未來簡單式

Tonight, I'm going to try to make the case

that inviting a loved one, a friend or even a stranger

邀請一位愛人、朋友，甚至是陌生人，

to 不定詞

to record a meaningful interview with you

來和你錄製一段有意義的訪談，

just might turn out to be one of the most  important moments in that person's life,

這段對話可能會成為對方或是你的一生中

When I was 22 years old, I was lucky enough to find my calling

我很幸運在 22 歲的時候發現自己的天職，

I found out that my dad, who I was very, very close to, was gay.

我發現我的爸爸，那個我非常非常親密的人，

At some point, in one of our strained conversations,

a group of young black and Latino drag queens

fought back against the police at a gay bar in Manhattan

一群年輕黑人和拉丁裔男性的扮裝皇后

在曼哈頓的同性戀酒吧和警察發生了衝突，

and how this sparked the modern gay rights movement.

It was an amazing story, and it piqued my interest.

他還說這場活動如何鼓舞現代同性戀權利運動。

So I decided to pick up my tape  recorder and find out more.

這是個很棒的故事，它激起了我的興趣，

With the help of a young archivist named Michael Shirker,

於是我決定拿起我的錄音機去挖掘更多故事。

we tracked down all of the people we could find

在一位年輕檔案員麥克．舍克的幫助下，

who had been at the Stonewall Inn that night.

我們找到所有能找到的當事人，

那些當晚去過石牆旅館的人們。

I saw how the microphone gave me the license

to go places I otherwise never would have gone

我發現麥克風給予我一種權利，

and talk to people I might not otherwise ever have spoken to.

讓我能去從沒想過要去的地方，

some of the most amazing, fierce and courageous human beings

去了解我一生中見過最了不起、狂熱，

It was the first time the story of Stonewall

it changed my relationship with him, and it changed my life.

我把這個節目歸功於我的父親，

Over the next 15 years, I made many more radio documentaries,

這件事改變了我們的關係，也改變了我的人生。

working to shine a light on people who are rarely heard from in the media.

在接下來的 15 年裡，我錄了很多廣播節目，

給予在媒體上很少發言的人訴說故事的機會。

I'd see how this simple act of being interviewed

我看到這個簡單接受訪談的行為

particularly those who had been told that their stories didn't matter.

I could literally see people's back straighten

尤其是對那些認為自己的故事不值一提的人們。

as they started to speak into the microphone.

In 1998, I made a documentary about the last flophouse hotels

1998 年，我紀錄了最後幾間廉價旅館，

Guys stayed up in these cheap hotels for decades.

They lived in cubicles the size of prison cells

那些人住在這種便宜的旅館裡數十年。

他們住在斗室裡，和牢房差不多大，

so you couldn't jump from one room into the next.

Later, I wrote a book on the men with the photographer Harvey Wang.

所以你不能從一間房間跳進另一間房間。

I remember walking into a flophouse with an early version of the book

後來我寫了關於這群人的一本書，和攝影師王哈維合作。

我記得走進一間廉價旅館，手裡拿著這本書的初版，

他站在那裡安靜的盯著那一頁，

and started running down the long, narrow hallway

大喊：「我存在這裡！我存在這裡！」

In many ways, "I exist" became the clarion call for StoryCorps,

this crazy idea that I had a dozen years ago.

在很多方面，「我存在這裡」 成為故事公司號召的話語，

我在 12 年前有了一個瘋狂想法，

has been about recording interviews to create a work of art or entertainment

or education that is seen or heard by a whole lot of people,

製做藝術、娛樂或教育用途的作品，

where the interview itself was the purpose of this work,

and see if we could give many, many, many people the chance

So in Grand Central Terminal 11 years ago,

we built a booth where anyone  can come to honor someone else

因此 11 年前，我們在紐約大中央車站

You come to this booth and you're met by a facilitator who brings you inside.

搭起一個小房間，每個人都能進來訪問另一個人，

You sit across from, say, your grandfather

讓他們述說自己的生命故事，以此來榮耀他們。

for close to an hour and you listen and you talk.

你們來到這個小房間，會見到一位解說員帶你們進來，

Many people think of it as, if this was to be our last conversation,

what would I want to ask of and say to this person

接下來將近一小時，你傾聽或者訴說。

很多人會想像，如果這是我們最後一次對話，

At the end of the session, you walk away with a copy of the interview

我會想對這個對我意義非凡的人

and another copy goes to the American Folklife Center

在結束的時候，你能拿走訪談的備份音檔，

so that your great-great-great-grandkids can someday get to know your grandfather

另外會有一份寄到美國國家民俗中心，

So we open this booth in one of the busiest places in the world

所以你的曾曾曾孫某天可以透過聲音和故事，

and invite people to have this incredibly intimate conversation

所以我們在世界上數一數二繁忙的地方設立這個小房間，

I had no idea if it would work, but from the very beginning, it did.

邀請人們和另一個人來進行一場非常親密的對話，

People treated the experience with incredible respect,

我不知道能不能成功，但是從一開始，它就成功了。

and amazing conversations happened inside.

大家充滿敬意地面對這次經歷，

許多令人驚訝的對話就在小房間裡展開。

from an interview recorded at that original Grand Central Booth.

This is 12-year-old Joshua Littman interviewing his mother, Sarah.

引用在中央車站小房間裡的錄音訪談。

這是一位 12 歲的男孩約書亞．立特曼訪問他的媽媽莎拉。

As you may know, kids with Asperger's are incredibly smart

但如你所知，亞斯伯格症患童通常聰穎過人，

so this is Josh talking with his mom Sarah

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