Ben Lamm (on de-extinction) | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

📅 2026-09-23 · Ben Lamm · 新集 · ▶ 影片 · 22 個學習點 · 4 題

生物科技談「帶回來」和「做一個像的」。練主張、棲地，以及誰要跟結果一起生活。

在 YouTube 播放，CC 可開英文字幕。建議先看「聽之前」，看完影片再做理解題。到 YouTube 開啟 ↗

🎯 聽之前

A biotech founder talks about bringing back traits of lost animals. Practice the English of science claims: what is possible, what is a metaphor, and what is a sales sentence.

Does "de-extinction" mean the same animal, or a modern animal with some old traits?
Which sentences are mechanisms, and which are hopes?
How does he handle the ethical objection?
Listen for hedges: could, not exactly, a proxy, someday.

💬 重點句 6

先讀英文，想一下意思，再點「翻譯」。按 🔊 聽一次，然後跟著唸。

Bringing a species back is not the same as building a lookalike with a few of its genes.

讓一個物種回來，不等於用它的幾個基因做一個看起來像的東西。
not the same as + 動名詞。a few of its genes。
A proxy is honest language. A resurrection is a poster.

「替代品」是誠實的說法。「復活」是海報。
兩個 A is B。proxy = 代替物。
If the habitat is gone, the animal is a guest with nowhere to stand.

如果棲地沒了，那隻動物就是一個沒地方站的客人。
If..., A is B。nowhere to stand。
Wonder is allowed. Wonder is not a substitute for a method.

驚奇可以有。驚奇不能代替方法。
兩個短句。a substitute for。
The ethical question is not "can you." It is "who lives with the result."

倫理問題不是「你能不能」。而是「誰要跟結果一起生活」。
not A. It is B. who lives with...。
A startup timeline and a biological timeline rarely agree.

新創的時間表和生物的時間表很少一致。
rarely agree。兩個 timeline 對比。

📚 單字 10

點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。

🗣️ 俚語與成語 6

a tall order 成語

a request that is very hard to fulfill · 很難辦到的要求

Restoring a habitat is a taller order than editing a cell.

get ahead of 片語動詞

to move faster than the evidence or the rules · 跑在⋯⋯前面

The marketing got ahead of the peer review.

on paper 成語

in theory, not yet in practice · 理論上、紙上

On paper the pathway is clear. In a forest it is not.

open a can of worms 成語

to start something that creates many new problems · 揭開一連串麻煩

Releasing a proxy animal could open a can of worms in the food web.

the real deal 俚語

the genuine thing, not an imitation · 真貨、貨真價實

Ask whether the result is the real deal or a cousin.

look before you leap 諺語

check the consequences before the dramatic step · 三思而後行

The proverb is the whole ethics paragraph in six words.

🧩 句型練習 3

讀完範例，用自己的事造一句。寫在筆記本或手機備忘錄裡，隔天回頭唸一次。

___ is not the same as ___.

⋯⋯不等於⋯⋯。把海報用語和技術用語分開。

Bringing a species back is not the same as building a lookalike.
A press release is not the same as a method.

✍️ Split two phrases you have seen in a science headline.

___ is allowed. ___ is not a substitute for ___.

⋯⋯可以有。⋯⋯不能代替⋯⋯。

Wonder is allowed. Wonder is not a substitute for a method.
Hope is allowed. Hope is not a substitute for a habitat.

✍️ Use it about a project you find exciting.

The question is not "___." It is "___."

問題不是「⋯⋯」。而是「⋯⋯」。把問題換一個主詞。

The question is not "can you." It is "who lives with the result."
The question is not "is it cool." It is "where does it stand."

✍️ Rewrite a tech question you have heard so the subject is the people affected.

✅ 理解題 4

看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。

What is the difference this lesson insists on?

Proxy versus resurrection is the vocabulary test.
What is a proxy?

The lesson prefers the honest word to the poster.
What does "on paper" mean?

Paper is the plan. The forest is the test.
What is the ethical question, here?

The subject of the question shifts from the founder to the neighbors.

💭 用英文想一想

挑一題，用英文寫 3 到 5 句，或對著手機錄一分鐘。不用完美，說出來最重要。

Rewrite a science headline you remember so a proxy is not called a resurrection.
What is one wonder you are allowed to feel, and the method question that has to follow it?
Who would live with the result of a technology you like? Name them.

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