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在弹钢琴时,如果一只手存在两个拇指,钢琴家们会如何应对?他们的大脑会变得混乱吗?额外增加的拇指会为他们的演奏增加一个新维度吗?为了研究这些问题,神经科学家奥尔多·费萨尔和他在伦敦帝国理工学院领导的团队特意开发出了一个机械拇指来进行实验,来瞧瞧他们的实验成果如何…
双语正文
The leader of the project was Professor Aldo Faisal, a neuroscientist at Britain's Imperial College of London.
该项目的负责人是英国伦敦帝国理工学院的神经学家奥尔多·费萨尔教授。
Being a piano player himself, he said he wondered how his playing ability would be affected if he had an extra finger.
作为一名钢琴演奏者,他说他想知道如果他多了一根手指,他的演奏能力会受到什么影响。
"So I started really with a robotics challenge," Faisal told Reuters news agency.
费萨尔告诉路透社:"所以我真的是从机器人挑战开始的。"
"Can we build a robotic thumb that can sit on the opposite side of the right hand and play music with it"?
"我们能造出一根机械手指,将其置于右手另一侧,跟着一起演奏音乐吗?"
The robotic finger was controlled by electrical signals produced by the foot movements of the piano players.
机械手指是由钢琴演奏者的脚部运动产生的电信号控制的。
Faisal said the robotic finger felt very unnatural and was difficult for players to get used to at first.
费萨尔说,机械手指感觉非常不自然,一开始演奏人员很难习惯。
But after a few hours using the device, he said it almost felt like "an extension of you".
但在使用了几个小时后,他说它几乎感觉像是"你的延伸"。
Faisal noted that within an hour of being fitted with the robotic finger, six players had learned to use it effectively with the piano keys.
费萨尔指出,在安装机械手指的一个小时内,6名演奏者已经学会了如何有效地使用它来弹奏钢琴键。
重点解析
Being a piano player himself, he said he wondered how his playing ability would be affected if he had an extra finger.
作为一名钢琴演奏者,他说他想知道如果他多了一根手指,他的演奏能力会受到什么影响。
长难句分析
1. being a piano player himself,动名词形式作伴随状语,修饰主句中的he。
2. how his ability…,作wonder后的宾语从句。
重点词汇
1. wonder
v. 想知道;(用于询问时)不知道;感到疑惑;感到惊讶
n. 惊讶;奇迹;能人
例:(作动词) I wonder if this will meet your views.
我不知道这是否会符合你的意图。
(作名词)Oh, what a wonder!
啊, 真是奇迹!
同根词
wonderful adj. 极好的;奇妙的
wondrous adj. 奇妙的;令人惊奇的
wondering adj. 疑惑的;觉得奇怪的
2. affect
vt. 影响;假装;感动;感染 vi. 倾向;喜欢
n. 情感;引起感情的因素
例:(作动词)Language affects every part of human’s lives.
语言影响着人民生活的方方面面。
(作名词)These positive affects didn't become widespread by accident.
这些积极效应分布面广并非巧合。
同根词
affection n. 喜爱,感情;影响;感染
affective adj. 情感的 ;表达感情的
affectional adj. 情感上的;爱情的
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