I usually have to just like try to calm down and take a deep breath.
通常我要深呼吸讓自己鎮(zhèn)靜下來(lái)
But then on top of that, you know, Sarah Jones told me we only have 18 minutes.
但更糟糕的是,莎拉瓊斯告訴我,我們總共只有18分鐘
So then I'm like, should I be nervous, you know, because maybe it's better.
于是我想也許我應(yīng)該緊張點(diǎn)兒才好
And I'm just trying not to panic and freak out. So I like, take a deep breath.
我要盡量不慌張,所以我得深呼吸
Okay. Sorry. So anyway, what I was trying to say is that I really love TED.
好了,我想說(shuō)我真的很喜歡TED
Like, I love everything about this. It's amazing.
我喜歡這里的一切,太不可思議了
Like, it's -- I can't get over this right now.
我克服不了這個(gè)(緊張情緒)
And, like, people would not believe, seriously, where I'm from, that this even exists.
說(shuō)真的,人們都不相信我是從哪來(lái)的,不相信居然有這么個(gè)地方

You know, like even, I mean I love like the name, the -- TED.
我喜歡TED這個(gè)名字
I mean I know it's a real person and everything, but I'm just saying that like,
我知道這是個(gè)真人的名字,我只想說(shuō)
you know, I think it's very cool how it's also an acronym, you know,
這居然還是個(gè)縮略語(yǔ),真是太酷了
which is like, you know, is like very high concept and everything like that. I like that.
這聽(tīng)起來(lái)非常高深。我喜歡
And actually, I can relate to the whole like acronym thing and everything.
事實(shí)上,我自己跟縮略語(yǔ)也很有關(guān)系
Because, actually, I'm a sophomore at college right now.
我現(xiàn)在是大學(xué)二年級(jí)的學(xué)生
At my school -- actually I was part of co-founding an organization, which is like a leadership thing,
我在學(xué)校跟幾個(gè)朋友成立了一個(gè)組織,也頗有領(lǐng)導(dǎo)意義
you know, like you guys, you would really like it and everything.
就像你們一樣,你們一定會(huì)喜歡這個(gè)想法的
And the organization is called DA BOMB, and DA BOMB -- not like what you guys can build and everything --
這個(gè)組織叫DA BOMB,我們的DA BOMB組織比不上你們所創(chuàng)造的這些(偉大的東西)
it's like, DA BOMB, it means like Dominican -- it's an acronym --
DA BOMB也是個(gè)縮略語(yǔ)
Dominican-American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and Babies.
全稱(chēng)是多米尼加裔美國(guó)人慈善組織為了母親和嬰兒們
So, I know, see, like the name is like a little bit long, but with the war on terror and everything,
我知道這個(gè)名字有點(diǎn)長(zhǎng),但是因?yàn)榉纯謶?zhàn)爭(zhēng)這類(lèi)原因
the Dean of Student Activities has asked us to stop saying DA BOMB and use the whole thing so nobody would get the wrong idea, whatever.
校學(xué)生活動(dòng)的主任不讓我們用DA BOMB這個(gè)簡(jiǎn)稱(chēng),讓我們要用全稱(chēng)以避免歧義
So, basically like DA BOMB -- what Dominican-American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and Babies does
所以說(shuō)DA BOMB這個(gè)組織,我是說(shuō),多米尼加裔美國(guó)人慈善組織為了母親和嬰兒們
is, basically, we try to advocate for students who show a lot of academic promise and who also happen to be mothers like me.
我們努力為在學(xué)業(yè)上很有前途的學(xué)生們爭(zhēng)取權(quán)益,而且這些學(xué)生跟我一樣同時(shí)也是母親