TED中英双语演讲稿How we discovered DNA.pdfVIP

How we discovered DNA James Watson 2007-04-05 /talks/james_watson_how_we_discovered_dna 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。 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。 (Laughter) （笑声） Chris asked me to tell again how we found the structure of DNA. 克里斯让我再讲一次我们是怎么破解DNA的结构的。 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。 But it slightly bores me. 但说实话，我是觉得挺无聊的。 (Laughter) （笑声） And, you know, I wrote a book. So Ill say something -- 我写了一整本书，所以我不得不说点什么—— (Laughter) （笑声） -- Ill say a little about, you know, how the discovery was made, ——我打算讲一讲我和弗朗西斯是怎么发现DNA的结构的， and why Francis and I found it. 以及我们搞这项研究的原因所在。 And then, I hope maybe I have at least five minutes to say 然后我希望能至少有五分钟的时间， what makes me tick now. 让我讨论一下我现在的动力所在。 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。 I was at the University of Chicago, in my third year, 我那时在芝加哥大学，读大三。 and I was in my third year because the University of Chicago 我之所以能在17岁时就读大三，是因为芝加哥大学 let you in after two years of high school. 在我读了两年高中之后就录取我了。 So you -- it was fun to get away from high school -- (Laughter) -- 摆脱高中对我来说是件好事， because I was very small, and I was no good in sports, 因为我长得很矮小，又不擅长体育， or anything like that. 也没其他的特长。 But I should say that my background -- my father was, you know, 但我得提一下我的生长背景——我的父亲从小到大 raised to be an Episcopalian and Republican, 都是一名圣公会教徒，是一名共和党员。 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。 (Laughter) （笑声） And my mother was Irish Catholic, 我母亲是爱尔兰天主教徒， and -- but she didnt take religion too seriously. 但她从来没把宗教太当回儿事。 And by the age of 11, I was no longer going to Sunday Mass, 所以11岁那年，我就不再去听星期天的弥撒了， and going on birdwatching walks with my father. 反而是跟我的父亲去到处观察鸟。 So early on, I heard of Charles