TED中英双语演讲稿The story of life in photographs.pdfVIP

The story of life in photographs Frans Lanting 2007-04-05 /talks/frans_lanting_the_story_of_life_in_photographs Pollykann - A powerful video player (App) for learning languages provided technical support for the subtitles. 本字幕由【小鹦看看】- 用了会后悔，不用更后悔的外语学习App，提供技术支持。 Natures my muse and its been my passion. 自然是我的缪斯，也一直是我的激情所在。 As a photographer for National Geographic, Ive portrayed it for many. 作为国家地理的一名摄影师，我对它进行了很多的描绘。 But five years ago, I went on a personal journey. 五年前我进行了一次私人旅行。 I wanted to visualize the story of life. 我想描绘生活中的故事。 Its the hardest thing Ive ever attempted, 这是我遇到过最困难的事情， and there have been plenty of times when I felt like backing out. 有很多次我都想打退堂鼓了。 But there were also revelations. 但我也得到了一些启示。 And one of those Id like to share with you today. 今天我就想和你分享其中的一个。 I went down to a remote lagoon in Australia, hoping to see the Earth 我去了澳大利亚一个遥远的咸水湖，希望看到地球 the way it was three billion years ago, 三十亿年以前的样子。 back before the sky turned blue. 回到之前天空还是蓝色的日子。 Theres stromatolites down there -- 那里有叠层石 the first living things to capture photosynthesis -- 第一种进行光合作用的生物 and its the only place they still occur today. 也是现在仅存的一处。 Going down there was like entering a time capsule, 走向那里就像是进入了时间胶囊， and I came out with a different sense of myself in time. 当我出来时时间感完全不一样了。 The oxygen exhaled by those stromatolites 叠层石所散发出的氧气 is what we all breathe today. 正是我们今天所呼吸的。 Stromatolites are the heroes in my story. 叠层石是我故事里的英雄。 I hope its a story that has some resonance for our time. 我希望这个故事在今天也能引起一些共鸣。 Its a story about you and me, nature and science. 这是一个关于你和我，自然和科学的故事。 And with that said, Id like to invite you for 正如上所说，我很乐意邀请你 a short, brief journey of life through time. 来一次简短的时间旅行。 Our journey starts in space, where matter condenses into spheres over time ... 我们的旅行是从太空开始的，在那里随着时间的流逝物质浓缩成了球体。 solidifying into surface, molded by fire. 凝固成表面，被火改造成各种形状。 The fire gave way, Earth emerged -- but this was an alien planet. 当火退去时，地球