Introducing TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

Right now, somewhere out there,

翻译人员: Cho Lena 校对人员: Gabriella Hu

现在，在地球的某处，

an educator is delivering a mind-altering lesson to their class.

一个教育者正在给他的学生传授改变思想的一课

I want to engage your brains in this.

我想让你的大脑也参入其中。

Chris Anderson: I tried to get my head around how vast our Earth is.

克里斯·安德森（以下简称CA)： 我以前曾试着去理解地球到底有多大。

Logan Smalley: That lesson only reaches the students in that room.

罗根·斯马利(以下简称LS)： 那堂课只能影响到坐在那个教室里的学生。

What would happen if we captured it?

如果我们能把它拍摄下来会怎么样？

It's a toothed wheel.

它是一个齿轮。

LS: What if pro animators and visualization artists

LS: 如果专业的动画制作者和视觉艺术家

could bring that lesson to life?

可以使那堂课更加生动会怎么样？

CA: It's a common object that literally fits one million Earths.

CA: （太阳）这个常见的物体可容纳一百万个地球。

It's got a bunch of notches and a bunch of teeth.

它有一堆凹口和齿。

This was Fizeau's solution --

这是菲佐的解决方案...

LS: When that lesson lands, curiosity is ignited.

LS:当我们做成这堂课， 人们的好奇心就被点燃了。

CA: It seems impossibly big.

CA: （太阳）似乎巨大到令人难以想象。

AS: Something interesting happens.

AS: 一些有趣的事情发生了。

CA: In the great scheme of things, it's a pinprick.

CA:从宏观来看，它只是一个小孔。

AS: A door closes on the light beam that's coming back to his eye.

AS:一扇门沿着光柱的方向关上， 这个光柱反射到他的眼中。

LS: Then that group of students is one thought closer

LS:然后那组学生在思想向上

to being what every teacher hopes their students will become:

每个老师所期冀的学生那样又近了一步：

a lifelong learner.

一个终生的学习者。

AS: Based on the distance between the two stations --

AS: 基于两站之间的距离

CA: The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull.

CA: 对知识的追求永远不会无趣。

AS: He calculates the speed of light to within two percent of its actual value.

AS: 他所计算的光速与实际值只有百分之二的误差

CA: The more you know, the more amazing the world seems.

CA: 我们知道的越多， 这个世界就看上去越精彩

That's the central mission of TED-Ed:

那就是我们TED-Ed的核心任务：

to capture and to amplify

去捕捉和推广

the voice of the world's greatest teachers.

世界上最优秀老师的声音。

He does this in 1849.

他在1849年做了这个

CA: It's the crazy possibilities, the unanswered questions,

CA: 是这些令人难以置信的可能性 以及悬而未决的问题，

that pull us forward.

使我们一直向前。

So stay curious.

所以，保持好奇心。

TED-Ed is really an invitation to teachers all around the world

TED-Ed 是对全世界老师的一个邀请。

to submit their best lessons.

去呈现他们最好的课堂。

Jordan Reeves: We review each submission and work with the educators

乔丹·里弗斯：我们仔细查看每一份申请， 与教育者们一起努力

to refine the lesson and make sure that they're less than ten minutes long.

去优化那些课堂然后确保他们都少于十分钟长。

From there, we mail out these portable recording booths.

然后，我们邮寄出这些便携式记录设备。

A teacher pulls up their final lesson,

一个老师获取到他们最后一节课的信息，

presses record and can instantly share it with our animation team.

按下记录键，便马上可以 与我们的动画制作团队分享。

It's also an invitation to animators.

这也是个面向动画师的邀请。

We are looking for talented animators

我们期待有能力的动画师的加入

to get involved, submit their reels

呈现他们的影带

and help us animate these incredible lessons.

并且帮助我们使这些精彩的课程变得更加生动

LS: Right now, there's a gifted educator somewhere out there

LS: 现在，在某个地方， 有一个有天赋的教育者

delivering a life-changing lesson.

正在传授一堂改变人生的课

The TED-Ed team hopes that anyone who is passionate about education

TED-Ed团队希望任何对教育抱有热情的人

will help us find that teacher,

会帮助我们找到那老师，

capture that moment and amplify it

捕捉那个瞬间并将之推广

the way that it deserves to be amplified.

它们值得用适合的方式推广。