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Trees are wonderful arenas for discovery because of their tall stature , their complex structure , the biodiversity they foster and their quiet beauty. 树木是一片有趣的值得探索的领域 因为树木挺拔,结构也复杂 它们培育了生物多样性,它们宁静又美丽
arenas:n.竞技场(arena的复数形式);角斗场; stature:n.身高,身材;(精神,道德等的)高度; complex:adj.复杂的;合成的;n.复合体;综合设施; structure:n.结构;构造;建筑物;vt.组织;构成;建造; biodiversity:n.生物多样性; foster:vt.培养;养育,抚育;抱(希望等);adj.收养的,养育的;
I used to climb trees for fun all the time and now, as a grown-up, I have made my profession understanding trees and forests, through the medium of science. 我过去常常以爬树为乐 现在长大了,我从事的专业是去了解树木 和树林,通过科学的方法
profession:n.行业,职业;业内人士;同行; medium:n.(传播信息的)媒介;手段;工具;方法;adj.中等的;中号的;
The most mysterious part of forests is the upper tree canopy . 树林最神秘的地方是树的树冠部分
mysterious:adj.神秘的;不可思议的;难解的; upper:adj.上面的;内陆的;n.靴面;兴奋剂; canopy:n.天篷;华盖;遮篷;苍穹;vt.用天蓬遮盖;遮盖;
And Dr. Terry Erwin, in 1983, called the canopy, "the last biotic frontier." 在1983年,特里.欧文 称林冠为“最后的生物防线”
Terry:n.厚绒布;毛毛圈;adj.起毛毛圈的; biotic:adj.生物的;有关生命的;
I'd like to take you all on a journey up to the forest canopy, and share with you what canopy researchers are asking and also how they're communicating with other people outside of science. 我会带你们进入到森林的林冠 与你们分享林冠研究人员在探索的东西 以及他们是如何与这个领域外的人交流的
journey:n.旅行;行程;vi.旅行;
Let's start our journey on the forest floor of one of my study sites in Costa Rica. 让我们从树林底层开始 这是我在哥斯达黎加的一个研究基地
sites:n.网站(site的复数);遗址,举办地点;v.使...位于(site的单三形式); Costa:n.[解剖]肋骨;叶脉;[昆]前缘脉;
Because of the overhanging leaves and branches, you'll notice that the understory is very dark, it's very still. 由于树叶和树枝四处展开 你会发现下层植被很暗 也很安静
overhanging:n.悬伸,突出;外悬;v.悬于…之上(overhang的ing形式);adj.悬伸的; understory:n.林下叶层;下层植被;
And what I'd like to do is take you up to the canopy, not by putting all of you into ropes and harnesses , but rather showing you a very short clip from a National Geographic film called "Heroes of the High Frontier." 我想要做的是带你们到林冠部分 不用绳索和吊带把你们带上去 而是给你们看一个短片 来自国家地理频道的短片叫:雨林林冠的探险家
harnesses:n.吊带; v.给…上挽具; clip:v.剪辑;修剪;削减;固定;n.夹;夹子;速度;钳; Geographic:adj.地理的;地理学的;
This was filmed in Monteverde, Costa Rica and I think it gives us the best impression of what it's like to climb a giant strangler fig . 这是在哥斯达黎加的蒙特威尔特（一个森林保护区）拍摄的 我觉得这可以让我们更好的经历 爬上巨大勒颈无花果树（一种热带树种）的感觉
impression:n.印象;影响;效果;感想; giant:n.巨人;伟人;巨兽;adj.巨大的;特大的 strangler:n.压制者;扼杀者;阻气门; fig:n.无花果
(Music) 音乐
(Growling) 吼叫声
(Rustling) 沙沙声
So what you'll see up there is that it's really like the atmosphere of an open field, and there are tremendous numbers of plants and animals that have adapted to make their way and their life in the canopy. 你可以看到的是林的上端的确很像一块开阔的场地 有很多植物和动物 适应了林冠的生活,并一直生活在那里
atmosphere:n.大气;气氛;气压;风格; tremendous:adj.极大的,巨大的;惊人的;极好的; adapted:adj.适于…的; v.使适应,使适合; (adapt的过去分词和过去式)
Common groups, like the sloth here, have clear adaptations for forest canopies , hanging on with their very strong claws . 有相同特征的动物,如树獭,可以很容易适应 林冠的生活,用强有力的爪子抓住树不放
sloth:n.怠惰,懒惰;[脊椎]树懒; adaptations:n.适应;改编(adaptation的复数); canopies:天篷(canopy的复数);[航]座舱盖(canopy的复数);雨棚(canopy的复数); claws:n.(动物或禽类的)爪,脚爪; v.(用爪子或手指甲)抓,撕,挠(claw的第三人称单数和复数)
But I'd like to describe to you a more subtle kind of diversity and tell you about the ants. 但我想告诉你们一种不易察觉的生物多样性 那就是蚂蚁
describe:v.描述;形容;把…称为;画出…图形; subtle:adj.微妙的;精细的;敏感的;狡猾的;稀薄的;
There are 10,000 species of ants that taxonomists -- people who describe and name animals -- have named. 世上有1万种蚂蚁 被描述动物并给动物取名的分类学者取名
species:n.[生物]物种;种类; taxonomists:n.分类学者;
4,000 of those ants live exclusively in the forest canopy. 其中4千种蚂蚁只生活在林冠中
exclusively:adv.唯一地;专有地;排外地;
One of the reasons I tell you about ants is because of my husband, who is in fact an ant taxonomist and when we got married, he promised to name an ant after me, which he did -- 我拿蚂蚁举例的其中一个原因是 我的丈夫其实是一位蚂蚁分类学者 我们结婚后,他许诺我用我的名字给一种蚂蚁取名
Procryptocerus nalini, a canopy ant. Procyptocerus nalini, 一种林冠蚂蚁
We've had two children, August Andrew and Erika and actually, he named ants after them 我们有两个孩子,奥格斯特安德鲁和埃丽卡 其实他也用他们的名字给蚂蚁取了名
We may be the only family that has an ant named after each one of us. 我们可能是唯一一个用自己的名字给蚂蚁取名的家庭
But my passion , in addition to Jack and my children, are the plants, the so-called epiphytes , those plants that grow up on trees, they don't have roots that go into trunks nor to the forest floor. 但我关注的,除了杰克和我的孩子 是这些植物,所谓的附生植物 这些植物长在树上 它们没有长在树枝上或丛林地表的根
passion:n.激情;热情;酷爱;盛怒; in addition to:除…之外; so-called:adj.所谓的;号称的; epiphytes:n.[植]附生植物(epiphyte的复数);
But rather, it is their leaves that are adapted to intercept the dissolved nutrients that come to them in the form of mist and fog. 但他们的叶子能够 截留以薄雾形式出现的已溶解的营养物
intercept:v.拦截;截断;窃听;n.拦截;[数]截距;截获的情报; dissolved:v.溶;使(固体)溶解;解除;终止;(dissolve的过去式和过去分词) nutrients:营养盐;[食品]营养素;
These plants occur in great diversity, over 28,000 species around the world. 这些植物的种类很多 世界上大约有两万八千种
occur:v.发生;出现;存在于;出现在;
They grow in tropical forests like this one and they also grow in temperate rainforests , that we find in Washington state. 它们生长在这样的热带丛林里 它们也生长在温带雨林里,我们在华盛顿州可以发现这些
tropical:adj.热带的;热情的;酷热的; temperate:adj.温和的;适度的;有节制的; rainforests:n.(热带)雨林;
These epiphytes are mainly dominated by the mosses . 这些附生植物大多是藓类
mainly:adv.大多;大部分;主要地;首要地; dominated:v.支配;控制;左右;影响;(dominate的过去式和过去分词) mosses:n.[植]苔藓,藓类;[植]苔藓植物(moss的复数);
One thing I want to point out is that underneath these live epiphytes, as they die and decompose , they actually construct an arboreal soil, both in the temperate zone and in the tropics . 有一件事我要说明的是在这些活的附生植物下面 当这些植物死去并分解,它们变成了树上的土壤 温带和热带地区都有这种现象
underneath:prep.在…的下面;在…的支配下;n.下面;底部;adj.下面的;底层的; decompose:v.腐烂;(使)分解; construct:v.建造;创建;建筑;修建;n.概念;构筑物;结构体;建造物; arboreal:adj.树木的;栖息在树上的; temperate zone:n.温带; tropics:n.热带地区;
And these mosses, generated by decomposing mainly mosses are like peat moss in your garden, they have a tremendous capacity for holding on to nutrients and water. 这些由分解而产生的藓类大多数 是和你们院子里的泥苔藓一样 它们有很强的能力锁住营养和水分
generated:v.产生;引起;(generate的过去式和过去分词) decomposing:v.腐烂;(使)分解;(decompose的现在分词) peat:n.泥煤;泥炭块;泥炭色; capacity:n.能力;容量;资格,地位;生产力;
One of the surprising things I discovered is if you pull back with me on those mats of epiphytes what you'll find underneath them are connections, networks of what we call canopy roots. 我发现一件很奇怪的事 如果我们回去看这些苔藓群 在它们下面我们可以找到一些联系和网络 我们称之为林冠的根
These are not epiphyte roots these are roots that emerge from the trunk and branch of the host trees themselves. 这些不是附生植物的根 这些是主体树的树干和树枝的根
emerge:v.浮现;显现;暴露;露出真相;
And so those epiphytes are actually paying the landlord a bit of rent in exchange for being supported high above the forest floor. 所以那些附生植物其实是在支付地主（主体树）租金 以便能够生活在丛林地表高处
landlord:n.房东;地主;东家;土地主; in exchange for:作为…的交换;
I was interested, and my canopy researcher colleagues have been interested in the dynamics of the canopy plants that live in the forest. 我和我的同事都感兴趣的是 林冠植物生活在丛林里的动态过程
colleagues:n.同事;同行(colleague的复数); dynamics:n.动力学,力学;
We've done stripping experiments, where we've removed mats of epiphytes and looked at the rates of recolonization . 我们做了剥离实验 我们剥去了苔藓群 然后观察苔藓重新长出来的速度
stripping:v.脱光衣服;表演脱衣舞;除去;(尤指)剥光;(strip的现在分词) recolonization:n.再度移民;开拓殖民地;
We had predicted that they would grow back very quickly and that they would come in encroaching from the side 我们估计它们会长得很快 并且它们会先从边上长出来
predicted:v.预言;预告;预报;(predict的过去分词和过去式) encroaching:adj.渐渐渗入的;
What we found however, was that they took an extremely long time, over 20 years, to regenerate , starting from the bottom and growing up. 但我们最后发现,其实它们花了相当长的时间 20多年才长出来 从底部慢慢生长
extremely:adv.非常,极其;极端地; regenerate:vt.使再生;革新;vi.再生;革新;adj.再生的;革新的;
And even now, after 25 years, they're not up there, they have not recolonized completely. 甚至到现在,25年后 它们没有长到那里,没有完全覆盖树表
recolonized:vt.再度移民到…;开拓殖民地;
And I use this little image to say this is what happens to mosses. 我用这张小图想说的是 藓类就是这样
If it's gone, it's gone, and if you're really lucky you might get something growing back from the bottom. 如果它们消失了,它们就没了 如果你足够幸运,你可能让它们从底部重新长出来
(Laughter) 笑
So, recolonization is really very slow 所以,重新覆盖真的是非常慢
These canopy communities are fragile . 这些林冠系统是很脆弱的
communities:n.社区;社会;团体;共有(community的复数) fragile:adj.脆的;易碎的;
Well, when we look out, you and I, over that canopy of the intact primary forest what we see is this enormous carpet of carbon . 那么,当我们一起俯瞰 这个保护完好的主要丛林的林冠 我们看到大量的碳化物
intact:adj.完整的;原封不动的;未受损伤的; enormous:adj.庞大的,巨大的;凶暴的,极恶的; carpet:n.地毯;v.用地毯铺(房间的)地板; carbon:n.[化学]碳;碳棒;复写纸;adj.碳的;碳处理的;
One of the challenges that canopy researchers are attacking today is trying to understand the amount of carbon that is being sequestered . 如今林冠研究者面临的一个挑战是 尝试了解林冠所吸收的碳化物量
sequestered:adj.僻静的;隐蔽的;与外界隔绝的;v.隔离;(sequester的过去分词和过去式)
We know it's a lot, but we do not yet know the answers to how much and by what processes carbon is being taken out of the atmosphere, held in its biomass , and moving on through the ecosystem . 我们知道有很多 但我们还不知道到底有多少 又是通过什么途径这些碳化物被环境中吸收 储存在藓类上,然后到整个生态系统
processes:n.过程; v.处理(process的第三人称单数形式); biomass:n.(单位面积或体积内的)[生态]生物量; ecosystem:n.生态系统;
So I hope I've showed you that canopy-dwellers are not just insignificant bits of green up high in the canopy that Tarzan and Jane were interested in but rather that they foster biodiversity contribute to ecosystem nutrient cycles, and they also help to keep our global climate stable . 所以我想我应该像你们展示了林冠上生活的生物 并不仅仅是微不足道的的一点林冠高处的绿色 那是泰山和珍妮感兴趣的 而且他们培育了生物多样性 帮助生态系统的营养循环 他们也有益于全球气候的稳定
insignificant:adj.无关紧要的; contribute to:有助于;捐献; global:adj.全球的;总体的;球形的; stable:n.马厩;牛棚;adj.稳定的;牢固的;坚定的;vi.被关在马厩;赶入马房;
Up in the canopy, if you were sitting next to me, if you turned around from those primary forest ecosystems , you would also see scenes like this. 在林冠高处,如果你与我坐在一起 如是你朝四周看一下那些主要的森林生态系统 你也会看到这样的情景
ecosystems:n.生态系统(ecosystem的复数);
Scenes of forest destruction , forest harvesting and forest fragmentation , thereby making that intact tapestry of the canopy unable to function in the marvelous ways that it has when it is not disturbed by humans. 森林破坏,森林砍伐 大片森林被分块 于是保存完好的林冠也 无法发挥它所具有的伟大作用 就像当它没有受到人类的影响时
destruction:n.破坏,毁灭;摧毁; fragmentation:n.破碎;分裂;[计]存储残片; thereby:adv.从而,因此;在那附近;在那方面; tapestry:n.织锦;挂毯;绣帷;vt.用挂毯装饰; marvelous:adj.了不起的;非凡的;令人惊异的;不平常的; disturbed:adj.不安的; v.干扰; (disturb的过去分词和过去式)
I've also looked out on urban places like this and thought about people who are disassociated from trees in their lives. 我也观察了这样的城市地区 并思考着那些一生中与树木不太接触的人
urban:adj.城市的;都市的;城镇的;都市音乐的; disassociated:vt.使分离;
People who grew up in a place like this did not have the opportunity to climb trees and form a relationship with trees and forests, as I did when I was a young girl. 那些生活在这种地区的人 没有什么机会爬树,与树林和森林建立感情 像我还是小女孩的时候那样
This troubles me. 这让我很头疼
Here in 2009, you know, it's not an easy thing to be a forest ecologist , gripping ourselves with these kinds of questions and trying to figure out how we can answer them. 你知道,在2009年,成为森林生态学家 专心研究这些问题 并找到答案不是件容易的事
ecologist:n.生态学者; gripping:adj.激动人心的; v.紧抓; (grip的现在分词)
And especially , you know, as a small brown woman in a little college, in the upper northwest part of our country, far away from the areas of power and money, 你知道,特别是作为一个身材矮小的棕色皮肤女性 在一个小型的学院,在我们国家的西北部 远离权力和金钱
especially:adv.尤其;特别;格外;十分; northwest:adj.西北的;来自西北的;n.西北;adv.在西北;来自西北;
I really have to ask myself, "What can I do about this? 我真的必须问自己:在这个问题上我到底可以做什么呢
How can I reconnect people with trees?" 我该如何重新把人和树联系起来
reconnect:v.使再接合;
Well, I think that I can do something. 我想我可以做些事
I know that as a scientist, I have information and as a human being, I can communicate with anybody, inside or outside of academia . 作为一位科学家,我有知识 作为一个人, 我可以与任何人交流 无论是内行还是外行
academia:n.学术界;学术生涯;
And so, that's what I've begin doing, and so I'd like to unveil the International Canopy Network here. 所以我就开始行动 我想要首次向大家介绍国际林冠互联网
unveil:n.揭幕;计划公布;v.为…揭幕;(首次)展示,介绍;
We consult to the media about canopy questions, we have a canopy newsletter , we have an email LISTSERV, and so we're trying to disseminate information about the importance of the canopy, the beauty of the canopy, the necessity of intact canopies, to people outside of academia. 我们与媒体交流这些关于林冠的问题 我们有一个关于林冠的杂志 我们有邮件LISTSERV 然后我们尝试着去推广林冠的重要性 林冠的魅力 保护完好的林冠的重要性 向学科外的人
consult:v.咨询;请教;商量;查阅;查询;参看; media:n.媒体;媒质(medium的复数);血管中层;浊塞音;中脉; newsletter:n.时事通讯; disseminate:vt.宣传,传播;散布;vi.散布;广为传播;
We also recognize that a lot of the products that we make, those videos and so forth, you know, they don't reach everybody, and so we've been fostering projects that reach people outside of academia, and outside of the choir that most ecologists preach to. 我们意识到我们的很多产品 像那些视频或其他 并不是所有人都能接触到的 所以我们一直在创建一个项目,可以让学科外的人 和生态学家的组织以外的人接触到
recognize:v.认识;认出;辨别出;承认;意识到; fostering:v.促进;助长;培养;鼓励;抚育;(foster的现在分词) choir:n.唱诗班;合唱团,歌唱队; ecologists:n.生态学家(ecologist的复数); preach:v.宣扬;说教;布道;n.说教;训诫;
Treetop Barbie is a great example of that. 树顶芭比就是一个很棒的例子
Treetop:n.树顶;树梢;
What we do, my students in my lab and I, is we buy Barbies from Goodwill and Value Village, we dress her in clothes that have been made by seamstresses and we send her out with a canopy handbook . 我和实验室的学生 从GOODWILL和VALUE VILLAGE里买来芭比娃娃 然后给她们穿上裁缝师做的衣服 然后把她与林冠手册一起送出去
Barbies:n.芭比娃娃(Barbie的复数形式); seamstresses:n.女裁缝师;做针线活的妇女; handbook:n.手册;指南;
And my feeling is -- 我的感觉是
(Applause) 鼓掌
Thank you. 谢谢
(Applause) 鼓掌
- that we've taken this pop icon and we have just tweaked her a little bit to become an ambassador who can carry the message that being a woman scientist studying treetops is actually a really great thing. 我们把这个稍作调整的广受欢迎的元素 作为传递我们信息的大使 我感觉到作为一位研究树冠的女科学家来说真的很棒
tweaked:v.扭;拧;扯;稍稍调整;(tweak的过去分词和过去式) ambassador:n.大使;代表;使节; treetops:n.树顶公园(肯尼亚高原境内);树顶酒店;
We've also made partnerships with artists, with people who understand and can communicate the aesthetic beauty of trees and forest canopies. 而且我们与艺术家合作 与那些了解并能交流 树林和林冠的审美的人合作
partnerships:n.伙伴关系;合伙;(partnership的复数) aesthetic:adj.美的;美学的;审美的,具有审美趣味的;
And I'd like to just tell you one of our projects, which is the generation of Canopy Confluences. 我想要告诉你们我们其中一个项目 那是林冠聚会的产物
What I do is I bring together scientists and artists of all kinds, we spend a week in the forest on these little platforms , and we look at nature, we look at trees, we look at the canopy, and we communicate, and exchange, and express what we see together. 我所做的就是把科学家和各类艺术家聚在一起 我们在森林里的这些地方花了一周的时间 我们观察自然,观察树林,观察林冠 我们对我们所看到的进行交流
platforms:n.平台; v.把…放在台上; express:v.表达; adj.特快的; n.特快列车; v.使用快速服务;
The results have been fantastic . 结果让人欣喜
fantastic:奇异的,空想的
I'll just give you a few examples. 我给你们举一些例子
This is a fantastic installation by Bruce Chao who is chair of the Sculpture and Glass Blowing Department at Rhode Island School of Design. 这是布鲁斯超的一个装置 他是雕塑和玻璃吹制学院的院长 在罗德岛设计学校
installation:n.安装;设施;设置;安装的设备(或机器); Sculpture:n.雕塑;雕刻;刻蚀;vt.雕塑;雕刻;刻蚀;vi.从事雕刻; Rhode:n.罗德岛;
He saw nests in the canopy at one of our Canopy Confluences in the Pacific Northwest, and created this beautiful sculpture. 他在西北太平洋的林冠聚会上看到林冠上的鸟巢 并设计了这个漂亮的雕塑
We've had dance people up in the canopy. 我们也让舞蹈者上到林冠
Jodi Lomask, and her wonderful troupe Capacitor , joined me in the canopy in my rainforest site in Costa Rica. 乔帝鲁玛斯克和她出色的剧团Capacitor 参加了我在哥斯达黎加雨林基地的林冠聚会
troupe:n.剧团;一班;一团;vi.巡回演出; Capacitor:n.[电]电容器;
They made a fabulous dance called " Biome ." 他们编排了一个很棒的舞蹈叫Biome
fabulous:adj.难以置信的;传说的,寓言中的;极好的; Biome:n.[生态]生物群系;[生态]生物群落区;
They danced in the forest, and we are taking this dance, my scientific outreach communications, and also linking up with environmental groups to go to different cities and to perform 他们在森林里跳舞 我们和这支舞蹈,我的科学对外交流团队 并且与环保团队一起 到不同的城市展示
scientific:adj.科学的,系统的; outreach:vt.超越,伸出; vi.拓广,延伸; n.延伸,拓广; adj.扩大服务的; perform:v.表演;执行;履行;演出;工作,运转(好/不好);
the science, the dance and the environmental outreach that we hope will make a difference . 科学,舞蹈和环保宣传 我们希望可以起到作用
make a difference:有影响,有关系;
We brought musicians to the canopy, and they made their music, and it's fantastic music. 我们把音乐家带到林冠 他们在那里创作非常棒的音乐
We had wooden flutists, we had oboists, we had opera singers, we had guitar players, and we had rap singers. 我们有木笛表演家,也有双簧管吹奏者 我们有歌剧演唱家,有吉他手 还有说唱歌手
wooden:adj.木制的;木头的;木头似的;死板的 opera:n.歌剧;歌剧院;歌剧艺术;歌剧剧本;
And I brought a little segment to give you of Duke Brady's "Canopy Rap." 我给你们带来了一小段 杜克布兰迪创作的Canopy Rap(林冠说唱)
segment:n.段;部分;片;弓形;v.分割;划分; Duke:n.公爵,(公国的)君主;公爵(种)樱桃;
That's Duke! 那是杜克
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This experience with working with Duke also led me to initiate a program called Sound Science. 与杜克一起工作的经历 激发了我去创办一个叫音乐科学的项目
initiate:vt.开始,创始; n.开始; adj.新加入的;
I saw the power of Duke's song with urban youth, an audience, you know, I as a middle-aged professor, 我能看到杜克的歌对城市青年人的影响 作为一个中年教授
middle-aged:adj.中年的;具有中年人特点的;适合于中年人的;
I don't have a hope of getting to in terms of convincing them of the importance of wildlands . 我不寄希望于我能 让他们相信林野的重要性
convincing:adj.令人信服的; v.使确信; (convince的现在分词) wildlands:n.荒地;
So I engaged Caution, this rap singer, with a group of young people from inner-city Takoma. 所以我请了考逊,这位说唱歌手 与一群从塔科马内城来的年轻人
engaged:adj.已订婚的; v.吸引住; (engage的过去分词和过去式) inner-city:n.(居民拥挤,住屋破旧的)市中心平民区;adj.市中心的;
We went out to the forest, I would pick up a branch, 我们到了森林,我捡起一根树枝
Caution would rap on it, and suddenly that branch was really cool. 考逊就开始用树枝来表演说唱 突然之间这个树枝变得特别酷
And then the students would come into our sound studios , they would make their own rap songs with their own beats. 于是这些学生会来我们的音乐工作室 他们用他们自己的节拍创作音乐
studios:n.工作室(studio的复数);
They ended up making a CD which they took home to their family and friends, thereby expressing their own experiences with nature in their own medium. 最后制成CD 将CD带回家给家人和朋友听 通过这种方式他们表达了 与自然接触的经历
expressing:v.表示;表达;表露;显而易见;(express的现在分词)
The final project I'll talk about is one that's very close to my heart, and it involves an economic and social value that is associated with epiphytic plants. 我想说的最后一个项目是特别贴近我的心灵的 这个项目有它的经济和社会价值 也与附生植物有关
involves:v.包含;需要;牵涉;牵连;影响;(使)参加,加入(involve的第三人称单数) economic:adj.经济的,经济上的;经济学的;
In the Pacific Northwest there's a whole industry of moss-harvesting from old-growth forests. 在太平洋西北部 有一种产业 就是从古老的森林里收集苔藓
old-growth:成熟原始森林,原始树木木材;
These mosses are taken from the forest they're used by the floraculture industry, by florists , to make arrangements and make hanging baskets. 这些苔藓从森林中获取 然后被花艺产业的花匠利用 来做编织物和吊篮
florists:n.花匠;花商(florist的复数); arrangements:n.安排;筹备;布置;商定;(arrangement的复数)
It's a 265 million dollar industry and it's increasing rapidly. 这个产业能创收2亿6千五百万 并且增收迅速
If you remember that bald guy, you'll know that what has been stripped off of these trunks in the Pacific Northwest old-growth forest is going to take decades and decades to come back. 如果你们还记得这些秃的树木 你们就知道这些树干被剥去了什么东西 在太平洋西北部的古老森林里 需要几十年才能恢复
bald:adj.秃顶的;秃头的;无毛的; stripped:adj.剥去的;v.剥夺;脱衣;把…剪成条状;(strip的过去式和过去分词)
So this whole industry is unsustainable . 所以这个产业是不符合可持续发展的
unsustainable:adj.无法支撑的;不可证实的;不能成立的;
What can I, as an ecologist, do about that? 那么作为生态学家,我能做什么呢
Well, my thought was that I could learn how to grow mosses and that way we wouldn't have to take them out of the wild. 我的想法是我可以学习怎样种植苔藓 这样的话我们就不需从野外采集苔藓
And I thought, if I had some partners that could help me with this that would be great. 并且我想如果有人在这件事上可以帮我 那也很不错
And so, I thought perhaps incarcerated men and women who don't have access to nature, who often have a lot of time, they often have space, and you don't need any sharp tools to work with mosses, would be great partners. 于是我想可能那些被监禁的男女 他们不能接触到自然 但他们有很多时间和空间 他们也不需要尖锐的工具去种植苔藓 会是很好的合作对象
incarcerated:v.监禁;关押;禁闭;(incarcerate的过去式和过去分词) sharp:锋利的,尖的
And they have become excellent partners. 并且他们已经成为很棒的合作者
The best I can imagine. 是我可想像的最好的
They were very enthusiastic . 他们工作非常积极
enthusiastic:adj.热情的;热心的;狂热的;
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They were incredibly enthusiastic about the work, they learned how to distinguish different species of mosses, which, to tell you the truth, is a lot more than my undergraduate students at the Evergreen College can do. 他们有着不可思议的工作热情 他们学着去分辨不同种类的苔藓 老实告诉你们吧 这比我在Evergreen College（一所学校）的本科生可分辨的要多得多
incredibly:adv.难以置信地;非常地; distinguish:vt.区分;辨别;使杰出,使表现突出;vi.区别,区分;辨别; undergraduate:n.本科生; Evergreen:n.常绿树;常绿植物;adj.[植]常绿的;永葆青春的;
And they embraced the idea that they could help develop a research design in order to grow these mosses. 并且他们抓住这个可以帮助研究计划的发展的机会 来种植这些苔藓
embraced:v.拥抱;欣然接受,乐意采纳;信奉;包含;(embrace的过去分词和过去式)
We've been successful as partners in figuring out which species grow the fastest, and I've just been overwhelmed with how successful this has been. 作为合作伙伴我们成功地 了解了哪种苔藓长得最快 我也一直难以抑制这样的成功感
overwhelmed:v.受打击,压倒;淹没;(overwhelm的过去分词和过去式)
Because the prison wardens were very enthusiastic about this as well 因为监狱长也对这个研究充满着热情
wardens:n.区长;看守人;典狱官;学监;
I started a Science and Sustainability Seminar in the prisons 我在监狱里开办了科学和可持续性的讲座
Sustainability:n.持续性;永续性;能维持性; Seminar:n.讨论会,研讨班;
I brought my scientific colleagues and sustainability practitioners into the prison, we gave talks once a month, and that actually ended up implementing 我带着我的科学团队和可持续性实践专家去了监狱 每个月讲座一次 这最终成了一个在监狱实行的
practitioners:n.实践者;开业者;实习者(practitioner的复数); implementing:n.实施,执行;实现;v.贯彻,执行(implement的现在分词);
some amazing sustainability projects at the prisons -- organic gardens, worm culture, recycling , water catchment and beekeeping . 一个令人吃惊的可持续性发展项目 有机花园,桑蚕养植法,回收利用 集水处,养蜂
organic:adj.有机的;不使用化肥的;绿色的;有机物的;n.分子有机体; worm:n.蠕虫;蠕虫病毒寄生虫;肠虫;v.曲折行进 recycling:n.(资源,垃圾的)回收利用;v.回收;再循环利用(recycle的现在分词); catchment:n.流域;集水; beekeeping:n.养蜂;养蜂业;
Our latest endeavor , with a grant 我们最近努力的方向
endeavor:n.v.努力;尽力;试图; grant:v.授予;允许;承认;同意;n.拨款;[法]授予物;
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with a grant from the Department of Corrections at Washington State, they've asked us to expand this program to three more prisons. 在华盛顿州监狱局的支持下 他们要求我们把这个项目扩展到另外三个监狱
expand:v.扩张;使膨胀;详述;发展;张开,展开;
And our new project is having the inmates and ourselves learn how to raise the Oregon Spotted Frog which is a highly endangered amphibian in Washington state and Oregon. 并且我们新的项目是让犯人和我们自己 一起学习怎么养殖俄勒冈州点蛙 点蛙是华盛世顿和俄勒冈州濒临灭绝的两栖动物
inmates:n.被收容者;居民(inmate的名词复数); Oregon:n.俄勒冈州(美国州名); Spotted:adj.有花点的;有斑点的;v.看见;看出;发现;让步;(spot的过去分词和过去式) highly:adv.高度地;非常;非常赞许地; endangered:v.使遭危险;危及;危害;(endanger的过去分词和过去式) amphibian:n.[脊椎]两栖动物; adj.两栖类的;
So they will raise them, in captivity of course, from eggs to tadpoles and onward to frogs. 所以犯人们在密闭的环境中养殖点蛙 从卵到蝌蚪再到青蛙
captivity:n.囚禁;被关; tadpoles:n.[脊椎]蝌蚪(tadpole的复数形式); onward:adj.向前的;前进的;adv.向前;在前面;
And they will have the pleasure, many of them, of seeing those frogs that they've raised from eggs and helped develop, helped nurture , move out into protected wildlands to augment the number of endangered species out there in the wild. 他们很多人都感受到了快乐 当看到这些卵在他们的抚育下长大成青蛙 然后把青蛙带到野外保护区 在野外繁殖增加这种濒临物种的数量
nurture:v.养育;培养;养护;支持; augment:vi.增加;增大;vt.增加;增大;n.增加;增大;
And so, I think for many reasons -- ecological , social, economic and perhaps even spiritual -- this has been a tremendous project and I'm really looking forward to not only myself and my students doing it, but also to promote and teach other scientists how to do this. 所以我想,从各个方面讲 生态的,社会的,经济的或可能是精神上的 这是一个很了不起的项目 我真的期望 不仅是我和我的学生在做 我也希望鼓励或教授其他的科学家如何去做
ecological:adj.生态的,生态学的; spiritual:n.圣歌(尤指美国南部黑人的);adj.精神的,心灵的; promote:v.促进;推动;促销;提升;晋升;
As many of you are aware, the world of academia is a rather inward-looking one. 相信你们大多数人明白,学术界不太关心外界
inward-looking:adj.对外界不关心的;
I'm trying to help researchers move more outward to have their own partnerships with people outside of the academic community , and so I'm hoping that my husband Jack, the ant taxonomist, can perhaps work with Mattel to make Taxonomist Ken . 我尝试着帮助研究人员更关注外界 建立他们与 学科领域外的人的合伙关系 所以我正希望着我的丈夫杰克,一位蚂蚁分类学者 可以与美泰儿公司合作去生产分类学者Ken(男性芭比娃娃）
outward:n.外表; adj.表面的; v.同"outwards.outwardandhomeward"; academic:adj.学术的;理论的;学院的;n.大学生,大学教师;学者; community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体; Mattel:n.美泰公司(全球最大的玩具生产商之一);美泰儿(生产芭比娃娃的制造商); Ken:n.视野范围,见地,知识范围;
Perhaps Ben Zander and Bill Gates could get together and make an opera about AIDS. 可能本赞德和比尔盖茨可以合作 创作关于爱滋的戏剧
Zander:n.[鱼]梭鲈(等于Stizostedionlucioperca); get together:聚会
Or perhaps Al Gore and Naturally 7 could make a song about climate change that would really make you clap your hands. 或者可能艾尔戈尔和Naturally 7（一个乐队）能合作创作关于气候变化的歌曲 那才真的能让你们拍案叫绝
Naturally:adv.自然地;自然而然地;轻而易举;天生地;大方地; clap:n.鼓掌;拍手;掌声;拍手声;v.拍手(表示赞许或欣赏);击掌;
So, although its a little bit of a fantasy , I think its also a reality. 虽然这有点幻想,但我觉得这也很实际
a little bit of a:一点点了; fantasy:n.幻想; adj.虚幻的; v.空想;
Given the duress that we're feeling environmentally in these times it is time for scientists to reach outward, and time for those outside of science to reach towards academia as well. 考虑到我们现在感觉环境上的压抑 现在是科学家们该更关注外界事物的时候了 也是科学学科的外行们该了解各学科的时候
duress:n.强迫;监禁; environmentally:adv.有关环境方面;
I started my career with trying to understand the mysteries of forests with the tools of science. 我的事业是一开始试图去了解森林的神秘 用各种科学方法
career:n.职业;事业;生涯;经历;
By making these partnerships that I described to you 通过我先前向你们描述的这些合作项目
described:v.描述;形容;把…称为;做…运动;(describe的过去分词和过去式)
I have really opened my mind and, I have to say, my heart to have a greater understanding, to make other discoveries about nature and myself. 我才真正在开拓了我的思维,我得说,我的心灵 对事物有了更深的了解 对自然和自身有了其他的发现
When I look into my heart, I see trees -- this is actually an image of a real heart -- there are trees in our hearts, there are trees in your hearts. 当我审视我的内心时,我看到了树 这其实是一颗真正心脏的图片 在我们的内心有树 在你们的内心也有树
When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep, the most important parts of our self. 当我们了解了自然 我们也正在触摸着我们自己最深,最重要的部分
In these partnerships, I have also learned that people tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share nature, when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator . 在这些合作中,我也明白了 人们总喜欢把他们分类成 电脑科技人才,电影明星,科学家 但当他们分享自然时 当我们分享对自然的看法时 我们找到了一个共同点
compartmentalize:vt.划分,区分; movie star:na.(电)影(明)星; perspectives:n.[数]透视,远景,看法;构面;观点展示(perspective的复数形式); denominator:n.[数]分母;命名者;共同特征或共同性质;平均水平或标准;
Finally , as a scientist and as a person and now, as part of the TED community, 最后,作为一位科学家,一个普通的人 现在作为TED的一员
Finally:adv.终于;最终;(用于列举)最后;彻底地;
I feel that I have better tools to go out to trees, to go out to forest, to go out to nature, to make new discoveries about nature, and about humans' place in nature wherever we are and whomever you are. 我发现我有更好的方法 去研究树,研究森林,研究自然 对自然有新的发现 对人在自然中的地位有新的发现 不论我们在哪里,不论我们是谁
whomever:pron.whoever的宾格,无论谁;
Thank you very much. 非常谢谢大家
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