TED中英官方演讲稿-GeorgeWhitesides_2010走向简单的本质.docxVIP

1.Most of the talks that youve heard in the last several fabulous days have been from people who have the characteristic that they have thought about something, 大多数的演讲 你在前几天那些美妙的日子听到的 都是来自一些很有特点的人 就是他们都已经思考过一些事2.they are experts, they know whats going on. 他们都是这方面的专家，他们知道这个领域的现状3.All of you know about the topic that Im supposed to talk about. 你们都知道 今天我要谈的这个话题4.That is, you know what simplicity is, you know what complexity is. 的确，你知道简洁是什么 你也知道复杂是什么5.The trouble is, I dont. 问题是，我不知道6.And what Im going to do is share with you my ignorance on this subject. 我接下来要做的就是和你们交流一下 我对这个话题不清楚的地方7.I want you to read this, because were going to come back to it in a moment. 我希望你来读这些 因为我们过一会将重新回到这个问题上来8.The quote is from the fabled Potter Stewart opinion on pornography. 这段引文来自 传说中的Potter Stewart 关于色情文学的观点9.And let me just read it, the important details here: Shorthand description, [hardcore pornography]; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly defining it. 我来读一下 重要的细节 简化的描述，赤裸裸的色情 可能我从来都不能给它下一个容易理解的定义。10.But I know it when I see it. 但是我一看见这句话我就明白它的意思11.Im going to come back to that in a moment. 我们一会就会重新回到这里12.So, what is simplicity? 那，什么事简洁？13.Its good to start with some examples. 举一些例子作为开头可能会好一些。14.A coffee cup -- we dont think about coffee cups, but its much more interesting than one might think -- a coffee cup is a device, which has a container and a handle. 一个咖啡杯。我们不去想它们 但是这可能比去想更有意义。 咖啡杯是个物件，是的 它是一个容器，是的，还带一个把手，没错。15.The handle enables you to hold it when the container is filled with hot liquid. 把手可以使你拿起它 当咖啡杯里装满热的液体时，嗯~16.Why is that important? 为什么这很重要？17.Well, it enables you to drink coffee. 因为，这能让你喝咖啡。18.But also, by the way, the coffee is hot, the liquid is sterile; youre not likely to get cholera that way. 但是，提醒一下，咖啡是热的， 液体是无菌的。 这样你就不大可能会感染霍乱。19.So the coffee cup, or the cup with a handle, is one of the tools used by society to maintain public health. 所以咖啡杯，或者是一个有把手的杯子 是被人类社会应用的一种工具 来维护公众健康