TED演讲:为什么要制造无用的东西(5)

Or that when I get nervous, my hands start shaking and I'm really self-conscious about it.

或者我一紧张就会手抖，我还非常清楚这一点。

Or that my fly has been open this entire time and all of you noticed but I didn't, but it's closed so we're all good on that one.

或者我的裤子拉链一直都没拉上，所有人都注意到了，就我没有。但它是拉好的，所以没事了。

But one thing I'm actually really nervous about is my hands shaking.

我最担心的就是手抖这个问题了。

I remember when I was a kid, giving presentations¹ in school, I would have my notes on a piece of paper,

我还记得我小时候在学校做演讲时，我会在一张纸上准备讲稿，

and I would put a notebook behind the paper so that people wouldn't be able to see the paper quivering².

并将纸贴到一个笔记本上，这样人们就看不出纸在颤抖了。

And I give a lot of talks. I know that about half of you in the audience are probably like,

我做过很多演讲。我知道你们中有一半听众都可能这么想，

"Building useless machines is really fun, but how is this in any way or form a business?" And giving talks is a part of it.

“制作无用机器确实挺好玩，但这怎么可能是商机呢？”演讲就是其中的一部分。

And the arrangers always put out a glass of water for you onstage so you have something to drink if you get thirsty,

组织者一定会在讲台上给你放杯水，这样你渴的时候就有水喝了，

and I always so badly want to drink that water, but I don't dare³ to pick the glass up because then people might be able to see that my hands are shaking.

我每次都超级想喝那杯水，但我没有勇气拿起杯子，因为人们可能就看出我的手在抖。

So what about a machine that hands you a glass of water? Sold to the nervous girl in the googly-eye shirt.

那么要不要来一台递给你一杯水的机器呢？就卖给穿大眼睛T恤的那位紧张女孩。

Actually, I need to take this off because I have a thing.

实际上我得把这T恤脱了，因为我有个玩意儿要展示。

Oh. I still don't know what to call this, but I think some sort of "head orbit⁴ device,"

噢。我还是不知道给它起什么名字，就叫“头部环绕仪”之类的吧，

because it rotates⁵ this platform around you and you can put anything on it.

因为这个平台会绕着你的头旋转，你想放什么东西上去都可以。

You can have a camera; you can get photos of your entire head. Like it's really … it's a very versatile⁶ machine.

比如放一台摄像机；你就可以拍到你整个头部的照片。这是一台非常多功能的机器。

1 presentations   

n.介绍( presentation的名词复数 )；报告；提供；展示会

参考例句：

• Each network has news features, dramatic presentations, comedies and sports events. 每个电视网都有新闻特写、戏剧、喜剧和体育报导。 来自辞典例句
• Actually those presentations did not prove definitive. 实际上，这些工作并没有证明是正确的。 来自辞典例句

2 quivering   

adj.颤抖的v.微颤，抖动( quiver的现在分词 )；使震动

参考例句：

• He is quivering with anger. 他气得全身发抖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The pine needles were still quivering. 松针还在抖动着。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 dare   

n.敢，挑战；aux.敢；vi.敢；vt.敢于，勇于面对

参考例句：

• He didn't dare to look at her in the face.他不敢正眼看她。
• How dare you?Take your hand off me at once.放肆！马上把你的手挪开。

4 orbit   

n.轨道；vt.使沿轨道运行；使进入轨道运行；vi.沿轨道运行，环行

参考例句：

• The space rocket was launched and went into orbit.宇宙火箭发射后进入轨道。
• We can draw the earth's orbit round the sun.我们可以画出地球绕太阳运行的轨迹。

5 rotates   

（使某物）旋转[转动]( rotate的第三人称单数 )； （使某人或某物）轮流[按顺序循环]

参考例句：

• The post of chairman rotates among members of the committee. 主席一职由委员会的成员轮流担任。
• The earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. 地球每24小时依其轴心自转一次。

6 versatile   

adj.通用的，万用的；多才多艺的，多方面的

参考例句：

• A versatile person is often good at a number of different things.多才多艺的人通常擅长许多种不同的事情。
• He had been one of the game's most versatile athletes.他是这项运动中技术最全面的运动员之一。