The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TED

I'm a storyteller.

我是一名講故事的人。

And I would like to tell you a few personal stories about what I like to call "the danger of the single story."

我想和大家分享幾個關於“單一故事的危險性”的個人故事。

I grew up on a university campus in eastern Nigeria.

我在奈及利亞東部的一個大學校園裡長大。

My mother says that I started reading at the age of two, although I think four is probably close to the truth.

母親說我兩歲就開始讀書，不過我覺得四歲左右可能更接近事實。

So I was an early reader, and what I read were British and American children's books.

所以我是個早慧的讀者，讀的都是英美兒童讀物。

I was also an early writer, and when I began to write, at about the age of seven, stories in pencil with crayon illustrations that my poor mother was obligated to read,

我也是個早慧的寫作者，大約七歲時開始用鉛筆寫作，配上蠟筆插圖，可憐的母親不得不讀這些作品。

I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my characters were white and blue-eyed, they played in the snow, they ate apples, (Laughter) and they talked a lot about

我寫的正是我讀的那種故事：所有角色都是白人、藍眼睛，他們在雪地裡玩耍，吃蘋果（笑聲），還大談特談……

the weather, how lovely it was that the sun had come out.

……天氣，感嘆太陽出來是多麼美好。

(Laughter) Now, this despite the fact that I lived in Nigeria.

然而，這發生在我住在奈及利亞的事實面前。

I had never been outside Nigeria.

我從未離開過奈及利亞。