The good news is

很榮幸和大家相聚，

I'm very aware of my responsibilities to get you out of here

好消息是：我知道我的責任，

because I'm the only thing standing between you and the bar.

是儘快讓大家離開這個演講廳，

(Laughter)

因為我剛好卡在大家和吧台的中間。

And the good news is I don't have a prepared speech,

(笑聲)

but I have a box of slides.

好消息是，我沒有講稿，

I have some pictures that represent my life and what I do for a living.

但我有一盒幻燈片，

I've learned through experience

裡面有一些照片，代表我的生命和我的工作。

that people remember pictures long after they've forgotten words,

經驗告訴我，

and so I hope you'll remember some of the pictures

照片比文字更容易讓人長久記憶，

I'm going to share with you for just a few minutes.

所以希望你們會記得

The whole story really starts

我今天和你們分享的照片。

with me as a high school kid in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

故事發生在

in a tough neighborhood that everybody gave up on for dead.

我還是個賓州匹茲堡的高中生時，

And on a Wednesday afternoon,

我住在一個被大家當做死城遺棄的糟糕社區裡。

I was walking down the corridor of my high school

在一個星期三的下午，

kind of minding my own business. And there was this artist teaching,

我走在學校的走廊上，正想著自己的事，

who made a great big old ceramic vessel,

當時有個老師正在教藝術課，

and I happened to be looking in the door of the art room --

他做了一個很大、很棒的陶瓷瓶子。

and if you've ever seen clay done, it's magic --

我剛好從藝術教室的門外看見了它，

and I'd never seen anything like that before in my life.

如果你見過陶藝品的製作過程，你會驚嘆於其神奇之處，

So, I walked in the art room and I said, "What is that?"

我這輩子從沒看過那樣的東西。

And he said, "Ceramics. And who are you?"

所以我走進藝術教室，問："那是什麼?"

And I said, "I'm Bill Strickland. I want you to teach me that."

他說："這是陶瓷 --- 你又是誰?"

And he said, "Well, get your homeroom teacher to sign a piece of paper

我說："我是比爾.史崔克蘭，我要你教我做那種東西。"

that says you can come here, and I'll teach it to you."

他說："請你的導師簽一份文件，

And so for the remaining two years of my high school,

上面寫同意你來我這裡，我就教你。"

I cut all my classes.

所以，接下來的兩年高中生涯，

(Laughter)

我蹺了所有的課程。

But I had the presence of mind

(笑聲)

to give the teachers' classes that I cut the pottery that I made,

但我還是有良心的，

(Laughter)

我把我的陶藝作品，送給那些我蹺過課的老師們，

and they gave me passing grades.

(笑聲)

And that's how I got out of high school.

然後他們就讓我及格。

And Mr. Ross said,

我高中是這樣畢業的。

"You're too smart to die and I don't want it on my conscience,

羅斯先生說："你這麼聰明，

so I'm leaving this school and I'm taking you with me."

死掉太可惜，我也不想讓自己良心不安，

And he drove me out to the University of Pittsburgh

我現在要離開學校，我要把你也一道帶走。"

where I filled out a college application and got in on probation.

他載著我到匹茲堡大學，

Well, I'm now a trustee of the university,

讓我填了入學申請，成為試讀生。

and at my installation ceremony I said,

現在我是這所學校的董事，

"I'm the guy who came from the neighborhood

在我的就職典禮上，我說:

who got into the place on probation.

"我從小就住在這附近，

Don't give up on the poor kids, because you never know

以試讀的方式進入這個學校。

what's going to happen to those children in life."

請不要放棄窮孩子，因為你永遠不知道，

What I'm going to show you for a couple of minutes

這些孩子從此會有多大的改變。"

is a facility that I built in the toughest neighborhood in Pittsburgh

我接下來要給大家看的，

with the highest crime rate.

是我在匹茲堡這附近最糟糕的社區裡，所蓋的建築物，

One is called Bidwell Training Center; it is a vocational school

這個社區的犯罪率是全匹茲堡最高的。

for ex-steel workers and single parents and welfare mothers.

這叫做必德維爾訓練中心，是個職業學校，

You remember we used to make steel in Pittsburgh?

專為失業的鋼鐵業工人、單親媽媽和接受福利救濟的社福媽媽蓋的。

Well, we don't make any steel anymore,

你記得以前匹茲堡煉鋼嗎?

and the people who used to make the steel

我們現在已經不煉鋼了，

are having a very tough time of it.

那些以前在煉鋼廠工作的人，

And I rebuild them and give them new life.

現在經濟狀況很糟。

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is named after my neighborhood.

我幫助他們改行，給他們新的生活。

I was adopted

而曼徹斯特工匠協會則是以我住的社區命名的，

by the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese during the riots,

我是在暴亂期間

and he donated a row house. And in that row house

被聖公會的主教領養的孩子，

I started Manchester Craftsmen's Guild,

他捐出了一排房子，

and I learned very quickly that wherever there are Episcopalians,

我在那裡成立了曼徹斯特工匠協會。

there's money in very close proximity.

我很快就學到，只要有聖公會在的地方，

(Laughter)

那附近就會有錢。

And the Bishop adopted me as his kid.

(笑聲)

And last year I spoke at his memorial service

主教領養我成為他的孩子，

and wished him well in this life.

去年，我在他的追悼會上發言，

I went out and hired a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect,

祝他安息。

and I asked him to build me a world class center

我請名建築師法蘭克洛伊.萊特的學生，

in the worst neighborhood in Pittsburgh.

要他為我在匹茲堡最糟的社區裡，

And my building was a scale model for the Pittsburgh airport.

蓋一個世界級的中心。

And when you come to Pittsburgh -- and you're all invited --

我的這棟建築是匹茲堡機場的縮小版，

you'll be flying into the blown-up version of my building.

當你來到匹茲堡時 --在座的各位都會受邀--

That's the building.

你們會飛進這棟建築物的放大版。

Built in a tough neighborhood where people have been given up for dead.

這就是這棟建築物，

My view is that if you want to involve yourself

我把它蓋在一個被當成死城一樣遺棄的糟糕社區裡。

in the life of people who have been given up on,

我的看法是，如果你要投身於

you have to look like the solution and not the problem.

一群被放棄的人的生命中時，

As you can see, it has a fountain in the courtyard.

你要讓自己看起來有能力解決問題，而不是製造問題。

And the reason it has a fountain in the courtyard is I wanted one

你們看，在前院有個噴水池，

and I had the checkbook, so I bought one and put it there.

之所以有個噴水池在這裡，是因為我要噴水池，

(Laughter)

我有支票本，所以我買了噴水池放在這裡。

And now that I'm giving speeches at conferences like TED,

(笑聲)

I got put on the board of the Carnegie Museum.

由於我應邀在像TED這樣的地方演講，

At a reception in their courtyard, I noticed that they had a fountain

我也成為卡內基藝術博物館的董事，

because they think that the people who go to the museum deserve a fountain.

在他們院子裡的接待處，我發現他們有個噴水池，

Well, I think that welfare mothers and at-risk kids

因為他們認為走進藝術館的人，配得上一個噴水池，

and ex-steel workers deserve a fountain in their life.

而我也認為這些社福媽媽和處於危險環境的孩子們、

And so the first thing that you see in my center in the springtime

還有以前的煉鋼廠工人，也配得上一個噴水池。

is water that greets you -- water is life and water of human possibility --

所以，在春天的時候，你到我的中心來看見的第一件東西，

and it sets an attitude and expectation

就是迎接你的噴泉 -- 泉水是生命，也是人的機會，

about how you feel about people before you ever give them a speech.

讓你在演講之前，

So, from that fountain I built this building.

為你對待這些人的方式，設下一種態度與期望。

As you can see, it has world class art, and it's all my taste

在這噴水池之後，我蓋了這座建築物，

because I raised all the money.

你看，裡面收藏了世界級的藝術品，都是我選的，

(Laughter)

因為是我募到的錢。

I said to my boy, "When you raise the money,

(笑聲)

we'll put your taste on the wall."

我對我的孩子說："當你募到錢的時候，

That we have quilts and clay and calligraphy

我們就會把你喜歡的藝術品，掛在牆上。"

and everywhere your eye turns,

我們有拼布、陶藝和書法，

there's something beautiful looking back at you,

不論你的眼睛轉到哪裡，

that's deliberate.

都會有個美麗的東西回眼看你。

That's intentional.

這是故意的，

In my view, it is this kind of world

這樣做是有意的。

that can redeem the soul of poor people.

在我看來，就是在這樣的環境裡，

We also created a boardroom,

窮人的靈魂才能得到救贖。

and I hired a Japanese cabinetmaker from Kyoto, Japan,

我們也蓋了一間董事會議室，

and commissioned him to do 60 pieces of furniture for our building.

我從日本京都，請來一位傢俱製造師父，

We have since spun him off into his own business.

請他為我們的建築製作60件傢俱，

He's making a ton of money doing custom furniture for rich people.

自此之後，他得以自立門戶，

And I got 60 pieces out of it for my school

開始替有錢人製作專屬傢俱，也賺了不少錢。

because I felt that welfare moms and ex-steel workers

我們學校也拿到60件傢俱，

and single parents deserved to come to a school

因為我認為，社福媽媽和失業的煉鋼廠工人

where there was handcrafted furniture that greeted them every day.

以及單親父母，都值得來到

Because it sets a tone and an attitude about how you feel about people

一個有手工傢俱的學校學習，

long before you give them the speech.

因為早在你說教之前，它們已經設下了一個基調和態度，

We even have flowers in the hallway, and they're not plastic.

表示你是怎樣對待別人的。

Those are real and they're in my building every day.

我們甚至在走廊上放鮮花，不是塑膠花，

And now that I've given lots of speeches,

這些都是真花，每天都在這棟建築裡放置鮮花。

we had a bunch of high school principals come and see me,

因為我到處演講，

and they said, "Mr. Strickland,

有一群高中校長來找我，

what an extraordinary story and what a great school.

他們說："史崔克蘭先生，

And we were particularly touched by the flowers

你的故事很特別，學校也很棒!

and we were curious as to how the flowers got there."

尤其是這些鮮花，特別令人感動，

I said, "Well, I got in my car and I went out to the greenhouse

我們想知道這些是花怎麼來的?"

and I bought them and I brought them back and I put them there."

我說，"嗯，我上車，開車到花坊

You don't need a task force or a study group to buy flowers for your kids.

買花，載回來，然後就放在那裡。"

What you need to know is that the children

你不需要任務編組或研究小組，來為孩子們買花，

and the adults deserve flowers in their life.

你只需要知道孩子和大人，

The cost is incidental but the gesture is huge.

都配得上鮮花。

And so in my building, which is full of sunlight and full of flowers,

這成本很低，但是意義非凡。

we believe in hope and human possibilities.

所以在我的建築裡，到處都是陽光、鮮花，

That happens to be at Christmas time.

我們相信希望和人有無限的潛能，

And so the next thing you'll see is a million dollar kitchen

這是在聖誕節的時候拍的。

that was built by the Heinz company -- you've heard of them?

接下來看到的是百萬美元打造的廚房，

They did all right in the ketchup business.

這是漢斯公司建的--聽過這家公司嗎?

And I happen to know that company pretty well

他們靠做蕃茄醬賺了大錢，

because John Heinz, who was our U.S. senator --

我剛好和這家公司很熟，

who was tragically killed in a plane accident --

老闆約翰.漢斯是以前的參議員，

he had heard about my desire to build a new building,

他後來很不幸地死於一場飛機失事。

because I had a cardboard box and I put it in a garbage bag

他聽說我要蓋一個新建築，

and I walking all over Pittsburgh trying to raise money for this site.

那時我用垃圾袋包著一個硬紙板捐款箱，

And he called me into his office --

在匹茲堡各地募款，來蓋這棟建築物，

which is the equivalent of going to see the Wizard of Oz

他把我找去他的辦公室，

(Laughter) --

這真的就像進入「綠野仙蹤」裡一樣，

and John Heinz had 600 million dollars, and at the time I had about 60 cents.

(笑聲)

And he said, "But we've heard about you.

約翰.漢斯那時身價有六億美元，我當時只有六毛錢，

We've heard about your work with the kids and the ex-steel workers,

他說："我們聽說過你的故事，

and we're inclined to want to support your desire to build a new building.

就是你為孩子和解雇的煉鋼廠工人所做的事，

And you could do us a great service

我們有意支持你蓋一棟新的建築，

if you would add a culinary program to your program."

你也可以幫我們一個大忙，

Because back then, we were building a trades program.

就是把烹飪課加進你們的課程裡"--

He said, "That way we could fulfill our affirmative action goals

那時候，我們正在開設一個貿易課程，

for the Heinz company."

他說，"這樣我們就可以達成

I said, "Senator, I'm reluctant to go into a field

漢斯公司的行動目標。"

that I don't know much about, but I promise you

我說："參議員，我不想進入自己不熟悉的領域，

that if you'll support my school, I'll get it built

但我向你保證，

and in a couple of years, I'll come back

如果你支持我的學校，我就一定會建成，

and weigh out that program that you desire."

然後過幾年，我會再回來

And Senator Heinz sat very quietly and he said,

研究你想開的課程。"

"Well, what would your reaction be

漢斯參議員靜靜地坐著，說：

if I said I'd give you a million dollars?"

"嗯，如果我跟你說，我要給你一百萬，

I said, "Senator, it appears that we're going into the food training business."

你怎麼說?"

(Laughter)

我說："參議員，那我們就要進入烹飪訓練事業了!"

And John Heinz did give me a million bucks.

(笑聲)

And most importantly,

漢斯參議員真的給了我一百萬，

he loaned me the head of research for the Heinz company.

而且最重要的是，

And we kind of borrowed the curriculum from the Culinary Institute of America,

他把漢斯公司的首席研究員也借給我了。

which in their mind is kind of the Harvard of cooking schools,

美國烹飪研究院就像是烹飪界的哈佛大學，

and we created a gourmet cooks program for welfare mothers

因此我們借用了他們的課程計畫，

in this million dollar kitchen in the middle of the inner city.

在這貧民區的百萬廚房裡，

And we've never looked back.

為社福媽媽們開設了美食烹飪課程，

I would like to show you now some of the food

從此蒸蒸日上。

that these welfare mothers do in this million dollar kitchen.

我給你們看看，這些社福媽媽

That happens to be our cafeteria line.

在這百萬廚房裡，做出來的作品。

That's puff pastry day. Why?

這是我們的自助餐，

Because the students made puff pastry

那天我們吃千層酥。為什麼?

and that's what the school ate every day.

因為學員做千層酥，

But the concept was that I wanted to take the stigma out of food.

學校裡就吃千層酥。

That good food's not for rich people --

我的想法是，我要改變人們對食物的印象，

good food's for everybody on the planet,

好食物不是富人專屬的，

and there's no excuse why we all can't be eating it.

好食物是給每個人吃的。

So at my school, we subsidize a gourmet lunch program

沒有任何理由不能讓所有的人享用。

for welfare mothers in the middle of the inner city

所以在我們的學校裡，我們提供午餐美食津貼

because we've discovered that it's good for their stomachs,

給住在貧民區裡的社福媽媽，

but it's better for their heads.

因為我們發現這對他們身體好，

Because I wanted to let them know every day of their life

對他們的思想更好。

that they have value at this place I call my center.

因為我要讓他們知道，他們在這個中心的每一天，

We have students who sit together, black kids and white kids,

都很有價值。

and what we've discovered is you can solve the race problem

這裡的白人孩子和黑人孩子坐在一起，

by creating a world class environment,

我們發現，藉著創造一個世界級的環境，

because people will have a tendency to show you world class behavior

便可以解決種族問題。

if you treat them in that way.

因為如果你以世界級的尊榮來尊重他們，

These are examples of the food that welfare mothers are doing

他們就會展現出世界級的風度。

after six months in the training program.

這些是上過六個月的課程之後

No sophistication, no class, no dignity, no history.

幾個社福媽媽的作品，

What we've discovered is the only thing wrong with poor people

不做作、無等級之分、沒有尊嚴問題、沒有包袱，

is they don't have any money, which happens to be a curable condition.

我們發現，窮人唯一的問題是他們沒錢，

It's all in the way that you think about people

但錢的問題很好解決，

that often determines their behavior.

反而是你對他們的態度，

That was done by a student after seven months in the program,

常會決定他們的行為。

done by a very brilliant young woman

那是一個受過七個月訓練的學員做的，

who was taught by our pastry chef.

她是一個很聰明的年輕女性，

I've actually eaten seven of those baskets and they're very good.

由我們的糕點主廚指導教學。

(Laughter)

我吃過七個這樣的籃子，都很好吃，

They have no calories.

(笑聲)

That's our dining room.

而且都不含卡洛里。

It looks like your average high school cafeteria

這是我們的餐廳，

in your average town in America.

就像在美國的一般城市裡

But this is my view of how students ought to be treated,

普通高中的餐廳。

particularly once they have been pushed aside.

這是我心目中應該對待學生的方式，

We train pharmaceutical technicians for the pharmacy industry,

尤其是因為他們曾經被社會排擠。

we train medical technicians for the medical industry,

我們為製藥產業培訓藥劑技師，

and we train chemical technicians for companies

我們為醫療業訓練醫療技師，

like Bayer and Calgon Carbon and Fisher Scientific and Exxon.

我們訓練化學技工給

And I will guarantee you that if you come to my center in Pittsburgh --

像拜耳、卡爾鋼碳素公司、飛世爾科技和埃克森美孚這些公司，

and you're all invited --

我向你們保證，只要你來到我的匹茲堡中心--

you'll see welfare mothers doing analytical chemistry

歡迎你們都來看看--

with logarithmic calculators

你們會發現社福媽媽在用對數計算器

10 months from enrolling in the program.

做分析化學，

There is absolutely no reason why poor people

報名後十個月之內就可以學會。

can't learn world class technology.

沒有任何理由，可以阻止窮人