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William, hi, good to see you!Thanks.
威廉,你好,很高兴见到你!谢谢。
So, um, we got a picture I think, where is this?
所以,嗯,我们有一个照片,我想,这是哪里?
This is my home, this is where I live.
这里是我的家,这就是我住的地方。
Where, what country?
在什么地方,是什么国家?
In the Malawian zone, in Kasonga, yeah, Malawi.
在马拉维区,在Kasonga,是的,马拉维。
OK, now, you’re 19 now?
好了,你现在19岁?
Yeah, I am 19-year-old now.
是的,我现在19岁。
5 years ago, you had an idea. What was that?
五年前,你萌生了一个念头。那是什么?
I want to make a windmill.
我想做一个风车。
Windmill?Yeah. And so, just what to power electricity for lighting stuff?Yeah.
风车?是啊。电力照明的那个东西吗?是啊。
So what did you do, how do you realize that?
因此,你做了什么,你如何意识到的?
Er, after I dropped out from school,
呃,我从学校退学后,
I went to library and I read a book that draw using image,
我在图书馆读了一本图画书,
and it gave me information about doing the mill. And I tried and I made it.
它提供做风车的相关信息。我尝试并且成功了。
So, so, you copied, you exactly copied the design in the book?
因此,所以,你复制,你真的是复制书中的设计吗?
Er, no, I adjust.
呃,不,我还做了相关调整。
What happened?
那是什么?
In fact, I designed it on the view of the mill, it was in the book, it had got for up 3 plates, and mine have got four plates.
事实上,我在外观上进行了设计,这本书中用了三个,而我则是用了四个。
The book had 3, yours have 4? And you made that out of what?
这本书有3个，而你的有4个?你为什么这么做?
Er, I made 4 plates just because I want to increase power.
只是因为我想增加力量。
OK, did you test it 3 and found that 4 works better?
好,你经过测试发现你的调整运作得更好?
Yeah, I adjust.
是的,我的调整更好。
And what did you make the windmill out of? What materials did you use?
那你用什么做风车?你使用什么材料?
I use a backbone frame and a pulley and plastic plates, wadding poles.
我用了一个主干框架和一个滑轮、塑胶板、绵增极。
Do we have a picture of that in the next slide?
在接下来的幻灯片中我们有一张它的照片?
Yeah, so that’s the windmill.
是的,这就是风车。
And so, and that windmill, what, it worked?
所以,那个风车,什么,它工作吗?
When the wind blows, it produces and generates.
当风吹时,它就会制作并产生电力。
How much electricity? 2 volts.
多少电力? 2伏。
And so, that lit a light for the house? How many lights?
因此,那能为房子提供电能吗?有多少灯?
4 bulbs and 2 radios. Well!Yeah.
4个灯泡和2个收音机。太棒了!
And so, next slide.So who’s that?
因此,下一张幻灯片。那是什么?
This is my fiancée. Work in the radio.
这是我的未婚妻。在电台工作。
So, what did they make of that, you were 14, 15 at that time, what did they make of this?
所以,他们怎么做的这个,你在14岁的时候, 当时15岁,他们怎么做的?
They impressed?Yes.
他们的印象?是的。
So what are you gonna do with this? What do you I mean, do you want to build another one?
那你准备怎么办?我的意思是说,你想要建造另一个吗?
Yeah, I want to build another one to pump water, irrigation for crops.
是的,我想要建造另一个抽水泵,灌溉农作物。
So, this sort of has to be bigger?
因此,要更大吗?
Yeah.How big?
是啊。有多大?
I think it will produce more than 20 volts.
我认为它会产生超过20伏电能。
So that would produce irrigation for the entire village?
这样会灌溉整个村子吗?
wow, and so you are talking to people here attend to get people who might be able to help in some way to realize this dream.
哇,所以你在跟这里的人们谈论，让人们有可能帮你在某种程度上要实现这个梦想。
Yeah, if you can help me and my fiancée.
是的,如果你能帮助我和我的未婚妻的话。
And as you think of your life going forward, you’re 19 now,
当你觉得你的生活前进,你现在19岁
do you picture continuing with this dream of working in energy?
你筹划继续为这个梦想的能量而努力?
Yeah, I am still thinking to work on energy.
是的,我还想为能量工作。
Wow, William, it’s a real honor to have you at the tight conference. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you.
哇,威廉,在你百忙之中能邀请到你真是非常荣幸。感谢你的光临。谢谢你。
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