纪录片《为何讲话》 第35期：准确发音的基因（在线收听）

So you really have to recognise that there is a huge element of luck

你就会觉得真的是超好的运气

that was involved in allowing this discovery to be made.

让我们有了这个发现

Finally, they had the breakthrough they needed.

最终 他们取得了所需的突破

Tests on the new child's DNA revealed

那个孩子的DNA检测表明

that part of his chromosome 7 was clearly broken off.

其七号染色体的某部分已明显受损

And to their amazement, Faraneh and her team

法拉尼和他的团队还惊讶地发现

found a mutation in the KE family's DNA, in exactly the same location.

DNA突变的部分和KE家族是一样的

That finding suggests that many people with speech disorders

这个发现说明许多语言失常的人

could have a faulty gene.

都可能是基因问题

After years of searching, they'd finally found a gene,

经过多年研究 他们终于找到了

one that controls our unique ability to shape words.

控制我们准确发音能力的基因

They called it FOXP2.

他们给它命名为FOXP2

FOXP2 seems to have a very important role

FOXP2在控制脸的下半部分上

on the control of this part of the face

扮演着非常重要的角色

in order to be able to communicate the tiny movements

控制肌肉做些微小的移动

that are required in order to sequence the speech sounds

让说话发声变得有序

that results in our fluent speech.

从而形成流利的语言