TED演讲 没错,我制造了一个核聚变发生器(2)

 So this previous year, I won the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. 因此上一年，我赢下了国际科学以及工程大会活动的第一名。

I developed a detector¹ that replaces the current detectors² that Homeland Security has. 我创造一个取代目前国家安全局使用的探测器。

For hundreds of dollars, I've developed a system that exceeds the sensitivity of detectors that are hundreds of thousands of dollars. I built this in my garage. 花了几千美金，我创建了一个比花了几十万美金还敏感的探测器，我在我的车库建造出来的这个东西。

And I've developed a system to produce medical isotopes³. 而且我创建了一个系统去生产医用的同位素。

Instead of requiring multi-million-dollar facilities I've developed a device that, on a very small scale, can produce these isotopes. 与其要求上百万美金的设备，我自己在很小规模上创建一个可以生产这些同位素的设备。

So that's my fusion⁴ reactor⁵ in the background there. That is me at the control panel of my fusion reactor. 你们现在在这个背景上看到就是我们核聚变发生器，这是我在这个发生器的控制板旁边。

Oh, by the way, I make yellowcake in my garage, so my nuclear program is as advanced as the Iranians. 对了，我在我的车库做黄色蛋糕呢，因此我们核系统跟伊朗人一样先进。

So maybe I don't want to admit to that. This is me at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, which is the preeminent⁶ particle physics laboratory in the world. 因此我不太想承认，这是我在CERN,是在瑞士的日内瓦，CERN是世界上最杰出的量子物理实验室。

And this is me with President Obama, showing him my Homeland Security research. 这是我和总统奥巴马，给他展现我的国土安全的研究。

So in about seven years of doing nuclear research, I started out with a dream to make a "star in a jar," a star in my garage, 因此呢在这做核试验的七年时间，我有了一个梦想，我想创建一个“在瓶子中的星星”，一个在我车库里的星星。

and I ended up meeting the president and developing things that I think can change the world, and I think other kids can too.So thank you very much. 因此我最后和总统见面了，然后创建一些可以改变世界的东西，而且我认为其他人也可以做到。非常感谢。

 

1 detector   

n.发觉者，探测器

参考例句：

• The detector is housed in a streamlined cylindrical container.探测器安装在流线型圆柱形容器内。
• Please walk through the metal detector.请走过金属检测器。

2 detectors   

探测器( detector的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors. 报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
• This is heady wine for experimenters using these neutrino detectors. 对于使用中微子探测器的实验工作者，这是令人兴奋的美酒。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技

3 isotopes   

n.同位素；同位素( isotope的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the many isotopes of carbon 碳的诸多同位素
• Tritium is one of the mildest radioactive isotopes. 氚是最和缓的放射性同位素之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 fusion   

n.溶化；熔解；熔化状态，熔和；熔接

参考例句：

• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc. 黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
• This alloy is formed by the fusion of two types of metal.这种合金是用两种金属熔合而成的。

5 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

6 preeminent   

adj.卓越的，杰出的

参考例句：

• Washington was recognized as the preeminent spokesman of American Negroes by 1895. 到1895年,华盛顿被公认为美国黑人的卓越代言人。
• He is preeminent because his articles are well written. 他的文章写得很漂亮,卓尔不群。