and I believe that running can change the world.

情態副詞

I know what I have just said is simply not obvious.

我知道我剛說的並不是那麼簡單明瞭。

You know, Lebanon as a country has been once destroyed

如你所知，黎巴嫩這個國家已經飽受

Honestly, I don't know why they call it civil war

老實說，我不懂為什麼人們稱它為內戰，

With Syria to the north, Israel and Palestine to the south,

北接敘利亞，南連以色列和巴勒斯坦，

and our government even up till this moment

For years, the country has been divided between politics and religion.

and that's when the marathon takes place.

Long distance running was not only good for my well-being

長距離賽跑不只對我的身心有益，

也幫助我沈靜心靈，把夢做大。

and underwent 36 surgeries to be able to walk again.

接受了 36 次手術才能再次走路。

I realized that I was no longer the same runner I used to be,

我發現自己已不再是同樣的跑者，

因此，我決定如果我不能跑的話，

I asked my husband to start taking notes,

and a few months later, the marathon was born.

Organizing a marathon as a reaction to an accident

but at that time, even during my most vulnerable condition,

籌辦一埸馬拉松作為對意外做出的反應

I needed something to take me out of my pain,

但是在那時候，即使 處於最容易受傷的狀態，

I didn't want to pity myself, nor to be pitied,

我需要某種東西帶我遠離痛苦，

and I thought by organizing such a marathon,

I'll be able to pay back to my community,

is definitely not like organizing one in New York.

How do you introduce the concept of running

to a nation that is constantly at the brink of war?

絕對和在紐約辦一場完全不同。

How do you ask those who were once fighting

尤其是對長期處於 戰爭爆發邊緣的國家？

to come together and run next to each other?

More than that, how do you convince people to run a distance of 26.2 miles

at a time they were not even familiar with the word "marathon"?

For almost two years, we went all over the country

要一次跑 26.2 英哩遠（約 42.195 公里），

I personally met with people from all walks of life --

the president of the country, even housewives.

我親自和各行各業的人見面──

When you walk the talk, people believe you.

政治家、民兵，從清真寺、教堂來的人、

It was honesty and transparency that brought us together.

當你說到做到，人們就會相信你。

We spoke one common language to each other,

他們也跟我分享自己的故事作為回報。

是真誠與毫不掩飾讓我們齊聚一堂，

everybody wanted to be part of the marathon

to show the world the true colors of Lebanon and the Lebanese

and their desire to live in peace and harmony.

讓世界看見黎巴嫩真正的樣貌、

以及他們期盼在和平 與融洽中生存的渴望。

this time it was a signal to run in harmony,

在 2003 年 10 月，超過六千名跑者

來到這條起跑線前，堅定不移，

the marathon found ways to bring people together.

In 2005, our prime minister was assassinated,

and the country came to a complete standstill,

so we organized a five-kilometer United We Run campaign.

Over 60,000 people came to the start line,

馬拉松找到了讓人們和平共處的方式。

all wearing white T-shirts with no political slogans.

2005 年，我們的首相遭到暗殺，

That was a turning point for the marathon,

where people started looking at it as a platform

因此我們發起了一場五公里 為團結而跑 (United We Run) 的活動。

Between 2006 up to 2009, our country, Lebanon,

所有的人都穿著沒有政治口號的白上衣。

在 2006 年到 2009 年間， 我們的國家黎巴嫩

we had no president for a year, and no prime minister.

So through the marathon, we learned that political problems can be overcome.

When the opposition party decided to shut down part of the city center,

這一年我們沒有總統，也沒有首相。

在黎巴嫩，每年會有一起不同於往常暴力場景的槍響：那是貝魯特國際馬拉松賽開跑的鳴響。這場動人的演說中，馬拉松籌辦人梅．埃爾-哈利勒 (May El-Khalil) 解說為什麼她深信一場 26.2 英哩的長跑賽事能夠帶來改變，讓因政治與宗教而分裂數十年的國家團結，即使那只是一年當中的一天而已。 想要學習影片相關的英文單字及片語嗎？免費線上試用...