As we learned about how humans operate we could start to design machines that would help humans when they weren't functioning properly.

当我们了解了机体如何运作,就可以设计出器械,在人体某些部位功能失常时提供帮助

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In the normal case,I die when my body stops functioning, in terms of the body functions.

通常，我在身体停止运作时就死亡了，这说的是在生理功能停止。

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So this is another kind of engineering, an engineering not to look more closely at how humans work but an engineering to improve their function when it's failing.

这便是另一种工程技术,它并不研究人体运作原理,而是强化某部位的功能,如果这个部位失效了的话

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It's also about: how banks operate; what their function is in our society; and, why they are such important institutions that have gone back for hundreds of years and remain powerful, central features in our economy.

也会讲到,银行如何运作,银行在社会上的功能,以及为什么几百年来,银行依然在经济生活中拥有,重要的作用

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It functions for a while before the P-functioning begins.

在人格功能产生前就开始运作。

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Over here,it's no longer functioning.

这里，功能的运作就停止了。

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