2016年11月7日 星期一

The Mad Scientist of YouTube  金鋼狼爪★彈射床☆噴火吉他:酷炫發明王


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The Mad Scientist of YouTube  金鋼狼爪★彈射床☆噴火吉他:酷炫發明王
A plumber with an energetic personality has achieved fame on YouTube with his strange machines.
一位個性活力十足的水管工人以他各種新奇的機械在 YouTube 上成名。























  Colin Furze is a plumber living in Lincolnshire, England. He left school at the age of 16 but has never stopped educating himself. For fun, he creates strange machines at his house and puts videos of them on YouTube. Furze's energetic personality and creative inventions have made him famous on YouTube.
  Many of Furze's gadgets are inspired by his audience, like his flame-throwing guitar or his ejector bed. Both were introduced in videos that became popular because of Furze's excitement when testing his machines. He has also made items for television shows and video games every now and then. Even though he is not an engineer, he built a working hover-bike for Ford — the car company. Amazingly, it could actually fly short distances.
  Furze has also broken a few world records. For example, one of his most amazing achievements was the world's fastest mobility scooter, which could travel at 114 kilometers per hour. Then, he created the world's fastest baby carriage, with a top speed of 48 kilometers per hour. Furze has brought joy to many with his cool machines. Hopefully, viewers can continue watching this mad genius and his amazing creations in action for years to come.





































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  柯林•佛茲是一個住在英國林肯郡的水管工人。他在十六歲的時候就離開學校,但是他從來沒有停止自學。為了好玩,他在家裡創造了新奇的機械,並將那些機械的影片放到 YouTube 上。佛茲活力十足的個性和充滿創意的發明讓他在 YouTube 上走紅。
  佛茲很多的小機械都是受到觀眾的啟發,像是他的『噴火吉他』和『彈射床』。因為佛茲在測試他的機械時很興奮,上述兩項在他影片中亮相的發明因而變得受歡迎。他有時候也會為電視節目和電玩打造物件。雖然他不是一個工程師,但是他為福特汽車公司打造了一台可以飛的『懸浮單車』。令人驚奇地,它真的可以短程飛行。
佛茲也打破了一些世界紀錄。例如,他驚人的成就之一就是世界上最快的電動代步車,它一小時可以行駛一百一十四公里。之後,他打造了世界上最快的嬰兒車,它一小時最快可以達到四十八公里。佛茲藉由他新奇的機器為大家帶來許多的歡樂。希望在未來幾年觀眾可以繼續看到這位瘋狂的天才以及他驚人的創意發明。

 
  1. educate vt. 教育,裁培
    Ted was born in Taiwan but educated in the US.
    泰德在台灣出生卻在美國受教育。
  2. creative a. 有創意的
    Jason is a creative writer and writes for a small sci-fi magazine.
    傑森是位有創意的作家,他為一本小規模科幻雜誌寫作。
  3. flame n. 火焰
    The plane crashed and instantly went up in flames.
    這架飛機墜毀後,馬上燃燒起來。
    * go up in flames  突然失火/著火
  4. item n.(一件)物品;項目
    Many items, such as empty plastic bottles, can be recycled.
    許多物品,像是空塑膠瓶等,都可回收利用。
  5. every now and then  偶爾,有時候
    Every now and then, we eat out at the best restaurant in town.
    有時候,我們會到鎮上最好的餐廳吃飯。
  6. distance n. 距離
    Keep a good distance from the car in front of us.
    要跟我們前面那部車保持適當的距離。
  7. break a / the record  打破紀錄
    Shelly broke the record for the 5,000-meter race.
    雪莉打破了五千公尺賽跑的紀錄。
  8. genius n. 天才
    We all think of that little boy as a genius.
    我們都認為那個小男孩是個天才。

plumber n. 水管工
invention n. 發明物(可數),發明(不可數)
gadget n.(科技)小玩意兒;小機件
ejector n. 彈射器
achievement n. 成就(常用複數)
mobility n. 機動性
carriage n. 嬰兒車;馬車

極『速』狂飆
本文 "... with a top speed of 48 kilometers per hour." 中的 speed 在此為名詞,表『速度』,常用的相關片語有 at a...speed / at the speed of... 表『以……的速度』。例:
Our car was traveling at a high speed.
(我們的車子正高速行駛。)
Shelly drove at the speed of 28 miles an hour.
(雪莉當時開車的速度是時速二十八英里。)


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