他对科学和自然史非常感兴趣，且他对电和闪电的实验直接推动了避雷针的发明。
He was deeply interested in science and natural history and his experiments with electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod.
1752年，本杰明·富兰克林将一把钥匙系在风筝上，在暴风雨中放飞，他发现了闪电是电的一种形式。
In 1752, Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm to find out that lightning was a form of electricity.
虽然还是个小孩，但他知道一些电的知识。
随着电的使用，我们的生活发生了很大变化。
With the use of electricity, great changes have come about in our life.
多核心处理器在消耗更少的电的同时还能增加运算能力。
Multiple-core processors increase computing power while using less electricity.
人们希望数以千万计的非洲人民能够从此获益，过上有电的生活。
It is hoped that millions of Africans would benefit by having access to electricity.
它几乎是完全透明的，但也是电的良好导体——这些都是极佳的属性。
It is almost completely transparent, but also extremely strong and a good conductor of electricity - and that is an extremely promising set of properties.
科学家们正在努力降低这种无线电的能耗，使之能与毫米级电池更好地协同。
The scientists are now working on lowering the radio's power consumption so that it's compatible with millimeter-scale batteries.
这并不是慈善施舍，而是一项可行的商业活动，为使不上电的民众提供电力服务。
This activity is no charity but a viable business, servicing people who do not have access to electricity.
本杰明·富兰克林在1752年发现闪电实际上就是电，在他那个著名的实验中，富兰克林将一只栓有金属钥匙的风筝放飞到雷暴之中，当他看见钥匙上火花四溅时，他关于闪电的猜想得到了证实。
In his now-famous experiment, he sent a kite with a metal key tied to the string up into a thunderstorm. When he saw sparks leap from the key, his hunch about lightning was confirmed.
尽管看起来不是很明显，但电和磁之间存在着密切的联系。
Although it is not immediately obvious, there is an intimate relationship between electricity and magnetism.
就像许多具有超前思维的预见者所预言的那样，云已经成为了一种像水、电话和电那样不可缺少的现代实用工具。
Just as many forward-thinking visionaries predicted, the cloud has become a modern utility like water, phones, and electricity.
即使当我们关掉了床头灯，深深地进入睡乡时，电仍在为我们工作，它帮我们开动冰箱，帮我们烧水或使我们房间里的空调机保持运转。
Even when we turn off the bedside lamp and are fat asleep, electricity is working for us, driving our refrigerators, heating our water, or keeping our rooms air-conditioned.
风力涡轮机发的电可以用于个人家庭或建筑，也可以用来连接电力网使电力输送得更远。
Wind turbines can be used to produce electricity for a single home or building, or they can be connected to an electricity grid (shown here) for more widespread electricity distribution.
我们熟视无睹的最基本生活需求，比如说清洁水、电对这些人而言都是不可及的。
For them, the most basic things we take for granted, such as water and electricity, are beyond reach.
相反，改变这一切的却是丰田—一家日本公司。丰田公司用它的低油耗的汽-电混合动力汽车普锐斯主导了这一市场。
Instead, Toyota, a Japanese company, has made itself the market leader, with its fuel-sipping petrol-electric hybrid, the Prius.
现在，村子里已经有大约十几座这样的房子了，里面都通了电，还有自来水。
The village now has about a dozen of these houses, with electricity and running water.
现在，这家拥有250多名员工的公司，为20多万农村人口提供低价电，此前人们离不开的煤油灯和蜡烛，都退出了历史舞台。
Now employing more than 250 people, the firm sells cheap electricity to 200, 000 rural folk, who previously relied on kerosene lamps or candles.
今年三月，丰田创下了18,605辆油电混合型普锐斯的惊人销售佳绩，并且在这个已霸占了十年的细分市场里，仍然处于领先地位。
Toyota (TM) sold an astounding 18, 605 Prius gas-electric hybrids in March, continuing to lead a segment that it has dominated for more than a decade.
当我们大部分人想到太阳能的时候，我们就会想象点缀在邻居家更环保屋顶上的硅板，它们正在把阳光直接转化成电。
When most of us think about solar power, we picture the silicon panels that dot our greener neighbors' roofs, converting the sun's rays directly into electricity.
将你的洗衣机和洗碗机装满，这样会节约水，电和洗衣粉。
Fill your dish washer and washing machine with a full load - this will save you water, electricity, and washing powder.
委员会与其他机构或人士一道呼吁继续努力确保向所有人提供水、电以及环境卫生设施，并改进城市规划，以处理肆虐的慢性病问题。
The Commission joins other voices in calling for a renewed effort to ensure water, sanitation and electricity for all, as well as better urban planning to address the epidemic of chronic disease.
像“酸”，“重力”，“电”和“钟摆”这些词不得不被发明出来，只是为了防止他们的会议变成一场无止尽的字谜游戏。
Words like "acid", "gravity", "electricity" and "pendulum" had to be invented just to stop their meetings turning into an endless game of charades.
或许在另一个100年里，这些技术会更成熟，到时候它们就会像今天的电一样，成为平时生活的一部分。
Perhaps in another 100 years' time, they too will have matured, and become as much a part of the fabric of everyday life as electricity.
空气树通过光伏电池产生巨大的能量，这些电将输送回当地的电力公司，而由此产生的利润将用于该建筑的维护。
Using photovoltaic cells, the Air Tree produces a substantial amount of energy, which is then sold back to the local electric companies, the profits being used for maintenance of the structure.
作为比亚迪的第一款电动轿车，F3DM更像是纯粹的电动轿车，而不像目前已经上市的油电混合动力车。
The first of BYD's electric cars, the F3DM, is more of a purely electric car than the gasoline-electric hybrids on the road today.
美国国家可再生能源实验室（NREL）也发现，包括弗吉尼亚州在内的东部沿海各州，海岸风电可以完全满足它们的用电需求。
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has also found that many East Coast states, including Virginia, could meet 100 percent of their electricity needs with offshore wind.
这辆车线条流畅，风驰电掣，符合特斯拉开发豪华电动汽车这一细分市场的战略。
It's a slick, fast automobile, in line with Tesla's (TSLA) strategy to tap into a niche market-luxury electric vehicles.
这家公司原来一天只能供电12小时，现在，在他的努力之下，那里的家家户户几乎全天都能用上电了。
It used to provide just 12 hours of electricity a day, but thanks to his leadership, homes there now have power nearly around the clock.
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