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I basically have a nervous breakdown. 我基本上精神崩溃了
breakdown/ˈbreɪkdaʊn/ n.(车辆或机器的)故障，损坏；分解；崩溃；（体系的）崩溃，失败；分析；数字细目，分类；(关系的)破裂；(讨论、系统的)失败；数字细目 adj.（尤指铁路上）排除故障的，修理机器的
You have wonderful character. 你性格真好
That's totally unacceptable. 这实在令人难以接受。
Any challenge that arose was an opportunity to find your sea legs. 出现的任何挑战都是你学习本领的机会。
"Find your sea legs" 这个短语的意思是适应新的环境或情况，尤其是那些具有挑战性或不熟悉的环境。这个表达起源于水手们需要时间适应船只在海上持续的摇晃。当某人“找到他们的海腿”时，意味着他们已经适应了新的条件，并且能够在这些条件下舒适地运作。这个短语可以用在字面意义上谈论实际的海上旅行，也可以比喻性地用来描述适应任何新的或困难的情况。
We don't listen with the intent to understand. We listen with the intent to reply. 我们倾听不是为了理解，而是为了回应。
A good conversation is like a miniskirt: short enough to retain interest, but long enough to cover the subject. 好的交谈就像迷你裙，足够短，能够吸引人，又足够长，能够涵盖主体。
retain/rɪˈteɪn/ vt.保持；保留；持有；聘请(律师等)；继续拥有；继续容纳 记忆 re- 再,又 + tain 拿住
My mom wanted to toughen us up so we'd have more courage and less fear when dealing with uncomfortable situations. 我妈妈想要我们强大起来，以便我们有更大的勇气去面对棘手的情况，而不会感到害怕。
toughen/ˈtʌfn/ v.加强，强化(法律、规定等)；使坚韧；(使)坚硬，坚固；使更坚强
While fame came with many blessings, there was an impact and a potential cost to living your life in public.虽然成名会带来许多好处，但受到公众关注也会造成影响
The dangers and opportunities of living a life in public existed, honestly, way longer before any of this. 受到公众关注，其中的危险和机遇并存，老实说，比以前的任何危险和机遇都要大。
That your true value is measured by the richness of your private life. 你真正的价值，由个人生活的丰富度来衡量。
We often feel we have no other choice. To be relevant. To fit in. To get ahead. To be trusted and liked. 我们常常觉得自己别无选择。要合群。要融入环境。要出人头地。要受到信任和喜爱。
I am determined to help more women enter into and grow in the trades. Because these are exciting, well-paying and essential jobs. 我致力于帮助更多的女性在这个行业中立足并成长，因为建筑是令人兴奋、高薪、且不可或缺的职业。
I have loved building things for as long as I can remember.自我记事起我便热爱建造。
Working in construction is gratifying. It's creative. And it's fun.建造行业工作是令人满意的。它要求创造力，也很有趣。
This job requires mostly problem-solving, visual and spatial reasoning and a lot of communication and teamwork.这份工作最重要的是解决问题的能力，视觉和空间推理，和很多的人际交流和团队协作。
Construction and construction management are also among the fastest growing jobs for women with clear paths into advancement and leadership. 建筑和建筑管理也是女性增长最快的职业之一，有明确的晋升通道。
And new building technologies will require new skills and new perspectives to break from the way it's always been done. 新的建筑技术将需要新的技能和新的视角来打破以往的做法。
We already understand the value of having more women in historically male-dominated spaces, like politics, C-suites and STEM.我们已经知道让女性参与到政治、企业决策层和STEM等曾由男性主导的领域之中的重要性和价值。
historically /hɪˈstɔrɪkəli/ adv.从历史上看；历史上地；从历史观点上说
We need more active recruitment and more equitable hiring practices. 我们需要更多活跃的招聘和合理公正的招聘手段。
equitable/ˈekwɪtəbl/ adj.公平的；公正的；公平合理的
This is not a pipe dream. It's already a reality.但这不是痴人说梦,这已经是一个现实。
（部分来源于名人名言，没有严格在TED演讲里找）
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wonderful character 很好的性格/人品 with the intent to 带着xx的目的/ 为了xxx I am determined to do 我决心做某事 as long as I can remember 自我记事起 problem-solving, visual and spatial reasoning 解决问题的能力，视觉和空间推理 break from the way it's always been done 打破以往的做法/打破常规