英語筆譯實(shí)務(wù)-3級配套訓(xùn)練-第十五單元--漢譯英(二)21世紀(jì)科技突破

1、筆譯實(shí)務(wù) 3級配套訓(xùn)練 第十五單元 漢譯英（二）英語筆譯實(shí)務(wù) 3級配套訓(xùn)練 第十五單元 漢譯英（二）21世紀(jì)科技突破21世紀(jì)我們將活得更長（可能120歲）。如果說通常的衰老過程主要是我們細(xì)胞內(nèi)的一場激烈而不可見的競賽的話（一場對我們的脫氧核糖酸進(jìn)行破壞同我們體內(nèi)的細(xì)胞對被破壞的組織進(jìn)行修復(fù)的競賽），那么21世紀(jì)遺傳醫(yī)學(xué)的巨大成就會使我們能夠控制、甚至逆轉(zhuǎn)這一過程。但是在我們促使科學(xué)家再做得更多一些之前，不妨想一想：我們確實(shí)想要生活在一個沒有人衰老，很少有孩子出生（因為地球只能承受那么多的人）的世界上嗎？新奇的主意從何而來？多活的那些年我們該做些什么呢？我們將“管理”地球。下一個世紀(jì)，我們將不再

2、談?wù)撎鞖?，而是主要地去調(diào)理天氣。我們將逐漸學(xué)會如何預(yù)測人類活動對地球、對全球氣候以及對生態(tài)系統(tǒng)所帶來的影響。擁有了這些知識，人們將更樂意用它來對我們這個星球的動作進(jìn)行管理。我們將擁有人腦的“路線圖”。這是21世紀(jì)的一個真正的“邊緣領(lǐng)域”：人腦是我們所知道的人體最復(fù)雜的系統(tǒng)。它含有1000多億個神經(jīng)元（大概是銀河系中星星的數(shù)量），其中每一個神經(jīng)元又連接到另外1000多種其它神經(jīng)元。21世紀(jì)的早期，我們將應(yīng)用先進(jìn)的磁共振成像形式繪制詳細(xì)的人腦神經(jīng)元動作圖。當(dāng)你讀一個詞，說一個詞，想一個詞以及做其它事情的時候，我們將能肯定地說出哪些神經(jīng)元在工作。👉 課文詞匯脫氧核糖核酸 DNA 遺傳

3、醫(yī)學(xué) genetic medicine邊緣領(lǐng)域 frontier 神經(jīng)元 neuron磁共振成像 magnetic resonance imaging👉 參考譯文Breakthroughs in the 21st CenturyIn the 21st century well live longer (well find key to longevity) (perhaps 120 years). If the normal aging process is basically a furious, invisible contest in our cells a contes

4、t / competition between damage to our DNA and our cells ability to repair that damage then 21st-century strides in genetic medicine may let us control and even reverse the process. (Now, 21st-century strides in genetic medicine may let us control and even reverse the (aging) process.) But before we

5、push scientists to do more, consider: Do we really want to live in a world where no one grows old (no one ages) and few children are born because the planet / globe can hold / accommodate only so many people (a limited number of)? Where would new ideas come from / surface / emerge? What would we do

6、with all that extra time (the additional length of life)?Well “manage” Earth. In the next century, well stop talking about the weather, but will do something about it (do something about the weather instead of merely describing it). Well gradually learn how to predict / forecast the effects / influe

7、nce of human activity on the Earth, its climate and its ecosystems / ecology. And with that knowledge will come an increasing willingness to use it to manage the workings of our planet.Well have a brain “road map” (a blueprint of the brain). This is the real “final frontier” of the 21st century: The

8、 brain is the most complex human system we know (Of all the human systems it is the most complicated). It contains about 100 billion neurons (roughly the number of stars in the Milky Way), each connected to as many as 1,000 others. (Each of the 100 billion neurons, about the number of stars in the M

9、ilky Way, is joined to upwards of a thousand other neurons.) Early in the 21st century, we will use advanced forms of magnetic resonance imaging to produce detailed maps of the neurons in operation (to map / plot / draw in detail the operation of the neurons). We will be able to say with certainty which ones are working when you read a word, when you say a word, when you think about a work, a