TED中英官方演讲稿-FreemanDyson_2003让我们到太阳系边缘去寻找生命.docxVIP

1.How will we be remembered in 200 years? 200年以后，我们的后代将如何看待我们这个时代的所作所为？2.I happen to live in a little town, Princeton, in New Jersey, which every year celebrates the great event in Princeton history: the Battle of Princeton, which was in fact a very important battle. 我正好生活在一个小镇上 那就是新泽西州的普林斯顿 那里每一年都会庆祝普林斯顿历史上发生的大事 即普林斯顿大战3.It was the first battle that George Washington won, in fact, and was pretty much of a turning point in the war of independence. 那是华盛顿将军打下的第一场胜战 也标志着独立战争的一个转折点4.It happened 225 years ago. 那是225年前的事情5.It was actually a terrible disaster for Princeton. 但对于普林斯顿而言 它却是一场灾难6.The town was burned down; it was in the middle of winter, and it was a very, very severe winter. 整个镇被烧光 那时正好是寒冬 天气非常非常冷7.And about a quarter of all the people in Princeton died that winter from hunger and cold, but nobody remembers that. 在那个冬季 普林斯顿四分之一的人因为饥饿、严寒而死去 但是没有人记得这个事实8.What they remember is, of course, the great triumph: that the Brits were beaten, and we won, and that the country was born. 他们记得的只是那场战争的胜利 他们只记得英国佬被打败，美国人取得了胜利，新的国家由此诞生9.And so I agree very emphatically that the pain of childbirth is not remembered, its the child thats remembered. 因此，对于新生命诞生期的痛楚不为人们所记忆这个观点，我是理解的 人们只记得落地的生命10.And thats what were going through at this time. 而我们现在所经历的，也是同样一个过程11.I wanted to just talk for one minute about the future of biotechnology, because I think I know very little about that -- Im not a biologist -- 我将用一分钟的时间来谈论生物科技的未来 因为我自己对此理解甚少，我不是生物学家12.so everything I know about it can be said in one minute. 我所知道的，用一分钟来讲就完全足够了13.(Laughter) What Im saying is that we should follow the model that has been so successful with the electronic industry: that what really turns computers into a great success in the world （笑声） 我要说的是 我们应当参考 电子行业走出来的路子 因为它是一条成功的道理 计算机因此而走入了主流社会14.as a whole is toys. As soon as computers became toys, when kids could come home and play with them, then the industry really took off. And that has to happen with Biotech.