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And we think of these things as especially rare,
我們可能會認為這只是個別現象，
but a study by the Wisconsin Children's Trust Fund found that 40 percent of low-income kids face multiple instances of childhood trauma,
但威斯康辛兒童信托基金的研究表明，低收入家庭的孩子遭受多種童年創傷的幾率為40%，
compared to only 29 percent for upper-income kids. And think about what that really means.
而高收入家庭的孩子為29%。想想這意味著什么。
If you're a low-income kid, almost half of you face multiple instances of childhood trauma.
如果你們都生在低收入家庭，你們中間差不多會有一半的人會遭遇多種童年創傷。
This is not an isolated problem. This is a very significant issue.
這不是一個孤立的問題。非常值得我們注意。
We know what happens to the kids who experience that life.
我們都清楚，這樣的孩子會經歷怎樣的人生。
They're more likely to do drugs, more likely to go to jail, more likely to drop out of high school,
他們很可能會吸毒，會進監獄，會從高中輟學，
and most importantly, they're more likely to do to their children what their parents did to them.
最重要的是，他們很可能會在自己的孩子身上重復父母對自己的所作所為。
This trauma, this chaos in the home, is our culture's very worst gift to our children, and it's a gift that keeps on giving.
這種傷害，這種家庭的混亂，是我們的文化給孩子最糟糕的禮物，而這種禮物還在不停地被送出。
So you combine all that, the hopelessness, the despair, the cynicism about the future, the childhood trauma, the low social capital,
把這些都加在一起，無望，絕望，對未來的懷疑，童年的創傷，低社會資本，
and you begin to understand why me, at the age of 14, was ready to become just another statistic, another kid who failed to beat the odds.
你就會了解，為什么我在14歲那年幾乎就要成為又一個例子，被這些壁壘困死的又一個孩子。
But something unexpected happened. I did beat the odds. Things turned up for me.
但意料之外的事情發生了。我沖破了這些壁壘。事情出現了轉機。
I graduated from high school, from college, I went to law school, and I have a pretty good job now. So what happened?
我念完高中，上了大學，進入法學院，找到了一份不錯的工作。究竟發生了什么呢？
