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No. 2: "Unbelievable" is the stupidest word in the dictionary.
第二点：“难以置信”是字典里最愚蠢的单词。
It shouldn't ever come out of our mouths. Think about it.
这个词永远都不应该从你们的嘴里说出来。想想看。
To say, "Oh wow what an unbelievable play!" "It was an unbelievable book, unbelievable film, unbelievable act of courage..." Really?
说“噢哇，多么难以置信的戏剧！”“这是本难以置信的书，难以置信的电影，难以置信的英勇之举...”当真如此吗？
It may be spectacular, maybe phenomenal, most excellent or outstanding, but unbelievable?
它可能很壮观，可能很惊人，极其出色或优异，但是难以置信么？
Uhuh! Give others and yourself more credit.
不！给别人和自己多些信任。
It just happened; you witnessed it; you just did it; believe it!
它就是发生了，你见证了它，你刚完成了它，所以相信它！
What about the other side of unbelievable?
“难以置信”的另一面又是怎样的呢？
You know that side when we humans underperform or act out of our best character.
当我们人类表现不佳或者未能竭尽全力时，你们就知道另一面是什么样的了。
For instance, a man flies a suicide jet into the World Trade Center.
例如，一个人驾驶一架喷气式飞机自杀性地撞向世贸大厦。
Millions die from diseases every day that we have cures for.
每天都有数百万人死于我们能够治愈的疾病。
Bob, the builder, swears that he's gonna have your house built by Thanksgiving and you can't move in until Christmas, the next year.
建筑商鲍勃发誓他能在感恩节之前造好你的房子，可你直到圣诞节，直到来年也未能搬入新家。
Our best friends lie to us, and we lie to ourselves all the time. Unbelievable? I don't think so.
最好的朋友对我们撒谎，我们也一直对自己撒谎。这些都难以置信吗？我不这么认为。
Again, it just happened, and it happens every day.
再次强调，它已经发生了，每天都在发生。
Nothing that wehomo sapiens earthlings to do is unbelievable and if there's one thing you can depend on people being is people.
我们现代的凡人所做的事情没有一件是难以置信的，如果还有一件事可以相信人类是什么样子，那就是相信人类是人。
So we shouldn't be surprised, we us are the trickiest mammal walking on the planet!
所以我们不应当感到吃惊，我们是这个星球上最复杂的哺乳动物！
I'm not worried about the monkeys. I'm worried about you and me.
我不担心猴子。我担心的是你们和我自己。
So acknowledge the acts of greatness as real,
所以要承认那些伟大之举是真实的，
and do not be naive about mankind's capacity for evil, nor be in denial of our own shortcomings.
也不要天真地低估人类作恶的能力，或者否认我们自己的缺点。
Nothing we do is unbelievable. It is a stupid word. I think it is an un-be-lievably stupid word. That's No. 2.
我们所做的事情没有一件是难以置信的。这是个愚蠢的单词。我认为这是个难以置信的愚蠢的单词。这就是第二点。
