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M: People often wonder how the human brain creates, for example, a beautiful painting, a sculpture or even a delicious dinner.
男：人們常常想知道人類的大腦是如何創造的，例如，創造一幅美麗的畫，一座雕塑，甚至是一頓美味的晚餐。
M: Today we are honoured to have Dr. Nancy Andreasen, a neuroscientist at the University of Iowa on our talk show.
男：今天，我們榮幸地請到愛荷華大學的神經科學家南希·安德瑞森博士來到我們的談話節目。
M: Dr. Andreasen has recently written a book called The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius.
男：安德瑞森博士最近寫了一本書，叫做《有創造力的大腦：天才的神經科學》。
M: In her book, she tackles the question and tries to look into the brain behind creativity.
男：在書中，她解決了這個問題，并試圖探究創造力背后的大腦。
M: Dr. Andreasen, thanks for coming on our show.
男：安德瑞森博士，謝謝你來參加我們的節目。
W: Pleasure.
女：很高興來到這里。
M: Now, Dr. Andreasen can we start with the question "What is creativity?"
男：現在，安德瑞森博士，我們想先問一下，什么是創造力?
W: Well, creativity can be saying as a process.
女：嗯，創造力可以說是一個過程。
W: This process starts with a person, for example an artist, musician, inventor
女：這個過程從一個人開始，例如一個藝術家、音樂家、發明家，
W: or even someone who's trying to figure out a better way of doing a task at work or at home.
女：或者一個試圖想出更好的方法來完成工作或者家庭事務的人。
W: That person must think about the problem or, or their project in a novel way and then come up with a solution.
女：這個人必須以一種新奇的方式思考這個問題，或者項目，然后想出一個解決方案。
M: Hmm, I see. But how long will it take for the person to find a solution as it were?
男：嗯，我明白了。但是，要多久才能找到解決辦法呢？
W: Well, it depends. The creative process can go by in a flash or it can take years.
女：看情況。創意過程可以靈光突現，也可能需要數年時間。
W: But the end result is invariably the production of something new and useful, such as the automobile,
女：但是最終總是會產生一些新的有用的東西，比如汽車，
W: or something beautiful and artistic, such as a painting by Vincent van Gogh.
女：或者一些美麗的，具有藝術性東西，比如文森特·梵高的一幅畫。
M: Hmm, Dr. Andreasen, then do you think the ability to be creative is inborn or not?
男：嗯，安德里森博士，那么你認為有創造能力是天生的嗎?
W: Well, no one knows yet if the ability to be creative, for example the ability to produce a haunting symphony
女：目前沒有人知道創造力，
W: is the result of the environment or a genetic makeup that allows people to be creative more easily.
女：例如，創作出蕩氣回腸的交響樂的能力是環境的結果，還是某種幫助創作的基因組成的結果。
W: However, creativity does seem to run in certain families.
女：然而，某些家族的創造力確實比較突出。
M: Is that so?
男：是這樣嗎?
W: Yes. You see, Johann Sebastian Bach was the most famous member of the Bach family, but there were 20 other eminent musicians who came from the same family.
女：是的。你知道，約翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫是巴赫家族中最著名的成員，但這個家族還有20位著名音樂家。
