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I was born in Korea -- the land of kimchi; raised in Argentina,
我在泡菜之國--韓國出生；在阿根廷長大，
where I ate so much steak that I'm probably 80 percent cow by now;
可能因為吃太多牛排，我覺得現在我80%的成分是牛；
and I was educated in the US, where I became addicted to peanut butter.
然后我在美國接受教育，在這兒又對花生醬愛得無法自拔。
During my childhood, I felt very much Argentinian, but my looks betrayed me at times.
小時候，我覺得自己是個地道的阿根廷人，但我的外表時不時會背叛我。
I remember on the first day of middle school, my Spanish literature teacher came into the room.
我還記得上中學的第一天，我的西班牙文學老師走進教室。
She scanned all of my classmates, and she said, "You -- you have to get a tutor, otherwise, you won't pass this class."
她掃了一眼全班同學，說到，“你，你要請一個家教，否則，你肯定過不了這門課?！?/div>
But by then I was fluent in Spanish already, so it felt as though I could be either Korean or Argentinian, but not both.
但當時我的西班牙語已經非常流利了，當時給我的感覺就是，我要么是韓國人，要么是阿根廷人，但不可能兩者都是。
It felt like a zero-sum game, where I had to give up my old identity to be able to gain or earn a new one.
這種感覺就像是非此即彼的博弈，我必須放棄自己的舊身份，才能獲得新身份。
So when I was 18, I decided to go to Korea, hoping that finally I could find a place to call home.
18歲那年，我決定去韓國，希望找到一個能稱之為家的地方。
But there people asked me, "Why do you speak Korean with a Spanish accent?"
但有人問我，“為什么你說韓語有西班牙口音？”
And, "You must be Japanese because of your big eyes and your foreign body language."
“你肯定是日本人，因為你眼睛很大，肢體動作也像外國人?！?/div>
And so it turns out that I was too Korean to be Argentinian, but too Argentinian to be Korean.
原來，作為阿根廷人，我太韓國范兒，作為韓國人，我又太阿根廷范兒。
And this was a pivotal realization to me. I had failed to find that place in the world to call home.
對我來說這是一個非常關鍵的認識。我找不到一個可以稱作老家的地方。
But how many Japanese-looking Koreans who speak with a Spanish accent
但是看起來像日本人的韓國人，講話又帶著西班牙口音，
or even more specific, Argentinian accent -- do you think are out there? Perhaps this could be an advantage.
或者更確切地說，帶著阿根廷口音，這樣的人你們覺得有多少呢？也許這是一個優勢。
It was easy for me to stand out, which couldn't hurt in a world that was rapidly changing,
我更容易在人群中凸顯出來，在這個變化迅速的世界，
where skills could become obsolete overnight.
你的技能也許一夜之間就被淘汰了。
So I stopped looking for that 100 percent commonality with the people that I met.
因此我不再在遇到的人身上，尋找100%的共性。
Instead, I realized that oftentimes, I was the only overlap between groups of people that were usually in conflict with each other.
取而代之的是，我常常意識到，自己正好處于交叉地帶，位于常常有沖突發生的人群中間。
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| cow | [kau] |
想一想再看 n. 母牛，母獸 |
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| specific | [spi'sifik] |
想一想再看 adj. 特殊的，明確的，具有特效的 |
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| identity | [ai'dentiti] |
想一想再看 n. 身份，一致，特征 |
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| advantage | [əd'vɑ:ntidʒ] |
想一想再看 n. 優勢，有利條件 |
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| tutor | ['tju:tə] |
想一想再看 n. 家庭教師，導師 |
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| fluent | ['flu:ənt] |
想一想再看 adj. 流利的，流暢的 |
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| overnight | ['əuvə'nait] |
想一想再看 n. 前晚 |
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| obsolete | ['ɔbsəli:t] |
想一想再看 adj. 已廢棄的，過時的 |
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| conflict | ['kɔnflikt] |
想一想再看 n. 沖突，矛盾，斗爭，戰斗 |
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