All John's most valuable possessions were taken: his generator, the two small television sets that it powered and the family's cooking utensils.

约翰所有最值钱的财产都被拿走了：他的发动机，由它供电的两台小电视机，以及这个家庭的烹饪设备。

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His latest invention is an electrical generator based on a 19th-century idea-an unusually efficient kind of engine, called a Stirling engine-which never caught on.

他最新的发明是一个以19世纪思想基础上的发电机——一类异常高效的发动机——尽管从未流行起来。

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In approving the generator proposal, General McChrystal told his staff: "While I think Kajaki is critical for a long-term solution, there ain't no long-term if we don't win short-term."

为了表示对发电机计划的支持，麦克·克里斯托将军曾这样对他的手下说道：“虽然我认为卡贾基对我们的长远方案至关重要，可如果我们不争取短期的，也就没有长远的。”

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Startled by the intense beam he generated when he rigged the diode to his bike generator, he recalls saying to his partner, "Good God,a child could read by the light of a single diode."

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