MarcAbrahams_2014P[笑并思考-搞笑诺贝尔奖].docVIP

MarcAbrahams_2014P[笑并思考-搞笑诺贝尔奖] 1.George and Charlotte Blonsky, who were a married couple living in the Bronx in New York City, invented something. [马克 · 阿伯罕斯]乔治和夏洛特 · 布朗斯基 是住在纽约布朗克斯的一对夫妻 他们有一项发明 2.They got a patent in 1965 for what they call, a device to assist women in giving birth. 他们在1965年获得了一项专利 他们称之为“帮助妇女分娩的装置” 3.This device consists of a large, round table and some machinery. 这个装置是由一个大圆桌 和一些机械组成 4.When the woman is ready to deliver her child, she lies on her back, she is strapped down to the table, and the table is rotated at high speed. 当妇女准备生孩子时 她仰卧着 被绑在圆桌上 然后圆桌高速旋转 5.The child comes flying out through centrifugal force. 小孩通过离心力飞出来 6.If you look at their patent carefully, especially if you have any engineering background or talent, you may decide that you see one or two points where the design is not perfectly adequate. (Laughter) 如果你仔细看看他们的专利 特别是如果你有任何工程背景或天分 你可能会看到 这个设计有一两点不完美的地方 7.Doctor Ivan Schwab in California is one of the people, one of the main people,who helped answer the question, Why dont woodpeckers get headaches? 加州的艾凡 · 施瓦布医生 他是帮忙找出这个问题的答案的主要人之一 “为什么啄木鸟不会头疼？” 8.And it turns out the answer to that is because their brains are packaged inside their skulls in a way different from the way our brains, we being human beings, true, have our brains packaged. 结果答案是： 因为他们头盖骨包裹大脑的方式 和我们人类的方式不同 当然，人类的大脑也被包裹在头盖骨里面 9.They, the woodpeckers, typically will peck, they will bang their head on a piece of wood thousands of times every day. Every day! 啄木鸟，特别典型的 会啄木，把头撞向树 每天都要上千回每天啊 10.And as far as anyone knows, that doesnt bother them in the slightest. 据我们所知 这一点都不影响他们 11.How does this happen? 为什么会这样呢？ 12.Their brain does not slosh around like ours does. 他们的大脑不会像人类的那样摇晃 13.Their brain is packed in very tightly, at least for blows coming right from the front. 他们的大脑非常紧密地压缩在一起 至少可应付从前方的撞击 14.Not too many people paid attention to this research until the last few years when, in this country especially, people are becoming cur