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没有这些小发明,我们的生活也许没有现在这么精彩
1 We know the famous ones — the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells — but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic lightand the windshield wiper(雨刮器)? Shouldn"t we know who they are?
我们都知道著名的发明家托马斯·爱迪生和亚历山大·格拉汉姆·贝尔。但是那些名气不大的,比如交通信号灯、雨刮器的发明者,我们了解吗?难道我们不应该了解一下他们吗?
traffic light 交通信号灯n
2 Joan McLean thinks so. In fact, McLean, a professor of physicsat Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that she"s developed a course on the topic.
琼·麦克莱恩认为对那些不太出名的发明者我们也应该去了解一下。事实上,麦克莱恩是芒廷大学的物理学教授,她对这个问题的看法是如此强烈,以至于她专门开设了一门关于这个话题的课程。
physics物理学n,matter事件/问题/重要性/物质n,develop 发展/开发/研制/冲洗(胶片)/患(病)/养成(习惯)v
In addition tolearning “who” invented “what”, however, McLean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why” and “how” questions.
除了学习“谁”发明了“什么”,麦克莱恩还希望她的学生深入进行“为什么”和“如何”等问题的探究。
in addition to 除…之外pp
According toMcLean, “When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognizeopportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”
麦克莱恩认为:“当学生们知道了这些问题的答案后,他们就有了更充足的准备去把握将来发明的机遇,更有动力去尝试发明创造。”
according to 根据pp, recognize 认出/识别/承认/认可v,opportunity 机会/时机n,motivate 使有动机/促动/激发/刺激v
3 Her students agree. One young man with a patentfor an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of McLean"s statement.
她的学生们都赞同她的观点。她的一名学生就是麦克莱恩所陈述的观点的活证据,该学生成了“不会折断的雨伞”专利的获得者。
patent专利n,unbreakable打不破的/不易碎的a,walking proof活见证n, statement 声明/表现/陈述/结算单n
“If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper"s invention," said Tommy Lee, a seniorphysics major, "I never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something so constructive.”
“如果我没有听说雨刮器发明的故事,”主修物理的大四学生汤米李说,“我做梦也不会想到我会把我在暴风雨中的糟糕经历变成如此有建设性的事情。”
senior较高的/资深的/年长的a,major主修课程/专业/主修…的学生n,dream of梦想/渴望/考虑v,constructive建设性的/有助益的a
Lee is currently negotiatingto sell his patent to an umbrella producer.
目前,汤米李正在与一家雨伞生产商谈判,想把他的专利卖给生产商。
currently当前/现在ad,negotiate谈判/协商v
4 So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up withthe idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar.
那么雨刷器背后又有什么故事呢? 1902年,玛丽·安德森在参观了纽约市之后产生了雨刷器这个想法。那天很冷,还有暴风雨,但安德森还是想看看风景,所以她跳上了电车。
came up with想出/提出v,stormy有暴风雨的a,sight视力/视野/景象n,aboard 在(船、飞机、车)上/上车ad/pp,streetcar有轨电车n
Noticing that the driver was strugglingto see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldn"t be a built-in device for cleaning the window.
当她注意到司机正努力地透过覆盖在挡风玻璃上的积雪往外看时,她想:为什么不能有一个内置的装置来清洁外面的窗户呢。
struggle搏斗/奋斗/努力/争取v,windshield挡风玻璃n,wonder对…感到好奇/惊奇/想弄明白v,built-in嵌入的/内置的/固有的a, device装置/设备n
Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting outsolutions. One of her ideas, a lever(操作杆) on the inside of a vehiclethat would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper.
安德森回到亚拉巴马州伯明翰的家后,仍然在想着这个问题,她开始起草解决方案。她其中的一个解决办法(用内置的操作杆控制外面的雨刷臂)便成了最初的第一个雨刮器。
draft out草拟/勾勒出v,solution解决办法/答案/溶液n,vehicle车辆/交通工具/媒介物n,arm雨刷臂n
5 Today we benefitfrom countless inventions and innovations. It"s hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgan"s traffic light.
今天,我们受益于无数的发明和革新。很难想象没有加勒特·A·摩根的红绿灯,我们怎么开车。
benefit有益于/使受益v/n,innovation改革/创新/新发明n
It"s equallyimpossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett"s innovation that makes glass invisible. Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?
同样,我们也无法想象,没有凯瑟琳·J·布洛杰特发明的透明(隐形)玻璃,你能想象没有透明窗户和眼镜的生活吗?
equally相等/同样/公正地adv,picture构想/想象/描绘/画v, invisible 看不见的/隐匿的/无形的/不引人注目的a,clear清楚的/清晰地/明亮的/明确的a