VOA常速英语2019--市建造大赛锻造青年人的团队精神

They came from across the country and as far away as China with the vision for the city of the future. Our most beautiful part is our bridge because we can make wind energy by this bridge and our main transportation is used by this bridge. The future city competition puts young teens in charge of building a city that can respond to a challenge. This year’s challenge is resilience after a natural disaster like an earthquake. The models must be built with recycled materials for less than 100 dollars. The water collection system right here and the energy accumulator actually part of a hair dryer¹. These two parts are actually contact lens holders².

他们来自全国各地以及遥远的中国，他们的愿景是建造城市的未来。其中最美的部分就是我们设计的桥，因为这座桥可以产生风能，而且桥主要是利用交通来产能。未来的城市竞争将让年轻人获得掌控建造城市的权力，从而让城市能够应对挑战。今年的挑战是地震等自然灾害发生后城市的恢复力问题。模型必须要用回收材料建造，成本不得超过100美元。这里是集水系统和蓄能器，它们实际上是吹风机的一部分。这两部分实际上是隐形眼镜的支架。

The winners take home 7,500 dollars for their school’s science program, and get a trip to a science focused summer camp. This year’s winners from Warwick Middle School in Pennsylvania say they also learned real-world skills like dealing³ with failure. The hardest part was trying not to get frustrated⁴ when something didn’t work. And I think our team members really contributed to that, so let’s see one motor didn’t work. We have to like start over, it was.... Communication is key. Listen, when you’re building a city, engineering is just part of the equation.

获胜者可以领回7500美元，用于学校的科学项目中，可以去一次以科学为主题的夏令营。今年的获胜者来自宾夕法尼亚州华威中学，它们表示自己还学到了现实世界的一些技巧，可以应对失败。最难得地方是努力让自己振作，即便某些地方无法运转。我认为我们的团队成员在这方面的帮助很大。那么现在，有一个马达不好使了。我们就得重头再来。沟通是关键。是这样的，在建造城市的时候，工程只是方程式的一个要素而已。

1 dryer   

n.干衣机，干燥剂

参考例句：

• He bought a dryer yesterday.他昨天买了一台干燥机。
• There is a washer and a dryer in the basement.地下室里有洗衣机和烘干机。

2 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

4 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》