TED演讲:我在战火纷飞的加沙做报道(4)

 I was so scared that day, a day I will never forget. 那天我非常害怕，我永远不会忘记的一天。

So, why do I do what I do?  然而，我为什么要这么做呢？

I do it because I believe if I didn't, a huge part of the story about Gaza will be missing. 我这么做，因为我相信如果我不，将失去加沙的这个新闻的一大部分。

There are some more stories I could tell you about my country.  我可以告诉你非常多我的国家的故事，

And not all of them are bad.  并不是所有的都是不好的。

I love my country, despite the terrible situation we live in --  我爱我的国家，尽管我们生活在这个糟糕的地带

siege, poverty, unemployment -- but there is life. 闭塞，贫穷，失业...但这是生命

There are people who are dreamers and amazing people full of energy.  这里的人们充满梦想和惊人的活力。

We have wonderful music, and a great music school.  我们有美妙的音乐和伟大的音乐学校。

We have parkour dancers who dance in the rubble¹ of their homes.  我们有跑酷舞者，他们可以在他们家的瓦砾上跳舞。

And Gaza is the only place in the Arab world where Muslims and Christians² live in strong brotherhood³. 同时，加沙是阿拉伯世界唯一一个地方，穆斯林和基督徒血脉相连。

During the time of war, the hardest part for me is leaving the house early in the morning, leaving my children. 在战争期间，对我来说最艰难的是早晨离开家，离开我的孩子。

I take a picture of them everyday because I never know if I will make it back to them. 我每天给他们拍照，因为我不知道我否还能回到他们身边。

Being a fixer and a journalist is difficult and dangerous in Gaza.  在作为一个固定点和一个记者是非常困难和危险的。

But when I hear the sound of the shelling or the sound of the bombing,  但是当我听见炮声、爆炸声时，

I just head straight toward it, because I want to be there first, because these stories should be told. 我立即迎头而上去面对它，因为我想第一个到那儿，因为这些事需要被报道。

1 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

2 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

3 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。