laughter)The point is, Im happy somebody has practical ideas to get us out of this mess. So I salute each of you and your stellar achievements. Thank you for all that you do. And congratulations on being such big makhers that youve become TED meisters. So, happy continued success. Congratulations. Mozel tov. (Applause)Hi. Hi. Thank you everybody. Sorry, this is such a wonderful opportunity and everything, to be here right now. My name is Noraida. And Im just - Im so thrilled to be part of like your TED conference that youre doing and everything like that. I am Dominican American. Actually, you could say I grew up in the capital of Dominican Republic, otherwise known as Washington Heights in New York City. But I dont know if theres any other Dominican people here, but I know that Juan Enriquez, he was here yesterday. And I think hes Mexican, so thats - honestly, thats close enough for me, right now. So - (Laughter)I just - Im sorry. Im just trying not to be nervous because this is a very wonderful experience for me and everything. And I just - you know Im not used to doing public speaking. And whenever I get nervous I start to talk really fast. Nobody can understand nothing Im saying, which is very frustrating for me, as you can imagine. I usually have to just like try to calm down and take a deep breath. But then on top of that, you know, Sarah Jones told me we only have 18 minutes. So then Im like, should I be nervous, you know, because maybe its better. And Im just trying not to panic and freak out. So I like, take a deep breath.Okay. Sorry. So anyway, what I was trying to say is that I really love TED. Like, I love everything about this. Its amazing. Like, its - I cant get over this right now. And, like, people would not believe, seriously, where Im from, that this even exists. You know, like even, I mean I love like the name, the - TED. I mean I know its a real person and everything, but Im just saying that like, you know, I think its very cool how its also an acronym, you know, which is like, you know, is like very high concept and everything like that. I like that.And actually, I can relate to the whole like acronym thing and everything. Because, actually, Im a sophomore at college right now. At my school - actually I was part of co-founding an organization, which is like a leadership thing, you know, like you guys, you would really like it and everything. And the organization is called DA BOMB, And DA BOMB - not like what you guys can build and everything - Its like, DA BOMB, it means like Dominican - its an acronym - Dominican American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and Babies. So, I know, see, like the name is like a little bit long, but with the war on terror and everything, the Dean of Student Activities has asked us to stop saying DA BOMB and use the whole thing so nobody would get the wrong idea, whatever. So, basically like DA BOMB - what Dominican American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and Babies does is, basically, we try to advocate for students who show a lot of academic promise and who also happen to be mothers like me. I am a working mother, and I also go to school full-time. And, you know, its like - its so important to have like role models out there. I mean, I know sometimes our lifestyles are very different, whatever.But like even at my job - like, I just got promoted. Right now its very exciting actually for me because Im the Junior Assistant to the Associate Director under the Senior Vice President for Business Development. Thats my new title. So, but I think whether you own your own company or youre just starting out like me, like something like this so vital for people to just continue expanding their minds and learning. And if everybody, like all people really had access to that, it would be a very different world out there, as I know you know. So, I think all people, we need that, but especially, I look at people like me, you know like, I mean, Latinos, were about to be the majority, in like two weeks. So, we deserve just as much to be part of the exchange of ideas as everybody else. So, Im very happy that youre, you know, doing this kind of thing, making the talks available online. Thats very good. I love that. And I just - I love you guys. I love TED. And if you dont mind, privately now, in the future, Im going to think of TED as an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Dominicans. Thank you very much. (Laughte