李顯龍就任新一屆新加坡總理英語演講稿

歡迎閱讀本文檔，希望本文檔能對(duì)您有所幫助!歡迎閱讀本文檔，希望本文檔能對(duì)您有所幫助!感謝閱讀本文檔，希望本文檔能對(duì)您有所幫助!感謝閱讀本文檔，希望本文檔能對(duì)您有所幫助!歡迎閱讀本文檔，希望本文檔能對(duì)您有所幫助!感謝閱讀本文檔，希望本文檔能對(duì)您有所幫助!李顯龍就任新一屆新加坡總理英語演講稿?是我從中獲得極大的樂趣。于是我決定去追求實(shí)現(xiàn)更多這樣的事。下一次就是我把自己凍在一個(gè)大冰塊里整整三天三夜，地點(diǎn)是紐約。那次要比我想象的困難許多。接下來的一次，我站在一百多英尺高的柱子頂端整整36個(gè)小時(shí)?？旖Y(jié)束時(shí)我開始產(chǎn)生非常強(qiáng)烈的幻覺以至于我覺得身后的建筑看起來像巨型動(dòng)物的頭。

so,nextiwenttolondon.inlondonilivedinaglassboxfor44dayswithnothingbutwater.itwas,forme,oneofthemostdifficultthingsi'deverdone,butitwasalsothemostbeautiful.therewassomanyskeptics,especiallythepressinlondon,thattheystartedflyingcheeseburgersonhelicoptersaroundmyboxtotemptme.(laughter)so,ifeltveryvalidatedwhenthenewenglandjournalofmedicineactuallyusedtheresearchforscience.

后來，我去了倫敦。在倫敦，我在一個(gè)玻璃箱里生存了44天也是除了水什么都沒有。對(duì)于我來說，這次是所有挑戰(zhàn)中最艱難的一次，但它仍然是非常美好的一次歷程。當(dāng)時(shí)有許多持懷疑態(tài)度的人，尤其是倫敦的記者們，他們坐直升機(jī)徘徊在我的玻璃箱周圍到處扔漢堡引誘我。(笑聲)我通過這次活動(dòng)被認(rèn)可而感到非常高興，事實(shí)上新英格蘭醫(yī)學(xué)雜志還以此作為研究供科學(xué)參考。

mynextpursuitwasiwantedtoseehowlongicouldgowithoutbreathing,likehowlongicouldsurvivewithnothing,notevenair.ididn'trealizethatitwouldbecomethemostamazingjourneyofmylife.

我的下一個(gè)追求便是想試試不呼吸能堅(jiān)持多久，也就是說什么都沒有的情況下我能活多久，甚至沒有空氣。我并沒有意識(shí)到，這一次成就了我生命中最美妙的旅程。

asayoungmagicianiwasobsessedwithhoudiniandhisunderwaterchallenges.so,ibegan,earlyon,competingagainsttheotherkids,seeinghowlongicouldstayunderwaterwhiletheywentupanddowntobreathe,youknow,fivetimes,whileistayedunderononebreath.bythetimeiwasateenageriwasabletoholdmybreathforthreeminutesand30seconds.iwouldlaterfindoutthatwashoudini'spersonalrecord.

作為一個(gè)年輕的魔術(shù)師我沉迷于霍迪尼和他在水下屏氣挑戰(zhàn)。孩童時(shí)候，我就開始與其他的孩子們比試，看可以在水下待多久，當(dāng)他們得反復(fù)探頭出水面呼吸，大概5次之多，我卻可以一直待在水下，完全不需要換氣。。當(dāng)我是青少年的時(shí)候我已經(jīng)可以水下屏氣達(dá)3分30秒之久，后來我才發(fā)現(xiàn)那就是霍迪尼的個(gè)人紀(jì)錄。

in1987iheardofastoryaboutaboythatfellthroughiceandwastrappedunderariver.hewasunderneath,notbreathingfor45minutes.whentherescueworkerscametheyresuscitatedhimandtherewasnobraindamage.hiscoretemperaturehaddroppedto77degrees.asamagician,ithinkeverythingispossible.andithinkifsomethingisdonebyonepersonitcanbedonebyothers.istartedtothink,iftheboycouldsurvivewithoutbreathingforthatlong,theremustbeawaythaticoulddoit.

在1987年，我聽說了一個(gè)故事，一個(gè)男孩掉進(jìn)冰封的河里，困于河底。他45分鐘內(nèi)沒有呼吸。當(dāng)救援人員趕到搶救并喚醒他時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)他并沒有腦損傷，他的心臟溫度降至77度。作為一個(gè)魔術(shù)師，我相信一切皆有可能。我認(rèn)為如果某個(gè)人可以做到某件事，那么任何人都可以做到。我開始思索，如果這個(gè)男孩可以如此長(zhǎng)時(shí)間不呼吸而活下來，那么必定有某種途徑讓我也可以做到。

so,imetwithatopneurosurgeon.andiaskedhim,howlongisitpossibletogowithoutbreathing,likehowlongcouldigowithoutair?andhesaidtomethatanythingoversixminutesyouhaveaseriousriskofhypoxicbraindamage.so,itookthatasachallenge,basically.(laughter)myfirsttry,ifiguredthaticoulddosomethingsimilar,andicreatedawatertank,andifilleditwithiceandfreezingcoldwater.andistayedinsideofthatwatertankhopingmycoretemperaturewouldstarttodrop.andiwasshivering.inmyfirstattempttoholdmybreathicouldn'tevenlastaminute.so,irealizedthatwascompletelynotgoingtowork.

于是我找了最好的神經(jīng)科醫(yī)師，問他人若是不呼吸最長(zhǎng)支撐多久，也就是哪怕連空氣都沒有我能撐多久?他告訴我，任何超過6分鐘不呼吸的行為，都會(huì)因缺氧而造成嚴(yán)重腦損傷的危險(xiǎn)。那么毫無疑問，我便把它列入了我的挑戰(zhàn)。(笑聲)第一次試驗(yàn)，我打算模擬那個(gè)男孩遭遇的情況，弄一個(gè)水缸，注滿徹骨的冰水，然后就跳進(jìn)那個(gè)水缸里，希望我的體溫可以下降。當(dāng)不住地時(shí)我顫抖。第一次嘗試我甚至連一分鐘都堅(jiān)持不了。于是我意識(shí)到簡(jiǎn)單的模擬行不通，

so,iwenttotalktoadoctorfriend,andiaskedhimhowcouldidothat?"iwanttoholdmybreathforareallylongtime.howcoulditbedone?"andhesaid,"david,you'reamagician,createtheillusionofnotbreathing,itwillbemucheasier."(laughter)so,hecameupwiththisideaofcreatingarebreather,withaco2scrubber,whichwasbasicallyatubefromhomedepot,withaballoonduct-tapedtoit,thathethoughtwecouldputinsideofme,andsomehowbeabletocirculatetheairandrebreathewiththisthinginme.thisisalittlehardtowatch.butthisisthatattempt.so,thatclearlywasn'tgoingtowork.(laughter)

我便找了一位醫(yī)生朋友，詢問他我怎樣才能屏氣那么久，“;我想在在水下長(zhǎng)時(shí)間屏氣。怎么樣才可以做到呢?”;我問他，他回答，”;大衛(wèi)，你是魔術(shù)師，設(shè)計(jì)一個(gè)不呼吸的假象豈不是更容易?”;(笑聲)他想出這么個(gè)點(diǎn)子，做一個(gè)內(nèi)呼吸裝置，內(nèi)置一個(gè)co2滌氣器，其實(shí)基本上就是一個(gè)家用的管子，再套一個(gè)氣球僅此而已。他認(rèn)為可以把這個(gè)東西放到我身體里，然后用某種方式可以循環(huán)空氣達(dá)到再呼吸的目的。他是這么把東西放進(jìn)來的，這過程看起來會(huì)不太舒服...但那是一次嘗試。好了，很顯然它是不會(huì)起作用的。(笑聲)

theniactuallystartedthinkingaboutliquidbreathing.thereisachemicalthat'scalledperflubron.andit'ssohighinoxygenlevelsthatintheoryyoucouldbreatheit.so,igotmyhandsonthatchemical,filledthesinkupwithit,andstuckmyfaceinthesinkandtriedtobreathethatin,whichwasreallyimpossible.it'sbasicallyliketryingtobreathe,asadoctorsaid,whilehavinganelephantstandingonyourchest.so,thatideadisappeared.

接著我開始考慮試試液體呼吸。有一種叫全氟化合物的化學(xué)藥劑，含氧量特別高，理論上你是可以用它來呼吸。于是我打算嘗試這種化學(xué)試劑，將它灌滿水缸，把臉浸在里面，試著呼吸。但那實(shí)在是不太可能，基本上就如醫(yī)生所說，情況如同一頭大象踩住你胸口的同時(shí)你還非得呼吸一樣。這個(gè)法子看來也行不通。

thenistartedthinking,woulditbepossibletohookupaheart/lungbypassmachineandhaveasurgerywhereitwasatubegoingintomyartery,andthenappeartonotbreathewhiletheywereoxygenatingmyblood?whichwasanotherinsaneidea,obviously.

接著我想到，有沒有可能在我的心臟和肺之間用機(jī)械搭橋，然后做手術(shù)把管子放入動(dòng)脈，表面沒有呼吸但事實(shí)上這些裝備在為我的血液供氧?但這顯然又是另一個(gè)瘋狂的想法。

thenithoughtaboutthecraziestideaofalltheideas:toactuallydoit.(laughter)toactuallytrytoholdmybreathpastthepointthatdoctorswouldconsideryoubraindead.so,istartedresearchingintopearldivers.youknow,becausetheygodownforfourminutesononebreath.andwheniwasresearchingpearldivers,ifoundtheworldoffree-diving.itwasthemostamazingthingthatieverdiscovered,prettymuch.thereismanydifferentaspectstofree-diving.thereisdepthrecords,wherepeoplegoasdeepastheycan.andthenthereisstaticapnea.that'sholdingyourbreathaslongasyoucaninoneplacewithoutmoving.thatwastheonethatistudied.

后來，我想出了一個(gè)最瘋狂的辦法：那就是，真刀真槍的來。(笑聲)去真正憋氣至那一刻，那連醫(yī)生都認(rèn)為會(huì)腦死亡的時(shí)間。于是我開始搜集有關(guān)采珠人的信息。因?yàn)樗麄兛梢灾挥靡豢跉獗阍谒麓?分鐘之久。而且當(dāng)我在做采珠人調(diào)查時(shí)我發(fā)現(xiàn)了另一番洞天--自由潛水。它幾乎可以說是我至今發(fā)現(xiàn)最奇妙的事。自由潛水有很多種，有深度記錄的，人們可以潛到他們能達(dá)到的最大深度，還有靜止屏氣，就是能憋氣多久就憋多久，但必須靜止在一個(gè)固定的地方。那就是我調(diào)查的研究。

thefirstthingthatilearnediswhenyou'reholdingyourbreathyoushouldnevermoveatall;thatwastesenergy.andthatdepletesoxygen,anditbuildsupco2inyourblood.so,ilearnednevertomove.andilearnedhowtoslowmyheartratedown.ihadtoremainperfectlystillandjustrelaxandthinkthatiwasn'tinmybody,andjustcontrolthat.andthenilearnedhowtopurge.purgingisbasicallyhyperventilating.youblowinandout...youdothat,yougetlightheaded,yougettingling.andyou'rereallyriddingyourbodyofco2.so,whenyouholdyourbreathit'sinfinitelyeasier.thenilearnedthatyouhavetotakeahugebreath,andjustholdandrelaxandneverletanyairout,andjustholdandrelaxthroughallthepain.

我學(xué)到的第一個(gè)要領(lǐng)就是當(dāng)你在屏氣時(shí)應(yīng)該一動(dòng)不動(dòng)，否則會(huì)浪費(fèi)能量，消耗氧氣，并會(huì)使血液中的co2含量升高。所以我試著不去移動(dòng)。我也學(xué)到了怎樣減緩我的心率。必須去保證一動(dòng)不動(dòng)并且非常放松想象自己已經(jīng)不在身體里，并且要持續(xù)保持。然后我學(xué)了怎樣凈化呼吸，凈化呼吸實(shí)際上就是強(qiáng)力呼吸。呼進(jìn)，呼出然后會(huì)感到眩暈，耳鳴，這樣就可以排除身體內(nèi)的co2，接著當(dāng)你再屏氣的時(shí)候，就會(huì)感到輕松。然后我學(xué)到必須要吸很大的一口氣，憋住，放松，別讓一點(diǎn)兒空漏出去，憋著并放松著嘗試忍過所有的痛苦感覺。

everymorning,thisisformonths,iwouldwakeupandthefirstthingthatiwoulddoisiwouldholdmybreathfor,outof52minutes,iwouldholdmybreathfor44minutes.so,basicallywhatthatmeansisiwouldpurge,i'dbreathreallyhardforaminute.andiwouldhold,immediatelyafter,forfiveandhalfminutes.theniwouldbreathagainforaminute,purgingashardasican,thenimmediatelyafterthatiwouldholdagainforfiveandhalfminutes.iwouldrepeatthisprocesseighttimesinarow.outof52minutesyou'reonlybreathingforeightminutes.attheendofthatyou'recompletelyfried,yourbrain.youfeellikeyou'rewalkingaroundinadaze.andyouhavetheseawfulheadaches.basically,i'mnotthebestpersontotalktowheni'mdoingthatstuff.

每天早晨，連續(xù)幾個(gè)月，我醒來第一件事就是屏住呼吸在52分鐘內(nèi)，我能憋氣44分鐘。那就是說我會(huì)用凈化呼吸的方式，用力的呼吸一分鐘然后就馬上屏氣5分半鐘，接著再用力呼吸一分鐘，使最大的力氣去凈化呼吸，然后馬上再一次屏住呼吸5分半鐘。我會(huì)連續(xù)重復(fù)這樣的過程8次。在52分鐘內(nèi)，我其實(shí)只呼吸8分鐘。在快要結(jié)束時(shí)，我覺得大腦快炸開了，就好像在一片耀眼中行走，頭痛欲裂。似乎我屬于做的出卻描述不出的人。

istartedlearningabouttheworld-recordholder.hisnameistomsietas.andthisguyisperfectlybuiltforholdinghisbreath.he'ssixfootfour.he's160pounds.andhistotallungcapacityistwicethesizeofanaverageperson.i'msixfootone,andfat.we'llsaybig-boned.(laughter)ihadtodrop50poundsinthreemonths.so,everythingthatiputintomybodyiconsideredasmedicine.everybitoffoodwasexactlywhatitwasforitsnutritionalvalue.iatereallysmallcontrolledportionsthroughouttheday.andistartedtoreallyadaptmybody.(laughter)

我開始了解到這個(gè)記錄的保持者叫湯姆斯塔斯。這家伙就像是為屏氣而生的，他有6尺4，160磅重。而且他的肺活量是正常人的2倍。我呢，6尺1寸，很胖，或者可以硬是說成骨架比較大。(笑聲)所以我必須在三個(gè)月內(nèi)減掉50磅。所有放進(jìn)我嘴里的東西我都看作是藥物，每一小塊食物都按照營(yíng)養(yǎng)價(jià)值需要來吃。一天內(nèi)我都保持吃非常小量的食物，漸漸的我開始保持很好的狀態(tài)了。(笑聲)

thethinneriwas,thelongeriwasabletoholdmybreath.andbyeatingsowellandtrainingsohard,myrestingheart-ratedroppedto38beatsperminute.whichislowerthanmostolympicathletes.infourmonthsoftrainingiwasabletoholdmybreathforoversevenminutes.iwantedtotryholdingmybreatheverywhere.iwantedtotryitinthemostextremesituationstoseeificouldslowmyheartratedownunderduress.(laughter)

我越瘦，就越能長(zhǎng)時(shí)間屏住呼吸。通過飲食控制搭配艱苦的訓(xùn)練，我的心率下降到每分鐘38次，比多數(shù)奧林匹克選手都要低。在4個(gè)月的訓(xùn)練，我已經(jīng)可以屏住呼吸長(zhǎng)達(dá)7分鐘之久。我在任何地方都訓(xùn)練屏氣，嘗試在極端的環(huán)境下屏氣檢驗(yàn)是否可能降低心率在如此高壓下。(笑聲)

idecidedthatiwasgoingtobreaktheworldrecordliveonprime-timetelevision.theworldrecordwaseightminutesand58seconds,heldbytomsietas,thatguywiththewhalelungsitoldyouabout.(laughter)iassumedthaticouldputawatertankatlincolncenterandifistayedthereaweeknoteating,iwouldgetcomfortableinthatsituationandiwouldslowmymetabolism,whichiwassurewouldhelpmeholdmybreathlongerthanihadbeenabletodoit.iwascompletelywrong.

終于我準(zhǔn)備好要打破世界紀(jì)錄，要在黃金時(shí)段的電視頻道直播。當(dāng)時(shí)的世界紀(jì)錄是8分58秒，湯姆，斯塔斯始終保持，我告訴過你們那個(gè)家伙有鯨魚一樣大的肺。(笑聲)我設(shè)想可以在林肯中心放一個(gè)巨型水缸然后我不吃飯?jiān)谀抢锩嫦却粋€(gè)禮拜，就會(huì)比較適應(yīng)了，并且新陳代謝也會(huì)緩慢下來，我很肯定這樣做可以幫我更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的屏住呼吸。顯然我完全錯(cuò)了。

ienteredthesphereaweekbeforethescheduledairdate.andithoughteverythingseemedtobeontrack.twodaysbeforemybigbreathholdattempt,fortherecord,theproducersofmytelevisionspecialthoughtthatjustwatchingsomebodyholdingtheirbreath,andalmostdrowning,istooboringfortelevision.(laughter)so,ihadtoaddhandcuffs,whileholdingmybreath,toescapefrom.thiswasacriticalmistake.becauseofthemovementiwaswastingoxygen.andbysevenminutesihadgoneintotheseawfulconvulsions.by7:08istartedtoblackout.andbysevenminutesand30secondstheyhadtopullmybodyoutandbringmeback.ihadfailedoneverylevel.(laughter)

我提前一個(gè)禮拜去到中心，感覺一切都漸漸上了軌道，沒想到的是，在破紀(jì)錄憋氣嘗試的前兩天，電視制作人突然覺得光看人憋氣像是快要淹死對(duì)觀眾來說太過無聊。(笑聲)于是我不得不加上手銬，邊屏氣邊試著掙脫它們。這被證明是個(gè)極嚴(yán)重的錯(cuò)誤。開始后我因?yàn)閽昝摰膭?dòng)作浪費(fèi)了很多氧氣，到第7分鐘我已經(jīng)開始不住可怕的抽搐中™到7分08秒時(shí)，我開始失去知覺，7分30秒的時(shí)候他們必須把我拉出來進(jìn)行搶救。我輸?shù)囊凰俊?笑聲)

so,naturally,theonlywayoutoftheslumpthaticouldthinkofwas,idecidedtocalloprah.(laughter)itoldherthatiwantedtouptheanteandholdmybreathlongerthananyhumanbeingeverhad.thiswasadifferentrecord.thiswasapureo2staticapnearecordthatguinnesshadsettheworldrecordat13minutes.so,basicallyyoubreathpureo2first,oxygenatingyourbody,flushingoutco2,andyouareabletoholdmuchlonger.irealizedthatmyrealcompetitionwasthebeaver.(laughter)

所以很自然唯一可以擺脫消沉我可以想到的就是去找奧普拉。(笑聲)我告訴他我要提高賭注我要屏住呼吸長(zhǎng)過所有人。這是個(gè)不同的記錄，這次是純氧靜止屏氣記錄，由吉尼斯目前的13分鐘為世界紀(jì)錄。也就是先吸入入純氧,充沛氧氣，排出二氧化碳。然后你就可以屏氣更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。當(dāng)時(shí)我意識(shí)到，我真正的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者是--海貍。(笑聲)

injanuaryof'08oprahgavemefourmonthstoprepareandtrain.so,iwouldsleepinahypoxictenteverynight.ahypoxictentisatentthatsimulatesaltitudeat15,000feet.so,it'slikebasecampeverest.whatthatdoesis,youstartbuildinguptheredbloodcellcountinyourbody,whichhelpsyoucarryoxygenbetter.everymorning,again,aftergettingoutofthattentyourbrainiscompletelywipedout.myfirstattemptonpureo2,iwasabletogoupto15minutes.so,itwasaprettybigsuccess.

XX年1月奧普拉給了我4個(gè)月準(zhǔn)備和訓(xùn)練。我每晚睡在低氧艙里，所謂低氧艙就是模擬海拔15000尺的含氧量，跟終極野營(yíng)似的。這么做的原因是，可以累積體內(nèi)紅細(xì)胞的數(shù)目，幫助你更好的保存氧氣。每個(gè)早晨，同樣的，從低氧艙里出來時(shí)大腦一片空白。第一次嘗試純氧時(shí)，我已經(jīng)可以屏氣15分鐘。這已經(jīng)算是不小的成功了。

theneurosurgeonpulledmeoutofthewaterbecauseinhismind,at15minutesyourbrainisdone,you'rebraindead.so,hepulledmeup,andiwasfine.therewasonepersontherethatwasdefinitelynotimpressed.itwasmyex-girlfriend.whileiwasbreakingtherecordunderwaterforthefirsttime,shewassiftingthroughmyblackberry,checkingallmymessages.(laughter)mybrotherhadapictureofit.itisreally...(laughter)

當(dāng)那個(gè)神經(jīng)外科醫(yī)師把我從水里拉出來時(shí)相當(dāng)震驚--在他看來，15分鐘不呼吸你的大腦就完了，腦死亡--可是當(dāng)他把我拉出來，我卻狀態(tài)良好，當(dāng)時(shí)肯定有一個(gè)人是覺得沒什么大不了，就是我的前女友。當(dāng)我在水下第一次打破紀(jì)錄時(shí)，她卻在翻我的黑莓手機(jī)，檢查我所有的短信。(笑聲)我哥哥拍了張當(dāng)時(shí)的照片。那真的是...(笑聲)

ithenannouncedthatiwasgoingtogoforsietas'record,publicly.andwhathedidinresponse,ishewentonregisandkelly,andbrokehisoldrecord.thenhismaincompetitorwentoutandbrokehisrecord.so,hesuddenlypushedtherecordupto16minutesand32seconds.whichwasthreeminuteslongerthanihadprepared.youknow,itwaslongerthantherecord.

終于我宣布公開挑戰(zhàn)斯塔斯的記錄，他所做的回應(yīng)，就是在regisandkelly節(jié)目中，自己打破他以前的記錄。然后他的主要競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者又出來，并再次打破記錄。這樣，記錄離奇被提到16分32秒。比我所做的準(zhǔn)備長(zhǎng)出3分鐘。你知道，比原來紀(jì)錄長(zhǎng)出很多。

now,iwantedtogetthesciencetimestodocumentthis.iwantedtogetthemtodoapieceonit.so,ididwhatanypersonseriouslypursuingscientificadvancementwoulddo.iwalkedintothenewyorktimesofficesanddidcardtrickstoeverybody.(laughter)so,idon'tknowifitwasthemagicortheloreofthecaymanislands,butjohntierneyflewdownanddidapieceontheseriousnessofbreath-holding.

這下，我打算讓科學(xué)時(shí)代雜志來報(bào)道這一切，我希望他們也能參與，于是，我做了任何一個(gè)嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)探索科學(xué)的人都該做的事，我走進(jìn)紐約時(shí)報(bào)的辦公室給每個(gè)人表演紙牌魔術(shù)。(笑聲)我不知道是魔術(shù)的原因還是開曼群島的信仰，約翰，第爾尼被說服了，還寫了一篇論屏住呼吸之嚴(yán)重性的報(bào)道。

whilehewasthereitriedtoimpresshim,ofcourse.andididadivedownto160feet,whichisbasicallytheheightofa16storybuilding,andasiwascomingup,iblackedoutunderwater,whichisreallydangerous;that'showyoudrown.luckilykirkhadseenmeandheswamoverandpulledmeup.so,istartedfullfocus.icompletelytrainedtogetmybreathholdtimeupforwhatineededtodo.buttherewasnowaytoprepareforthelivetelevisionaspectofit,beingonoprah.

當(dāng)他在那兒的時(shí)候，我試圖給他深刻印象于是我猛地下潛了160尺，大概有16層樓那么高，可我在上浮過程中，昏了過去，那是相當(dāng)危險(xiǎn)的。那就是人們?nèi)绾文缢?。幸運(yùn)的是克爾克看到我他游過去把我救了上來。這下我開始全神貫注了。我徹底嚴(yán)格的訓(xùn)練延長(zhǎng)屏氣時(shí)間，做我該做的事。但不可能完全按照將電視直播的方式而準(zhǔn)備，也就是那個(gè)奧普拉的節(jié)目。

butinpractice,iwoulddoitfacedown,floatingonthepool.butfortvtheywantedmetobeuprightsotheycouldseemyface,basically.theotherproblemwasthesuitwassobuoyantthattheyhadtostrapmyfeetintokeepmefromfloatingup.so,ihadtousemylegstoholdmyfeetintothestrapsthatwereloose,whichwasarealproblemforme.thatmademeextremelynervous,raisingtheheartrate.

練習(xí)中，我會(huì)面朝下，懸浮在水缸中，但上電視時(shí)，他們卻希望我面朝前，以便觀眾看見我的臉。另一個(gè)問題是，那身衣服讓我易懸浮，所以他們不得不用皮帶綁住我的腳保持我不至上浮，同時(shí)我得用雙腿幫助腳站穩(wěn)在那個(gè)松松的皮帶里面，那對(duì)我來說是非常頭疼的事，因?yàn)樗鼘?dǎo)致我極度緊張，提高了心率。

then,whattheyalsodidwas,whichweneverdidbefore,istherewasaheart-ratemonitor.anditwasrightnexttothesphere.so,everytimemyheartwouldbeati'dhearthebeep-beep-beep-beep,youknow,theticking,reallyloud.whichwasmakingmemorenervous.andthereisnowaytoslowmyheartratedown.so,normallyiwouldstartat38beatsperminute,andwhileholdingmybreathitwoulddropto12beatsperminute,whichisprettyunusual.(laughter)thistimeitstartedat120beats,anditneverwentdown.

除此之外，他們還裝了，我以前從未試過的，就是裝了一個(gè)心率監(jiān)測(cè)器它就在放置在我的球型水缸旁邊，所以，每一次我心跳動(dòng)時(shí)，都會(huì)聽到嗶嗶的聲音。你知道，那個(gè)聲音，非常吵。它導(dǎo)致我更加緊張。而且我竟然沒有辦法去降低心率。一般情況下我的心率是每分鐘38次，而且當(dāng)我屏住呼吸時(shí)它會(huì)降到每分鐘12次，這是可是很不尋常的。(笑聲)這一次，它卻以每分鐘120次作為開始，再也沒有降下去。

ispentthefirstfiveminutesunderwaterdesperatelytryingtoslowmyheartratedown.iwasjustsittingtherethinking,"i'vegottoslowthisdown.i'mgoingtofail,i'mgoingtofail."andiwasgettingmorenervous.andtheheartratejustkeptgoingupandup,allthewayupto150beats.basicallyit'sthesamethingthatcreatedmydownfallatlincolncenter.itwasawasteofo2.whenimadeittothehalfwaymark,ateightminutes,iwas100percentcertainthatiwasnotgoingtobeabletomakethis.therewasnowayformetodoit.

在水下前5分鐘我瘋狂的嘗試降低心率，當(dāng)時(shí)我只不住地想，”;我必須讓心率減速我要失敗了，我要失敗了?！?而且我越來越緊張。心率一直飆升，直到每分鐘150次。其實(shí)就是出現(xiàn)了和倫敦中心失敗時(shí)一樣的情況，心跳過快浪費(fèi)氧氣.當(dāng)我堅(jiān)持到一半的時(shí)候，大概8分鐘時(shí)，我已經(jīng)百分百確定我不會(huì)成功了。我根本做不到。

so,ifigured,oprahhaddedicatedanhourtodoingthisbreathholdthing,ifihadcrackedearlyitwouldbeawholeshowabouthowdepressediam.(laughter)so,ifiguredi'mbetteroffjustfightingandstayingthereuntiliblackout,atleastthentheycanpullmeoutandtakecareofmeandallthat.(laughter)

然后，我想，奧普拉貢獻(xiàn)一整個(gè)小時(shí)來做這個(gè)水下屏氣的節(jié)目。如果我早早失敗了它就會(huì)變成一個(gè)描述我失敗后如何沮喪的節(jié)目。(笑聲)所以，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我還是最好強(qiáng)撐著，直到昏過去，至少這樣他們可以先把我拉出來再搶救什么的。(笑聲)

ikeptpushingto10minutes.at10minutesyoustartgettingallthesereallystrongtinglingsensationsinyourfingersandtoes.andiknewthatthatwasbloodshunting,whenthebloodrushesawayfromyourextremitiestoprovideoxygentoyourvitalorgans.at11minutesistartedfeelingthrobbingsensationsinmylegs,andmylipsstartedtofeelreallystrange.

我一直堅(jiān)持到10分鐘，在第十分鐘時(shí)我開始有這種非常強(qiáng)烈的手指和腳趾鎮(zhèn)痛的感覺。我知道那是血液分流，也就是血液從肢端回流去為重要的器官供氧。在第11分鐘，我開始感到腿部的抽搐感，而且嘴唇感覺奇怪。

atminute12istartedtohaveringinginmyears,andistartedtofeelmyarmgoingnumb.andi'mahypochondriac,andirememberarmnumbmeansheartattack.so,istartedtoreallygetreallyparanoid.thenat13minutes,maybebecauseofthehypochondria.istartedfeelingpainsallovermychest.itwasawful.at14minutes,ihadtheseawfulcontractions,likethisurgetobreathe.(laughter)

在第12分鐘我開始耳鳴，而且胳膊開始麻木。我是個(gè)憂郁癥患者，我記起任何的麻木意味著心臟病。于是我開始恐慌起來。然后在第13分鐘，可能由于憂郁癥，我感到胸前巨痛。太難受了。在第14分鐘，我有一種強(qiáng)烈的欲望，想要呼吸的欲望。(笑聲)

at15minutesiwassufferingmajoro2deprivationtotheheart.andistartedhavingischemiatotheheart.myheartbeatwouldgofrom120,to50,to150,to40,to20,to150again.itwouldskipabeat.itwouldstart.itwouldstop.andifeltallthis.andiwassurethatiwasgoingtohaveaheartattack.so,at16minuteswhatididisislidmyfeetoutbecauseiknewthatifididgoout,ifididhaveaheartattack,they'dhavetojumpintothebindingandtakemyfeetoutbeforepullingmeup.so,iwasreallynervous.

在第15分鐘，我遭受心臟缺氧的癥狀，心臟開始供血不足，心率從120，下降到50，又從150到40，20，又到150.它會(huì)忽然停跳一拍，時(shí)而開始，時(shí)而停止。而且我能感受到這發(fā)生的一切。我很確定我快要心臟病了。于是在第16分鐘，我把腳滑出扣帶因?yàn)槲抑廊绻掖_實(shí)要離開水面，或是突發(fā)心臟病，他們會(huì)先跳進(jìn)來松開我的腳上的扣帶再拉我出水。所以我非常緊張。

so,iletmyfeetout,andistartedfloatingtothetop.andididn'ttakemyheadout.butiwasjustfloatingtherewaitingformyhearttostop,justwaiting.theyhaddoctorswiththe"pst,"youknow,so,sittingtherewaiting.andthensuddenlyihearscreaming.andithinkthatthereissomeweirdthing--thatihaddiedorsomethinghadhappened.andthenirealizedthatihadmadeitto16:32.so,withtheenergyofeverybodythatwasthereidecidedtokeeppushing.andiwentto17minutesandfourseconds.(applause)

我松開了我的腳，開始任由身體上浮，但我沒有把頭伸出水面，我只是，等待我心跳停止的那一刻...等待著...你知道他們有神經(jīng)科的醫(yī)生坐在那里等著搶救我。突然，我聽到尖叫聲，我想一定是很瘋狂的事發(fā)生了，比如我死了之類的。然而我突然意識(shí)到，我堅(jiān)持到了16：32!在場(chǎng)每一位觀眾釋放出來給予我的能量讓我決定繼續(xù)堅(jiān)持...我堅(jiān)持到了,17分30秒。(掌聲)

asthoughthatwasn'tenough,whatididimmediatelyafterisiwenttoquestlabsandhadthemtakeeverybloodsamplethattheycouldtotestforeverythingandtoseewheremylevelswere,sothedoctorscoulduseit,onceagain.ialsodidn'twantanybodytoquestionit.ihadtheworldrecordandiwantedtomakesureitwaslegitimate.

即使那還不夠，在出來之后我立刻去了實(shí)驗(yàn)室他們盡可能地提取了各處的血液樣本以測(cè)試所有指標(biāo)以及我的狀況，那樣醫(yī)生就可以把它們記錄在案。當(dāng)然我不希望任何人懷疑，我創(chuàng)造了世界紀(jì)錄，我當(dāng)然希望確定它是堂堂正正的。

so,igettonewyorkcitythenextday,andthiskidwalksuptome--i'mwalkingoutoftheapplestore--thiskidwalksuptomehe'slike,"yo,d!"i'mlike"yeah?"hesaid,"ifyoureallyheldyourbreaththatlong,why'dyoucomeoutofthewaterdry?"iwaslike"what?"(laughter)andthat'smylife.so...(laughter)

這樣第二天我去了紐約，有個(gè)小孩朝我走過來--我剛走出”;蘋果”;--這孩子走向我，說，”;嘿，大衛(wèi)!”;我說”;怎么了?”;他說，”;如果你真的可以水下屏氣那么久，為什么你從水里出來的時(shí)候是干的?”;我沒反應(yīng)過來”;什么?”;(笑聲)這就是我的生活。你瞧...(笑聲)

asamagicianitrytoshowthingstopeoplethatseemimpossible.andithinkmagic,whetheri'mholdingmybreathorshufflingadeckofcards,isprettysimple.it'spractice,it'straining,andit's--it'spractice,it'strainingandexperimenting,whilepushingthroughthepaintobethebestthaticanbe.andthat'swhatmagicistome,so,thankyou.(applause)

作為一個(gè)魔術(shù)師，我試著展現(xiàn)一些東西那些看似不可能的事。我認(rèn)為魔術(shù)，不管是水下屏氣還是搗鼓一副紙牌，道理都很簡(jiǎn)單。就是練習(xí)，訓(xùn)練，以及...就是練習(xí)，訓(xùn)練，以及不斷嘗試。去強(qiáng)忍過那些極痛苦的時(shí)刻，做自己能做的一切。這就是魔術(shù)對(duì)于我的意義。謝謝你們。(掌聲)

TED英語演講稿：我們?cè)诔錾皩W(xué)到了什么ted英語演講稿（2）mysubjecttodayislearning.andinthatspirit,iwanttospringonyouallapopquiz.ready?whendoeslearningbegin?nowasyouponderthatquestion,maybeyou'rethinkingaboutthefirstdayofpreschoolorkindergarten,thefirsttimethatkidsareinaclassroomwithateacher.ormaybeyou'vecalledtomindthetoddlerphasewhenchildrenarelearninghowtowalkandtalkanduseafork.maybeyou'veencounteredthezero-to-threemovement,whichassertsthatthemostimportantyearsforlearningaretheearliestones.andsoyouranswertomyquestionwouldbe:learningbeginsatbirth.

welltodayiwanttopresenttoyouanideathatmaybesurprisingandmayevenseemimplausible,butwhichissupportedbythelatestevidencefrompsychologyandbiology.andthatisthatsomeofthemostimportantlearningweeverdohappensbeforewe'reborn,whilewe'restillinthewomb.nowi'masciencereporter.iwritebooksandmagazinearticles.andi'malsoamother.andthosetworolescametogetherformeinabookthatiwrotecalled"origins.""origins"isareportfromthefrontlinesofanexcitingnewfieldcalledfetalorigins.fetaloriginsisascientificdisciplinethatemergedjustabouttwodecadesago,andit'sbasedonthetheorythatourhealthandwell-beingthroughoutourlivesiscruciallyaffectedbytheninemonthswespendinthewomb.nowthistheorywasofmorethanjustintellectualinteresttome.iwasmyselfpregnantwhileiwasdoingtheresearchforthebook.andoneofthemostfascinatinginsightsitookfromthisworkisthatwe'realllearningabouttheworldevenbeforeweenterit.

whenweholdourbabiesforthefirsttime,wemightimaginethatthey'recleanslates,unmarkedbylife,wheninfact,they'vealreadybeenshapedbyusandbytheparticularworldwelivein.todayiwanttosharewithyousomeoftheamazingthingsthatscientistsarediscoveringaboutwhatfetuseslearnwhilethey'restillintheirmothers'bellies.

firstofall,theylearnthesoundoftheirmothers'voices.becausesoundsfromtheoutsideworldhavetotravelthroughthemother'sabdominaltissueandthroughtheamnioticfluidthatsurroundsthefetus,thevoicesfetuseshear,startingaroundthefourthmonthofgestation,aremutedandmuffled.oneresearchersaysthattheyprobablysoundalotlikethethevoiceofcharliebrown'steacherintheold"peanuts"cartoon.butthepregnantwoman'sownvoicereverberatesthroughherbody,reachingthefetusmuchmorereadily.andbecausethefetusiswithherallthetime,ithearshervoicealot.oncethebaby'sborn,itrecognizeshervoiceanditpreferslisteningtohervoiceoveranyoneelse's.

howcanweknowthis?newbornbabiescan'tdomuch,butonethingthey'rereallygoodatissucking.researcherstakeadvantageofthisfactbyrigginguptworubbernipples,sothatifababysucksonone,ithearsarecordingofitsmother'svoiceonapairofheadphones,andifitsucksontheothernipple,ithearsarecordingofafemalestranger'svoice.babiesquicklyshowtheirpreferencebychoosingthefirstone.scientistsalsotakeadvantageofthefactthatbabieswillslowdowntheirsuckingwhensomethingintereststhemandresumetheirfastsuckingwhentheygetbored.thisishowresearchersdiscoveredthat,afterwomenrepeatedlyreadaloudasectionofdr.seuss'"thecatinthehat"whiletheywerepregnant,theirnewbornbabiesrecognizedthatpassagewhentheyhearitoutsidethewomb.myfavoriteexperimentofthiskindistheonethatshowedthatthebabiesofwomenwhowatchedacertainsoapoperaeverydayduringpregnancyrecognizedthethemesongofthatshowoncetheywereborn.sofetusesareevenlearningabouttheparticularlanguagethat'sspokenintheworldthatthey'llbeborninto.

astudypublishedlastyearfoundthatfrombirth,fromthemomentofbirth,babiescryintheaccentoftheirmother'snativelanguage.frenchbabiescryonarisingnotewhilegermanbabiesendonafallingnote,imitatingthemelodiccontoursofthoselanguages.nowwhywouldthiskindoffetallearningbeuseful?itmayhaveevolvedtoaidthebaby'ssurvival.fromthemomentofbirth,thebabyrespondsmosttothevoiceofthepersonwhoismostlikelytocareforit--itsmother.itevenmakesitscriessoundlikethemother'slanguage,whichmayfurtherendearthebabytothemother,andwhichmaygivethebabyaheadstartinthecriticaltaskoflearninghowtounderstandandspeakitsnativelanguage.

butit'snotjustsoundsthatfetusesarelearningaboutinutero.it'salsotastesandsmells.bysevenmonthsofgestation,thefetus'tastebudsarefullydeveloped,anditsolfactoryreceptors,whichallowittosmell,arefunctioning.theflavorsofthefoodapregnantwomaneatsfindtheirwayintotheamnioticfluid,whichiscontinuouslyswallowedbythefetus.babiesseemtorememberandpreferthesetastesoncethey'reoutintheworld.inoneexperiment,agroupofpregnantwomenwasaskedtodrinkalotofcarrotjuiceduringtheirthirdtrimesterofpregnancy,whileanothergroupof