TED | 什么造就英雄？

一点钟：冒险开始。英雄接到了一则神秘讯息：一封邀请函？或是一场挑战？

2:00: Assistance. The hero needs some help, probably from someone older, wiser.

两点钟：支援出现。英雄需要帮手，或许是哪位年长的智者。

3:00: Departure. The hero crosses the threshold from his normal, safe home, and enters the special world and adventure. We're not in Kansas anymore.

三点钟：启程。英雄步出平凡安稳的家门，踏入不凡的世界展开冒险，我们再也不在老家了。

4:00: Trials. Being a hero is hard work: our hero solves a riddle, slays a monster, escapes from a trap.

四点钟：考验。当英雄可不简单，要能解谜，杀死怪物，逃脱陷阱。

5:00: Approach. It's time to face the biggest ordeal, the hero's worst fear.

五点钟：任务。此时，英雄面对最严峻考验，面对内心的恐惧。

6:00: Crisis. This is the hero's darkest hour. He faces death and possibly even dies, only to be reborn.

六点钟：危机。这是最黑暗的时刻，英雄要面对死亡，甚至为了能够重生，必须先死过一次。

7:00: Treasure. As a result, the hero claims some treasure, special recognition, or power.

七点钟：宝物。渡过危难，英雄会获得一样宝物，特别的认可，或是力量。

8:00: Result. This can vary between stories. Do the monsters bow down before the hero, or do they chase him as he flees from the special world?

八点钟：结果。每个故事各有不同。是怪物俯首称臣，还是怪物紧追不放，英雄逃离这个特别的世界。

9:00: Return. After all that adventure, the hero returns to his ordinary world.

九点钟：荣归。结束冒险旅程后，英雄回归平凡。

10:00: New Life. This quest has changed the hero; he has outgrown his old life.

十点钟：新人生。这趟旅程改变了英雄，他再也不是昔日吴下阿蒙。

11:00: Resolution. All the tangled plot lines get straightened out.

十一点钟：解答。所有未解环节终于被一一解开。

12:00: Status Quo, but upgraded to a new level. Nothing is quite the same once you are a hero.

十二点钟：现状，但提升到新的水平。一旦成为英雄，所有事都不一样了。

Many popular books and movies follow this ancient formula pretty closely.But let's see how well "The Hunger Games" fits the hero's journey template.When does Katniss Everdeen hear her call to adventure that gets the story moving?When her sister's name is called from the lottery.How about assistance?Is anyone going to help her on her adventure?Haymitch.What about departure?Does she leave her ordinary world?She gets on a train to the capital.OK, so you get the idea.

许多畅销书和电影，都十分贴近这样的公式，现在我们来看看《饥饿游戏》如何完美地套用这个英雄公式。凯尼斯‧艾佛丁的冒险故事开始于何处？是她的小妹妹被抽中了。她的支援呢？有谁来帮助她吗？指导员黑密斯。启程呢？她是不是离开了原本平凡世界？搭上了前往首都的火车？好，你现在有个概念了吧！

What do you have in common with Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen, and Frodo? Well, you're human, just like them. The Hero's Journey myth exists in all human cultures and keeps getting updated, because we humans reflect on our world through symbolic stories of our own lives. You leave your comfort zone, have an experience that transforms you, and then you recover and do it again.

你和哈利·波特，凯尼斯‧艾佛丁以及佛罗多之间的共同点是什么？你是一个平凡人。和他们一样，英雄之旅存在于所有的文化中，并且不断地推陈出新。因为我们人类通过自身生活中极具象征性的故事。反映出所处的世界，你离开了熟悉的一切，历经了足以改变一生的事件，然后从中复原，再次展开下一次循环。

You don't literally slay dragons or fight Voldemort, but you face problems just as scary. Joseph Campbell said, "In the cave you fear to enter lies the treasure you seek." What is the symbolic cave you fear to enter? Auditions for the school play? Baseball tryouts? Love?

你当然不用真的去杀死怪物或是对抗伏地魔，但是面对的问题却同样吓人。约瑟夫‧坎贝尔说“在你不敢踏足的洞穴里躺着你在寻找的宝藏。”你害怕的那个洞穴是什么呢？学校的戏剧公演？篮球队的选秀赛？谈恋爱？

Watch for this formula in books, movies, and TV shows you come across. You will certainly see it again. But also be sensitive to it in your own life. Listen for your call to adventure. Accept the challenge. Conquer your fear and claim the treasure you seek.And then, do it all over again.

在所接触的书，电影和电视剧里找找这个英雄公式吧，你一定会看到的。但对日常生活也要保持敏锐，等待属于你的冒险故事的开始，勇于接受挑战，克服心中恐惧，追寻渴望的宝藏，然后，再重复这一旅程！

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