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But this one is -- the Bible says that you cannot touch women during certain times of the month,
但這一個(gè)是，圣經(jīng)告訴我們?cè)诿總€(gè)月的某些時(shí)間不能碰女人，
and more than that, you cannot sit on a seat where a menstruating woman has sat.
更甚者--你不能坐在經(jīng)期婦女曾做過的椅子。
And my wife thought this was very offensive, so she sat in every seat in our apartment,
我太太覺得這很侮辱女人，所以她把我們家里的每一個(gè)椅子都坐了一遍，
and I had to spend much of the year standing until I bought my own seat and carried it around.
所以我必須在這一年大部分時(shí)間都站著，直到我買了一張自己的椅子并且隨身攜帶。
So, you know, I met with creationists. I went to the creationists' museum.
所以，你知道的，我遇到一些特創(chuàng)論者。我去了關(guān)于特創(chuàng)論者的博物館。
And these are the ultimate literalists. And it was fascinating, because they were not stupid people at all.
他們是最會(huì)咬文嚼字的人。然而這很有趣，因?yàn)樗麄儾⒉皇潜康啊?/div>
I would wager that their IQ is exactly the same as the average evolutionist.
我敢打賭，他們的智商完全跟相信進(jìn)化論的人一樣。
It's just that their faith is so strong in this literal interpretation of the Bible that they distort all the data to fit their model.
只是他們有著很強(qiáng)的信仰，執(zhí)著于圣經(jīng)上的字面解釋，所以扭曲事實(shí)數(shù)據(jù)來符合他們的理論。
And they go through these amazing mental gymnastics to accomplish this.
然后他們經(jīng)由神奇的心理訓(xùn)練來達(dá)成。
And I will say, though, the museum is gorgeous. They really did a fantastic job.
然而我要說的是，這博物館相當(dāng)華麗。他們真的完成了一個(gè)很棒的工作。
If you're ever in Kentucky, there's, you can see a movie of the flood,
如果你曾經(jīng)去過美國(guó)肯塔基州，就是這--你會(huì)看到一個(gè)關(guān)于大洪水的電影，
and they have sprinklers in the ceiling that will sprinkle on you during the flood scenes.
他們?cè)谔旎ò迳涎b灑水器，當(dāng)播放到洪水畫面時(shí)，你就會(huì)被噴到水。
So, whatever you think of creationism -- and I think it's crazy -- they did a great job.
所以，不管你對(duì)創(chuàng)世紀(jì)論者看法怎樣(我是覺得這蠻瘋狂)，他們做了一個(gè)很出色的工作。
Another lesson is that thou shalt give thanks.
另一個(gè)教訓(xùn)是：諸位應(yīng)當(dāng)心存感恩。
And this one was a big lesson because I was praying, giving these prayers of thanksgiving, which was odd for an agnostic.
這是一個(gè)很重要的教誨，因?yàn)槲叶\告，獻(xiàn)上感謝，這對(duì)于不可知論者來說很怪。
But I was saying thanks all the time, every day, and I started to change my perspective.
但是我嘴上常掛著感謝，無論何時(shí)，然而我開始改變我的看法。
And I started to realize the hundreds of little things that go right every day,
而且開始了解數(shù)以百計(jì)的小事情，那些順?biāo)斓氖拢?/div>
that I didn't even notice, that I took for granted, as opposed to focusing on the three or four that went wrong.
那些我不曾注意到的小事，那些被當(dāng)作里所當(dāng)然的--而不是去注意那些出錯(cuò)的三四件事情。
So, this is actually a key to happiness for me, is to just remember when I came over here,
所以，這是幸福的秘訣，對(duì)我來說，只要提醒自己：當(dāng)我來這里的時(shí)候，
the car didn't flip over, and I didn't trip coming up the stairs. It's a remarkable thing.
車子沒有翻覆，我沒被階梯絆倒。這是件很棒的事。
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| ceiling | ['si:liŋ] |
想一想再看 n. 天花板，上限 |
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| flip | [flip] |
想一想再看 vt. 擲，彈，輕擊 |
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| offensive | [ə'fensiv] |
想一想再看 adj. 令人不快的，侮辱的，攻擊用的 |
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| literal | ['litərəl] |
想一想再看 adj. 逐字的，字面上的，文字的 |
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| opposed | [ə'pəuzd] |
想一想再看 adj. 反對(duì)的，敵對(duì)的 v. 和 ... 起沖突，反抗 |
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| interpretation | [in.tə:pri'teiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 解釋，闡釋，翻譯，(藝術(shù)的)演繹 |
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| fantastic | [fæn'tæstik] |
想一想再看 adj. 極好的，難以置信的，奇異的，幻想的 |
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| fascinating | ['fæsineitiŋ] |
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| ultimate | ['ʌltimit] |
想一想再看 n. 終極，根本，精華 |
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| remarkable | [ri'mɑ:kəbl] |
想一想再看 adj. 顯著的，異常的，非凡的，值得注意的 |
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