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It is on Wednesday of Hell Week that you paddle down to the mud flats
地獄周的周三 你要劃槳到泥灘
and spend the next 15 hours trying to survive the freezing cold
并在極度嚴寒的環境下生存15個小時
the howling wind and the incessant pressure to quit from the instructors
風呼嘯著 教官則不斷慫恿你退出
As the sun began to set that Wednesday evening
周三晚上日落的時候
my training class having committed some "egregious infraction of the rules" was ordered into the mud
我們班被認為"過分地違反了規定" 被懲罰進入泥沼中
The mud consumed each man till there was nothing visible but our heads
我們整個人都沉入泥中 只剩頭露在外面
The instructors told us we could leave the mud if only five men would quit
教官告訴我們 只要有五個人退出 我們就可以離開
only five men, just five men and we could get out of the oppressive cold
只要五個人 五個人就夠了 我們就能離開刺骨嚴寒的泥潭
Looking around the mud flat it was apparent that some students were about to give up
環顧泥灘 有些學員似乎有了放棄的念頭
It was still over 8 hours till the sun came up, 8 more hours of bone chilling cold
在太陽出來之前 我們至少還要經歷八個小時的嚴寒
The chattering teeth and shivering moans of the trainees were so loud
到處都可以聽到學員牙齒打顫的聲音和難耐的呻吟
it was hard to hear anything
聲音之大 讓你聽不到任何別的聲音
and then one voice began to echo through the night
這時 一個聲音在夜空中響起
one voice raised in song
這是一首歌的聲音
The song was terribly out of tune, but sung with great enthusiasm
跑調很厲害 但唱得很有激情
One voice became two and two became three
一個聲音變成兩個 兩個變成三個
and before long everyone in the class was singing
不久 所有人都開始唱起來
The instructors threatened us with more time in the mud if we kept up the singing
教官威脅我們 如果再唱 就需要在泥中待更長時間
but the singing persisted
但沒人停下來
and somehow, the mud seemed a little warmer
泥倒顯得溫暖了一些
the wind a little tamer and the dawn not so far away
風也顯得小了一些 黎明似乎也近了一些
If I have learned anything in my time traveling the world
如果要我說人生中最重要的東西是什么
it is the power of hope
我會說是希望的力量
The power of one person, Washington, Lincoln, King, Mandela
一個人的力量 華盛頓 林肯 金 曼德拉
and even a young girl from Pakistan Malala
甚至那位巴基斯坦少女 馬拉拉
one person can change the world by giving people hope
一個人就能通過希望改變這個世界
