Referred to as "the champion of civilization "
提到 "文明的冠军"
Learning is important, science is important,
学习很重要 科学很重要
and the view from the window is delightful
窗外的景色是令人愉悦的
So we start off with this ugly view
我们要以这种丑陋的视角开始
and this really whole chapter, we know
我们知道 这有整整一章
We could have skipped this,
我们可以跳过这章
but it kinda retells us some things
但是这有点像在重述一些事情
and kind of backed Teresa's question before,
有点回到之前泰瑞莎的问题上
sometimes you read isn't to totally skip it
有时候你读的过程中不一定要全部跳过
Because why? We'll squeeze something new in,
为什么呢 我们将会挤进一些新的东西
a piece of information that we didn't know,
那是一条我们之前不知道的信息
necessarily isn't critical but is helpful to know
没有必要挑剔 但是知道了会很有用处
Here we just talk about life
我们在这只是谈论了生命
He starts off on some silliest topics
而他以一些愚蠢之极的话题开始
He talks about hairstyles,
他谈论发型
something that I like to read about since I don't have one
这是我喜欢读的 因为我没有发型
Not really funny but you come out with this stuff though
不太好笑 但是可以你在10,12年前说出这样的话
10, 12 years ago when they first came out with Rogaine
那时候刚开始有生发液“落健”
and I had a lot more hair then
我还有很多头发
Some of my students said, "Well," the brave ones,
我的一些学生说 "呃" 有勇气的一些人
"so you're gonna try using this?"
"你会试着用这个吗"
And I said, "Well you know the real problem with Rogaine is,
"我说 你知道生发液真正的问题是
they haven't done any long term studies of it "
他们还没有做过关于此的任何长期研究"
And I said, "Well you know now, they're marketing it to women
"我说 你知道现在 他们正在向女人们销售
of course and to you "
当然也会向你们出售"
I said, "What if I use this stuff and it really works for you "
我说 假使我使用过了这些东西 它很有效
and all of a sudden you're 60
突然间你六十岁了
and one day, you're standing in front of the mirror
一天 你站在镜子前
and you're combing your full head of hair and you go,
梳一整头的头发然后说到
"Oh shit Top of my head just came off with my comb "
"见鬼 我头顶的头发随着梳子掉下来了"
I guess this has a negative long term effect
我猜它会有长期的副作用
I decided,
我决定
"Nah, you know I don't wanna particular test on myself "
你知道我不想对自己做试验
There're a lot worse things that could be wrong
有很多坏事可能是错误的
Anyway, we see diversity,
不管怎样 我们看到了差异
really I go on several pages here
如果没人在这看到什么重要的东西