ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Guillaume Néry - World champion freediver
With just one breath, Guillaume Néry can dive to -125m below the water's surface.

Why you should listen

Guillaume Néry is a French freediving champion, specializing in deep diving. As a multiple world record holder and the double reigning world champion, Guillaume's goals go well beyond the simple realm of sport. With a perfect combination of aesthetics, performance, films and exploration, Guillaume practices his discipline like an art form — it has become his way of life.

Guillaume grew up by the Mediterranean Sea, in Nice. As a child, he used to go diving every summer with his flippers and mask, accompanied by his father, to discover the wonders of the underwater world. At the age of 14, he and a friend took up a challenge: to hold their breath for as long as possible. The simple game became an obsession and led him one day to meet Claude Chapuis, the founder of the international AIDA federation (Worldwide Federation for breath-hold diving). Claude became Guillaume’s mentor.

True to the Nice school of diving, Guillaume devoted all his time and energy to his passion. He made huge progress when working alongside Loic Leferme (5x No-Limits world record holder), who later became a role model, guide and close friend.

In 2002, he became the youngest ever freedive record holder, by diving to a depth of -87m using the force of his fins alone. That marked the beginning of a great adventure. Guillaume then beat the world record 3 times, became the world team champion in 2008 and the individual world champion in Greece in 2011, diving down to -117m. Nowadays, he dives until -125m of depth, the new French record

Guillaume also teaches deep diving at his school, CIPA (in Nice), conducts training, is involved in business life and sets sail across the world's oceans searching for new areas to explore.

However, it was thanks to the film he produced in 2010 with his partner Julie Gautier, Free Fall, that the Frenchman's career truly took off. One scene shows Guillaume walking on a seabed, towards an underwater chasm: the Deans Blue Hole (Bahamas), the deepest blue hole in the world. Suddenly, he jumps into emptiness and starts his free fall into the chasm. In just a few days, these images had been seen all around the world, revealing a new, artistic and poetic approach to freediving.

Since then, the couple has carried out a number of other film projects, including Narcoses or, recently, Ocean Gravity. They also launched their own website dedicated to all their creations: www.lesfilmsengloutis.com

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Guillaume Néry: The exhilarating peace of freediving

Guillaume Néry: 自由潛水中那令人欣喜的寧靜

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在這次令人驚嘆的講演中, 世界自由潛水冠軍Guillaume Néry攜我們一同去海洋的深處. 一米一米地下潛, 他解釋了水壓, 水下的安靜, 控制呼吸在生理和心理上的影響. 他對水下經歷的生動形象的描述展現了隱藏在自由潛水運動中的詩情畫意.
- World champion freediver
With just one breath, Guillaume Néry can dive to -125m below the water's surface. Full bio

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Guillaume Néry, 法國人.
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Constant不變 weight重量, 123 meters,
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constant weight(一種自由潛水項目)
深入水下123米,
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three minutes分鐘 and 25 seconds.
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在3分25秒內.
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National國民 record記錄 attempt嘗試.
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挑戰國家記錄.
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(水下123米)
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Guillaume Néry! 你創造了全國紀錄!
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Guillaume紀堯姆ryRY! National國民 record記錄!
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Guillaume紀堯姆ryRY: Thank you.
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Guillaume Néry: 謝謝你們.
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(Applause掌聲)
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Thank you very much,
thanks謝謝 for the warm welcome歡迎.
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非常感謝你們,
謝謝你們熱烈的歡迎.
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That dive潛水 you just watched看著 is a journey旅程 --
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剛剛你看到的潛泳是一趟旅程--
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a journey旅程 between之間 two breaths呼吸.
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兩次呼吸之間的旅程.
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A journey旅程 that takes place地點
between之間 two breaths呼吸 --
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旅程中的這兩次呼吸--
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the last one before diving潛水 into the water,
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後一次是發生在潛入水中之前,
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and the first one,
coming未來 back to the surface表面.
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前一次是回到水面上.
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That dive潛水 is a journey旅程
to the very limits範圍 of human人的 possibility可能性,
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那次深潛是一次
邁向人類極限的旅程,
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a journey旅程 into the unknown未知.
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一次探索未知的旅程.
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But it's also, and above以上 all,
an inner journey旅程,
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但是, 最重要的是,
它是一次內心的旅程,
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where a number of things happen發生,
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在那裡, 發生了很多事情,
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physiologically生理 as well as mentally精神上.
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無論是生理上還是心理上.
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And that's why I'm here today今天,
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這就是我今天在這裡的原因,
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to share分享 my journey旅程 with you
and to take you along沿 with me.
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與你分享我的旅程,
帶你一同經歷.
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So, we start開始 with the last breath呼吸.
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所以, 我們開始最後一次呼吸.
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(Breathing呼吸 in)
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(吸氣)
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(Breathing呼吸 out)
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(呼氣)
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As you noticed注意到, that last breath呼吸
in is slow, deep and intense激烈.
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你也注意到了,
最後一次呼吸很慢, 很深, 很強烈.
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It ends結束 with a special特別 technique技術
called the carp鯉魚,
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它以一種叫做"carp"的特殊技巧結束,
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which哪一個 allows允許 me to store商店 one to two
extra額外 liters of air空氣 in my lungs
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能讓我通過壓縮的方式
讓肺多存儲一或兩升的空氣.
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by compressing壓縮 it.
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能讓我通過壓縮的方式
讓肺多存儲一或兩升的空氣.
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When I leave離開 the surface表面,
I have about 10 liters of air空氣 in my lungs.
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當我離開水面,
我的肺部幾乎有十升的空氣.
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As soon不久 as I leave離開 the surface表面
the first mechanism機制 kicks in:
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當我一離開水面,
身體的機制開始反應:
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the diving潛水 reflex反射.
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潛水反射.
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The first thing the diving潛水 reflex反射 does
is make your heart rate drop下降.
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潛水反射所造成的第一個後果
就是心率下降.
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My heart beat擊敗 will drop下降
from about 60-70 per minute分鐘
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我的心跳將會從60-70下每分鐘
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to about 30-40 beats節拍 per minute分鐘
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降到30-40每分鐘
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in a matter of seconds;
almost幾乎 immediately立即.
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在短短幾秒之內;
幾乎是瞬間.
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Next下一個, the diving潛水 reflex反射 causes原因
peripheral外圍設備 vasoconstriction血管收縮,
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接下來, 潛水反射造成了周邊血管收縮.
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which哪一個 means手段 that the blood血液 flow
will leave離開 the body's身體的 extremities四肢
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這意味著血流將會離開四肢
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to feed飼料 the most important重要 organs器官:
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向最重要的器官流去
來供應他們:
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the lungs, the heart and the brain.
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肺, 心臟, 大腦,
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This mechanism機制 is innate先天.
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這個身體機制是與生俱來的.
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I cannot不能 control控制 it.
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我無法控制.
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If you go underwater水下,
even if you've never doneDONE it before,
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如果你去水下,
即使你之前從未做過這件事,
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you'll你會 experience經驗 the exact精確 same相同 effects效果.
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你也會經歷同樣的過程.
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All human人的 beings眾生
share分享 this characteristic特性.
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所有的人類都是這樣的.
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And what's extraordinary非凡
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令人驚奇的是
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is that we share分享 this instinct直覺
with marine海洋 mammals哺乳動物 --
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我們和海生哺乳動物有都有這種本能--
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all marine海洋 mammals哺乳動物:
dolphins海豚, whales鯨魚, sea lions獅子, etc等等.
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所有的海生哺乳動物:
海豚, 鯨魚, 海獅, 等等等等,
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When they dive潛水 deep into the ocean海洋,
these mechanisms機制 become成為 activated活性,
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當它們深潛入海中,
這種機制就會被激活,
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but to a greater更大 extent程度.
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而且會有更明顯的反應.
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And, of course課程, it works作品
much better for them.
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並且, 當然, 這種機制
在它們身上運作得更好.
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It's absolutely絕對 fascinating迷人.
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這很吸引人.
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Right as I leave離開 the surface表面,
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當我潛水下去時,
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nature性質 gives me a push
in the right direction方向,
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本能便把我推向一個正確的方向,
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allowing允許 me to descend降落 with confidence置信度.
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讓我能夠充滿信心的向下潛去.
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So as I dive潛水 deeper更深 into the blue藍色,
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這樣當我向這片深藍潛得更深,
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the pressure壓力 slowly慢慢地 starts啟動
to squeeze my lungs.
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水壓開始緩緩地擠壓我的肺部.
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And since以來 it's the amount of air空氣
in my lungs that makes品牌 me float浮動,
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並且, 因為就是肺部的空氣
讓我在水中漂浮,
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the farther更遠 down I go,
the more pressure壓力 there is on my lungs,
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所以我走得 越遠,
我的肺部受到的壓力也越大,
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the less air空氣 they contain包含
and the easier更輕鬆 it is for my body身體 to fall秋季.
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存儲的空氣也越少,
身體也能越早自然下降.
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And at one point,
around 35 or 40 meters down,
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在某一個點, 大概水下35-40米的時候,
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I don't even need to swim游泳.
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我甚至不需要游泳了.
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My body身體 is dense稠密 and heavy enough足夠
to fall秋季 into the depths深處 by itself本身,
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我的身體密度很高並且很重,
它自己就能像深處下降,
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and I enter輸入 what's called
the free自由 fall秋季 phase.
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我進入了所謂的
"自由下降時段".
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The free自由 fall秋季 phase
is the best最好 part部分 of the dive潛水.
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自由下降時段是潛水中最棒的部分.
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It's the reason原因 I still dive潛水.
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它是我現在仍然潛水的原因.
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Because it feels感覺 like
you're being存在 pulled down
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因為, 它就好像你被推著往下
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and you don't need to do anything.
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並且你什麼都不用做.
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I can go from 35 meters to 123 meters
without making製造 a single movement運動.
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我能一動不動地從水下35米潛到123米.
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I let myself be pulled by the depths深處,
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我讓自己被深處推著前進,
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and it feels感覺 like I'm flying飛行 underwater水下.
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那感覺就像我在水下飛行,
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It's truly an amazing驚人 feeling感覺 --
an extraordinary非凡 feeling感覺 of freedom自由.
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真的是令人驚異的感覺--
一種無法言說的自由.
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And so I slowly慢慢地 continue繼續
sliding滑動 to the bottom底部.
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我繼續滑向底部.
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40 meters down,
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下潛了40米,
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50 meters down,
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下潛了50米,
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and between之間 50 and 60 meters,
a second第二 physiological生理 response響應 kicks in.
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而在50米和60米之間時,
第二個生理反應出現了.
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My lungs reach達到 residual剩餘的 volume,
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我的肺到達了馀氣量,
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below下面 which哪一個 they're not supposed應該
to be compressed壓縮, in theory理論.
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理論上, 這些氣體量是不能被壓縮的,
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And this second第二 response響應
is called blood血液 shift轉移,
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第二個生理反應叫做blood shift.
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or "pulmonary肺的 erection勃起" in French法國.
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或者法語中叫做pulmonary erection.
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I prefer比較喜歡 "blood血液 shift轉移."
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我更喜歡說blood shift.
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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So blood血液 shift轉移 -- how does it work?
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所以blood shift--
它是如何作用的?
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The capillaries毛細血管 in the lungs
become成為 engorged充血 with blood血液 --
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肺部的毛細管變得充血--
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which哪一個 is caused造成 by the suction吸力 --
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這是由吸力產生的--
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so the lungs can harden硬化
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所以肺部會變硬
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and protect保護 the whole整個 chest胸部 cavity空穴
from being存在 crushed.
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來保護胸腔不被水壓跨.
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It prevents防止 the two walls牆壁
of the lungs from collapsing崩潰,
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它使肺部的兩道"牆"不被垮塌,
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from sticking癥結 together一起 and caving崩落 in.
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不會粘在一起然後坍塌.
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Thanks謝謝 to this phenomenon現象,
which哪一個 we also share分享 with marine海洋 mammals哺乳動物,
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幸虧這種現象--
也是我們和海生哺乳動物相同的特性--
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I'm able能夠 to continue繼續 with my dive潛水.
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我才能繼續我的潛泳.
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60, 70 meters down,
I keep falling落下, faster更快 and faster更快,
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下潛了六七十米,
我一直在下降, 越來越快,
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because the pressure壓力 is crushing破碎
my body身體 more and more.
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因為水的壓力越來越狠地擠壓我的身體.
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Below下面 80 meters,
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水下80米,
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the pressure壓力 becomes a lot stronger,
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壓力變得很強,
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and I start開始 to feel it physically物理.
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我開始察覺到了它.
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I really start開始 to feel the suffocation窒息.
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我開始真切地感到了窒息.
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You can see what it looks容貌 like --
not pretty漂亮 at all.
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你能看到那是什麼樣的--
一點也不好看.
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The diaphragm光圈 is completely全然 collapsed倒塌,
the rib肋骨 cage is squeezed擠壓 in,
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橫膈膜全部塌陷,
胸腔也被擠壓到裡面去了,
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and mentally精神上, there is something
going on as well.
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並且, 精神上, 也發生了一些不好的事情.
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You may可能 be thinking思維,
"This doesn't look enjoyable其樂融融.
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你或許會想,
"這樣可不舒服,
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How do you do it?"
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你該怎麼做呢?"
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If I relied on my earthly俗世的 reflexes反射 --
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如果我依賴我早期的反應--
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what do we do above以上 water
when there's a problem問題?
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當我們在水面上, 面對困難時,
我們會怎麼做?
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We resist, we go against反對 it.
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我們抵抗, 我們對它反著來.
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We fight鬥爭.
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我們與之鬥爭.
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Underwater水下, that doesn't work.
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在水下, 這些都沒用.
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If you try that underwater水下,
you might威力 tear眼淚 your lungs,
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如果你試過在水下這樣,
你可能會撕裂你的肺,
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spit up blood血液, develop發展 an edema浮腫
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噴血, 患上水腫
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and you'll你會 have to stop diving潛水
for a good amount of time.
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最後你為了能活下去
不得不停止潛水.
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So what you need to do, mentally精神上,
is to tell yourself你自己
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所以你需要做的只是在心理上,
告訴你自己
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that nature性質 and the elements分子
are stronger than you.
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自然環境遠遠比你強大.
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And so I let the water crush粉碎 me.
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所以就讓水來碾壓我吧.
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I accept接受 the pressure壓力 and go with it.
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我接受了那股壓力
並且與它協調.
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At this point, my body身體
receives收到 this information信息,
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在這時, 我的身體接受了這個信息,
07:50
and my lungs start開始 relaxing放鬆.
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我的肺部開始放鬆.
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I relinquish放棄 all control控制,
and relax放鬆 completely全然.
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我放棄了所有的控制權,
完全地放鬆了.
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The pressure壓力 starts啟動 crushing破碎 me,
and it doesn't feel bad at all.
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水的壓力開始碾壓我,
它絲毫不受影響.
07:59
I even feel like
I'm in a cocoon, protected保護.
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我甚至感覺
我在一個繭中, 被保護著.
08:03
And the dive潛水 continues繼續.
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繼續下潛.
08:05
80, 85 meters down,
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下潛80, 85米,
08:07
90,
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90米,
08:08
100.
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100米,
08:09
100 meters -- the magic魔法 number.
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100--一個神奇的數字.
08:13
In every一切 sport運動, it's a magic魔法 number.
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在每項體育運動中, 它是一個神奇的數字.
08:14
For swimmers游泳 and athletes運動員
and also for us, free自由 divers潛水員,
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對於游泳者, 運動員
以及我們這些自由潛泳者來說,
08:17
it's a number everyone大家 dreams of.
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這是一個每個人都夢想著突破的數字.
08:19
Everyone大家 wishes祝福 one day
to be able能夠 to get to 100 meters.
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每個人都夢想著有一天能夠到達100米.
08:22
And it's a symbolic象徵 number for us,
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它對我們來說是一個象徵性的數字,
08:24
because in the 1970s,
doctors醫生 and physiologists生理學家 did their math數學,
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因為在1970年代,
醫生和生理學家通過計算,
08:28
and predicted預料到的 that the human人的 body身體
would not be able能夠 to go below下面 100 meters.
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預言人類身體不能
潛入水下100米.
08:33
Below下面 that, they said,
the human人的 body身體 would implode.
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一旦如此, 他們說,
人類身體便會內爆.
08:36
And then the Frenchman法國人, Jacques雅克· Mayol馬約爾 --
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然後法國人, Jacques Mayol--
08:38
you all know him as the hero英雄
in "The Big Blue藍色" --
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你們都知道在電影The Big Blue中
作為英雄的他--
08:41
came來了 along沿 and dived跳水 down to 100 meters.
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他出現了, 並且在水中向下潛了100米.
08:44
He even reached到達 105 meters.
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他甚至達到了105米.
08:46
At that time, he was doing "no limits範圍."
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在那個時候,
他做的是"no limits(一種自由潛水項目)"
08:48
He'd他會 use weights權重 to descend降落 faster更快
and come back up with a balloon氣球,
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他會用重量來更快地下潛
並且帶一隻氣球回到水面.
08:51
just like in the movie電影.
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就像在電影中的一樣.
08:52
Today今天, we go down 200 meters
in no limit限制 free自由 diving潛水.
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今天, 我們在no limits潛水中
下潛到200米.
08:55
I can do 123 meters
by simply只是 using運用 muscle肌肉 strength強度.
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我能僅僅通過肌肉強度
來抵抗水壓下潛到123米.
08:58
And in a way, it's all thanks謝謝 to him,
because he challenged挑戰 known已知 facts事實,
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這樣來說, 全部都要感謝他,
因為他質疑了眾所周知的"事實",
09:01
and with a sweep of his hand,
got rid擺脫 of the theoretical理論 beliefs信仰
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並且靠他自己的努力,
消除了一些理論上的"信條"
09:06
and all the mental心理 limits範圍
that we like to impose強加 on ourselves我們自己.
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以及所有的心理上的自我限制.
09:09
He showed顯示 us that the human人的 body身體
has an infinite無窮 ability能力 to adapt適應.
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他向我們展示了人類身體對
於適應環境有著無窮的能力.
09:13
So I carry攜帶 on with my dive潛水.
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我繼續我的下潛.
09:15
105, 110, 115.
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105, 110, 115米.
09:17
The bottom底部 is getting得到 closer接近.
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底部越來越近了.
09:18
120,
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120米,
09:20
123 meters.
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123米.
09:21
I'm at the bottom底部.
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我到底部了.
09:22
And now, I'd like to ask you to join加入 me
and put yourself你自己 in my place地點.
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現在, 我邀請你, 和我一起,
並且想像你正在我的位置上.
09:26
Close your eyes眼睛.
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閉上眼睛.
09:28
Imagine想像 you get to 123 meters.
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想像你到了水下123米.
09:33
The surface表面 is far, far away.
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水面離你很遠, 很遠.
09:36
You're alone單獨.
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你是孤獨的.
09:39
There's hardly幾乎不 any light.
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這裡幾乎沒有任何光亮.
09:42
It's cold --
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這裡很冷--
09:43
freezing冷凍 cold.
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刺骨的冷.
09:44
The pressure壓力 is crushing破碎 you completely全然 --
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水壓快把你壓碎了--
09:47
13 times stronger than on the surface表面.
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比在水邊上的壓力強13倍.
09:50
And I know what you're thinking思維:
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我知道你在想什麼:
09:52
"This is horrible可怕.
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"這太可怕了.
09:54
What the hell地獄 am I doing here?
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我在到底這裡做什麼"
09:56
He's insane."
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他肯定是瘋了."
09:58
But no.
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但是: 不.
10:00
That's not what I think
when I'm down there.
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這不是我在水下那麼深的時候想的東西.
10:02
When I'm at the bottom底部, I feel good.
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當我在底部的時候, 我感覺很好.
10:04
I get this extraordinary非凡
feeling感覺 of well-being福利.
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我感受到了一種
言語無法表達的康樂的感覺.
10:06
Maybe it's because I've completely全然
released發布 all tensions緊張
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或許是因為我完全放鬆了所有的緊張, 壓力
10:09
and let myself go.
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放開自己.
10:11
I feel great, without the need to breathe呼吸.
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我感覺好極了, 不需要呼吸.
10:17
Although雖然, you'd agree同意,
I should be worried擔心.
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肅然, 你會認為, 我應該感到擔憂.
10:21
I feel like a tiny dot,
a little drop下降 of water,
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我像一個小點,
一滴水珠,
10:24
floating漂浮的 in the middle中間 of the ocean海洋.
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在海洋中漂浮.
10:26
And each time, I picture圖片 the same相同 image圖片.
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每一次, 我想到同一幅圖.
10:29
[The Pale蒼白 Blue藍色 Dot]
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(圖片:暗淡的藍點)
10:32
It's that small dot
the arrow箭頭 is pointing指點 to.
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就是那個箭頭指向的小點.
10:34
Do you know what it is?
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你知道那是什麼嗎?
10:37
It's planet行星 Earth地球.
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它是地球.
10:39
Planet行星 Earth地球, photographed拍照
by the Voyager航海家 probe探測,
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地球, 被旅行者號探測器拍攝的照片.
10:42
from 4 billion十億 kilometers公里 away.
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從四十億千米外拍攝.
10:44
And it shows節目 that our home
is that small dot over there,
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這展現了我們的家園就是那個小點,
10:48
floating漂浮的 in the middle中間 of nothing.
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在虛無中漂浮.
10:50
That's how I feel
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這就是我的感受.
10:52
when I'm at the bottom底部, at 123 meters.
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當我在水底, 水下123米,
10:54
I feel like a small dot,
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我像一個小點,
10:55
a speck斑點 of dust灰塵, stardust星塵,
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一粒塵埃, 星塵
10:58
floating漂浮的 in the middle中間 of the cosmos宇宙,
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在宇宙中漂浮,
11:00
in the middle中間 of nothing,
in the immensity廣袤 of space空間.
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在虛無中漂浮.
在廣袤的空間中漂浮.
11:03
It's a fascinating迷人 sensation感覺,
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這是一種迷人的感覺,
11:04
because when I look up, down,
left, right, in front面前, behind背後,
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因為當我向上看, 向下看,
向左, 向右, 向前, 向後,
11:08
I see the same相同 thing:
the infinite無窮 deep blue藍色.
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我看到的是同一事物:
無限的深藍.
11:12
Nowhere無處 else其他 on Earth地球
you can experience經驗 this --
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地球沒有哪個地方
能讓你體驗這個了--
11:15
looking all around you,
and seeing眼看 the same相同 thing.
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向你周圍看,
看到的是同一事物.
11:18
It's extraordinary非凡.
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這是令人驚異的.
11:20
And at that moment時刻,
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在那個時刻,
11:22
I still get that feeling感覺 each time,
building建造 up inside of me --
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我仍然每次都有相同的感覺,
它在我的內心已根深蒂固--
11:25
the feeling感覺 of humility謙遜.
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謙卑的感覺.
11:28
Looking at this picture圖片,
I feel very humble謙卑 --
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看看這張圖片
我感覺非常卑微--
11:31
just like when I'm all the way
down at the bottom底部 --
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就像我一路向下
到達底部時--
11:34
because I'm nothing,
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因為我很微小,
11:35
I'm a little speck斑點 of nothingness虛無
lost丟失 in all of time and space空間.
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我微若無物,
在時間和空間裡迷失.
11:39
And it still is absolutely絕對 fascinating迷人.
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但這也是非常迷人的.
11:42
I decide決定 to go back to the surface表面,
because this is not where I belong屬於.
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我決定回到水面,
因為這裡不是我屬於的地方.
11:46
I belong屬於 up there, on the surface表面.
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我屬於哪裡, 水面上.
11:48
So I start開始 heading標題 back up.
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所以我開始返回.
11:52
I get something of a shock休克
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我總是被震驚到
11:56
at the very moment時刻 when I decide決定 to go up.
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在每一個我決定回去的瞬間.
11:58
First, because it takes a huge巨大 effort功夫
to tear眼淚 yourself你自己 away from the bottom底部.
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最初, 因為把你自己扯離水底是需要巨大努力的.
12:02
It pulled you down on the way in,
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它在你下潛的過程中往下推你,
12:05
and will do the same相同 on the way up.
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在你上升過程中也會這樣.
12:07
You have to swim游泳 twice兩次 as hard.
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你游泳時必須付出兩倍的努力.
12:10
Then, I'm hit擊中 with another另一個
phenomenon現象 known已知 as narcosis麻醉.
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接下來, 我又經歷了另一個現象,
就是昏迷狀態.
12:13
I don't know if you've heard聽說 of that.
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我不知道你們是否聽說過這個.
12:15
It's called nitrogen narcosis麻醉.
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它被叫做氮麻醉.
12:17
It's something that happens發生
to scuba水肺 divers潛水員,
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這是發生在水肺潛水員身上的事.
12:19
but it can happen發生 to free自由 divers潛水員.
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但是也能發生在自由潛泳者身上.
12:21
It's caused造成 by nitrogen
dissolving溶解 in the blood血液,
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它是由血液中溶解的氮氣引起的,
12:24
which哪一個 causes原因 confusion混亂
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它能造成在有意識
和無意識的混淆.
12:26
between之間 the conscious意識
and unconscious無意識 mind心神.
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它能造成在有意識
和無意識之間的混淆.
12:30
A flurry慌張 of thoughts思念 goes spinning紡織
through通過 your head.
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一道道思緒劃過心中.
12:34
You can't control控制 them,
and you shouldn't不能 try to --
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你無法控制它,
你也不該去控制它--
12:37
you have to let it happen發生.
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你應該隨其自然.
12:39
The more you try to control控制 it,
the harder更難 it is to manage管理.
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你越想控制它,
解決問題就越難.
12:43
Then, a third第三 thing happens發生:
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接下來, 發生了第三件事:
12:44
the desire慾望 to breathe呼吸.
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呼吸的慾望.
12:46
I'm not a fish, I'm a human人的 being存在,
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我不是一條魚, 我是人類,
12:48
and the desire慾望 to breathe呼吸
reminds提醒 me of that fact事實.
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想呼吸的慾望
也提醒了我這一點.
12:51
Around 60, 70 meters,
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差不多60, 70米,
12:55
you start開始 to feel the need to breathe呼吸.
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你開始感覺到你需要呼吸.
12:59
And with everything else其他 that's going on,
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再加上其他的正在發生的一些事情,
13:02
you can very easily容易 lose失去 your ground地面
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你很容易失了分寸,
13:05
and start開始 to panic恐慌.
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開始恐慌.
13:07
When that happens發生, you think,
"Where's哪裡 the surface表面?
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那一切發生的時候, 你會想,
"地面在哪兒?
13:10
I want to go up. I want to breathe呼吸 now."
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我想上去, 我現在非常想呼吸."
13:12
You should not do that.
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你不應該這樣做.
13:13
Never look up to the surface表面 --
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絕對不要往上看--
13:15
not with your eyes眼睛, or your mind心神.
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眼睛不要, 心裡也不要.
13:19
You should never
picture圖片 yourself你自己 up there.
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你絕不應該想像你在水面上.
13:21
You have to stay in the present當下.
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你應該安於現狀.
13:23
I look at the rope right in front面前 of me,
leading領導 me back to the surface表面.
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我看著眼前的這根繩子,
它指引著我回到水面.
13:28
And I focus焦點 on that,
on the present當下 moment時刻.
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我把精神集中在它上面,
就現在.
13:31
Because if I think
about the surface表面, I panic恐慌.
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因為如果我想著水面,
我會慌張.
13:34
And if I panic恐慌, it's over.
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如果我慌張了,
一切都完了.
13:36
Time goes faster更快 this way.
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現在這樣做
會讓時間會過得更快.
13:39
And at 30 meters: deliverance救出.
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就在水下30米時: 有人會來幫助我.
13:41
I'm not alone單獨 any more.
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我不再孤獨.
13:42
The safety安全 divers潛水員,
my guardian監護人 angels天使, join加入 me.
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安全潛水員,
我的保護天使, 和我一起了.
13:46
They leave離開 the surface表面,
we meet遇到 at 30 meters,
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他們離開水面,
我們在水下30米碰頭,
13:48
and they escort護送 me
for the final最後 few少數 meters,
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他們在最後幾米的旅程護送我,
13:50
where potential潛在 problems問題 could arise出現.
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那也是一些隱藏的問題可能發生的時刻.
13:53
Every一切 time I see them, I think to myself,
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每次我看見他們, 我對自己說:
13:57
"It's thanks謝謝 to you."
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"感謝你們."
13:58
It's thanks謝謝 to them,
my team球隊, that I'm here.
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感謝他們,
我的團隊, 只有他們我才能在這裡.
14:00
It brings帶來 back the sense of humility謙遜.
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這又勾起了那股謙卑之感.
14:03
Without沒有 my team球隊, without all
the people around me,
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沒有了我的團隊,
沒有了我身邊的人,
14:07
the adventure冒險 into the deep
would be impossible不可能.
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這通往水下深處的旅程
將會是子虛烏有.
14:09
A journey旅程 into the deep
is above以上 all a group effort功夫.
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這通往深處的旅程
是在建立在眾人的努力之上的.
14:13
So I'm happy快樂 to finish
my journey旅程 with them,
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所以我很高興
能同他們一起結束這趟旅程,
14:15
because I wouldn't不會 be here
if it weren't for them.
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因為如果沒有他們,
我將不會在這裡.
14:18
20 meters, 10 meters,
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20米, 10米,
14:19
my lungs slowly慢慢地 return返回
to their normal正常 volume.
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我的肺部逐漸恢復了正常的容積.
14:22
Buoyancy浮力 pushes me up to the surface表面.
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浮力把我推向水面.
14:24
Five meters below下面 the surface表面,
I start開始 to breathe呼吸 out,
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水下五米時,
我開始呼氣,
14:27
so that as soon不久 as I get
to the surface表面 all I do is breathe呼吸 in.
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一回到水面
我就竭盡所能吸氣.
14:31
And so I arrive到達 at the surface表面.
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所以我回到了水面.
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(Breathing呼吸 in)
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(吸氣)
14:39
Air空氣 floods洪水 into my lungs.
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空氣湧入我的肺.
14:41
It's like being存在 born天生 again, a relief浮雕.
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那感覺就像重生了一般,
解脫了.
14:44
It feels感覺 good.
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感覺妙極了.
14:46
Though雖然 the journey旅程 was extraordinary非凡,
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雖然旅程那麼非凡,
14:47
I do need to feel those small
oxygen molecules分子 fueling加油 my body身體.
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我還是需要這些小小的
氧氣分子使我的身體煥發活力.
14:52
It's an extraordinary非凡 sensation感覺,
but at the same相同 time it's traumatizing創傷.
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這是一種奇特的感覺,
同時也很痛苦.
14:55
It's a shock休克 to the system系統,
as you can you imagine想像.
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那對身體是一個衝擊,
你也能想像.
14:58
I go from complete完成 darkness黑暗
to the light of day,
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我從完全的黑暗
看到白天的陽光,
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from the near-silence近沉默 of the depths深處
to the commotion騷動 up top最佳.
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從近乎無聲的深處
到喧囂的水面.
15:06
In terms條款 of touch觸摸, I go from the soft柔軟的,
velvety天鵝絨般的 feeling感覺 of the water,
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在觸覺上, 我從圓潤輕柔的水,
15:10
to air空氣 rubbing across橫過 my face面對.
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到摩擦著我的臉頰的空氣.
15:13
In terms條款 of smell,
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從味覺上,
15:16
there is air空氣 rushing into my lungs.
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有空氣衝過我的肺.
15:18
And in return返回, my lungs open打開 up.
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於此同時, 我的肺打開了.
15:21
They were completely全然 squashed壓扁
just 90 seconds ago,
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它們在90秒前是完全壓扁的,
15:23
and now, they've他們已經 opened打開 up again.
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現在, 它們又打開了.
15:25
So all of this affects影響
quite相當 a lot of things.
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所有的這些
相當瑣碎複雜.
15:29
I need a few少數 seconds to come back,
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我需要幾秒鐘來恢復,
15:31
and to feel "all there" again.
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找到"一切良好"的感覺.
15:33
But that needs需求 to happen發生 quickly很快,
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但我需要快點,
15:35
because the judges法官 are there
to verify校驗 my performance性能;
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因為裁判在那裡,
觀察我的表現:
15:38
I need to show顯示 them
I'm in perfect完善 physical物理 condition條件.
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我需要向他們展示
我狀態很好.
15:40
You saw in the video視頻,
I was doing a so-called所謂 exit出口 protocol協議.
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你在視頻裡也看到了,
我正在做所謂的"exit protocol".
15:43
Once一旦 at the surface表面, I have 15 seconds
to take off my nose鼻子 clip,
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一旦到達水面,
我只有15秒鐘來摘下鼻夾,
15:48
give this signal信號 and say
(English英語) "I am OK."
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做出這個手勢並且說:
"I am OK(我很好)."
15:51
Plus, you need to be bilingual雙語.
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另外, 我需要說兩種語言.
15:53
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
15:54
On top最佳 of everything --
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最重要的--
15:56
that's not very nice不錯.
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那感覺並不好.
15:58
Once一旦 the protocol協議 is completed完成,
the judges法官 show顯示 me a white白色 card,
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一旦協議達成,
裁判向我展示一張白牌,
16:02
and that's when the joy喜悅 starts啟動.
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樂趣就開始了.
16:04
I can finally最後 celebrate慶祝
what has just happened發生.
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我終於能慶祝一下
剛剛發生的事了.
16:07
So, the journey旅程 I've just described描述 to you
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所以, 我剛剛向你描述的旅程
16:10
is a more extreme極端 version of free自由 diving潛水.
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比自由潛泳更加極端.
16:13
Luckily, it's far from just that.
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幸運的是, 它海遠不止我所描述的那樣.
16:16
For the past過去 few少數 years年份,
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過去幾年,
16:17
I've been trying to show顯示
another另一個 side of free自由 diving潛水,
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我一直在嘗試
去展示自由潛泳的另一面.
16:20
because the media媒體 mainly主要 talks會談
about competitions比賽 and records記錄.
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因為媒體總是只談論關於它的比賽, 記錄等等.
16:23
But free自由 diving潛水 is more than just that.
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但是自由潛泳遠不止如此.
16:25
It's about being存在 at ease緩解 in the water.
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它是在水中的無比舒適與完全放鬆.
16:27
It's extremely非常 beautiful美麗,
very poetic詩意 and artistic藝術的.
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它非常美麗, 詩意, 具有藝術性.
16:30
So my wife妻子 and I decided決定 to film電影 it
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所以我和我的妻子決定拍攝它
16:32
and try to show顯示 another另一個 side of it,
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嘗試去展示它的另一面,
16:35
mostly大多 to make people want
to go into the water.
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主要是讓更多的人想一睹水下風采.
16:38
Let me show顯示 you some images圖片
to finish my story故事.
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讓我展示幾張圖片來結束我的故事.
16:43
It's a mix混合 of beautiful美麗 underwater水下 photos相片.
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一系列水下風貌的照片.
16:46
(Music音樂)
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(音樂)
16:47
I'd like you to know that if one day
you try to stop breathing呼吸,
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我希望有一天當你嘗試停止呼吸時,
能了解那種感覺,
16:52
you'll你會 realize實現 that
when you stop breathing呼吸,
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你會意識到當你停止呼吸時
16:54
you stop thinking思維, too.
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你也會停止思考.
16:57
It calms鎮定 your mind心神.
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它使你冷靜.
16:59
Today今天, in the 21stST century世紀,
we're under so much pressure壓力.
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今天, 在這21世紀,
我們承受了太多壓力.
17:03
Our minds頭腦 are overworked,
we think at a million百萬 miles英里 an hour小時,
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我們的思想都"負載"了,
我們時時刻刻都有著萬千思緒,
17:06
we're always stressed強調.
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我們總是有壓迫感.
17:08
Being存在 able能夠 to free自由 dive潛水
lets讓我們 you, just for a moment時刻,
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自由潛泳會讓你,
就那麼一小會兒,
17:11
relax放鬆 your mind心神.
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得到心靈的放鬆.
17:13
Holding保持 your breath呼吸 underwater水下
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在水下屏住呼吸
17:15
means手段 giving yourself你自己 the chance機會
to experience經驗 weightlessness失重.
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意味著給你一個機會
來體驗身輕如燕的感覺.
17:19
It means手段 being存在 underwater水下, floating漂浮的,
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它意味著在水下, 漂浮著,
17:22
with your body身體 completely全然 relaxed輕鬆,
letting出租 go of all your tensions緊張.
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你的身體完全地放輕鬆,
忘卻所有的束縛.
17:26
This is our plight困境 in the 21stST century世紀:
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這是我們在21世紀的窘境:
17:28
our backs hurt傷害, our necks脖子 hurt傷害,
everything hurts傷害,
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我們腰酸, 背痛,
腿抽筋, 十分不適,
17:30
because we're stressed強調
and tense緊張 all the time.
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因為我們有壓力,
而且時刻保持警惕.
17:32
But when you're in the water,
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但當你在水中時,
17:34
you let yourself你自己 float浮動,
as if you were in space空間.
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你讓自己漂浮,
就像你在太空中一樣.
17:37
You let yourself你自己 go completely全然.
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你完全放開了自己.
17:38
It's an extraordinary非凡 feeling感覺.
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這是一種令人驚奇的感覺.
17:40
You can finally最後 get in touch觸摸
with your body身體, mind心神 and spirit精神.
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你終於能觸摸到你的身體, 思想, 和心靈.
17:46
Everything feels感覺 better, all at once一旦.
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那一剎, 感覺如臨仙境.
17:49
Learning學習 how to free自由 dive潛水 is also
about learning學習 to breathe呼吸 correctly正確地.
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學習如何自由潛泳也關乎學習如何正確地呼吸.
17:54
We breathe呼吸 with our first breath呼吸
at birth分娩, up until直到 our last one.
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我們從出生時的第一口開始呼吸,
直到斷氣.
17:59
Breathing呼吸 gives rhythm韻律 to our lives生活.
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呼吸給了我們生命的節奏.
18:02
Learning學習 how to breathe呼吸 better
is learning學習 how to live生活 better.
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學會如何更好地呼吸也就是
學會如何更好地生活.
18:06
Holding保持 your breath呼吸 in the sea,
not necessarily一定 at 100 meters,
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在海中屏住呼吸,
不需要到海下100米,
18:09
but maybe at two or three,
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也許兩三米就夠了,
18:11
putting on your goggles風鏡,
a pair of flippers蛙鞋,
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帶上護目鏡,
一雙人造蹼,
18:13
means手段 you can go see another另一個 world世界,
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意味著你能去看看另外一個世界,
18:15
another另一個 universe宇宙, completely全然 magical神奇.
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另外一個宇宙, 如魔法般神奇.
18:17
You can see little fish, seaweed海草,
the flora植物群 and fauna動物區系,
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你能看到小魚, 海草,
植物群和動物群,
18:20
you can watch it all discreetly謹慎,
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你能默默地看著它們,
18:22
sliding滑動 underwater水下, looking around,
and coming未來 back to the surface表面,
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在水下游動, 向四周看,
再來到水面,
18:26
leaving離開 no trace跟踪.
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不留痕跡.
18:28
It's an amazing驚人 feeling感覺
to become成為 one with nature性質 like that.
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像這樣, 成為自然的一部分,
是一種令人驚異的感覺.
18:33
And if I may可能 say one more thing,
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如果我可以多說一句,
那就是,
18:36
holding保持 your breath呼吸, being存在 in the water,
finding發現 this underwater水下 world世界 --
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屏住呼吸, 在水下,
探索這水下的世界--
18:41
it's all about connecting with yourself你自己.
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這一切都是接近自我.
18:43
You heard聽說 me talk a lot
about the body's身體的 memory記憶
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你聽過我大談特談
身體的記憶--
18:48
that dates日期 back millions百萬 of years年份,
to our marine海洋 origins起源.
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那是幾百萬年前,
海洋母親懷裡的我們.
18:51
The day you get back into the water,
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你跳入水中的那一刻,
18:54
when you hold保持 your breath呼吸
for a few少數 seconds,
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當你屏住呼吸, 就幾秒--
18:56
you will reconnect重新連接 with those origins起源.
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你會接近
我們的起源.
19:00
And I guarantee保證
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我保證
19:01
it's absolute絕對 magic魔法.
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那絕對如魔法般神奇.
19:03
I encourage鼓勵 you to try it out.
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我鼓勵你去嘗試一下.
19:04
Thank you.
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謝謝你們.
19:05
(Applause掌聲)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Guillaume Néry - World champion freediver
With just one breath, Guillaume Néry can dive to -125m below the water's surface.

Why you should listen

Guillaume Néry is a French freediving champion, specializing in deep diving. As a multiple world record holder and the double reigning world champion, Guillaume's goals go well beyond the simple realm of sport. With a perfect combination of aesthetics, performance, films and exploration, Guillaume practices his discipline like an art form — it has become his way of life.

Guillaume grew up by the Mediterranean Sea, in Nice. As a child, he used to go diving every summer with his flippers and mask, accompanied by his father, to discover the wonders of the underwater world. At the age of 14, he and a friend took up a challenge: to hold their breath for as long as possible. The simple game became an obsession and led him one day to meet Claude Chapuis, the founder of the international AIDA federation (Worldwide Federation for breath-hold diving). Claude became Guillaume’s mentor.

True to the Nice school of diving, Guillaume devoted all his time and energy to his passion. He made huge progress when working alongside Loic Leferme (5x No-Limits world record holder), who later became a role model, guide and close friend.

In 2002, he became the youngest ever freedive record holder, by diving to a depth of -87m using the force of his fins alone. That marked the beginning of a great adventure. Guillaume then beat the world record 3 times, became the world team champion in 2008 and the individual world champion in Greece in 2011, diving down to -117m. Nowadays, he dives until -125m of depth, the new French record

Guillaume also teaches deep diving at his school, CIPA (in Nice), conducts training, is involved in business life and sets sail across the world's oceans searching for new areas to explore.

However, it was thanks to the film he produced in 2010 with his partner Julie Gautier, Free Fall, that the Frenchman's career truly took off. One scene shows Guillaume walking on a seabed, towards an underwater chasm: the Deans Blue Hole (Bahamas), the deepest blue hole in the world. Suddenly, he jumps into emptiness and starts his free fall into the chasm. In just a few days, these images had been seen all around the world, revealing a new, artistic and poetic approach to freediving.

Since then, the couple has carried out a number of other film projects, including Narcoses or, recently, Ocean Gravity. They also launched their own website dedicated to all their creations: www.lesfilmsengloutis.com

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