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Being given a means of communication changed everything.
有了交流的方式，一切都改變了。
I used the power of words and will to challenge the preconceptions of those around me and those I had of myself.
我用語言的力量挑戰了來自于身邊人的和來自于自己的偏見。
Communication is what makes us human, enabling us to connect on the deepest level with those around us,
交流是人類的特質，使我們能夠在最深層次與身邊的人溝通，
telling our own stories, expressing wants, needs and desires, or hearing those of others by really listening.
分享我們的故事，表達愿望，需要和渴求或者傾聽他人的思想。
All this is how the world knows who we are. So who are we without it?
所有這些都讓這個世界知道我們是誰。如果沒有交流，我們會變成什么樣子？
True communication increases understanding and creates a more caring and compassionate world.
真正的交流增進理解，并且創造出富有同情心的世界。
Once, I was perceived to be an inanimate object, a mindless phantom of a boy in a wheelchair.
曾經我被預言為毫無生命的物體，一個坐在輪椅上毫無思想的幽靈。
Today, I am so much more. A husband, a son, a friend, a brother, a business owner, a first-class honors graduate, a keen amateur photographer.
現在我有了多個角色，丈夫，兒子，朋友，兄弟，老板，一等榮譽畢業生，熱情的業余攝影師。
It is my ability to communicate that has given me all this.
是交流的能力給予我這些。
We are told that actions speak louder than words. But I wonder, do they? Our words, however we communicate them, are just as powerful.
有人告訴我們，行動比語言更有力。但我想問：“是這樣嗎？”語言，無論我們怎么用它們交流，都是有力的。
Whether we speak the words with our own voices, type them with our eyes,
無論我們怎樣使用語言，用聲音，用眼神，
or communicate them non-verbally to someone who speaks them for us, words are among our most powerful tools.
或通過其他非口頭的方式與他人交流，語言都是最有力的工具之一。
I have come to you through a terrible darkness, pulled from it by caring souls and by language itself.
我經過可怕的黑暗來到你們面前，被悲憫的靈魂和語言本身解救出來。
The act of you listening to me today brings me farther into the light. We are shining here together.
你們的傾聽讓我進一步走進光明，我們正一起發光。
If there is one most difficult obstacle to my way of communicating,
如果我在交流中有一個最大的障礙，
it is that sometimes I want to shout and other times simply to whisper a word of love or gratitude. It all sounds the same.
那就是有時我想大喊，有時只想低聲說出愛和感激。
But if you will, please imagine these next two words as warmly as you can: Thank you.
但如果你能夠，請極盡熱忱地想象這兩個詞：謝謝。
