Healing Architecture 2
So the following year, I decided to go to architecture school.
But there, I learned something different about buildings.
Recognition seemed to come to those who prioritized novel and sculptural forms, like ribbons, or pickles?
PS:那些优先考虑新颖和雕塑形式的人,比如丝带或泡菜,似乎开始认识到了
Recognition认出; 认识; 识别; 承认; 认可; 赞誉; 赏识; 奖赏
seemed好像,似乎,看来; 感到好像,觉得似乎; 看来好像; seem的过去分词和过去式
come to恢复知觉; 苏醒
prioritized按重要性排列; 划分优先顺序; 优先处理; prioritize的过去分词和过去式
novel小说; 新颖的; 与众不同的; 珍奇的
sculptural雕刻的;雕塑的
forms类型; 种类; 形式; 外表; 样子; 表格; 出现,产生; 形成; 成形,组成; 制作; form的第三人称单数和复数
ribbons带子; 丝带; 带状物; 狭长的东西; 绶带; 勋带; ribbon的复数
pickles泡菜; 腌菜; 菜酱; 腌渍; pickle的第三人称单数和复数
And I think this is supposed to be a snail.
Something about this bothered me.
Why was it that the best architects, the greatest architecture, all beautiful and visionary and innovative, is also so rare, and seems to serve so very few?
PS:为什么最好的建筑师,最伟大的建筑,都是美丽的,有远见的和创新的,也是如此罕见,似乎服务如此之少?
architects建筑师; 设计师; 缔造者; 创造者; architect的复数
greatest很好地; 极好地; 很棒地; 大的; 巨大的; 数量大的; 众多的; 很; 非常的; 很多的; 极大的; great的最高级
architecture建筑学; 建筑设计; 建筑风格; 体系结构; 结构
beautiful美丽的; 美好的; 很好的; 出色的; 巧妙的
visionary有眼力的; 有创见的; 有远见卓识的; 梦幻的; 耽于幻想的; 宗教异象的; 神示的; 有眼力的人; 有远见卓识的人
innovative引进新思想的; 采用新方法的; 革新的; 创新的
rare稀少的; 稀罕的; 珍贵的; 半熟的; 半生的
seems好像,似乎,看来; 感到好像,觉得似乎; 看来好像; seem的第三人称单数
serve提供; 端上; 够…吃; 接待; 服务; 发球
very few极少数的;非常少; 屈指可数
And more to the point: With all of this creative talent, what more could we do?
Just as I was about to start my final exams, I decided to take a break from an all-nighter and go to a lecture by Dr. Paul Farmer,a leading health activist for the global poor.
PS:就在我即将开始期末考试的时候,我决定休息一整晚,去听保罗·法默博士的演讲,他是全球贫困人口的主要健康活动家。
Just as正像; 正在…的时候
about to集中; 眼看就要
exams考试; 检查; 体检; exam的复数
decided明显的; 明白无误的; 确实无疑的; 对…作出抉择; 决定; 选定; 裁决; 判决; 影响…的结果; decide的过去分词和过去式
take a break休息一下
go to去…; 费工夫;花钱; 求助于;求教于
lecture讲座,讲课,演讲; 教训,训斥,谴责; 开讲座,讲授,讲课; 指责,训斥,告诫
Paul保罗(男子教名,亦作姓用,源于拉丁语姓名Paulus;它的西班牙语变体是Pablo;意大利语变体是Paolo;俄语变体是Pavel); 保罗; 使徒保罗
Farmer农场主; 农人
activist积极分子; 活跃分子
I was surprised to hear a doctor talking about architecture.
Buildings are making people sicker, he said, and for the poorest in the world, this is causing epidemic-level problems.
PS:他说,建筑使人们生病,对世界上最贫穷的人来说,这造成了流行病级别的问题。
making生产; 制造; 做; 组装; 写; 出产; 制订; 铺床; make的现在分词
people人; 人们; 大家; 人民,国民; 民族; 种族; 居住在; 把…挤满人; 住满居民; person的复数
sicker生病的,有病的; 想呕吐; 恶心; 晕船; 晕机; 晕车; sick的比较级
said说; 讲; 告诉; 念; 朗诵; 背诵; 表达,表述; say的过去分词和过去式
poorest贫穷的; 贫寒的; 清贫的; 贫困者; 穷人; 可怜的; 不幸的; 令人同情的; poor的最高级
causing使发生; 造成; 引起; 导致; cause的现在分词
problems棘手的问题; 难题; 困难; 逻辑题; 数学题; problem的复数
In this hospital in South Africa, patients that came in with, say, a broken leg, to wait in this unventilated hallway, walked out with a multidrug-resistant strand of tuberculosis.
PS:在南非的这家医院里,一些病人,比如说,因为腿部骨折,在这条没有通风的走廊里等待治疗,他们带着一股耐多药的结核病离开了医院。
South Africa南非; 位于非洲南部
broken leg断腿; 断了的家具腿
wait in在家等候
hallway走廊,过道; 门厅
unventilated 不通风的;使不通风;空气不流畅的
walked走; 行走; 步行; 徒步旅行; 散步; 陪伴…走; 护送…走; walk的过去分词和过去式
strand股,缕; 部分,方面; 岸,滨; 使滞留; 使搁浅
tuberculosis结核病
Simple designs for infection control had not been thought about, and people had died because of it.
PS:没有考虑过简单的感染控制设计,人们因此而死亡。
Simple易于理解的; 易做的; 简单的; 朴素的; 简朴的; 不加装饰的; 纯粹的,完全的,不折不扣的
designs设计; 布局; 安排; 设计艺术; 构思; 设计图样; 设计方案; 制图; 计划; 筹划; 制订; 制造; 意欲; design的第三人称单数和复数
infection传染; 感染; 传染病
control管理权,控制权,支配权; 控制能力; 限制; 限定; 约束; 管理; 管制; 指挥; 控制; 掌管; 支配; 阻止蔓延
been曾经到过; are的过去分词; be的过去分词
thought想法; 看法; 主意; 记忆; 心思; 思想; 思考能力; 思维过程; 思考; 思维; 认为; 以为; 想; 思索; 琢磨; think的过去分词和过去式
people人; 人们; 大家; 人民,国民; 民族; 种族; 居住在; 把…挤满人; 住满居民; person的复数
died死; 死亡; 凋谢; 消失; 消亡; 灭亡; 停止运转; die的过去分词和过去式
because of因为,由于①because of是复合介词,其后可接名词、代词、动名词或由what引
"Where are the architects?" Paul said.
If hospitals are making people sicker, where are the architects and designers to help us build and design hospitals that allow us to heal?
Exercises:
1.Why does Murphy show several examples of buildings?
to illustrate modern architecture's emphasis on form and appearance.
2.Why did Dr. Paul Farmer express the need for architects?
ospitals were designed in a way that made patients sicker.
3.Architecture involves...
designing and constructing buildings.
4.an innovative building design...
introduces something new.
Fill in the blanks:
If hospitals are making people sicker, where are the architects and designers to help us build and design hospitals that allow us to heal?
That following summer, I was in the back of a Land Rover with a few classmates, bumping over the mountainous hillside of Rwanda.
ps:第二年夏天,我和几个同学坐在一辆路虎的后座上,在卢旺达的山坡上颠簸。
following接着的; 下述的; 下列的; 拥护者,追随者; 下述; 下列; 如下; 在以后; 由于; 跟随; 跟着; 在…后发生,因…而发生; 在…后做; follow的现在分词
summer夏天; 夏季
in the back of在…后面
Land Rover路虎
a few几个; 〔反语〕很多; 一点点
classmates同班同学; classmate的复数
bumping碰,撞; 碰上,撞上; 颠簸行进; bump的现在分词
mountainous多山的; 巨大的; 山一般的
hillside小山坡
For the next year, I'd be living in Butaro in this old guesthouse, which was a jail after the genocide.
ps:接下来的一年,我会住在布塔罗的一个旧宾馆里,那是种族灭绝之后的一个监狱。
next year明年
old具体年龄; 岁; 年纪; 老的; 年纪大的; 不年轻的; 老年人
guesthouse小旅馆; 客栈; 客房
which哪一个; 哪一些; …的那个,…的那些; 那个,那些
jail监狱; 监禁
after在…后; 表示反复不断或一个接着一个; 跟随; 追赶; 在后面; 在…以后; 后来; 以后; 后来的; 以后的
genocide种族灭绝; 大屠杀
I was there to design and build a new type of hospital with Dr. Farmer and his team.
If hallways are making patients sicker, what if we could design a hospital that flips the hallways on the outside, and makes people walk in the exterior?
ps:如果走廊让病人生病,如果我们能设计一家医院,把走廊翻到外面,让人们在外面走,那会怎么样?
hallways走廊,过道; 门厅; hallway的复数
patients接受治疗者,病人; 病人; 受动者; patient的复数
sicker生病的,有病的; 想呕吐; 恶心; 晕船; 晕机; 晕车; sick的比较级
what if如果…怎么办
hospital医院
flips快速翻转,迅速翻动; 按; 开; 轻抛,轻掷; flip的第三人称单数
makes制造; 做; 组装; 写; 出产; 制订; 铺床; make的第三人称单数
walk in走进; 未经许可进入; 〈非正〉轻易地找到工作
exterior外部,外观,表面,外貌; 外貌,外表; 外面的; 外部的; 外表的
If mechanical systems rarely work, what if we could design a hospital that could breathe through natural ventilation, and meanwhile reduce its environmental footprint?
ps:如果机械系统很少工作,如果我们能设计一个医院,通过自然通风呼吸,同时减少其环境足迹呢?
mechanical机动的; 机械驱动的; 机械的; 机器的; 发动机的; 机械般的; 呆头呆脑的; 无思想的
rarely罕有; 很少; 不常
what if如果…怎么办
hospital医院
breathe through赋予生气
natural ventilation自然通风
meanwhile同时; 与此同时; 其间; 对比之下; 其时,其间
reduce减少,缩小; 蒸发; 减轻体重; 节食
environmental自然环境的; 生态环境的; 有关环境的; 环境的
footprint脚印; 足迹; 空间量,面积; 覆盖区
And what about the patients' experience?
Evidence shows that a simple view of nature can radically improve health outcomes.
ps:有证据表明,简单的自然观可以从根本上改善健康状况。
Evidence根据; 证明; 证据; 证据,证词,人证,物证; 表明; 作为…的证据
shows表明; 证明; 给…看; 出示; 展示; 教,解说; 演示; show的第三人称单数
simple易于理解的; 易做的; 简单的; 朴素的; 简朴的; 不加装饰的; 纯粹的,完全的,不折不扣的
radically根本地; 彻底地
improve改进; 改善
outcomes结果; 效果; outcome的复数
So why couldn't we design a hospital where every patient had a window with a view?
Simple, site-specific designs can make a hospital that heals.
ps:简单的,特定地点的设计可以使医院愈合。
Simple易于理解的; 易做的; 简单的; 朴素的; 简朴的; 不加装饰的; 纯粹的,完全的,不折不扣的
designs设计; 布局; 安排; 设计艺术; 构思; 设计图样; 设计方案; 制图; 计划; 筹划; 制订; 制造; 意欲; design的第三人称单数和复数
make制造; 做; 组装; 写; 出产; 制订; 铺床; 品牌,型号
hospital医院
heals康复,复原; 治愈; 使又愉快起来; 结束,较容易忍受; heal的第三人称单数
Designing it is one thing; getting it built, we learned, is quite another.
We worked with Bruce Nizeye, a brilliant engineer, and he thought about construction differently than I had been taught in school.
When we had to excavate this enormous hilltop and a bulldozer was expensive and hard to get to site, Bruce suggested doing it by hand, using a method in Rwanda called "Ubudehe," which means "community works for the community."
ps:当我们不得不挖掘这座巨大的山顶,一台推土机又贵又难到达现场时,布鲁斯建议用手工,在卢旺达使用一种叫做“Ubudehe”的方法,意思是“社区为社区工作”
excavate发掘,挖出; 挖掘,开凿,挖空
enormous巨大的; 庞大的; 极大的
hilltop小山顶
bulldozer推土机
expensive昂贵的; 花钱多的; 价格高的
Bruce布鲁塞
by hand用手工
Hundreds of people came with shovels and hoes, and we excavated that hill in half the time and half the cost of that bulldozer.
ps:成百上千的人带着铲子和锄头来了,我们用了一半的时间和推土机一半的成本挖出了那座山。
came来; 来到; 到达,抵达; 来做; 来取; 来拿; come的过去式
shovels铲; 铁铲; 铲,铲形部分; 铲起; shovel的第三人称单数和复数
hoes锄头; 用锄头锄地; hoe的第三人称单数和复数
excavated发掘,挖出; 挖掘,开凿,挖空; excavate的过去分词和过去式
hill山丘; 小山; 斜坡
in half分成两半
half一半; 半; 半场,半局; 半品脱; 半数; 绝大部分; 到一半程度; 部分地
bulldozer推土机
Instead of importing furniture, Bruce started a guild, and he brought in master carpenters to train others in how to make furniture by hand.
ps:布鲁斯没有进口家具,而是成立了一个行会,他请来了木匠大师来培训其他人如何手工制作家具。
Instead of代替; 作为…的替换
importing进口; 输入; 引进; 导入; 移入; import的现在分词
furniture家具
Bruce布鲁塞
guild协会; 行会,同业公会
brought带…到某处; 带来; 取来; 提供; 供给; 导致; 引起; bring的过去分词和过去式
carpenters木工; 木匠; carpenter的复数
train火车; 列车; 列队行进的人; 队列; 行列; 一系列相关的事情; 训练; 培训; 接受训练; 进行…训练; 进行体育锻炼; 教育; 培养…的能力
by hand用手工
And on this job site, 15 years after the Rwandan genocide, Bruce insisted that we bring on labor from all backgrounds, and that half of them be women.
ps:在这个工作地点,卢旺达种族灭绝15年后,布鲁斯坚持要我们从各个背景带来劳动力,其中一半是妇女。
genocide种族灭绝; 大屠杀
Bruce布鲁塞
insisted坚决要求; 坚持; 坚持说; 固执己见; insist的过去分词和过去式
bring on引起,导致; 开始吧; 放马过来
labor劳动,努力;工作; 劳工,工人; 分娩,阵痛; 努力争取(for); 苦干; 详细分析缓慢而困难地运转
backgrounds出身背景; 学历; 经历; 背景; 后景; background的复数
and that而且,并且
Exercises:
1.Why did Murphy go to the Rwandan?
to help design a new hospital.
2.How did Bruce's method save costs?
The hill was excavated with the help of the community.
3.How did Bruce's method improved the community?
it encouraged cooperation between different people.
Fill in the blanks:
Evidence shows that a simple view of nature can radically improve health outcomes, So why couldn't we design a hospital where every patient had a window with aview?
Read and repeat the sentences:
1.Buildings are making people sicker and for the poorest in the world, this is causing epidemic-level problems.
2.I'd be living in Butaro in this old guesthouse, which was a jail after the genocide.
3.If hallways are making patients sicker, what if we could design a hospital that flips the hallways on the outside, and makes people walk in the exterior?
4.Hundreds of people came with shovels and hoes, and we excavated that hill in half the time and half the cost of that bulldozer.
5.Designing it is one thing; getting it built, we learned, is quite another.