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Mary Roach - Writer
Death, the afterlife, and now sex -- Mary Roach tackles the most pondered and least understood conundrums that have baffled humans for centuries. (She's funny, too.)

Why you should listen

Freelance writer and humorist turned accidental science journalist Mary Roach likes to ask the questions we all wonder about but are usually too polite to mention. What happens after we die, anyway? How fast do cadavers rot? Can a corpse have an orgasm?

Writing the Health & Body column for Salon.com quickened her interest in the dead -- that, and looking at the hit count for her columns on cadavers. Her books Stiff and Spook sprung out of research done for a proposed Salon column called the Dead Beat (sadly, it was killed). Her most recent book, Bonk, is a romp through the current landscape of gynecology, sex research and the adult novelty industry.

In addition to her dry (and sometimes silly) wit, Roach has a penchant for funny voices, faking her way through interviews with expert scientists, and wheedling her way into strange locales, among them a dildo factory and under the business end of an ultrasound wand during coitus.

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Mary Roach: 10 things you didn't know about orgasm

瑪麗 ‧ 羅區 (Mary Roach) : 10 個性高潮的秘辛

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《一起搞吧!科學與性的奇異交配》一書的作者瑪麗 ‧ 羅區喜歡鑽研一些冷門的科學研究, 有些已經有好幾百年的歷史了。她提出了10個有關性高潮的論點,有的令人匪夷所思, 有的卻又令人捧腹大笑。(這個影片涉及成人議題,請觀者自行斟酌)
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Death, the afterlife, and now sex -- Mary Roach tackles the most pondered and least understood conundrums that have baffled humans for centuries. (She's funny, too.) Full bio

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Alright好的. I'm going to show顯示 you a couple一對 of images圖片
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好的,現在我要給大家看一些圖片
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from a very diverting分流 paper
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取自一篇非常有趣的論文
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in The Journal日誌 of Ultrasound超聲 in Medicine醫學.
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刊登在超音波醫學期刊上
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I'm going to go way out on a limb and say that it is the most diverting分流 paper
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我要大膽的說, 這是超音波醫學期刊
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ever published發表 in The Journal日誌 of Ultrasound超聲 in Medicine醫學.
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刊登過最具娛樂性的論文
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The title標題 is "Observations意見 of In-Utero在子宮內 Masturbation手淫."
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論文的標題是〈子宮內手淫的觀察〉
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Okay. Now on the left you can see the hand -- that's the big arrow箭頭 --
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好,現在左邊你看到的是手,在大箭頭所指的地方
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and the penis陰莖 on the right. The hand hovering徘徊.
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右邊是陰莖,在手的旁邊
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And over here we have,
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然後這邊我們看到的是
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in the words of radiologist放射科醫生 Israel以色列 Meisner邁斯納,
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引用放射線醫師Israel Meizner的話
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"The hand grasping the penis陰莖 in a fashion時尚 resembling類似 masturbation手淫 movements運動."
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「手握住陰莖做出類似手淫的動作」
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Bear in mind心神 this was an ultrasound超聲,
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請記住,這是超音波
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so it would have been moving移動 images圖片.
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所以這應該是動態圖片
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Orgasm性高潮 is a reflex反射 of the autonomic自主 nervous緊張 system系統.
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性高潮是自主神經系統的反射反應
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Now this is the part部分 of the nervous緊張 system系統
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這部份神經系統
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that deals交易 with the things that we don't consciously自覺 control控制,
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處理的是我們無法以意志控制的事情
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like digestion消化, heart rate and sexual有性 arousal覺醒.
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就像是消化、心跳、性慾
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And the orgasm性高潮 reflex反射 can be triggered觸發
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激發性高潮反射的外在刺激
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by a surprisingly出奇 broad廣闊 range範圍 of input輸入.
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出乎意料的多樣
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Genital生殖器 stimulation促進. Duh.
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生殖器官的刺激,老套!
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But also Kinsey金賽 interviewed採訪 a woman女人
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金賽博士就曾經訪談過一個女人
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who could be brought to orgasm性高潮
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只要有人撫摸她的眉毛
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by having someone有人 stroke行程 her eyebrow.
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就會達到性高潮
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People with spinal cord injuries受傷,
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脊椎有損傷的人
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like paraplegiasparaplegias, quadriplegiasquadriplegias,
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像是下半身痲痹或四肢癱瘓的人
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will often經常 develop發展 a very, very sensitive敏感 area
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身體會發展出一個非常敏感的區域
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right above以上 the level水平 of their injury,
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通常在受傷區域上方
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wherever哪裡 that is.
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無論傷處為何
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There is such這樣 a thing as a knee膝蓋 orgasm性高潮 in the literature文學.
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在文獻中也有所謂膝高潮的記錄
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I think the most curious好奇 one that I came來了 across橫過
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我覺得最有趣的則是
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was a case案件 report報告 of a woman女人
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一項案例報告中記錄一個
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who had an orgasm性高潮 every一切 time she brushed her teeth.
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只要刷牙就會高潮的女人
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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This was something in the complex複雜
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也就是某種複雜、
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sensory-motor感覺運動 action行動 of brushing刷牙 her teeth
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由刷牙的動作引發的感官刺激
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was triggering觸發 orgasm性高潮.
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激起了性高潮
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And she went to a neurologist神經學家 who was fascinated入迷.
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她看的神經科醫師,也覺得驚訝不已
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He checked檢查 to see if it was something in the toothpaste牙膏,
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連牙膏的成份都檢驗過了
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but no -- it happened發生 with any brand.
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不過,跟牙膏無關。任何牙膏都同樣有效。
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They stimulated刺激 her gums齒齦
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他們還用牙籤刺激她的牙齦
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with a toothpick牙籤, to see if that was doing it.
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看看是否是牙齦的問題
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No. It was the whole整個, you know, motion運動.
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也不是,那是一整個...就是...動作
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And the amazing驚人 thing to me is that
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讓我感到驚訝的是
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now you would think this woman女人 would like have
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大家可能覺得這個女人
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excellent優秀 oral口服 hygiene衛生.
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牙齒一定超乾淨的
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(Laughter笑聲)
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Sadly可悲的是 she -- this is what it said in the journal日誌 paper --
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不幸的,期刊論文上寫道
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"She believed相信 that she was possessed擁有 by demons惡魔
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「她深信自己被魔鬼附身了」
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and switched交換的 to mouthwash漱口水 for her oral口服 care關心."
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「從此不敢刷牙只漱口」
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It's so sad傷心.
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真的很可憐
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(Laughter笑聲)
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I interviewed採訪, when I was working加工 on the book,
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寫書的時候,我做了一些訪問
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I interviewed採訪 a woman女人 who can think herself她自己 to orgasm性高潮.
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我訪問過一個光想的就能高潮的女人
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She was part部分 of a study研究 at Rutgers羅格斯 University大學.
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她參與了 Rutgers 大學的一項研究
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You gotta總得 love that. Rutgers羅格斯.
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Rutgers 真是太酷了
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So I interviewed採訪 her in Oakland奧克蘭,
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我和她的訪問就在奧克蘭
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in a sushi壽司 restaurant餐廳.
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在一間日式料理餐廳中進行
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And I said, "So, could you do it right here?"
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我問:「所以,妳在這邊也可以?」
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And she said, "Yeah, but you know I'd rather finish my meal膳食 if you don't mind心神."
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她答:「是啊,如果妳不介意的話我想先把飯吃完。」
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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But afterwards之後 she was kind enough足夠 to demonstrate演示
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吃完飯後,她很好心的示範給我看
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on a bench長凳 outside.
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在餐廳外的長椅上
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It was remarkable卓越. It took about one minute分鐘.
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真是太神奇了!只花了一分鐘
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And I said to her,
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我跟她說
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"Are you just doing this all the time?"
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「妳該不會常常這樣做吧?」
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(Laughter笑聲)
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She said, "No. Honestly老老實實 when I get home I'm usually平時 too tired."
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她說:「才不,老實說我回到家時常常都累趴了。」
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(Laughter笑聲)
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She said that the last time she had doneDONE it
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她說上一次她這樣做
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was on the Disneyland迪斯尼樂園 tram電車.
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是在迪士尼的單軌電車上
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(Laughter笑聲)
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The headquarters司令部 for orgasm性高潮, along沿 the spinal nerve神經,
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性高潮的中樞位在脊神經
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is something called the sacral nerve神經 root, which哪一個 is back here.
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我們稱為薦神經根的地方, 就在這裡
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And if you trigger觸發, if you stimulate刺激 with an electrode電極,
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如果你用電極刺激
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the precise精確 spot, you will trigger觸發 an orgasm性高潮.
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這個特定的區域, 就可以激發性高潮
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And it is a fact事實 that you can trigger觸發 spinal reflexes反射
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事實證明,你也能在死人身上
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in dead people --
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刺激這樣的脊椎反射
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a certain某些 kind of dead person, a beating-heart跳動的心 cadaver屍體.
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有一種特定的死亡狀態, 軀體死亡心臟還在跳動
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Now this is somebody who is brain-dead腦死亡,
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就是所謂的腦死
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legally法律上 dead, definitely無疑 checked檢查 out,
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法理上判定死亡, 確定腦死
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but is being存在 kept不停 alive on a respirator呼吸器,
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但是以呼吸器維持生命
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so that their organs器官 will be oxygenated含氧
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讓器官仍有充足氧氣供給
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for transplantation移植.
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以利移植
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Now in one of these brain-dead腦死亡 people,
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如果在腦死病人身上
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if you trigger觸發 the right spot,
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刺激正確的區域
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you will see something every一切 now and then.
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你會看到一些斷斷續續的反應
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There is a reflex反射 called the Lazarus拉扎勒斯 reflex反射.
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這種反射稱為 Lazarus 反射
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And this is -- I'll demonstrate演示 as best最好 I can, not being存在 dead.
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這個反射...我盡量示範給大家看, 不是示範腦死
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It's like this. You trigger觸發 the spot.
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像這樣, 你刺激那個點
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The dead guy, or gal加侖, goes ... like that.
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死掉的男人或女人就會...像這樣
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Very unsettling惴惴 for people working加工 in pathology病理 labs實驗室.
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這對在病理實驗室工作的人來說是很恐怖的事
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(Laughter笑聲)
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Now if you can trigger觸發 the Lazarus拉扎勒斯 reflex反射 in a dead person,
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如果你可以刺激死去的人產生 Lazarus 反射
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why not the orgasm性高潮 reflex反射?
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那性高潮的反射也可以吧?
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I asked this question to a brain death死亡 expert專家,
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我曾問過一個腦死方面的專家這個問題
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Stephanie斯蒂芬妮 Mann, who was foolish enough足夠 to return返回 my emails電子郵件.
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就是 Stephanie Mann,沒想到她竟然傻傻的回我的 e-mail
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(Laughter笑聲)
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I said, "So, could you conceivably可以想像
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我問 「那麼, 理論上」
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trigger觸發 an orgasm性高潮 in a dead person?"
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「你可以刺激死人讓他高潮嗎?」
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She said, "Yes, if the sacral nerve神經 is being存在 oxygenated含氧,
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她回說「是, 只要薦神經有足夠氧氣」
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you conceivably可以想像 could."
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「理論上是可以的」
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Obviously明顯 it wouldn't不會 be as much fun開玩笑 for the person.
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當然死人一點都爽不到
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But it would be an orgasm性高潮 --
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不過至少「高潮」了呀
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(Laughter笑聲)
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nonetheless儘管如此,.
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即使如此
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I actually其實 suggested建議 to -- there is a researcher研究員 at the University大學 of Alabama阿拉巴馬
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我還是建議....一位阿拉巴馬大學
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who does orgasm性高潮 research研究.
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從事性高潮研究的研究員
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I said to her, "You should do an experiment實驗.
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我告訴她:「妳該做這個實驗」
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You know? You can get cadavers屍體 if you work at a university大學."
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「妳知道嗎?妳在大學工作可以取得屍體做研究耶」
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I said, "You should actually其實 do this."
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我說:「妳真的應該試看看。」
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She said, "You get the human人的 subjects主題 review評論 board approval贊同 for this one."
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她回我:「那妳幫我向人體實驗審查委員會取得這研究的許可」
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(Laughter笑聲)
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According根據 to 1930s marriage婚姻 manual手冊 author作者,
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根據 1930 年代婚姻手冊的作者
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Theodoor西奧多 van麵包車 de Velde維爾德,
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Theodoor Van de Velde,
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a slight輕微 seminal odor氣味 can be detected檢測 on the breath呼吸 of a woman女人
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性行為後一小時內
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within about an hour小時 after sexual有性 intercourse交往.
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可以從女人的口氣中聞出些微精液的味道
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Theodoor西奧多 van麵包車 de Velde維爾德 was something of a semen精液 connoisseur行家.
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Theodoor Van de Velde 可以說是精液的大師
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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This is a guy writing寫作 a book, "Ideal理想 Marriage婚姻," you know.
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這個人寫了一本書叫《理想的婚姻》
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Very heavy hetero異質 guy.
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他是個超級異性戀
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But he wrote in this book, "Ideal理想 Marriage婚姻" --
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但是他在《理想的婚姻》中卻寫
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he said that he could differentiate區分 between之間 the semen精液 of a young年輕 man,
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他可以分辨年輕男子的精液
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which哪一個 he said had a fresh新鮮, exhilarating令人振奮 smell,
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味道清新, 是令人神清氣爽的味道
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and the semen精液 of mature成熟 men男人,
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而成熟男人的精液
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whose誰的 semen精液 smelled quote引用,
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我引述書的內容
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"Remarkably異常 like that of the flowers花卉 of the Spanish西班牙語 chestnut板栗.
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「聞起來非常像是西班牙栗樹的花香」
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Sometimes有時 quite相當 freshly新鮮 floral花的,
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「有時候是很類似清新的花香」
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and then again sometimes有時 extremely非常 pungent潑辣."
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「但是有時候卻極度辛辣刺鼻」
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)(5.還能治療打嗝喔!)
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Okay. In 1999, in the state of Israel以色列,
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好的,1999年在以色列
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a man began開始 hiccupping打嗝.
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有個男人不停打嗝
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And this was one of those cases that went on and on.
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跟那些老掉牙的故事一樣
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He tried試著 everything his friends朋友 suggested建議.
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他試過所有朋友介紹的偏方
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Nothing seemed似乎 to help.
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卻沒有任何幫助
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Days went by. At a certain某些 point, the man,
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好幾天過去了,就在某天,
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still hiccupping打嗝, had sex性別 with his wife妻子.
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這個還在打嗝的男人跟他老婆做愛
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And lo and behold不料, the hiccups打嗝 went away.
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誰知道他竟然停止打隔了!
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He told his doctor醫生, who published發表 a case案件 report報告
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他告訴醫生這件事,他的醫生還因此發表了一篇報告
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in a Canadian加拿大 medical journal日誌 under the title標題,
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某個加拿大醫學期刊下了這樣的標題
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"Sexual有性 Intercourse交往 as a Potential潛在 Treatment治療
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〈性行為─
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for Intractable難治 Hiccups打嗝."
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止嗝的潛在療法〉
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I love this article文章 because at a certain某些 point they suggested建議
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我超愛這篇文章是因為在某個部分他們建議
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that unattached獨立的 hiccuppershiccuppers could try masturbation手淫.
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非持續性打嗝的人可以試著自慰來止嗝
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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I love that because there is like a whole整個 demographic人口: unattached獨立的 hiccuppershiccuppers.
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我愛這文章是因為裡頭有個統計:非持續性打嗝者
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
07:16
Married已婚, single, unattached獨立的 hiccupperhiccupper.
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已婚、未婚的非持續性打嗝者
07:22
In the 1900s, early 1900s
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在1900年代、1900年代早期
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gynecologists婦科醫生, a lot of gynecologists婦科醫生 believed相信
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有很多婦科專家相信
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that when a woman女人 has an orgasm性高潮
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當女人達到性高潮
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the contractions宮縮 serve服務 to suck吮吸 the semen精液 up through通過 the cervix宮頸
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肌肉的收縮具有將精液往上吸進子宮頸的功能
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and sort分類 of deliver交付 it really quickly很快 to the egg,
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這樣可以使精子快點達到卵子
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thereby從而 upping正在增加 the odds可能性 of conception概念.
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因此增加受精機率
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It was called the "upsuckupsuck" theory理論.
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被稱為「上吸」理論
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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If you go all the way back to Hippocrates希波克拉底,
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如果回溯到希波克拉底的時代
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physicians醫師 believed相信 that orgasm性高潮 in women婦女 was not just
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治療師相信女人的性高潮
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helpful有幫助 for conception概念, but necessary必要.
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不只能幫助受孕,還是受孕的必要條件
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Doctors醫生 back then were routinely常規 telling告訴 men男人
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那時候的醫生常常告訴男人們
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the importance重要性 of pleasuring取悅 their wives妻子.
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取悅妻子的重要性
08:03
Marriage-manual婚姻手冊 author作者 and semen-sniffer精液嗅探
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婚姻手冊作者兼精液氣味專家
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Theodoor西奧多 van麵包車 de Velde維爾德 --
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Theodore Van de Velde
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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has a line in his book.
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寫了一段話
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I loved喜愛 this guy. I got a lot of mileage里程 out of Theodoor西奧多 van麵包車 de Velde維爾德.
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我太愛這個傢伙。我從他那邊學到很多東西
08:15
He had this line in his book
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他在書中寫了這麼一段話
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that supposedly按說 comes from the Habsburg哈布斯堡 Monarchy帝制,
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應該是來自哈布斯堡王朝
08:20
where there was an empress皇后 Maria瑪麗亞 Theresa有一個,
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以前那裡有位女王Maria Theresa
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who was having trouble麻煩 conceiving受孕.
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她一直無法懷孕
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And apparently顯然地 the royal王室的 court法庭 physician醫師 said to her,
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御醫告訴她說
08:28
"I am of the opinion意見
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「我建議」
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that the vulva外陰 of your most sacred神聖 majesty威嚴
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「'女王您那神聖不可侵犯的外陰部位」
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be titillatedtitillated for some time prior to intercourse交往."
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「在性交前應該要經過一些時間的挑逗」
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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It's apparently顯然地, I don't know, on the record記錄 somewhere某處.
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應該是...我不知道...在某個文獻上有記載
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Masters大師 and Johnson約翰遜: now we're moving移動 forward前鋒 to the 1950s.
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時間來到1950年代,性學研究者
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Masters大師 and Johnson約翰遜 were upsuckupsuck skeptics懷疑論者,
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Masters跟Johnson為「上吸」理論的懷疑論者
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which哪一個 is also really fun開玩笑 to say.
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換個有趣的說法:
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They didn't buy購買 it.
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他們不吃這套
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And they decided決定, being存在 Masters大師 and Johnson約翰遜,
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而且決定,身為性學專家
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that they would get to the bottom底部 of it.
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他們要追根究柢
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They brought women婦女 into the lab實驗室 -- I think it was five women婦女 --
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他們雇了幾個女人到實驗室,我想應該有五個
08:59
and outfitted裝備 them with cervical頸椎 caps帽子
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替他們裝了子宮頸帽
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containing artificial人造 semen精液.
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內含人工精液
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And in the artificial人造 semen精液
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在人工精液裡
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was a radio-opaque無線電不透明 substance物質,
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加入了放射線不能透過去的物質
09:09
such這樣 that it would show顯示 up on an X-rayX-射線.
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因此可以呈現在X光照片中
09:12
This is the 1950s.
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當時是1950年代
09:14
Anyway無論如何 these women婦女 satSAT in front面前 of an X-rayX-射線 device設備.
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那些女人坐在X光裝置的前面
09:18
And they masturbated自慰.
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然後她們自慰
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And Masters大師 and Johnson約翰遜 looked看著 to see if the semen精液 was being存在 sucked up.
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Masters和Johnson觀察精液是否被吸上去
09:24
Did not find any evidence證據 of upsuckupsuck.
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並沒有發現任何「上吸」的現象
09:26
You may可能 be wondering想知道, "How do you make artificial人造 semen精液?"
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你可能會想,人工精液怎麼做啊?
09:30
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
09:35
I have an answer回答 for you. I have two answers答案.
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我準備了兩個答案
09:37
You can use flour麵粉 and water, or cornstarch玉米澱粉 and water.
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你可以用麵粉和水,或是玉米粉和水
09:40
I actually其實 found發現 three separate分離 recipes食譜 in the literature文學.
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我還真的在文獻中找到三種不同的「食譜」
09:44
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
09:45
My favorite喜愛 being存在 the one that says --
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我最喜歡的一個上面寫了
09:47
you know, they have the ingredients配料 listed上市,
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你知道,食譜都會列出食材
09:49
and then in a recipe食譜 it will say, for example,
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而且食譜中通常會寫,舉例來說
09:51
"Yield產量: two dozen cupcakes紙杯蛋糕."
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「分量:24個小蛋糕」
09:53
This one said, "Yield產量: one ejaculate射出."
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這個是寫:「分量:一次射精量」
09:56
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
09:59
There's another另一個 way that orgasm性高潮 might威力 boost促進 fertility生育能力.
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還有一個利用性高潮增加受精機率的方法
10:01
This one involves涉及 men男人.
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這個方法牽涉到男人
10:03
Sperm精子 that sit around in the body身體 for a week or more
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精子停留在身體裡超過一個星期後
10:05
start開始 to develop發展 abnormalities異常
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會開始產生異常
10:08
that make them less effective有效 at head-banging頭撞 their way
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這讓它們一路直衝到卵子
10:10
into the egg.
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的效率降低
10:12
British英國的 sexologist性科學家 Roy羅伊 Levin萊文
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英國的性學家Roy Levin
10:14
has speculated推測 that this is perhaps也許 why men男人
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猜測這可能是為什麼男人們
10:16
evolved進化 to be such這樣 enthusiastic熱情 and frequent頻繁 masturbators自慰.
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演化成對於自慰如此熱衷且頻繁
10:20
He said, "If I keep tossing折騰 myself off
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他說:「如果我經常清理精液」
10:22
I get fresh新鮮 sperm精子 being存在 made製作."
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「那我的身體就會製作更多新鮮的精子」
10:24
Which哪一個 I thought was an interesting有趣 idea理念, theory理論.
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我覺得這是個很有趣的想法、理論
10:28
So now you have an evolutionary發展的 excuse藉口.
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所以你現在自慰可以拿演化當藉口了
10:30
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
10:34
Okay.
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很好
10:37
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)(7.豬農也受惠)
10:39
AlrightyAlrighty. There is considerable大量 evidence證據 for upsuckupsuck in the animal動物 kingdom王國 --
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好了,在動物界卻有相當多的證據證明上吸理論
10:44
pigs, for instance.
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例如,豬
10:46
In Denmark丹麥, the Danish丹麥 National國民 Committee委員會 for Pig Production生產
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在丹麥的豬隻生產國家委員會
10:50
found發現 out that if you
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發現如果
10:52
sexually stimulate刺激 a sow母豬 while you artificially人為 inseminate授精 her,
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愛撫母豬的同時進行人工授精
10:56
you will see a six-percent六%的 increase增加 in the farrowing產仔 rate,
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每胎產下的小豬數量
10:59
which哪一個 is the number of piglets仔豬 produced生成.
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會增加百分之六
11:02
So they came來了 up with this plan計劃, this five-point五點 stimulation促進 plan計劃
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所以他們想出了這個,對母豬進行
11:05
for the sows母豬.
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「五點刺激步驟」的方法
11:07
And they had the farmers農民 -- there is posters海報 they put in the barn穀倉,
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而且讓農夫們...在農場裡貼了一些海報
11:10
and they have a DVDDVD.
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他們還有DVD
11:12
And I got a copy複製 of this DVDDVD.
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我這邊有拷貝一份
11:14
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
11:15
This is my unveiling揭幕, because I am going to show顯示 you a clip.
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我要在現場播放片段,將影片公諸於世
11:19
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
11:21
So uh, okay.
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所以,好
11:23
Now here we go in to the -- la la la, off to work.
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現在我們看到的是...啦啦啦,重點來了
11:26
It all looks容貌 very innocent無辜.
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現在看起來一點也不淫穢
11:29
He's going to be doing things with his hands
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接下來他要用他的手做一些事
11:31
that the boar公豬 would use his snout, lacking不足 hands. Okay.
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就像豬公會用他的鼻子做的,因為沒有手,好
11:35
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
11:38
This is it. The boar公豬 has a very odd courtship求愛 repertoire劇目.
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就像這樣,豬公的前戲非常奇怪
11:43
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
11:47
This is to mimic模仿者 the weight重量 of the boar公豬.
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這是要模擬豬公的體重
11:49
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
11:52
You should know, the clitoris陰蒂 of the pig, inside the vagina陰道.
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你們要知道,豬的陰蒂是在陰道裡面
11:55
So this may可能 be sort分類 of titillating挑逗 for her. Here we go.
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所以這是在激起母豬的性慾,開始了
11:58
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
12:20
And the happy快樂 result結果.
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這是愛的結晶
12:22
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
12:24
I love this video視頻.
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我真是超愛這段影片
12:26
There is a point in this video視頻, towards the beginning開始
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影片的某個部分,靠近開頭的地方
12:28
where they zoom放大 in for a close up of his hand with his wedding婚禮 ring,
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鏡頭拉近照到他手上的結婚戒指
12:30
as if to say, "It's okay, it's just his job工作. He really does like women婦女."
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好像是在說「沒關係啦!這只是工作而已,他真的愛女人」
12:35
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)(8.雌性動物比你想像的還享受性交過程)
12:39
Okay. Now I said -- when I was in Denmark丹麥, my host主辦 was named命名 Anne安妮 Marie瑪麗.
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好的,當我在丹麥的時候,招待我的人名叫Anne Marie
12:42
And I said, "So why don't you just stimulate刺激 the clitoris陰蒂 of the pig?
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我說「為什麼不就刺激豬的陰蒂就好?」
12:48
Why don't you have the farmers農民 do that?
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「為什麼不讓農夫這樣做?」
12:50
That's not one of your five steps腳步."
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「這不是五個步驟之一」
12:52
She said -- I have to read you what she said, because I love it.
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我非得唸出她的回答,因為我太愛這句話了
12:54
She said, "It was a big hurdle
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她說:「要讓農夫們伸手進母豬的陰部」
12:56
just to get farmers農民 to touch觸摸 underneath the vulva外陰.
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「對他們來說是很大的障礙」
12:59
So we thought, let's not mention提到 the clitoris陰蒂 right now."
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「所以我想,還是不要提到陰蒂的事好了」
13:02
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
13:07
Shy害羞 but ambitious有雄心 pig farmers農民, however然而, can purchase採購 a -- this is true真正 --
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很害羞又想成功的豬農們還是可以買個...我說真的...
13:10
a sow母豬 vibrator振子,
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一支母豬按摩棒
13:12
that hangs掛起 on the sperm精子 feeder給料機 tube to vibrate顫動.
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附精子注入器又會震動
13:14
Because, as I mentioned提到,
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因為就像我說的
13:17
the clitoris陰蒂 is inside the vagina陰道.
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豬的陰蒂位在陰道裡面
13:19
So possibly或者, you know, a little more arousing引起 than it looks容貌.
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所以你知道的,這可能比看起來還挑逗點
13:22
And I also said to her,
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接著我說
13:24
"Now these sows母豬. I mean, you may可能 have noticed注意到 there,
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「你看這些母豬,你應該也注意到了」
13:26
The sow母豬 doesn't look to be in the throes陣痛 of ecstasy狂喜."
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「母豬看起來並不享受這種痛苦的快感」
13:29
And she said, you can't make that conclusion結論,
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然後她回答「你怎麼知道?」
13:31
because animals動物 don't register寄存器
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「因為動物沒有表情」
13:34
pain疼痛 or pleasure樂趣 on their faces面孔 in the same相同 way that we do.
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「不能像我們一樣將痛苦和愉悅表現在臉上」
13:36
They tend趨向 to -- pigs, for example, are more like dogs小狗.
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以豬為例,牠們比較像狗
13:40
They use the upper half of the face面對; the ears耳朵 are very expressive表現的.
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用臉的上半部表達情緒,牠們耳朵的表情很豐富
13:43
So you're not really sure what's going on with the pig.
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所以你很難了解這隻豬發生了什麼事
13:46
Primates靈長類動物, on the other hand, we use our mouths嘴巴 more.
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靈長類則相反,我們比較常用到嘴巴
13:50
This is the ejaculation射精 face面對 of the stump-tailed樹樁尾 macaque.
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這是短尾恆河猴射精時的表情
13:54
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
13:56
And, interestingly有趣, this has been observed觀察到的 in female macaques獼猴,
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而且很有趣的,母的恆河猴也有這種表情
14:00
but only when mounting安裝 another另一個 female.
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但是只有在跟另外一隻母猴交配的時候才會看到
14:04
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)(9.在實驗室裡研究人的性高潮是一件很困難的事)
14:07
Masters大師 and Johnson約翰遜, in the 1950s, they decided決定,
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1950年代時,Masters和Johnson決定
14:09
okay, we're going to figure數字 out the entire整個 human人的 sexual有性 response響應 cycle週期,
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好,我們要搞清楚人類性反應的完整過程
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from arousal覺醒, all the way through通過 orgasm性高潮, in men男人 and women婦女 --
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研究男人和女人,從性慾的激起,一直到性高潮
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everything that happens發生 in the human人的 body身體.
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人體發生的所有反應
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Okay, with women婦女, a lot of this is happening事件 inside.
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好,對女人來說,很多反應都是發生在體內的
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This did not stop Masters大師 and Johnson約翰遜.
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但是Masters和Johnson並未因此停止研究
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They developed發達 an artificial人造 coition性交 machine.
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他們研發出一個人工性交機器
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This is basically基本上 a penis陰莖 camera相機 on a motor發動機.
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基本上是裝了馬達的陰莖攝影機
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There is a phallus陽具,
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其實是一個陰莖
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clear明確 acrylic丙烯酸樹脂 phallus陽具, with a camera相機 and a light source資源,
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透明壓克力做的陰莖,裝了攝影機和光源
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attached to a motor發動機 that is kind of going like this.
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裝在一個這樣運動的馬達上
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And the woman女人 would have sex性別 with it.
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然後女人就跟機器做愛
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That is what they would do. Pretty漂亮 amazing驚人.
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這是他們想做的,很驚人吧!
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Sadly可悲的是, this device設備 has been dismantled拆除.
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很可惜,這個裝置已經被拆除了
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This just kills殺死 me, not because I wanted to use it --
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我覺得好可惜,並不是因為我想試用
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I wanted to see it.
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是因為我想看它一眼
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)(10.這真的很具有娛樂價值)
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One fine day
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某個美好的一天
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Alfred阿爾弗雷德 Kinsey金賽 decided決定
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金賽博士決定
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to calculate計算 the average平均 distance距離 traveled旅行 by ejaculated射精 semen精液.
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要測量精液射出的平均距離
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This was not idle curiosity好奇心.
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這可不是出於無聊的好奇心
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Doctor醫生 Kinsey金賽 had heard聽說 --
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金賽博士曾聽說...
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and there was a theory理論 kind of going around at the time, this being存在 the 1940s --
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1940年代,當時流傳著一個理論
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that the force with which哪一個
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精液射入子宮頸
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semen精液 is thrown拋出 against反對 the cervix宮頸
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的力量
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was a factor因子 in fertility生育能力.
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是受精的因素之一
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Kinsey金賽 thought it was bunk假寐, so he got to work.
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金賽覺得根本是無稽之談,所以他要驗證
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He got together一起 in his lab實驗室
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他在實驗室募集到
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300 men男人, a measuring測量 tape膠帶, and a movie電影 camera相機.
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300個男人、一個量尺和一部攝影機
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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And in fact事實 he found發現
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而且事實上他發現
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that in three quarters住處 of the men男人
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有三分之一的男人
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the stuff東東 just kind of slopped越出停車 out.
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那液體就只是溢出來
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It wasn't spurted or thrown拋出 or ejected噴出 under great force.
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並非有股力量把精液噴出來或射出來
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However然而, the record記錄 holder持有人
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但是,紀錄保持者
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landed登陸 just shy害羞 of the eight-foot八腳 mark標記, which哪一個 is impressive有聲有色.
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大約射了八英呎遠,真是驚人
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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Yes. Exactly究竟.
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是啊,沒有錯!
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
15:58
Sadly可悲的是, he's anonymous匿名. His name名稱 is not mentioned提到.
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很可惜,他是匿名的,沒提到他的名字
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In his write-up寫上去,
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在金賽博士的筆記中
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in his write-up寫上去 of this experiment實驗 in his book,
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在他書中這個實驗的筆記
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Kinsey金賽 wrote,
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金賽寫了
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"Two sheets床單 were laid鋪設 down to protect保護 the oriental東方的 carpets地毯."
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「我得鋪兩條床單來保護地毯」
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Which哪一個 is my second第二 favorite喜愛 line
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在金賽博士的畢生作品中
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in the entire整個 oeuvre作品 of Alfred阿爾弗雷德 Kinsey金賽.
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這是我第二喜歡的句子
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My favorite喜愛 being存在, "Cheese起司 crumbs spread傳播 before a pair of copulating交配 rats大鼠
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我最喜歡的是「在一對正在交配的老鼠前灑一些起司屑」
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will distract轉移 the female, but not the male."
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「只有母的老鼠會分心,公的不會」
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Thank you very much.
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謝謝大家
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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Thanks謝謝!
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謝謝!
Translated by Yu-Ju Chiang
Reviewed by Ching-Yi Wu

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mary Roach - Writer
Death, the afterlife, and now sex -- Mary Roach tackles the most pondered and least understood conundrums that have baffled humans for centuries. (She's funny, too.)

Why you should listen

Freelance writer and humorist turned accidental science journalist Mary Roach likes to ask the questions we all wonder about but are usually too polite to mention. What happens after we die, anyway? How fast do cadavers rot? Can a corpse have an orgasm?

Writing the Health & Body column for Salon.com quickened her interest in the dead -- that, and looking at the hit count for her columns on cadavers. Her books Stiff and Spook sprung out of research done for a proposed Salon column called the Dead Beat (sadly, it was killed). Her most recent book, Bonk, is a romp through the current landscape of gynecology, sex research and the adult novelty industry.

In addition to her dry (and sometimes silly) wit, Roach has a penchant for funny voices, faking her way through interviews with expert scientists, and wheedling her way into strange locales, among them a dildo factory and under the business end of an ultrasound wand during coitus.

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