TED演讲：单词的诞生(11)

 　　So, to summarize, the idea is this: 所以，总结来说，观点是：

　　As our world becomes increasingly instrumented 当我们的世界变得越来越工具化

　　and we have the capabilities¹ to collect and connect the dots 我们有能力搜集和链接一个一个小点

　　between what people are saying and the context they're saying it in, 将人们的话语和他们说这些话时所处得环境联系起来

　　what's emerging is an ability to see new social structures and dynamics² that have previously³ not been seen. 那么呈现的将是洞悉社会结构和社交动态的新视野，那是以前我们没有看见过的

　　It's like building a microscope or telescope 这好像是造一个显微镜或者望远镜

　　and revealing new structures about our own behavior around communication. 展示了我们交流和行为间的新结构

　　And I think the implications here are profound, whether it's for science, for commerce, for government, 我觉得其意义是深远的，无论是对科学而言，还是对商业、政府而言

　　or perhaps most of all, for us as individuals. 或许更重要的是，对我们每个人而言

　　And so just to return to my son, 所以我们把话题回到我的儿子

　　when I was preparing this talk, he was looking over my shoulder, 当我在准备这个演讲时，他在我身后看着

　　and I showed him the clips I was going to show to you today, and I asked him for permission -- granted. 我给他看了这段我今天将要给你们看的录相，我征求他的同意，他同意了

　　And then I went on to reflect, "Isn't it amazing, this entire database, all these recordings⁴, 然后我想，“这真是神奇的事情，整个数据库，所有这些录相

　　I'm going to hand off to you and to your sister" -- who arrived two years later -- 我会给交给你和你的妹妹”--妹妹是两年后出生的

　　"and you guys are going to be able to go back and re-experience moments “你们两个将能够回顾重温

　　that you could never, with your biological memory, possibly remember the way you can now?" 你们生物记忆无法记得的这些时刻。”

1 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

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 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐