In 2013 the mayor of Madrid, Ana Botella, stood in front of a packed audience and spoke for less than 3 minutes.
2013年，马德里市长阿娜·博特利亚站在座无虚席的观众面前，发表了不到3分钟的讲话。
By the end of those few short minutes she would become the most infamous woman in Spain.
在这短短几分钟结束时，她成为了西班牙最臭名昭著的女人。
For days, she was the subject of every television show and major newspaper in Spain, and the response to her words was so vicious that she was even put on a list created by Time magazine that included corrupt officials, rapists and drug dealers.
几天来，她是西班牙每个电视节目和主要报纸的话题人物，人们对她的回应如此恶毒，以至于她甚至被《时代》杂志列入了一份包含腐败官员、强奸犯和毒品贩子的名单。
So what was her crime?
那么，她的罪行是什么？
What line had she crossed in Spanish society to deserve the total destruction of her image?
她在西班牙社会中跨越了哪条红线，才配得上形象的彻底毁灭？
Her crime was that she had spoken English with a Spanish accent.
她的罪行是她用西班牙语口音说了英语。
Now, you might think that I'm exaggerating.
现在，你可能会认为我在夸大其词。
She must have made some offensive vocabulary error or produced speech that was completely unintelligible to the audience.
她一定是犯了某些冒犯性的词汇错误，或者说出了听众完全听不懂的话。
But that wasn't the case.
但事实并非如此。
She spoke clearly and with emotion, and nobody except the Spanish saw any problem.
她讲得清晰且充满感情，除了西班牙人之外，没人觉得有什么问题。
Understanding what happened to Ana Botella is important for anyone who is learning English because it contains themes of identity, bravery, and self sabotage.
理解安娜·博特拉（Ana Botella）遭遇的事件对任何正在学习英语的人都很重要，因为它涉及身份认同、勇气和自我破坏等主题。
And it's a reminder that the barrier to fluency is often constructed inside us, And we need to fight the enemy within if we want to succeed at learning English.
这也提醒我们，流利表达的障碍往往是由我们自己构建的，如果我们想在英语学习上取得成功，就必须战胜内心的敌人。
In Italian culture, the self-image is described as a figure and it has two faces that you can present to the world.
在意大利文化中，自我形象被描述为一种“姿态”，它有两副面孔，你可以向世人展示。
The bella figura is the confident organized, intelligent person, dressed in black, that we are proud of when we look in the mirror.
Bella figura（美好的姿态）是那个自信、有条理、聪明的人，穿着黑色衣服，是我们照镜子时引以为傲的形象。
This is the person we upload to Instagram.
这就是我们上传到Instagram上的人。
The brutta figura is the person in pajamas without makeup on a Sunday morning.
Brutta figura（糟糕的姿态）是周日早上穿着睡衣、没化妆的那个人。
We want the world to see our bella figura and we hide our brutta figura away, and we bury it deep inside us.
我们希望世界看到我们的 bella figura，而我们将 brutta figura 隐藏起来，深深地埋在心里。
This is natural human behavior.
这是人类自然的行为。
The problem is when we apply this behavior to others.
问题在于，当我们把这种行为应用到他人身上时。
Instead of admitting that all of us have a brutta figura inside, we deny it.
我们没有承认我们每个人内心都有一个 brutta figura，而是否认它的存在。
And when it appears in ourselves or others, we try to destroy it.
当它出现在我们自己或他人身上时，我们试图摧毁它。
Instead of supporting each other, when we see imperfection, we attack, afraid that one day it might be us that shows our weaknesses to the world.
当我们看到不完美时，我们不是互相支持，而是进行攻击，因为我们害怕有一天向世界展示弱点的人会是我们自己。
We hope that if our imperfections never see light, they will disappear.
我们希望如果我们的不完美永远见不得光，它们就会消失。
How naive we are.
我们是多么天真啊。
Instead of dying in the shadows, our weaknesses gain strength and they become a monster that slowly makes our light smaller, until one day our brutta figura, made of hate and judgment, is the only figure we have left.
我们的弱点没有在阴影中消亡，反而变得强大，并变成一只怪物，逐渐使我们的光芒变小，直到有一天，由仇恨和评判构成的 brutta figura 成为我们唯一的形象。
But what does this have to do with learning a language?
但这与学习语言有什么关系呢？
Because learning a language is a process of making mistakes.
因为学习语言是一个犯错的过程。
It requires you to be wrong.
它要求你犯错。
It requires you to be slow.
它要求你慢下来。
It requires you to embarrass yourself.
它要求你让自己出丑。
It requires you to be different.
它要求你与众不同。
It requires you to show your brutta figura to the world.
它要求你向世界展示你的 brutta figura。
But more than anything, it requires authenticity for you to show all parts of yourself, and deny none.
但最重要的是，它要求你展现真实的自我，展示所有的部分，不加掩饰。
The Spanish people were upset with Ana Botella because she wasn't willing to hide the fact that she was Spanish and that her English wasn't perfect.
西班牙人对安娜·博特拉感到不满，因为她不愿意隐藏自己是西班牙人以及她的英语并不完美的事实。
And that requires bravery, especially when the consequences can be so severe.
这需要勇气，尤其是当后果可能如此严重时。
But how can you be brave when you are so afraid of those consequences?
但是，当你如此害怕那些后果时，你怎么能勇敢呢？
Well, it's actually the only time you can be brave.
嗯，这实际上是你唯一能够勇敢的时刻。
It doesn't take any courage to decide that you are never going to use your English or that your accent is bad.
决定永远不使用英语或认为自己的口音不好，并不需要任何勇气。
It doesn't take any courage to hide who you really are.
隐藏真实的自己，并不需要任何勇气。
I invite you to show your imperfections and to applaud them when you see them in others.
我邀请你展示你的不完美，并在他人身上看到时为他们喝彩。
Because when you judge others who are just like you, you're really judging yourself.
因为当你评判那些与你一样的人时，你实际上是在评判你自己。
And when you look into the mirror, I want you to treat yourself kindly.
当你照镜子时，我希望你能善待自己。
