TED演讲:新招改善帕金森综合症(4)

He walked faster, right?

他走得快一点了，是吧？

I call this the staircase illusion,

我把它称为阶梯假象，

and actually when the staircase illusion abruptly¹ ended, he froze, and this is called freezing of gait.

实际上，当阶梯假象突然结束了，他就会停住了，这叫做步态冻结。

So it happens a lot, so why not have a staircase illusion flowing through all their rooms,

这经常发生，那为什么不让屋子充满阶梯假象，

making them feel much more confident? You know, technology is not always it.

让他们感到更加自信？科技并不是一切。

What we need are human-centered solutions.

我们需要以人为本的解决方案。

I could have easily made it into a projection², or a Google Glass, or something like that.

我本可以在谷歌眼镜或者别的什么上做一个阶梯的投影。

But I stuck to simple print on the floor.

但是我对地板上的印花思考了很久。

This print could be taken into hospitals to make them feel much more welcome.

医院可以采用这个印花让医院更受病人的欢迎。

What I wish to do is make every Parkinson's patient feel like my uncle felt that day.

我想做到让所有的帕金森综合征的病人都感受到我叔叔那天的感觉。

He told me that I made him feel like his old self again.

他跟我说我让他感觉做回了自己。

"Smart" in today's world has become synonymous to high tech, and the world is only getting smarter and smarter day by day.

“智能”现在和高科技已经变成了同义词，世界每一天都变得更加智能。但

But why can't smart be something that's simple and yet effective?

是为什么智能的东西不能是简单而且有效的呢？

All we need is a little bit of empathy and some curiosity, to go out there, observe.

我们需要的只是同理心和好奇心，到现场观察。

But let's not stop at that. Let's find these complex problems. Don't be scared of them.

但我们不要固步不前。让我们解决一些复杂的问题，而不是被它吓到。

Break them, boil them down into much smaller problems, and then find simple solutions for them.

各个击破，把大问题打碎成一个个小问题，再找到小问题的答案。

Test these solutions, fail if needed, but with newer insights to make it better.

尝试找到答案，如果失败了，就用新的视角尝试更好的办法。

Imagine what we all could do if we all came up with simple solutions.

想象如果我们可以想到简单的解决方案，我们能做得多好。

What would the world be like if we combined all our simple solutions?

如果我们把简单的方案连在一起，这个世界将会如何？

Let's make a smarter world, but with simplicity³. Thank you.

让我们使用简单的方式，让世界更智能。谢谢。

1 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

2 projection   

n.发射，计划，突出部分

参考例句：

• Projection takes place with a minimum of awareness or conscious control.投射在最少的知觉或意识控制下发生。
• The projection of increases in number of house-holds is correct.对户数增加的推算是正确的。

3 simplicity   

n.简单，简易；朴素；直率，单纯

参考例句：

• She dressed with elegant simplicity.她穿着朴素高雅。
• The beauty of this plan is its simplicity.简明扼要是这个计划的一大特点。