2012年英语专业八级真题听力 Interview(1)
日期:2015-11-11 09:20

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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:人们常常想知道人类的大脑是如何创造的,例如,创造一幅美丽的画,一座雕塑,甚至是一顿美味的晚餐。
M: Today we are honoured to have Dr. Nancy Andreasen, a neuroscientist at the University of Iowa on our talk show.
男:今天,我们荣幸地请到爱荷华大学的神经科学家南希·安德瑞森博士来到我们的谈话节目。
M: Dr. Andreasen has recently written a book called The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius.
男:安德瑞森博士最近写了一本书,叫做《有创造力的大脑:天才的神经科学》。
M: In her book, she tackles the question and tries to look into the brain behind creativity.
男:在书中,她解决了这个问题,并试图探究创造力背后的大脑。
M: Dr. Andreasen, thanks for coming on our show.
男:安德瑞森博士,谢谢你来参加我们的节目。
W: Pleasure.
女:很高兴来到这里。
M: Now, Dr. Andreasen can we start with the question "What is creativity?"
男:现在,安德瑞森博士,我们想先问一下,什么是创造力?
W: Well, creativity can be saying as a process.
女:嗯,创造力可以说是一个过程。
W: This process starts with a person, for example an artist, musician, inventor
女:这个过程从一个人开始,例如一个艺术家、音乐家、发明家,
W: or even someone who's trying to figure out a better way of doing a task at work or at home.
女:或者一个试图想出更好的方法来完成工作或者家庭事务的人。
W: That person must think about the problem or, or their project in a novel way and then come up with a solution.
女:这个人必须以一种新奇的方式思考这个问题,或者项目,然后想出一个解决方案。
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,要多久才能找到解决办法呢?
W: Well, it depends. The creative process can go by in a flash or it can take years.
女:看情况。创意过程可以灵光突现,也可能需要数年时间。
W: But the end result is invariably the production of something new and useful, such as the automobile,
女:但是最终总是会产生一些新的有用的东西,比如汽车,
W: or something beautiful and artistic, such as a painting by Vincent van Gogh.
女:或者一些美丽的,具有艺术性东西,比如文森特·梵高的一幅画。
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,那么你认为有创造能力是天生的吗?
W: Well, no one knows yet if the ability to be creative, for example the ability to produce a haunting symphony
女:目前没有人知道创造力,
W: is the result of the environment or a genetic makeup that allows people to be creative more easily.
女:例如,创作出荡气回肠的交响乐的能力是环境的结果,还是某种帮助创作的基因组成的结果。
W: However, creativity does seem to run in certain families.
女:然而,某些家族的创造力确实比较突出。
M: Is that so?
男:是这样吗?
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,约翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫是巴赫家族中最著名的成员,但这个家族还有20位著名音乐家。

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重点单词
  • environmentn. 环境,外界
  • symphonyn. 交响乐
  • certainadj. 确定的,必然的,特定的 pron. 某几个,某
  • artisticadj. 艺术的
  • musiciann. 音乐家,作曲家
  • solutionn. 解答,解决办法,溶解,溶液
  • invariablyadv. 不变化地,一定不变地,常常地
  • creativityn. 创造力,创造
  • hauntingadj. 不易忘怀的 动词haunt的现在分词
  • geniusn. 天才,天赋