TED演讲为什么认为自己丑会对你不利(5)

So we need to make damn sure that the programs that our kids are receiving are not only having a positive impact, 因此我们要确保我们的孩子们正在接受的项目不仅是对他们有积极影响的, but having a lasting impact as well. 而且还要有持续的影响。 And the research shows that the best programs address six key areas: 研究表明最好的项目跟六个关键领域有关: The first is the influence o...

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TED演讲请相信你可以进步(2)

I'll tell you what they do next. 让我告诉你他们的表现。 In one study, they told us they would probably cheat the next time instead of studying more if they failed a test. 在一项研究中,他们告诉我们, 如果他们某次考试未通过,他们很可能会在下次考试中作弊, 而不是更加努力地学习。 In another study, after a failure,they looked for someone who did worse than they did so they c...

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TED演讲请相信你可以进步(4)

Look what happened: in this study,students who were not taught this growth mindset continued to show declining grades over this difficult school transition,but those who were taught this lesson showed a sharp rebound in their grades. 看看后面发生了什么吧:在这项研究中,没有接受成长型思维模式训练的学生,在这一困难的过渡阶段,成绩持续下滑,但那些受过该训练的学生, 成绩强势反弹...

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TED演讲请相信你可以进步(5)

So the native kids outdid the Microsoft kids. 印第安孩子战胜了微软孩子。 This happened because the meaning of effort and difficulty were transformed. 这得以实现的原因,是努力与困难的意义在孩子心目中发生了改变。 Before, effort and difficulty made them feel dumb, made them feel like giving up,but now, effort and difficulty,that's when their neurons are making new connectio...

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TED演讲之生与死:让我们来谈谈死亡(1)

Look, I had second thoughts, really, 说实话,我犹豫过 about whether I could talk about this 到底应不应该 to such a vital and alive audience as you guys. 对你们一群如此有活力的观众讲这个题目。 Then I remembered the quote from Gloria Steinem, 但我又想起了Gloria Steinem的一句话 which goes, 她是这样说的 "The truth will set you free, “真相会给你自由, but first it will piss ...

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TED演讲之生与死:我的专属蘑菇寿衣(2)

I realize this is not the kind of relationship 我意识到,我们一般不会热衷于 that we usually aspire to have with our food. 与我们的食物建立这样的关系 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 然而,但我看着这些蘑菇长大 and digest my body, 分解我的身体 I imagine the Infinity Mushroom 我把这无极蘑菇 as a symbol of a n...

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TED演讲为什么认为自己丑会对你不利(4)

And we think it's for all of these reasons that they take more risks with things like alcohol and drug use; 基于以上理由,我们认为他们有更高的风险去做那些像酗酒、吸毒、 crash dieting; cosmetic surgery; unprotected, earlier sex;and self-harm. 快速减肥、整容、无防护措施以及过早的性交和自残这样的事情。 The pursuit of the perfect body is putting pressure on our healthcare sy...

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TED演讲之生与死:我的专属蘑菇寿衣(1)

So I'm here to explain 我来解释一下 why I'm wearing these ninja pajamas. 为什么我穿着这样一套忍者睡衣 And to do that, I'd like to talk first 我想首先谈谈我们体内含有的 about environmental toxins in our bodies. 对环境有害的毒素 So some of you may know 你们可能有人知道 about the chemical Bisphenol A, BPA. 一种叫双酚A或BPA的化学物质 It's a material hardener and ...

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TED演讲为什么认为自己丑会对你不利(3)

But, what's the problem with all of this? 但是, 所有的这些表现的问题是什么呢? Well, surely we want our kids to grow up as healthy, well balanced individuals. 我们当然希望我们的孩子成长为一个健康、均衡发展的个人。 But in an image-obsessed culture, we are training our kids to spend more time and mental effort on their appearance at the expense of all of the other aspects o...

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TED演讲之生与死:如何健康长寿(4)

We found our second Blue Zone 我们找的第二个蓝区 on the other side of the planet, 在地球另一端 about 800 miles south of Tokyo, 离东京南部约800英里 on the archipelago of Okinawa. 在冲绳县的古拉格岛 Okinawa is actually 161 small islands. 古拉格群岛由161个小岛组成 And in the northern part of the main island, 中心岛屿的北部 this is ground zero for world longevity. 是世界长寿的起...

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TED演讲之生与死:在你最后的状态更新之后(1)

By the end of this year, 截止今年年底, there'll be nearly a billion people on this planet 这个星球上将有接近十亿人口 that actively use social networking sites. 在很活跃地使用社交网站。 The one thing that all of them have in common 他们有一个共同点, is that they're going to die. 就是他们终将死去。 While that might be a somewhat morbid thought, 也许这是个有点病态的想...

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TED演讲之生与死:让我们来谈谈死亡(2)

I was called down to the ward to see him. 我被叫到病房去看他。 His is the little hand. 他的小手可以说是骨瘦如柴。 I was called down to the ward to see him 一名呼吸内科医生 by a respiratory physician. 将我叫到他的诊室。 He said, "Look, there's a guy down here. 他对我说:“那有个病人” He's got pneumonia, 他得的是肺炎, and he looks like he needs intensive care. 看...

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TED演讲为什么认为自己丑会对你不利(2)

Thousands of people are posting videos like this,mostly teenage girls, reaching out in this way. 有成千上万的人们上传这样的视频,他们中大部分都是十几岁的女孩,用这种方式来接触外界。 But what's leading them to do this? 然而是什么导致他们这样做的呢? Well, today's teenagers are rarely alone. 今天的青少年很少独处。 They're under pressure to be online and available a...

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TED演讲之生与死:如何健康长寿(2)

And the first myth is if you try really hard 谣言一:如果你很努力地尝试, you can live to be 100. 你就可以活到一百岁。 False. 错了。 The problem is, only about one out of 5,000 people 事实上,在美国,每五千人中只有一人 in America live to be 100. 能活到一百岁 Your chances are very low. 你的机会太小了。 Even though it's the fastest growing demographic in America, 尽管现在...

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TED演讲之生与死:生死自知(3)

But the idea that science can cure death 但科学能够治愈死亡的观点 is just one more chapter in the story 只是神奇的灵丹妙药故事的 of the magical elixir, 又一个章节, a story that is as old as civilization. 和古文明一样古老的故事。 But betting everything on the idea of finding the elixir 但把所有的赌注都压在寻找灵丹妙药 and staying alive forever 和长生不老上面 is a risky strat...

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TED演讲之生与死:让我们来谈谈死亡(3)

And, if that wasn't bad enough, of course, 如果这还不算太糟糕的话,当然 all of this is rapidly progressing towards the fact that 我们很快可以看到另一个数据 many of you, in fact, about one in 10 of you at this point, 很多人,事实上,大约10个人当中就有1个 will die in intensive care. 会死在ICU中。 In the U.S., it's one in five. 而在美国,这个数字是每5个人当中有1个。 In ...

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TED演讲之生与死:如何健康长寿(1)

Something called the Danish Twin Study 一个叫“丹麦双胞胎”的研究表明, established that only about 10 percent 普通人在生物学允许的限度内的寿命, of how long the average person lives, 仅仅有百分之十 within certain biological limits, is dictated by our genes. 是由我们的基因决定的。 The other 90 percent is dictated by our lifestyle. 另外的百分之九十则取决于我们的生活方式。 So th...

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TED演讲之生与死:如何健康长寿(5)

My editor at Geographic 我地理学的编辑 wanted me to find America's Blue Zone. 想让我找个美国的蓝区。 And for a while we looked on the prairies of Minnesota, 一时间我们观察了明尼苏达草原, where actually there is a very high proportion of centenarians. 那里确实有相当比例的百岁老人。 But that's because all the young people left. 但只是因为所有的年轻人都离开了。 So, we ...

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TED演讲之生与死:让我们来谈谈死亡(4)

Clearly, people didn't want us to talk about death, 显而易见,人们并不希望我们和他们谈论死亡, or, we thought that. 或者,我们自己如此认为。 So with loads of funding from the Federal Government 所以,在联邦政府和地方卫生部门资金的支持下 and the local Health Service, we introduced a thing 我们在John Hunter医院引入了 at John Hunter called Respecting Patient Choices. 一个名...

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TED演讲之生与死:昭示长寿的实验(3)

So how can a hormone ultimately affect the rate of aging? 那么,激素到底是怎样影响衰老的速度呢? How could that work? 原理是什么呢? Well it turns out that in the daf-2 mutants, 原来在daf-2变异体中 a whole lot of genes are switched on in the DNA 有大量的基因被转变到DNA里面 that encode proteins that protect the cells and the tissues, 蛋白质编码保护细胞和组织 and repair damage...

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