TED演讲:论生物多样性(5)

And so it is everywhere one looks. 这一现象在世界各地都在发生。 The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere by a combination of forces that can be summarized by the acronym HIPPO, the animal hippo. 人类正在以不可抗拒的力量,持续破坏着那些亿万年演化而成的生物系统,这些力量可以总结为HIPPO,原意是河马。 H is for habitat destruction, including climat...

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TED演讲:论生物多样性(4)

Soon we will be in a position to go forth in the field with sequencers on our backs to hunt bacteria in tiny crevices of the habitat's surface,in the way you go watching for birds with binoculars. 不久的将来,我们还将可以通过便携式的测序机完成这样的操作,直接寻找到那些隐藏在细小的缝隙里的细菌,就像你用双筒望远镜来观鸟一样。 What will we find as we map the living world, as,...

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TED演讲:论生物多样性(6)

And let us call it the Encyclopedia of Life. 不妨将此项目称为生命百科。 What is the Encyclopedia of Life? A concept that has already taken hold and is beginning to spread and be looked at seriously? 生命百科的概念已经得到人们的认同并且正在不断的传播与普及? It is an encyclopedia that lives on the Internet and is contributed to by thousands of scientists around the world. 这...

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TED演讲:论生物多样性(2)

In so doing, I reached a frontier of biology so strange, so rich,that it seemed as though it exists on another planet. 通过这样的方式,我来到一个非常古怪却又非常丰富的生物学领域,简直就像降临到别的星球一样。 In fact, we live on a mostly unexplored planet. 事实上,我们就生活在一个很多地方皆未被研究的星球上。 The great majority of organisms on Earth remain unknown to science. ...

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TED演讲:论生物多样性(1)

I have all my life wondered what mind-boggling meant. 我整整一生都在想,mind-boggling(令人难以置信的)到底是指什么。 After two days here, I declare myself boggled, and enormously impressed,and feel that you are one of the great hopes not just for American achievement in science and technology,but for the whole world. 在这里呆了两天,我承认,我已经被深深感染,我感到,你们代...

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TED演讲:论生物多样性(2)

In so doing, I reached a frontier of biology so strange, so rich,that it seemed as though it exists on another planet. 通过这样的方式,我来到一个非常古怪却又非常丰富的生物学领域,简直就像降临到别的星球一样。 In fact, we live on a mostly unexplored planet. 事实上,我们就生活在一个很多地方皆未被研究的星球上。 The great majority of organisms on Earth remain unknown to science. ...

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TED演讲:论生物多样性(3)

We are living on a planet with a lot of activities, with reference to our living environment,done by faith and guess alone. 我们对于这个地球上所发生的许多现象,都只是通过信念或猜测来认知。 Our lives depend upon these creatures. 我们的生命依赖于这些生物。 To take an example close to home: there are over 500 species of bacteria now known friendly bacteria-living symbiotically i...

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