TED演讲稿_JamesWatson_2005DNA探索之旅.docxVIP

1.Well, I thought there would be a podium, so Im a bit scared. 我本来以为那里会有一个讲台的，现在我有点害怕了。2.(Laughter) Chris asked me to tell again how we found the structure of DNA. （笑声） 克里斯让我再讲一次我们是怎么破解DNA的结构的。3.And since, you know, I follow his orders, Ill do it. 我一向都是听从他的指令，这一次自然也不例外。4.But it slightly bores me. 但说实话，我是觉得挺无聊的。5.(Laughter) And, you know, I wrote a book. So Ill say something -- (Laughter) -- Ill say a little about, you know, how the discovery was made, （笑声） 我写了一整本书，所以我不得不说点什么—— （笑声） ——我打算讲一讲我和弗朗西斯是怎么发现DNA的结构的，6.and why Francis and I found it. 以及我们搞这项研究的原因所在。7.And then, I hope maybe I have at least five minutes to say what makes me tick now. 然后我希望能至少有五分钟的时间， 让我讨论一下我现在的动力所在。8.In back of me is a picture of me when I was 17. 我身后是一张我17岁时的照片。9.I was at the University of Chicago, in my third year, and I was in my third year because the University of Chicago let you in after two years of high school. 我那时在芝加哥大学，读大三。 我之所以能在17岁时就读大三，是因为芝加哥大学 在我读了两年高中之后就录取我了。10.So you -- it was fun to get away from high school. 摆脱高中对我来说是件好事，11.Because I was very small, and I was no good in sports, or anything like that. 因为我长得很矮小，又不擅长体育， 也没其他的特长。12.But I should say that my background -- my father was, you know, raised to be an Episcopalian and Republican. 但我得提一下我的生长背景——我的父亲从小到大 都是一名圣公会教徒，是一名共和党员。13.But after one year of college, he became an atheist and a Democrat. 结果才上了一年大学，他不仅不信神了，还变成了一名民主党员。14.(Laughter) And my mother was Irish Catholic, and -- but she didnt take religion too seriously. （笑声） 我母亲是爱尔兰天主教徒， 但她从来没把宗教太当回儿事。15.And by the age of 11, I was no longer going to Sunday Mass, and going on birdwatching walks with my father. 所以11岁那年，我就不再去听星期天的弥撒了， 反而是跟我的父亲去到处观察鸟。16.So early on, I heard of Charles Darwin. 我很早就听说过达尔文，17.I guess, you know, he was the big hero. 我那时候猜他也算是个大英雄。18.And, you know, you understand life as it now exists through evolution. 你们也都知道现今的生命是通过漫长的演化而来的。19.And at the University of Chicago I was a zoology maj