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First of all, for those of you who
首先，對你們所有
are not familiar with my work,
不熟悉我的工作的人，
I create multicultural characters,
我創造了一個多重角色，
so characters from lots of different backgrounds.
那些角色具有多個不同背景
So before the present is the new future,
那樣，現在的前面是一個新的未來，
a bit about the past is that I grew up in a family
關于我的一點兒過去是，我成長在一個家庭
that was multi-everything -- multi-racial, multi-cultural,
有著多種－每一樣東西－多種－種族，多種－文化
black and white, Caribbean,
黑和白，加勒比海的，
Irish-American, German-American.
愛爾蘭美國人，德裔美國人。
There was Dominican music blasting from stereos.
有多米尼克德音樂從音響里迸發。
There were Christians and Jews.
有基督徒和猶太人。
That's a long story filled with
那是一個長長的故事充滿了
intrigue and interfaith guilt and shame.
糾葛和信仰的付疚感和羞恥感。
But I was totally immersed in this world
但我完全地沐浴在這個
that was filled with everybody,
充滿了每個人的世界
and then I went on to the United Nations school,
后來我去了聯合國學校
and that just completely all”
就這樣完成了－
So I began sort of developing these voices
我開始發現這些聲音
and these people,
和這些人，
all of whom were loosely based on people I really know,
都是那些我不太熟悉的人，
and so, for example, in performing them,
于是，舉個例子說，為了表演他們
I would really try to inhabit them.
我就真的努力去和他們融合在一起。
And for example,
比如
I don't really talk like that,
我真的不想那樣說話
but that was one of my people,
但那是我的人中間的一個
and I'm going to bring a few of my friends --
我將帶來我的幾個朋友
I think of them as my friends ”
我把他們當作我的朋友－
to this stage, in this spirit of the idea
在這個講臺上，在這個觀念的精華里面
that the present is the new future,
現在就是一個新的將來
in sort of a meta way,
在某種相關的路上
because I thought about it, and the future, for me,
因為我思考著它，未來，我的，
what can be so frightening
有什么是那么可怕的？
is that I don't know what's coming.
是我不知道有什么會發生。
I don't know if that's true for other people,
我不知道那對別人也是真的
but that notion of thinking about
但那個概念是思考
how we can understand the future
我們該如何理解未來
and predict outcomes,
并且預計結果
for me, it's terrifying to not know what might be coming.
對我來說，不知道即將來臨的事情會很可怕。
And so the idea that there are questions
于是這個主意就有些
that I've never seen
我從沒明白的問題，
that my people are going to answer,
那是我的人要回答的，
and some of these characters have been with me for ages,
有些角色已經跟著我有很多年了，
some of them don't even have names,
他們中的一些連名字都沒有
I don't know what's going to happen.
我不知道將會發生些什么。
I don't know what's coming,
也不知道結果怎樣
and all I can do is remind myself
我所能做的就是提醒自己
that I told Chris I'd fly by the seat of my pants,
我告訴克瑞斯我會飛到我的長褲的坐位上
and now that I'm up here it sort of feels like
現在我來到這兒，就讓我感覺像
that dream where you don't have any pants on,
那種夢里你沒有穿褲子的感覺，
and so I suppose I'm going to be
那樣我應該是
flying by the seat of my ass.
坐到我的屁股旁邊上的位置上飛行
That said, let's just see who comes out.
那就是說，讓我們看看誰會來。
May we have the first question:
我們可以有第一個問題：
"Do you ever get headaches
“你曾經感覺
from the microchips implanted in your brain?"
從微芯片植入你的大腦那里而來的疼痛嗎？”
Right.
對了
Okay.
好的。
Well first of all, I'll just say
好了， 首先，我只會說
that I hope you can hear me okay.
我希望你們可以聽到我。
My name is Lorraine Levine,
我的名字是羅倫尼.列文，
and the idea of microchips implanted in my brain,
我的腦子里植入微芯片的主意，
frankly, just putting on my glasses reminds me
友好地說，當我戴上眼鏡的時候就讓我想起來了
of thank God I'm not wearing the Google Glasses.
感謝上帝，我沒有帶上谷歌眼睛
No offense to them. I'm glad that you all enjoy them,
我并不反感他們， 我很高興你們都喜歡，
but at my age,
但在我的年紀，
just putting on the regular ones I have
只是帶上我的普通的那種
already gives me too much information.
已經給了我太多的信息。
Do you understand what I'm saying to you?
你理解我對你們說的嗎？
I don't need to know more. I don't want to know.
我不需要知道更多的。我不想知道啦。
That's it. That's enough.
就是那樣，那就夠了。
I love you all. You're wonderful.
我愛你們所有的人。你們都是美妙的。
It's fabulous to be here with such big machers
它是多么好啊在這兒和這么多重要的人在一起
again this year. Mwah!
今年的又一次機會。姆哇！
Okay, next question. (Applause)
好了，下一個問題。（鼓掌）
Next, please.
下一個，有請。
"Is dating boring,
“約會很沒勁吧，
now that humans reproduce asexually?"
現在人類可以單性繁殖了？”
