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But I want to make it clear: there is no such thing as silence.
我要說清楚的是，并不存在一種叫做無聲的東西。
And I know this sounds like the most pretentious TED Talk statement ever.
我知道這說法聽起來差不多是TED里最自負的。
But even if you were to enter a room with zero reverberation and zero external sounds,
但是，即使你進入一個沒有任何回響的房間，也完全沒有外部聲音，
you would still be able to hear the pumping of your own blood.
你仍然可以聽到自己血液流動的聲音。
And in cinema, traditionally, there was never a silent moment because of the sound of the projector.
歷史上，電影院里從來沒有無聲的時刻，因為放映機會發出聲音。
And even in today's Dolby world, there's not really any moment of silence if you listen around you.
即使是在如今的杜比音響世界，如果你傾聽四周，沒有一刻是無聲的。
There's always some sort of noise.
總會有某種噪音存在。
Now, since there's no such thing as silence, what do filmmakers and sound designers use?
現在，既然說沒有真正的無聲，電影制作者和音效設計師用什么呢？
Well, as a synonym, they often use ambiences.
他們通常用氛圍聲，跟“無聲”差不多。
Ambiences are the unique background sounds that are specific to each location.
氛圍聲是獨特的背景音，具體到每一個地點的背景音。
Each location has a unique sound, and each room has a unique sound, which is called room tone.
每個地點都有獨特的聲音，每個空間也有獨特的聲音，這叫做環境聲。
So here's a recording of a market in Morocco.
這是在摩洛哥的一家市場里的錄音。
And here's a recording of Times Square in New York.
這是在紐約時代廣場的錄音。
Room tone is the addition of all the noises inside the room: the ventilation, the heating, the fridge.
環境聲是房間里所有噪音的疊加：通風設備，供暖設備，冰箱。
Here's a recording of my apartment in Brooklyn.
這是我布魯克林區公寓的錄音。
