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Creating a new computer or software from scratch is the dream of many a budding Steve Jobs. And now this goal is easier to reach than ever.
许多初露头角的“史蒂夫•乔布斯”都梦想着能自己尝试研发一台新电脑或者新软件。现在，很容易就能实现这个梦想。
Scratch
1. 游戏
2. 刮伤
I had to wear long sleeves to stop myself scratching.
Budding
新生的 年轻的 崭露头角的
例句：The forum is now open to all budding entrepreneurs.
该论坛现在向所有崭露头角的企业家开放。

A new, low-cost computer that can be bought for around 20 pounds (200 yuan) has been launched in the last few days and, according to its creators, could change the way teenagers learn computer science. It's called Raspberry Pi.
近日，有人发布了一款新电脑，售价仅20英镑(200元）左右。据电脑的研发者介绍，这款名为“树莓派”的电脑能够改变青少年学习计算机科学的方式。
Launch
1. 发射：使或强行使（自助推进航空器或发射物）发动：
launch a rocket; 发射一枚火箭；
2. 发动；开始：
launch a business venture.开始一项冒险事业
3. 推出（新产品）：介绍给大众或市场：
launched the new perfume with prime-time commercials on the major networks.
依靠在主要的电视台播出黄金时段的广告来推出这种新型香水

The credit card-sized machine has to be attached to a keyboard and a screen and doesn't come with any built-in software - but that's deliberate, as it's been designed to encourage children to sink their teeth into the world of programming.
这款仅信用卡大小的电脑可以连接键盘和显示屏，但是电脑里面没有内置软件——这是研发者故意这样设计的。这种设计可以鼓励孩子们在编程的世界里深入思考。
Built-in 嵌入的：作为一个大整体的一部分建造的；不可分的：
a built-in cabinet. 嵌入的橱柜
Deliberate
1. 蓄意的：在明显完全意识到性质和后果的情况下干的；故意的：
mistook the oversight for a deliberate insult. 把疏忽错当成蓄意的侮辱
2. 深思熟虑的：源于慎重考虑的，以仔细考虑为特征的：
a deliberate decision. 深思熟虑的决定
Sink one’s teeth开始有极大的热情
She sank her teeth into the challenging project.

The pupils of Chesterton Community College in Cambridgeshire were invited to road-test Raspberry Pi and loved it. "That's a computer?!" exclaimed a 12-year-old boy before piling in with his classmates to test his mettle and reprogramme the classic game Snake.
在剑桥郡，切斯特顿社区学院的孩子们被邀请参加“树莓派”的操作试验，他们都很喜欢这款电脑。在测试孩子们的耐力和重新编码经典游戏贪吃蛇的能力之前，一名12岁的孩子惊叫道“这是电脑吗？”
exclaim
喊叫：由于惊奇或激动而突然或强烈地喊叫：
The children exclaimed with excitement. 孩子们激动地喊了起来
mettle 耐力 魄力
例句: His first important chance to show his mettle came when he opened the new session of the legislature.当他主持召开新一届立法会议的时候，让他显示魄力的第一次重要机会来了。

This not-for-profit project is the brainchild of six scientists who set up the Raspberry Pi Foundation. One of them, Eben Upton, remains unfazed by suggestions that today's youngsters are keen on new software but not on how it's made.
该非盈利项目是六名科学家的智慧结晶，他们创建了“树莓派基金会”。尽管现在的青少年喜欢新软件，对如何制作软件并不感兴趣，但这六名科学家中的埃本•厄普顿对此泰然自若。
not-for-profit 非营利性
brainchild 脑力劳动的产物 智慧结晶
例句：The record was the brainchild of rock star Bob Geldof.
这张唱片是摇滚明星鲍勃•格尔多夫的智慧结晶。
unfazed 不疑惑的
例句：She was totally unfazed by the news.
她对这消息处之泰然。

Now that the Pi is launched, Upton and his colleagues are already going back to the drawing board to look at new ways to incentivize children into coding.
他们已经发布了“树莓派”，接下来，他们要做就是寻找新的方式来调动孩子们学习编码的积极性。
Incentivize
剌激：提供各种剌激或鼓励；推动：
“This bill will help incentivize everybody to solve that part of the problem”(&b{Richard A. Gephardt})、
“这个议案有助于鼓励人们来解决问题的那一部分”

There are plans to offer "very significant" prizes - perhaps totalling 1,000 pounds (10,000 yuan) or more - to those who impress the foundation with original programming.
那些与创建“树莓派基金会”相关的人士将收到“重大”奖励——或许是1千英镑（1万元）或者更多。
Impress
1. 使感动：强烈地且经常是有利地影响：
wrote down whatever impressed me during the journey;
记下旅行过程中使我感动的所有事物；
2. 印入脑海，留下印象：产生或试图产生…的生动印象或形象：
a scene that impressed itself on his memory; 在他记忆中留下深刻印象的景象；
3. 盖印：用力或好象用力地印或盖邮戳：
impressed a design on the hot wax. 在热蜡上加盖设计图案