16歲的你每天都在做些什么呢？埋頭于書堆試卷當(dāng)中，為高考和個人前途拼命掙扎？對于那時的你、甚至現(xiàn)在的你而言，公益是一個遙遠(yuǎn)模糊的詞匯。本文作者是一位16歲的少年，7歲時他就決定用自己的音樂才華去幫助重癥兒童，通過音樂找到了回饋社會、關(guān)懷他人的方式。

By Jourdan U

熙凡 選 溫純譯

“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“我們都陷入了一個無法逃脫的相互依靠的網(wǎng)絡(luò)，拴在命運織成的衣襟之中。” ——馬丁?路德?金博士

Those words captured my imagination eight years ago as a wake-up call for me to act on a great vision of reciprocity and responsibility - a vision of caring.[1] With dedication, and purposeful and direct use of my talents, I learned that I could sound an alarm to cause people to pay attention to the plight of children extremely ill with neurological diseases.[2]

八年前，這句話抓住了我的思想，像警鐘一樣敦促我去踐行關(guān)于互助和責(zé)任的偉大理念。我意識到自己可以通過奉獻(xiàn)以及有意地、直接地利用我的才華，敲響警鐘讓人們關(guān)注神經(jīng)疾病重癥兒童的痛苦。

I realized that I didn’t need to wait until medical school to make a difference in their lives. I could put my talents as a violinist to work by performing concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, in halls across the country and the globe, and raise money for these children.

我意識到我不需要等到去念醫(yī)學(xué)院后才去改變他們的生活，我可以利用自己作為小提琴手的才華，在卡內(nèi)基音樂廳、林肯中心和全國及世界各地的表演廳演奏音樂會，為這些兒童籌集資金。

I have tried to be vocal about the things that matter to me. And so I have made it my life goal to raise funds for medical organizations, hospitals, and cutting-edge research targeting neurological diseases, and to inspire and empower young philanthropists[3] and musicians to participate in benefit concerts for a cure all across the globe - saving lives through music.

我常對與自己有關(guān)的事情直言不諱。所以為醫(yī)學(xué)機構(gòu)、醫(yī)院、神經(jīng)疾病尖端研究籌集資金，激勵和促使青年慈善家和音樂家能夠參加全球各地的康復(fù)公益音樂會，成為我的人生目標(biāo)。也就是，用音樂拯救生命。

I spend time each month speaking at medical conferences to provide visibility for the plight of desperately ill children. My colleagues and I have spent many weekends performing room to room in hospitals after full days at Juilliard[4].

每個月我都會花時間在各種醫(yī)學(xué)會議上做演講，讓更多的人看到重病兒童的痛苦。我和同事在朱利亞學(xué)院呆上整整幾天之后，很多周末都會去醫(yī)院的每個病房進(jìn)行表演。

I remember a meeting I had when I was seven with a world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, Dr. Fred Epstein resulted in a personal epiphany for me.[5] He took me on a tour of the pediatric ICU[6] that exposed me for the first time to children suffering from incurable diseases. I left determined to bring them some measure of peace, enjoyment, a little contagious enthusiasm, and a reminder of what’s outside that ICU.

記得七歲時，我拜會了世界知名的小兒神經(jīng)外科醫(yī)生弗雷德?艾普斯坦醫(yī)生，這次經(jīng)歷讓我個人有了深刻的領(lǐng)悟。他帶我參觀了兒科重癥監(jiān)護(hù)病房，我第一次接觸到患有絕癥的兒童。離開的時候，我就下定決心，要為他們帶去一些平和、歡樂和一絲具有感染力的熱情，讓他們了解重癥監(jiān)護(hù)病房外面的世界。重病會讓人很快產(chǎn)生被遺棄感，同情心讓我們伸出了援手。如果不抓住機會以自己的綿薄之力去回饋他人，我們又如何能安然自處呢？

Extraordinary things can happen if the arts and medicine join forces. A life can be saved somewhere in the world with the purchase of tickets to a Concert for a Cure, or funding cutting-edge research, supplying musical therapy services, the purchase of medical equipment, providing home-care services. In these ways, the young entrepreneurial philanthropists of our generation, along with the great prodigies of our time, can come together and create a youthquake: changes in the field of health care that we have only dreamt about.

如果藝術(shù)和醫(yī)學(xué)聯(lián)手，就能發(fā)生意想不到的事情。購買一場康復(fù)音樂會的門票，或贊助前沿研究項目，提供音樂療法服務(wù)，購買醫(yī)療設(shè)備，提供家庭保健服務(wù)，就能拯救世界某地一個人的生命。通過這些方法，我們這一代青年慈善企業(yè)家以及這個時代的偉大天才，可以一起創(chuàng)造一場“青年運動”，為醫(yī)療保健領(lǐng)域帶來改變，而這之前只存在我們的夢想之中。

I have a mission to demonstrate that the humanity of charitable works is not something reserved for adults. Through medicine and music, I attempt to say: I am 16 years old and I am responsible for my peers. What happens to one of us affects us all. I’ve only just begun to learn how to care.

我懷著這樣一個使命：展示人類的慈善事業(yè)并非只屬于成年人。通過醫(yī)藥和音樂，我想說：作為一名16歲的少年，我對我的同齡人負(fù)有責(zé)任。發(fā)生在我們當(dāng)中任何一個人身上的事情都會影響到我們大家。我才剛剛開始學(xué)會如何關(guān)懷。

Vocabulary

1. reciprocity: 相互性，互惠；wake-up: 警示，警鐘。

2. plight: 境況，困境；neurological: 神經(jīng)學(xué)的，神經(jīng)病學(xué)的。

3. philanthropist: 慈善家。

4. Juilliard: 朱利亞學(xué)院，紐約市一所享有國際聲譽的表演藝術(shù)學(xué)院。

5. pediatric neurosurgeon: 小兒神經(jīng)外科醫(yī)生；epiphany:（對某事本質(zhì)、意義等突然的）洞察，領(lǐng)悟。

6. ICU: Intensive Care Unit，重癥監(jiān)護(hù)病房，即醫(yī)院里治療重病患者或受重傷人員的部門。

（來源：英語學(xué)習(xí)雜志 編輯：丹妮）