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I want you to, for a moment, think about playing a game of Monopoly , except in this game, that combination of skill, talent and luck that help earn you success in games, as in life, has been rendered irrelevant , because this game's been rigged , and you've got the upper hand . 我想让大家花一点时间 想象一下自己正在玩大富翁游戏 只不过在这个游戏里面 那些帮助你赢得游戏的因素,比如技巧,才能和运气 在此无关紧要 就像对于人生一样 因为这个游戏被操纵了 而你已经占了上风
Monopoly:n.垄断;垄断者;专卖权; combination:n.结合;组合;联合;[化学]化合; rendered:v.使成为;给予;提供;回报;递交;(render的过去分词和过去式) irrelevant:adj.不相干的;不切题的; rigged:v.操纵,控制;(给船只)装帆;(秘密地)安装,装配;(rig的过去分词和过去式) upper hand:上风;优势;先手;占上风;
You've got more money, more opportunities to move around the board, and more access to resources . 你有更多的钱 有更多在棋盘上移动的机会 以及更多获得资源的机会
move around:v.走来走去;绕着…来回转; resources:n.[计][环境]资源; v.向…提供资金(resource的第三人称单数);
And as you think about that experience, 在你想象这个经历的时候
I want you to ask yourself, how might that experience of being a privileged player in a rigged game change the way that you think about yourself and regard that other player? 我想让大家问一下自己 一个被操纵的游戏里面 作为优势玩家的经历 会如何改变你思考自己和 对待对手的方式？
privileged:adj.有特权的; v.给予特权; (privilege的过去式和过去分词)
So we ran a study on the U.C. Berkeley campus to look at exactly that question. 在加州大学伯克利分校,我们做了一个试验 来研究这个问题
campus:n.(大学)校园;大学,大学生活;校园内的草地;
We brought in more than 100 pairs of strangers into the lab, and with the flip of a coin randomly assigned one of the two to be a rich player in a rigged game. 我们招募了100多对 陌生人到实验室 通过投掷硬币的方式 随机选定一对中的一个 作为这个游戏中占上风的玩家
flip:n.浏览;空翻;轻抛;捻掷;v.迅速翻动;按(开关);按(按钮);开(或关)(机器等); randomly:adv.随便地,任意地;无目的,胡乱地;未加计划地; assigned:v.分配(某物);分派;指定;委派;(assign的过去分词和过去式)
They got two times as much money. 他们拿到了两倍的钱
When they passed Go, they collected twice the salary, and they got to roll both dice instead of one, so they got to move around the board a lot more. 当他们途径起点的时候 他们拿到两倍的工资 而且他们可以同时掷两个骰子而不是一个 所以他们可以在棋盘上移动更多
dice:n.骰子;色子;掷骰游戏;掷骰赌博;v.将(肉、菜等)切成小方块;将…切成丁;
(Laughter) （笑声）
And over the course of 15 minutes, we watched through hidden cameras what happened. 在接下来的15分钟内 我们通过隐藏的摄像头观察了现场情况
And what I want to do today, for the first time, is show you a little bit of what we saw. 今天是第一次 我想和大家分享一下我们观察到的
You're going to have to pardon the sound quality, in some cases, because again, these were hidden cameras. 有的时候音质可能不太好,还请大家原谅 因为毕竟是用隐藏的摄像头
Rich Player: How many 500s did you have? 富玩家:你有多少张500块？
Poor Player: Just one. 穷玩家:就一张。
Rich Player: Are you serious. Poor Player: Yeah. 富玩家:真的吗？！ 穷玩家:是啊。
Rich Player: I have three. (Laughs) 富玩家:我有三张。（笑声）
I don't know why they gave me so much. 不知道为什么他们给了我那么多。
Paul Piff: Okay, so it was quickly apparent to players that something was up. 保罗-皮夫:所以,玩家们很快就意识到 这个游戏明显有点奇怪
apparent:adj.显然的;表面上的;
One person clearly has a lot more money than the other person, and yet, as the game unfolded , we saw very notable differences and dramatic differences begin to emerge between the two players. 一个玩家比另一个玩家 明显有更多的钱 随着游戏慢慢展开 我们观察到两个玩家 开始有一些 明显不同的表现
unfolded:v.(使)展开;打开;展示;透露;(unfold的过去分词和过去式) notable:adj.值得注意的,显著的;著名的;n.名人,显要人物; dramatic:adj.突然的;巨大的;令人吃惊的;激动人心的; emerge:v.浮现;显现;暴露;露出真相;
The rich player started to move around the board louder, literally smacking the board with their piece as he went around. 富的玩家 在棋盘上移动的声音更大 移动的时候 几乎是在狠狠砸棋盘
literally:adv.按字面:字面上:确实地: smacking:n.(打)一个巴掌; adj.精神勃勃的; v.用巴掌打; (smack的现在分词)
We were more likely to see signs of dominance and nonverbal signs, displays of power and celebration among the rich players. 我们看到了富玩家们更多的 ”霸主”信号、肢体动作 权力的显露 以及互相庆祝
dominance:n.优势;统治;支配; nonverbal:adj.不用语言的;不用动词的; displays:v.陈列; n.陈列;
We had a bowl of pretzels positioned off to the side. 我们在旁边放了一碗椒盐卷饼
pretzels:n.椒盐卷饼(常作小吃);(pretzel的复数)
It's on the bottom right corner there. 就在右下角
That allowed us to watch participants ' consummatory behavior. 这使得我们可以观察玩家吃椒盐卷饼的行为
participants:n.参与者(participant的复数形式);
So we're just tracking how many pretzels participants eat. 我们就是看看玩家吃了多少椒盐卷饼
tracking:n.追踪,跟踪;v.跟踪;(track的现在分词)
Rich Player: Are those pretzels a trick? 富玩家:这些椒盐卷饼有什么猫腻么？
Poor Player: I don't know. 穷玩家:不知道啊。
PP: Okay, so no surprises, people are onto us. 保罗·皮夫:好吧,不出所料,大家觉得有问题。
They wonder what that bowl of pretzels is doing there in the first place . 起先他们好奇那一碗椒盐卷饼 为什么会在那里
in the first place:首先;起初;
One even asks, like you just saw, is that bowl of pretzels there as a trick? 就像你刚才看到的,其中一个甚至问: 这碗椒盐卷饼有什么猫腻么？
And yet, despite that, the power of the situation seems to inevitably dominate , and those rich players start to eat more pretzels. 但尽管如此 整个现场的主导形势还是不可避免 那些富的玩家开始吃更多的椒盐卷饼
despite:prep.尽管,不管;n.轻视;憎恨;侮辱; inevitably:adv.不可避免地;必然地; dominate:vt.控制;支配;占优势;在…中占主要地位;vi.占优势;处于支配地位;
Rich Player: I love pretzels. 富玩家:我爱椒盐卷饼。
(Laughter) （笑声）
PP: And as the game went on, one of the really interesting and dramatic patterns that we observed begin to emerge was that the rich players actually started to become ruder toward the other person, less and less sensitive to the plight of those poor, poor players, and more and more demonstrative of their material success, more likely to showcase how well they're doing. 保罗·皮夫:游戏继续进行, 我们发现了一个很明显的 有趣现象 就是富玩家 开始对另一个玩家表现得不友好 对那些可怜玩家的贫穷困境 越来越不敏感 开始越来越频繁的炫富 开始越来越频繁的炫富 更喜欢展示他们正在做的一切
observed:adj.观察的;观测的;v.观察;遵守;注意到(observe的过去分词形式); sensitive:adj.敏感的;感觉的;易受影响的;n.敏感的人;有灵异能力的人; plight:n.困境;境况;誓约;vt.保证;约定; demonstrative:adj.说明的;证明的;公开表露感情的;n.指示词; showcase:n.展示的场合;玻璃柜台;v.使展现;在玻璃橱窗陈列;
Rich Player: I have money for everything. 富玩家:我什么都买得起
Poor Player: How much is that? 穷玩家:你有多少钱？
Rich Player: You owe me 24 dollars. 富玩家:你还欠我24块
owe:v.归功于;欠(债);欠(账);欠(情)
You're going to lose all your money soon. 你很快就要输光了
I'll buy it. I have so much money. 我要买它,我太多钱了
I have so much money, it takes me forever. 那么多花都花不完的钱
Rich Player 2: I'm going to buy out this whole board. 富玩家2:我要把整个棋盘都买下来
Rich Player 3: You're going to run out of money soon. 富玩家3:你很快就要没钱了
run out of:用完;
I'm pretty much untouchable at this point. 我已经差不多不可战胜了
untouchable:adj.达不到的;不可批评的;不可捉摸的;
PP: Okay, and here's what I think was really, really interesting, is that at the end of the 15 minutes, we asked the players to talk about their experience during the game. 保罗-皮夫:下面是我觉得 一个非常非常有意思的现象 在15分钟要结束的时候 我们请玩家谈论他们在游戏中的经历
And when the rich players talked about why they had inevitably won in this rigged game of Monopoly -- they talked about what they'd done to buy those different properties and earn their success in the game, and they became far less attuned to all those different features of the situation, including that flip of a coin that had randomly gotten them into that privileged position in the first place. 当富玩家谈论 他们在这个被操纵的游戏里面 为什么必胜的时候 他们提到了自己 为了买到不同地产 和赢得游戏所做的努力 而他们忽略了 这个游戏一开始的不同形势 也就是投掷硬币 随机决定了他们 哪一个获得优势
attuned:adj.熟悉; v.使协调; (attune的过去分词和过去式)
And that's a really, really incredible insight into how the mind makes sense of advantage . 而这对我们理解大脑如何看待优势 提供了非常好的启发
incredible:adj.难以置信的,惊人的; insight:n.洞察力;洞悉; advantage:n.有利条件:优势:优点:
Now this game of Monopoly can be used as a metaphor for understanding society and its hierarchical structure , wherein some people have a lot of wealth and a lot of status , and a lot of people don't. 我们可以用这个大富翁的游戏作比喻 来理解我们的社会以及社会分层 也就是有的人 有大量的财富和地位 而很多人没有
metaphor:n.暗喻,隐喻;比喻说法; hierarchical:adj.分层的;等级体系的; structure:n.结构;构造;建筑物;vt.组织;构成;建造; wherein:adv.在其中;在何处; wealth:n.财富;大量;富有; status:n.地位;状态;情形;重要身份;
They have a lot less wealth and a lot less status and a lot less access to valued resources. 他们仅有很少的财富和地位 以及很少获得宝贵资源的机会
And what my colleagues and I for the last seven years have been doing is studying the effects of these kinds of hierarchies . 我和我的同事在过去的7年里一直在做的 就是研究这些不同层次的影响
colleagues:n.同事;同行(colleague的复数); hierarchies:n.阶层,层级;[数]分层,分类;
What we've been finding across dozens of studies and thousands of participants across this country is that as a person's levels of wealth increase, their feelings of compassion and empathy go down, 全国范围内的 大量研究都表明 当一个人的财富增加时 他们的同情心和同理心下降
compassion:n.同情;怜悯; empathy:n.神入;移情作用;执着;
and their feelings of entitlement , of deservingness, and their ideology of self-interest increases. 而他们的优越感增加 也更注重个人利益
entitlement:n.权利;津贴; ideology:n.意识形态;思想意识;观念学; self-interest:n.私利;利己主义;
In surveys , we found that it's actually wealthier individuals who are more likely to moralize greed being good, and that the pursuit of self-interest is favorable and moral. 在调查中,我们发现 富有的人更可能 把贪婪定义为好的 把对个人利益的追求 定义为有利的,道德的
surveys:n.调查(survey的复数); individuals:n.[经]个人;[生物]个体(individual的复数); moralize:v.进行道德说教; greed:n.贪婪,贪心; pursuit:n.追求;追赶;追捕;跟踪; favorable:adj.有利的;良好的;赞成的,赞许的;讨人喜欢的;
Now what I want to do today is talk about some of the implications of this ideology self-interest, talk about why we should care about those implications, and end with what might be done. 今天我想谈的就是 这种个人利益思维的影响 谈谈为什么我们应该关注这些影响 以及我们能做些什么
implications:n.蕴涵式;暗指,暗示;含蓄,含意;卷入(implication的复数);
Some of the first studies that we ran in this area looked at helping behavior, something social psychologists call pro-social behavior. 我们在这一领域最初做的一些研究 观察了助人行为 观察了助人行为 亲社会行为
psychologists:n.[心理]心理学家(psychologist的复数形式);
And we were really interested in who's more likely to offer help to another person, someone who's rich or someone who's poor. 我们很想知道什么人更倾向于 给其他人提供帮助 富人还是穷人
In one of the studies, we bring in rich and poor members of the community into the lab and give each of them the equivalent of 10 dollars. 其中一个研究,我们把一个社区的富人和穷人 都带到了实验室 给了每个人10美元
community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体; equivalent:adj.等价的,相等的;同意义的;n.等价物,相等物;
We told the participants that they could keep these 10 dollars for themselves, or they could share a portion of it, if they wanted to, with a stranger who is totally anonymous . 我们告诉他们 他们可以把这10块钱给自己用 也可以把其中一部分拿出来分享 如果他们愿意的话 跟一个陌生人分享
portion:n.部分;(食物的)一份;分担的责任;v.把…分成若干份(或部分); anonymous:adj.匿名的,无名的;无个性特征的;
They'll never meet that stranger and the stranger will never meet them. 一个永远不会再相遇的陌生人
And we just monitor how much people give. 我们观察人们给了多少
Individuals who made 25,000 sometimes under 15,000 dollars a year, gave 44 percent more of their money to the stranger than did individuals making 150,000 or 200,000 dollars a year. 那些年收入为25000 甚至低于15000美元的人 和那些年收入为15万 甚至20万的人比起来 多给了44% 多给了44%
We've had people play games to see who's more or less likely to cheat to increase their chances of winning a prize. 我们还让人们玩游戏 看看什么人更可能 为了赢得一个奖品而作弊
more or less:或多或少;
In one of the games, we actually rigged a computer so that die rolls over a certain score were impossible. 其中一个游戏,我们其实操纵了电脑 使得某些数字 不可能出现
You couldn't get above 12 in this game, and yet, the richer you were, the more likely you were to cheat in this game to earn credits toward a $50 cash prize, sometimes by three to four times as much. 这个游戏里面,你不可能超过12 然而,越富有的人 越有可能在这个游戏中作弊 去争取那个最终能够赢取50美元现金的分数 可能性甚至高达3到4倍
We ran another study where we looked at whether people would be inclined to take candy from a jar of candy that we explicitly identified as being reserved for children -- participating -- I'm not kidding. 我们还做了另一个实验 观察人们是否会 从糖罐里面拿糖 糖罐上清楚地写着:给小朋友预留…… 我是认真的
inclined:adj.有…倾向; v.(使)倾向于,有…的趋势; (incline的过去分词和过去式) explicitly:adv.明确地;明白地; identified:v.确认;认出;找到;发现;说明身份;(identify的过去式和过去分词) reserved:adj.内向的; v.预订,预约; (reserve的过去分词和过去式) participating:v.参加;参与(participate的现在分词)
I know it sounds like I'm making a joke. 我知道这听上去像我在讲笑话
We explicitly told participants this jar of candy's for children participating in a developmental lab nearby . 我们明确地告诉了参与者 这一罐糖是给隔壁发展中心的 小朋友准备的
developmental:adj.发展的;启发的; nearby:adj.附近的,邻近的;adv.在附近;prep.在…附近;
They're in studies. This is for them. 他们在实验中,这是给他们的
And we just monitored how much candy participants took. 然后我们观察这些参与者拿了多少糖果
Participants who felt rich took two times as much candy as participants who felt poor. 那些感觉富有的参与者 比那些感觉贫穷的参与者 多拿了两倍的糖果
We've even studied cars, not just any cars, but whether drivers of different kinds of cars are more or less inclined to break the law. 我们还研究了汽车 不只是汽车 而是不同类型汽车的司机 谁更倾向于做一些违法的事情
In one of these studies, we looked at whether drivers would stop for a pedestrian that we had posed waiting to cross at a crosswalk . 其中一个实验,我们观察了 司机在碰到行人（我们安排的）过马路时的 停车行为
pedestrian:adj.徒步的;缺乏想像力的;n.行人;步行者; posed:v.造成;引起;产生;提问;质询;摆好姿势;(pose的过去分词和过去式) crosswalk:n.人行横道;
Now in California, as you all know, because I'm sure we all do this, it's the law to stop for a pedestrian who's waiting to cross. 在加州,大家都知道 因为我相信我们都有这样做 法律规定碰到行人要过马路,我们必须停车
So here's an example of how we did it. 下面我告诉大家我们是怎样做的
That's our confederate off to the left posing as a pedestrian. 左侧是我们的研究人员 装作一个行人
confederate:n.同盟国,同盟者; adj.同盟的,联合的; vt.使联盟; vi.同盟; posing:v.造成;引起;产生;提问;摆好姿势;(pose的现在分词)
He approaches as the red truck successfully stops. 他正要过马路,这时候红色的卡车停了下来
approaches:v.靠近,接近; n.方式,方法,态度;
In typical California fashion, it's overtaken by the bus who almost runs our pedestrian over. 当然这是在加州 很快一辆巴士呼啸而过,差点要撞倒我们的行人
typical:adj.典型的;特有的;象征性的; overtaken:v.赶上,压倒(overtake的过去分词);
(Laughter) （笑声）
Now here's an example of a more expensive car, a Prius , driving through, and a BMW doing the same. 这是一辆比较贵的车 一辆普锐斯开过来 一辆宝马车也一样
Prius:adj.在前的(处方用语);
So we did this for hundreds of vehicles on several days, just tracking who stops and who doesn't. 几天内 我们测试了几百辆车 记录谁停了谁没有停
vehicles:n.车辆;飞行器;运行工具;(vehicles是vehicle的复数)
What we found was that as the expensiveness of a car increased, the driver's tendencies to break the law increased as well. 我们发现 随着车价的增加 司机违法的倾向 也增加了
tendencies:趋势;
None of the cars, none of the cars in our least expensive car category broke the law. 而在我们的廉价车系里 没有一辆车 做出违法行为
category:n.种类,分类;[数]范畴;
Close to 50 percent of the cars in our most expensive vehicle category broke the law. 而在我们的昂贵车系里 有接近50%的车 都违法了
We've run other studies finding that wealthier individuals are more likely to lie in negotiations , to endorse unethical behavior at work like stealing cash from the cash register , taking bribes , lying to customers. 我们还做了其它研究并发现 越有钱的人越有可能在谈判中说谎 赞同工作中的不道德行为 比如从收银台偷现金 受贿,忽悠顾客等
negotiations:n.谈判(negotiation的复数);磋商; endorse:vt.背书;认可;签署;赞同;在背面签名; unethical:adj.不道德的;缺乏职业道德的; cash register:n.现金收入记录机;现金出纳机; bribes:n.贿赂;v.向(某人)行贿;贿赂(bribe的第三人称单数和复数)
Now I don't mean to suggest that it's only wealthy people who show these patterns of behavior. 我并不是说 只是有钱人 会表现出类似的行为
Not at all . In fact, I think that we all, in our day-to-day , minute-by-minute lives, struggle with these competing motivations of when, or if, to put our own interests above the interests of other people. 完全不是。事实上,我觉得我们每个人 在我们日常的分分秒秒中 都要跟这些动机作斗争 什么时候以及是否把我们的利益置于 他人的利益之上
Not at all:毫无;一点也不;不用谢; day-to-day:adj.日常的;逐日的; competing:adj.相互冲突的;相互矛盾的;v.竞争;对抗;参加比赛;(compete的现在分词) motivations:n.动机(motivation的复数);表明动机;
And that's understandable because the American dream is an idea in which we all have an equal opportunity to succeed and prosper , as long as we apply ourselves and work hard, and a piece of that means that sometimes, you need to put your own interests above the interests and well-being of other people around you. 这很容易理解 因为美国梦告诉我们 每个人都有同等的机会 可以成功、发达 只要我们足够努力 而这也意味着有的时候 你需要把自己的利益 置于你周边人的利益和幸福之上
understandable:adj.可以理解的;可以了解的; American dream:n.美国梦(美国人传统的价值观和社会标准,如民主、权利平等和财富); prosper:v.繁荣;成功;发达;兴旺; as long as:conj.只要;长达;如果;既然; apply:v.申请;涂,敷;应用;适用;请求; well-being:n.幸福;康乐;
But what we're finding is that, the wealthier you are, the more likely you are to pursue a vision of personal success, of achievement and accomplishment , to the detriment of others around you. 但是我们的发现是 你越有钱,则越有可能 去追求一种个人的成功 个人的成果和成就 这可能是建立在对旁人的损害之上
pursue:v.继续;从事;追赶;纠缠; vision:n.视力;美景;幻象;想象力;v.想象;显现;梦见; personal:adj.个人的;身体的;亲自的;n.人事消息栏;人称代名词; accomplishment:n.成就;完成;技艺,技能; detriment:n.损害;伤害;损害物;
Here I've plotted for you the mean household income received by each fifth and top five percent of the population over the last 20 years. 这里我为大家画出了 在过去20年里 每个1/5和最高5%人口的平均家庭收入
plotted:v.密谋;暗中策划;标出;绘制(图表);(plot的过去分词和过去式) household:n.家庭;一家人;同住一所(或一套)房子的人;adj.家庭的;家常的;王室的;
In 1993, the differences between the different quintiles of the population, in terms of income, are fairly egregious . 1993年 每个1/5之间的收入差异 还是相当大的
fairly:adv.相当地;公平地;简直; egregious:adj.惊人的;过分的;恶名昭彰的;
It's not difficult to discern that there are differences. 我们不难看出其中的差别
discern:v.识别;觉察出;了解;
But over the last 20 years, that significant difference has become a grand canyon of sorts between those at the top and everyone else. 但是在过去的20年里面 这种巨大差异最终成为了 顶层人群与其他所有人之间的鸿沟
significant:adj.重大的;有效的;有意义的;值得注意的;意味深长的;n.象征;有意义的事物; canyon:n.(周围有悬崖峭壁的)峡谷;(
In fact, the top 20 percent of our population own close to 90 percent of the total wealth in this country. 事实是,顶层20%的人口 拥有整个国家接近90%的财富
We're at unprecedented levels of economic inequality. 我们正在经历史无前例的 经济上的不平等
unprecedented:adj.空前的;无前例的; economic:adj.经济的,经济上的;经济学的;
What that means is that wealth is not only becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of a select group of individuals, but the American dream is becoming increasingly unattainable for an increasing majority of us. 而这不仅意味着财富 更多地聚集在为数很少的一群人手里 还意味着美国梦 对越来越多的人来说 都变得越来越遥远
increasingly:adv.越来越多地;渐增地; concentrated:adj.决心要做的; v.集中(注意力); (concentrate的过去式和过去分词) in the hands of:由…掌握;在…掌握中; unattainable:adj.做不到的;难到达的; majority:n.大部分:大多数:多数票:成年人:
And if it's the case, as we've been finding, that the wealthier you are, the more entitled you feel to that wealth, and the more likely you are to prioritize your own interests above the interests of other people, 如果事实果真如我们发现的那样 你越有钱 就越发觉得这些财富是你应得的 越会把自己的利益 置于他人的利益之上
entitled:v.使享有权利;使符合资格;给…命名;(entitle的过去分词和过去式) prioritize:v.按重要性排列;划分优先顺序;优先处理;
and be willing to do things to serve that self-interest, well then there's no reason to think that those patterns will change. 越会做那些利己的事情 那么没有理由可以相信 这个现状会有所改变
In fact, there's every reason to think that they'll only get worse, and that's what it would look like if things just stayed the same, at the same linear rate, over the next 20 years. 事实上,我们有更多的理由认为 情况会变得更糟糕 这是在接下来的20年内 保持和原来一样、相同线性速率的情况
linear:adj.线的,线型的;直线的,线状的;长度的;
Now, inequality, economic inequality, is something we should all be concerned about, and not just because of those at the bottom of the social hierarchy , but because individuals and groups with lots of economic inequality do worse, not just the people at the bottom, everyone. 不平等,经济上的不平等 是我们每个人都要关心的问题 不仅是因为社会底层的人 不仅是因为社会底层的人 而是因为经济不平等 会让个人和集体都变得糟糕 不仅仅是底层的人,是每一个人
concerned:adj.有关的;关心的;v.关心;与…有关;(concern的过去时和过去分词) hierarchy:n.层级;等级制度;
There's a lot of really compelling research coming out from top labs all over the world showcasing the range of things that are undermined as economic inequality gets worse. 有很多来自世界各地顶级实验室的 非常有说服力的研究 展示了日益增加的经济不平等 造成的影响范围 造成的影响范围
compelling:adj.引人入胜的; v.强迫; (compel的现在分词) labs:n.实验室;实验大楼;(lab的复数) showcasing:v.展示(showcase的ing形式); undermined:v.暗地里破坏;挖…的下面(undermine的过去分词);
Social mobility , things we really care about, physical health, social trust, all go down as inequality goes up. 社会流动性,那些我们非常关心的东西 如身体健康、社会信任 都会随着不平等的增加而削弱
mobility:n.移动性;机动性;[电子]迁移率; physical:adj.[物]物理的;身体的;物质的;符合自然法则的;n.体格检查;
Similarly , negative things in social collectives and societies, things like obesity , and violence , imprisonment , and punishment , are exacerbated as economic inequality increases. 同样的,社会中消极的东西 同样的,社会中消极的东西 比如肥胖、暴力 徒刑和惩罚 都会随着经济不平等的增加而加剧
Similarly:adv.同样地;类似于; negative:adj.[数]负的;消极的;否定的;阴性的;n.否定;负数;[摄]底片;v.否定;拒绝; collectives:adj.集体的;共同的;集合的;集体主义的;n.集团;集合体;集合名词; obesity:n.肥大,肥胖; violence:n.暴力;侵犯;激烈;歪曲; imprisonment:n.监禁,关押;坐牢;下狱; punishment:n.惩罚;严厉对待,虐待; exacerbated:vt.加重(病情,痛苦等);使…恶化;激怒(exacerbate的过去式);
Again, these are outcomes not just experienced by a few, but that resound across all strata of society. 而这些后果 不是少数人所经历的 而是会影响社会的各个阶层
outcomes:n.结果;成果;后果;出路;(outcome的复数) resound:vi.回响;鸣响;被传颂;vt.回响;传颂;大声讲; strata:n.层;[地质]地层;阶层;
Even people at the top experience these outcomes. 即使是在顶层的人也要遭受这些后果
So what do we do? 那我们该怎么办呢？
This cascade of self-perpetuating , pernicious , negative effects could seem like something that's spun out of control, and there's nothing we can do about it, certainly nothing we as individuals could do. 这些带有延续性的 有害的消极影响 看上去像是什么东西失控了 而我们无能为力 特别是作为个人更是无能为力
cascade:n.小瀑布,瀑布状物;串联;vi.像瀑布般大量倾泻下来;vi.像瀑布般悬挂着; self-perpetuating:adj.能使自身永久存在的; pernicious:adj.有害的;恶性的;致命的;险恶的; spun:adj.纺成的;v.纺(spin的过去分词);旋转;
But in fact, we've been finding in our own laboratory research that small psychological interventions , small changes to people's values, small nudges in certain directions, can restore levels of egalitarianism and empathy. 但是事实上,我们发现 在我们自己的实验室研究中 小小的心理干预 价值观的小小改变 某些特定的微小暗示 就可以将平等和同理心恢复
laboratory:n.实验室,研究室; psychological:adj.心理的;心理学的;精神上的; interventions:n.[法]干预,干涉;处置(intervention的复数); nudges:轻推;说服;轻轻的推动;好言说服;轻轻地推动; restore:v.恢复;修复;恢复(某种情况或感受);使复原; egalitarianism:n.平等主义,[经]平均主义;
For instance , reminding people of the benefits of cooperation , or the advantages of community, cause wealthier individuals to be just as egalitarian as poor people. 比如,提醒人们 合作的好处 或者社区的优点 就能够让富人和穷人一样关注平等 就能够让富人和穷人一样关注平等
instance:n.实例;情况;建议;v.举...为例; reminding:v.提醒;使想起;(remind的现在分词) cooperation:n.合作;配合; advantages:n.有利条件; v.有利于;
In one study, we had people watch a brief video, just 46 seconds long, about childhood poverty that served as a reminder of the needs of others in the world around them, and after watching that, we looked at how willing people were to offer up their own time to a stranger presented to them in the lab who was in distress . 其中一个实验中,我们让参与者看一短片 46秒,关于儿童贫困 以此提醒大家周围人的需要 以此提醒大家周围人的需要 看过这个视频后 我们观察了他们 为实验中一个压抑的陌生人 提供帮助的积极性
childhood:n.童年;幼年;孩童时期 poverty:n.贫困;困难;缺少;低劣; distress:n.危难,不幸;贫困;悲痛;v.使悲痛;使贫困;
After watching this video, an hour later, rich people became just as generous of their own time to help out this other person, a stranger, as someone who's poor, suggesting that these differences are not innate or categorical , but are so malleable to slight changes in people's values, and little nudges of compassion and bumps of empathy. 看完这个视频一个小时后 富人变得和穷人一样大方 他们愿意花时间帮助别人 帮助那些陌生人 这意味着这些差别不是 与生俱来或一成不变的 它们很容易改变 只需要价值观的微小变化 同情心的一点点推动 和同理心的轻微触碰
generous:adj.慷慨的,大方的;宽宏大量的;有雅量的; innate:adj.先天的;固有的;与生俱来的; categorical:adj.绝对的(名词categoricalness,副词categorically,异体字categoric); malleable:adj.可锻的;可塑的;有延展性的;易适应的; slight:adj.轻微的;略微的;细小的;纤细的;n.侮慢;冷落;轻视;v.侮慢;冷落;轻视; bumps:碰撞(bump的第三人称单数);碰撞(bump的复数);
And beyond the walls of our lab, we're even beginning to see signs of change in society. 在实验室之外 我们也开始看到社会上的改变
Bill Gates, one of our nation's wealthiest individuals, in his Harvard commencement speech, talked about the problem facing society of inequality as being the most daunting challenge, and talked about what must be done to combat it, saying, "Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity ." 比尔-盖茨,我们国家的富豪之一 在哈佛的开学典礼演讲中 说到这个社会所面临的问题 他说不平等是我们目前面临的最严峻挑战 他谈论了我们应该如何战胜它 他说:“人类最伟大的进步” “不在于它的各种发现” “而在于如何将这些发现” 用于削弱不平等”
Harvard:n.哈佛大学;哈佛大学学生; commencement:n.开始,发端;毕业典礼; daunting:adj.令人生畏的:令人胆怯的:v.使胆怯:使失去信心;(daunt的现在分词) combat:v.战斗;防止;减轻;与…搏斗;n.战斗;搏斗;打仗; applied:adj.应用的;实用的;v.应用;使用;申请,请求;(apply的过去分词和过去式) inequity:n.不公平,不公正;
And there's the Giving Pledge , in which more than 100 of our nation's wealthiest individuals are pledging half of their fortunes to charity . 还有捐赠承诺 我们国家100多个 最富有的人 正在承诺将他们一半的财产捐赠给慈善事业
Pledge:n.誓言;保证;抵押;抵押品;v.保证给予(或做);正式承诺;抵押; pledging:v.保证给予(或做);正式承诺;使保证;典当;(pledge的现在分词) fortunes:n.命运,机遇(fortune复数形式); v.给…以大宗财富(fortune的第三人称单数形式); charity:n.慈善;施舍;慈善团体;宽容;施舍物;
And there's the emergence of dozens of grassroots movements, like We are the One Percent, the Resource Generation, or Wealth for Common Good, in which the most privileged members of the population, members of the one percent and elsewhere , people who are wealthy, are using their own economic resources, 还有很多草根运动的出现 还有很多草根运动的出现 比如“我们是那百分之一” “资源一代” “共同的财富”等 在这些组织中 那些最有优势的成员 那些1%的人 和其他有钱的人 其中有成人有青少年,这是最让我震惊的
emergence:n.出现,浮现;发生;露头; grassroots:adj.基层的;草根的;乡村的;n.草根;基础; elsewhere:adv.在别处;到别处;
adults and youth alike, that's what's most striking to me, leveraging their own privilege, their own economic resources, to combat inequality by advocating for social policies , changes in social values, and changes in people's behavior, that work against their own economic interests but that may ultimately restore the American dream. 他们正在利用自己的优势 他们正在利用自己的优势 利用自己的经济资源 与不平等抗争 通过倡导社会政策 社会价值的改变 人类行为的改变 这有悖于他们自身的经济利益 但却会最终重建美国梦！
leveraging:v.利用贷款进行投机;(leverage的现在分词) advocating:v.拥护;支持;提倡;(advocate的现在分词) policies:n.政策;方针;原则;为人之道;保险单(policy的复数) ultimately:adv.最终;最后;归根结底;终究;
Thank you. 谢谢！
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