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Professor Sahakian found the drug had
萨哈金教授发现这种药物
also boosted levels of chemical messengers in healthy brains,
也可以提高健康大脑内化学递质的水平
increasing their concentration levels too.
进而也提高他们的专注性
We were a bit surprised that
我们有一些惊讶于
in healthy people you could boost cognition.
它也可以提高健康人的认知能力
It reveals ADHD is not a black and white disorder.
这表明 注意力不集中症状并不绝对
It's a spectrum, a spectrum we are all on.
它只是个范围 人人都可能有点
Some people are very impulsive,
有些人很冲动
other people are not impulsive at all.
有些人却一点也不
I think we all know friends of
我想我们都认识这样一些朋友
ours who might do something that we wouldn't do
他们会做出我们不会做的事情
and then it's a question of if we go
只要我们将范围扩大
further up that spectrum, that we may start to find somebody
我们就会开始发现
who is actually not functioning very well
有些人并不是很健康
because their impulsive behaviour or their lack of attention
因为他们的行为冲动或缺乏注意力
is very bad and therefore they do actually need a treatment.
是不好的表现 他们亟需治疗
This potential to make us all cleverer
这种使人变聪明的潜在可能性
opens an ethical minefield.
引发一场道德上的争论

重点解释

We were a bit surprised that我们有一些惊讶于

a bit 有点儿,一点,少量

Don't you think the radio's a bit loud?

你觉得收音机的声音是不是太吵了点？

Your copy of the dictionary is looking a bit the worse for wear.

你这本词典看来有点儿太旧了。

other people are not impulsive at all有些人却一点也不

at all完全； 根本

It's not at all that bad.

这根本没有那么坏。

I'm not at all sure, actually.

实际上我根本不能肯定。

and then it's a question of if we go further up that spectrum只要我们将范围扩大我们就会开始发现

go further更进一步

We need to go further into the cause of the loss.

我们尚需进一步调查货物丢失的原因。