TED演讲：每天一秒钟(2)

 　　The purpose of this project is, one: I hate not remembering things that I've done in the past. 项目的目的是，第一：我不喜欢忘记自己过去做过的事情。

　　There's all these things that I've done with my life that I have no recollection of unless someone brings it up, 有很多我之前做过的事情，我都想不起来了，直到有人提起来的时候，

　　and sometimes I think, "Oh yeah, that's something that I did." 我或许才能想起来，“对哦，我还做过这件事情。”

　　And something that I realized early on in the project was that if I wasn't doing anything interesting, 在这个项目开始的早期阶段，我发现如果今天过的不是很有趣，

　　I would probably forget to record the video. 我可能会忘记录制视频。

　　So the day -- the first time that I forgot, it really hurt me, 所以有一天，当我第一次忘记录制视频的时候，我非常的难过，

　　because it's something that I really wanted to -- from the moment that I turned 30, 我真的不想漏掉自己的生活记录。从我三十岁那时起，

　　I wanted to keep this project going until forever¹, and having missed that one second, I realized, 我就希望能够将这个项目延续到我死掉，而漏录了那天的一秒钟，我意识到，

　　it just kind of created this thing in my head where I never forgot ever again. 某种意义上，这让我的脑子再也不会忘记这件事情了。

　　So if I live to see 80 years of age, I'm going to have a five-hour video that encapsulates 50 years of my life. 所以如果我能活到80岁，我的视频能够达到5个小时长度，浓缩了我50年的生活。

　　When I turn 40, I'll have a one-hour video that includes just my 30s. 当我到了40岁的时候，是1个小时，从我30岁开始算。

　　This has really invigorated me day-to-day, when I wake up, to try and do something interesting with my day. 这个项目让我每天醒来都生龙活虎，想着今天要做哪些有趣的事情才好。

　　Now, one of the things that I have issues² with is that, as the days and weeks and months go by, 现在，我要处理的问题之一就是，随着时间一天一天、一个月一个月的过去，

　　time just seems to start blurring³ and blending⁴ into each other and, you know, 日子似乎变得模糊起来，边界变得不那么明显，你们知道，

　　I hated that, and visualization⁵ is the way to trigger⁶ memory. 我不喜欢这种感觉，而可以看见的影像是激发回忆的方式。

1 forever   

adv.(=for ever)永远；总是

参考例句：

• Teacher is powerful in a child's eyes forever.老师在孩子们的心中永远是强者。
• You can't depend on your parents forever.你不能永远依赖你父母。

2 issues   

（水等的）流出( issue的名词复数 )； 出口； 放出； （特别重要或大众关注的）问题

参考例句：

• Let's start with the more easily addressable issues. 我们先从较容易处理的问题着手。
• Employment and taxation are the bread-and-butter issues of politics. 就业和征税是很重要的政治问题。

3 blurring   

n.模糊，斑点甚多，（图像的）混乱v.（使）变模糊( blur的现在分词 )；（使）难以区分

参考例句：

• Retinal hemorrhage, and blurring of the optic dise cause visual disturbances. 视网膜出血及神经盘模糊等可导致视力障碍。 来自辞典例句
• In other ways the Bible limited Puritan writing, blurring and deadening the pages. 另一方面，圣经又限制了清教时期的作品，使它们显得晦涩沉闷。 来自辞典例句

4 blending   

n.混和，混成，混和物v.（使）混合( blend的现在分词 )；（使）混杂；（使）调和；协调

参考例句：

• The city is a happy blending of town and country. 这个城市是城乡的巧妙结合。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The then current concept of heredity through pangenesis implied a blending process. 当时流行的泛生说的遗传概念意味着遗传是一个融合的过程。 来自辞典例句

5 visualization   

n.想像，设想

参考例句：

• In 2D visualization and drawing applications, vertical and horizontal scrolling are common. 在二维的可视化及绘图应用中，垂直和水平滚动非常普遍。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Ophthalmoscopy affords the only opportunity for direct visualization of blood vessels. 检眼镜检查法提供直接观察血管的唯一机会。

6 trigger   

n.触发器，板机，制滑机；v.触发（事件）

参考例句：

• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again.他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。
• He pulled the trigger but the gun didn't go off.他打了一枪，没有发火。