VOA慢速英语(翻译+字幕+讲解):南非学生开发替代能源汽车
日期:2014-01-28 11:55

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.

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Students at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa are building solar-powered cars and racing them in competitions. The University is training the students to become experts in different types of energy.

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Their 300-kilogram solar-powered car is traveling at more than 100 kilometers per hour through the South African countryside, and it is using less electric power than a small kitchen appliance. The young engineers who built the car drove it in the Solar Challenge, a national racing competition for cars that use alternative energy.

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Solar-powered cars.

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Kegan Smith is the former manager of the project and a lecturer at the University of Johannesburg. He says the university wants the students to learn about green energies using realistic examples.

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"With what we do at the moment in fossil fuels, if we continue like this, there is not going to be a future. And if we do this kind of alternative energy, the cars are one application. But the nice thing with the cars it that it's a mindset change. If you can start shaping students' mind now, it's going to change the mindset of people in general. How do you use your lights? How do you use your electricity?" explained Smith.

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When he was a student in 2010, Mr Smith was part of a group that built a hybrid alternative-energy powered car. Since then, students have built more cars using both hydrogen and solar power.

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Warren Larter is also a former student, he is the university's solar car project manager. He says he does not expect solar-powered cars to be more popular than gasoline-powered cars, but Mr Larter says, they do offer an important learning tool to help students develop new technologies.

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"For us, it's a research thing. Our exact example is Formula One. You'll never see those cars on the road, but the technologies that go into them, you see it in every single car in every single household across the world. So that's where we are pushing it. This is our Formula One of alternative energy," said Larter.

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Warren Larter started a company that lets students to work on projects that private companies have expressed an interest in supporting. He says the energy market is changing, and there is a great need for engineers with more modern experience.

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"Locally, there is a lack of experts in alternative energy and in particular in solar technology. We seem to be importing a lot at this stage, which is not ideal... We should have the experts locally, so a project like this really pushes that. We have guys working with the solar panels, working on different aspect of the project. So instead of importing the guys and flying them in to work on this, we use the local guys, so they know just as much and can even do better than the international guys," said Larter.

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Kegan Smith agrees. "I got guys working on huge systems on the telecom sites, because that's what they did in the cars. So the experience they gain from the cars are now working towards it in the industry," said Smith.

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Warren Larter and his team of students are now working on a third car to enter into the next Solar Challenge in August 2014. They want to win the national competition and then compete internationally.

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And that is the Technology Report from VOA Learning English. For more of our reports, visit our website, learningenglish.voanews.com. We are also on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, iTunes and Twitter at VOA Learning English. I'm June Simms.

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词汇解释

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1.solar-powered adj. 太阳能的

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In 1958 America fired the first solar - powered satellite into orbit.
1958年美国将它的第一颗太阳能动力卫星送入太空轨道hGhhYTD0;c@NU0h^%uM

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2.fossil fuel [能源] 矿物燃料,[能源] 化石燃料

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The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels.
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3.mindset n. 心态;倾向;习惯;精神状态

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The greatest challenge for the Americans is understanding the mindset of Eastern Europeans.
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4.solar panel 太阳电池板

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Solar panels are used to power satellites.
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内容解析

1.We seem to be importing a lot at this stage, which is not ideal...

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at this stage adv. 眼下

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I incline to the view that we should take no action at this stage.
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Briefly describe the product, but do not give any technical details at this stage.
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参考译文

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南非约翰内斯堡大学的学生们在制造太阳能汽车,并驾驶这种汽车参加比赛+B+m^kHm#WP7q!oyIp。该校培养学生成为各种能源方面的专家|A7G2eWI!cO

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他们制造的重量300千克的太阳能汽车正每小时100公里行驶在南非乡间道路上,所用的电力比厨房小家电都少E,gx,~rk[SEm9Bs]&4。制造这款汽车的年轻工程师们开车参加太阳能挑战赛,这是一项全国性替代能源车赛mAoV[]G3K%_s#%1

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基根·史密斯是约翰内斯堡大学前项目主管兼讲师,他说该校希望学生们通过实例来了解绿色能源xx^bQ|JY!]x

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“如果我们继续像现在这样使用化石燃料,那么我们就不会有未来a|TvQCBM+vd。如果使用这种替代能源,就像汽车这种应用=hq(mKNF5w#。但制造这辆车的妙处就在于这是思维的改变,如果现在能塑造学生的思维,那么就能改变一般人的思维zLHL;8GjIqbfaZ4。你如何使用电灯?如何使用电力?”

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2010年史密斯还是学生时就参加了一个制造替代能源驱动汽车的组织,自此,学生们制造了更多使用氢气和太阳能的汽车pTWJY1J[g+Lp[Hbp

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沃伦·兰特也曾是学生,他是该校太阳能项目的负责人9@Sd0!4QVpJ,。他说并不指望太阳能汽车能像汽油驱动汽车那么受欢迎,但兰特说这种汽车确实为学生开发新技术提供了重要的学习工具)NRm|7z.AhGo);)f,A

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“对我们来说这是一项研究,我们的一个榜样就是一级方程式赛车dTf3d*@^gfT)#tHz=。你看不到这种车出现在路上,但是它所使用的技术能在全世界各家各户的汽车上看到,所以我们是在推动科技发展h-!CQ5zKzuH8*9RW)S。这就是我们替代能源的一级方程式赛车4@td=m()Or4Z。”

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沃伦·兰特开了一家让学生们在这里开发项目的公司,有些企业表示愿意支持其开发=FW~.Lp-ecE[D_。他说能源市场在发生改变,急需具备现代经验的工程师J|J2qwCi-Py&x.#2[!

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“当地缺乏替代能源方面的专家,尤其是太阳能技术方面;0bZiskw#Ass33jNbp,。目前阶段我们似乎引进了很多专家,但并不理想pPFzpaG_tZ!0。我们应该拥有当地专家,所以这类项目能推动这方面的发展.;0XxgU;HDMb03a。我们有的人员从事太阳能面板的研究,从事该项目各方面的研究o,~PSjfT(|DUHF!+Fyc。所以我们不是引入专家来做事,而是使用当地人员,这样他们就和国际研究者一样出色甚至更好^a1lH-Ud=d&tg%[R(。”

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基根·史密斯赞同这个说法,“我让研究者在电信站点的大型系统上工作,因为他们在汽车上也这么做t9quIe-7Z&wzjdCOZ。这样他们从汽车上得到的额经验就可以用于电信这个行业D#Qy%3*BP|Adch6J]]。”

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沃伦·兰特和他的学生团队目前在研发用于第三辆汽车,用于参加2014年下届太阳能挑战赛m^buC92RPu。他们希望能赢得国家赛和国际赛Xo0fpEdGU*%+ffRZ#@O

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重点单词
  • competevi. 竞争,对抗,比赛
  • particularadj. 特殊的,特别的,特定的,挑剔的 n. 个别项目
  • realisticadj. 现实的,现实主义的
  • popularadj. 流行的,大众的,通俗的,受欢迎的
  • hybridn. 混血儿,杂种,混合物
  • alternativeadj. 两者择一的; 供选择的; 非主流的 n. 替换
  • applicationn. 应用; 申请; 专心 n. 应用软件程序
  • challengen. 挑战 v. 向 ... 挑战
  • hydrogenn. 氢
  • formulan. 公式,配方,规则;代乳品 adj. (赛车的)级的