TED演讲:个体DNA检测的时代来了(6)

 A 16-year-old girl, a high school student from New York, Anna-Sophia Boguraev, 一个16岁的女孩，一个来自纽约的高中生，Anna-Sophia Boguraev，

wondered whether changes to the DNA¹ of astronauts could be related to this immune suppression,  想知道宇航员的DNA变化是否可能与免疫抑制相关，

and through a science competition called "Genes² In Space," 通过一个被称为“太空基因”的科学比赛，

Anna-Sophia designed an experiment to test this hypothesis using a personal DNA machine aboard the International Space Station. 为了测试这个假说，Anna-Sophia设计了一个实验，在国际空间站上使用了个人DNA检测器。

Here we see Anna-Sophia on April 8, 2016, in Cape³ Canaveral, watching her experiment launch to the International Space Station. 这里，我们看到的是Anna-Sophia2016年4月8日在卡纳维拉尔角，看着她的实验装置发射到国际空间站。

That cloud of smoke is the rocket that brought Anna-Sophia's experiment to the International Space Station, 那团烟是火箭带着Anna-Sophia的实验设备去国际空间站，

where, three days later, astronaut Tim Peake carried out her experiment -- in microgravity. 三天后，宇航员蒂姆·皮克进行了她的实验--在微重力环境中。

Personal DNA machines are now aboard the International Space Station, 个人DNA检测器现在在国际空间站上服役，

where they can help monitor living conditions and protect the lives of astronauts. 在那里它们可以帮助监测宇航员的身体机能，并保护宇航员的生命。

A 16-year-old designing a DNA experiment to protect the lives of astronauts may seem like a rarity, the mark of a child genius. 一个16岁的孩子设计了DNA检测实验，为了保护宇航员的生命，看起来非常罕见，天才儿童的标志。

Well, to me, it signals something bigger: that DNA technology is finally within the reach of every one of you. 而对我来说，它标志着更重要的事：DNA技术终于距离你们每一个人都不远了。

A few years ago, a college student armed with a personal computer could code an app, 几年前，一个大学生配备上一台个人电脑就能写出一个应用程序，

an app that is now a social network with more than one billion users. 现在这是一个社交网络的应用程序，有超过十亿的用户。

Could we be moving into a world of one personal DNA machine in every home? 我们可以进入一个每个家庭都配备一台个人DNA检测器的世界吗?

1 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

2 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

3 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。