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When I was 14 years old,
我十四歲的時候，
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I had low self-esteem.
我很自卑。
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I felt I was not talented at anything.
我覺得我對任何東西都沒有天份。
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One day, I bought a yo-yo.
有一天，我買了一個溜溜球。
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When I tried my first trick, it looked like this.
當我嘗試第一個花招的時候，它看起來像這樣。
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I couldn't even do the simplest trick,
我連最簡單的花招都不會，
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but it was very natural for me,
但這對我而言是很正常的事，
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because I was not dextrous, and hated all sports.
因為我手腳並不靈活，也討厭所有的運動。
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But after one week of practicing,
但是，經過一個禮拜的練習後，
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my throws became more like this.
我拋出來的比較像這個樣子。
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A bit better.
有好一點了。
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I thought, the yo-yo is something for me to be good at,
在我人生中，溜溜球讓我第一次覺得
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for the first time in my life.
有東西是我可以擅長的。
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I found my passion.
我找到了我的熱情。
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I was spending all my time practicing.
我把所有時間花在練習上。
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It took me hours and hours a day
我一天需要好幾個小時
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to build my skills up to the next level.
才能將我的技能提昇到另一階段。
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And then, four years later, when I was 18 years old,
四年後，當我 18 歲的時候，
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I was standing onstage at the World Yo-Yo Contest.
我站上了世界溜溜球比賽。
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And I won.
然後，我贏了。
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I was so excited. "Yes, I did it! I became a hero.
我當時非常興奮，「太好了！我成功了！我成了英雄。
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I may get many sponsors, a lot of money,
我可能會有很多贊助商、很多錢、
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tons of interviews, and be on TV!" I thought. (Laughter)
一堆訪問，還有上電視！」我是這麼以為的。（笑）
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But after coming back to Japan,
但回到日本之後，
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totally nothing changed in my life.
我的人生沒有任何的改變。
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I realized society didn't value my passion.
我意識到社會並不重視我的熱情。
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So I went back to my college
於是，我回到社區大學
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and became a typical Japanese worker
並成為了一個典型的日本上班族--
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as a systems engineer.
一名系統工程師。
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I felt my passion, heart and soul, had left my body.
我覺得我的熱情、心和靈魂全都離開了我的身體。
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I felt I was not alive anymore.
彷彿行屍走肉。
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So I started to consider what I should do,
因此，我開始思考我應該怎麼做。
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and I thought, I wanted to make my performance better,
我想，我希望我能讓我的演出更加精彩，
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and to show onstage how spectacular the yo-yo could be
並在舞臺上展示出溜溜球可以是多麼精妙絕倫
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to change the public's image of the yo-yo.
以改變溜溜球的公眾形象。
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So I quit my company
所以，我辭掉了我的工作，
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and started a career as a professional performer.
成為一個全職表演家。
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I started to learn classic ballet, jazz dance,
我開始學習古典芭蕾、 爵士舞、
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acrobatics and other things
雜技和其它技能
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to make my performance better.
這都是為了讓我的演出能更加精彩。
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As a result of these efforts, and the help of many others,
在我的努力，以及他人的幫助下
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it happened.
它成真了。
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I won the World Yo-Yo Contest again
我再次贏得世界溜溜球大賽，
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in the artistic performance division.
在藝術表演家的類別。
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I passed an audition for Cirque du Soleil.
我通過了太陽馬戲團的面試。
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Today, I am standing on the TED stage
今天，我站在 TED 的舞台上
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with the yo-yo in front of you.
和我手上的溜溜球。
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What I learned from the yo-yo is,
我從溜溜球上學到的是
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if I make enough effort with huge passion,
當一個人全心全意的做一件事的時候，
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there is no impossible.
沒有什麼是不可能的。
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Could you let me share my passion with you
我是否可以通過我的表演
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through my performance?
與你們分享我的熱情?
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