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FawnQiu_2016S-_给少年儿童工程师的简易diy项目_
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| I design engineering projects for middle school and high school students, often using materials that are pretty unexpected . |
我为初中和高中学生 设计工程项目 经常使用令人意想不到的材料 |
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engineering:n.工程;工程学;v.密谋策划;设计制造;改变…的基因;(engineer的现在分词) middle school:n.初中;(英国为9到13岁儿童所设的)中间学校; unexpected:adj.意外的,想不到的;
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| My inspiration comes from problems in my daily life. |
我的灵感来源于日常生活中的问题 |
| For example, one time I needed a costume to go to a comic convention , but I didn't want to spend too much money, so I made my own ... |
例如 有一次,我需要一套服装去参加动漫大会 但是我不想花很多钱 所以我自己用会发光的皇冠和短裙 |
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costume:n.服装;装束;戏装,服装;v.给(某人)穿上特殊服装; convention:n.习俗;惯例;协定;常规;
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| with a light-up crown and skirt. |
做了一套 |
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crown:王冠
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| (Laughter) |
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| Another time, |
另一次 |
| I was devastated because my favorite mobile game, |
我非常沮丧 因为我最喜欢的手机游戏 |
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devastated:adj.不安的,混乱的,震惊的; v.彻底破坏; (devastate的过去分词和过去式) mobile:n.手机;汽车;移动电话;adj.活跃的;可动的;
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| Flappy Bird, was being taken off the app store. |
飞行的小鸟 要从应用商城下架了 |
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Flappy:adj.飞扬的;
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（笑声） |
| So I was faced with the dilemma to either never update my phone or never play Flappy Bird again. |
所以我进退两难 要不就不升级我的手机 |
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dilemma:n.困境;进退两难;两刀论法; update:vt.使现代化;更新;n.现代化;更新的信息;
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| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| Unhappy with both options , |
两个我都不愿意 |
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options:n.选择; v.得到或获准进行选择; (option的三单形式)
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| I did the only thing that made sense to me. |
所以我找到了一个很有意思的办法 |
| I made a physical version of Flappy Bird that could never be taken off the app store. |
我自己做了一个实体版本的Flappy Bird游戏, 它永远也不会从应用商城下架 |
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physical:adj.[物]物理的;身体的;物质的;符合自然法则的;n.体格检查;
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| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| (Music) |
（音乐） |
| (Beeping) |
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| (Music) |
或者一个大学的工程课 |
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（笑声） |
| So a few of my friends were also pretty addicted to the game, and I invited them to play as well. |
我也有几个朋友对这游戏上瘾 我邀请请他们一起来玩 |
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addicted:adj.上瘾的;上瘾;成瘾;有瘾;入迷;
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| (Video) Friend: Ah! |
（视频）朋友:啊！！！ |
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每套花费上百美金 |
| (Video) Friend: What the heck ? |
（视频）朋友:什么！？ |
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heck:n.(英口)同"hell",表示略微烦恼或吃惊;
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| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| And they told me that it was just as infuriating as the original game. |
他们告诉我这和原版游戏一样,很燃 |
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infuriating:adj.使人极为生气的;v.使极为生气;使大怒;(infuriate的现在分词) original:n.原件;原作;原物;原型;adj.原始的;最初的;独创的;新颖的;
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（笑声） |
| So I uploaded a demo of this project online, and to my surprise it went viral . |
所以我把这个产品的演示上传到网络 没想到它竟然火了 |
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uploaded:vt.上传; demo:v.试用(尤指软件);演示;示范;n.试样唱片;录音样带; viral:adj.滤过性毒菌引起的;滤过性毒菌的;
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| It had over two million views in just a few days. |
几天内就有了两百万的浏览量 |
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（笑声） |
| And what's more interesting are people's comments. |
更有趣的是人们的评论 |
| A lot of people wanted to make it their own, or asked me how it was made. |
很多人都想要自己制作 向我问制作的方法 |
| So this kind of confirmed my idea that through a creative project, we can teach people about engineering. |
这似乎证实了我的想法—通过一个有创意的项目, 我们能够让人们了解工程学 |
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creative:adj.创造性的;
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| With the money made from the viral video, we were able to let students in our classroom all make their own game in a box. |
用那段视频赚来的钱 我们开设了教室 让孩子们能够在盒子里制作自己的游戏 |
| Although it was pretty challenging, they learned a lot of new concepts in engineering and programming. |
即使这挺具有挑战性的 但他们学了很多工程和编程的新概念 |
| And they were all eager to learn so they could finish the game as well. |
他们很渴望学习,因为想要完成这个游戏 |
| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| So before Flappy Bird Box, |
在Flappy Bird盒子版之前, |
| I had the idea of using creative engineering projects to teach students. |
我就想过用有创意的工程项目去教导学生 |
| When I was teaching at a middle school, we asked our students to build a robot from a standard technology kit . |
当我在初中教书的时候 我们要求学生用一个标准工具套装制作一个机器人 |
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standard:n.标准;水准;旗;度量衡标准;adj.标准的;合规格的;公认为优秀的; technology:n.技术;工艺;术语; kit:v.装备;n.成套工具;配套元件;成套设备;全套衣服及装备;
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| And I noticed that a lot of them seemed bored . |
我发现他们很多人都觉得无聊 |
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bored:adj.无聊的;厌倦的;烦闷的;v.使厌烦;钻,凿,挖;(bore的过去分词和过去式)
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| Then a few of them started taking pieces of paper and decorating their robots. |
然后他们中的一些开始用纸 装饰他们的机器人 |
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decorating:v.装饰;装潢;粉刷;油漆;(decorate的现在分词)
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| And then more of them got into it, and they became more interested in the project. |
然后更多的学生参与进来 并且他们对项目更感兴趣了 |
| So I started looking for more creative ways to introduce technology to students. |
我开始寻找更有创造性的方式 来教给学生科技 |
| What I found was that most technology kits available in school look a little intimidating . |
我发现大多数学校的科技套装 看起来都有一些吓人 |
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kits:n.装备;小桶;锦囊(kit的复数); intimidating:adj.吓人的;令人胆怯的;v.恐吓;威胁;(intimidate的现在分词)
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| They're all made of plastic parts that you can't customize . |
他们都是由无法改装的的塑料部件构成 |
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customize:vt.定做,按客户具体要求制造;
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| On top of that, they're all very expensive, costing hundreds of dollars per kit. |
而且,它们非常昂贵 每套花费上百美金 |
| So that's certainly not very affordable for most classroom budgets . |
所以大多数教室都是承担不起的 |
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affordable:adj.负担得起的; budgets:n.[财政]预算(budget复数形式);v.为…做预算(budget的第三人称单数形式);
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| Since I didn't find anything, |
既然我找不到什么东西 |
| I decided to make something on my own. |
我决定自己做一些 |
| I started with paper and fabric . |
我从纸和布料开始 |
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fabric:n.织物;布料;(社会,机构等的)结构;
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| After all, we all played with those since we were kids, and they are also pretty cheap and can be found anywhere around the house. |
毕竟我们从小就和它们打交道 而且它们挺便宜的 还可以从家里找到它们 |
| And I prototyped a project where students can create a light-up creature using fabric and googly eyes. |
所以我创造了一个项目 学生能够制作一个发光的生物 使用布料和瞪大的眼睛 |
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prototyped:n.原型; (prototype的过去分词) creature:n.生物;动物;(具有某种特征的)人; googly:n.外曲线球(曲球的一种);adj.瞪视的;
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| They were all helping each other in classrooms, and were laughing and discussing the project. |
他们在教室里互相帮助 我们笑着一起讨论这个项目 |
| And most importantly , they were able to insert their own creativity into the project. |
最重要的是 他们都能够在项目中加入自己的创意 |
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And most importantly:最主要的是…;
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| So because of the success of this project, |
因为这个项目的成功 |
| I continued to create more engineering projects to challenge my students. |
我开发了更多工程项目 去挑战我的学生 |
| And I also started to take these workshops outside of school and into the community . |
我还开始把这些项目带到校外 带进社区 |
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workshops:n.工作坊,[工业]车间;研习会,讲习班(workshop的复数形式); community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体;
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| And something really interesting happened. |
一些很有趣的事情发生了— |
| I noticed a lot of people from very diverse backgrounds started coming to our workshops. |
我发现很多不同背景的人 开始参与这个项目 |
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diverse:adj.不同的;多种多样的;变化多的;
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| And specifically , there were a lot more women and minorities than I expected, and that you wouldn't usually see at a traditional engineering workshop. |
特别是 有比我预想更多女性和少数民族参与 这在传统工程项目中并不常见 |
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specifically:adv.特别地;明确地; minorities:n.少数(minority的复数形式);少数民族;少数族裔; traditional:传统的,惯例的,
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| Now take a look at this employee report at a major technology company in 2016. |
现在看看2016年大型科技公司的雇员报告 |
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take a look at:看一看;检查;
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| Women make up only 19 percent of the technology workforce . |
女性只占技术人员的19% |
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workforce:n.劳动大军;全体员工;
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| And underrepresented minorities make up only four percent. |
少数民族（URM）只有4% |
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underrepresented:adj.代表名额不足的;未被充分代表的;
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| This statistic might look familiar if you walked into a high school robotics club, or a college engineering class. |
这个数据看起来可能很熟悉 当你走进一个高中机器人俱乐部 或者一个大学的工程课 |
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statistic:n.统计学;统计数字;统计资料;(一项)统计数据;adj.统计(上)的; familiar:adj.熟悉的;常见的;亲近的;n.常客;密友; robotics:n.机器人学;
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| Now, there's a wide variety of problems that contribute to the lack of diversity in the technology force. |
很多问题造成了 科技人员缺少多样性 |
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variety:n.多样;种类;杂耍;变化,多样化; contribute to:有助于;捐献; diversity:n.差异(性):多样性:多样化:
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| Perhaps one solution could be to introduce technology to students through creative projects. |
可能一个解决方法是 通过创造性项目来把科技带给学生 |
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solution:n.解决方案;溶液;溶解;解答;
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| I'm not saying that this could solve everything, but it could introduce technology to people who originally wouldn't be interested in it because of how it has been portrayed and taught in school. |
我并不觉得这可以解决一切 但这可能会把科技带给 本不会对其感兴趣的人 因为他们在学校的时候科技课已经被教得并不令人感兴趣 |
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originally:adv.原来;起初; portrayed:v.描绘;描画;描写;表现;扮演(某角色)(portray的过去分词和过去式)
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| So how do we start to change the perception of technology? |
所以我们如何开始改变对科技的感观？ |
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perception:n.感知;知觉;看法;洞察力;
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| Most students think that it's boring or unwelcoming , so I have always designed projects following three principles . |
大多数学生认为工程是无聊和困难的 所以我一直依照这三条原理来设计项目 |
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boring:adj.无聊的;令人厌烦的;n.钻孔;v.使厌烦;钻孔;(bore的现在分词) unwelcoming:不受欢迎的;不亲切的; principles:n.原则;主义;本质;政策;(principle的复数)
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| First is having a low floor, and that means this project is easy to get started. |
一是低门槛 这意味着这个项目很好开始 |
| So take a look at this tutorial . |
看看这个教程 |
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tutorial:adj.辅导的;家庭教师的,个别指导的;n.个别指导;
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| The first project we asked students to learn is to make a circuit on paper. |
我们要求学生学习的第一个项目 是在纸上制作一条电路 |
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circuit:n.环行路线;电路;线路;巡回赛;v.巡回;周游;
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| As you can see , it doesn't take very long to learn, and it's pretty easy even for beginners . |
你能看到这花不了很多时间学会 对初学者来说也很简单。 |
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As you can see:正如你所看到的;你是知道的; beginners:n.初学者;生手;首创者(beginner的复数);
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| And having a low floor also means that we're removing the financial barrier that prevents people from completing a project. |
低门槛也意味着没有经济障碍, 让人们放弃一个项目 |
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financial:adj.金融的;财政的,财务的; barrier:n.屏障;障碍;障碍物;关口;v.用栅围住;
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| So with paper, copper tape, lightbulb and a battery , people can complete this project for under a dollar. |
所以用纸、铜胶带、灯泡和一个电池 人们能够在一美元以下完成这个项目 |
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copper:n.铜;铜币;警察;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的;v.用铜板[铜皮]盖[包]; battery:n.[电]电池,蓄电池;n.[法]殴打;n.[军]炮台,炮位;
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| So second principle is having a high ceiling. |
第二个原理是高质量 |
| This means that there's a lot of room to grow, and students are constantly being challenged. |
只这意味着成长空间很大 学生不断会被挑战 |
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constantly:adv.不断地;时常地;
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| At first it might just be a light-up creature, but then you can add sensors and microcontrollers , and start to program the creature to interact with its environment. |
刚开始可能只是一个会发光的生物 然后你就可以加入一些传感器和微控制器, 然后开始编程,让它能和环境互动 |
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sensors:n.[自]传感器,感应器;感测器(sensor的复数); microcontrollers:n.[自]微控制器(microcontroller的复数); interact:v.互相影响;互相作用;n.幕间剧;幕间休息;
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| (Laughter) |
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| And finally , the third principle is customization . |
最后 第三个原理是个性化 |
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finally:adv.终于;最终;(用于列举)最后;彻底地; customization:n.定制;[计]用户化;客制化服务;
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| This means that we can make this project relevant to anyone. |
这意味着我们可以让这个项目和每个人都有关 |
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relevant:adj.相关的;切题的;中肯的;有重大关系的;有意义的,目的明确的;
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| That's the beauty of using everyday materials; it's very easy to customize using paper and fabric. |
这就是使用日常材料的好处 用纸和布料来个性化很简单 |
| So even if you don't like Flappy Bird, you can still make your own game. |
所以即使你不喜欢飞行的小鸟 你也可以制作自己的游戏 |
| (Video) Student: So our game is about Justin Bieber, because he's been speeding, and the object is to prevent him from getting caught by the LAPD — |
（视频）学生:我们的游戏贾斯丁比伯有关 因为他一直开车超速 目标就是防止它被他被洛杉矶警察抓住 |
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| (Video) Student: Yeah, but he's changing so — we're a part of his posse . |
（视频）学生:但是他在改变 我们是他的粉丝 |
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posse:n.一队;民防团;地方武装团队;
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| (Laughter) |
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| Thank you. |
谢谢 |
| (Applause) |
（鼓掌） |