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Well, I eventually paid most of it out of pocket,
大部分都是我自己掏的腰包
we are still having a very, very minimal funding level.
我们获得的资助还是非常非常少
Just out of your own wallet?
你自己掏的腰包
Yes, I've spent close to a million dollars
是的 我已经花费了近100万美元
on funding this research, because nobody believed me.
资助这个研究 因为没人相信我
That's a hell of a lot of money just to try and...
那可是一大笔钱
Well, because I know that I'm on the right track,
因为我知道我的研究方向是对的
so I will pursue this and bring it to the end.
我会坚持下去 走到最后
Now, people start to listen,
现在 人们开始听我说的了
and yes, now they are convinced.
没错 他们现在相信了
With something like this,
有了这样的支持声
as clear as you can hope you would get it.
你很清楚你会成功的
The scientific community may still be sceptical
科学界也许仍对斐迪曼·弗罗因德的
about Friedemann Freund's rock experiments,
岩石实验持怀疑态度
but his research has now been used in a commercial application
但是他的研究现在得到了一个商业化应用
QuakeFinder
震动探测仪
a device that measures electromagnetic
一种通过测量地面电磁变化
changes in the ground to sense if an earthquake is coming.
来预测地震发生的仪器
It's, er, basically, a computer system, er,
它从本质上来说是一种计算机系统
set of electronics to process the data, a
一组处理数据的电子元件
simple hard drive from a laptop to record it,
由一个简单的手提电脑硬盘记录数据
a radio link to bring it into, er,
再由与之相连的无线电将数据
a farmer's house maybe 200, or 300 feet away,
传送到二三百英尺外的农居里
and then we have a satellite dish that takes the data
然后由那里的碟形卫星天线
and brings it through a satellite link up to
通过卫星线路把数据传送到帕罗奥多这里
our site here in Palo Alto.
我们现正所处的位置

重点解释

That's a hell of a lot of money.那可是一大笔钱

a hell of:极度的, 难以容忍的

It's a hell of a bind.

这件事讨厌透了。

It's a hell of a long way.

路远极了。

常用短语:

like hell拚命地, 极猛地

Don't blame me. I tried like hell to dissuade him.

不要责怪我，我尽力劝过他了。

raise hell引起骚乱(闹事)

The gang was out to raise hell that night.

这个团伙那天晚上出去搞破坏了。

I eventually paid most of it out of pocket,大部分都是我自己掏的腰包

out of pocket:缺钱； 赔钱

His mistake left us all out of pocket.

他这一错，我们大家都跟著赔了钱。

brings it through a satellite link up to our site here in Palo Alto.通过卫星线路把数据传送到帕罗奥多这里我们现正所处的位置

link up:联系； 连接

The two railway lines link up at the station.

两条铁路线在这个车站接轨。