Mission Blue Voyage
John Delaney: Wiring an interactive ocean
约翰·德兰尼(John Delaney)：联系互动的海洋
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海洋学家约翰·德兰尼用高清摄像机和探测器建立了一个网络，它能将海洋变成一个全球性的互动实验室——里面满载着海底世界的数据。
John Delaney - Oceanographer
John Delaney leads the team that is building a cabled network of deep-ocean sensors that will study, over time and space, the way the ocean's complex processes interact. By networking the ocean to gather data, he's helping to revolutionize ocean science. Full bio
John Delaney leads the team that is building a cabled network of deep-ocean sensors that will study, over time and space, the way the ocean's complex processes interact. By networking the ocean to gather data, he's helping to revolutionize ocean science. Full bio
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For a moment, what I need to do
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接下来我要做的是
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is project something on the screen of your imagination.
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让你们想象出这样一个画面
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We're in 17th century Japan
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我们身处17世纪日本
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on the west coast,
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的西海岸
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and a little, wizened monk
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一个矮小，枯瘦的和尚
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is hurrying along, near midnight,
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正在半夜匆忙的赶路
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to the crest of a small hill.
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要到一座小山的山顶去
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He arrives on the small hill,
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当他到达山上时
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dripping with water.
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汗流浃背
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He stands there,
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他矗立在那里
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and he looks across at the island, Sado.
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环视着佐渡岛
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And he scans across the ocean, and he looks at the sky.
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他四顾海面，仰望星空
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Then he says to himself, very quietly,
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悄声对自己说
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"[Turbulent the sea,]
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“怒海涌银河
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[Stretching across to Sado]
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流来佐渡岛”
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[The Milky Way]."
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（荒海や 佐渡によこたふ 天の河）
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Basho was a brilliant man.
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松尾芭蕉（日本著名的俳句师）是个伟大的人
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He said more with less
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在我读到过或看到过的文字中
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than any human
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他能用最简练的语言
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that I have ever read or talked to.
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传达出最多的东西
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Basho, in 17 syllables,
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芭蕉用17个音节
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juxtaposed
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列举了
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a turbulent ocean
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风暴刚止后的
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driven by a storm now past,
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汹涌大海
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and captured the almost
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并最大限度地把握了
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impossible beauty
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我们银河家园
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of our home galaxy
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的美丽之处
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with millions of stars,
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里面点缀了无数繁星
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probably hundreds and hundreds of -- who knows how many -- planets,
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还有成千上万的——谁知道有多少呢——行星
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maybe even an ocean
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可能还有一片海洋
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that we will probably call Sylvia in time.
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在当时被称为Sylvia
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As he was nearing his death,
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当时他即将不久于人世
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his disciples and followers
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他的弟子和追随者们
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kept asking him,
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不停追问他：
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"What's the secret?
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“您有什么秘诀吗？
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How can you
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您是怎样才能
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make haiku poems so beautiful so easily?"
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不费吹灰之力就作出精妙绝伦的俳句的？”
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And toward the end, he said,
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临终前，他说
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"If you would know the pine tree,
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“欲知松
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go to the pine tree."
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先问松”（松の事は松に習へ）
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That was it.
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仅此而已
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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Sylvia has said we must use
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Sylvia曾说
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every capacity we have
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我们应该倾己之力
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in order to know the oceans.
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来了解海洋
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If we would know the oceans,
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如果我们要了解海洋
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we must go to the oceans.
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就必须走向海洋
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And what I'd like to talk to you today about, a little bit,
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今天我想和你们说的内容有一部分是关于
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is really transforming
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真正转变
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the relationship, or the interplay,
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人类和海洋的关系
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between humans and oceans
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或者说是相互作用
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with a new capability
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这要靠一种还远未成熟的
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that is not at all routine yet.
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技术设备来实现
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I hope it will be.
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我希望这能成真
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There are a few key points.
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这是一些要点
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One of them is the oceans are central
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其中一点是：海洋在
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to the quality of life on earth.
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地球生物的生活质量中占中心地位
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Another is that there are bold, new ways
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另一点则是：要研究海洋，
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of studying oceans
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有一些我们还未能很好掌握的
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that we have not used well yet.
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开拓性的新方法
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And the last is that these bold, new ways
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最后一点是：我们作为一个集体来
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that we are exploring
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使用这些开拓性的新方法
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as a community
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探索海洋
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will transform the way we look at our planet, our oceans,
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将会改变我们看待我们的行星、我们的海洋的方式
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and eventually how we manage
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最终，无论如何
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probably the entire planet, for what it's worth.
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还将影响我们管理整颗星球的方式
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So what scientists do when they begin
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科学家们首先
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is to start with the system.
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从这个系统开始
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They define what the system is.
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他们对它下了定义
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The system isn't Chesapeake Bay.
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这个系统并不是切萨皮克湾
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It's not the Kuril arc. It's not even the entire Pacific.
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不是Caro Arc，甚至不是整个太平洋
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It's the whole planet,
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它是整颗行星
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the entire planet, continents and oceans together.
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行星的全部，包括大洲和大洋
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That's the system.
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那就是这个系统
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And basically, our challenge
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基本上，我们所面临的挑战
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is to optimize the benefits
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就在于优化收益
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and mitigate the risks
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和减少住在一颗
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of living on a planet that's driven by only two processes,
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只靠两种产能方式进行驱动的星球上的风险
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two sources of energy,
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这两种能量
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one of which is solar,
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一个是太阳
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that drives the winds, the waves,
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它带来了风力，潮汐
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the clouds, the storms and photosynthesis.
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云、风暴和光合作用
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The second one is internal energy.
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另一种是内能
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And these two war against one another
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它们水火不容
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almost continuously.
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相克不休
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Mountain ranges, plate tectonics,
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山脉、大陆板块
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moves the continents around, forms ore deposits.
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移动了大洲，形成矿层
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Volcanoes erupt.
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火山喷发
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That's the planet that we live on.
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我们就生活在这样一颗行星上
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It's immensely complex.
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面临极端复杂的环境
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Now I don't expect all of you to see all the details here,
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现在，不用所有人都能看到这张图里所有的细节
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but what I want you to see is
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我想让你们知道的是
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this is about 10 percent
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这个过程大概有10%
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of the processes that operate within
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是发生在海洋里
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the oceans almost continuously,
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它们几乎不间断地
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and have for the last 4 billion years.
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持续了40亿年
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This is a system that's been around a very long time.
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这个系统缘来已久
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And these have all co-evolved.
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它们在进化中协同作用
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What do I mean by that?
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这么说是什么意思呢
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They interact with one another constantly.
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它们彼此之间持续相互作用
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All of them interact with one another.
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每一个对象都在和其他对象相互作用
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So the complexity of this system that we're looking at,
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所以我们看着这个系统的复杂性
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the one driven by the sun --
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太阳推动的
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upper portion, mostly --
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比较大的那一份能量
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and the lower portion is partly driven
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以及较小的一部分能量
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by the input from heat below
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由地下的热能
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and by other processes.
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和其他产能方式驱动
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This is very, very important
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这点非常、非常重要
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because this is the system, this is the crucible,
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因为这颗星球上的生命就出自
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out of which life on the planet came,
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这个系统，这个坩埚
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and it's now time for us to understand it.
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现在是我们理解它的时候了
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We must understand it.
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我们必须理解它
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That's one of the themes that Sylvia reminds us about:
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这是Sylvia提醒我们的事情之一
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understand this ocean of ours,
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理解我们的海洋
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this basic life support system,
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这个基本的生命支持系统
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the dominant life support system on the planet.
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是这个星球上最重要的生命支持系统
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Look at this complexity here.
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看看这幅复杂的图
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This is only one variable.
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这里只有一个变量
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If you can see the complexity,
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如果你看得出它有多复杂
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you can see how
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如果你能看到这些
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tiny, little eddies
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小涡流
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and large eddies and the motion --
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和大涡流，还有它们的运动
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this is just sea surface temperature,
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这仅仅是海洋的表面温度
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but it's immensely complicated.
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但已经非常复杂
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Now a layer in,
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现在叠加上
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the other two or three hundred processes
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另外两三百种进程
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that are all interacting,
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它们都在相互作用
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partly as a function of temperature, partly as a function of all the other factors,
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一部分是温度起的作用，一部分是其他因素起的作用
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and you've got a really complicated system.
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你就知道这个系统有多复杂了
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That's our challenge, is to understand,
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我们所面对的挑战就是要理解它
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understand this system in new and phenomenal ways.
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理解这个系统，以及它的非凡之处
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And there's an urgency to this.
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现在这点可是当务之急
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Part of the urgency comes from the fact
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紧急的原因之一是
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that, of order, a billion people on the planet currently
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这个星球上有十亿人
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are undernourished or starving.
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正在挨饥受饿
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And part of the issue
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这个问题有一部分
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is for Cody --
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是因为科迪——
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who's here,
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他就在这里——
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16 years old --
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16岁——
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and I have permission to relay this number.
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公开这个数字我是得到了许可的
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When he, 40 years from now,
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过了40年后
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is the age of Nancy Brown,
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当他和南希·布朗（摄影师）同龄时
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there are going to be
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这个星球上将会增加
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another two and a half billion people on the planet.
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另外25亿人
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We can't solve all the problems
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通过海洋，我们不能
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by looking only at the oceans,
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解决所有问题
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but if we don't understand
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但如果我们对
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the fundamental life support system of this planet
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这个星球的基本生命支持系统
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much more thoroughly than we do now,
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不能理解得更透彻的话
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then the stresses that we will face,
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那我们将要面对的压力
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and that Cody will face,
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科迪将会面对的压力
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and even Nancy, who's going to live till she's 98,
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以及南希——她活到98岁时——面对的压力
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will have really problems coping.
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就很棘手了
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All right, let's talk about another perspective
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好了，让我们谈谈另一方面
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on the importance of the oceans.
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海洋的重要性
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Look at this diagram, which is showing
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看看这张图样，上面
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warm waters in red,
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用红色表示暖水区
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cool waters in blue,
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蓝色表示冷水区
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and on the continents, what you're seeing in bright green,
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在大陆上，你们看到亮绿色的地方
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is the growth of vegetation,
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是生长的植物
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and in olive green, the dieback of vegetation.
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深绿色的部分是枯萎的植物
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And in the lower left hand corner there's a clock ticking away
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在左下角有一个时钟在走动
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from 1982 to 1998
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从1982年走到1998年
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and then cycling again.
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然后重头开始
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What you'll see is that the rhythms
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你能看到的是
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of growth, of vegetation --
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植物——在陆地上是一个重要的
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a subset of which is food on the continents --
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食物来源——的生长
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is directly tied to the rhythms
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和海面温度的节奏
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of the sea surface temperatures.
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是直接联系在一起的
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The oceans control,
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海洋控制了
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or at least significantly influence,
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至少可以说，显著影响着
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correlate with,
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关联着
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the growth patterns and the drought patterns
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大陆上植物生长的模式，旱季的模式
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and the rain patterns on the continents.
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以及雨季的模式
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So people in Kansas, in a wheat field in Kansas,
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因此，堪萨斯州麦田里的人们
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need to understand that the oceans
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也必须理解海洋
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are central to them as well.
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对他们来说至关重要
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Another complexity: this is the age of the oceans.
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还有一点很复杂的是：海洋的年龄
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I'm going to layer in on top of this
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我要在上面放上一张
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the tectonic plates.
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地壳板块的图
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The age of the ocean, the tectonic plates,
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海洋的年龄和地壳
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gives rise to a totally new phenomenon
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显示出一个全新的现象
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that we have heard about
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是这次会议上
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in this conference.
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我们也听说过的
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And I share with you some very high-definition video
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我要和你们分享一段高质量影像
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that we collected in real time.
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是我们实时搜集的
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Seconds after this video was taken,
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这段视频一拍出来
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people in Beijing,
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住在北京的人
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people in Sydney, people in Amsterdam,
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住在悉尼、阿姆斯特丹的人
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people in Washington D.C. were watching this.
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还有住在华盛顿D.C.的人都能看到
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Now you've heard of hydrothermal vents,
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你们都知道温泉
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but the other discovery
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但有人发现
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is that deep below the sea floor,
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在海底深处
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there is vast reservoir of microbial activity,
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存在着含大量微生物的水池
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which we have only just discovered
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这事情我们刚刚发现
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and we have almost no way to study.
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而且根本无从下手进行研究
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Some people have estimated
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有人预计
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that the biomass
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那些生活在
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tied up in these microbes
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海底的缝隙和坑洞里
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living in the pours and the cracks
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的微生物
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of the sea floor and below
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的生物量
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rival the total amount of living biomass
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相当于这个行星表面上
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at the surface of the planet.
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所有的生物量总和
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It's an astonishing insight,
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这个见解相当惊人
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and we have only found out about this recently.
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是我们不久前才刚刚发现的
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This is very, very exciting.
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这非常、非常振奋人心
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It may be the next rainforest,
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用制药学的说法来比喻的话
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in terms of pharmaceuticals.
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这就是下一个热带雨林
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We know little or nothing about it.
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Well, Marcel Proust has this wonderful saying
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that, "The real voyage of discovery
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”真正的发现之旅
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consists not so much in seeking new territory,
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but possibly in having new sets of eyes,"
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而是拥有新的视野”
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new ways of seeing things,
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新的眼光
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a new mindset.
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the early stages of oceanography,
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海洋学发展初期的情况
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when we had to use what we had at our fingertips.
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我们所拥有的工具极其有限
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And it wasn't easy. It wasn't easy in those days.
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那个时代非常艰难
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Some of you remember this, I'm sure.
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我知道这里有人还历历在目，我很确定
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And now, we have an entire suite of tools
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现在，我们有了一整套工具
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that are really pretty powerful --
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ships, satellites, moorings.
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船只，人造卫星，系船具
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But they don't quite cut it. They don't quite give us what we need.
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但它们的作用有限，并没有给我们很多我们想要的东西
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And the program that I wanted to talk to you about
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我这里提到的只不过是
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just a little bit here,
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已经投入资金研究的项目的冰山一角
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was funded, and it involves autonomous vehicles
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包括无人驾驶交通工具
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like the one running across the base of this image.
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就像画面底部移动的这个
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Modeling: on the right hand side,
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there's a very complex computational model.
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这是一个复杂的、计算机生成的模型
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On the left hand side, there's a new type of mooring,
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左边是一个新型的系船具
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which I'll show you in just a second.
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过一会我会展示给你们看
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And on the basis
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of several points,
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the oceans are complex, and they're central to the life on earth.
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海洋非常复杂，它们是地球生命的中心
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They are changing rapidly, but not predictably.
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它们瞬息万变，又不可预测
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And the models that we need to predict the future
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我们用来进行预报的模型
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do not have enough data to refine them.
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还没有积累足够的数据来完善
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The computational power
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计算机的力量
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is amazing.
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是惊人的
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But without data, those models
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但没有数据，这些模型
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will never ever be predicted.
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也无法进行预测
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And that's what we really need.
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这是我们真正需要的
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For a variety of reasons they're dangerous,
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由于各种各样的原因，它们很危险
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but we feel that OOI,
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this Ocean Observatory Initiative,
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海洋观测站计划（Ocean Observatory Initiative）
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which the National Science Foundation
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has begun to fund,
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主持开展的
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has the potential to really transform things.
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它具有改变现状的可能
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And the goal of the program is to
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这个项目的目标在于
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launch an era of scientific discovery
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and understanding
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科学地探索、了解
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across and within the ocean basins,
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海洋盆地和其中奥妙的新纪元
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utilizing widely accessible,
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interactive telepresence.
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互动式远程监控技术
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It's a new world.
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这是一个崭新的世界
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We will be present throughout
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the volume of the ocean, at will,
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任意呈现出海洋
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communicating in real time.
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及实时进行交流
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And this is what the system involves,
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这就是这个系统的内容
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a number of sites in the southern hemisphere,
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这些圆圈划出的是南半球
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shown in those circles.
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的观测点
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And in the northern hemisphere there are four sites.
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在北半球共有4个观测点
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I won't talk a lot about most of them right here,
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关于这个我今天不会说得很多
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but the one on the west coast, that's in the box,
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但是西海岸上被格子框起来的那个
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is called the regional scale nodes.
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叫做区域范围节点
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It was once called Neptune.
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它曾经被命名为海王星
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And let me show you what's behind it.
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我来展示一下它里面有什么
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Fiber: next-generation way of communicating.
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光纤，新时代的传输方式
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You can see the copper tips on these things.
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你可以看到上面的铜接线端子
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You can transmit power,
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你可以输送能量
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but the bandwidth is in those tiny, little threads
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但这样的带宽就存在于
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smaller than the hair on your head in diameter.
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直径比头发丝还小的细线中
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And this particular set here
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这种特殊设计
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can transmit something of the order of
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让它能够在每秒钟内传输
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three to five terabits per second.
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30-50兆的数据
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This is phenomenal bandwidth.
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这样的带宽相当了不起
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And this is what the planet looks like.
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这是我们的星球
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We are already laced up
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我们已经被串在了一起
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as if we're in a fiber optic corset, if you like.
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如果你愿意的话，可以说成我们都穿上了光纤织成的紧身衣
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This is what it looks like.
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这就是它的样子
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And the cables go really continent to continent.
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光缆连接在大洲之间
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It's a very powerful system,
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这个系统非常强大
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and most of our communications consist of it.
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我们大多数联系方式都要依赖于它
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So this is the system that I'm talking about,
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这就是我说的系统
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off the west coast. It's coincident with the tectonic plate,
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在西海岸之外，和板块构造的形状是一致的
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the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate.
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就是胡安·德富卡板块
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And it's going to deliver abundant power
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它传输了巨大的能量
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and unprecedented bandwidth
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和空前的带宽
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across this entire volume --
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它跨越了整个海洋
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in the overlying ocean,
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的空间
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on the sea floor and below the sea floor.
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海床上和海床之下
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Bandwidth and power
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带宽和能量
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and a wide variety of processes
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以及各种各样的进程
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that will be operating.
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都可以执行
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This is what one of those primary nodes looks like,
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这是其中一个节点的样子
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and it's like a sub station with power and bandwidth
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看上去就像是一个处理能量和带宽的变电站
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that can spread out over an area the size of Seattle.
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传输的能量足够供给西雅图大小的地区
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And the kind of science that can be done
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想要做这种科研的话
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will be determined by a variety of scientists who want to be involved
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需要有许多各个领域的科学家参与研究
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and can bring the instrumentation to the table.
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这种设备才能被运用于实践
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They will bring it and link it in.
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他们将使它运行起来并连接到系统中
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It'll be, in a sense, like having time on a telescope,
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这就像使用望远镜一样
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except you'll have your own port.
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不过你将拥有自己的观测点
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Climate change, ocean acidification,
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气候变化，海洋酸化
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dissolved oxygen,
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氧气溶解
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carbon cycle, coastal upwelling,
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碳循环，海域沿岸区涌升流
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fishing dynamics --
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渔业动态——
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the full spectrum of
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地球和海洋科学的
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earth science and ocean science
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所有方面
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simultaneously in the same volume.
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运行于同一时空中
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So anyone coming along later
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任何后来加入的人
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simply accesses the database
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都可以很容易的进入数据库
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and can draw down the information they need
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取得自己需要的信息
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about anything that has taken place.
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只要是发生过的事都可以轻易了解
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And this is just the first of these.
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这只是第一步
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In conjunction with our Canadian colleagues, we've set this up.
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和加拿大的学者一起，我们设计出了这个
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Now I want to take you into the caldera.
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现在，我要带你们去火山口
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On the left hand side there
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左手边
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is a large volcano called Axial Seamount.
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有一个巨大的火山，名叫Axial海丘
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And we're going to go down into the Axial Seamount
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我们要进到Axial海丘里去
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using animation.
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以动画的形式
13:45
Here's what this system is going to look like
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这个系统将会是这个样子
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that we are funded to build at this point.
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我们准备在这里投资建造
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Very powerful.
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非常强大
13:52
That's an elevator that's constantly moving up and down,
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这个电梯不断地上上下下
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but it can be controlled by the folks on land
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但它能从地面上控制
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who are responsible for it.
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由地面上的工作人员进行控制
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Or they can transfer control
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他们也能将控制权转移给
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to someone in India or China
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身在印度或者中国的人
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who can take over for a while,
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他们可以暂时进行控制
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because it's all going to be directly connected
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因为它是直接连接到
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through the Internet.
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互联网上的
14:09
There will be massive amounts of data flowing ashore,
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大量的数据流将会源源不绝地涌出
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all available to anyone who has any interest in using it.
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所有有兴趣的人都能使用它们
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This is going to be much more powerful
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这样将比一艘单独的船
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than having a single ship
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从一个地方移动到
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in a single location,
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另一个地方
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then move to a new location.
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的方式强力多了
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We're flying across the caldera floor.
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我们掠过火山口的底部
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There is a number of robotic systems.
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这里有很多机械系统
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There's cameras that can be turned on and off at your will,
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有些摄像头你可以随意开关
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if those are your experiments.
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如果这是你在做的实验的话
14:34
The kinds of systems that will be down there,
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它将会设置在那里的系统
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the kinds of instruments that will be on the sea floor,
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将会安置在海床上的设备
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consist of -- if you can read them there --
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组成部件有——如果你看得出——
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there's cameras, there's pressure sensors,
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有摄像头，压力探测器
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fluorometers, there's seismometers.
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透视定位器，地震检波器
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It's a full spectrum of tools.
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工具非常完备
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Now, that mound right there
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而那边拱起来的地方
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actually looks like this.
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实际上看起来是这个样子的
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This is what it actually looks like.
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这是它真实的样子
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And this is the kind of activity
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像这种活动
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that we can see with high-definition video,
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我们可以用高清视频看到
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because the bandwidth of these cables
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因为光缆的带宽
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is so huge
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非常之大
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that we could have five to 10
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可以支持5到10台
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stereo HD systems
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立体声高清系统
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running continuously
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持续工作
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and, again, directed through robotic techniques from land.
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这也是通过机械技术从陆地上进行操作的
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Very, very powerful.
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非常、非常强大
15:17
And these are the things that we're funded to do today.
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这些事是我们今天正在做的
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So what can we actually do tomorrow?
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那明天我们又要做些什么呢
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We're about to ride the wave
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我们要如何利用
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of technological opportunity.
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技术化大潮提供的机会呢
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There are emerging technologies throughout
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在海洋学周边的领域都
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the field around oceanography,
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涌现出各种技术
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which we will incorporate into oceanography,
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我们将把它们融合到海洋学中
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and through that convergence,
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通过这种融合
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we will transform oceanography into something even more magical.
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我们可以使海洋学变得更奇妙
15:39
Robotics systems are just incredible these days,
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机械系统现在让人难以置信
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absolutely incredible.
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真是难以置信
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And we will be bringing robotics of all sorts
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我们将要将机器人技术全面
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into the ocean.
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引入海洋
15:49
Nanotechnology: this is a small generator.
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纳米科技：这是一个小小的发电器
15:51
It's smaller than a postage stamp,
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比邮票还小
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and it can generate power just by being
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只要别在T恤上
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attached to your shirt as you move.
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别在T恤上
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Just as you move, it generates power.
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随着你的移动，就能发电
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There are many kinds of things that can be used in the ocean, continuously.
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海里有很多东西都能持续使用
16:05
Imaging: Many of you know a good deal more about this type of thing than I,
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摄像机：这里的很多人都比我更了解这种东西
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but stereo imaging at four times the definition
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但立体摄影的清晰度比目前的高清摄像
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that we have in HD
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要高四倍
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will be routine within five years.
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它们在五年里就会成为主流
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And this is the magic one.
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这个东西则很神奇
16:17
As a result of the human genome process,
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通过这个人类基因组分析的结果
16:19
we are in a situation where
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使我们能够将
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events that take place in the ocean --
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发生在海里的事情——
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like an erupting volcano, or something of that sort --
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比如火山喷发之类的——
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can actually be sampled.
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确实采样下来
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We pump the fluid through one of these systems,
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我们用系统的一部分将液体抽上来
16:31
and we press the button,
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然后按下按键
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and it's analyzed for the genomic character.
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它就能分析基因组特征
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And that's transmitted back to land immediately.
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并马上将结果传回陆地上
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So in the volume of the ocean,
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所以在海洋这个总体
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we will know, not just the physics and the chemistry,
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不只是物理学上或者化学上
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but the base of the food chain
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甚至食物链的最基础情况
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will be transparent to us
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通过这些源源不绝的数据
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with data on a continuous basis.
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对我们来说都能清晰化
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Grid computing: the power of grid computers
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网格计算：网格计算机的力量
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is going to be just amazing here.
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在这里是惊人的
16:54
We will soon be using grid computing
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我们很快就会将网格计算
16:56
to do pretty much everything, like adjust the data
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运用在所有事情上，比如调整数据
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and everything
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和与数据有关的
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that goes with the data.
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任何事情
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The power generation will come from the ocean itself.
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供给的电能则来自于海洋自己
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And the next generation fiber
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在下一个时代，光纤
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will be simply magic.
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将变得奇妙无比
17:10
It's far beyond what we currently have.
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那将比我们目前所有的要强得多
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So the presence of the power
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目前环境下的
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and the bandwidth in the environment
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能源和带宽
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will allow all of these new technologies
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可以让所有的新技术
17:19
to converge in a manner that is just unprecedented.
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以一种前所未有的方式整合起来
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So within five to seven years,
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在5-7年内
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I see us having
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我可以预见我们
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a capacity to be completely present
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将有能力监控
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throughout the ocean
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整个海洋
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and have all of that connected to the Internet,
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并将所有内容都连接入互联网
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so we can reach many, many folks.
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我们可以联系很多、很多同伴
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Delivering the power and the bandwidth into the ocean
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传入海中的能量和带宽
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will dramatically accelerate adaptation.
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将会大幅度的上涨
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Here's an example.
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这里有个例子
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When earthquakes take place, massive amounts
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发生地震时，不可计数的
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of these new microbes we've never seen before
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我们从未见过的微生物
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come out of the sea floor.
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来到海面上
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We have a way of addressing that,
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我们有个方法给它们定位
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a new way of addressing that.
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一个新的方法
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We've determined from the earthquake activity that you're seeing here
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就像你看到的，我们从地震活动
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that the top of that volcano is erupting,
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确定火山喷发的位置
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so we deploy the troops.
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然后派出部队
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What are the troops? The troops are the autonomous vehicles, of course.
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什么部队？当然是无人驾驶工具了
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And they fly into the erupting volcano.
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它们飞入喷发的火山
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They sample the fluids coming out of the sea floor
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对喷发时
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during an eruption,
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海床渗出的液体进行采样
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which have the microbes that have never been
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当时那些微生物还没到过
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to the surface of the planet before.
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这个星球的表面
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They eject it to the surface where it floats,
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它们将微生物弹射到海面，漂浮在那里
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and it is picked up
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然后被无人驾驶飞机
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by an autonomous airplane,
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搜集起来
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and it's brought back to the laboratory
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并在火山喷发的24小时内
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within 24 hours of the eruption.
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就带回实验室
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This is doable. All the pieces are there.
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这完全可行。所有的步骤很清晰
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A laboratory: many of you heard what happened
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实验室：你们中有很多人应该听说过
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on 9/7.
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9/7发生的事情
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Some doctors in New York City removed
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一些纽约的医生从一个在法国的女人的
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the gallbladder of a woman in France.
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身体里上取出了胆囊
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We could do work on the sea floor that would be stunning,
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我们在海底的作业是让人瞠目结舌的
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and it would be on live TV,
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如果有什么趣事发生
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if we have interesting things to show.
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它会出现在电视转播上
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So we can bring an entirely new telepresence
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通过海洋，我们将一个崭新的远程呈现
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to the world, throughout the ocean.
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展示给了全世界
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This -- I've shown you sea floor --
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这个——我之前给你们看过海底
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but so the goal here is real time interaction
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但目标其实是要在实时和
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with the oceans from anywhere on earth.
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地球上的任何一片海洋互动
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It's going to be amazing.
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这将会很了不起
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And as I go here,
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我到这里来
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I just want to show you what we can bring into classrooms,
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是想展示我们能把什么内容带到课堂上来
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and indeed, what we can bring into your pocket.
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事实上，我们也能将它放到你的口袋里
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Many of you don't think of this yet,
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你们很多人还没有想到这些
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but the ocean will be in your pocket.
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但海洋将会被装进口袋
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It won't be long. It won't be long.
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这不会很久了，不会很久了
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So let me leave you then
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你们若不介意，让我留给你们
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with a few words
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一些句子
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from another poet, if you'll forgive me.
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来自另一个诗人
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In 1943,
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1943年
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T.S. Eliot wrote the "Four Quartets."
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T·S·艾略特写了《四个四重奏》
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He won the Nobel Prize for literature
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他在1948年获得了
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in 1948.
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诺贝尔文学奖
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In "Little Gidding" he says --
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在“小吉丁”一章，他说——
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speaking I think for the human race,
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我想起这段话是因为人类
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but certainly for the TED Conference and Sylvia --
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当然也是为了TED的演说和Sylvia——
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"We shall not cease from exploration,
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“我们将不停止探索
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and the end of all our exploring
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而我们一切探索的终点
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will be to arrive where we started
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将是到达我们出发的地方
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and know the place for the first time,
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将是到达我们出发的地方
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arrive through the unknown remembered gate
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当时间的终极犹待我们去发现的时候
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where the last of earth left to discover
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穿过那未认识的，忆起的大门
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is that which was the beginning.
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就是过去曾经是我们的起点
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At the source of the longest river
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在最漫长的大河的源头
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the voice of a hidden waterfall
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有深藏的瀑布的飞湍声
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not known because not looked for,
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这些你都不知道，因为你并没有去寻找
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but heard, half heard
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而只是听到，隐约听到
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in the stillness beneath the waves of the sea."
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在大海两次潮汐之间的寂静里”
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Thank you.
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谢谢
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
John Delaney - OceanographerJohn Delaney leads the team that is building a cabled network of deep-ocean sensors that will study, over time and space, the way the ocean's complex processes interact. By networking the ocean to gather data, he's helping to revolutionize ocean science.
Why you should listen
John Delaney studies the physical, chemical and biological interactions found in the mid-ocean ridge system, specifically on the deep-sea volcanoes along the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the northeast Pacific Ocean. It's a complex, changeable world (that's also quite hard to get to). As part of the NSF's Ocean Observatories Initiative, Delaney is spearheading a bold new plan to gather unprecedented amounts of oceanic data.
Starting this year, Delaney and his team at the University of Washington are implanting robotic sensor arrays along the Juan de Fuca Ridge and other ocean sites, on the ocean floor and throughout the water column, all linked to the Internet via submarine electro-optical cables. The system will document and measure once-inaccessible phenomena such as erupting volcanoes, migration patterns, submarine slumps, undersea earthquakes and storms -- and it will feed that data into ever-richer computer models of ocean behavior.
John Delaney | Speaker | TED.com