If you answered with, "They're all awesome,"

若你回答：「他們都很優秀」

you'd probably be right, but there's one more thing.

你也許是對的，但還有一件事

Me and my close friends here are all left-handed.

我和我很好的朋友都是左撇子

(UNENTHUSIASTICALLY) Yay!

(缺乏熱情地) 耶！

Yay.

耶

Around one in every 10 people are left-handed,

差不多每十人裡就有一個是左撇子

and they're often pretty easy to spot.

他們通常都很顯眼

But no-one really knows why left-handed people

但沒人知道為什麼左撇子

are actually left-handed.

是左撇子

Some theories are that there's a left-handed gene,

有些理論提到左撇子有專屬的基因

that the brains of lefties are just wired differently

讓腦部以不同方式連結

or that left-handers might be copying the behaviour

或者左撇子也可能會模仿

of their left-handed parents.

左撇子的父母的行為

Hi, Dad.

嗨，爸爸

Hello, son.

哈囉，兒子

He really is left-handed.

他真的是左撇子

Anyway, however we came to be,

無論我們成為怎樣的人

us lefties aren't alone in the world.

左撇子在這世上不會是孤獨的

Scientists have found almost all kangaroos are left-handed too.

科學家發現幾乎所有的袋鼠也都是左撇子

Well, left-pawed, really.

好吧，其實是，左爪

And while that hasn't stopped our kangaroo friends

但這不會阻礙我們的袋鼠朋友

from hopping about enjoying life,

跳來跳去地享受人生

throughout history it's been a different story for humans.

在歷史上，人類的命運卻大不相同

Lefties have been called witches, unclean, possessed by the devil

左撇子在過去被視為巫婆、不潔、被惡魔附身

or just clumsy in the past.

或笨拙的

And back when everyone wrote with ink,

回到過去每個人都握筆用墨汁學寫字的年代，

kids were actually forced to use their right hand —

孩子們被逼著用右手寫 —

even if they were left-handed.

即使他們是左撇子

It sounds pretty unfair,

這聽起來很不公平

but having said that, this is really messy.

但說真的，很容易弄得髒髒的

Today, no-one is going to call you a witch for being left-handed,

現在，沒有人會因為你是左撇子叫你巫婆

but there are still some pretty big disadvantages

但還是有很大的缺點

to living in a right-handed world.

身處在右撇子居多的世界

If you want to try these instruments,

如果你想要學樂器

it's pretty hard to learn how to play an instrument

學樂器真的很難

because the instruments are mostly made

因為樂器幾乎都是

for right-handed people.

為右撇子而設計的

Sometimes it's hard to, like, write.

有時候真的蠻難的，像寫字

I do magic, and I have to learn certain moves with my hand

我會變魔術，而且我得學習特定的手勢

and I have to force them to do those sort of positions

我要逼著自己的手做出這些特定的動作

and it can be really annoying.

這很令人困擾

Being a lefty has encouraged Alex to work really hard

身為左撇子促使 Alex 更努力

at perfecting his magic act.

為了讓魔術更完美

But that's not the only unexpected benefit.

但這不是唯一出乎意料的好處

Some studies have shown that being left-handed means you're more likely

有些研究顯示左撇子很可能會

to be good at subjects like music and math.

擅長音樂或數學方面的科目

There's also a really high proportion of geniuses

有相當高比例的天才

that have been left-handed,

是左撇子

although that could just be a coincidence.

雖然有可能是巧合

And it can be a big advantage

還有一個時候會有很大的優勢

when you're playing sport against right-handed people too.

就是當你和右撇子進行運動競賽時

People say that when you are left-handed

人們說如果你是左撇子

your writing is more neater and you draw better

寫字會更整齊，畫畫也會更好看

so I'd rather stay left-handed.

所以我寧可繼續當左撇子

I kind find it nice being left-handed.

我覺得身為左撇子很好

I don't think that you're different in a bad way.

我不認為特別有什麼不好的

I think that you're unique in a special way.

我覺得你是以特別的方式顯示你的獨特

Anyway, that's what Left-handers' Day is all about —

這就是關於左撇子日 —

celebrating left-handedness and why we're proud of it.

慶祝左撇子以及為何身為左撇子是值得驕傲的

Plus, it's a really good excuse to make right-handed people

還有，這是個很好的藉口讓右撇子

do all your right-handed work.

幫你分擔右手的工作

- Can you cut this out for me? - No!

- 可以幫我剪這個嗎？- 不！

But I'm left-handed.

可是我是左撇子

Ugh! OK, fine.

喔唷！好吧