TED英语演讲：你以为语言只是交流工具

TED英语演讲：你以为语言只是交流工具

会第二种语言，就像是有了第二个灵魂”，这正是我们学外语的原因之一。每种语言都带有自己的思维方式，有的语言中每个名词都有指定的性别;而有的语言中没有上下左右只有东南西北。世界上有7000多种语言，每一种都有自己独特的魅力。下面是为大家收集关于TED英语演讲：你以为语言只是交流工具，欢迎借鉴参考。 | 中英文演讲稿 |

So, Ill be speaking to you using language、、、 because I can、 This is one these magical abilities that we humans have、 We can transmit really complicated thoughts to one another、 So what Im doing right now is, Im making sounds with my mouth as Im exhaling、

我们通过语言交流，因为我可以说话。这是我们人类拥有的一种神奇能力，我们可以互相传递非常复杂的思想。我现在正在做的是，一边呼气，一边用我的嘴巴发出声音。

Im making tones and hisses and puffs, and those are creating air vibrations in the air、 Those air vibrations are traveling to you, theyre hitting your eardrums, and

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then your brain takes those vibrations from your eardrums and transforms them into thoughts、 I hope、

我在发出各种语调、嘶嘶声、呼气，而这些引起周边的空气振动。这些空气振动传到你那里，它们到达你的耳鼓，然后你的大脑会将你耳鼓接收到的振动转化成思想。至少我希望是这样的。

I hope thats happening、 So because of this ability, we humans are able to transmit our ideas across vast reaches of space and time、 Were able to transmit knowledge across minds、 I can put a bizarre new idea in your mind right now、 I could say, \waltzing in a library while thinking about quantum mechanics、\

我希望如此。正是因为这种能力，人类能够将我们的思想跨越时间和空间，传递下去我们能够将知识互相传递。比如，我现在就可以给你传递一个奇怪的想法。我可以说，“想象一只水母在一个图书馆里一边跳着华尔兹，一边思考着量子力学。”

Now, if everything has gone relatively well in your life so far, you probably havent had that thought before、

当然如果大家的生活到目前为止都还比较顺利的话，你之前应该没有这样想过。

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But now Ive just made you think it, through language、

而我现在让你们有了这个想法，正是通过语言做到的。 Now of course, there isnt just one language in the world, there are about7,000 languages spoken around the world、 And all the languages differ from one another in all kinds of ways、 Some languages have different sounds, they have different vocabularies, and they also have different structures very importantly, different structures、

当然，世界上不是只有一种语言，全球有大约7000种语言。这些语言有着各式各样的区别。有些语言有不同的发音，不同的词汇，还有不同的结构不同的结构很重要。

That begs the question: Does the language we speak shape the way we think Now, this is an ancient question、 People have been speculating about this question

forever、 Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor, said, \a second language is to have a second soul\statement that language crafts reality、 But on the other hand, Shakespeare has Juliet say, \by any other name would smell as sweet、\suggests that maybe language doesnt craft reality、

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