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消防员Mark Bezos 描述他出乎意料的英雄事迹,以及他从中学到的一件事:成为英雄不需等待。下面是小编为大家收集关于TED英语演讲:成为英雄不需等待,欢迎借鉴参考。
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A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter
演说者:Mark Bezos
演讲稿
Back in New York, I am the head of development for a non-profit called Robin Hood. When Im not fighting poverty, Im fighting fires as the assistant captain of a volunteer fire company. Now in our town, where the volunteers supplement a highly skilled career staff, you have to get to the fire scene pretty early to get in on any action.
在纽约,我是罗宾汉非营利机构,发展部门的主管。在我消灭贫穷之余,我也灭火,我是志愿消防居的副指挥,在我们的小镇,在一个志愿者都是成功人士的地方,你必须要很早到现场,才有可能加入战况。
I remember my first fire. I was the second volunteer on the scene, so there was a pretty good chance I was going to get in. But still it was a real footrace against the other volunteers to get to the captain in charge to find out what our assignments would be.
我记得我第一场火,我是第二个到现场的志愿者,很有可能可以进火场,但你还得跑赢其它志愿者,先找到总指挥,让他分配工作给你。
When I found the captain, he was having a very engaging conversation with the homeowner, who was surely having one of the worst days of her life. Here it was, the middle of the night, she was standing outside in the pouring rain, under an umbrella, in her pajamas, barefoot, while her house was in flames.
当我好不容易找到总指挥,他正全神贯注地和屋主讨论。她显然正经历人生中最糟糕的一天,当时是大半夜,她站在滂沱大雨中,穿着睡衣、打赤脚、撑着伞,她的房子正在熊熊燃烧。
The other volunteer who had arrived just before me -- lets call him Lex Luther -- (Laughter) got to the captain first and was asked to go inside and save the homeowners dog. The dog! I was stunned with jealousy. Here was some lawyer or money manager who, for the rest of his life, gets to tell people that he went into a burning building to save a...
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