ted英语演讲：接受生活中的小意外.doc

TED英语演讲：承受生活中的小意外
演说题目：Know your worth, and then ask for it
演说者：Tim Harford
Late in January 1975, a 17-year-old German girl called Vera Brandes walked out onto the stage of the Cologne Opera House. The auditorium was empty. It was lit only by the dim, green glow of the emergency e_it sign. This was the most e_citing day of Veras life.
1975年的一月下旬，一个叫维拉布兰德斯的17岁的德国女孩从幕后走上了科隆歌剧院的舞台。 观众席上空无一人。全场仅仅被一个绿色平安出口标记的昏暗的光微微照亮。这一天是维拉生命中最最感动的一天。
She was the youngest concert promoter in Germany, and she had persuaded the Cologne Opera House to host a late-night concert of jazz from the American musician, Keith Jarrett. 1,400 people were coming. And in just a few hours,Jarrett would walk out on the same stage, hed sit down at the piano and without rehearsal or sheet music, he would begin to play.
她在当时是德国 最年轻的演奏会经纪人， 她劝说了科隆歌剧院举办美国音乐家基思杰瑞特的一个爵士深夜场音乐会。1400位观众即将到场。再过几个小时，杰瑞特就会走上那个舞台，坐在钢琴旁，不经过排练，没有乐谱，就开头他的演奏。
But right now, Vera was introducing Keith to the piano in question, and it wasnt going well. Jarrett looked to the instrument a little warily, played a few notes, walked around it, played a few more notes,muttered something to his producer. Then the producer came over to Vera and said ... If you dont get a new piano, Keith cant play.
但那时候， 维拉向基思展现的钢琴出了些问题，而且状况不是太好。杰瑞特认真地看了看那个钢琴，弹了几个音，围着钢琴走了一圈之后，又弹了几个音，跟他的制作人嘟囔了几句。然后制作人过去跟维拉说 假设你们弄不来一台新的钢琴，基思今日就弹不成了。
Thered been a mistake. The opera house had provided the wrong instrument. This one had this harsh, tinny upper register, because all the felt had worn away. The black notes were sticking, the white notes were out of tune, the pedals didnt work and the piano itself was just too small. It wouldnt create the volume that would fill a large space such as the Cologne Opera House.
其实当时是出错了。歌剧院没预备好乐器。那台钢琴的高音部听起来又尖又刺耳，由于其中的全部毛毡都磨损坏了。黑键听起来感觉拖拖拉拉，白键走调了，脚踏板也坏了，而且那台钢琴也格外小。那钢琴根本弹不出足够大的声音来让像科隆歌剧院这么大空间里的观众都听到。
So Keith Jarrett left. He went and sat outside in his car, leaving Vera Brandes to get on