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Everyone has to obey the laws of physics, even if you're the King.
每個人都必須遵守物理定律，國王也不例外。
The power to make night into day, create life or cause death, this is all part of the mystery and magic of electricity.
使黑夜變為白天，創造生命或導致死亡，這都是電的神秘和魔力。
Long before we knew what it was ... long before we harnessed it ... electricity was flowing through our bodies descended from the heavens.
早在我們知道那是什么之前……在我們利用它之前很久……從天上下來的電流可以通過我們的身體。
So, there's constantly current flowing into the Earth from thunderstorms and flowing out where there's not thunderstorms and in that process an electric field is generated in the atmosphere.
因此，不斷有電流從雷暴流入地球，然后在沒有雷暴的地方流出，在這個過程中，大氣中產生了電場。
We walk around, the voltage between your head and your toes when you walk around is two or three hundred volts, and nobody notices that because you grew up in it.
當我們四處走動時，頭部和腳趾之間的電壓是兩三百伏，沒有人注意到這一點，因為大家都是這么長大的。
But, when there is enough of a voltage difference between the clouds and the Earth, it's hard not to notice.
但是，當云層和地球之間的電壓差足夠大時，很難不注意到。
One of those who was fascinated by the phenomenon was Benjamin Franklin.
本杰明·富蘭克林對就這種現象十分著迷。
Ben Franklin was a really smart guy.
本·富蘭克林是個非常聰明的人。
He, he was one of the original experimenters with electricity, period.
他是最早的電學實驗者之一。
He, in fact, invented the designation of positive and negative charge.
事實上，正負電荷正是他命名的。
Today, high technology has replaced the kite.
今天，高科技已經取代了風箏。
In North Central Florida scientists summon lightning and bring it to the Earth with a rocket and a wire.
在佛羅里達州中北部，科學家們召集閃電，并用火箭和電線將其引到地球上。
We can make the cloud produce lightning and direct it where we want to direct it to do tests, and that really hasn't been possible before.
我們可以讓云產生閃電，并將其引導到某一地方進行測試，這在以前是不可能做到的。
They direct the lightning to strike simulated houses and power lines to understand what happens when it hits.
他們引導閃電擊中模擬房屋和電線，以了解當閃電擊中時會發生什么。
The rocket launch provides a more controlled experiment than anything Ben Franklin could have imagined.
這次火箭發射提供了一個比本·富蘭克林所能想象到的更具控制性的實驗。
