‘In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe — How did the universe begin? '符合主題的ted2008教授霍金問及一些大問題，我們的宇宙-怎麼宇宙始於何時？ How did life begin?是怎麼生活的開始？ Are we alone?我們是孤獨？ — and discusses how we might go about answering them.’ -並討論我們如何去回答這些問題。
‘In Al Gore’s brand-new slideshow, he presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting, and challenges us to act with a sense of “generational mission” — the kind of feeling that brought forth the civil rights movement — to set it right.在戈爾的全新的幻燈片，他提出的證據表明步伐氣候變化可能更壞，比科學家們日前預測，並要求我們採取行動， "市容整潔，兩代人的使命" -種感覺，帶來了提出了民權運動-制定正確的。 Gore’s stirring presentation is followed by a brief Q&A in which he is asked for his verdict on the current political candidates’ climate policies and on what role he himself might play in future.’戈爾的攪拌陳述隨後簡要介紹常見問題，其中他被要求為他的判決對當前政治候選人的氣候政策，並就什麼樣的角色，他本人將來所應擔當的。
‘Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design buildings that are green, beautiful and “basically pollution-free.” He shares projects from throughout his career, from the pioneering roof-gardened Willis Building (1975) to the London Gherkin (2004). '建築師諾曼福斯特論述了他自己的工作，以查看電腦如何能夠幫助建築師設計的建築物是綠色，美麗和"基本無環境污染等" ，他的股份的項目從他的職業生涯中，從創業的天台gardened威利斯建設（ 1975 ）倫敦gherkin （ 2004 ） 。 He also comments on two upcoming megaprojects: a pipe to bring water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, and the new Beijing airport.’他還對即將到來的兩次巨型：一個管道把水從紅海到死海，以及新的北京機場。
‘Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demos an amazing new way to use fMRI to show brain activity while it is happening — emotion, body movement, pain. '神經科學家和發明家克里斯托弗地查姆斯演示了一個令人驚奇的新方法，可使用的功能磁共振成像顯示，大腦活動的，而這種現象的出現-情緒，身體運動，疼痛。 (In other words, you can literally see how you feel.) The applications for real-time fMRIs start with chronic pain control and range into the realm of science fiction, but this technology is very real.’ （換句話說，你可以從字面上看你的感受。 ）的應用，實現實時fmris開始與慢性疼痛控制和遠程進入境界的科幻小說，但這種技術是非常真實的。
‘Clifford Stoll could talk about the atmosphere of Jupiter. '克利福德stoll可以談的氣氛木星。 Or hunting KGB hackers.或狩獵克格勃黑客的攻擊。 Or Klein bottles, computers in classrooms, the future.或者克萊因瓶，電腦教室，將來。 But he’s not going to.但他不打算。 Which is fine, because it would be criminal to confine a man with interests as multifarious as Stoll’s to give a talk on any one topic.這是好的，因為這樣做對刑事只限於一名男子與利益多元化作為stoll的給予一次談話中就任何一個話題。 Instead, he simply captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of anecdotes, observations, asides — and even a science experiment.相反，他簡直著迷，他的觀眾一個瘋狂灑精力充沛的軼事，觀察， asides -甚至是一門科學實驗。 After all, by his own definition, he’sa scientist: “Once I do something, I want to do something else.”‘畢竟，由他自己的定義，他是科學家說： "有一次我做一些事，我不想做，否則" … …
‘Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. '接受他的2008年泰德獎，作者戴夫eggers要求泰德社區親自動手，創造性地從事與當地公辦學校。 With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open their own volunteer-driven, wildly creative writing labs.與spellbinding渴望，他談到自己如何瓦倫西亞826家教中心啟發他人在世界各地開辦自己的志願驅動，瘋狂創意寫作實驗室。 But you don’t need to go that far, he reminds us — it’s as simple as asking a teacher “How can I help?” He asks that we share our own volunteering stories at his new website, Once Upon a School.’但是，你不必去說，至目前為止，他提醒我們-事情就這麼簡單問了老師"我能幫忙嗎？ "他問大家分享自己的志願服務故事，在他的新網站，一旦當一所學校。 '
‘As she accepts her 2008 TED Prize, author and scholar Karen Armstrong talks about how the Abrahamic religions — Islam, Judaism, Christianity — have been diverted from the moral purpose they share to foster compassion. ' ，因為她接受了她的2008年泰德獎，作家和學者卡倫阿姆斯特朗談如何亞伯拉罕宗教-伊斯蘭教，猶太教，基督教-已改行從道義上的目的，他們分享，以培養同情心。 But Armstrong has seen a yearning to change this fact.但是阿姆斯特朗已經經歷了嚮往改變這個事實。 People want to be religious, she says; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony.人要成為宗教，她說，我們應該行動起來，使宗教力量的和諧。 She asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion — to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.’她要求泰德社區，以幫助她建立一個憲章同情心-以幫助恢復金科玉律為中心的全球宗教教義。
‘Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, physicist Neil Turok speaks out for talented young Africans starved of opportunity: by unlocking and nurturing the continent’s creative potential, we can create a change in Africa’s future. '接受他的2008年泰德獎，物理學家尼爾turok講出來，為青年人才的非洲人餓死的機會：通過對開鎖和培育大陸的創造潛力，我們可以創建一個改變非洲的未來。 Turok asks the TED community to help him expand the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences by opening 15 new centers across Africa in five years. turok要求泰德社區，以幫助他擴大非洲研究所為數學科學開放15個新的中心，在整個非洲在五年。 By adding resources for entrepreneurship to this proven model, he says, we can create a network for progress across the continent — and perhaps discover an African Einstein.’加入資源，為創業精神，以證明這種模式，他說，我們可以建立一個網絡，為全面進展大洲-也許發現一個非洲愛因斯坦。
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Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight 吉爾bolte泰勒：我國腦卒中的洞察力
‘Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. ' neuroanatomist吉爾bolte泰勒有機會很少腦科學家們希望：有一天早上，她意識到她是一個龐大的中風。 As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment.因為它發生的事情-因為她覺得她的大腦功能，失去了一個又一個，言語，動作，理解-她學習和記憶中的每一刻。 This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.’這是一個功能強大的故事，對如何開動腦筋，確定我們和我們連線向世界和另外一個人。
‘Here’s one of those talks that can change your view of the world forever. '在這裡的其中一個，這些會談能夠改變你對世界的看法永遠。 Starting with the deceptively simple story of an ant, Dan Dennett unleashes a dazzling sequence of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of “memes” — a term coined by Richard Dawkins for mental concepts that are literally alive and capable of spreading from brain to brain.開始用簡單的故事，螞蟻，丹dennett釋放以令人眼花繚亂的序列的思路，使一個強大的情況存在著" memes " -一個詞由理查德道金斯為的思想觀念，這是從字面上活著，並能傳播，從腦到大腦。 On the way, look out for:就這樣，看出來：
+ a powerful one-sentence secret of happiness +強大的一個句子秘密的幸福
+ a compelling insight into terrorists’ motivation +令人信服的洞察到，恐怖分子的動機
+ a chilling view of Islam +寒蟬鑑於伊斯蘭教
And just when you think you know where the talk’s heading, it dramatically shifts direction and questions some of western culture’s fundamental assumptions.和公正的時候，你認為你知道那裡談的標題中，它極大地改變方向和問題，一些西方文化的基本假設。
This.這一點。 Is.是的。 Unmissable.’不能錯過的。
