TEDMED 2009
David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 minutes
大衛布萊恩: 如何閉氣超過十七分鐘
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身為魔術師和特技演員，大衛布萊恩在TEDMED的這段演講，描述他如何在水中閉氣超過17分鐘(只比整段演講時間少了一分多鐘)，並締造了世界紀錄，以及這些玩命的工作對他的意義。注意：不要在家裡嘗試。
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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作為魔術師，我試著創造幻象，
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make people stop and think.
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讓人們能駐足思考，
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I also try to challenge myself
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我也試著自我挑戰
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to do things that doctors say are not possible.
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那些醫生認為不可能的事情。
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I was buried alive in New York City in a coffin,
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1999年四月在紐約市，
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buried alive in a coffin in April, 1999,
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我曾經被活埋在棺材裡，
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for a week.
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在棺材裡渡過一個星期，
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I lived there with nothing but water.
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只靠水活了下來。
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And it ended up being so much fun
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由於實在太有趣了，
00:44
that I decided I could pursue
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我決定繼續挑戰自己，
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doing more of these things.
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去嘗試更多可能性。
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The next one is I froze myself in a block of ice
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接下來在紐約市，
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for three days and three nights in New York City.
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我把自己凍在冰塊裡三天三夜，
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That one was way more difficult than I had expected.
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那比我想像中的要困難許多。
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The one after that, I stood on top of a hundred foot pillar
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之後，我在三十公尺高的柱子上，
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for 36 hours.
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站了三十六個小時。
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I began to hallucinate so hard
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我開始產生強烈的幻覺，
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that the buildings that were behind me started to look like big animal heads.
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一旁的建築物看起來像是巨大動物的頭。
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So, next I went to London.
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接下來我去了倫敦，
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In London I lived in a glass box for 44 days
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在一個玻璃箱裡渡過四十四天，
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with nothing but water.
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只靠喝水維持生命。
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It was, for me, one of the most difficult things I'd ever done,
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對我來說，這是我所做過最困難、
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but it was also the most beautiful.
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但也是最美麗的事情之一。
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There was so many skeptics, especially the press in London,
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到處都是懷疑的聲浪，尤其是倫敦的媒體，
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that they started flying cheeseburgers
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他們甚至搭著直升機，
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on helicopters around my box to tempt me.
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在玻璃箱外面拿漢堡誘惑我。
01:35
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
01:36
So, I felt very validated
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所以當新英格蘭醫學雜誌
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when the New England Journal of Medicine actually
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將我的經歷用在科學研究上時，
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used the research for science.
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我終於覺得被人認同了。
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My next pursuit was I wanted to see how long I could go without breathing,
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接下來，我想知道自己能忍耐多長時間不呼吸，
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like how long I could survive with nothing,
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在什麼都沒有的情況下能生存多久，
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not even air.
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甚至沒有空氣。
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I didn't realize that it would become
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我沒有想到
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the most amazing journey of my life.
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這將成為我生命中最為精彩的一段旅程。
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As a young magician
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年輕的時候，作為一個魔術師，
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I was obsessed with Houdini and his underwater challenges.
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我著迷於胡迪尼和他的水中脫逃術，
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So, I began, early on, competing against the other kids,
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因此我開始和其他孩子比賽，
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seeing how long I could stay underwater
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看我可以在水面下停留多久。
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while they went up and down to breathe,
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其他人上上下下的換氣，
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you know, five times, while I stayed under on one breath.
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有五次之多，而我還待在水底，
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By the time I was a teenager
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光是青少年時期，
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I was able to hold my breath for three minutes and 30 seconds.
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我就已經能憋氣三分三十秒左右，
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I would later find out that was Houdini's personal record.
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後來我發現這等於胡迪尼的個人紀錄。
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In 1987 I heard of a story
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1987年我聽到一個故事，
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about a boy that fell through ice
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一個男孩跌進結冰的河裡，
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and was trapped under a river.
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被困在冰面下
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He was underneath, not breathing for 45 minutes.
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超過四十五分鐘無法換氣，
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When the rescue workers came
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當醫護人員救回他的時候，
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they resuscitated him and there was no brain damage.
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發現他的大腦沒有受到任何損傷，
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His core temperature had dropped to 77 degrees.
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他的核心體溫降到25度。
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As a magician, I think everything is possible.
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作為魔術師我覺得
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And I think if something is done by one person
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任何事都有可能做得到，
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it can be done by others.
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有一必有二。
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I started to think, if the boy could survive
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我開始思考，如果那個男孩能夠
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without breathing for that long,
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這麼長時間不呼吸而存活下來，
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there must be a way that I could do it.
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那我也能做到。
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So, I met with a top neurosurgeon.
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所以我和一位頂尖的神經外科醫生見面，
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And I asked him, how long is it possible
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我問他，人類能夠閉氣多久?
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to go without breathing, like how long could I go without air?
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不需要空氣可以撐多久?
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And he said to me that anything over six minutes
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他對我說，一旦超過六分鐘，
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you have a serious risk
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就有相當高的風險，
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of hypoxic brain damage.
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會因為缺氧而損傷大腦。
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So, I took that as a challenge, basically.
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所以，我把六分鐘視為一個基本挑戰。
03:26
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
03:27
My first try, I figured that I could do something similar,
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第一次嘗試，我想試試跟前述同樣的狀況，
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and I created a water tank,
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所以我弄來一個水箱，
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and I filled it with ice and freezing cold water.
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裡面放滿冰塊和冰水，
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And I stayed inside of that water tank
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然後我待在裡面，
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hoping my core temperature would start to drop.
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希望核心體溫會開始下降。
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And I was shivering. In my first attempt to hold my breath
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我凍得發抖，第一次嘗試閉氣
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I couldn't even last a minute.
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連一分鐘都撐不過，
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So, I realized that was completely not going to work.
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我發覺這是完全行不通的。
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So, I went to talk to a doctor friend,
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我找了一位醫生朋友討論，
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and I asked him how could I do that?
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我問他該怎麼做?
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"I want to hold my breath for a really long time. How could it be done?"
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「我想要閉氣很長一段時間。該怎麼做到?」
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And he said, "David, you're a magician,
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他說，“大衛，你是一個魔術師，
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create the illusion of not breathing, it will be much easier."
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用障眼法假裝還比較容易。"
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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So, he came up with this idea
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他想出一個點子，
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of creating a rebreather,
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做了一個循環呼吸器，
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with a CO2 scrubber,
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裡頭可以過濾二氧化碳，
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which was basically a tube from Home Depot,
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基本上就是到特力屋買根軟管，
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with a balloon duct-taped to it,
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再用膠帶纏個氣球上去。
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that he thought we could put inside of me,
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他認為可以把管子放進我體內，
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and somehow be able to circulate the air and rebreathe
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讓我可以用這玩意
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with this thing in me.
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維持呼吸循環。
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This is a little hard to watch.
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這個不是很好看，
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But this is that attempt.
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但至少我們試過了，
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So, that clearly wasn't going to work.
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顯然這招是行不通的。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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Then I actually started thinking about
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然後我開始考慮嘗試
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liquid breathing.
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液式呼吸。
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There is a chemical that's called perflubron.
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有一種化學物質叫做全氟溴烷，
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And it's so high in oxygen levels
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它的含氧量相當高，
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that in theory you could breathe it.
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理論上你可以用來呼吸。
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So, I got my hands on that chemical,
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因此我弄到那種化學物質，
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filled the sink up with it, and stuck my face in the sink
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拿它裝滿水槽，並且把臉浸進去，
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and tried to breathe that in,
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試著在裡面呼吸。
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which was really impossible.
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我完全不能呼吸，
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It's basically like trying to breathe, as a doctor said,
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醫生說，這就像在呼吸的時候，
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while having an elephant standing on your chest.
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有一頭大象站在你的胸前。
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So, that idea disappeared.
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所以我放棄了那個想法，
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Then I started thinking,
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然後我想，
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would it be possible to hook up a heart/lung bypass machine
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是否有可能利用心肺體外循環機，
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and have a surgery where it was a tube going into my artery,
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然後動手術把接管放入動脈，
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and then appear to not breathe while they were oxygenating my blood?
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這樣無須呼吸便能獲得氧氣供應。
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Which was another insane idea, obviously.
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顯然這又是一個瘋狂的想法，
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Then I thought about the craziest idea of all the ideas:
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然後我想到了最瘋狂的一個構想，
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to actually do it.
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就是真的不去呼吸。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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To actually try to hold my breath past the point
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試著停止呼吸直到
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that doctors would consider you brain dead.
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醫生認為你已經腦死的程度。
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So, I started researching
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於是我開始研究
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into pearl divers.
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有關採集珍珠漁民的資料，
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You know, because they go down for four minutes on one breath.
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他們可以一口氣下潛四分多鐘。
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And when I was researching pearl divers, I found the world
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在我研究他們的時候，
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of free-diving.
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我發現自由潛水這個領域，
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It was the most amazing thing that I ever discovered, pretty much.
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這是我所看過最不可思議的事情。
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There is many different aspects to free-diving.
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自由潛水有各種不同的面向，
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There is depth records, where people go as deep as they can.
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有深度紀錄，看人類可以潛得多深；
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And then there is static apnea.
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有靜態閉氣紀錄，
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That's holding your breath as long as you can
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看人類可以在靜止不動的情況下
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in one place without moving.
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停止呼吸多久。
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That was the one that I studied.
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這正是我要研究的。
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The first thing that I learned is when you're holding your breath
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我學到的第一件事情是，當你閉氣時，
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you should never move at all; that wastes energy.
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你應該保持靜止，避免消耗能量，
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And that depletes oxygen,
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以及避免氧氣的耗損，
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and it builds up CO2 in your blood. So, I learned never to move.
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同時減少血液中二氧化碳的堆積。
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And I learned how to slow my heart rate down.
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因此我學會盡量保持不動，同時降低我的心跳速率。
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I had to remain perfectly still and just relax
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我需要完全保持靜止並且放鬆，
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and think that I wasn't in my body,
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感覺身體已不受我的控制，
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and just control that.
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然後試著保持這種狀態。
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And then I learned how to purge.
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接著我學會清空肺部，
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Purging is basically hyperventilating.
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基本上就是快速的交換空氣，
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You blow in and out ...
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深呼吸...
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You do that, you get lightheaded, you get tingling.
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當你感覺到頭暈眼花、全身刺痛，
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And you're really ridding your body of CO2.
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就表示你正在清除體內的二氧化碳，
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So, when you hold your breath it's infinitely easier.
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這讓你能更輕鬆地進行閉氣。
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Then I learned that you have to take a huge breath,
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我學到你需要深吸一口氣，
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and just hold and relax and never let any air out,
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憋住氣並且放鬆，不讓任何空氣流失，
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and just hold and relax through all the pain.
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並且撐過所有的痛苦。
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Every morning, this is for months,
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有好幾個月的時間，我每天早上
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I would wake up and the first thing that I would do
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起床的第一件事情，
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is I would hold my breath
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就是練習停止呼吸。
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for, out of 52 minutes,
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在五十二分鐘裡，
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I would hold my breath for 44 minutes.
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有四十四分鐘是處在停止呼吸的狀態，
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So, basically what that means is I would purge,
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也就是練習淨空肺部。
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I'd breath really hard for a minute.
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我會用一分鐘使勁地呼吸，
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And I would hold, immediately after, for five and half minutes.
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然後馬上屏住氣五分半鐘，
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Then I would breath again for a minute,
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再呼吸一分鐘，
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purging as hard as I can,
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盡可能的清空肺部，
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then immediately after that I would hold again for five and half minutes.
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隨後立刻再閉氣五分半鐘。
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I would repeat this process eight times in a row.
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這個流程會連續進行八次，
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Out of 52 minutes you're only breathing for eight minutes.
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所以在五十二分鐘裡，只有八分鐘是在呼吸。
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At the end of that you're completely fried, your brain.
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結束的時候，腦袋像是要炸開一樣，
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You feel like you're walking around in a daze.
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感覺像喝茫了在街上遊蕩，
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And you have these awful headaches.
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而且頭痛欲裂。
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Basically, I'm not the best person to talk to when I'm doing that stuff.
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老實說，我不是最有資格談論這檔事的人，
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I started learning about the world-record holder.
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所以我開始研究世界紀錄保持人，
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His name is Tom Sietas.
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他叫湯姆．席耶塔斯，
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And this guy is perfectly built for holding his breath.
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他擁有閉氣所需的最佳體能狀態，
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He's six foot four. He's 160 pounds.
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身高一百九十公分，體重七十二公斤，
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And his total lung capacity
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而且他的肺活量
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is twice the size of an average person.
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是一般成人的兩倍之多。
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I'm six foot one, and fat.
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我有一百八十公分高，過重，
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We'll say big-boned.
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或者說骨架大。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
08:32
I had to drop 50 pounds in three months.
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我需要在三個月內減掉二十二公斤，
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So, everything that I put into my body
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因此所有吃進去的東西，
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I considered as medicine.
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對我來說都是藥物，
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Every bit of food was exactly what it was for its nutritional value.
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每一小撮食物都只為了攝取最基本的營養。
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I ate really small controlled portions
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我吃的量非常小而且經過嚴格控制，
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throughout the day.
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三餐皆如此，
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And I started to really adapt my body.
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讓身體逐漸適應。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）--個別效果可能不盡相同--
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The thinner I was, the longer I was able to hold my breath.
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身材越瘦，我越能長時間的憋氣。
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And by eating so well and training so hard,
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透過控制飲食和鍛鍊體能，
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my resting heart-rate dropped to 38 beats per minute.
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在靜止狀態下，我的心跳降到每分鐘三十八下，
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Which is lower than most Olympic athletes.
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比大部分的奧林匹克運動員還要低。
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In four months of training I was able to hold my breath
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四個月的訓練下來，我已經可以停止呼吸
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for over seven minutes.
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超過七分鐘以上。
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I wanted to try holding my breath everywhere.
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我嘗試在各種地方練習閉氣，
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I wanted to try it in the most extreme situations
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我想嘗試在極端狀態下練習，
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to see if I could slow my heart rate down
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看看我是否能在各種情況下，
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under duress.
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都能放慢心跳。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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I decided that I was going to break the world record
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我決定挑戰世界紀錄，
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live on prime-time television.
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並在黃金時段現場播出。
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The world record was eight minutes and 58 seconds,
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那時的世界紀錄是八分五十八秒，
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held by Tom Sietas, that guy with the whale lungs I told you about.
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由湯姆．席耶塔斯所創下，就是那個有鯨魚肺的傢伙。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
09:44
I assumed that I could put a water tank at Lincoln center
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我認為可以把水槽放在林肯中心，
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and if I stayed there a week not eating,
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如果我能夠待在那裡一個星期，而且不吃東西，
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I would get comfortable in that situation
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我應該就能習慣那樣的環境，
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and I would slow my metabolism,
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並且放慢我的代謝速率。
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which I was sure would help me hold my breath
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我以為這樣就能夠讓我閉氣
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longer than I had been able to do it.
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比平常還要久，
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I was completely wrong.
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我完全弄錯了。
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I entered the sphere a week before the scheduled air date.
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我在表演開始前一個星期進入這個球體，
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And I thought everything seemed to be on track.
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以為所有事情都會順利進行，
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Two days before my big breath hold attempt, for the record,
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但就在挑戰紀錄的兩天前，
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the producers of my television special
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電視特輯的製作人覺得，
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thought that just watching somebody
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如果單只是看著某個傢伙
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holding their breath, and almost drowning,
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憋住呼吸，然後差點淹死，
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is too boring for television.
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這樣不夠刺激...
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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So, I had to add handcuffs,
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所以我得戴上手銬，
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while holding my breath, to escape from.
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然後在我閉氣的同時，還得掙脫手銬。
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This was a critical mistake.
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這真是個天大的錯誤。
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Because of the movement I was wasting oxygen.
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因為掙脫的動作會消耗氧氣；
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And by seven minutes I had gone
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在七分鐘的時候，
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into these awful convulsions.
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我開始嚴重抽搐；
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By 7:08 I started to black out.
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到七分過八秒時，我暈了過去；
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And by seven minutes and 30 seconds
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到七分三十秒的時候，
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they had to pull my body out and bring me back.
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他們不得不把我拉出來，好救回我的命。
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I had failed on every level.
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一整個失敗...
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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So, naturally, the only way out of the slump
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所以我想，要走出低潮
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that I could think of
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最好的方法，
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was, I decided to call Oprah.
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就是打電話給歐普拉。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
11:16
I told her that I wanted to up the ante
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我告訴她我要提高賭注，
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and hold my breath longer than any human being ever had.
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我要暫停呼吸，時間要比任何人都久。
11:22
This was a different record. This was a pure O2
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這是另一種紀錄，
11:25
static apnea record that Guinness
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使用純氧進行靜態閉氣，
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had set the world record at 13 minutes.
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金氏世界紀錄是十三分鐘。
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So, basically you breath pure O2 first,
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你先吸入純氧，
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oxygenating your body, flushing out CO2,
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讓氧氣循環全身，把二氧化碳清出，
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and you are able to hold much longer.
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讓你可以閉氣更久。
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I realized that my real competition
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我想對我來說，
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was the beaver.
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真正的對手應該是海狸吧...
11:45
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
11:52
In January of '08
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2008年一月，
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Oprah gave me four months to prepare and train.
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歐普拉給我四個月準備以及訓練，
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So, I would sleep in a hypoxic tent every night.
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每晚我都在低氧帳篷裡渡過。
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A hypoxic tent is a tent that simulates
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低氧帳篷是用來模擬
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altitude at 15,000 feet.
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四千五百公尺高海拔的裝置，
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So, it's like base camp Everest.
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換句話說就像在聖母峰基地營裡一樣。
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What that does is, you start building up
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訓練的目的，是開始累積
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the red blood cell count in your body,
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身體裡的紅血球數目，
12:13
which helps you carry oxygen better.
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讓你能夠接受更多的氧氣。
12:16
Every morning, again, after getting out of that tent
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每天早上，當我走出帳篷，
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your brain is completely wiped out.
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大腦又都是一片空白。
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My first attempt on pure O2, I was able to go up to 15 minutes.
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我第一次嘗試純氧，就可以閉氣超過十五分鐘，
12:27
So, it was a pretty big success.
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算是相當的成功。
12:30
The neurosurgeon pulled me out of the water
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神經外科醫生把我從水中拉出來，
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because in his mind, at 15 minutes
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因為在他的觀念裡，閉氣十五分鐘，
12:34
your brain is done, you're brain dead.
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你的大腦就已經完了，相當於腦死。
12:37
So, he pulled me up, and I was fine.
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他把我拉出來，而我好得很，
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There was one person there that was definitely not impressed.
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現場唯一沒有分享到驚喜的人，
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It was my ex-girlfriend. While I was breaking the record underwater
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是我的前女友，當我第一次在水面下打破紀錄時，
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for the first time, she was sifting through my Blackberry,
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她正在一旁擺弄我的黑莓機，
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checking all my messages.
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查看我的簡訊。
12:53
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
12:56
My brother had a picture of it. It is really ...
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我兄弟照了張照片...
12:58
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
13:03
I then announced that I was going to go for
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接著我宣布要公開挑戰
13:06
Sietas' record, publicly.
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席耶塔斯的紀錄，
13:08
And what he did in response,
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他對此的回應，
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is he went on Regis and Kelly,
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是在里吉斯和凱利脫口秀上，
13:13
and broke his old record.
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打破他的舊紀錄。
13:15
Then his main competitor went out and broke his record.
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接著他的頭號對手更新了他的紀錄，
13:19
So, he suddenly pushed the record up to
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然後他一下將紀錄拉高到
13:21
16 minutes and 32 seconds.
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十六分鐘又三十二秒，
13:24
Which was three minutes longer than I had prepared.
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比我一開始準備的時間還多了三分鐘，
13:27
You know, it was longer than the record.
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嗯，比紀錄還要久。
13:30
Now, I wanted to get the Science Times to document this.
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我想讓科學時代來記錄此事，
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I wanted to get them to do a piece on it.
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我想讓他們為此記上一筆，
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So, I did what any person
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所以我做了任何一位
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seriously pursuing scientific advancement would do.
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認真追求科學進步的人都會做的事，
13:43
I walked into the New York Times offices
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我走進紐約時報的辦公大樓，
13:46
and did card tricks to everybody.
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為大夥兒表演紙牌魔術。
13:48
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
13:52
So, I don't know if it was the magic or the lore of the Cayman islands,
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不知道是魔術還是開曼群島的吸引力，
13:55
but John Tierney flew down
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約翰提爾尼被我引來了，
13:57
and did a piece on the seriousness of breath-holding.
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他還針對閉氣寫了一篇嚴肅的文章，
14:00
While he was there I tried to impress him, of course.
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當然我那時可是卯足全力，讓他對我留下印象。
14:02
And I did a dive down to 160 feet,
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我潛到四十八公尺深，
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which is basically the height of a 16 story building,
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差不多是十六層樓的深度，
14:09
and as I was coming up, I blacked out underwater,
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當我往上浮的時候，我在水中昏了過去，
14:12
which is really dangerous; that's how you drown.
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那非常的危險，溺斃就是這樣。
14:14
Luckily Kirk had seen me
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幸運的是科克看到我，
14:16
and he swam over and pulled me up.
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他游了過來，把我拉上來。
14:18
So, I started full focus.
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我開始集中精神，
14:21
I completely trained to get my breath hold time up
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訓練自己，
14:24
for what I needed to do.
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以提高閉氣的時間。
14:26
But there was no way to prepare for the live television aspect of it,
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但是我無法預先準備上節目的時候，
14:29
being on Oprah.
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可能遇到的各種狀況。
14:31
But in practice, I would do it face down, floating on the pool.
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在家練習時，我會漂在泳池上，臉朝下，
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But for TV they wanted me to be upright
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但是節目要求我保持直立，
14:39
so they could see my face, basically.
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好讓觀眾看到我的臉。
14:42
The other problem was
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另一個問題是，
14:44
the suit was so buoyant
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裝備的浮力太大，
14:46
that they had to strap my feet in to keep me from floating up.
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他們必須綁住我的腳以免我往上浮，
14:49
So, I had to use my legs to hold my feet into the straps that were loose,
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所以我必須雙腿施力，以維持腳在綁帶裡的位置，
14:53
which was a real problem for me.
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這對我來說是個大問題，
14:56
That made me extremely nervous,
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讓我非常的緊張，
14:58
raising the heart rate.
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心跳加快。
15:00
Then, what they also did was,
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同時，他們做了一件
15:02
which we never did before, is there was a heart-rate monitor.
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我從來沒試過的事，就是放一部心電圖儀在現場。
15:05
And it was right next to the sphere.
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這部機器就在球體旁邊，
15:08
So, every time my heart would beat I'd hear the beep-beep-beep-beep,
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所以每當我的心臟跳動，我就會聽見嗶嗶聲，
15:11
you know, the ticking, really loud.
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而且很大聲，
15:13
Which was making me more nervous.
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這讓我更加的緊張，
15:15
And there is no way to slow my heart rate down.
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我沒有辦法降低心跳。
15:18
So, normally
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正常狀況下，
15:21
I would start at 38 beats per minute,
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我的心跳會從每分鐘三十八下開始下降，
15:24
and while holding my breath it would drop to 12 beats per minute,
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當我停止呼吸，心跳會降到每分鐘十二下，
15:27
which is pretty unusual.
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也就是相當不尋常的低。
15:29
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
15:35
This time it started at 120 beats,
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那個時候一開始就有一百二十下，
15:39
and it never went down.
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而且降不下來。
15:41
I spent the first five minutes underwater
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一開始我花了五分鐘，
15:44
desperately trying to slow my heart rate down.
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絕望的想要放慢我的心跳，
15:47
I was just sitting there thinking, "I've got to slow this down.
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腦中只想著「我要慢下來，
15:49
I'm going to fail, I'm going to fail."
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我快要失敗，快要失敗了。」
15:51
And I was getting more nervous.
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我變得更加緊張，
15:53
And the heart rate just kept going up and up,
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心跳不降反升，
15:55
all the way up to 150 beats.
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升到了一百五十下。
16:00
Basically it's the same thing that created my downfall at Lincoln Center.
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這跟我在林肯中心的失敗是差不多相同的情況，
16:03
It was a waste of O2.
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我消耗了太多氧氣。
16:06
When I made it to the halfway mark, at eight minutes,
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當我挑戰到一半，也就是八分鐘時，
16:08
I was 100 percent certain
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我幾乎可以確定
16:11
that I was not going to be able to make this.
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我沒辦法達到目標，
16:13
There was no way for me to do it.
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我沒有任何辦法可想。
16:15
So, I figured, Oprah had dedicated an hour
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但我想，歐普拉已經安排了一個小時，
16:19
to doing this breath hold thing, if I had cracked early
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要看我挑戰閉氣，如果我提早放棄的話，
16:22
it would be a whole show about how depressed I am.
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整個節目就會變成看我搞砸之後有多沮喪。
16:25
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
16:27
So, I figured I'm better off just fighting
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所以我決定最好奮鬥下去，
16:29
and staying there until I black out,
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撐到我暈過去為止，
16:31
at least then they can pull me out and take care of me and all that.
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至少他們會把我拉出來，然後找人急救之類的...
16:34
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
16:38
I kept pushing to 10 minutes. At 10 minutes
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我撐過了十分鐘，
16:40
you start getting all these really strong
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這時你會開始感覺強烈的刺痛，
16:43
tingling sensations in your fingers and toes.
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在你的手指和腳趾上蔓延。
16:45
And I knew that that was blood shunting,
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我知道血液開始分流，
16:47
when the blood rushes away from your extremities
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血液開始從末端的肢體抽離出去，
16:49
to provide oxygen to your vital organs.
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以便提供氧氣給重要的器官組織。
16:55
At 11 minutes I started feeling
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到了第十一分鐘，
16:57
throbbing sensations in my legs,
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我感覺雙腳開始抽痛，
16:59
and my lips started to feel really strange.
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嘴唇的感覺變得非常奇怪。
17:03
At minute 12 I started to have ringing in my ears,
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第十二分鐘的時候，耳朵開始嗡嗡作響，
17:07
and I started to feel my arm going numb.
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手臂也開始失去知覺，
17:10
And I'm a hypochondriac, and I remember arm numb means heart attack.
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我開始擔心，我記得手臂麻痺接下來就是心臟病發，
17:13
So, I started to really get really paranoid.
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我變得非常非常恐慌。
17:16
Then at 13 minutes, maybe because of the hypochondria.
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到了第十三分鐘，也許是因為我的想像，
17:19
I started feeling pains all over my chest.
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我開始感覺整個胸腔都在痛，
17:24
It was awful.
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非常的糟。
17:26
At 14 minutes,
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第十四分鐘，
17:28
I had these awful contractions,
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我開始抽搐，
17:30
like this urge to breathe.
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就像是渴望呼吸一樣。
17:32
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
17:40
At 15 minutes I was suffering
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第十五分鐘，
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major O2 deprivation to the heart.
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我受到心臟缺氧症狀的折磨，
17:45
And I started having ischemia to the heart.
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心臟開始局部缺血，
17:48
My heartbeat would go from 120,
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我的心跳開始在120、
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to 50, to 150, to 40, to 20, to 150 again.
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50、150、40、20、150之間來回，
17:56
It would skip a beat.
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有時還會漏跳一拍，
17:58
It would start. It would stop. And I felt all this.
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時跳時停，而我都感覺得到。
18:00
And I was sure that I was going to have a heart attack.
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我想我很有可能會心臟病發，
18:03
So, at 16 minutes what I did is I slid my feet out
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所以在第十六分鐘，我把腳抽出來，
18:06
because I knew that if I did go out,
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因為我知道，如果我要離開球體，
18:09
if I did have a heart attack, they'd have to
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或是我心臟病發，他們得跳進球體中，
18:11
jump into the binding and take my feet out
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先解開我腳上的綁帶，把腳拉出來，
18:13
before pulling me up. So, I was really nervous.
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才能把我拉出水面。因此我非常緊張，
18:15
So, I let my feet out, and I started floating to the top.
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我把腳抽出來，並且開始上浮，
18:18
And I didn't take my head out.
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我並沒有把頭伸出水面，
18:20
But I was just floating there waiting for my heart to stop,
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只是一邊漂浮，一邊等著心臟停止，
18:22
just waiting.
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就只是等著...
18:24
They had doctors with the "Pst," you know, so,
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他們的醫生全副武裝，
18:26
sitting there waiting.
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在一旁待命。
18:28
And then suddenly I hear screaming.
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突然我聽見尖叫聲，
18:30
And I think that there is some weird thing --
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我以為出了狀況，
18:32
that I had died or something had happened.
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是我掛了還是怎麼的，
18:35
And then I realized that I had made it to 16:32.
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接著我發現我撐過了十六分三十二秒。
18:39
So, with the energy of everybody that was there
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所以在現場所有人的鼓舞之下，
18:42
I decided to keep pushing.
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我決定繼續向前推進，
18:44
And I went to 17 minutes and four seconds.
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我撐到了十七分又四秒鐘。
18:46
(Applause)
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18:56
As though that wasn't enough, what I did immediately after
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這還不夠，在我出來之後，我做的第一件事，
18:58
is I went to Quest Labs
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就是去奎斯特實驗室，
19:00
and had them take every blood sample that they could
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讓他們採集所有種類的血液樣本，
19:02
to test for everything and to see where my levels were,
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以進行檢驗，並瞭解我的情況如何，
19:05
so the doctors could use it, once again.
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以便在下一次能夠派上用場。
19:07
I also didn't want anybody to question it.
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我也不希望被人質疑，
19:09
I had the world record and I wanted to
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我創下了世界紀錄，
19:11
make sure it was legitimate.
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而我希望確認它是正式認可的。
19:13
So, I get to New York City the next day,
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隔天我去了紐約市，
19:16
and this kid walks up to me -- I'm walking out of the Apple store --
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當我正從蘋果電腦走出來時，一個小孩子走過來，
19:19
this kid walks up to me he's like, "Yo, D!"
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那個小孩子走近我說"呦，大衛，"
19:21
I'm like "Yeah?"
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我說"怎樣?"
19:23
He said, "If you really held your breath that long,
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他說"如果你真的憋氣那麼久，
19:26
why'd you come out of the water dry?"
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為什麼你出來的時候身上是乾的?"
19:28
I was like "What?"
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我說"啥?"
19:30
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
19:32
And that's my life. So ...
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這就是我的生活...
19:34
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
19:39
As a magician I try to show things to people
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作為魔術師，我試著讓人們看到
19:41
that seem impossible.
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近乎不可能的事情。
19:43
And I think magic, whether I'm holding my breath
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我認為魔術，不管是停止呼吸
19:46
or shuffling a deck of cards,
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或是洗整副牌，
19:48
is pretty simple.
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都非常的簡單，
19:50
It's practice, it's training, and it's --
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你只要不停地練習、訓練，
19:54
It's practice, it's training and experimenting,
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不停地練習、訓練和實驗，
19:58
while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be.
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跨越過痛苦以達到最佳的境界，
20:01
And that's what magic is to me, so, thank you.
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這就是魔術對我的意義，謝謝各位。
20:05
(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