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PhilipZimbardo_2011-_男性的衰落_
So today, I want us to reflect on the demise of guys. 今天,我希望各位能认识到 男性的衰落
reflect on:仔细考虑,思考;反省;回想,回顾;怀疑; demise:n.死亡,终止;转让;传位;vt.遗赠;禅让;
Guys are flaming out academically; they're wiping out socially with girls and sexually with women. 男性在学术成就上正逐渐走向低谷 他们把大多时间都花在和女性社交 以及两性关系上
sexually:adv.性,性欲
Other than that, there's not much of a problem. 除此之外,没有什么大的问题
not much of:不太好的;
So what's the data? 那么我们来看看数据是怎样的
So the data on dropping out is amazing. 退学的数据非常惊人
Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. 相比于女生 男生的退学率要高百分之30
In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. 在加拿大,每三名退学的女生就对应着五名退学的男生
Girls outperform boys now at every level, from elementary school to graduate school . 现在女生在各个教育阶段都赶超了男生 从小学到研究生
outperform:vt.胜过;做得比…好; elementary school:小学; graduate school:研究所,研究院;
There's a 10 percent differential between getting BA's and all graduate programs, with guys falling behind girls. 相对于女性 男性在获得文科学士和其他研究生项学位上 落后百分之十
differential:adj.微分的;差别的;特异的;n.微分;差别;
Two-thirds of students in special ed remedial programs are guys. 在特殊教育和后进学生教育中,三分之二的学生是男生
Two-thirds:n.三分之二;三分之二的;三分之二地; remedial:adj.治疗的;补救的;矫正的;
And as you all know, boys are five times more likely than girls to be labeled as having attention deficit disorder -- and therefore we drug them with Ritalin . 同时正如你们所了解的 男生被诊断为注意力缺损症的几率 是女生的五倍 因此我们才让他们服用利他林
labeled:adj.有标签的; v.示踪; (label的过去分词和过去式) attention deficit disorder:n.注意(缺陷)障碍(伴多动);儿童多动症; Ritalin:n.利他林(中枢兴奋药);盐酸哌醋甲酯;
What's the evidence of wiping out? 那么这种衰落有什么迹象吗？
evidence:n.证据,证明;迹象;明显;v.证明;
First, it's a new fear of intimacy . 首先,是对亲密关系的新恐惧
intimacy:n.亲密;密切;关系密切;性行为;
Intimacy means physical , emotional connection with somebody else -- and especially with somebody of the opposite sex who gives off ambiguous , contradictory , phosphorescent signals. 亲密关系意味着和其他人身体上,感情上的 密切关系 尤其是和异性 异性散发出朦胧的,矛盾的 磷光般的信号
physical:adj.[物]物理的;身体的;物质的;符合自然法则的;n.体格检查; emotional:adj.情绪的;易激动的;感动人的; especially:adv.尤其;特别;格外;十分; ambiguous:adj.模糊不清的;引起歧义的; contradictory:adj.矛盾的;反对的;反驳的;抗辩的;n.对立物;矛盾因素; phosphorescent:adj.[昆]发出磷光的;磷光性的;
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And every year there's research done on self-reported shyness among college students. 每年都有研究展开 关于在大学生中出现的羞怯问题
self-reported:自我报告;自述;自陈;
And we're seeing a steady increase among males. 这一问题在男性群体中不断增长
steady:adj.稳定的; v.使稳定; v.稳定地; n.关系固定的情侣;
And this is two kinds. 并且可分为两种
It's a social awkwardness . 一种是社会尴尬
awkwardness:n.尴尬;笨拙;
The old shyness was a fear of rejection . 羞怯是一种对拒绝的恐惧
rejection:n.抛弃;拒绝;被抛弃的东西;盖帽;
It's a social awkwardness like you're a stranger in a foreign land. 这是一种社会尴尬,就如你是异国土地上的陌生人
They don't know what to say, they don't know what to do, especially one-on-one opposite sex. 他们不知道该说什么,也不知道该做什么 尤其是和异性一对一交流的时候
one-on-one:adj.一对一的;直接对立的;adv.一对一;面对面;n.一对一的比赛;
They don't know the language of face contact , the non-verbal and verbal set of rules that enable you to comfortably talk to somebody else, listen to somebody else. 他们不知道如何进行面对面接触 非言语和言语的一套规则 这些规则能使你舒适的和他人谈话 倾听他人说话
contact:n.接触,联系;v.使接触,联系; non-verbal:adj.非语言的;非用言语的; enable:v.使能够;使有机会;使成为可能;使可行;
There's something I'm developing here called social intensity syndrome , which tries to account for why guys really prefer male bonding over female mating . 我试图阐明的称作社交强度综合症 它对为什么男性重视男性间联结 超过对女性伴侣的感情做出一个合理解释
intensity:n.强度;强烈;[电子]亮度;紧张; syndrome:n.[临床]综合征;综合症状;并发症状;校验子;并发位; account for:对…负有责任;对…做出解释;说明…的原因;导致;(比例)占; prefer:v.更喜欢;宁愿;提出;提升; female:adj.女性的;雌性的;柔弱的,柔和的;n.女人;[动]雌性动物; mating:n.交尾;交配;v.交配;交尾;使交配;(mate的现在分词)
It turns out, from earliest childhood , boys, and then men, prefer the company of guys -- physical company. 因为从童年的最初期开始 男孩,随之男人 喜欢男性的陪同 身体上的同伴
childhood:n.童年;幼年;孩童时期
And there's actually a cortical arousal we're looking at, because guys have been with guys in teams, in clubs, in gangs , in fraternities , especially in the military , and then in pubs. 我们看到的其实是一种皮层兴奋 因为男生总是和其他男生一起 在运动队中,在社团中,在群体中,在兄弟会中 尤其是在军队里,或酒吧里
cortical:adj.皮质的;[生物]皮层的;外皮的; arousal:n.觉醒;激励; gangs:n.帮派(gang的复数);v.成帮结伙;合伙行动(gang的三单形式); fraternities:兄弟会; military:adj.军事的;军人的;适于战争的;n.军队;军人;
And this peaks at Super Bowl Sunday when guys would rather be in a bar with strangers, watching a totally overdressed Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers , rather than Jennifer Lopez totally naked in the bedroom. 这种现象在超级杯周日赛中会达到高峰 此时男生更乐意在酒吧里和陌生人在一起 看穿的密密实实的绿湾包装工的艾伦·罗杰 而不是在卧室里一丝不挂的珍妮佛·洛佩兹
peaks:n.山顶;峰巅(peak的复数); Super Bowl:n.(美国)超级碗橄榄球赛; would rather:宁愿,宁可; overdressed:adj.过分打扮的;穿着过于讲究的; Packers:n.[油气]封隔器;包装者;压紧机;包装货物批发商;密垫(packer的复数); naked:adj.裸体的;无装饰的;无证据的;直率的;
The problem is they now prefer asynchronistic Internet world to the spontaneous interaction in social relationships. 问题是现在他们喜欢 虚幻的网络世界 而不是社交关系中 真实的互动
spontaneous:adj.自发的;自然的;无意识的; interaction:n.[计]交互,相互作用;相互交流;干扰;
What are the causes? Well, it's an unintended consequence . 原因是什么？其实这是一个意料之外的后果
unintended:adj.无意识的;非计划中的; consequence:n.结果;重要性;推论;
I think it's excessive Internet use in general , excessive video gaming, excessive new access to pornography . 我想是因为过量的网络使用,过量的电子游戏 过量的得到色情电影的新途径
excessive:adj.过多的,极度的;过分的; in general:总之,通常;一般而言; pornography:n.淫秽作品;色情书刊(或音像制品等)
The problem is these are arousal addictions . 问题是这些是兴奋成瘾
addictions:成瘾;
Drug addiction, you simply want more. 有毒瘾,你就想要更多毒品
Arousal addiction, you want different. 兴奋成瘾,你想要不同的兴奋体验
Drugs, you want more of the same -- different. 毒品,你想要的是同一个东西－－不同
So you need the novelty in order for the arousal to be sustained . 因此你需要新奇感来持续这种兴奋
novelty:n.新奇;新奇的事物;新颖小巧而廉价的物品; sustained:adj.持续的; v.维持; (sustain的过去分词和过去式)
And the problem is the industry is supplying it. 问题是有产业来满足这种需求
Jane McGonigal told us last year that by the time a boy is 21, he's played 10,000 hours of video games, most of that in isolation. 简·麦克格尼高去年告诉我们 当一个男生21岁的时候 他已经玩了10000小时的电子游戏 大多都是在隔离的情况下独自一人
As you remember, Cindy Gallop said men don't know the difference between making love and doing porn. 如你所知,辛迪·盖洛普说 男人不知道 做爱和看色情电影的区别
Gallop:n.疾驰;飞奔;vi.飞驰;急速进行;急急忙忙地说;vt.使飞跑;迅速运输;
The average boy now watches 50 porn video clips a week. 现在的男生平均一周看50个色情视频
clips:n.夹子; v.夹住;
And there's some guy watching a hundred, obviously. 明显地,也有一些男生每周看100个
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And the porn industry is the fastest growing industry in America -- 15 billion annually . 色情工业是如今美国发展最快的工业 每年盈利150亿
annually:adv.每年;一年一次;
For every 400 movies made in Hollywood, there are 11,000 now made porn videos. 好莱坞每制作400部电影 就有11000个色情视频制作好了
So the effect, very quickly, is it's a new kind of arousal. 因此这导致快速得 供给新的兴奋
Boys' brains are being digitally rewired in a totally new way for change, novelty, excitement and constant arousal. 男生的大脑被以全新的方式数字化重组 为了变化,新奇感,激动以及经常性的兴奋
digitally:adv.数位; rewired:vt.给…再打电报;给…换新电线;vi.再发电报;重装电线; excitement:n.兴奋;刺激;令人兴奋的事物;
That means they're totally out of sync in traditional classes, which are analog , static , interactively passive . 这意味着他们完全脱离了传统的类型 传统分类是模拟的,静态的,交互被动的
sync:n.同步,同时;vi.同时发生;vt.使同步; traditional:传统的,惯例的, analog:n.[自]模拟;类似物;adj.[自]模拟的;有长短针的; static:adj.静止的; n.[物]静电(干扰); interactively:adv.交互式地;互勤地; passive:adj.被动的,消极的;被动语态的;n.被动语态;
They're also totally out of sync in romantic relationships, which build gradually and subtly . 他们也完全脱离了 逐步巧妙构建的 浪漫的男女关系
romantic:adj.浪漫的;爱情的;n.浪漫的人;耽于幻想的人; gradually:adv.渐渐地;逐步地; subtly:adv.精细地;巧妙地;敏锐地;
So what's the solution ? It's not my job. 那么解决方案是什么？这不是我的工作
solution:n.解决方案;溶液;溶解;解答;
I'm here to alarm. It's your job to solve. 我在这里是为了提醒,解决这问题是你们的工作
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But who should care? The only people who should care about this is parents of boys and girls, educators, gamers , filmmakers and women who would like a real man who they can talk to, who can dance, who can make love slowly and contribute to the evolutionary pressures to keep our species above banana slugs . 但谁应该顾虑？应该考虑这个问题的人 是孩子们的父母 教育者,游戏者,电影制作者 以及想遇到真正男人的女性 他们可以一起交谈,跳舞 可以舒缓的做爱 为进化的压力做出一份贡献 保持我们的种族优越于香蕉蛞蝓
gamers:n.游戏玩家; filmmakers:n.制片人(filmmaker的复数); contribute to:有助于;捐献; evolutionary:adj.进化的;发展的;渐进的; species:n.[生物]物种;种类; slugs:n.[无脊椎]蛞蝓; v.猛击;
No offense to banana slug owners. Thank you. 无意冒犯香蕉蛞蝓饲主。谢谢
offense:n.犯罪,过错;进攻;触怒;引起反感的事物;
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