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JaeRhimLee_2011G-_我的专属蘑菇寿衣_
So I'm here to explain why I'm wearing these ninja pajamas . 我来解释一下 为什么我穿着这样一套忍者睡衣
ninja:n.(受过偷窃技术专门训练被雇作间谍或刺客的)日本武士;n.忍者; pajamas:n.睡衣;宽长裤;
And to do that, I'd like to talk first about environmental toxins in our bodies. 我想首先谈谈我们体内含有的 对环境有害的毒素
toxins:n.[毒物]毒素,毒质;毒素类(toxin的复数);
So some of you may know about the chemical Bisphenol A, BPA. 你们可能有人知道 一种叫双酚A或BPA的化学物质
chemical:n.化学制品,化学药品;adj.化学的; Bisphenol:n.[化]双酚;
It's a material hardener and synthetic estrogen that's found in the lining of canned foods and some plastics. 这是一种存在于罐装食品保护膜 和某些塑料制品中的 材料硬化剂和合成雌性激素
synthetic:adj.综合的;合成的,人造的;n.合成物; estrogen:n.雌性激素;
So BPA mimics the body's own hormones and causes neurological and reproductive problems. BPA模仿人体内激素 造成神经和生育方面的问题
mimics:v.模仿; n.会模仿的人(或动物); (mimic的第三人称单数和复数) hormones:n.[生理]激素;荷尔蒙;性激素;荷尔蒙制剂(hormone的复数); neurological:adj.神经病学的,神经学上的; reproductive:adj.生殖的;再生的;复制的;
And it's everywhere. 到处都是这种物质
A recent study found BPA in 93 percent of people six and older. 近期一项研究表明 在6岁和6岁以上的人群有93%体内都含有BPA
But it's just one chemical. 这还只是一种化学物质
The Center for Disease Control in the U.S. 美国疾病控制中心公布
Disease:n.病,[医]疾病;弊病;vt.传染;使…有病;
says we have 219 toxic pollutants in our bodies, and this includes preservatives , pesticides and heavy metals like lead and mercury . 人们体内存在219种有毒物质 其中包括防腐剂 杀虫剂 以及铅和汞等重金属
toxic:adj.有毒的;中毒的; pollutants:n.[环境]污染物(pollutant的复数); preservatives:n.防腐的(preservative的复数);[助剂]防腐剂;保存剂; pesticides:n.[农药]农药;[农药]杀虫剂(pesticide的复数); mercury:n.[化]汞,水银;[天]水星;温度表;精神,元气;
To me, this says three things. 在我看来 这说明了三点
First, don't become a cannibal. 第一 千万别吃人肉
Second, we are both responsible for and the victims of our own pollution. 第二 我们既是污染制造者 又是污染的受害者
responsible:adj.负责的,可靠的;有责任的;
And third, our bodies are filters and storehouses for environmental toxins. 第三 我们的身体成为了环境毒素的 过滤器和储藏室
filters:n.过滤器; v.过滤; (filter的第三人称单数和复数) storehouses:n.仓库,贮藏库;宝库;
So what happens to all these toxins when we die? 那么我们死后 这些毒素怎么办呢
The short answer is: 简单地说
They return to the environment in one way or another, continuing the cycle of toxicity . 这些毒素会通过各种途径回到环境 持续循环
toxicity:n.[毒物]毒性;
But our current funeral practices make the situation much worse. 然而 我们所进行的丧礼仪式 却加剧了形势的恶化
funeral:n.葬礼;麻烦事;adj.丧葬的,出殡的;
If you're cremated , all those toxins I mentioned are released into the atmosphere . 如果你被火化 我所提到的所有有毒物质都会被释放到大气中
cremated:v.焚烧,火化(尸体);(尤指)火葬;(cremate的过去分词和过去式) released:v.释放;使免除;已发布;(release的过去分词和过去式) atmosphere:n.大气;气氛;气压;风格;
And this includes 5,000 pounds of mercury from our dental fillings alone every year. 其中包括每年用于补牙的 5000磅的汞
dental:n.牙医;[语]齿音;;adj.牙齿的;牙科的;齿音的; fillings:n.填料;馅料(filling的复数形式);充填料;
And in a traditional American funeral, a dead body is covered with fillers and cosmetics to make it look alive. 传统的美国葬礼上 人们往往会给遗体化妆打蜡 让遗体看起来有栩栩如生
traditional:传统的,惯例的, fillers:n.[涂料]填充料,[涂料]填料(filler复数形式); cosmetics:n.[化工]化妆品(cosmetic的复数); v.用化妆品打扮(cosmetic的三单形式);
It's then pumped with toxic formaldehyde to slow decomposition -- a practice which causes respiratory problems and cancer in funeral personnel . 接着遗体被浸泡在有毒的福尔马林中 以防止腐败 这一做法会使殡仪人员的呼吸系统出现问题 并导致癌症
pumped:adj.紧张的; v.用泵输送; (pump的过去分词和过去式) formaldehyde:n.蚁醛,[有化]甲醛; decomposition:n.分解,腐烂;变质; respiratory:adj.呼吸的; cancer:n.癌症;恶性肿瘤; personnel:n.人事部门;全体人员;adj.人员的;有关人事的;
So by trying to preserve our dead bodies, we deny death, poison the living and further harm the environment. 我们为保存遗体做了重重工作 结果只是粉饰死亡 毒害生灵 进而破坏了环境
preserve:vt.保存;保护;维持;腌;禁猎;n.保护区;禁猎地;加工成的食品; deny:v.否定,否认;拒绝给予;拒绝…的要求;
Green or natural burials, which don't use embalming , are a step in the right direction, but they don't address the existing toxins in our bodies. 无遗体防腐处理的绿色自然埋葬 方向是对的 但是这种方法并不能解决我们体内毒素的问题
embalming:v.对(尸体)进行防腐处理;(embalm的现在分词)
I think there's a better solution . 我想到了一个更好的方法
solution:n.解决方案;溶液;溶解;解答;
I'm an artist, so I'd like to offer a modest proposal at the intersection of art, science and culture. 我是一个艺术家 我把艺术 科学 文化结合在一起 提出一个 谦卑的建议
modest:adj.些许的;谦虚的; proposal:n.提议,建议;求婚; intersection:n.交叉;十字路口;交集;交叉点;
The Infinity Burial Project, an alternative burial system that uses mushrooms to decompose and clean toxins in bodies. 无极入葬计划 这是一种采用蘑菇 来分解并清除 遗体内有毒物质的入葬方法
Infinity:n.无穷;无限大;无限距; alternative:adj.供选择的;选择性的;交替的;n.二中择一;供替代的选择; decompose:v.腐烂;(使)分解;
The Infinity Burial Project began a few years ago with a fantasy to create the Infinity Mushroom -- a new hybrid mushroom that would decompose bodies, clean the toxins and deliver nutrients to plant roots, leaving clean compost . 无限入葬计划 始于几年前 创造无极蘑菇的设想 这是一种新型杂交蘑菇 它能够分解尸体 清除毒素 并将养分输送给植物的根系 只留下无害的降解物
fantasy:n.幻想; adj.虚幻的; v.空想; hybrid:n.杂种,混血儿;混合物;adj.混合的;杂种的; nutrients:营养盐;[食品]营养素; compost:n.堆肥;混合物;vt.堆肥;施堆肥;
But I learned it's nearly impossible to create a new hybrid mushroom. 可惜 我后来知道 创造这样的蘑菇几乎是不可能的
I also learned that some of our tastiest mushrooms can clean environmental toxins in soil. 我还得知 一些最可口的蘑菇 能够清洁土壤中的毒素
tastiest:美味的(tasty的最高级);
So I thought maybe I could train an army of toxin-cleaning edible mushrooms to eat my body. 于是我想 或许我能够训练 一支清除毒素的食用蘑菇军团 来吃掉我的遗体
edible:adj.可食用的;n.食品;食物;
So today, I'm collecting what I shed or slough off -- my hair, skin and nails -- and I'm feeding these to edible mushrooms. 现在 我把身上褪掉的物质收集起来 比如我的毛发 皮 指甲 喂给我这些食用蘑菇
shed:v.摆脱;去除;蜕;落;n.工棚;简易房;剪羊毛棚;挤奶棚; slough:n.蜕下的皮(或壳); vt.使陷入泥沼; vi.蜕皮;
As the mushrooms grow, 等它们长大了
I pick the best feeders to become Infinity Mushrooms. 我会挑出最能吃的蘑菇 来做我的无极蘑菇
feeders:n.饲养者;供料器(feeder的复数);
It's a kind of imprinting and selective breeding process for the afterlife . 这是一种为来生所做的 胚教和选择性培育过程
imprinting:n.铭记(动物生命早期即起作用的一种学习机能);胚教; selective:adj.选择性的;有选择的;认真挑选的;严格筛选的; breeding:n.繁殖;饲养;教养;再生;v.生产;培育;使…繁殖;(breed的现在分词) process:v.处理;加工;列队行进;n.过程,进行;方法,adj.经过特殊加工(或处理)的; afterlife:n.来世;死后的生活;
So when I die, the Infinity Mushrooms will recognize my body and be able to eat it. 我死后 无极蘑菇能够识别我的身体 并把它吃掉
recognize:v.认识;认出;辨别出;承认;意识到;
All right, so for some of you, this may be really, really out there. 对于大家有些人 这可能非常骇人听闻
(Laughter) （众人笑）
Just a little. 有一点吧
I realize this is not the kind of relationship that we usually aspire to have with our food. 我意识到 我们一般不会热衷于 与我们的食物建立这样的关系
aspire:v.渴望(成就);有志(成为);
We want to eat, not be eaten by, our food. 我们吃食物 而不是被食物吃掉
But as I watch the mushrooms grow and digest my body, 然而 但我看着这些蘑菇长大 分解我的身体
digest:n.摘要;文摘;概要;汇编;v.消化;领会;领悟;理解;
I imagine the Infinity Mushroom as a symbol of a new way of thinking about death and the relationship between my body and the environment. 我把这无极蘑菇 想像成看待死亡的一种新方式 以及我的身体与环境的关系
symbol:n.象征;符号;标志;
See for me, cultivating the Infinity Mushroom is more than just scientific experimentation or gardening or raising a pet, it's a step towards accepting the fact that someday I will die and decay . 对于我而言 培育无极蘑菇 并不仅仅只是科学试验 或是养植物养宠物 而是直面现实 承认我总有一天会死去并腐烂
cultivating:v.培养(cultivate的现在分词); scientific:adj.科学的,系统的; experimentation:n.实验;试验; decay:v.(使)腐烂;破败;(力量、影响等)衰弱;n.腐烂;腐朽;衰退;
It's also a step towards taking responsibility for my own burden on the planet. 这也是 我为地球 承担起自己应尽的一部分义务
burden:n.负担;责任;船的载货量;v.使负担;烦扰;装货于;
Growing a mushroom is also part of a larger practice of cultivating decomposing organisms called decompiculture, a concept that was developed by an entomologist , 种植蘑菇也是 以培育拥有分解能力的有机体 即“分解种植术” 的手段之一 这一概念是由昆虫学家
decomposing:v.腐烂;(使)分解;(decompose的现在分词) organisms:n.[生物]生物体(organism的复数);[生物]有机体; entomologist:n.昆虫学者;
Timothy Myles.
Timothy:n.[植]梯牧草;
The Infinity Mushroom is a subset of decompiculture 无极蘑菇是分解种植的一个子集
subset:n.[数]子集;子设备;小团体;
I'm calling body decompiculture and toxin remediation -- the cultivation of organisms that decompose and clean toxins in bodies. 人体分解种植和毒素清除法 就是培育能够分解并清除 遗体中毒素的有机生物
remediation:n.补救;矫正;补习; cultivation:n.培养;耕作;耕种;教化;文雅;
And now about these ninja pajamas. 现在我们看看这些忍者睡衣
Once it's completed, 一旦完成这些睡衣
I plan to integrate the Infinity Mushrooms into a number of objects. 我打算用无极蘑菇达到许多目的
integrate:v.成为一体;(使)加入;adj.完全的;
First, a burial suit infused with mushroom spores , the Mushroom Death Suit. 首先 一套 布满蘑菇孢子的寿衣 即“蘑菇寿衣”
infused:灌输; spores:n.[生物]孢子(spore的复数);v.形成芽孢(spore的三单形式);
(Laughter) （众人笑）
I'm wearing the second prototype of this burial suit. 我所穿的 是这种寿衣 第二阶段的雏形
prototype:n.原型;雏形;最初形态;
It's covered with a crocheted netting that is embedded with mushroom spores. 衣服上覆盖着钩制的网 蘑菇孢子就嵌在这些网丝中
crocheted:用钩针编织(crochet的过去式和过去分词); embedded:adj.嵌入式的;植入的;内含的;v.嵌入(embed的过去式和过去分词形式);
The dendritic pattern you see mimics the growth of mushroom mycelia, which are the equivalent of plant roots. 这树状图形 仿照菌丝的形态 相当于植物的根部
dendritic:adj.树枝状的;树状的; equivalent:adj.等价的,相等的;同意义的;n.等价物,相等物;
I'm also making a decompiculture kit , a cocktail of capsules that contain Infinity Mushroom spores and other elements that speed decomposition and toxin remediation. 我还在制作一个 分解种植服 将装有蘑菇孢子 和加速分解化毒元素的胶囊 嵌在一起
kit:v.装备;n.成套工具;配套元件;成套设备;全套衣服及装备; cocktail:n.鸡尾酒;开味食品;n.混合物;adj.鸡尾酒的; capsules:n.[药]胶囊(capsule的复数); v.压缩; elements:n.要素;基本部分;少量;一群;(element的复数)
These capsules are embedded in a nutrient-rich jelly , a kind of second skin, which dissolves quickly and becomes baby food for the growing mushrooms. 这些胶囊被嵌在一层富有养料的凝胶物中 相当于第二层皮肤 它会很快被分解 成为蘑菇生长的养料
nutrient-rich:营养的; jelly:n.果冻;胶状物;vi.成胶状;vt.使结冻; dissolves:v.溶解;分解(dissolve的单三式);溶接;
So I plan to finish the mushroom and decompiculture kit in the next year or two, and then I'd like to begin testing them, first with expired meat from the market and then with human subjects. 我计划在一到两年内完成蘑菇的种植 以及分解种植服 接着我会进行测试 首先用过期的肉来试验 然后再用人体部分
expired:adj.过期的;v.失效,期满,去世(expire的过去分词和过去式)
And believe it or not, a few people have offered to donate their bodies to the project to be eaten by mushrooms. 信不信由你 已经有不少人志愿为这个项目 把遗体捐出来让蘑菇吃掉
donate:v.赠送;献(血);捐献(器官);
(Laughter) （众人笑）
What I've learned from talking to these folks is that we share a common desire to understand and accept death and to minimize the impact of our death on the environment. 在与这些人交谈的过程中 我得知我们都渴望 了解并接受死亡 最大程度降低我们的死给环境带来的影响
minimize:v.使减少到最低限度;降低;贬低;使显得不重要; impact:n.影响;效果;碰撞;冲击力;v.挤入,压紧;撞击;对…产生影响;
I wanted to cultivate this perspective just like the mushrooms, so I formed the Decompiculture Society, a group of people called decompinauts who actively explore their postmortem options , seek death acceptance and cultivate decomposing organisms like the Infinity Mushroom. 我希望能够像培植蘑菇一样 培植这种理念 所以我建立了分解种植术社团 这个组织的成员被称为“分解先锋” 他们大胆进行后现代行动 力求接受死亡 种植有分解能力的有机物 比如无极蘑菇
cultivate:vt.培养;陶冶;耕作; perspective:n.观点;远景;透视图;adj.透视的; explore:v.探索:探测:探险: postmortem:n.验尸;检视;尸体检查;adj.死后的;死后发生的; options:n.选择; v.得到或获准进行选择; (option的三单形式) seek:v.寻求;寻找;谋求; acceptance:n.验收;接受;认可;承认;
The Decompiculture Society shares a vision of a cultural shift , from our current culture of death denial and body preservation to one of decompiculture, a radical acceptance of death and decomposition. 分解种植社团 改变了现有的态度 摒弃对死亡的否认或对人体进行防腐处理 赞同分解种植术 理智地接受死亡和遗体分解
vision:n.视力;美景;幻象;想象力;v.想象;显现;梦见; cultural:adj.与文化有关的;文化的;与艺术、文学、音乐等有关的; shift:n.移动;变化;手段;轮班;v.移动;转变;转换; denial:n.否认;否定;剥夺(应有的权利);拒不承认(令人不快、痛苦的事); preservation:n.保存,保留; radical:n.自由基;激进分子;游离基;adj.根本的;彻底的;完全的;全新的;
Accepting death means accepting that we are physical beings who are intimately connected to the environment, as the research on environmental toxins confirms. 接受死亡意味着 承认我们的身体是有物质组成的 与环境密切相关 环境毒素研究证实了这一点
physical:adj.[物]物理的;身体的;物质的;符合自然法则的;n.体格检查; intimately:adv.熟悉地;亲切地;私下地;
And the saying goes, we came from dust and will return to dust. 有句话说得好 我们来于尘土 归于尘土
And once we understand that we're connected to the environment, we see that the survival of our species depends on the survival of the planet. 一旦明白了我们与环境紧密相关 我们就能明白人类的存亡 取决于地球的存亡
survival:n.幸存,残存;幸存者,残存物; species:n.[生物]物种;种类;
I believe this is the beginning of true environmental responsibility. 我相信这是 对环境切实负责的第一步
Thank you. 感谢大家
(Applause) （众人鼓掌）