Can I have your brain? The quest for truth on concussions and CTE
導語：
作者了解到不僅是腦震蕩，有一種稱為慢性創傷性或CTE的疾病存在。過去只知道是拳擊手的頭受到重擊而醺醉的現象。由於拳擊手頭部被多次擊中，會導致他們的大腦開始損壞及退化。他們會有一些症狀像記憶和認知問題、抑鬱、衝動控制問題，及侵略性。具體情況是怎樣呢？讓我們學習本文來一窺究竟。
文本製作與校對：成琳
音頻片段來源於同名TEDx演講
中英對照
I'm Chris Nowinski, and odds are if you've met me in the last five years I've asked you, after a few minutes, a bit of an odd question:Can I have your brain?
我是克裡斯·諾因斯基，如果你在過去的五年中曾遇見我，很有可能在我們交談幾分鐘後，我問了你一個怪問題：可以把你的大腦給我嗎？
odd [ɒd] n. 奇數；怪人；奇特的事物
adj. 奇數的；古怪的；剩餘的；臨時的；零散的
n. (Odd)人名；(英、西、挪、瑞典)奧德
mein [ˈmeɪn] 我的;物主代詞
Now, it only seems like a strange question if you don't know my story so please let me share it with you.
如果你不知道我的故事，那就看似是個怪問題，讓我與你們分享吧。
I grew up outside of Chicago, and I was an athlete and I was very lucky to get recruited to play football at Harvard University.So that's me.
我在芝加哥郊區長大，是一名運動員，我很幸運地被哈佛大學錄取踢足球。那就是我。
athlete [ˈæθliːt] n. 運動員;田徑運動員;擅長運動的人;健兒
recruit [rɪˈkruːt] v. 徵募，聘用；通過招募組建；補充；（非正式）說服；（使）恢復健康
n. 招聘；新兵；新成員
And then after graduating, like most Harvard graduates,I decided I wanted to join the WWE. So that's also me.
畢業後，像大多數哈佛畢業生一樣，我決定加入世界摔角娛樂圈。所以那也是我。
graduating v.獲得學位(尤指學士);大學畢業;畢業(尤指中學);授予(某人)學位(或畢業文憑等) graduate的現在分詞
Sure you remember me from Monday Night Raw in 2002 and 2003, and I had ablast playing what people affectionstely like tocall Chris Harvard, the Ivy League snob.
當然你還記得2002和2003年的Monday Night Raw，我造成極大的迴響，扮演大家喜愛的常春藤名校勢利鬼克裡斯·哈佛。
ablast [blɑːst] n. 爆炸；衝擊波；一陣
vt. 爆炸；損害；使枯萎
vi. 猛攻
affectionstely a.深情的
snob [snɒb] n. 勢力小人，勢利眼；假內行
It was perfect for me.But unfortunately,I got kicked in the head by my colleague Bubba RayDudley, and I suffered a severe concussion.
對我而言，那角色非常完美。但不幸的是，我的頭給拍擋布巴‧雷‧達德利的腳踢中了，我遭受嚴重的腦震蕩。
colleague [ˈkɒliːɡ] n.同事;同僚;同人
concussion [kənˈkʌʃn] n. 衝擊；震蕩；腦震蕩
And it led to what became permanent post-concussion symptoms:constant headaches, inability to sleep, depression, feeling in a fog.
導致永久性的腦震蕩症候群症狀：持續頭痛、難以入睡、抑鬱、感覺迷迷糊糊。
permanent [ˈpɜːmənənt] n. 燙髮（等於permanent wave）
constant [ˈkɒnstənt] adj.連續發生的;不斷的;重複的;不變的;固定的;恆定的
n.常數;常量
adj. 永久的，永恆的；不變的
inability [ˌɪnəˈbɪləti] n.無能;無力;不能
fog [fɒɡ] n. 霧；煙霧，塵霧；迷惑
vt. 使模糊；使困惑；以霧籠罩
vi. 被霧籠罩；變模糊
And in that first year,I tried to figure out how could I make this pain go away.And I wasn't getting the answers I needed from doctors,and so I started digging into the medical literature.
而在第一年裡，我試圖消除這痛苦，醫生沒給我需要的答案，所以我開始深入研究醫學文獻，發現了關於腦震蕩原先未知的完整事實。
digging [ˈdɪɡɪŋ] v.掘(地);鑿(洞);挖(土);掘得;(採)掘出;尋找，搜尋(物品)
dig的現在分詞
literature [ˈlɪtrətʃə(r)] n.文學;文學作品;(某學科的)文獻，著作，資料
And I found there's this whole story about concussions that we weren't really being told.So I decided to write a book about it,called "Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis"that came out in 2006.
所以我決定為此寫一本書，書名是《頭部遊戲：美式足球的腦震蕩危機》，在2006年出版。
But in that process, I learned it's not really just about concussions.I learned about a disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE.
但在寫作的過程中，我了解到不僅是腦震蕩而已，有一種稱為慢性創傷性或CTE的疾病存在。
chronic [ˈkrɒnɪk] adj. 慢性的；長期的；習慣性的
n.(Chronic)人名；(英)克羅尼克
traumatic [trɔːˈmætɪk] adj. （生理）外傷的
adj. （心理）創傷的
encephalopathy [enˌsefəˈlɒpəθi] n. [內科] 腦病
What we used to call punch-drunk, because we only knew about it from boxers.We knew that getting hit in the head too many times with boxers would cause their brain to essentially start to rot, todegenerate.
過去只知道是拳擊手的頭受到重擊而醺醉的現象。由於拳擊手頭部被多次擊中，會導致他們的大腦開始損壞及退化。
punch-drunk [ˈpʌntʃ drʌŋk] adj. 被打得頭暈眼花的；東倒西歪的
boxers [ˈbɒksəz] n.拳擊手;拳擊運動員;拳師狗 boxer的複數
essentially [ɪˈsenʃəli] adv.本質上;根本上;基本上
rot [rɒt] v.(使)腐爛，腐敗變質
n.腐爛;腐敗變質;形勢惡化;廢話;胡說
todegenerate v. 退化
And they'd have symptoms like memory problems and problems with cognition, depression,impulse control issues, aggression.
他們會有一些症狀像記憶和認知問題、抑鬱、衝動控制問題，及侵略性。
memory [ˈmeməri] n.記憶力;記性;記憶所及的時期;回憶所及的範圍;回憶;記憶
cognition [kɒɡˈnɪʃn] n．認知
depression [dɪˈpreʃn] n.抑鬱症;精神憂鬱;抑鬱;沮喪;消沉;蕭條期;經濟衰退;不景氣