The Moth Podcast—Turns Storytelling into a Worldwide Movement

翻譯：大 師

The Moth Podcast—Turns Storytelling into a Worldwide Movement

“飛蛾”播客——把講故事變成一場世界性的運(yùn)動

翻譯：大 師

“飛蛾”播客是什么？還不太了解的同學(xué)，現(xiàn)在就一起來看看它的非凡影響力吧！

It’s not one story a day that can change a person’s life. But The Moth, a storytelling project, has done just that.

“When people hear a story, it makes you reflect on something in your own life, and maybe gives you the courage to make the change you need to make,” shares The Moth’s Artistic Director Catherine Burns.

詞組加油站

reflect on 思考，反省，回顧

artistic director 藝術(shù)總監(jiān)

詞組加油站

respond to 對……響應(yīng)live show 現(xiàn)場表演

1) brainchild ['bre?nt?a?ld] n. 智慧結(jié)晶

2) founder ['fa?nd?] n. 創(chuàng)始人，創(chuàng)建者

3) porch [p??t?] n. 門廊

4) moth [m?θ] n. 飛蛾

5) hence [hens] adv. 因此

6) primal ['pra?ml] adj. 原始的，最初的

The Moth is the1)brainchild of2)founder George Dawes Green, who grew up in Georgia. He and his friends would always gather on a3)porch, and tell stories as4)moths flew in through broken screens (5)hence how the project got its name).

“I thought it would be great to have nights where you could just listen to stories,” says Green. “People respond to personal stories. It’s such a6)primal communication. There’s nothing more human than being able to tell and hear stories.”

Moth stories can also go on to inspire other creative endeavors. With over 600 live shows a year worldwide and the radio show playing on more than 450 stations across the globe, The Moth has lots of opportunities to inspire an even larger audience.

“With podcast, you feel like the person is speaking to you,” says Burns. “Storytelling has become so visual with film and television. But this is just a different way to experience a story. You’re listening and you have to picture everything in your head.”

不是每天一個故事就能改變一個人的生活。但“飛蛾”——一個“說出你的故事”的項目，就做到了這一點(diǎn)。

“每當(dāng)人們聽到一個故事，他們都會反思自己生活中的某些事情，又或許會受到鼓舞，從而做出需要做出的改變，”“飛蛾”項目的藝術(shù)總監(jiān)凱瑟琳·伯恩斯說道。

“飛蛾”項目是其創(chuàng)始人佐治·道斯·格林的智慧結(jié)晶。他在佐治亞州長大。小的時候，他和他的朋友們總喜歡聚在門廊上講故事，那時會有飛蛾透過殘破的紗窗飛進(jìn)來（這個項目也因此得名）。

“我想，如果夜里能有故事相伴，那就真的是太棒了，”格林說道?！叭藗儠e人的故事有所共鳴。這是一種原始的交流。能夠講故事和聽故事是最體現(xiàn)人性的行為了?！?/p>

“飛蛾”故事還可以繼續(xù)鼓舞其他創(chuàng)造性的努力。在全球，每年有600多次現(xiàn)場表演，還有超過450個電臺會播出這一節(jié)目，“飛蛾”擁有大量機(jī)會去影響更多的聽眾。

“有了播客，你會感覺好像有人在和你說話一樣，”伯恩斯說?！半娪昂碗娨曎x予了故事更好的視覺效果，但播客也是一種不同的感受故事的方式。在聽故事的時候，你要在自己的腦海里構(gòu)筑一切畫面?！?/p>