TED演讲:科技并没有改变爱 为什么?(3)

 There's no question that technology is changing the way we court: 可以肯定的一点是，科技正在改变人类的求爱方式：

emailing, texting, emojis to express your emotions, sexting, "liking¹" a photograph, selfies. 电子邮件、短信、表达情感的符号、色情短信、给照片或自拍点赞.

We're seeing new rules and taboos² for how to court. 关于如何求爱有了新的规则和禁忌。

But, you know -- is this actually dramatically changing love? 但是，这真的彻底改变了爱吗？

What about the late 1940s, when the automobile³ became very popular and we suddenly had rolling bedrooms? 来看看上个世纪40年代，那时候汽车刚大行其道，顿时，人们便有了“可移动卧室”。

How about the introduction of the birth control pill? 引进避孕药的时代又是什么样的呢？

Unchained from the great threat of pregnancy⁴ and social ruin, women could finally express their primitive⁵ and primal⁶ sexuality. 因为意外怀孕而导致人生从此惨淡的日子一去不复返，女性终于可以释放她们最原始的性本能。

Even dating sites are not changing love. I'm Chief Scientific Advisor⁷ to Match.com, I've been it for 11 years. 就连征婚网站的出现都没有改变爱。我在Match.com作首席科学顾问已经11年了。

I keep telling them and they agree with me, that these are not dating sites, they are introducing sites. 我一直宣导，而工作人员也认同我的意见，即这并不是一个征婚网站，这是个介绍网站。

When you sit down in a bar, in a coffee house, on a park bench, your ancient brain snaps into action like a sleeping cat awakened⁸, 当你走进酒吧、咖啡馆，或坐在公园的长椅时，你的大脑会立即开始反应，就像一只沉睡的猫被唤醒一样，

and you smile and laugh and listen and parade the way our ancestors did 100,000 years ago. 你开始微笑、大笑、试着倾听，用那些早在10万年前我们的祖先就使用的方式来炫耀。

We can give you various people -- all the dating sites can -- but the only real algorithm is your own human brain. 我们可以提供各式各样的对象，所有的征婚网站都可以，但唯一真实的算法却是你的大脑。

Technology is not going to change that. 科技改变不了这一点。

1 liking   

n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢

参考例句：

• The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
• I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。

2 taboos   

禁忌( taboo的名词复数 )； 忌讳； 戒律； 禁忌的事物（或行为）

参考例句：

• She was unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos. 她被藩蓠、法律及外来的戒律赶下了马。
• His mind was charged with taboos. 他头脑里忌讳很多。

3 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

4 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

5 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

6 primal   

adj.原始的；最重要的

参考例句：

• Jealousy is a primal emotion.嫉妒是最原始的情感。
• Money was a primal necessity to them.对于他们，钱是主要的需要。

7 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

8 awakened   

v.（使）醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）觉醒；弄醒；（使）意识到

参考例句：

• She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
• The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》