3分钟完美英语演讲：日本人为何崇尚“残缺”？
在日本，有一种手艺叫“金缮”，日语中称为“Kintsukuroi”（きんつくろい）。
面对一件残缺的器皿，那些“金缮”师傅会用金子对裂缝进行填补，使它比原先更光彩夺目。曾经的破碎和裂痕，在金子的衬托下，反而变成了独一无二的标签，还能增加另一种难以言喻的“残缺之美”。
这种“金缮”的技艺，和我们理解的“修复技术”还不同。我们认为“修复”的目的就是让破损和残缺看不出来，但“金缮”非但不掩盖残缺，反而要把残缺凸显出来。
面对残缺就是面对不幸，用什么样的态度来对待它很重要。我们不应该嫌弃它，而要正视它，要用一种完美的手段来对待这个残缺。
日本人这种“残缺美学”，惊艳了世界，也产生了很多相关的励志名句，比如：
把图中这句话敲出来：
In Japan, broken objects are often repaired with gold. The flaw is seen as a unique piece of the object's history, which adds to its beauty.
在日本，破损的物件通常用金子来进行修补。这种残缺被视为该物件独一无二的历史，而这种历史感使它变得更美。
今天要给大家推荐一段视频，就是关于日本人这种“面对残缺”的理念。
片子中的泰国小哥哥，用完美的发音，讲述了“金缮”理念对人生的影响。这段视频十分感人、励志，送给每一个挣扎打拼中的人，相信看完后，你一定会获得满满的正能量：
https://v.qq.com/txp/iframe/player.html?width=500&height=375&auto=0&vid=e13270cgvxs
视频中有些字幕是错误的，下面我重新整理了一下，并提供了我的原创译文，供大家品味。
When a bowl is broken in Japan, it’s put back together with the cracks being filled with gold creating a beautiful lining. This is to emphasize the beauty in what was once broken.
*cracks：裂缝
*be filled with：被填充
*lining：线状花纹
在日本，当一只碗被打碎，人们会把它拼好，并用金子填补裂缝，从而形成一道非常美丽的花纹。这种行为强调了一种“残缺之美”。
They believe that when something has suffered damage, and has a history, it makes it more beautiful, and the same goes for human beings, everything that you’ve been through, everything that you’re going through doesn’t make your life uglier, although it may seem that way when we’re going through it. It’s up to us to choose to paint our struggles with gold, and make it beautiful.
*suffer：遭受
*the same goes for：对…也是一样
*go through：经历
他们认为当一样东西遭受损坏，这样的历史会让它更有魅力，这对于人类也是一样的。你或许认为你曾经经历的事情，或者你正在经历的事情让你的生命变得很糟糕，但事实上并不如此。我们可以选择用金子画出我们的伤痛，让生命变得更美好。
You are not broken beyond repair. You can pick yourself up and learn from what’s happening and become a better person from it, because of the struggle that you’ve been through. You can wear your scars proudly, as a badge of honor as if to say, “Look at what I’ve been through. It’s made me who I am today. I can get through anything life puts in front of me now”.
*broken beyond repair：破到无法修补
*pick oneself up：振作起来
*a badge of honor：荣耀的标识
*as if to say：好像在说
*get through：通过
你并没有破到无法修补的程度。你完全可以振作起来，并且从挫折中学到一些东西，成长为一个更好的自己，因为你努力过了。你可以骄傲地展示你的伤疤，它们是你的荣耀标识，它们好像在说：看看我所经历过的，没有这些经历就没有今天的我，现在的我能通过任何命运的考验。”
Nobody has had a perfect life, and nobody ever will. It’s only up to us if we choose to paint our broken pieces gold and make it beautiful.
*it’s up to sb. to do sth.：做某事取决于某人
没有人有过完美的生活，也没有人会有完美的生活。还是取决于我们自己，是否学会用金子画出我们的伤痛，让我们的生命变得更美好。
Don’t be ashamed of what happened to you. Everything that has happened to you has happened to you for a reason. So the more we deny, the more we complain, and don’t accept what’s happened to us. Then it doesn’t become useful.
*be ashamed of：对…感到羞愧
*the more…, the more…：越…，越…
别因为过往而感到羞耻，任何不幸都不会无缘无故地发生。我们越拒绝，就会越抱怨，越无法接受这些不幸。然而，这种反抗丝毫没有用处。
The moment that we accept, we’ll find what’s useful in the struggle, the things that we’ve been through. That’s just like us painting the cracks in our broken pieces gold, turning something that could be ugly into something beautiful and inspiring. When what you have been through is inspirational for other people, then it was all worth it.
*turn…into…：把…转变为…
*inspiring：鼓舞人心的
*be worth it：值得的
当我们学会接受的那一刻，我们就会发现曾经的努力、我们所经历的事情是多么有意义。这就像我们用金子去填补伤痛的裂缝--把原本丑陋的事物转变为一个美好的、鼓舞人心的事物。当你经历了一件能鼓舞他人的事情，那么这一切都值得了。
So don’t get stuck on how things used to be. I once heard a quote that said, “Every next level of your life will demand a new you.” And sometimes, it takes being broken in order to become that new version of yourself. So if you’re going through hard times, I hope this video can help you or somebody that you love. My name is Sean Buranahiran.
*get stuck on：纠结于…
*quote：话，引文
*it takes…in order to…：为了…需要…
所以，不要纠结于过往。我曾经听过一句话，说“想要进入生命中每一个新的境界，你必须自我更新。”有些时候，我们必须经历不幸、挫折，才能实现生命的进步。如果你现在正在经历艰难时刻，我希望这个小视频可以帮到你，以及你爱的人。我的名字是 Sean Buranahiran。
最后，我也不用多说什么了，凡是好好看完上面视频的同学一定已经被深深感动和鼓舞了，用一句话作为今天文章的结束：
愿世间所有残缺都被温柔相待。
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