纪录片《为何讲话》 第41期：没有辨识度的音节

But there's a twist¹.

但其中有点改变

Some of the fruit are familiar

就是有些水果是他们熟知的

but half of them have never been seen

但半数都是他们没有见过的

and the volunteers couldn't possibly know the words that describe them.

而志愿者们也不可能认识指代它们的单词

Something most of them don't even notice.

有些东西他们多数都不会注意

The early participants² do very badly in the test

早期参与者在测试中表现很差

because the language is completely³ random⁴ and unstructured.

因为这种语言是完全随机而无规律的

Unfortunately you didn't get any of them right.

很不幸 你没一道答对的

Oh, my God! - Sorry.

天啊 -对不起哦

It was really hard. I just couldn't seem to find any patterns.

真的很难 我找不出一点语法规律

I thought I'd be able to see a pattern with maybe the colours

我以为我能够通过颜色来识别它们

and I put in key or ka for yellow

认为音节"key"或"ka"代表黄色

and then maybe I thought lu could mean two.

以为音节"lu"的意思是"二"

It was a bit of a shock to hear I hadn't seen half of the language.

听说我连半点儿也没记住真是有点惊讶

I just felt a bit cheated, really! I didn't have a chance.

真有点被骗的感觉 根本就没给我机会

1 twist   

n.一扭，扭曲，曲折，歪曲，螺旋状，手法；vt.拧，扭曲，捻，编织，使扭转，缠绕，盘绕

参考例句：

• Too much force will twist the key.用力过猛会把钥匙扭弯。
• Pull the wire tight and then twist the ends round.把金属线拉紧，然后把两头捻紧.

2 participants   

参加者，参与者； 参加者，参与者( participant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Participants were categorized according to age. 参加者按年龄分组。
• However, there were two disagreements among some Asian and European participants at the colloquium. 然而，与会的亚洲和欧洲代表在两方面出现意见分歧。

3 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

4 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。