I'm really, really, really excited to be here.

今天能夠站在這裡，讓我感到非常的雀躍。

to 不定詞

a little bit more of the --I don't want to say basics--

關於我的病--我不想說一些基本的--

because we really don't know anything about my syndrome.

因為所有人對這個綜合症一無所知。

I was born with this very, very rare syndrome,

我天生就患有一種很稀有的綜合症，

that only two other people in the world including myself, that we know of, have.

這世界上，只有另外兩位，包括我在內，知道我們罹患這樣的綜合症。

Basically what this syndrome causes, is that I cannot gain weight.

基本上，這個綜合症使我無法增重。

I could eat absolutely whatever I want, whenever I want

我可以在任何時候，任何地方，大吃大喝，

and I've never weighed over about 64 pounds in my entire life.

而我的整個人生里，從未有體重超過64磅的時刻。

我在上大學的時候，我試圖掩藏-

--well, I didn't 'hide' it, everyone knew it was there--

好吧，我沒有掩藏，所有人都知道它的存在--

but it was a giant tub of Twinkies, donuts, chips, Skittles,

我所說的它是一大包的奶油夾心餅，甜甜圈，薯片以及彩虹糖。

and my roommate would say, "I could hear you at 12:30 am,

而我的室友會說：“凌晨12點半的時候，我能夠聽見你——

But I'm like, "You know what? It's alright, I can do these things!"

但是我說：“你知道嗎？那有什麼？我完全可以這樣做！”

Because there are benefits to this syndrome.

因為這是這個綜合症的好處之一。

There are benefits to not being able to gain weight.

There are benefits to being visually impaired.

There are benefits to being kind of really small.

"Lizzie, how in the world are you saying there are benefits

只能用一隻眼睛也有它的好處？

Well, let me tell you what the benefits are

好，讓我告訴你那些好處是什麼。

I wear contacts--conTACT. Half-off conTACTS.

我能夠佩戴隱形眼鏡。一個隱形眼鏡。

When I wear my reading glasses: half-off prescription.

我佩戴眼鏡時，也只需要一隻眼睛的度數。

It's like you're not even there. I don't even know you're standing there.

那就像你根本不存在一樣。我不會知道你站在那裡。

Right now, if I stand like this, I have no clue

現在，如果我這樣站著，我不會知道，

that there's this whole side of the room.

Also, being small, I am very willing to volunteer myself

還有，因為身材嬌小，我可以——

to go to Weight Watchers, go to some gym, and say,

"Hi, I'm Lizzie. I will be your poster child.

嗨，我是麗茲，我會當你廣告的代言人。

Put my face on whatever you need, and I will say,

'Hi! I used this program. Look how well it worked.'"

嗨，我使用了這個課程，看看它的效果多麼驚人。 "

Even though there are amazing things that have come from this syndrome,

雖然這個綜合症能夠帶來很多很棒的事情，

there are also things that have been very, very difficult, as you can imagine.

但是，其中也有非常困難的事情，正如你能想像的。

在成長的過程中，我的父母一直將我像正常的小孩一樣養育長大。

And when I was born, the doctors told my mom,

"Your daughter has no amniotic fluid around her.

“你的女兒沒有羊水的保護。”

So when I was born, it was a miracle that I came out screaming.

所以我能夠嚎啕大哭地來到這個世界，本身就是一種奇蹟。

"We just want to warn you: Expect your daughter to never be able

“我們想讓你們做好心理準備，你們的女兒可能永遠無法

to talk, walk, crawl, think, or do anything by herself."

自己走路，說話，爬行或者是做任何事情。

Now, as first-time parents, you would think that my parents would say,

初為人父人母，你會認為我的父母會說：

"Oh no. Why? Why are we getting our first child

“為什麼？為什麼隨著我們第一個孩子的到來的，

The first thing they told the doctor was,

他們告訴醫生的第一件事，就是

"We want to see her, and we are going to take her home

”我們想見她。我們會把她帶回家。

and love her, and raise her to the best of our abilities."

好好愛她，並儘所能撫養她長大。 ”

I credit pretty much everything that I've done in my life to my parents.

我將我這一生的成就都歸功於我的父母。

My dad is here with me today, and my mom is at home watching.

我的父親今天就在現場，而我的母親在家裡看著。

She has been the glue that's held our family together,

我母親一直是維繫家庭的粘合劑。

and she's given me the strength to see that she's going through so much,

看見她經歷這麼多事情，給了我很多的力量

but she has this fighting spirit that she's instilled in me,

因為我繼承了她那勇於奮鬥的精神，

so that I have proudly been able to stand in front of people and say,

所以今天我才能自豪地站在眾人的面前，說：“

"You know what? I've had a really difficult life.

你知道嗎？我的日子過得很艱難。

That's okay. Things have been scary, things have been tough.

沒關係。事情是很可怕，很煎熬。 ”

在我的成長過程中，我必鬚麵對——

every single one of us in this room has dealt with before.

在這個房間裡的每一個人都曾經經歷過的——

It starts with a 'B'. Can you guys guess it?

觀眾：“Boys(男孩）!”麗茲：“Boys(男孩）?”

Why can't I sit here with them? (Laughter)

為什麼我不能和他們坐在一起？ （大笑）

I had to deal with bullying a lot, but as I said, I was raised very normally,

我常常會面對欺凌事件，但正如我所說的，我像正常人一樣被撫養長大，

I had absolutely no idea that I looked different.

我完全沒有意識到，我長得和別人不一樣。

I couldn't see that I looked different from other kids.

我看不見，我和其他小孩有什麼不同之處。

I think of it as a big slap of reality for a five year-old,

對於一位五歲的小孩，我覺得那是來自現實的一巴掌。

because I went in to school the first day, decked-out in Pocahontas gear.

因為在入學的第一天，我穿著寶嘉康蒂風的服裝。

that looked like a turtle shell because it was bigger than me,

因為它的體積比我還大，所以看起來像烏龜殼——

and I walked up to a little girl and smiled at her,

我走到一個小女孩的面前，向她微笑，

and she looked up at me like I was a monster,

她抬頭看了看我，彷彿看見了魔鬼——

like I was the scariest thing she had ever seen in her life.

好像我是她在生命裡看過最可怕的東西一樣。

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