TED演讲:用玩具创造世界(6)

 　　So here's our little solar system, as we pull away from our melted planet here.  我们把视线从融化了的行星里拉远，来到我们的小小太阳系。

　　We actually have a couple of other planets in this solar system.  原来在这个太阳系里，我们其实还有好多其他的行星。

　　Let's fly to another one.  让我们跳到另外一个上来。

　　So in fact, we're going to have this unlimited¹ number of worlds you can kind of explore here. 其实，我们将会有无限多的世界供你去探险。

　　Now, as we move into the future,  现在我们进入未来，

　　and we start going out in this space and doing stuff,  我们可以开始进入这个空间做点事情，

　　we're drawing a lot from things like science fiction.  我们描绘出许多科幻小说里的东西。

　　And all my favorite science fiction movies  都是我喜欢的科幻电影里的。

　　I want to basically play out here as different dynamics².  我想在这里制造一些不同的变化。

　　So this planet actually has some life on it.  这个星球上其实有一些生物。

　　Here it is, some indigenous³ life down here.  看，有些土生土长的生物。

　　Now one of the tools I can eventually earn for my UFO is a monolith that I can drop down. 现在我终于可以从我的飞行器上扔下一个巨大的石碑。

　　Now as you can see, these guys are actually starting to go up  现在你可以看见，这些生物开始走过来

　　and bow to it, and over time, once they touch it, they will become intelligent.  向它鞠躬，渐渐地，一旦它们碰到它，它们就会变得有智慧。

　　So I can actually pick a species on a planet and then make them sentient⁴.  所以我可以挑一种生物，使它们变得有知觉。

　　You see, now they've actually gone to tribal⁵ dynamics.  瞧，现在它们开始组成部落。

　　And now, because I'm actually the one here, I can, if I want to, get out of the UFO  所以现在，因为我是唯一的操纵者，只要我愿意，我就可以从飞行器里出来，

　　and walk up, and they should be worshipping me at this point as a god.  走近它们，然后它们现在应该会把我当做上帝来崇拜。

　　At first they're a little freaked out.  一开始，它们有点吓坏了。

　　OK, well maybe they're not worshipping me.  好吧，它们可能没有崇拜我。

　　I think I'll leave before they get hostile.  我想我应该在它们对我产生敌意前离开。

　　But we basically want a diversity of activities the players can play through this.  我们希望玩家可以经历不同的活动。

　　Basically, I want to be able to play,  我希望这个游戏能变成

　　"The Day the Earth Stood Still," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Star Trek," "War Of the Worlds."  《地球停转之日》、《2001太空漫游》、《星际迷航》、《世界之战》。

1 unlimited   

adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。

2 dynamics   

n.力学，动力学，动力，原动力；动态

参考例句：

• In order to succeed,you must master complicated knowledge of dynamics.要取得胜利，你必须掌握很复杂的动力学知识。
• Dynamics is a discipline that cannot be mastered without extensive practice.动力学是一门不做大量习题就不能掌握的学科。

3 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

4 sentient   

adj.有知觉的，知悉的；adv.有感觉能力地

参考例句：

• The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage.生还者认识到，他们不过是上帝的舞台上有知觉的木偶而已。
• It teaches us to love all sentient beings equally.它教导我们应该平等爱护一切众生。

5 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。