2022TED英语演讲稿：给陌生人的情书.docx

2022TED英语演讲稿：给陌生人的情书TED英语演讲稿：给生疏人的情书IwasoneoftheonlykidsincollegewhohadareasontogototheP.O.boxattheendoftheday,andthatwasmainlybecausemymotherhasneverbelievedinemail,inFacebook,intextingorcellphonesingeneral.AndsowhileotherkidswereBBM-ingtheirparents,Iwasliterallywaitingbythemailboxtogetaletterfromhometoseehowtheweekendhadgone,whichwasalittlefrustratingwhenGrandmawasinthehospital,butIwasjustlookingforsomesortofscribble,someunkemptcursivefrommymother.AndsowhenImovedtoNewYorkCityaftercollegeandgotcompletelysucker-punchedinthefacebydepression,IdidtheonlythingIcouldthinkofatthetime.Iwrotethosesamekindsoflettersthatmymotherhadwrittenmeforstrangers,andtuckedthemallthroughoutthecity,dozensanddozensofthem.Ileftthemeverywhere,incafesandinlibraries,attheU.N.,everywhere.Ibloggedaboutthoselettersandthedayswhentheywerenecessary,andIposedakindofcrazypromisetotheInternet:thatifyouaskedmeforahand-writtenletter,Iwouldwriteyouone,noquestionsasked.Overnight,myinboxmorphedintothisharborofheartbreak--asinglemotherinSacramento,agirlbeingbulliedinruralKansas,allaskingme,a22-year-oldgirlwhobarelyevenknewherowncoffeeorder,towritethemaloveletterandgivethemareasontowaitbythemailbox.Well,todayIfuelaglobalorganizationthatisfueledbythosetripstothemailbox,fueledbythewaysinwhichwecanharnesssocialmedialikeneverbeforetowriteandmailstrangersletterswhentheyneedthemmost,butmostofall,fueledbycratesofmaillikethisone,mytrustymailcrate,filledwiththescriptingsofordinarypeople,strangerswritingletterstootherstrangersnotbecausethey'reevergoingtomeetandlaughoveracupofcoffee,butbecausetheyhavefoundoneanotherbywayofletter-writing.But,youknow,thethingthatalwaysgetsmeabouttheselettersisthatmostofthemhavebeenwrittenbypeoplethathaveneverknownthemselveslovedonapieceofpaper.Theycouldnottellyouabouttheinkoftheirownloveletters.They'retheonesfrommygeneration,theonesofusthathavegrownupintoaworldwhereeverythingispaperless,andwheresomeofou