Referred to as "the champion of civilization "
提到 "文明的冠軍"
Learning is important, science is important,
學習很重要 科學很重要
and the view from the window is delightful
窗外的景色是令人愉悅的
So we start off with this ugly view
我們要以這種丑陋的視角開始
and this really whole chapter, we know
我們知道 這有整整一章
We could have skipped this,
我們可以跳過這章
but it kinda retells us some things
但是這有點像在重述一些事情
and kind of backed Teresa's question before,
有點回到之前泰瑞莎的問題上
sometimes you read isn't to totally skip it
有時候你讀的過程中不一定要全部跳過
Because why? We'll squeeze something new in,
為什么呢 我們將會擠進一些新的東西
a piece of information that we didn't know,
那是一條我們之前不知道的信息
necessarily isn't critical but is helpful to know
沒有必要挑剔 但是知道了會很有用處
Here we just talk about life
我們在這只是談論了生命
He starts off on some silliest topics
而他以一些愚蠢之極的話題開始
He talks about hairstyles,
他談論發型
something that I like to read about since I don't have one
這是我喜歡讀的 因為我沒有發型
Not really funny but you come out with this stuff though
不太好笑 但是可以你在10,12年前說出這樣的話
10, 12 years ago when they first came out with Rogaine
那時候剛開始有生發液“落健”
and I had a lot more hair then
我還有很多頭發
Some of my students said, "Well," the brave ones,
我的一些學生說 "呃" 有勇氣的一些人
"so you're gonna try using this?"
"你會試著用這個嗎"
And I said, "Well you know the real problem with Rogaine is,
"我說 你知道生發液真正的問題是
they haven't done any long term studies of it "
他們還沒有做過關于此的任何長期研究"
And I said, "Well you know now, they're marketing it to women
"我說 你知道現在 他們正在向女人們銷售
of course and to you "
當然也會向你們出售"
I said, "What if I use this stuff and it really works for you "
我說 假使我使用過了這些東西 它很有效
and all of a sudden you're 60
突然間你六十歲了
and one day, you're standing in front of the mirror
一天 你站在鏡子前
and you're combing your full head of hair and you go,
梳一整頭的頭發然后說到
"Oh shit Top of my head just came off with my comb "
"見鬼 我頭頂的頭發隨著梳子掉下來了"
I guess this has a negative long term effect
我猜它會有長期的副作用
I decided,
我決定
"Nah, you know I don't wanna particular test on myself "
你知道我不想對自己做試驗
There're a lot worse things that could be wrong
有很多壞事可能是錯誤的
Anyway, we see diversity,
不管怎樣 我們看到了差異
really I go on several pages here
如果沒人在這看到什么重要的東西