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Worldwide, 16 million lightning storms a year Kill 24,000 people.
全世界每年有一千六百萬(wàn)次閃電風(fēng)暴 奪走了兩萬(wàn)四千條生命
Each strike wields the power of a ton of TNT,
每一次電擊的破壞力就相當(dāng)于一噸炸藥
With a temperature of 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit,Five times hotter than the sun.
釋放溫度高達(dá)五萬(wàn)華氏度 是太陽(yáng)熱量的五倍
As a journalist,Franklin knows the devastation lightning can cause.
作為一個(gè)記者 富蘭克林深知閃電的破壞力
Grain stores, houses and churches destroyed.Come and give us a hand.
谷倉(cāng) 房屋還有教堂都被摧毀了 來(lái)幫我們一把
Only 60 years after the Salem witch trials,Many still believe it's the wrath of God.
距薩勒姆女巫審判六十年后 許多人仍相信這是上帝的憤怒
But franklin will challenge this To prove that lightning is a form of electricity
但富蘭克林將挑戰(zhàn)這個(gè)觀(guān)點(diǎn) 證明閃電只是電的一種形式
And help unlock one of the keys to mankind's future.
并開(kāi)啟人類(lèi)未來(lái)的一扇重要的大門(mén)
"I was never before engaged in any study"
我之前從未如此傾盡全力
That so totally engrossed my attention and time.
投入一項(xiàng)研究
Surely the Thunder of Heaven is no more supernatural
顯然 天上的雷電不再是超自然現(xiàn)象
Than the Rain, Hail or Sunshine of Heaven."
而是和雨水 冰雹 陽(yáng)光一樣的自然現(xiàn)象"
The battle between superstition and science That defines the age.
迷信和科學(xué)的較量 是那個(gè)時(shí)代的特征
Franklin was very much part of the Enlightenment.
富蘭克林對(duì)啟蒙運(yùn)動(dòng)的貢獻(xiàn)意義重大
The Enlightenment was based on the idea that there are natural explanations for the phenomenon of nature.
啟蒙運(yùn)動(dòng)所基于的理念是每種自然現(xiàn)象 都有相應(yīng)的解釋
