2022TED英语演讲：你以为语言只是交流工具.docx

2022TED英语演讲：你以为语言只是交流工具TED英语演讲：你以为语言只是沟通工具So,I'llbespeakingtoyouusinglanguage...becauseIcan.Thisisonethesemagicalabilitiesthatwehumanshave.Wecantransmitreallycomplicatedthoughtstooneanother.SowhatI'mdoingrightnowis,I'mmakingsoundswithmymouthasI'mexhaling.我们通过语言沟通，因为我可以说话。这是我们人类拥有的一种奇妙实力，我们可以相互传递特别困难的思想。我现在正在做的是，一边呼气，一边用我的嘴巴发出声音。I'mmakingtonesandhissesandpuffs,andthosearecreatingairvibrationsintheair.Thoseairvibrationsaretravelingtoyou,they'rehittingyoureardrums,andthenyourbraintakesthosevibrationsfromyoureardrumsandtransformsthemintothoughts.Ihope.我在发出各种语调、嘶嘶声、呼气，而这些引起周边的空气振动。这些空气振动传到你那里，它们到达你的耳鼓，然后你的大脑会将你耳鼓接收到的振动转化成思想。至少我希望是这样的。Ihopethat'shappening.Sobecauseofthisability,wehumansareabletotransmitourideasacrossvastreachesofspaceandtime.We'reabletotransmitknowledgeacrossminds.Icanputabizarrenewideainyourmindrightnow.Icouldsay,"Imagineajellyfishwaltzinginalibrarywhilethinkingaboutquantummechanics."我希望如此。正是因为这种实力，人类能够将我们的思想跨越时间和空间，传递下去我们能够将学问相互传递。比如，我现在就可以给你传递一个惊奇的想法。我可以说，“想象一只水母在一个图书馆里一边跳着华尔兹，一边思索着量子力学。”Now,ifeverythinghasgonerelativelywellinyourlifesofar,youprobablyhaven'thadthatthoughtbefore.当然假如大家的生活到目前为止都还比较顺当的话，你之前应当没有这样想过。ButnowI'vejustmadeyouthinkit,throughlanguage.而我现在让你们有了这个想法，正是通过语言做到的。Nowofcourse,thereisn'tjustonelanguageintheworld,thereareabout7,000languagesspokenaroundtheworld.Andallthelanguagesdifferfromoneanotherinallkindsofways.Somelanguageshavedifferentsounds,theyhavedifferentvocabularies,andtheyalsohavedifferentstructures--veryimportantly,differentstructures.当然，世界上不是只有一种语言，全球有大约7000种语言。这些语言有着各种各样的区分。有些语言有不同的发音，不同的词汇，还有不同的结构——不同的结构很重要。Thatbegsthequestion:Doesthelanguagewespeakshapethewaywethink?Now,thisisanancientquestion.Peoplehavebeenspeculatingaboutthisquestionforever.Charlemagne,HolyRomanemperor,said,"Tohaveasecondlanguageistohaveasecondsoul"--strongstatementthatlanguagecraftsreality.Butontheotherhand,ShakespearehasJulietsay,"What'sinaname?Arosebyanyothernamewouldsmella