you'll be given a simple set of instructions for how you and your partner

我们会对你和你的伙伴做个简要说明
will fulfil the responsibilities associated with this station.

针对你们如何担负起这个岗位的责任
But first, a little history.

但是首先还是先来看看历史介绍吧
The Dharma Initiative was created in 1970

达摩启动计划是1970年首创的
and is the brainchild of Gerald and Karen DeGroot,

是Gerald和Karen Degroot智慧的结晶
two doctoral candidates at the University of Michigan.

他们是密西根大学两位博士候选人
Following in the footsteps of visionaries such as BF Skinner...

跟随着比如B.F.Skinner这样的梦想家的脚步
imagined a large-scale communal research compound

他们描绘了一幅大规模的公共研究情景
where

在那里
scientists and free-thinkers from around the globe could pursue research

全世界的科学家和自由思想家能够从事研究
in meteorology,

在气象学
psychology,

心理学