纪录片《为何讲话》 第17期：大脑语言功能图

The head.

头

Yes?

是吗

And then all of a sudden, you know, he had a little breakthrough.

然后突然之间 他就有了点突破

Bouncing on the head.

砸到头上

Yes, excellent. That's very good, thank you very much.

太棒了 你说得很好 非常感谢

Matching the problem Steve has in recalling words

把史蒂夫记忆词句的问题

with his detailed¹ scan has helped identify parts of the brain

与详细脑扫描对比来看 有助于确定

involved in language in all of us.

大脑中控制人类语言能力的部位

This frontal area of our brain is associated with word retrieval.

如图所示的大脑前区关系到词汇提取能力

Everything that he said and described

他所说的和描述的一切

indicated that he understood what he was seeing

都是他对自己所见的理解

but he just couldn't get the words out to describe it in a way

但他没法用一般人的交流方式

that you'd need to if you had to talk to somebody else.

用我们的语言来描述

By dividing the process of speech into such precise tasks,

如今像凯茜这样的科学家通过把说话过程

scientists like Cathy are now piecing together

分为一系列精细程序的方法

the first functional² map of our language brain.

描绘出了首张大脑语言功能图

From an area that is crucial

从控制我们听力

in allowing us to hear and monitor the sound of our own voice

和监管我们自己发声的关键部位

to an area that is critical for analysing the very structure of speech.

到分析话语结构的关键部位

1 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

2 functional   

adj.为实用而设计的，具备功能的，起作用的

参考例句：

• The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了，但现在可以用了。
• The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的，只是为了实用。