Name: TEDx】從 "魔鬼的孩子 "到明星芭蕾舞演員｜Michaela DePrince｜TEDxAmsterdam 2014 (【TEDx】From ‘devil’s child’ to star ballerina | Michaela DePrince | TEDxAmsterdam 2014)
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過去簡單式

情態助動詞 A2

I thought, maybe, I could give it a fairytale kind of twist.

But only because most people tell me that my life is a fairytale.

Yes, I got what I've always dreamed of, but I have to fight for it.

I wasn't always called Michaela DePrince.

and I was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa in 1995,

This war would displace thousands of men,

it would cause thousands of women and children to be raped,

I was born with vitiligo, a skin condition.

the fact that just because I had white patches on my skin,

They started to call me "the devil's child,"

because anybody who would look like this would be the child of the devil.

My parents tried to defend me as much as they could,

but they understood I'd never get married

They tried to educate me, they taught me to read,

and they started to save money for my education.

But when my parents passed away, I was defenseless and alone.

knowing that he could never get a good price for me as a bride,

In the orphanage we were taken care of by aunties,

not like the aunties you have at home, the aunties who love you.

They care about you no matter what you do.

who only take care us to bring food home for their kids.

They would wash our clothes and give us food.

Number 1 got the biggest portion of food and the first choice of clothes.

Number 27 got the smallest portion of food and the last choice of clothes.

Everyday in the orphanage, I was starving.

This is when I realized it was much easier to not care about anybody

But then I made a friend in the orphanage.

Number 26 was always in ill health, sick, but she always had a kind heart.

Number 26 would always listen to all my fears, and all my dreams.

Whenever I was scared, she would sing to me.

When I couldn't fall asleep, she would tell me a bedtime story.

And Number 26 is still doing that 15 years later, as my sister Mia.

the big wind threw a magazine right onto the gate at the orphanage.

This amazing creature, this person I have never seen before,

she is on her tippytoes, and in this beautiful pink costume.

But what really struck me the most was the fact that she looked so happy.

So I thought to myself, if she is happy because this is what she is doing,

then, maybe, I could be happy too someday.

I had to be this person, I just had to be,

So I ripped the cover off the magazine, and put it in my underwear

Because as number 27, I didn't have anything to do,

they would never give me  toys or any clothes,

And then, a teacher came to the orphanage to teach us English.

I showed teacher Sarah the magazine cover,

and she explained to me this person was dancing ballet.

I was going to be this ballerina, I just had to be.

I'd always go onto my tippytoes everyday and practice just like the ballerina.

I thought, maybe, one day, with everything going so well,

I finally had somebody who cared about me,

and she knew how important it was for me to get a good education,

so she would always give me extra lessons.

After a few extra lessons, teacher Sarah and I started to walk towards the gate.

Me twirling around, trying to be the ballerina on the magazine.

And all of a sudden, two rebels come towards the gate,

[with] a little rebel lagging behind them.

And around the corner, a truck full of them.

They must have been drinking a lot or under some type of drug.

They saw that teacher Sarah was pregnant.

They started betting on whether or not it was a girl or a boy.

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TEDx】從 "魔鬼的孩子 "到明星芭蕾舞演員｜Michaela DePrince｜TEDxAmsterdam 2014 (【TEDx】From ‘devil’s child’ to star ballerina | Michaela DePrince | TEDxAmsterdam 2014)

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