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So it seems that if it was just down to anatomy,
因此 僅從生理結(jié)構(gòu)的角度來看的話
all mammals would have the ability to talk.
所有的哺乳動物都應(yīng)具有講話的能力
The main conclusion that I draw from all this work is that
在這次實驗中我最大的收獲在于發(fā)現(xiàn)了
the constraint that's keeping a chimpanzee from speaking,
阻止黑猩猩講話 或者說阻止狗講話的
or indeed keeping a dog from speaking, is not the peripheral vocal anatomy,
約束因素并不是發(fā)聲部位的結(jié)構(gòu)差異
because any of these animals that we've looked at
因為我們所觀察的這些動物
are able to lower the larynx
都可以將喉部位置降低
and reconfigure the vocal tract into a human-like
從而創(chuàng)造出與人類相同的聲道長度
confirmation basically any time they vocalise.
基本上每次發(fā)聲都是這樣
So that can't be the main thing that's keeping these other animals
所以說這并不是其它動物
from having the capacity to produce humanlike speech,
無法像人類一樣講話的主要原因
so it must be in the brain, by process of elimination.
排除了這個原因 主因一定在于大腦
Come on, 4 a pound, banana.
看吶 香蕉四塊錢一磅
Yes, I had to speak to both those...
是的 我不得不對二者都講一下
Every dish has sugar.
每道菜里都加了糖
We don't stop to think
我們止不住地想
how our brain processes the 370 million words
我們的大腦如何處理我們一生中所說的
we will say in our lifetime.
三十七億個單詞呢
Read my lips.
看我的嘴型
Or how we coordinate the complex sequence of thoughts,
又如何協(xié)調(diào)我們言語之中所蘊含的
movements and actions that lie behind each and every word we utter.
一系列錯綜復(fù)雜的思想動作和行為呢
