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Wind turbines are cool. You're going to love them
風力發電機很酷 你們會愛上它們
They'll be a source of pride
它們將是自豪的來源
The solar cell that powers my never winded watch
為我這塊不用上發條的手表提供電能
Is around 10% efficient
太陽能電池的效率大概是10%
Which is plenty for a watch
這對手表已經很不錯了
But what if it were 50% efficient or 80% efficient?
但如果能達到50%效率或80%效率呢
Here's hoping a UMass raw material scientist
這里我希望馬薩諸塞大學的材料科學家
Becomes the inventor or venture capitalist
能夠成為發明者或風險投資者
Or the lawyer who will grasp the value of this discovery and protect the idea
或是律師 實現這一發現的價值并保護這一想法
He or she would change the world
這樣就能改變世界
If you could invent a better battery
如果你能發明一種更好的電池
One that can store more energy using less exotic metal
使用較少異金屬 存儲更多能量
One that can handle the heat without the loss of performance
能夠處理熱量 不損失太多功率
Or just playing catching on fire which you don't want in a battery
不會燃燒起來 你們可不希望電池燒起來
We could store energy from the wind and the sun
我們可以存儲來自風和太陽的能量
And have it available whenever we need
并在任何需要的時候使用它們
We would change the world
我們將會改變世界
But if you were the inventor, the venture capitalist or the attorney that protect it
如果你能成為發明者 風投人士或是保護它的律師
You not only would change the world
你將不僅能夠改變世界
It's a very good chance you would -- dare I say it -- get rich
還將能夠變得非常富有
It is sobering for me and perhaps for more than a few of your parents
我思考過一個事實 你們家長也可以想想
To consider that many of you all UMass Lowell University graduates
很多馬薩諸塞大學洛厄爾分校畢業生
Know more physics than Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein did
知道的物理知識都比牛頓和愛因斯坦多
You all know more about the universe than Galileo or Copernicus did
知道的宇宙知識都比伽利略和哥白尼多
I can guarantee you that significant discoveries will
我敢保證 在你們這一生的時間里
Be made in your lifetime that will change the world
可能會出現變革世界的重大發現
We hope some of you sitting here today will be the ones that make those discoveries
我希望在座有人將是這些發現的主導者
Imagine this, when I was a kid
想想這個 當我還是小孩時
No one had a good theory as to what happened to the ancient dinosaur
沒人知道恐龍是怎么滅絕的
