Name: 【TED】瑪莉梅克: 我為什麼要努力為（像我一樣的）難民女孩爭取教育 (Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me) | Mary Maker)
Uploaded: 2018-08-29T15:48:48.000Z
Duration: 16 min 48 s

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Helen Chang

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But we do choose how we are going to live our lives.

我們無法選擇我們的父母是誰。

I did not choose to be born in South Sudan,

但我們可以選擇 我們要如何過我們的人生。

As a teacher, I've stood in front of 120 students,

身為老師，我曾經 站在 120 個學生面前，

My students come from war-torn countries.

所以這個舞台並不會讓我害怕。

我的學生來自被戰爭肆虐的國家。

they fled their homes in order to stay alive.

Some of them belong to parents back home in South Sudan

他們都為了求生存 而逃離了他們的國家。

當中有些人的父母 還留在南蘇丹的家鄉，

because they belong to a different tribe or they have a different belief.

Others come from other African countries devastated by war.

因為他們屬於不同的部落， 或因為他們有不同的信仰。

But when they enter my class, they make friends,

其他人則是來自其他 被戰爭催殘的非洲國家。

但當他們來上我的課， 他們會交朋友，

My story is like that of so many other refugees.

我的故事和許多 其他難民的故事很像。

我還很小的時候戰爭就開始了。

who had been absent in most of my early childhood,

This is simply because my mother came from a poor background,

原因只是因為我母親 來自很貧窮的背景，

另一方面，我的父親則很富有。

My community was constantly under attack.

Communities would fight each other as they took water along the Nile.

社區在沿著尼羅河 取水時，會彼此對抗。

Planes would drop the spinning and terrifying bombs

飛機會投下旋轉、駭人的炸彈，

But the most terrifying thing for every single parent

was to see their children being abducted and turned into young soldiers.

是看著他們的孩子被綁走， 被迫變成年輕士兵。

She had to flee in search of a safe place for us.

但，我們仍然沒有 受到保護的感覺。

I was four years old, and my younger sister was two.

她得要逃出去， 為我們尋找安全的地方。

and together we walked for many agonizing days

我們一起行走數日， 那些日子非常痛苦，

when she would take turns to carry me and my younger sister.

We finally made it across the Kenyan border, yes.

But that was the longest journey that I have ever had in my whole life.

我們終於通過了肯亞邊境，是的。

但那是我一生中走過最長的旅程。

we found other family members who had fled into the camp earlier on,

我們發現了其他家人， 他們是先前逃到難民營中的，

Now, I want you all to be very quiet just for a moment.

我想請大家保持非常安靜一下子。

那是我對這個難民營的第一個記憶。

I only stayed in the camp for three years, though.

My father, who had been absent in most of my early childhood,

不過，我只在難民營中待了三年。

我父親，幾乎沒有參與 我童年的父親，

And he organized for me to move with my uncle

他為我安排，讓我搬去住在我叔叔

在那裡，我遇見了 我父親的第一任妻子，

I remember my first day in school -- I could sing and laugh again --

and my first set of school uniforms, you bet.

我記得我在學校的第一天—— 我又能夠再次唱歌、歡笑了——

當然，我也記得我的第一套學生服。

that my uncle did not find it fit for me to go to school,

我叔叔並不覺得我適合去上學，

My half brothers were his first priority.

He would say, "Educating a girl is a waste of time."

他最重視的是我同父異母的兄弟。

And for that reason, I missed many days of school,

他會說：「讓女孩接受教育 是在浪費時間。」

因為那個理由， 我錯失了很多上學日，

and organized for me to go to boarding school.

I remember the faith that he put in me over the couple of years to come.

他為我做安排，讓我上寄宿學校。

He would say, "Education is an animal that you have to overcome.

我記得接下來幾年 他對我展現的信心。

他會說：「教育是 你必須要去克服的動物。

And with these words came in his first big investment.

教育應該是你的第一任丈夫。」

他不只說了這些話， 他還真的做了很大的投資。

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【TED】瑪莉梅克: 我為什麼要努力為（像我一樣的）難民女孩爭取教育 (Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me) | Mary Maker)

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