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TED演讲:如何成为生化人并扩展人类潜能(1)

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（单词翻译）

I'm an MIT professor, but I do not design buildings or computer systems.

我是麻省理工学院的教授，但我并不设计建筑或计算机系统。

Rather, I build body parts, bionic legs that augment1 human walking and running.

确切来说，我建造身体部位，增加人的行走和运行能力的仿生腿。

In 1982, I was in a mountain-climbing accident, and both of my legs had to be amputated due to tissue damage from frostbite.

在1982年的登山事故中，因为双腿组织冻伤，我双腿膝盖以下被迫截肢。

Here, you can see my legs: 24 sensors2, six microprocessors3 and muscle-tendon-like actuators.

看，这就是我的双腿：有24个传感器，6个微处理器和像肌肉肌腱样的驱动器。

I'm basically a bunch of nuts and bolts from the knee down.

我的膝盖以下就是一堆螺栓螺母。

But with this advanced bionic technology, I can skip, dance and run. Thank you.

但是，借助这种先进的仿生技术，我可以跳跃、舞蹈和跑步。谢谢。

I'm a bionic man, but I'm not yet a cyborg.

我是一个仿生人，但还不是生化人。

When I think about moving my legs,

当我想移动双腿时，

neural4 signals from my central nervous system pass through my nerves and activate5 muscles within my residual6 limbs.

中枢神经系统会发出神经信号，通过神经进行传导，并激活我残余肢体的肌肉。

Artificial electrodes sense these signals,

人造电极感应到这些信号，

and small computers in the bionic limb decode7 my nerve pulses into my intended movement patterns.

仿生肢体内的小计算机对我的神经脉冲解码并进入预期的运动模式。

Stated simply, when I think about moving, that command is communicated to the synthetic8 part of my body.

简言之，当我想移动时，这个命令被传达到我身体的合成部分。

However, those computers can't input9 information into my nervous system.

然而，计算机却无法将信息输入到我的神经系统。

When I touch and move my synthetic limbs, I do not experience normal touch and movement sensations.

当我触摸和移动我的合成四肢时，我感受不到正常触摸和运动的感觉。

If I were a cyborg and could feel my legs via small computers inputting10 information into my nervous system,

如果我是生化人，而且能通过小电脑输入神经系统的信息而感觉到我腿的存在，

it would fundamentally change, I believe, my relationship to my synthetic body.

我相信，它将从根本上改变我与我的合成身体之间的关系。

Today, I can't feel my legs, and because of that, my legs are separate tools from my mind and my body.

现在，我无法感受到双腿的存在，正因为如此，我的双腿事实上只是独立于我身体和意志之外的工具而已。

They're not part of me.

它们根本不是我身体的一部分。

I believe that if I were a cyborg and could feel my legs, they would become part of me, part of self.

我相信，如果我是生化人且能感受到双腿的存在，它们会成为我身体的一部分、自我的一部分。


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1 augment Uuozw     
vt.(使)增大，增加，增长，扩张
参考例句：
  • They hit upon another idea to augment their income.他们又想出一个增加收入的办法。
  • The government's first concern was to augment the army and auxiliary forces.政府首先关心的是增强军队和辅助的力量。
2 sensors 029aee483db9ae244d7a5cb353e74602     
n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句
3 microprocessors 937cb6d36748cbbe6ff19e715f8bfcc4     
微（信息）处理机( microprocessor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • This sort of work would have been inconceivable before the advent of microprocessors. 在微处理机问世之前这种工作是难以想象的。
  • In microprocessors, the name used for the IEEE interface bus standard. 微处理机中，IEEE接口总线标准的名字。
4 neural DnXzFt     
adj.神经的，神经系统的
参考例句：
  • The neural network can preferably solve the non- linear problem.利用神经网络建模可以较好地解决非线性问题。
  • The information transmission in neural system depends on neurotransmitters.信息传递的神经途径有赖于神经递质。
5 activate UJ2y0     
vt.使活动起来，使开始起作用
参考例句：
  • We must activate the youth to study.我们要激励青年去学习。
  • These push buttons can activate the elevator.这些按钮能启动电梯。
6 residual SWcxl     
adj.复播复映追加时间；存留下来的，剩余的
参考例句：
  • There are still a few residual problems with the computer program.电脑程序还有一些残留问题。
  • The resulting residual chromatism is known as secondary spectrum.所得到的剩余色差叫做二次光谱。
7 decode WxYxg     
vt.译（码），解（码）
参考例句：
  • All he had to do was decode it and pass it over.他需要做的就是将它破译然后转给他人。
  • The secret documents were intercepted and decoded.机密文件遭截获并被破译。
8 synthetic zHtzY     
adj.合成的，人工的；综合的；n.人工制品
参考例句：
  • We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。
  • It's a synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。
9 input X6lxm     
n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机
参考例句：
  • I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
  • All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。
10 inputting 7b33a58d49a4f0c9490d5bb5bbb15957     
v.把…输入电脑( input的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Micro-motor drive, open the door by inputting the password. 微电机驱动，输入密码，箱门开启。 来自互联网
  • In charge of matching and inputting invoice in SAP system. 负责在SAP系统内匹配及输入发票信息。 来自互联网

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