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发布于 2026-07-19 · 时长 12:05

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时间	英文	中文
0:09	I now look to Alex Yeendel, St. Hughes College, to open the case for the opposition.	我现在希望圣休斯学院的Alex Yeendel为反对派开案。
0:23	Mr. President, thank you very much and it of course goes without saying how honoured	主席先生,非常感谢你,当然不用说,我们是多么荣幸
0:28	I am to have been given the opportunity to speak in this debate and I'm incredibly grateful	我本来可以有机会在这场辩论中发言的 我非常感激
0:32	to yourself, I'm incredibly grateful to our guests but primarily I'm incredibly grateful	我非常感激我们的客人 但首先我非常感激
0:36	to the members in the chamber tonight for giving me an audience to talk to.	给今晚在会议厅里的成员们 以给我一个观众说话。
0:42	The motion before us this evening is one that can be explored through a wide variety of	今晚摆在我们面前的这项动议可以通过各种途径加以探讨。
0:46	disciplines.	学科。
0:47	We could consider the neuroscience of what love is in a materialist sense.	我们可以考虑什么是物质主义意义上的爱情的神经科学.
0:51	We	我们
0:51	could if you like recognise the slight irony that we would be analysing chemistry with	如果你愿意承认我们用化学分析

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序号	英文	中文
1	I now look to Alex Yeendel, St. Hughes College, to open the case for the opposition.	我现在希望圣休斯学院的Alex Yeendel为反对派开案。
2	Mr. President, thank you very much and it of course goes without saying how honoured	主席先生,非常感谢你,当然不用说,我们是多么荣幸
3	I am to have been given the opportunity to speak in this debate and I'm incredibly grateful	我本来可以有机会在这场辩论中发言的 我非常感激
4	to yourself, I'm incredibly grateful to our guests but primarily I'm incredibly grateful	我非常感激我们的客人 但首先我非常感激
5	to the members in the chamber tonight for giving me an audience to talk to.	给今晚在会议厅里的成员们 以给我一个观众说话。
6	The motion before us this evening is one that can be explored through a wide variety of	今晚摆在我们面前的这项动议可以通过各种途径加以探讨。
7	disciplines.	学科。
8	We could consider the neuroscience of what love is in a materialist sense.	我们可以考虑什么是物质主义意义上的爱情的神经科学.
9	We	我们
10	could if you like recognise the slight irony that we would be analysing chemistry with	如果你愿意承认我们用化学分析
11	chemistry.	化学.
12	We could consider psychological explanations of why we love the people we	我们可以考虑心理解释 为什么我们爱的人,我们
13	do and what qualities it is that makes them attractive to us.	做和它是什么品质 使得它们吸引我们。
14	Finally perhaps we might	也许我们终于可以
15	consider the sociological and philosophical questions, whether we all love in the same	考虑社会学和哲学问题, 我们是否都爱在相同的
16	way, whether love is something that actually has a sense of intrinsic value or instead	爱是真正有内在价值感的 还是相反
17	whether the relationships we hold with others are nothing more than an expression of the	我们与他人的关系是否只是表达
18	society in which we live.	我们生活的社会。
19	Now as a PPE student you'll probably expect me to stand here and	现在作为个人防护设备的学生 你可能会指望我站在这里
20	talk a lot about a lot of different subject areas, each of which I don't really know	谈论了很多不同的主题领域, 每个我都不知道
21	anything about.	任何关于。
22	But of course that in itself would not be doing our motion any justice.	但是,这本身当然不会对我们的动议进行任何公正。
23	For instead I wish to speak of why true love is something that we can reform, of why it	因为我想说为什么真爱是我们能改革的 为什么
24	is something that we of course need to tweak and clarify and make sure that we understand,	我们当然需要调整和澄清 并确保我们理解
25	but it is something that has the genuine power to be one of the greatest prizes of our short	但它有真正的力量 成为我们最短的奖项之一
26	existence on this planet.	在这个星球上存在
27	And of course as Freya mentioned I am not going to make any	当然,佛蕾雅提到过 我不会做任何
28	attempts to skirt over the fact that true love in the way that perhaps we intuitively	试图绕过这个事实 真正的爱的方式 也许我们直觉地
29	understand it, perhaps in the way we have been taught as children or in Disney films	理解它,也许以我们被教导的方式 小时候或迪士尼电影
30	is a perfect conception of what true love is.	是真爱的完美概念
31	Instead I want to argue why an amended true	相反,我想争论 为什么修正的真理
32	love, a true love that is fit for the 21st century, fit for modern consumption, is one	爱,一种适合21世纪 适合现代消费的真爱
33	that can be of benefit to the entire world.	这对全世界都有好处。
34	As an idea in our minds and as a predicate	作为我们心目中的想法 和前提
35	of our entire world view I wish to demonstrate to you tonight why abandoning the ideal of	今晚我想向你们展示 为什么放弃了
36	true love would be deeply damaging to humanity's progress, its wellbeing and its future.	真正的爱情将对人类的进步、福祉和前途产生深刻的损害。
37	Firstly	首先是
38	however it falls upon me to introduce the proposition speakers for tonight's debate.	然而,我有责任介绍今晚辩论的提议发言人。
39	You have already heard from Freya Dixon-Van Dyke, a second year human sciences student	费雅·狄克逊 -范·戴克 人类科学二年级学生
40	from St John's College and as you will have discovered listening to her Freya is a very	从圣约翰学院开始 你就会发现听她的佛蕾雅的话
41	eloquent public speaker.	雄辩的公开演讲者。
42	What you might not know however is that for all her talk about	不过你可能不知道的是 她所说的一切
43	true love, Freya was in fact an avid reader of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series.	真正的爱,芙蕾雅实际上是史蒂芬妮·迈耶的"暮光"系列的活跃读者.
44	And	还有
45	I have it on good authority from one of Freya's close friends that, and I quote, she used	我从Freya的一位密友那里 得到一个很好的权威 我引用她的话
46	to skip through the books to get to the kissing scenes.	跳过书去接吻
47	Now if you find yourself talking to	如果你发现自己在说话
48	Freya at some point after this debate you may well end up talking about the topic of	弗蕾雅在辩论结束后的某个时候 你可能最终会谈论
49	her gap year.	她的空档年。
50	And all I will say is this, I'm not sure if there are any romantic tales	我只想说,我不确定 有没有浪漫的故事
51	within that one gap year but to draw upon a very old meme I'm sure it would still be	在一个空白的一年里... ...但是为了利用一个非常古老的记忆... ...我相信那还是会
52	a better love story than Twilight.	比暮暮更精彩的爱情故事
53	So secondly you will hear from Professor Amy Webb, a seasoned	第二,你将会听到Amy Webb教授, 一个老练的
54	writer and speaker in the field of love and data.	爱与数据领域的作家和演说家.
55	Amy has written award-winning books	艾米写了获奖书
56	and currently lectures at New York University but she is equally well known for her fascinating	她现在在纽约大学讲课 但她同样以迷人而著称
57	TED Talk entitled How I Hacked Online Dating, explaining her transition from a lack of dates	TED Talk 题为“我如何选择在线约会”,解释她从缺乏日期的转变
58	and romantic interest, relatable, to her eventual success in finding a partner.	和浪漫的兴趣, 令人愉快的, 为了她最终的成功 找到一个伴侣。
59	Now I must confess	现在我必须坦白
60	Mr President that as I was researching Professor Webb in preparation for tonight's debate I	主席先生,当我研究韦伯教授 为今晚的辩论做准备时
61	came across this TED Talk and I thought that sounds interesting, I'm going to start watching	听到TED演讲,我觉得这听起来很有趣, 我将开始观看
62	it only to realise it was a talk I was very familiar with already.	只是意识到我早就很熟悉了
63	Lastly you will hear	最后你会听到
64	from Professor Simon Blackburn who is a world renowned emeritus professor of philosophy	来自西蒙·布莱克本教授 他是世界知名的荣誉哲学教授
65	at The Other Place.	在另一个地方。
66	Simon has spoken at events across the globe, he has written influential	西蒙在全球范围内的演讲,他写了很有影响力的文章
67	books and has been published in some of the most prestigious journals in his field.	在他的一些最有名的杂志上发表
68	And	还有
69	whilst of course my knowledge of philosophy as a subject area is as nothing compared	当然,我对哲学作为一个主题领域的了解 完全没有比
70	to his, we do perhaps have one more surprising activity in common.	对他来说,我们也许有一个共同的令人惊讶的活动。
71	You see in 2014 before	在2014年的时候
72	starting an interview with OXTU, the Oxford University student newspaper, Professor Blackburn	开始接受牛津大学学生报OXTU的采访 布莱克本教授
73	remarked, could we do it over some wine?	说,我们可以做它 一些酒?
74	There is nothing like a drink after the adrenaline	肾上腺素过后,没有什么比喝酒更厉害的了
75	rush of giving a talk.	急着说
76	Professor I will see you for President's drinks in the Gladstone	教授,在格拉德斯通见总统喝酒
77	room later tonight.	今晚晚些时候的房间。
78	Mr President these are your speakers and they are indeed most welcome.	主席先生,这是你的发言者,他们确实非常受欢迎。
79	So to move on to the crux of my argument itself, the first point that I wish to make this evening	因此,我继续讨论我的论点本身的症结,这是我想在今晚提出的第一点。
80	is that if we are to blindly follow the proposition's case and to abandon the ideal of true love	如果我们盲目地听命于人 抛弃真爱的理想
81	altogether we need to be crystal clear about exactly what it is that we are abandoning.	我们完全需要明确我们放弃的是什么。
82	And here we run into perhaps a slightly interesting notion in that the proposition was more than	在这里,我们遇到了一个有点有趣的概念, 因为这个提议不仅仅是
83	happy to point out the problems with one interpretation of true love but seem to take	乐于用一种对真爱的诠释 来指出问题,但似乎
84	this one interpretation as being static or unchanging or rigid.	这一解释是静止的、不变的或僵硬的。
85	And this is something	而这是东西
86	that I wish to challenge.	我想挑战
87	You see I think old fashioned conceptions of true love, even	你看,我觉得老式的概念 真正的爱情,甚至
88	of love in general, can of course run into problems when confronted with a modern progressive	当然,如果面对现代进步主义
89	society.	社会。
90	I'm not here to defend a cliched, patriarchal, heteronormative, impossible illusion	我不是来为陈词滥调 父权主义 异端主义 不可能的幻觉辩护的
91	of love.	爱
92	And you see the notion that true love is about a man marrying a woman, you	真正的爱情是男人娶女人
93	know they buy a nice house, they go and live in the suburbs, the man works, the wife stays	知道他们买房子 住在郊区 男人工作 妻子留下来
94	at home, they retire, they get a nice pension, they live in a home, they die, that is not	在家里,他们退休, 他们得到一个不错的养老金, 他们住在一个家庭, 他们死了,这不是
95	what I am talking about here this evening.	我今晚在这里谈论的。
96	This is not at all valid with the lives that	这与生命完全不符
97	we leave today and neither should it be.	我们今天就离开 也不应该离开
98	And we can progress on a deeper level, you know	我们可以在更深层次上取得进展,你知道
99	there's this constant implicit assumption that true love has to be this one person,	总是有这样的假设 即真爱必须是一个人
100	that once you meet your one true love you'll be completely perfect for each other for the	一旦你遇见了你的真爱... ...你将完全完美地相待
101	rest of time until the day you die.	休息到死为止
102	No, you know the person who is perfect for me today	不,你知道今天适合我的人吗?
103	is by no means necessarily the same person who is going to be perfect for me in 50 years	绝不是和50年后的我一样
104	time.	时间。
105	The short 20 years that I have been on this planet has taught me that people change.	我在这个星球上短暂的20年 教会我人们改变
106	Indeed the short few terms I have been on Oxford Union Committee has taught me that	事实上,我在牛津大学委员会任职的短短任期 教会了我
107	people change.	人会变的
108	So I appreciate this so far, I have spent a lot of time giving you broad	所以,我很感激,到目前为止, 我花了很多时间给你 广
109	general arguments and I haven't actually given you my own definition of true love but	一般的争论,我并没有给 你 我自己的真爱的定义,但
110	I will of course get onto this now.	我当然会去查的
111	So for me we have to start from here, that true love	所以对我来说,我们必须从这里开始, 那真爱
112	is about recognition, that nobody, absolutely nobody is perfect, perfect with somebody else	是承认,没有人,绝对没有人 是完美的,完美的与别人
113	or perfect by themselves, nobody is perfect.	或自己完美, 没有人是完美的。
114	It is about the idea that there is somebody	这是关于有一个人的想法
115	who can improve us, it doesn't have to be one person but there has to be somebody existing	谁可以改善我们, 它不一定是一个人 但必须有一个人存在
116	on this planet earth who can make us a better person, somebody who can make us happier.	在这个星球上 谁能让我们成为一个更好的人 一个能让我们更快乐的人
117	True love is about the idea that this can be reciprocated, that both parties can end	真正的爱情是... 一种想法,那就是这可以得到回报, 双方可以结束
118	up benefiting from each other whilst perceiving one of the greatest emotional feelings known	互相受益的同时 也感受到了已知的最伟大的情感
119	to mankind.	给人类
120	And again critics will say as the proposition already has that our perception	批评家们会再次说 因为这个提议已经具备了我们的看法
121	of love is perhaps nothing more than a selection of hormones drowning our brains, hormones	爱也许只是一些激素 淹没我们的大脑,激素
122	that can be fabricated in laboratory and fed to us down dark alleyways in brightly coloured	可以在实验室里制造 并用明亮的颜色喂食我们
123	little pills.	小药丸.
124	But this is I believe quite frankly besides the point, it is you know	但我很坦率地相信 除了这一点,你知道
125	a feeling of true love is a symptom of something else that is going on, it is a necessary but	对真爱的感受是其他事物的症状 这是必需的
126	not sufficient condition, it is one part of a far greater human puzzle.	条件不够,它是一个更大的人类谜题的一部分。
127	You know it is	你知道这是
128	Aristotle who says love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies and whilst maybe	亚里士多德说爱是由一个人组成 住在两具尸体上 而也许
129	two as a numerical value could be questioned, the general point here is I think quite beautiful.	两者作为一个数值可以被质疑, 这里的一般观点是 我认为相当美丽。
130	Humans are quite clearly social animals by the way that we see and we think and by ourselves	人类显然是社会动物 我们所看到的,我们思考,我们自己
131	we can only understand a tiny fraction of what we could with somebody else.	我们能理解的只有我们用别人所能理解的一小部分
132	True love	真爱
133	has this remarkable ability to open our eyes to the world in a way that nothing else can.	拥有以任何其他方式向世界开放的非凡能力。
134	To put this another way we must build our conception of true love around our lives rather	换句话说,我们必须在生活中 树立真正的爱情观念
135	than building our lives around our conception of true love.	而不是建立我们的生活 围绕我们的真爱的概念。
136	Of course we must be brave,	当然,我们必须勇敢
137	bold, unafraid, radical in constructing a true love that is fit for the 21st century	大胆的,无畏的,激进的 建造一个适合21世纪的真爱
138	but be in no doubts that voting with the proposition this evening does not allow you to do that.	但毫无疑问,对今晚的提议进行表决并不允许你这样做。
139	Voting with the proposition this evening is saying that's it, we give up, we are abandoning	今晚的投票就是说,我们放弃,我们放弃
140	it as an ideal because we do not want to try and fix and reform, we do not want to make	作为一个理想,因为我们不想尝试 修复和改革,我们不想做
141	our lives better, we simply want to pretend the problem doesn't exist, brush it under	我们的生活更好,我们只是想假装 问题不存在,刷在下面
142	a carpet and go on being miserable.	一个地毯,然后继续痛苦。
143	So you may ask what is the point of fixing this concept	所以,你可以问 如何是这个概念的意义
144	if there are problems with it already?	如果有问题吗?
145	And the point is this, walking away from one of	重点是 远离其中之一
146	the most powerful emotions known to man and the implicit norm that we ought to embrace	人类最强烈的情感 以及我们应当接受的隐含规范
147	it is I believe akin to abandoning a core tenet of the imperfect perfection of being	我认为 放弃了完美无缺的核心原则
148	human.	人类
149	Quite simply abandoning one of the most fundamental things about being ourselves.	很简单的,放弃了我们自己最根本的东西之一。
150	A belief in true love is not just about how we view our potential partners but about how	对真爱的信念 不仅仅是我们如何看待 我们潜在的伴侣,而是如何
151	we view our existence as human beings and the world view that subsequently defines it.	我们视我们的存在为人,视它为后来界定它的世界观。
152	We have the power to shape not just our own happiness but to shape the driving forces	我们有力量 不仅塑造自己的幸福 而且塑造驱动力
153	and inspiration between cultures and people the world over.	以及全世界不同文化和人民之间的灵感。
154	So that said, whether you	所以说,无论你
155	view yourself as the deepest and the deepest of romantics or whether you view yourself	将自己视为最深的浪漫 或者你是否认为自己
156	as the most rational of economic agents, whether you think with your heart, whether you think	作为最理性的经济代理人, 无论你用心思考, 或你认为
157	with your head, whether you think with some other organ of your body, the ideal of true	与你的头,无论你思考 与身体的其他一些器官, 理想的真实
158	love has practical purposes that I think make it an irrefutable goal for every human being	爱有实际目的,我认为 使它成为每个人不可辩驳的目标
159	on this planet.	在这个星球上
160	If you walk through the nose door and vote with the opposition at the end	如果你走进鼻子门 和反对派一起投票
161	of tonight's debate, let me be absolutely clear that you are not signing up to committing	今晚的辩论, 让我绝对明确地说, 你没有签署承诺
162	the rest of your days searching for a Disney princess style happily ever after, nor you	你余生都在寻找迪士尼公主的风格 从此不再快乐
163	committing yourself to scrolling through thousands upon thousands upon thousands of	承诺在成千上万的
164	Oxloves desperately searching for the faintest whiff of your name.	奥克斯洛夫人拼命地寻找你的名字最微弱的气息
165	You are instead making	你却在制造
166	a gesture, a strong bold gesture, that in a world teetering with misery, with pain,	在一个充满痛苦的世界里
167	with suffering, with rampant nationalism, with climate change, with Brexit, with Donald	受苦受难 民族主义猖獗 气候变化 布雷克西特 唐纳德
168	Trump, there is something that we can hope for, that we can salvage and that we can hold	川普,有些东西我们有希望, 我们可以拯救,我们可以坚持
169	on to.	继续
170	Mr President, if I may, I would like to finish with a quote tonight.	主席先生,如果可以的话,我想在今晚最后引用一句。
171	Of all people,	在所有人当中,
172	it is Friedrich Nietzsche, the philosopher, who says, there is always some madness in	这是弗里德里希・尼采,哲学家, 谁说,总是有一些疯狂的
173	love, but there is also always some reason in madness.	爱,但疯狂也是有原因的
174	In echoing these sentiments, honourable	与这些感情相呼应,光荣
175	members, I would urge you to vote with the opposition this evening.	我恳请你今晚和反对派一起投票
176	Thank you very much.	谢谢

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时间	英文	中文
0:09	I now look to Amy Webb to continue the case the proposition.	我现在希望艾米·韦伯继续这个案子
0:20	So I'd like to give my thanks to the president, to the honorable members of this house for	因此,我想感谢总统,感谢 尊敬的本院成员
0:25	hosting us and to the opposition for that delightfully naive and misguided argument	容留我们和反对者 这种令人愉快的天真和错误的论点
0:31	in his youth about love.	在他年轻的时候谈恋爱
0:34	I would like for you all to take a moment, picture the scene.	我希望你们都花点时间 拍下场景
0:38	London, 1593.	伦敦,1593年。
0:41	A man with dark hair and a goatee sitting at a desk with ink-stained fingers	一个黑头发和山羊毛的男人 坐在桌子上 手指墨迹斑斑
0:46	feels an ache deep in his belly.	感觉肚子很痛
0:49	He says aloud, how can you understand the emptiness that	他大声说,你怎么能理解 空虚
0:53	seeks a soulmate?	寻找灵魂伴侣?

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序号	英文	中文
1	I now look to Amy Webb to continue the case the proposition.	我现在希望艾米·韦伯继续这个案子
2	So I'd like to give my thanks to the president, to the honorable members of this house for	因此,我想感谢总统,感谢 尊敬的本院成员
3	hosting us and to the opposition for that delightfully naive and misguided argument	容留我们和反对者 这种令人愉快的天真和错误的论点
4	in his youth about love.	在他年轻的时候谈恋爱
5	I would like for you all to take a moment, picture the scene.	我希望你们都花点时间 拍下场景
6	London, 1593.	伦敦,1593年。
7	A man with dark hair and a goatee sitting at a desk with ink-stained fingers	一个黑头发和山羊毛的男人 坐在桌子上 手指墨迹斑斑
8	feels an ache deep in his belly.	感觉肚子很痛
9	He says aloud, how can you understand the emptiness that	他大声说,你怎么能理解 空虚
10	seeks a soulmate?	寻找灵魂伴侣?
11	Love knows nothing of rank or riverbank.	爱情对等级和河岸一无所知
12	Honorable members, can you picture	尊敬的议员们,你能想象一下吗?
13	the scene?	现场?
14	Can you picture it?	你能想象吗?
15	Do you know who I am describing?	你知道我在描述谁吗?
16	Shakespeare, right?	莎士比亚 对吧?
17	Actually	其实
18	no, that was Joseph Fiennes in that movie Shakespeare in Love.	不,那是Joseph Fiennes 在电影"爱情中的莎士比亚"。
19	And that was him describing	这就是他描述
20	our obsession with this idea of true love, our interpretation of what it must have been	我们执迷于这种真爱的观念,我们对它必须是什么的解释
21	like when Shakespeare himself was falling in love and writing all of those sonnets.	就像莎士比亚自己坠入爱河 写了所有的诗歌
22	But honorable members of this house, I ask you, what if the original premise of true	但是,我问你们,如果这个房子的荣誉成员 最初的前提是真的
23	was wrong?	错了吗?
24	What if in fact true love is nothing more than a logical fallacy?	如果真爱只是逻辑上的谬误呢?
25	Is it possible	有可能吗?
26	that Shakespeare led the future of all of humanity astray and that we've just been	莎士比亚将人类的未来 引向了错误 我们刚刚
27	witnessing the compounding effects of his wonderful storytelling for the past five centuries?	目睹了他过去5个世纪 精彩故事的复杂影响?
28	True love is a formula, a formula that was introduced to us centuries ago.	真爱是一种公式,是几个世纪前向我们提出的公式.
29	Dating applications	约会应用程序
30	and websites have accelerated the speed with which that formula works.	网站也加快了该公式的运作速度。
31	But in reality true	但实际上
32	love is merely an outdated relic of a bygone era.	爱情只是一个过时的时代的遗物。
33	It's a myth that we have all willingly	这是一个神话 我们都有自愿
34	bought into even if we don't recognize it as such.	即使我们不认得它
35	And for the sake of humanity's future,	为了人类的未来
36	we must abandon this myth tonight.	今晚我们必须放弃这个神话
37	Now, your Shakespeare invented the romcom with a Midsummer	现在,你的莎士比亚发明了Romcom 与一个中夏
38	Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing.	《夜梦》和《无所事事》
39	But it was my Hollywood that industrialized	但我的好莱坞是工业化的
40	and monetized the promise of true love.	将真爱的承诺货币化
41	And it's a formula that's fairly simple.	这个公式相当简单。
42	It goes	它会去
43	something like this.	像这样
44	Two characters meet.	两个人物相遇.
45	They part ways because of circumstance or	它们因情况而分离或
46	some kind of misunderstanding or some kind of tragic entanglement.	某种误解 或某种悲剧性缠绕。
47	Then they confront	然后他们面对
48	a central challenge once again, central to their relationship.	这又是他们关系的核心挑战
49	Then they overcome that	然后他们克服了这一点
50	and then they reunite in some kind of lovely happy ending.	然后他们重聚 在某种可爱的快乐结局。
51	Our interpretation of true love,	我们对真爱的理解
52	capital T, capital L, is rooted in that formula, which divides our humanity now into an average	资本T,资本L,植根于这个公式,它把我们人类分为平均
53	of 102 minutes.	102分钟。
54	And that central challenge in movies happens at around minute 28.	而电影中的中心挑战发生在28分钟左右.
55	They	他们
56	overcome the challenge sometime around minute 87.	在87分钟左右克服挑战
57	And then true love prevails just around	然后真爱就在身边
58	the time that the credits are rolling.	时间的信用滚动。
59	Unless you're screenwriter Richard Curtis, and then	除非你是编剧理查德・柯蒂斯,然后
60	the math looks a little different.	数学看起来有点不同
61	His math is more complicated.	他的数学比较复杂.
62	There are 26 characters	有26个字符
63	divided into nine groups living through nine romantic entanglements.	分为9个群体,生活在9个浪漫的纠缠之中。
64	All of them have different	都不一样
65	problems to overcome.	问题需要克服。
66	So for him, it's more like 108 minutes until we get our happy ending.	因此,对于他来说, 它更多的像108分钟 直到我们得到我们的快乐结局。
67	True love as a formula, it works on all of us.	真正的爱作为一种公式, 它工作在我们所有人。
68	So my big fat Greek wedding, what women	所以,我的大胖希腊婚礼, 什么女人
69	want, hitch, pretty woman, something about Mary, the proposal, sex in the city, the silver	想要, 搭便车, 漂亮女人, 关于玛丽的东西, 求婚, 在城市的性, 银子
70	linings, playbook combined, they have amounted to $1.4 billion gross.	衬里,游戏本加起来,共计14亿美元。
71	It's a lucrative industry	是个赚钱的行业
72	selling this idea of true love.	卖这种真爱的想法。
73	Now, behavioral economists would describe our obsession with	现在,行为经济学家 将描述我们的痴迷
74	true love as anchoring bias.	真实的爱是支撑着偏见
75	That's when we become over reliant on the very first piece	那时,我们不再依赖第一部作品
76	of information that we hear.	我们听到的信息。
77	And it influences our world views thereafter.	它影响我们的世界观。
78	So if you think	所以如果你觉得
79	about it, and you've heard this already from my colleague, we are inundated with true love	你从我同事那里听说的 我们被真爱淹没了
80	stories from basically the time that we're born.	我们出生时的故事
81	As children, we hear Cinderella, we hear	小时候,我们听到灰姑娘,我们听到
82	the Little Mermaid.	小美人鱼。
83	As teens, we read As You Like It and Twelfth Night.	作为十几岁,我们读"你喜欢它"和"第十二夜"。
84	As adults, we read	我们成人时读过
85	The English Patient, we start seeing movies.	英国病人 我们开始看电影了
86	And literally for the past two decades, anybody	过去二十年里,任何人
87	on planet Earth has had no escape from Celine Dion, Leo, and Kate, and their hearts going on	地球无法从席琳·迪翁、里欧和凯特身上逃过一劫 他们的心在继续
88	and on and on and on.	不断不断.
89	Without realizing it, the true love narrative has been with us since	没有意识到这一点,真爱的叙事 一直以来与我们在一起
90	birth.	出生时
91	It is literally inescapable.	这是绝对不可回避的。
92	Our minds interpret the patterns that we see as true	我们的心灵将我们所看到的规律解读为真实
93	love because of that repetition and that familiarity.	爱,因为重复和熟悉。
94	So isn't it possible that the	所以,这是不可能的,
95	compounding effect of anchoring bias creates a sort of selective perception?	锚定偏差的复合效应会产生某种选择性感知?
96	And it makes	它会让
97	us think that true love is the norm rather than the result of a very, very successful	我们认为真爱是常态 而不是一个非常非常成功的结果
98	centuries-old literary formula.	百年文学公式.
99	And that takes us to the present day.	这需要我们到今天。
100	So right now, technology	所以现在,技术
101	promises to accelerate the idea of true love using an updated version of the formula.	承诺利用最新版本的公式加速真爱思想.
102	It's	这是
103	called an algorithm, a word that you're probably hearing more and more.	叫做算法 一个你可能听到的字
104	Now, algorithms are	现在,算法是
105	nothing more than a set of instructions.	只不过是一套指示而已
106	You put data points in on a website, for example,	例如,你把数据点放在网站上,
107	are you a cat person?	你是猫人吗?
108	Are you a dog person?	你是狗吗?
109	Do you like pizza?	你喜欢披萨吗?
110	What postal code do you	你用什么邮政编码?
111	live in?	住在这里?
112	And you're supposed to get true love on the other side.	你应该得到真正的爱 在另一边。
113	Years ago, I was looking	几年前,我在寻找
114	for a partner.	为了搭档
115	I was living in Philadelphia at the time, and I wanted to calculate the	当时我住在费城 我想计算一下
116	probability of finding the true love that I had been promised by Shakespeare and by	找到莎士比亚和我承诺的真爱的可能性
117	Richard Curtis, who I blame for everything.	理查德・柯蒂斯,我怪他的一切。
118	Using their definitions of true love, I started	用他们关于真爱的定义,我开始
119	running the numbers.	运行数字。
120	So math is a big part of this.	所以数学是其中的一大部分。
121	You've already heard about numbers	你已经听说了
122	from my colleague, but I'm going to continue to show how the numbers tell us a different	但我要继续展示 数字告诉我们不同的
123	story.	故事的情节。
124	So I was living in Philadelphia.	所以我住在费城
125	There were approximately 1.5 million people in the	共有约150万人生活在
126	city at that point.	城市在那个时候。
127	I'm straight.	我直饶.
128	I was looking for a man.	我在找一个男人。
129	It's about 50% of the population	约占人口的50%
130	or about 750,000 people.	或约75万人。
131	I was looking for somebody between the ages of 30 and 36, which	我在找一个30到36岁的人
132	at the time was 4% of the population.	当时占人口的4%。
133	That meant I now have a pool of 30,000 potential	也就是说我现在有三万个潜力
134	daters that I could go with.	约会者,我可以一起去。
135	I'm Jewish.	我是犹太人。
136	So I'm not religious, but I was looking	所以我不虔诚 但我在寻找
137	for somebody who was gastronomically Jewish like I am.	对于一个像我这样的犹太人来说
138	So that's about 2.3% of the population,	大约占人口的2.3%,
139	and that now takes the number down to 690.	而现在的号码是690
140	You figure I have to have some kind of chemistry	你猜我必须要有某种化学
141	with that other person, that intrinsic quality that connects us, and I'm assuming that's	与另一个人, 内在质量 连接我们, 我想这是
142	about 1 in 10, and I hate sports.	大约十分之一 我讨厌运动
143	So basically what this math amounts to is that there was	因此,基本上这个数学 意味着有
144	only 35 people out of 1.5 million that I could date in the entire city of Philadelphia.	费城全市150万人中只有35人可以约会
145	And	还有
146	as an aside, I have really bad news for the members of this house.	顺便说一句,我给这房子的成员们带来了坏消息。
147	I ran the numbers for	我查过号码
148	you as well.	你也一样。
149	The numbers don't look good.	数字看起来不太好。
150	If you're a 20-year-old lesbian who's interested	如果你是20岁的女同性恋 有兴趣的话
151	in theology, you have a .001% chance of finding true love at Oxford.	在神学中,你有0.01%的机会 在牛津找到真爱。
152	If you're a male graduate	如果你是男性毕业生
153	student who's really interested in engineering, why don't you go to Cambridge?	对工程感兴趣的学生 为什么不去剑桥?
154	Is it possible,	有可能吗?
155	honorable members, that going forward we need to address our anchoring bias towards the	尊敬的成员,我们今后需要解决我们对于
156	and Hollywood idea of true love and instead create our own narratives?	和好莱坞的想法 真正的爱情 反而创造我们自己的叙述?
157	So I would ask	所以我会问
158	the honorable members of this house to consider what I did.	来考虑我的所作所为
159	I threw away that true love formula	我放弃了真爱配方
160	and I came up with not seven basic narrative points, but instead 72 very, very specific	我提出了不是七个基本叙事要点 而是72个非常非常非常具体
161	data points that I would need in order to find somebody that I was looking for.	为了找到我要找的人 我需要的数据点
162	And	还有
163	those points ranged all over the place.	这些点遍布各地。
164	It wasn't cat person or dog person.	不是猫人也不是狗人
165	I had very	我非常喜欢
166	specific data points around finances.	财务方面的具体数据点。
167	I was also looking for somebody who weighed 20 pounds	我还在找一个20磅重的人
168	more than me at all times, regardless of what I weighed.	无论我体重多少,我总是比我强
169	And I took those data points and	我拿了那些数据点
170	reverse engineered the dating algorithms on the website.	逆向设计了网站上的约会算法.
171	And it turns out my algorithm	结果我的算法
172	worked really, really well.	工作真的,真的不错。
173	In fact, I, after the end of all of this, found the one person	事实上,在这一切结束后,我找到了一个人
174	using a different set of numbers that I thought I could spend the rest of my life with.	使用一套不同的数字 我认为我可以度过我的余生
175	And	还有
176	in fact, he's sitting right there.	事实上,他就坐在那里
177	I'm happy that makes you happy, honorable members, and	我很高兴这让你快乐 尊敬的成员,和
178	I will tell you why.	我会告诉你为什么。
179	I would ask you to consider, are we chasing the idea of love or an ideal	我想请你考虑一下 我们是追求爱情还是理想
180	of true love defined by somebody who lived 453 years ago?	真实的爱被一个453年前的人定义了?
181	Now, we have to abandon this	现在,我们必须放弃这个
182	comfortable idea that we have, this comfortable formula of true love.	我们有这种舒适的真爱公式
183	Instead, we have to	相反,我们必须
184	be willing to accept that true love has absolutely no place in our modern world as it's always	愿意接受真爱在我们现代世界中绝对没有位置
185	been defined.	已定义。
186	And not only does it have no place, but true love never existed to begin	不仅无处可去 而且真爱从来就没有开始
187	with.	带。
188	I'm a pragmatist, and I'm a futurist.	夫修行者,则后世也.
189	I use data to try to figure out what's coming	我用数据来找出未来
190	next.	下一个
191	So let me give you a very quick glimpse in the few remaining seconds that I have.	让我在剩下的几秒钟里给你一个非常快速的画面。
192	In China, there's a bot called Xiaoice that has been interacting with humans, convincing	在中国,有一个叫做小ice的机器人 一直在与人类互动,令人信服
193	humans that it and she is gendered is real.	人类认为她和她的性别是真实的。
194	When the humans found out all throughout China	当人类发现整个中国
195	that Xiaoice is a bot, they didn't care.	小冰是个机器人 他们不在乎
196	They were happy to have that relationship.	他们很高兴有这种关系。
197	In the	在那个
198	United States, we have a company called Real Doll.	美国,我们有一个公司 叫真正的娃娃。
199	In the spring, it's going to be releasing	在春天,它会释放
200	a doll that has lifelike skin and is powered through AI.	一个有类似生命的皮肤的娃娃 通过AI提供动力。
201	You'll be able to train and develop	你可以训练和发展
202	a personality and a companion that is a robot.	一个个性 和一个机器人的同伴
203	And you can talk to your humanoid doll, and	你可以和你的人偶说话
204	you can have an entire relationship with it.	你可以和它保持完整的关系
205	Within the next 20 years, we're going to see	在接下来的20年里,我们将看到
206	a convergence of certain technologies that will call into question our cherished beliefs	某些技术的趋同 将质疑我们珍视的信仰
207	about true love.	关于真爱。
208	And so isn't it possible that in the future, we won't fall in love,	将来我们不会坠入爱河
209	but rather program it?	而是编程?
210	You have no choice but to vote for the proposition.	你别无选择,只能投票支持这个提议。
211	True love	真爱
212	never existed, and this should actually give us all hope, because it means that we don't	从来没有存在过, 这实际上应该给我们所有的希望, 因为这意味着我们没有
213	have to fit ourselves into somebody else's formula.	必须适应别人的公式
214	We get to write our own stories going	我们可以自己写故事
215	forward, even if those stories involve robots.	即使那些故事涉及机器人

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时间	英文	中文
0:10	And I now look to Richard Cowles to close the case for the opposition.	现在我期待理查德·考尔斯 结束反对派的诉讼。
0:23	Thank you Mr President and thank you for asking me to join today's debate.	感谢主席先生并感谢你让我参加今天的辩论。
0:28	I'm here to speak against the motion.	我是来反对动议的
0:31	This House would abandon the ideal of true love and I fear I'm going to revert into my	这座房子会放弃真爱的理想 我担心我会回到我的
0:37	usual position which is lowering the tone so I apologise for that.	总是会降低调子 所以我为此道歉
0:41	But I'd like to begin with some quotes.	但我想先说几句
0:45	For true love is inexhaustible, the more you give, the more you have.	因为真爱是不可穷尽的,你付出的越多,你就越有.
0:50	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, poet.	安托万·德·圣·Exupéry,诗人.
0:54	True love is eternal, infinite and always like itself.	真爱是永恒的,无限的,总是像自己一样.
0:58	It is equal and pure without violent demonstrations.	没有暴力示威,它是平等和纯洁的。

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序号	英文	中文
1	And I now look to Richard Cowles to close the case for the opposition.	现在我期待理查德·考尔斯 结束反对派的诉讼。
2	Thank you Mr President and thank you for asking me to join today's debate.	感谢主席先生并感谢你让我参加今天的辩论。
3	I'm here to speak against the motion.	我是来反对动议的
4	This House would abandon the ideal of true love and I fear I'm going to revert into my	这座房子会放弃真爱的理想 我担心我会回到我的
5	usual position which is lowering the tone so I apologise for that.	总是会降低调子 所以我为此道歉
6	But I'd like to begin with some quotes.	但我想先说几句
7	For true love is inexhaustible, the more you give, the more you have.	因为真爱是不可穷尽的,你付出的越多,你就越有.
8	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, poet.	安托万·德·圣·Exupéry,诗人.
9	True love is eternal, infinite and always like itself.	真爱是永恒的,无限的,总是像自己一样.
10	It is equal and pure without violent demonstrations.	没有暴力示威,它是平等和纯洁的。
11	It is seen with white hairs and it's always young in the heart.	它被白色的头发所看见 心脏总是年轻
12	Honoré de Bolzac, novelist and playwright.	霍诺雷·德·博尔扎克,小说家和剧作家.
13	He is literally 100% legit my type on paper.	他绝对是100%合法 我的类型在纸上。
14	安珀·戴维斯(Amber Davies),2017年爱岛奖得主.
15	My point is that however we choose to express it, each and every one of us is hardwired	我的观点是,无论我们选择表达它, 我们每个人都是硬线
16	to pursue true love.	追求真爱
17	And that to my mind is not just a wonderful thing, it is also the basis of my proposal	在我看来 不仅仅是一件美妙的事情 也是我提案的基础
18	which is this.	这是这个。
19	Not only do I think the motion is wrong, I would strongly argue that the question itself,	我不仅认为这个动议是错误的, 我强烈认为这个问题本身,
20	should we abandon the ideal of true love, is fundamentally moot and that is what I plan	如果我们抛弃真爱的理想, 根本是毫无意义的, 这就是我的计划
21	to illustrate to you.	来向你说明
22	Before I begin with my arguments, let me quickly address what is possibly this evening's most	在我开始辩论之前,让我迅速谈谈 今晚可能最
23	pressing question.	紧迫的问题。
24	Why the hell was a tele-producer invited to speak?	为什么邀请一个电视制作人来演讲?
25	Trust me, it's a question I've been asking myself for several months.	相信我 我问自己几个月了
26	As Freya has said, it was down to my role as the creative director of the reality TV	正如佛蕾雅所说,这要归功于我作为真人电视的创意导演的角色
27	show Love Island.	显示爱岛。
28	In case you haven't seen it, ITV2 describes Love Island as a show in which a group of	如果你没看过的话,ITV2将"爱岛"描述为一个节目,其中一群人
29	young singles spend their summer searching for romance, while Piers Morgan describes	年轻人花夏天寻找浪漫 而皮尔斯摩根描述
30	Love Island as synonymous with everything that's wrong with society and life.	爱岛是社会与生活的一切错误的同义词.
31	We'll agree to disagree.	我们同意不同意
32	Of course Piers isn't alone in his opinion and I suspect there are many out there who	当然Piers并不孤单 我觉得外面有很多人
33	{\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}会把"爱岛"的铸造 成为今天
34	young people have abandoned the pursuit of true love, presumably in the belief that they're	年轻人已经放弃了追求真爱 因为他们相信
35	driven by other goals, choosing the right career, achieving financial security or finding	受其他目标驱动,选择合适的职业,实现财政保障或寻找
36	the tightest possible pair of white elasticated jeans.	最紧的双白色弹性牛仔裤。
37	I believe those people are wrong.	我相信那些人错了
38	To me, Love Island demonstrates the opposite, proving that even under the most testing circumstances	对我来说,爱岛证明相反, 证明即使在最试验的情况下
39	the pursuit of true love will prevail.	追求真爱将占上风
40	Think about it.	考虑一下
41	Our cast is thrown into a completely artificial environment surrounded by 73 cameras filming	我们的演员被扔进一个完全人工的环境 周围有73个摄像头拍摄
42	24-7 while a group of executive producers routinely throw in fresh potential partners	24至7岁,而一组执行制片人则经常推出新的潜在合作伙伴
43	whose only purpose is to break up existing relationships.	唯一的目的是打破现有的关系
44	Despite this, many of the couples that form in the villa stick together far beyond the	尽管如此,许多组成 在别墅的夫妇 在一起远远超出
45	end of the series.	系列结束.
46	Why is this?	为什么?
47	I believe it's because at some point they experience that magical, indescribable sensation	我相信这是因为,在某些时候,他们 经历神奇的,无法形容的感觉
48	no amount of social engineering or editorial meddling can manufacture.	任何社会工程或社论干预都无法制造。
49	The giddy joy we all feel at the first whisperings of true love.	我们第一次听到真爱的低语时所感受到的欢乐
50	Now the motion asks if true love is worth pursuing when it seems to be such an unattainable	现在动议问真爱值得追求吗?
51	goal.	目标。
52	I'm sorry, but isn't true love's apparent unattainability the whole point?	对不起,但真爱的明显无法达到 整个重点吗?
53	The pursuit of true love is half the fun, the intensity, the passion, the sheer urgency	对真爱的追求是一半的乐趣,强度,激情,纯粹的紧迫感
54	of the chase.	在追逐中,
55	Life doesn't get any better, believe me.	生活没有好转 相信我
56	Yes, there'll be disappointments.	是的,会有失望的。
57	Finding out someone wasn't what they seemed, realising they'd been lying to your face,	发现某人不是他们看起来的样子, 发现他们一直在骗你的脸,
58	discovering they'd been snogging that scumbag, Nigel Edwinson, behind the bike sheds just	发现他们一直在偷看那混蛋奈杰尔·埃德温森 在自行车棚后面
59	because he had the keys to his dad's Ford Cortina.	因为他有他爸爸福特·科蒂纳的钥匙
60	To give a purely hypothetical example.	举个纯粹假设的例子。
61	Disappointment is a fundamental part of life, but disappointment doesn't mean we should	失望是生活的基本部分 但失望并不意味着我们应该
62	ever stop chasing the dream.	永远不要追逐梦想
63	That's why late night supermarkets stock pot noodles.	这就是为什么深夜超市 储存锅面。
64	You know they taste absolutely terrible.	你知道他们的味道非常糟糕。
65	You know after you eat one you'll feel dirty and ashamed.	你知道吃后你会觉得脏和羞愧。
66	But then you walk in the shop, see those little plastic tubs, and think, now that is exactly	但你走进店里 看到那些塑料小浴缸 想一想 这才是
67	what I need.	我需要的东西。
68	We can't stop believing, nor should we.	我们不能停止相信,我们也不应。
69	My point was perfectly demonstrated in this year's Love Island.	我的观点在今年的"爱岛"中得到了完美展示.
70	Camilla was your classic reality TV character, young, attractive, trained in explosive ordnance	卡米拉是你的经典真人秀 年轻有魅力 受过爆炸性弹药训练
71	and disposal.	和处置。
72	You know the type.	你知道那种类型。
73	After arriving at the villa, Camilla fell for a boy called Johnny.	在到达别墅后,卡米拉爱上了一个叫约翰尼的男孩.
74	Sadly, Johnny dumped Camilla, leaving her in bits.	可惜的是,约翰尼甩了卡米拉 让她一分不剩
75	Then Craig arrived, and once again Camilla thought she'd found the man of her dreams.	之后克雷格赶到,卡米拉再次认为她找到了梦想中的男人.
76	Craig spent hours gazing into Camilla's eyes, without blinking, it was a bit weird.	克雷格花了好几个小时盯着卡米拉的眼睛,没有眨眼,这有点奇怪.
77	In the end, Camilla realised he wasn't the one, and was left broken hearted.	最后,卡米拉意识到他不是那个人, 并留下了心碎。
78	At that moment, Camilla felt like true love was never going to happen for her.	在那一刻,卡米拉觉得真爱永远不会对她发生.
79	But she was wrong, because Camilla has learned, because as Camilla has learned, if you stick	但她错了,因为卡米拉已经学会了, 因为卡米拉已经学会了,如果你坚持
80	in there, sooner or later a gorgeous Calvin Klein underwear model will appear out of nowhere	在那里,迟早 一个华丽的卡尔文克莱因内衣模特 将突然出现
81	and sweep you off your feet.	并扫你的脚。
82	I'm betting the exact same thing has happened to many of you.	我敢打赌,同样的事情 发生在你们许多人身上。
83	The motion argues that we should throw in the towel because true love seems unattainable.	动议主张我们应该扔进毛巾,因为真爱似乎无法实现.
84	But the truth is that true love should feel unattainable.	但事实是真爱应该感觉无法实现.
85	That's what makes it so special.	故能令其特别.
86	It's precisely because true love seems out of reach that it has the power to hit us like	正是因为真爱似乎遥不可及 才有力量来打击我们
87	a thunderbolt.	一声霹雳.
88	If we all wandered around expecting true love to happen at any moment, A, it would lose	如果我们都四处徘徊 期待真爱随时会发生 A 它会失去
89	its allure, and B, we'd get nothing done.	它的诱惑,和B, 我们不会做任何事情。
90	The motion also states it's unclear if being with one person for the rest of our lives	动议中还写道,我们一生是否与一个人在一起,还不清楚
91	is or ever has been suited to humankind.	已经或曾经适合人类。
92	My feeling on this matter is, whatever floats your boat, humans are a diverse bunch.	我对这件事的感觉是 无论你漂浮在船上 人类都是一群人
93	Many of us will experience true love with one person, but during their lifetime others	我们很多人都会和一个人经历真爱 但在他们一生中
94	will find genuine true love with several individuals, which is good news for them and great news	会找到真正的真爱 与几个人, 这是好消息和好消息
95	for all of you in tonight's audience planning to practice divorce law.	为了今晚的观众们准备执行离婚法
96	But to return to the main thrust of my argument, while true love might feel unattainable, while	但回到我争论的主旨, 而真爱可能感觉无法实现,同时
97	it might seem impractical in a world of demanding career and familial aspirations, I believe	我认为,在一个要求职业和家庭愿望的世界里,这似乎不切实际。
98	there is absolutely no point arguing that we should stop pursuing it, any more than	绝对没有任何理由认为我们应该停止追求它, 任何比
99	you would argue we should stop breathing.	你会认为我们应该停止呼吸
100	Why?	为什么?
101	Because we're preconditioned by thousands of years of evolution to seek out true love.	因为我们是以几千年的进化为先决条件 来寻找真爱的
102	We couldn't change it even if we wanted to.	我们无法改变它 即使我们想。
103	The fact is, as a species, certain things are hardwired into our brains.	事实是,作为一个物种, 某些东西是硬的 进入我们的大脑。
104	For examples, since the dawn of time, humans have believed in the existence of all-powerful	举例来说,自古以来,人类一直相信万能的存在
105	beings that determine our fate.	那些决定我们命运的人
106	The Christian god, the Hindu deities, the research and development team at Apple.	基督教神,印度神祇,苹果公司的研发团队.
107	And just as that conviction is planted deep within us, so is the desire for true love.	就像我们内心深处的信念一样 对真爱的渴望也是一样
108	It's no coincidence that one of the earliest poems ever discovered is on the subject of	最早发现的一首诗 是关于
109	true love, telling the author's first night with her new husband.	真爱,告诉作者 与她的新丈夫的第一个夜晚。
110	It's a Sumerian work dating back to 2000 BC called The Love Song of Xu Xin.	这是一部可追溯到2000年的苏美尔作品,名为"许欣的爱歌".
111	Here are a few lines from it.	这里有几行
112	Bridegroom, dear to my heart, you have captivated me.	新娘,亲爱的,你迷住了我
113	Let me stand trembling before you.	让我站在你面前颤抖。
114	Bridegroom, I would be taken by you to the bedchamber.	新娘,我会被你带到床上去。
115	You can feel the author's giddy excitement and anticipation at the prospect of spending	你可以感觉到作者的兴奋和期待 未来支出
116	a first night with her true love.	与她的真爱的第一个夜晚。
117	It's a beautiful piece and I definitely prefer it to her little known follow-up.	这部作品很美,我绝对更喜欢这部作品, 而不是她鲜为人知的后续作品。
118	Bridegroom, less dear to my heart, you made me sleep on the wet bit.	新娘,你让我睡湿觉
119	What I'm saying is that the drive to pursue true love is by definition universal and irresistible.	我想说的是,追求真爱的动力,顾名思义,是普遍的和不可抗拒的.
120	And that remains the case even when a person's wiring is a bit faulty.	即使一个人的线线有点不对劲,情况也是如此。
121	For example, in 2008 a woman actually married the Eiffel Tower.	例如,2008年,一名妇女实际上与埃菲尔铁塔结婚。
122	Erika Latourifel, that's her married name obviously, had already fallen in love with	Erika Latorifel,那显然是她婚后的名字, 已经爱上了
123	other objects including lance, a bow that helped her win become a world class archer,	其他物品包括Lance 帮助她成为世界级射手的弓箭
124	and the Berlin Wall.	还有柏林墙
125	Erika even had a physical relationship with a piece of fence she kept in her bedroom.	Erika甚至和她在卧室里保存的栅栏有肉体关系.
126	I'm guessing picket fence, it's so strong and reliable.	我猜是栅栏,它很坚固可靠
127	Erika Latourifel是性对象 我想我们都同意 有点不妥
128	with her choice of partners.	与她选择伴侣。
129	Not least the fact that if Erika ever does go for an actual man, after the Eiffel Tower	埃菲尔铁塔之后 如果埃里卡真的去追求一个人
130	she's in for a major disappointment.	她很失望,她很沮丧
131	But whatever Erika's quirks, like the rest of us, she's hopelessly compelled for true love.	但不管埃里卡的古怪 和我们其他人一样 她对真爱毫无希望
132	As Amy mentioned, scientists and engineers have recognised this and as I speak, millions	正如艾米提到的,科学家和工程师已经认识到这一点,而当我发言时,数百万人认识到这一点。
133	are being spent developing what they're calling love bots.	被花在开发他们所谓的爱的婴儿。
134	Robots that look like humans, behave like humans, even down to having full sexual relationship	机器人长得像人类 表现得像人类 甚至连性关系都没有
135	with their owner.	和他们的主人。
136	Love bots are stunningly lifelike and have incredibly convincing emotional responses.	爱的波茨是惊人的 生活和令人难以置信的令人信服的情感反应。
137	Plus, I'm told, if you get the deluxe model, it also works as a PlayStation.	此外,我被告知,如果你得到豪华的模型,它也作为PlayStation.
138	Despite this, I doubt robots will ever quite manage to replicate the sensation two people	尽管如此,我怀疑机器人 将完全能够复制 感官两个人
139	feel as they fall in love.	感觉他们坠入爱河
140	On the surface, today's technological advances have been a game changer.	从表面上看,今天的技术进步已经是一个游戏的改变者.
141	Before they came on the show, the cast of Love Island, all very attractive people, could	在他们上台之前 爱岛的演员 都非常吸引人
142	easily have spent their time hooking up online with hundreds of strangers for empty, meaningless	很容易地把时间花在了网上 和几百个陌生人在一起 空洞,毫无意义
143	sex.	性爱。
144	But did they?	但他们有吗?
145	Yes, they did.	是的,他们做到了。
146	But despite all the opportunities for instant gratification, the one thing they still genuinely	但是,尽管所有的机会 即时满足, 他们仍然真正一件事
147	craved was that special someone.	疯狂的是一个特别的人。
148	I'm running out of time, so I'm going to just move on slightly.	我时间不多了,所以我要继续往前走
149	I think the effect of true love on the arts would have a massive impact if we didn't believe	我认为真爱对艺术的影响是巨大的 如果我们不相信
150	in true love.	在真爱中
151	Who would want to watch a film called When Harry Met Sally?	谁想看一部叫"哈利遇见莎莉时"的电影?
152	They didn't hit it off straight away, so he chucked her phone number in the bin.	他们没直接打掉 所以他把她的电话号码扔进垃圾箱
153	And do you really want to hear Adele singing, hello, it's me?	你真的想听阿黛尔唱歌吗 是我吗?
154	I was wondering if after all these years, you'd like to meet to discuss a potential	这么多年了,你还想不想见面 讨论一个潜力
155	investment opportunity.	投资机会。
156	So there you have it.	你拿着吧
157	I believe the House's motion is based on a fundamental impossibility.	我相信众议院的动议是基于根本不可能。
158	And even if that weren't the case, it would create a world that was duller, greyer, and	即使不是那样,它也会创造一个 更沉闷,更灰色的世界,
159	a lot less fun to live in.	生活更没有乐趣
160	So to the single people in today's audience, I would say, never give up on your pursuit	所以对于今天的观众来说,我要说,永远不要放弃你的追求
161	of true love.	真正的爱。
162	And to Nigel Edwinson, who drove my first girlfriend off in his dad's Ford Cortina,	给奈杰尔·埃德温森 他开车送我第一个女朋友去他爸爸的福特·科蒂纳
163	I'd say, I'm now a television executive delivering a speech at the Oxford Union, so in your face	我现在是电视执行官 在牛津大学发表演讲 所以当着你的面
164	you melt.	你会融化。

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