TED演讲:人体解剖艺术的魅力(1)_在线英语听力室

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As a lover of human anatomy¹, 作为人体解剖学的爱好者,

I'm so excited that we're finally putting our bodies at the center of focus. 我很高兴我们终于开始关注人体之美了。

Through practices such as preventive medicine, patient empowerment and self-monitoring 从预防医学、病患赋权、自我监测，

down to now obsessing² over every single step we take in a day. 到现在我们甚至痴迷于每天走多少步。

All of this works to promote a healthy connection between ourselves and our bodies. 所有这一切都旨在让我们与自己的身体建立良好关系。

Despite all this focus on the healthy self, 尽管有如此多对于自身健康的关注，

general public knowledge of the anatomical self is lacking. 大众对于解剖学的了解仍十分匮乏。

Many people don't know the location of their vital organs, or even how they function. 很多人还不了解重要器官的位置，甚至不知道它们怎么发挥功能。

And that's because human anatomy is a difficult and time-intensive subject to learn. 这是因为人体解剖学是门非常复杂，耗力劳神的学科。

How many of you here made it through anatomy? 在座多少人拿到了解剖学学位？

Wow, good -- most of you are in medicine. 哇哦，好的——各位大都是学医的。

I, like you, spent countless³ hours memorizing hundreds of structures. 我和你们一样，花了大量时间熟记上百种身体结构。

Something no student of anatomy could do without the help of visuals. 没有视觉辅助，同学们不可能做到。

Because at the end of the day, whether you remember every little structure or not, 因为最终，不管每个结构记没记住，

these medical illustrations are what makes studying anatomy so intriguing⁴. 这些医学插画都会成为解剖学迷人的地方。

In looking at them, we're actually viewing a manual of our very selves. 看着这些图，其实就是看着一本关于自身的说明书。

But what happens when we're done studying? 但课程完成之后呢？

These beautiful illustrations are then shut back into the pages of a medical textbook, 这些美丽的插画便尘封于医学课本里，

or an app, referenced only when needed. 或某个APP中，只在需要的时候才有人查看。

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1 anatomy
n.解剖学，解剖；功能，结构，组织
参考例句：
He found out a great deal about the anatomy of animals.在动物解剖学方面，他有过许多发现。 The hurricane's anatomy was powerful and complex.对飓风的剖析是一项庞大而复杂的工作。

2 obsessing
v.时刻困扰( obsess的现在分词 )；缠住；使痴迷；使迷恋
参考例句：
Why is everyone obsessing over system specs right now? 为啥现在人人都对系统配置情有独钟？来自互联网 A nitpicker, obsessing over dimes, is too stiff to place orders. 一个连一毛钱都舍不得亏的人，因太过拘谨而不能下单。来自互联网

3 countless
adj.无数的，多得不计其数的
参考例句：
In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。 I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

4 intriguing
adj.有趣的；迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词)；激起…的好奇心
参考例句：
These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。 It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。来自《简明英汉词典》

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