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You're fully making crocheting supercool. You're not what most people would expect from a crocheter, right? No, I'm...
你让针织变得超级酷 你和普通织衣者不一样 对吧 (是的 我……)
I agree. I'm not at the moment, but I'm working to change that so it can be something for everyone.
我也这么认为 虽然现在还没有很出色 但是我在努力变得优秀 这样可以帮助其他人
Do you think knitting's easier?
你觉得针织简单吗
Um, knitting...yeah, it is.
呃 织东西……嗯 简单
That was a very definite answer. So, knitters, sorry.
答案是肯定的哈 所以 针织者们 抱歉
How did he come to be in your life?
他是怎么开启针织生涯的
Well, it started with the adoption process.
嗯 从他的收养过程中开始的
Yeah?
嗯
We were asked if we'd like to be part of a charter program in Ethiopia.
我们被问到是否愿意加入埃塞俄比亚的一个特许项目
At the beginning of my life, my mother left me wrapped in a banana leaf near a water trail,
我刚出生的时候 妈妈把我裹在一张芭蕉叶里 放在了一条水路附近
and then a local woman found me and brought me to an orphanage.
然后当地的一个女人发现了我 把我带到了孤儿院
And that changed everything, didn't it?
之后改变了一切 是吗
Yep.
是的
Say hi to your brother, Leif!
和弟弟问个好 雷夫
And then they brought me to the United States on July 4th.
后来他们7月4号的时候把我带到了美国
Ah! That's kind of fitting, isn't it?
啊 是个好日子哈？(美国独立日)
Yeah. It's a good day for a new American.
是的 是个好日子 对新兴的美国来说
We raised him to learn that there's going to be some challenges and he'll need to cope and he can do it in different ways.
我们收养他的时候就知道 以后会遇到很多问题 他需要去解决这些问题 他可以用不同的方式去解决
I was a rascal at school. I didn't behave well at all.
我在学校就是个小痞子 表现特别不好
He would tear up other kids' artwork, or he would throw his shoes.
他会撕掉其他孩子的画 或者扔掉自己的鞋子
He did get 38 behavioral slips at school in one year.
在学习待了一年犯了38次行为错误
That seems impossible.
那是挺多的了
My husband and I didn't know what to do.
我和我老公当时挺无助的
His 5th-grade teacher said, Jennifer, I remember you saying Jonah crocheted. How about he bring his crochet to school?
后来他的一个五年级的老师说：詹妮弗 我记得你说过乔纳会织东西 让他在学校里做针织怎么样
I brought it up to Jonah at home, and Jonah boldly stood up and said, I'm gonna try.
后来我把这件事跟约拿说了 约拿勇敢地站起来说道：我会试试的
That day changed everything. I never got called again.
那一天改变了一切 我再也没有收到学校的(投诉)电话
There's a lot of reasons I crochet. To me, the most important one is all the money goes to my charity, Roots Ethiopia.
我会去针织的原因有很多 对我来说 最重要的一点就是所有的钱都可以用来捐给慈善机构“根埃塞俄比亚”
What they do is that they help get books into the hands of children. That's why it's so meaningful.
他们做的事情就是帮助把书送到孩子们手中 这让针织变得有意义了
When you can make so many other people happy, then just...just do it. Make the world a better place.
如果你能让很多人快乐 那就……想做就做 让这个世界变得更美好
My main selfish question is, how are we gonna get you into government so you can fix the world?
我有一个比较自私的问题就是 怎样才能进入政府 这样才能解决这个世界的问题
I think you would make the world a much better place.
我觉得你能让这个世界变得更美好
I don't know that he quite realizes the impact he has.
我不知道他有没有意识到自己带来的影响
I get messages. Most of them are just to say, He makes me so happy.
我收到很多留言 他们都说：他给我带来了很多快乐
I want to see how fast your hands can go, because you are bionic.
我想看看你能织多快 因为你是一个仿生机器人
Are you really doing something?
你真的在织东西吗
Yeah.
是的
They actually have to, like, put disclaimers...This video was not sped up.
他们其实需要 就是 附带免责声明 说明一下这个视频没有加速
Well, if I go to Ethiopia, I would like to meet the people who took care of me, like, right when I came into this world.
嗯 如果我去了埃塞俄比亚 我想见见那些在我刚来到这个世界上时照顾我的人
Yeah.
嗯
And another thing I would like to do is see that tree where my mother left me and, like, leave, like, a crocheted piece on it.
我想做的另外一件事就是看看妈妈丢下我时的那棵树 然后在树上留下一块我的织物
I think that'd be pretty amazing.
我觉得这很棒
Okay. Let's see here. Let's measure up our chain.
好的 咱们看一下这个 量一下这个有多长
Oh, no!
哦 不！
Actually, I'll need some help. This is bigger than my arm span.
其实 我需要一些帮助 我双手拉不过来
I think he's gonna have a huge impact on...on the whole world. I mean, he's had quite an impact on me and everybody here today.
我觉得他会对这个世界产生很大的影响 因为他对我有很大的影响 对在场的所有人都有很大的影响
Everything in there is for you.
那里所有的东西都是给你的
That's really nice. He wrote...I'm sorry. Um... Here, why don't you read it?
真是太贴心了 他写道……抱歉 呃 这里 你读一下吧
Okay.
好的
'Cause I tend to cry a lot.
因为我快要泪崩了
Do what makes you happy and don't let the world decide what that is for you. Crochet away. Signed, Jonah Larson.
做让你快乐的事 不要让这个世界来决定你的快乐 编织吧 签名：约拿·拉森
I really appreciate it. Good job.
很感谢 很棒
Am I now your crochet friend?
我现在是你的织友了吗
Yep. Now you are.
是的 现在你是了
