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Well I went into the courtroom. And as soon as I walked inside, the judge saw me coming in.
所以我跑到法庭里。我一走進去，法官看見我就說：
He said, "Mr. Stevenson, did you write this crazy motion?"
“史蒂文森先生，是你寫了這個瘋案么？”
I said, "Yes, sir. I did." And we started arguing.
我說：“是的，先生，是我寫的?！比缓笪覀兙烷_始辯論。
And people started coming in because they were just outraged. I had written these crazy things.
人們陸續(xù)跑進來，因為大家都憤怒了。我的確寫了不少挺夠勁的事情。
And police officers were coming in and assistant prosecutors and clerk workers.
警察也進來了，助理檢察官也進來了，書記員也進來了。
And before I knew it, the courtroom was filled with people angry that we were talking about race,
我還沒回過神來，整個法庭站滿了人，全很憤怒，因為我們在談種族問題，
that we were talking about poverty, that we were talking about inequality.
我們在談貧窮，我們在談不平等待遇。
And out of the corner of my eye, I could see this janitor pacing back and forth.
我眼角瞟到那個清潔工，在外面走來走去。
And he kept looking through the window, and he could hear all of this holler. He kept pacing back and forth.
他不斷通過窗戶向里張望，他也都能聽到人們的抱怨。他就這樣來回來去地走。
And finally, this older black man with this very worried look on his face came into the courtroom and sat down behind me, almost at counsel table.
最后，這個黑人老伯進來了，一臉擔(dān)心地坐在我后面，幾乎頂?shù)搅宿q護臺。
About 10 minutes later the judge said we would take a break.
十分鐘后，法官提議休息一下。
And during the break there was a deputy sheriff who was offended that the janitor had come into court.
休息期間，一個副警長覺得清潔工進法庭有失面子，
And this deputy jumped up and he ran over to this older black man.
這個副警長跳起來，向這個老伯沖過去。
He said, "Jimmy, what are you doing in this courtroom?"
他說：“吉米，你來法庭里干什么？”
And this older black man stood up and he looked at that deputy and he looked at me and he said,
這個老黑人站起來，看看這個副警長，看看我，他說：
"I came into this courtroom to tell this young man, keep your eyes on the prize, hold on."
“我進來是想告訴這個年輕人，往前看，往好了看，挺住?！?/div>
I've come to TED because I believe that many of you understand that the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
我今天來TED，是因為我相信這里很多人都明白，這個世界的道德的弧線盡管很長，但是永遠(yuǎn)向著公正的一邊傾斜。
That we cannot be full evolved human beings until we care about human rights and basic dignity.
在我們開始關(guān)心人權(quán)和尊嚴(yán)之前，我們無法真正完成進化。
That all of our survival is tied to the survival of everyone.
我們的生存，和每一個人的生存都分不開。
That our visions of technology and design and entertainment and creativity have to be married with visions of humanity, compassion and justice.
我們在科技和設(shè)計上的前景，在娛樂和創(chuàng)造力上的眼光，必須與人性、慈善和公正的遠(yuǎn)見相結(jié)合。
And more than anything, for those of you who share that,
最重要的是，對于每個執(zhí)著此見的人，
I've simply come to tell you to keep your eyes on the prize, hold on. Thank you very much.
我只想和你說，往前看，往好了看，挺住。謝謝大家。
