公众人物毕业演讲第412期:拜登2013宾夕法尼亚大学(10)

 　　We're on the cusp of innovations that will literally¹ change the world.

　　我们处在创新的最前沿 毫不夸张 这将改变世界

　　And some of the people who I had the honor of being honored with today with degrees can tell you more about this than I can.

　　在座同我一同接受这一学位殊荣的人 关于这些 能告诉你们更多

　　Because they're already changing the world we live in A world where there'd be superconductors capable.

　　因为他们已经在改变我们所生活的世界 未来世界将拥有超导体设备

　　Of performing a million trillion calculations per second which is one-hundred times faster than any computer on Earth today.

　　每秒将能够执行一百亿亿次计算 这比如今地球上最强大的计算机还快一百倍

　　It will revolutionize science, medicine, applied² technology 3-D printers able to restore tissue after traumatic injury and restore .

　　这将变革科学 医药 应用技术 3D打印机将能够帮助受伤者恢复身体组织

　　Skin damaged by fire to unblemished skin The ability to regenerate³ organs and limbs that have been damaged or lost.

　　被烧伤者将能重获完美无瑕的肌肤 受损或失去的器官和四肢将能够再生

　　Saving tens of thousands of lives and restoring our wounded warriors⁴ to their full capabilities⁵.

　　这能挽救数以万计的生命 能让受伤的战士们恢复到正常人的状态

　　The ability in the near term of being able to engineer your white blood cells to attack cancer tumors and leave healthy cells untouched.

　　不久的将来 白细胞将能够得以改造 用于攻击癌细胞 并让健康细胞不受损害

　　Allowing cancer patients to live out their lives without undergoing difficult and painful chemotherapy and radiation procedures.

　　让癌症患者能够过好生活 而不至于遭受化疗 放疗等痛苦治疗的折磨

　　The ability to sequence the entire human genome in under an hour delivering rapid, personalized medicine.

　　人类基因组将能够在一小时之内测序完成 这将能为个人快速定制药物

1 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

2 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

3 regenerate   

vt.使恢复，使新生；vi.恢复，再生；adj.恢复的

参考例句：

• Their aim is to regenerate British industry.他们的目的是复兴英国的工业。
• Although it is not easy,you have the power to regenerate your life.尽管这不容易，但你有使生活重获新生的能力。

4 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

5 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