TED演讲：我无家可归的一年(3)

When winter weather set in, the temperatures dropped below freezing. 当冬天来临的时候，温度骤降到零度以下。 And they stayed there. And I faced a whole new set of challenges. 然后就一直这么冷。我又遇到了一堆新问题，

TED演讲：我为什么划船横渡太平洋(4)

And the oars kind of became a symbol of just in how many ways I went beyond what I thought were my limits. 这些桨也变成了我可以用多种方式来突破我自认为是极限的标志。 I suffered from tendinitis on my shoulders and saltwate

TED演讲：我为什么划船横渡太平洋(7)

But what do you do? Fall down nine times, get up 10. 能怎么样呢？只有屡败屡战。 So, the following year, I set out and, fortunately, this time made it safely across to Hawaii. 第二年，我重新出发，我这次比较走运，安全地划

TED演讲：我为什么划船横渡太平洋(6)

So, how do you top rowing across the Atlantic? 你怎么才能超越横渡大西洋？ Well, naturally, you decide to row across the Pacific. 很自然，你会决定横渡太平洋。 Well, I thought the Atlantic was big, but the Pacific is really,

TED演讲：我为什么划船横渡太平洋(5)

So this might be a good moment to take a quick time-out to answer a few FAQs about ocean rowing that might be going through your mind. 现在也许正好可以利用一点时间来进行关于大洋横渡的一些问题的解答，当然，这些问题

TED演讲：我为什么划船横渡太平洋(3)

And I remember looking at these two versions of my obituary and thinking, Oh boy, I'm on totally the wrong track here. 我记得我面对着我的这两份讣告，心想：哦，天呐，我处在错误的人生轨道上， If I carry on living as I

TED演讲：我为什么划船横渡太平洋(2)

Now, some of you might be thinking, Hold on a minute. 在座的有些人现在一定可能在想，得了吧。 She doesn't look very much like an ocean rower. 她长得一点也不像个横渡大洋者。 Isn't she meant to be about this tall and ab

TED演讲：我为什么划船横渡太平洋(1)

Hi, my name is Roz Savage and I row across oceans. 大家好，我是罗兹萨维奇，我划船穿越大洋。 Four years ago, I rowed solo across the Atlantic, and since then, 四年前，我曾独自划船横渡了大西洋，之后， I've done t

TED演讲：为什么健康的生活方式几乎把我害死(6)

And the second point I want to make, the final point, is that -- and it's actually been a theme of TEDMED 我想说的第二点，也是最后一点，实际上就是TEDMED的主题-- that joy is so important to your health, that very few of these be

TED演讲：为什么健康的生活方式几乎把我害死(5)

The World Health Organization just did a big study that they published this year. 世界卫生组织做了一个大型研究，并于今年出版。 And it was done in Europe. 研究在欧洲进行。 And they estimated that 1.6 million years of heal

TED演讲：为什么健康的生活方式几乎把我害死(4)

So I finished. And I kind of went overboard on the week after the project was over. 我于是停止了这些健康计划。健康计划中止后的一周，我让自己稍微放纵了一下， I went to the dark side, and I just indulged myself. It w

TED演讲:如何把熟蛋变生(2)

Here's the key part. 接下来是关键的部分。 The solution nearest the wall spins faster than the solution closer to the middle. 离试管壁最近的溶液，要比中间的溶液旋转得更快。 That difference in velocity creates sheer str

TED演讲:摩尔有多大(2)

Now, back to the mole. Not that mole. 现在，回到摩尔，不是鼹鼠。 This mole. Yep, this number has a second name.The mole. 这个摩尔，没错，这个常数有另一个名字,摩尔. Chemists use the term mole to refer to the quantities

TED演讲:估算大数目的妙诀(2)

At first, there seem to be so many unknowns that the problem appears to be unsolvable. 乍一看存在太多未知的信息，这个问题根本无法回答。 That is the perfect application for a power-of-10 estimation, as we don't need an exact an

TED演讲:估算大数目的妙诀(1)

Whether you like it or not, we use numbers every day. 不管你喜不喜欢，我们每天都会用到数字。 Some numbers, such as the speed of sound, are small and easy to work with. 有些数字比如音速，数值不大，容易计算。 Other

TED演讲:摩尔有多大(1)

OK, today we're going to talk about the mole. 今天我们来谈一下摩尔。 Now, I know what you're thinking: I know what a mole is, 我知道你现在在想：我知道摩尔是什么， it's a small furry creature that digs holes in the ground

TED演讲:什么时候用me, myself 和 I(2)

Then what about myself? 那myself呢？ This grand character is often substituted for me and I because it seems more impressive. 这个角色重要的词常常用来取代me和I，因为这样听起来比较厉害。 Please tell Jack or myself may so

TED演讲:什么时候用me, myself 和 I(1)

Me, myself, and I. Me，myself 和 I。 You may be tempted to use these words interchangeably because they all refer to the same thing, 你会很想将这些词交换使用，因为它们全都表示一样的东西。 but in fact, each one has a spec

TED演讲:辣味的科学(2)

The standard measure of a food's spiciness is its rating on the Scoville scale, 食物辣度的标准计量方法是借助史高维尔辣度单位测量， which measures how much its capsaicin content can be diluted before the heat is no longer dete

TED演讲:辣味的科学(1)

Why does your mouth feel like it's on fire when you eat a spicy pepper? 为什么吃辣椒时嘴里像是着了火一样？ And how do you soothe the burn? 怎样才能缓解这种灼烧感？ Why does wasabi make your eyes water? 为什么芥末酱能