1. The inner workings of our own brains we feel to be uniquely worthy of investigation,
    我们觉得，只有我们大脑内部的活动情况才值得研究，

2. To those of us who are immigrants, the bill seems simply to sanction a policy secretly implemented by U.S. industry for nearly four decades — namely, stealing brains from the third world.
    对我们这些移民来说，这一议案只不过是正式批准一项美国工业界已秘密地执行了近40年的政策而已——即从第三世界窃取人才的政策。

3. The brains of children in the study were scanned while being presented with a simple visual puzzle.
    研究中，给孩子们看一道简单的视觉难题，同时对其脑部进行扫描。

4. The boys of average ability and the gifted girls showed strong activity on both sides of their brains as they thought about the puzzle.
    智力一般的男孩与天资好的女孩在解题时脑子的两半球都活跃。

5. The only explanation she has is that male brains have a tendency to become more divided during development, with different functions located on one side of the brain or the other.
    惟一的解释就是：男性的大脑在发育过程中有分工更明确的趋势，大脑的两半球各有不同的功能。

6. Young brains may be especially able to boost brain power through exercise, suggested another of Greenough's experiments that showed the most significant changes in the brain occurred among rats that had been exercised when very young.
    据格里诺的另一组实验显示，年轻的大脑尤其能够通过运动来增强能力。这组实验表明，从小就锻炼的老鼠，其大脑的变化最为显著。

7. Yes, we do think with our hearts, brains, muscles, blood and bones.
    是的，我们的确是在用心、用脑、用肌肉、用血液和骨骼来思考。

8. But of course I cannot do so because I am a prisoner of the present-day world, just as all of you are. We cannot think outside the particular patterns that our brains are conditioned to, or, to be more accurate,
    不过我是做不到的，因为我和你们大家一样，是当今世界上的凡人。我们不能脱离我们大脑所限定的模式去思考问题，

9. Consequently, the brains of people who exercise may be better equipped to tackle mental challenges.
    因此，那些进行锻炼的人的大脑可能更有能力应付各种智力挑战。

10. It is not worth while to rack your brains over such a trifle.
    这样的小事不值得你伤脑筋。