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WilliamKamkwamba_2007G-_自制的风力发电机_
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| Chris Anderson: William, hi. Good to see you. |
克里斯 安德森:威廉,你好,很高兴见到你。 |
| William Kamkwamba: Thanks. |
威廉 凯门卡巴:谢谢。 |
| CA: So, we've got a picture, I think? Where is this? |
CA:那么,我想我们应该有一张图片吧？这是在哪？ |
| WK: This is my home. This is where I live. |
wk:这是我的家,我住的地方 |
| CA: Where? What country? |
CA:哪里呢？那个国家？ |
| WK: In Malawi , Kasungu. In Kasungu. Yeah. Mala. |
WK:在马拉维,卡森固。在卡森固,是的,马拉。 |
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Malawi:n.马拉维(非洲国家);
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| CA: OK. Now, you're 19 now? |
CA:好的,现在你19岁吗？ |
| WK: Yeah. I'm 19 years now. |
WK:是的,我现在19岁。 |
| CA: Five years ago you had an idea. What was that? |
CA:五年前,你有个想法,什么想法啊？ |
| WK: I want to made a windmill . |
WK:我想做一个风车。 |
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windmill:n.风车;风车房;旋转玩具;直升飞机;vt.使旋转;vi.作风车般旋转;
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| CA: A windmill? |
CA:一个风车？ |
| WK: Yeah. |
WK:是的。 |
| CA: And so -- what -- to power -- for lighting and stuff ? |
CA:然后呢,拿来发电什么的吗？ |
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stuff:n.东西:物品:基本特征:v.填满:装满:标本:
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| WK: Yeah. |
WK:是的。 |
| CA: So what did you do? How did you realize that? |
CA:那你怎么做的呢？你怎么实现的的呢？ |
| WK: After I drop out from school, I went to library, and I read a book that would -- "Using Energy," |
WK:我放学之后,就去图书馆。 我就去查阅会“应用能源”的书, |
| and I get information about doing the mill. |
然后我就得到了有关制作风车的信息。 |
| And I try and I made it. |
后来我就试着做了一个。 |
| (Applause) |
掌声。 |
| CA: So you copied -- you exactly copied the design in the book. |
CA:那你是模仿的--你就照着一本书里的设计就这么模仿做出来的？ |
| WK: Ah, no. I just -- |
WK:啊,不,我只是-- |
| CA: What happened? |
CA:怎么回事呢？ |
| WK: In fact, a design of the windmill that it was in the book, it have got four -- ah -- three blades , and mine have got four blades. |
WK:实际上,风车的设计在书里已经有了, 它有四个-嗯-三个扇片, 而我的有四个扇片。 |
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blades:n.刀身;刀片;刀刃;叶片;桨叶;桨身;(blade的复数)
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| CA: The book had three, yours had four. |
CA:书里有三个,你的有四个。 |
| WK: Yeah. |
WK:是的。 |
| CA: And you made it out of what? |
CA:你为什么要这么做呢？ |
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you made it:你做到了;你成功了;
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| WK: I made four blades, just because I want to increase power. |
WK:我用四个扇片,只是因为我想增加电力。 |
| CA: OK. |
CA:好的。 |
| WK: Yeah. |
wk:嗯。 |
| CA: You tested three, and found that four worked better? |
CA:你是测试了一下,发现四个比三个好,是吗？ |
| WK: Yeah. I test. |
WK:是的,我测试过。 |
| CA: And what did you make the windmill out of? |
CA:你用什么来做这个风车的？ |
| What did -- materials did you use? |
用什么材料来做的？ |
| WK: I use a bicycle frame , and a pulley , and plastic pipe, what then pulls -- |
WK:我用了一个自行车的架子,一个滑轮,还有用来牵拉的塑胶管-- |
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frame:n.框架; v.设计; adj.有木架的; pulley:n.滑轮;皮带轮;滑车;vt.用滑轮升起;
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| CA: Do we have a picture of that? Can we have the next slide? |
CA:我们有那个的图片吗？可以跳到下一张幻灯片吗？ |
| WK: Yeah. The windmill. |
WK:有吧,风车。 |
| CA: And so, and that windmill, what -- it worked? |
CA:那么,啊什么？这是一个风车--能工作？ |
| WK: When the wind blows, it rotates and generates . |
WK:有风的时候,他就会转然后发电。 |
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rotates:旋转;轮流; generates:[计]生成;发生;
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| CA: How much electricity ? |
CA:能发多少电？ |
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electricity:n.电力;电流;强烈的紧张情绪;
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| WK: 12 watts . |
WK:12瓦。 |
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watts:n.瓦特(功率单位);
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| CA: And so, that lit a light for the house? How many lights? |
CA:那,够家里的电灯用吗？多少盏灯？ |
| WK: Four bulbs and two radios. |
WK:四个灯泡,还有两台收音机。 |
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bulbs:n.[电]灯泡;[植]鳞茎;大浇斗(bulb的复数);
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| CA: Wow. |
CA:哇。 |
| WK: Yeah. |
WK:是的。 |
| CA: And so -- (Applause) -- next slide -- so who's that? |
CA:那--（掌声）--下一张图片-- 他们是谁？ |
| WK: This is my parents, boughting the radio. |
WK:这是我的父母,在买收音机。 |
| CA: So what do they make of -- that you were 14, 15 at the time -- what do they make of this? They were impressed ? |
CA:他们怎么看待的？你那时候才14,15岁。 他们怎么想的呢？他们很惊讶/高兴吗？ |
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impressed:adj.印象深刻; v.使钦佩; (impress的过去分词和过去式)
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| WK: Yeah. |
WK:是的。 |
| CA: And so what's your -- what are you going to do with this? |
CA:那,你的--你接下来要做什么呢？ |
| WK: Um -- |
WK:嗯-- |
| CA: What do you -- I mean -- do you want to build another one? |
CA:我的意思是,你是想要再做一个吗？ |
| WK: Yeah, I want to build another one -- to pump water and irrigate -- irrigation for crops. |
WK:是的,我想再做一个-- 用来抽水和灌溉--给农作物灌溉。 |
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pump:n.抽水机;泵;打气筒;v.用泵输送;涌出;奔流;快速摇动; irrigate:vt.灌溉;冲洗;使清新;vi.灌溉;冲洗; irrigation:n.灌溉;[临床]冲洗;冲洗法;
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| CA: So this one would have to be bigger? |
CA:那新建的这个会更大些吗？ |
| WK: Yeah. |
WK:是的。 |
| CA: How big? |
CA:多大呢？ |
| WK: I think it will produce more than 20 the watts. |
WK:我想这个应该要发多于20瓦的电。 |
| CA: So that would produce irrigation for the entire village? |
CA:那这够灌溉整个村子吗？ |
| WK: Yeah. |
WK:是的。 |
| CA: Wow. And so you're talking to people here at TED to get people who might be able to help in some way to -- to realize this dream? |
CA:哇,所以你来TED和人们谈这件事 让可以帮忙的人以某种方式帮助你来 实现这个梦想？ |
| WK: Yeah, if they can help me -- with materials, yeah. |
WK:是的,如果他们能我--提供材料,是的。 |
| CA: And as you think of your life going forward, you're 19 now, do you -- do you picture continuing with this dream, working in energy? |
CA:你想过你将来的生活吗, 你现在19,你-- 你想继续这个梦想,在能源领域工作？ |
| WK: Yeah. I'm still thinking to work on energy. |
WK:是的,我想继续做能源方面的工作。 |
| CA: Wow. William, it's a real honor to have you at the TED conference . |
CA:哇,威廉,非常荣幸你能参加TED的会议。 |
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conference:n.会议;研讨会;商讨会;体育协会(或联合会)
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| Thank you so much for coming. |
非常谢谢你的到来。 |
| WK: Thank you. |
WK:谢谢。 |
| (Applause) |
掌声。 |