What do these people have in common? If you answered with, "They're all awesome," you'd probably be right. But there's one more thing. Me and my close friends here are all left-handed.
這些人有什麼共通點呢？如果你回答：「他們都很了不起。」你可能是對的。但還有一個共通點。我和這些好朋友都是左撇子。
Yay! Yay.
耶!耶。
Around one in every 10 people are left-handed, and they're often pretty easy to spot. But no one really knows why left-handed people are actually left-handed.
大約每十人就有一人是左撇子，而且左撇子通常很好認。可是沒有人真正知道左撇子為什麼慣用左手。
Some theories are that there's a left-handed gene, that the brains of lefties are just wired differently, or that left-handers might be copying the behavior of their left-handed parents.
有些理論主張是因為他們有左撇子基因，或因為左撇子的大腦構造不同，或因為左撇子可能會模仿他們左撇子父母的動作。
Hi, Dad.
嗨，爸爸。
Hello, Son.
哈囉，兒子。
He really is left-handed.
他真的是左撇子。
Anyway, however we came to be, us lefties aren't alone in the world. Scientists have found almost all kangaroos are left-handed, too. Well, left-pawed, really.
反正，不管我們怎麼變成左撇子的，我們左撇子在這世上並不孤獨。科學家發現幾乎所有的袋鼠都慣用左手。好吧，左掌，其實。
And while that hasn't stopped our kangaroo friends from hopping about, enjoying life—throughout history it's been a different story for humans.
雖然我們的袋鼠朋友並沒有因為慣用左掌而無法蹦蹦跳跳、享受生活－－人類在歷史上卻有截然不同的遭遇。
Lefties have been called witches, unclean, possessed by the devil, or just clumsy in the past. And back when everyone wrote with ink, kids were actually forced to use their right hand—even if they were left-handed. It sounds pretty unfair, but having said that, this is really messy.
左撇子在過去被說成是女巫、不潔的、被惡魔控制的，或就是很笨拙的。而且早在人們使用墨水寫字的年代，小孩子就會被強迫用右手寫字－－即使他們是左撇子。聽起來很不公平，但話雖如此，用左手寫字就會弄得這麼髒。
Today, no one's going to call you a witch for being left-handed, but there are still some pretty big disadvantages to living in a right-handed world.
今日，沒有人會因為你是左撇子而叫你女巫，但左撇子在右撇子世界中還是會面臨一些很不利的條件。
If we want to try and use instruments, it's pretty hard to learn how to play the instruments because the instruments are mostly made for right-handed people.
如果你想嘗試彈奏樂器，學習時很困難，因為大部分的樂器都是為右撇子設計的。
Sometimes it's hard to, like, write.
有時候會很辛苦，像是，寫字的時候。
I do magic, and I have to learn certain moves with my hand, and I have to force them to do those sort of positions. And it could be really annoying.
我會變魔術，而我必須學習用我的手做出特定動作，也必須強迫讓手做出某些姿勢。這可能非常惱人。
Being a lefty has encouraged Alex to work really hard at perfecting his magic act. But that's not the only unexpected benefit.
Alex 因為是左撇子的關係而受到激勵，進而下苦工把魔術動作練到最好。但這不是左撇子唯一一個意想不到的好處。
Some studies have shown that being left-handed means you're more likely to be good at subjects like music and maths. There's also a really high proportion of geniuses that have been left-handed, although that could just be a coincidence. And it can be a big advantage when you're playing sport against right-handed people too.
有些研究顯示，身為一名左撇子意味著你比較有可能擅長音樂及數學等科目。另外，有很高比例的天才是左撇子，儘管這可能只是巧合。此外，左撇子在運動場上對到右撇子可能會有很大的優勢。
People say that when you're left-handed, your writing is more neater, and you draw better. So, I'd rather stay left-handed.
有人說如果你是左撇子，你寫的字會比較漂亮，畫的圖也會比較好看。所以，我比較想繼續當左撇子。
I kind of find it nice being left-handed. Don't think that you're different in a bad way; think that you're unique in a special way.
我發現當左撇子還蠻好的。不要認為你跟別人不同是不好的；要認為你與眾不同是特別的。
Anyway, that's what Left-Handers Day is all about—celebrating left-handedness and why we're proud of it.
總之，左撇子日的精神就是這樣－－慶祝我們身為左撇子以及我們為什麼以左撇子為榮。
Plus, it's a really good excuse to make right-handed people do all your right-handed work.
此外，左撇子也是個很好的理由來要求右撇子幫你完成右手的活。
Can you cut this out for me?
你可以幫我剪這個嗎？
No!
不要!
But I'm left-handed.
可是我是左撇子。
Ugh! Okay. Fine!
哎!好啦。給我吧!
- 「被...控制、被...把持」- Be Possessed By
Lefties have been called witches, unclean, possessed by the devil, or just clumsy in the past.
左撇子在過去被說成是女巫、不潔的、被惡魔控制的，或就是很笨拙的。 - 「話雖如此」- Having Said That
It sounds pretty unfair, but having said that, this is really messy.
聽起來很不公平，但話雖如此，用左手寫字就會弄得這麼髒。
