TEDMED 2009
David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 minutes
大卫 布莱恩：我如何做到水下屏气17分钟
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这是在TEDMED里一个非常个人化的演讲，作为魔术师及特技替身演员，大卫 布莱恩讲述了他是如何做到在水下屏气17分钟---一个世界纪录（仅仅比他这个的演讲短一分钟！）---以及这个蔑视死亡的举动对他有怎样的意义。 警告：不要在家里尝试！
David Blaine - Illusionist, endurance artist
With a deck of cards and authoritative cool, David Blaine brings the wonderment of magic off the stage and onto the sidewalk. Full bio
With a deck of cards and authoritative cool, David Blaine brings the wonderment of magic off the stage and onto the sidewalk. Full bio
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As a magician, I try to create images that
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作为一个魔术师， 我总是尝试去创造一个现象
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make people stop and think.
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可以让人们驻足思考。
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I also try to challenge myself
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我也试着挑战自己
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to do things that doctors say are not possible.
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做一些医生看来不可能的事情。
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I was buried alive in New York City in a coffin,
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我曾于1999年4月，
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buried alive in a coffin in April, 1999,
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被埋在纽约一口棺材里
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for a week.
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整整一个星期。
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I lived there with nothing but water.
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着一个礼拜仅靠水存活下来。
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And it ended up being so much fun
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但结果是我从中获得极大的乐趣。
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that I decided I could pursue
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于是我决定去追求
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doing more of these things.
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实现更多这样的事。
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The next one is I froze myself in a block of ice
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下一次就是我把自己冻在一个大冰块里
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for three days and three nights in New York City.
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整整三天三夜，地点是纽约。
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That one was way more difficult than I had expected.
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那次要比我想象的困难许多。
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The one after that, I stood on top of a hundred foot pillar
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接下来的一次，我站在一百多英尺高的柱子顶端
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for 36 hours.
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整整36个小时。
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I began to hallucinate so hard
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快结束时我开始产生非常强烈的幻觉
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that the buildings that were behind me started to look like big animal heads.
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以至于我觉得身后的建筑看起来像巨型动物的头。
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So, next I went to London.
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后来，我去了伦敦。
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In London I lived in a glass box for 44 days
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在伦敦，我在一个玻璃箱里生存了44天
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with nothing but water.
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也是除了水什么都没有。
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It was, for me, one of the most difficult things I'd ever done,
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对于我来说，这次是所有挑战中最艰难的一次，
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but it was also the most beautiful.
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但它仍然是非常美好的一次历程。
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There was so many skeptics, especially the press in London,
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当时有许多持怀疑态度的人，尤其是伦敦的记者们，
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that they started flying cheeseburgers
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他们坐直升机徘徊在我的玻璃箱周围
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on helicopters around my box to tempt me.
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到处扔汉堡引诱我。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
01:36
So, I felt very validated
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我通过这次活动被认可而感到非常高兴，
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when the New England Journal of Medicine actually
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事实上新英格兰医学杂志
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used the research for science.
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还以此作为研究供科学参考。
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My next pursuit was I wanted to see how long I could go without breathing,
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我的下一个追求便是想试试不呼吸能坚持多久，
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like how long I could survive with nothing,
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也就是说什么都没有的情况下我能活多久，
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not even air.
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甚至没有空气。
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I didn't realize that it would become
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我并没有意识到，
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the most amazing journey of my life.
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这一次成就了我生命中最美妙的旅程。
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As a young magician
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作为一个年轻的魔术师
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I was obsessed with Houdini and his underwater challenges.
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我沉迷于霍迪尼和他在水下屏气挑战。
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So, I began, early on, competing against the other kids,
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孩童时候，我就开始与其他的孩子们比试，
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seeing how long I could stay underwater
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看可以在水下待多久，
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while they went up and down to breathe,
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当他们得反复探头出水面呼吸，
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you know, five times, while I stayed under on one breath.
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大概5次之多，我却可以一直待在水下，完全不需要换气。。
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By the time I was a teenager
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当我是青少年的时候
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I was able to hold my breath for three minutes and 30 seconds.
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我已经可以水下屏气达3分30秒之久，
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I would later find out that was Houdini's personal record.
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后来我才发现那就是霍迪尼的个人纪录。
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In 1987 I heard of a story
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在1987年，我听说了一个故事，
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about a boy that fell through ice
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一个男孩掉进冰封的河里，
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and was trapped under a river.
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困于河底。
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He was underneath, not breathing for 45 minutes.
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他45分钟内没有呼吸。
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When the rescue workers came
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当救援人员赶到
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they resuscitated him and there was no brain damage.
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抢救并唤醒他时，发现他并没有脑损伤，
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His core temperature had dropped to 77 degrees.
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他的心脏温度降至77度。
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As a magician, I think everything is possible.
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作为一个魔术师，我相信一切皆有可能。
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And I think if something is done by one person
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我认为如果某个人可以做到某件事，
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it can be done by others.
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那么任何人都可以做到。
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I started to think, if the boy could survive
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我开始思索，如果这个男孩
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without breathing for that long,
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可以如此长时间不呼吸而活下来，
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there must be a way that I could do it.
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那么必定有某种途径让我也可以做到。
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So, I met with a top neurosurgeon.
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于是我找了最好的神经科医师，
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And I asked him, how long is it possible
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问他人若是不呼吸最长支撑多久，
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to go without breathing, like how long could I go without air?
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也就是哪怕连空气都没有我能撑多久？
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And he said to me that anything over six minutes
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他告诉我，任何超过6分钟不呼吸的行为，
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you have a serious risk
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都会因缺氧而造成
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of hypoxic brain damage.
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严重脑损伤的危险。
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So, I took that as a challenge, basically.
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那么毫无疑问，我便把它列入了我的挑战。
03:26
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
03:27
My first try, I figured that I could do something similar,
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第一次试验，我打算模拟那个男孩遭遇的情况，
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and I created a water tank,
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弄一个水缸，
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and I filled it with ice and freezing cold water.
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注满彻骨的冰水，
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And I stayed inside of that water tank
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然后就跳进那个水缸里，
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hoping my core temperature would start to drop.
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希望我的体温可以下降。
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And I was shivering. In my first attempt to hold my breath
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当不住地时我颤抖。第一次尝试
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I couldn't even last a minute.
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我甚至连一分钟都坚持不了。
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So, I realized that was completely not going to work.
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于是我意识到简单的模拟行不通，
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So, I went to talk to a doctor friend,
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我便找了一位医生朋友，
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and I asked him how could I do that?
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询问他我怎样才能屏气那么久，
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"I want to hold my breath for a really long time. How could it be done?"
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“我想在在水下长时间屏气。怎么样才可以做到呢？”我问他，
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And he said, "David, you're a magician,
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他回答，“大卫，你是魔术师，
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create the illusion of not breathing, it will be much easier."
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设计一个不呼吸的假象岂不是更容易？”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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So, he came up with this idea
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他想出这么个点子，
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of creating a rebreather,
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做一个内呼吸装置，
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with a CO2 scrubber,
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内置一个CO2 涤气器，
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which was basically a tube from Home Depot,
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其实基本上就是一个家用的管子，
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with a balloon duct-taped to it,
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再套一个气球仅此而已。
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that he thought we could put inside of me,
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他认为可以把这个东西放到我身体里，
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and somehow be able to circulate the air and rebreathe
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然后用某种方式可以循环空气达到再呼吸的目的。
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with this thing in me.
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他是这么把东西放进来的，
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This is a little hard to watch.
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这过程看起来会不太舒服...
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But this is that attempt.
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但那是一次尝试。
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So, that clearly wasn't going to work.
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好了，很显然它是不会起作用的。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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Then I actually started thinking about
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接着我开始考虑
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liquid breathing.
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试试液体呼吸。
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There is a chemical that's called perflubron.
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有一种叫全氟化合物的化学药剂，
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And it's so high in oxygen levels
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含氧量特别高，
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that in theory you could breathe it.
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理论上你是可以用它来呼吸。
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So, I got my hands on that chemical,
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于是我打算尝试这种化学试剂，
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filled the sink up with it, and stuck my face in the sink
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将它灌满水缸，把脸浸在里面，
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and tried to breathe that in,
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试着呼吸。
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which was really impossible.
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但那实在是不太可能，
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It's basically like trying to breathe, as a doctor said,
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基本上就如医生所说，
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while having an elephant standing on your chest.
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情况如同一头大象踩住你胸口的同时你还非得呼吸一样。
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So, that idea disappeared.
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这个法子看来也行不通。
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Then I started thinking,
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接着我想到，
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would it be possible to hook up a heart/lung bypass machine
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有没有可能在我的心脏和肺之间用机械搭桥，
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and have a surgery where it was a tube going into my artery,
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然后做手术把管子放入动脉，
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and then appear to not breathe while they were oxygenating my blood?
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表面没有呼吸但事实上这些装备在为我的血液供氧？
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Which was another insane idea, obviously.
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但这显然又是另一个疯狂的想法。
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Then I thought about the craziest idea of all the ideas:
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后来，我想出了一个最疯狂的办法：
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to actually do it.
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那就是，真刀真枪的来。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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To actually try to hold my breath past the point
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去真正憋气至那一刻，
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that doctors would consider you brain dead.
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那连医生都认为会脑死亡的时间。
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So, I started researching
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于是我开始搜集
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into pearl divers.
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有关采珠人的信息。
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You know, because they go down for four minutes on one breath.
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因为他们可以只用一口气便在水下待4分钟之久。
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And when I was researching pearl divers, I found the world
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而且当我在做采珠人调查时
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of free-diving.
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我发现了另一番洞天--自由潜水。
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It was the most amazing thing that I ever discovered, pretty much.
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它几乎可以说是我至今发现最奇妙的事。
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There is many different aspects to free-diving.
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自由潜水有很多种，
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There is depth records, where people go as deep as they can.
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有深度记录的，人们可以潜到他们能达到的最大深度，
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And then there is static apnea.
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还有静止屏气，
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That's holding your breath as long as you can
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就是能憋气多久就憋多久，
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in one place without moving.
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但必须静止在一个固定的地方。
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That was the one that I studied.
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那就是我调查的研究。
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The first thing that I learned is when you're holding your breath
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我学到的第一个要领就是当你在屏气时
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you should never move at all; that wastes energy.
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应该一动不动，否则会浪费能量，
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And that depletes oxygen,
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消耗氧气，
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and it builds up CO2 in your blood. So, I learned never to move.
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并会使血液中的CO2含量升高。所以我试着不去移动。
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And I learned how to slow my heart rate down.
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我也学到了怎样减缓我的心率。
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I had to remain perfectly still and just relax
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必须去保证一动不动并且非常放松
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and think that I wasn't in my body,
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想象自己已经不在身体里，
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and just control that.
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并且要持续保持。
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And then I learned how to purge.
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然后我学了怎样净化呼吸，
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Purging is basically hyperventilating.
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净化呼吸实际上就是强力呼吸。
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You blow in and out ...
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呼进，呼出
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You do that, you get lightheaded, you get tingling.
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然后会感到眩晕，耳鸣，
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And you're really ridding your body of CO2.
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这样就可以排除身体内的CO2，
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So, when you hold your breath it's infinitely easier.
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接着当你再屏气的时候，就会感到轻松。
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Then I learned that you have to take a huge breath,
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然后我学到必须要吸很大的一口气，
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and just hold and relax and never let any air out,
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憋住，放松，别让一点儿空漏出去，
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and just hold and relax through all the pain.
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憋着并放松着尝试忍过所有的痛苦感觉。
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Every morning, this is for months,
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每天早晨，连续几个月，
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I would wake up and the first thing that I would do
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我醒来第一件事
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is I would hold my breath
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就是屏住呼吸
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for, out of 52 minutes,
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在52分钟内，
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I would hold my breath for 44 minutes.
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我能憋气44分钟。
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So, basically what that means is I would purge,
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那就是说我会用净化呼吸的方式，
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I'd breath really hard for a minute.
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用力的呼吸一分钟
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And I would hold, immediately after, for five and half minutes.
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然后就马上屏气5分半钟，
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Then I would breath again for a minute,
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接着再用力呼吸一分钟，
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purging as hard as I can,
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使最大的力气去净化呼吸，
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then immediately after that I would hold again for five and half minutes.
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然后马上再一次屏住呼吸5分半钟。
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I would repeat this process eight times in a row.
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我会连续重复这样的过程8次。
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Out of 52 minutes you're only breathing for eight minutes.
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在52分钟内，我其实只呼吸8分钟。
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At the end of that you're completely fried, your brain.
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在快要结束时，我觉得大脑快炸开了，
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You feel like you're walking around in a daze.
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就好像在一片耀眼中行走，
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And you have these awful headaches.
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头痛欲裂。
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Basically, I'm not the best person to talk to when I'm doing that stuff.
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似乎我属于做的出却描述不出的人。
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I started learning about the world-record holder.
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我开始了解到这个记录的保持者
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His name is Tom Sietas.
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叫汤姆 斯塔斯。
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And this guy is perfectly built for holding his breath.
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这家伙就像是为屏气而生的，
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He's six foot four. He's 160 pounds.
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他有6尺4，160磅重。
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And his total lung capacity
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而且他的肺活量是
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is twice the size of an average person.
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正常人的2倍。
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I'm six foot one, and fat.
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我呢，6尺1寸，很胖，
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We'll say big-boned.
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或者可以硬是说成骨架比较大。
08:30
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
08:32
I had to drop 50 pounds in three months.
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所以我必须在三个月内减掉50磅。
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So, everything that I put into my body
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所有放进我嘴里的东西
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I considered as medicine.
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我都看作是药物，
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Every bit of food was exactly what it was for its nutritional value.
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每一小块食物都按照营养价值需要来吃。
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I ate really small controlled portions
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一天内
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throughout the day.
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我都保持吃非常小量的食物，
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And I started to really adapt my body.
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渐渐的我开始保持很好的状态了。
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(Laughter)
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The thinner I was, the longer I was able to hold my breath.
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我越瘦，就越能长时间屏住呼吸。
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And by eating so well and training so hard,
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my resting heart-rate dropped to 38 beats per minute.
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我的心率下降到每分钟38次，
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Which is lower than most Olympic athletes.
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比多数奥林匹克选手都要低。
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In four months of training I was able to hold my breath
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在4个月的训练，我已经可以屏住呼吸
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for over seven minutes.
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长达7分钟之久。
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I wanted to try holding my breath everywhere.
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我在任何地方都训练屏气，
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I wanted to try it in the most extreme situations
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尝试在极端的环境下屏气
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to see if I could slow my heart rate down
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检验是否可能降低心率
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under duress.
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在如此高压下。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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I decided that I was going to break the world record
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终于我准备好要打破世界纪录，
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live on prime-time television.
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要在黄金时段的电视频道直播。
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The world record was eight minutes and 58 seconds,
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当时的世界纪录是8分58秒，
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held by Tom Sietas, that guy with the whale lungs I told you about.
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汤姆，斯塔斯始终保持，我告诉过你们那个家伙有鲸鱼一样大的肺。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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I assumed that I could put a water tank at Lincoln center
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我设想可以在林肯中心放一个巨型水缸
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and if I stayed there a week not eating,
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然后我不吃饭在那里面先待一个礼拜，
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I would get comfortable in that situation
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就会比较适应了，
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and I would slow my metabolism,
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并且新陈代谢也会缓慢下来，
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which I was sure would help me hold my breath
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我很肯定这样做可以
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longer than I had been able to do it.
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帮我更长时间的屏住呼吸。
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I was completely wrong.
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显然我完全错了。
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I entered the sphere a week before the scheduled air date.
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我提前一个礼拜去到中心，
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And I thought everything seemed to be on track.
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感觉一切都渐渐上了轨道，
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Two days before my big breath hold attempt, for the record,
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没想到的是，在破纪录憋气尝试的前两天，
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the producers of my television special
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电视制作人
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thought that just watching somebody
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突然觉得
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holding their breath, and almost drowning,
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光看人憋气像是快要淹死
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is too boring for television.
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对观众来说太过无聊。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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So, I had to add handcuffs,
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于是我不得不加上手铐，
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while holding my breath, to escape from.
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边屏气边试着挣脱它们。
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This was a critical mistake.
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这被证明是个极严重的错误。
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Because of the movement I was wasting oxygen.
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开始后我因为挣脱的动作浪费了很多氧气，
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And by seven minutes I had gone
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到第7分钟我已经开始
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into these awful convulsions.
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不住可怕的抽搐中™
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By 7:08 I started to black out.
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到7分08秒时，我开始失去知觉，
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And by seven minutes and 30 seconds
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7分30秒的时候
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they had to pull my body out and bring me back.
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他们必须把我拉出来进行抢救。
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I had failed on every level.
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我输的一塌糊涂。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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So, naturally, the only way out of the slump
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所以很自然唯一可以摆脱消沉
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that I could think of
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我可以想到的
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was, I decided to call Oprah.
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就是去找奥普拉。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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I told her that I wanted to up the ante
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我告诉他我要提高赌注
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and hold my breath longer than any human being ever had.
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我要屏住呼吸长过所有人。
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This was a different record. This was a pure O2
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这是个不同的记录，
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static apnea record that Guinness
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这次是纯氧静止屏气记录，
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had set the world record at 13 minutes.
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由吉尼斯目前的13分钟为世界纪录。
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So, basically you breath pure O2 first,
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也就是先吸入入纯氧,
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oxygenating your body, flushing out CO2,
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充沛氧气，排出二氧化碳。
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and you are able to hold much longer.
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然后你就可以屏气更长时间。
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I realized that my real competition
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当时我意识到，我真正的竞争者是--
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was the beaver.
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海狸。
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(Laughter)
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In January of '08
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2008年1月
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Oprah gave me four months to prepare and train.
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奥普拉给了我4个月准备和训练。
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So, I would sleep in a hypoxic tent every night.
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我每晚睡在低氧舱里，
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A hypoxic tent is a tent that simulates
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所谓低氧舱就是模拟
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altitude at 15,000 feet.
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海拔15000尺的含氧量，
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So, it's like base camp Everest.
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跟终极野营似的。
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What that does is, you start building up
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这么做的原因是，
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the red blood cell count in your body,
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可以累积体内红细胞的数目，
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which helps you carry oxygen better.
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帮助你更好的保存氧气。
12:16
Every morning, again, after getting out of that tent
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每个早晨，同样的，从低氧舱里出来时
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your brain is completely wiped out.
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大脑一片空白。
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My first attempt on pure O2, I was able to go up to 15 minutes.
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第一次尝试纯氧时，我已经可以屏气15分钟。
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So, it was a pretty big success.
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这已经算是不小的成功了。
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The neurosurgeon pulled me out of the water
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当那个神经外科医师把我从水里拉出来时相当震惊--
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because in his mind, at 15 minutes
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在他看来，15分钟不呼吸
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your brain is done, you're brain dead.
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你的大脑就完了，脑死亡--
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So, he pulled me up, and I was fine.
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可是当他把我拉出来，我却状态良好，
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There was one person there that was definitely not impressed.
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当时肯定有一个人是觉得没什么大不了，
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It was my ex-girlfriend. While I was breaking the record underwater
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就是我的前女友。当我在水下第一次打破纪录时，
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for the first time, she was sifting through my Blackberry,
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她却在翻我的黑莓手机，
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checking all my messages.
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检查我所有的短信。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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My brother had a picture of it. It is really ...
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我哥哥拍了张当时的照片。那真的是...
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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I then announced that I was going to go for
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终于我宣布
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Sietas' record, publicly.
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公开挑战斯塔斯的记录，
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And what he did in response,
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他所做的回应，
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is he went on Regis and Kelly,
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就是在Regis and kelly节目中，
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and broke his old record.
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自己打破他以前的记录。
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Then his main competitor went out and broke his record.
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然后他的主要竞争者又出来，并再次打破记录。
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So, he suddenly pushed the record up to
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这样，记录离奇被提到
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16 minutes and 32 seconds.
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16分32秒。
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Which was three minutes longer than I had prepared.
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比我所做的准备长出3分钟。
13:27
You know, it was longer than the record.
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你知道，比原来纪录长出很多。
13:30
Now, I wanted to get the Science Times to document this.
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这下，我打算让科学时代杂志来报道这一切，
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I wanted to get them to do a piece on it.
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我希望他们也能参与，
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So, I did what any person
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于是，我做了任何一个
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seriously pursuing scientific advancement would do.
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严谨探索科学的人都该做的事，
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I walked into the New York Times offices
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我走进纽约时报的办公室
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and did card tricks to everybody.
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给每个人表演纸牌魔术。
13:48
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
13:52
So, I don't know if it was the magic or the lore of the Cayman islands,
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我不知道是魔术的原因还是开曼群岛的信仰，
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but John Tierney flew down
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约翰，第尔尼被说服了，
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and did a piece on the seriousness of breath-holding.
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还写了一篇论屏住呼吸之严重性的报道。
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While he was there I tried to impress him, of course.
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当他在那儿的时候，我试图给他深刻印象
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And I did a dive down to 160 feet,
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于是我猛地下潜了160尺，
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which is basically the height of a 16 story building,
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大概有16层楼那么高，
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and as I was coming up, I blacked out underwater,
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可我在上浮过程中，昏了过去，
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which is really dangerous; that's how you drown.
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那是相当危险的。那就是人们如何溺水的。
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Luckily Kirk had seen me
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幸运的是克尔克看到我
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and he swam over and pulled me up.
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他游过去把我救了上来。
14:18
So, I started full focus.
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这下我开始全神贯注了。
14:21
I completely trained to get my breath hold time up
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我彻底严格的训练延长屏气时间，
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for what I needed to do.
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做我该做的事。
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But there was no way to prepare for the live television aspect of it,
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但不可能完全按照将电视直播的方式而准备，
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being on Oprah.
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也就是那个奥普拉的节目。
14:31
But in practice, I would do it face down, floating on the pool.
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练习中，我会面朝下，悬浮在水缸中，
14:35
But for TV they wanted me to be upright
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但上电视时，他们却希望我面朝前，
14:39
so they could see my face, basically.
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以便观众看见我的脸。
14:42
The other problem was
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另一个问题是，
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the suit was so buoyant
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那身衣服让我易悬浮，
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that they had to strap my feet in to keep me from floating up.
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所以他们不得不用皮带绑住我的脚保持我不至上浮，
14:49
So, I had to use my legs to hold my feet into the straps that were loose,
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同时我得用双腿帮助脚站稳在那个松松的皮带里面，
14:53
which was a real problem for me.
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那对我来说是非常头疼的事，
14:56
That made me extremely nervous,
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因为它导致我极度紧张，
14:58
raising the heart rate.
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提高了心率。
15:00
Then, what they also did was,
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除此之外，他们还装了，
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which we never did before, is there was a heart-rate monitor.
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我以前从未试过的，就是装了一个心率监测器
15:05
And it was right next to the sphere.
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它就在放置在我的球型水缸旁边，
15:08
So, every time my heart would beat I'd hear the beep-beep-beep-beep,
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所以，每一次我心跳动时，都会听到哔哔的声音。
15:11
you know, the ticking, really loud.
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你知道，那个声音，非常吵。
15:13
Which was making me more nervous.
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它导致我更加紧张。
15:15
And there is no way to slow my heart rate down.
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而且我竟然没有办法去降低心率。
15:18
So, normally
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一般情况下
15:21
I would start at 38 beats per minute,
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我的心率是每分钟38次，
15:24
and while holding my breath it would drop to 12 beats per minute,
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而且当我屏住呼吸时它会降到每分钟12次，
15:27
which is pretty unusual.
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这是可是很不寻常的。
15:29
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
15:35
This time it started at 120 beats,
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这一次，它却以每分钟120次作为开始，
15:39
and it never went down.
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再也没有降下去。
15:41
I spent the first five minutes underwater
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在水下前5分钟
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desperately trying to slow my heart rate down.
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我疯狂的尝试降低心率，
15:47
I was just sitting there thinking, "I've got to slow this down.
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当时我只不住地想，“我必须让心率减速
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I'm going to fail, I'm going to fail."
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我要失败了，我要失败了。”
15:51
And I was getting more nervous.
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而且我越来越紧张。
15:53
And the heart rate just kept going up and up,
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心率一直飙升，
15:55
all the way up to 150 beats.
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直到每分钟150次。
16:00
Basically it's the same thing that created my downfall at Lincoln Center.
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其实就是出现了和伦敦中心失败时一样的情况，
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It was a waste of O2.
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心跳过快浪费氧气.
16:06
When I made it to the halfway mark, at eight minutes,
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当我坚持到一半的时候，大概8分钟时，
16:08
I was 100 percent certain
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我已经百分百确定
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that I was not going to be able to make this.
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我不会成功了。
16:13
There was no way for me to do it.
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我根本做不到。
16:15
So, I figured, Oprah had dedicated an hour
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然后，我想，奥普拉贡献一整个小时
16:19
to doing this breath hold thing, if I had cracked early
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来做这个水下屏气的节目。如果我早早失败了
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it would be a whole show about how depressed I am.
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它就会变成一个描述我失败后如何沮丧的节目。
16:25
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
16:27
So, I figured I'm better off just fighting
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所以，我发现我还是最好强撑着，
16:29
and staying there until I black out,
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直到昏过去，
16:31
at least then they can pull me out and take care of me and all that.
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至少这样他们可以先把我拉出来再抢救什么的。
16:34
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
16:38
I kept pushing to 10 minutes. At 10 minutes
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我一直坚持到10分钟，在第十分钟时
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you start getting all these really strong
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我开始有这种非常强烈的
16:43
tingling sensations in your fingers and toes.
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手指和脚趾镇痛的感觉。
16:45
And I knew that that was blood shunting,
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我知道那是血液分流，
16:47
when the blood rushes away from your extremities
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也就是血液从肢端回流
16:49
to provide oxygen to your vital organs.
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去为重要的器官供氧。
16:55
At 11 minutes I started feeling
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在第11分钟，我开始感到
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throbbing sensations in my legs,
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腿部的抽搐感，
16:59
and my lips started to feel really strange.
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而且嘴唇感觉奇怪。
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At minute 12 I started to have ringing in my ears,
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在第12分钟我开始耳鸣，
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and I started to feel my arm going numb.
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而且胳膊开始麻木。
17:10
And I'm a hypochondriac, and I remember arm numb means heart attack.
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我是个忧郁症患者，我记起任何的麻木意味着心脏病。
17:13
So, I started to really get really paranoid.
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于是我开始恐慌起来。
17:16
Then at 13 minutes, maybe because of the hypochondria.
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然后在第13分钟，可能由于忧郁症，
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I started feeling pains all over my chest.
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我感到胸前巨痛。
17:24
It was awful.
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太难受了。
17:26
At 14 minutes,
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在第14分钟，
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I had these awful contractions,
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我有一种强烈的欲望，
17:30
like this urge to breathe.
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想要呼吸的欲望。
17:32
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
17:40
At 15 minutes I was suffering
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在第15分钟，我遭受
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major O2 deprivation to the heart.
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心脏缺氧的症状，
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And I started having ischemia to the heart.
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心脏开始供血不足，
17:48
My heartbeat would go from 120,
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心率从120，
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to 50, to 150, to 40, to 20, to 150 again.
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下降到50，又从150到40，20，又到150.
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It would skip a beat.
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它会忽然停跳一拍，
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It would start. It would stop. And I felt all this.
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时而开始，时而停止。而且我能感受到这发生的一切。
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And I was sure that I was going to have a heart attack.
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我很确定我快要心脏病了。
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So, at 16 minutes what I did is I slid my feet out
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于是在第16分钟，我把脚滑出扣带
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because I knew that if I did go out,
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因为我知道如果我确实要离开水面，
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if I did have a heart attack, they'd have to
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或是突发心脏病，
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jump into the binding and take my feet out
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他们会先跳进来松开我的脚上的扣带
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before pulling me up. So, I was really nervous.
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再拉我出水。所以我非常紧张。
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So, I let my feet out, and I started floating to the top.
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我松开了我的脚，开始任由身体上浮，
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And I didn't take my head out.
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但我没有把头伸出水面，
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But I was just floating there waiting for my heart to stop,
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我只是，等待我心跳停止的那一刻...
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just waiting.
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等待着...
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They had doctors with the "Pst," you know, so,
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你知道他们有神经科的医生
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sitting there waiting.
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坐在那里等着抢救我。
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And then suddenly I hear screaming.
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突然，我听到尖叫声，
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And I think that there is some weird thing --
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我想一定是很疯狂的事发生了，
18:32
that I had died or something had happened.
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比如我死了之类的。
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And then I realized that I had made it to 16:32.
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然而我突然意识到，我坚持到了16：32！
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So, with the energy of everybody that was there
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在场每一位观众释放出来给予我的能量
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I decided to keep pushing.
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让我决定继续坚持...
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And I went to 17 minutes and four seconds.
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我坚持到了,17分30秒。
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(Applause)
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As though that wasn't enough, what I did immediately after
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即使那还不够，在出来之后我立刻
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is I went to Quest Labs
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去了实验室
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and had them take every blood sample that they could
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他们尽可能地提取了各处的血液样本
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to test for everything and to see where my levels were,
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以测试所有指标以及我的状况，
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so the doctors could use it, once again.
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那样医生就可以把它们记录在案。
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I also didn't want anybody to question it.
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当然我不希望任何人怀疑，
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I had the world record and I wanted to
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我创造了世界纪录，我当然希望
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make sure it was legitimate.
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确定它是堂堂正正的。
19:13
So, I get to New York City the next day,
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这样第二天我去了纽约，
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and this kid walks up to me -- I'm walking out of the Apple store --
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有个小孩朝我走过来--我刚走出“苹果”--
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this kid walks up to me he's like, "Yo, D!"
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这孩子走向我，说，“嘿，大卫！”
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I'm like "Yeah?"
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我说“怎么了？”
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He said, "If you really held your breath that long,
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他说，“如果你真的可以水下屏气那么久，
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why'd you come out of the water dry?"
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为什么你从水里出来的时候是干的？”
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I was like "What?"
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我没反应过来“什么？”
19:30
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And that's my life. So ...
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这就是我的生活。你瞧...
19:34
(Laughter)
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(笑声）
19:39
As a magician I try to show things to people
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作为一个魔术师，我试着展现一些东西
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that seem impossible.
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那些看似不可能的事。
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And I think magic, whether I'm holding my breath
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我认为魔术，不管是水下屏气
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or shuffling a deck of cards,
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还是捣鼓一副纸牌，
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is pretty simple.
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道理都很简单。
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It's practice, it's training, and it's --
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就是练习，训练，以及...
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It's practice, it's training and experimenting,
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就是练习，训练，以及不断尝试。
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while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be.
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去强忍过那些极痛苦的时刻，做自己能做的一切。
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And that's what magic is to me, so, thank you.
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这就是魔术对于我的意义。谢谢你们。
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Blaine - Illusionist, endurance artistWith a deck of cards and authoritative cool, David Blaine brings the wonderment of magic off the stage and onto the sidewalk.
Why you should listen
Called a "modern-day Houdini" by The New York Times, David Blaine made himself a household name with TV special David Blaine: Street Magic -- shedding the sweeping glitz and drama of other TV magic programs in favor of a simple premise: illusions done right on the street, in front of handheld cameras and speechless passersby.
With Buried Alive, Blaine was entombed underground for seven days in a transparent plastic coffin, visible to gawking pedestrians above, setting off a new trend in his performance career: the endurance stunt. The pursuit led to other spectacles featuring cramped spaces and extreme conditions: Frozen in Time, which saw him encased in a block of ice for almost three days, and Vertigo, where he stood atop a 100-foot pillar for 35 hours.
Blaine's stunts continue to draw immense crowds and Nielsen ratings to match, but his appearance on Oprah was perhaps most stunning, when he broke the Guinness world record for breath-holding, staying underwater for 17 minutes and 4.5 seconds.
David Blaine | Speaker | TED.com