過去簡單式

I was featured in a New York Times article called,

紐約時代雜誌對我進行了獨家報導

which featured my passion for learning foreign languages,

I loved the fact that language learning was getting more attention

因為語言學習這件事得到更多關注

that was suddenly putting me into contact with people all around the world.

使我突然能和世界上的人們交流

And as I spent more time in the media spotlight,

但當我更頻繁地出現在聚光燈下時

媒體對於我的故事的焦點開始移轉

So whereas I've always been interested in talking about the why and the how,

雖然我比較希望談論學習語言的原因及方法

why I was learning foreign languages, how I did it,

為什麼我學習不同的外國語言及我如何學習

instead, it turned into a bit of a circus,

但是節目最後都變成一種固定循環

in which media shows wanted to sensationalize my story.

媒體想要使我的故事更令人驚奇

So it would go a little something like this,

"Hello, I'm here today with 17-year-old Timothy Doner

嗨，在我身邊的是17歲的提姆多納

He actually can insult you in 25 languages

事實上，他能以25種語言侮辱你

Tim, how about you tell our audience 'Good morning'

and 'Thank you for watching', in Muslim?"

和我們的觀眾說聲早安以及謝謝嗎？

現在可以來一段中文的繞口令嗎？

you know, a lot more Americans are learning Chinese these days,

你知道，最近很多美國人都在學中文

and I think there's a lot of value in that."

"No, no, no.  Just give us a tongue twister."

不不不，只要給我們一段繞口令就好

（中文）吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮兒 不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮兒

提姆，再來一段中文繞口令如何？

There's a lot you can gain by learning a language.

透過語言學習可以學到很多事情

"Oh Tim, I'm sorry, That's all the time we have."

提姆，不好意思，我們時間不多

"You know we haven't talk about anything substantive."

但我們還沒談到任何實質的問題

a skateboarding bulldog in a bathing suit."

所以，儘管這些經歷聽上去都十分滑稽

還是可以在其中看出媒體關於我的報道

I felt that language learning was now  becoming like a bit of a task, almost.

我覺得語言學習變得像是個任務

It felt like something that was suddenly had to be rigidly organized.

像是某件必須被嚴格規劃執行的事

Something that had to be  compartmentalized, rationalized,

which was just learning languages for the fun of it.

And on a bigger level, it's cheapened what it meant to speak a language,

另一個更重要的問題是，這低估了說一種語言

Now if I can impart you with anything today at TEDxTeen,

如果今天我能透過TEDxTeen帶給你們什麼

is a lot more than knowing a couple of words out of a dictionary.

並不只是學會字典裡的幾個單字

So for those of you who aren't familiar with my story,

maybe a lot of you here don't know what the word polyglot is,

可能現場很多人不知道&quot;多語使用者&quot;這個字

and this is the beginning of my language learning journey.

And I always had a little bit of a gift for accent.

So I'm going to auditions for radio commercials,

我會用王牌大賤諜(電影)的聲音表現

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