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Franklin turns his discovery into a practical invention:

富兰克林将他的发现成果投入到实用发明

The world's first lightning rod.

发明了世界上最早的避雷针

Its life-saving design virtually unchanged to this day.

它能使人免于雷击 这个科学原理一直被沿用至今

From a stream of electrified air To identifying positive and negative charges,

从带电的空气流 到识别出的正负电荷

An experiment that helps unlock a new power That will transform our lives.

一个实验带来了新的动力 即将改变我们的生活

The birth of the electric world.Light bulbs,Television, air-conditioning,Computers.

电子时代就此诞生 电灯泡 电视 空调 电脑

Every aspect of human life transformed.

人类生活的方方面面都发生了改变

Just a little over 200 years ago,we've gone from that spot where electricity was the great unknown,

两百多年前 我们从初始 对电的一无所知

to a time where we can't imagine something as simple as the batteries in our cell phone.

到想象不出哪怕只是 像手机电池这样普通的东西

This is a relatively short period of time in the history of humanity,

虽然相对而言 这在人类历史中 只是很短暂的一段时期

and yet look at what it's brought us.

但瞧瞧它给我们带来了什么

Those positive and negative symbols you see

终端机上所看到的那些正负符号

on the terminals are because of Franklin's discoveries.Amazing.

就是源于富兰克林的发现 太惊人了

重点讲解

1、invention

发明物;创造的事物

It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention.

推广他的新发明一直是件棘手的事情。

The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.

纺车是中国人的发明。

发明;创造

More than eight million books were printed within fifty years after the invention of the printing press.

印刷机发明以后的 50 年间,有 800 多万册图书被印刷。

the invention of the telephone.

电话的发明

捏造;虚构

In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations.

在这些方面和其他几个方面都存在许多捏造与夸张之处。

The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.

这个故事当然特别受欢迎,但它无疑纯属虚构。

2、positive

抱有希望的；有信心的；积极的

Be positive about your future and get on with living a normal life.

要对自己的未来充满信心，继续过一种正常的生活。

Her husband became much more positive and was soon back in full-time employment

她丈夫自信大增，不久便重新开始全职工作。

愉悦的；有益的

The parting from his sister had a positive effect on John.

和姐姐分开对约翰来说有好处。

Working abroad should be an exciting and positive experience for all concerned.

在海外工作对所有相关人员来说都应该是一段让人兴奋而愉快的经历。