TED英语演讲：拯救生命的温暖拥抱

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演说题目：拯救生命的温暖拥抱

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演说者：

JaneChen

Please close your eyes, and open your hands. Now imagine

what

you

could

place

in

your

hands:

an

apple,

maybe

your

wallet.

Now open your eyes. What about a life?

请闭上眼睛，打开双手，想象下

,

你们的手中可以放些 什么

?

一

只苹果

?

或者钱包

?

请睁开眼睛

.

你曾否想过一个生命

?

What you see here is a premature baby. He looks like he's

resting peacefully, but in fact he's struggling to stay alive

because he can't regulate his own body temperature. This baby

is

so

tiny

he

doesn't

have

enough

fat

on

his

body

to

stay

warm.

Sadly, 20 million babies like this are born every year around

the world. Four million of these babies die annually.

这是一个早产儿。

看起来，他似乎在 安睡，但实际上，他正与

死神作斗争。

因为他无法调节自己的体温。

这个婴儿实在太小了，

1

他没有足够的脂肪来维持体温。

很悲哀

...

每年都有两千万这样的婴

儿

诞生在世界上。

其中的四百万无法存活。

But

the

bigger

problem

is

that

the

ones

who

do

survive

grow

up with severe, long- term health problems. The reason is

because in the first month of a baby's life, its only job is

to

grow.

If

it's

battling

hypothermia,

its

organs

can't

develop

normally,

resulting

in

a

range

of

health

problems

from

diabetes,

to heart disease, to low I.Q. Imagine: Many of these problems

could be prevented if these babies were just kept warm.

但更严重的问题是，如果他们侥幸存活

一些慢性病将伴随他们

一生。

因为在婴儿诞生的第一个月

他们唯一要做的就是成长。

如

果体温不稳定，器官不能正常发育

随之而来的，就是一连串健康问

题

如糖尿病，心脏病，

或弱智。想象下，这些问题本可避免

只要

能让婴儿保暖。

That is the primary function of an incubator. But

traditional incubators require electricity and cost up to 20

thousand dollars. So, you're not going to find them in rural

areas of developing countries. As a result, parents resort to

local solutions like tying hot water bottles around their

babies'

bodies,

or

placing

them

under

light

bulbs

like

the

ones

you see here -- methods that are both ineffective and unsafe.

I've seen this firsthand over and over again.

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给婴儿保暖是恒温箱的主要功能。

但传统的恒温箱需要电源

且