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William, hi, good to see you!Thanks.
威廉,你好,很高興見到你!謝謝。
So, um, we got a picture I think, where is this?
所以,嗯,我們有一個照片,我想,這是哪里?
This is my home, this is where I live.
這里是我的家,這就是我住的地方。
Where, what country?
在什么地方,是什么國家?
In the Malawian zone, in Kasonga, yeah, Malawi.
在馬拉維區(qū),在Kasonga,是的,馬拉維。
OK, now, you’re 19 now?
好了,你現(xiàn)在19歲?
Yeah, I am 19-year-old now.
是的,我現(xiàn)在19歲。
5 years ago, you had an idea. What was that?
五年前,你萌生了一個念頭。那是什么?
I want to make a windmill.
我想做一個風(fēng)車。
Windmill?Yeah. And so, just what to power electricity for lighting stuff?Yeah.
風(fēng)車?是啊。電力照明的那個東西嗎?是啊。
So what did you do, how do you realize that?
因此,你做了什么,你如何意識到的?
Er, after I dropped out from school,
呃,我從學(xué)校退學(xué)后,
I went to library and I read a book that draw using image,
我在圖書館讀了一本圖畫書,
and it gave me information about doing the mill. And I tried and I made it.
它提供做風(fēng)車的相關(guān)信息。我嘗試并且成功了。
So, so, you copied, you exactly copied the design in the book?
因此,所以,你復(fù)制,你真的是復(fù)制書中的設(shè)計嗎?
Er, no, I adjust.
呃,不,我還做了相關(guān)調(diào)整。
What happened?
那是什么?
In fact, I designed it on the view of the mill, it was in the book, it had got for up 3 plates, and mine have got four plates.
事實上,我在外觀上進(jìn)行了設(shè)計,這本書中用了三個,而我則是用了四個。
The book had 3, yours have 4? And you made that out of what?
這本書有3個，而你的有4個?你為什么這么做?
Er, I made 4 plates just because I want to increase power.
只是因為我想增加力量。
OK, did you test it 3 and found that 4 works better?
好,你經(jīng)過測試發(fā)現(xiàn)你的調(diào)整運作得更好?
Yeah, I adjust.
是的,我的調(diào)整更好。
And what did you make the windmill out of? What materials did you use?
那你用什么做風(fēng)車?你使用什么材料?
I use a backbone frame and a pulley and plastic plates, wadding poles.
我用了一個主干框架和一個滑輪、塑膠板、綿增極。
Do we have a picture of that in the next slide?
在接下來的幻燈片中我們有一張它的照片?
Yeah, so that’s the windmill.
是的,這就是風(fēng)車。
And so, and that windmill, what, it worked?
所以,那個風(fēng)車,什么,它工作嗎?
When the wind blows, it produces and generates.
當(dāng)風(fēng)吹時,它就會制作并產(chǎn)生電力。
How much electricity? 2 volts.
多少電力? 2伏。
And so, that lit a light for the house? How many lights?
因此,那能為房子提供電能嗎?有多少燈?
4 bulbs and 2 radios. Well!Yeah.
4個燈泡和2個收音機(jī)。太棒了!
And so, next slide.So who’s that?
因此,下一張幻燈片。那是什么?
This is my fiancée. Work in the radio.
這是我的未婚妻。在電臺工作。
So, what did they make of that, you were 14, 15 at that time, what did they make of this?
所以,他們怎么做的這個,你在14歲的時候, 當(dāng)時15歲,他們怎么做的?
They impressed?Yes.
他們的印象?是的。
So what are you gonna do with this? What do you I mean, do you want to build another one?
那你準(zhǔn)備怎么辦?我的意思是說,你想要建造另一個嗎?
Yeah, I want to build another one to pump water, irrigation for crops.
是的,我想要建造另一個抽水泵,灌溉農(nóng)作物。
So, this sort of has to be bigger?
因此,要更大嗎?
Yeah.How big?
是啊。有多大?
I think it will produce more than 20 volts.
我認(rèn)為它會產(chǎn)生超過20伏電能。
So that would produce irrigation for the entire village?
這樣會灌溉整個村子嗎?
wow, and so you are talking to people here attend to get people who might be able to help in some way to realize this dream.
哇,所以你在跟這里的人們談?wù)摚屓藗冇锌赡軒湍阍谀撤N程度上要實現(xiàn)這個夢想。
Yeah, if you can help me and my fiancée.
是的,如果你能幫助我和我的未婚妻的話。
And as you think of your life going forward, you’re 19 now,
當(dāng)你覺得你的生活前進(jìn),你現(xiàn)在19歲
do you picture continuing with this dream of working in energy?
你籌劃繼續(xù)為這個夢想的能量而努力?
Yeah, I am still thinking to work on energy.
是的,我還想為能量工作。
Wow, William, it’s a real honor to have you at the tight conference. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you.
哇,威廉,在你百忙之中能邀請到你真是非常榮幸。感謝你的光臨。謝謝你。
注：聽力文本來源于普特
