纪录片《为何讲话》 第15期：看图说话

（单词翻译）

This one. That's right.

这个 答对了

When I ask him to point to pictures of particular scenes,

当我要求他指出特定情景的图片时

he could pick out which scene matched the sentence

他能够挑选出附合描述的图片

and that's quite a difficult thing to do if you can't speak

对于没法说话的人 这件事相当困难

because you can't hear the words go round in your head.

因为你听不到自己大脑中的句子

you can't repeat it to yourself.

更没法对自己复述它们

So he did very well on that task.

而他完成得很好

The butcher shoots the nurse.

屠夫枪击护士

It's a bit violent. Yes.

这有点血腥 是的

This one's a nicer one.

这个好一点了

One crucial¹ area of Steve's brain is still functioning.

史蒂夫大脑中的一个关键区域仍在工作

The anterior² superior³ temporal sulcus is involved

前颞上沟控制人们

in understanding the meaning of words,

语言理解的能力

an ability that Steve has not lost.

史蒂夫并未丧失这一能力

But when we asked him to describe the picture,

但当我们让他看图说话时

Then he had a lot more difficulty there.

他就遇到困难了

Can you describe to me what you can see there?

可以把你在这幅图中看到的描述出来吗