TED名人演讲稿：我们现在都是半机器人.docVIP

【趣味雅思】TED名人演讲稿：我们现在都是半机器人 点课台前言：雅思听力对于很多烤鸭来说都是一道难关，大家都在苦苦思索，怎样的雅思听力。今天，点课台老师给大家整理了TED演讲，附演讲稿与视频，希望可以帮助到正在备考的考生。TED是美国的一家私有非盈利机构，该机构以它组织的TED大会著称，这个会议的宗旨是“用思想的力量来改变世界”。大家在锻炼雅思听力的时候，也可以学习一下里面的主角们的思维模式，论述方法，希望还能对大家的雅思写作有所启迪。 I would like to tell you all that you are all actually cyborgs, but not the cyborgs that you think. You’re not RoboCop, and you’re not Terminator, but you’re cyborgs every time you look at a computer screen or use one of your cell phone devices. So what’s a good definition for cyborg? Well, traditional definition is an organism “to which exogenous components have been added for the purpose of adapting to new environments.” That came from a 1960 paper on space travel. Because, if you think about it, space is pretty awkward; people aren’t supposed to be there. But humans are curious, and they like to add things to their bodies so they can go to the Alps one day and then become a fish in the sea the next. 我想告诉大家，你们其实都是生化机器人，但不是你们认为的那种生化机器人。你们不是机器战警、不是魔鬼终结者，但每当你们看着计算机屏幕，或用手机装置时，就成了生化机器人。那么，如何妥善定义生化机器人?嗯，传统的定义是，一个有机体「被加上外部组成，以达成适应新环境之目的。」这出自1960年的太空旅行文献。因为，想想看，太空相当令人不自在，不是人类想待的地方。但人类很好奇，喜欢在自己身体上加东加西，这样就可以今天登阿尔卑斯山，隔天变成一条海中鱼。 So let’s look at the concept of traditional anthropology. Somebody goes to another country, says, “How fascinating these people are, how interesting their tools are, how curious their culture is.” And then they write a paper, and maybe a few other anthropologists read it, and we think it’s very exotic. Well, what’s happening is that we’ve suddenly found a new species. I, as a cyborg anthropologist, have suddenly said, “Oh, wow. Now suddenly we’re a new form of homo sapiens. And look at these fascinating cultures. And look at these curious rituals that everybody’s doing around this technology. They’re clicking on things and staring at screens.” 因此，我们来看看传统的人类学概念。某人到另一个国家去，说：「这些人多么迷人，他们的工具多么有趣，他们的文化多么奇特。」然后，他们写了一份文献，也许其他一些人类学家读了，我们认为这独具异国情调。嗯，正在发生的情况是，我们突然发现一个新物种，身为生化机器人类学家的我突然说，「喔，哇!我们突然成了新种智人，看看这些迷人的文化，看看这些奇特的仪式，大家都在使