VOA慢速英語: 技術(shù)車間讓高科技的夢想變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實

TechShop Puts High-Tech Dreams Within Reach
科技商店讓高科技成為現(xiàn)實
Maurice Mountain is a retired lawyer in Washington, D.C. He developed a prototype for a device he calls the Presto Emergency Boat Ladder. His invention is a small folding ladder that attaches to the side of a boat to help people who fall into the water. Mr. Mountain plans to mass-produce his boat ladder.
莫里斯·蒙特是華盛頓特區(qū)一名退休的律師。他研發(fā)了一款叫做船梯的緊急救助裝置。他的發(fā)明是一款小型折疊梯，這個梯子綁在船的一邊，方便掉入水中的人爬上來。蒙特計劃大規(guī)模地生產(chǎn)這種船梯。
He created his invention at a workshop called TechShop. Members of TechShop use high-tech equipment to develop and produce ideas they have for inventions. Mr. Mountain says TechShop permits people to turn their dreams into reality.
他在一家科技商店的工作間發(fā)明研究。技術(shù)商店的成員使用高科技把他們的理念和觀點轉(zhuǎn)化成發(fā)明。蒙特表示技術(shù)商店能讓人們把他們的理想轉(zhuǎn)化成現(xiàn)實。
"I think it encourages innovation. I think people who probably have had ideas rolling around in the back of their minds for years but have never had the opportunity to actually put them into production or even experiment with them would find this place wonderful."
“這有助于創(chuàng)新，我想多年來，人們也許在腦海中思考著很多想法，但是沒有機(jī)會將這些想法投入生產(chǎn)或者用這個神奇的地方來做實驗。”
Isabella Musachio manages a TechShop in Arlington, Virginia. She says the shop has many different kinds of equipment.
伊莎貝拉· 馬什可管理者弗吉尼亞州阿靈頓的科技商店。她說商店里有很多各種各樣的裝備。
"TechShop is a do-it-yourself maker space and fabrication studio. So when you come in we have all these different areas of the shop, and we have a metal shop, wood shop, plastic slab, lasers, 3D printers, electronics, textiles. I mean, we have so many different areas and we have all this equipment that is available to anybody above the age of 12 and up."
“在科技商店，給你空間自己動手去做，有制作工作室。因此，當(dāng)你走進(jìn)來的時候，可以看到各種不同的車間，我們有金屬車間、木工車間、塑料板、激光、3D打印機(jī)、電子設(shè)備和紡織品。我們有很多車間，這些設(shè)備適合12歲以上各個年齡階段的人。”
Membership costs for TechShop start at just over $100 per month. Members are able to use costly machines including 3D modeling tools and laser cutters. Isabella Musachio says TechShop helps its members build their dreams.
科技商店剛開始時的會員費是每月100多美元，會員可以使用這些昂貴的設(shè)備，包括3D模型工具和激光切割機(jī)。伊莎貝拉· 馬什可認(rèn)為科技商店幫助其會員重建他們的夢想。
"Our motto is ‘build your dreams here' because you can really come in with just an idea, and then with the help of TechShop make that leap from an idea to building your project or your prototype or even your business."
“我們的格言是‘在這里實現(xiàn)你們的夢想’，你可以帶著想法過來，然后借助科技商店的幫助，將你的思想變成你的項目或者初具形態(tài)的模型或者變成你的生意。”
The business application and credit card reader Square was developed at a TechShop facility in San Francisco. Now, Square is used to charge about $8.8 billion in business transactions every year.
業(yè)務(wù)應(yīng)用和信用卡讀卡器（credit card reader Square）就是在圣弗朗西斯哥的科技商店研發(fā)出來的。現(xiàn)在Square的移動讀卡器每年實現(xiàn)業(yè)務(wù)的轉(zhuǎn)賬有88億美元。
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke at the TechShop workshop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2014. He said that innovation is the first step to the future. He added that TechShop is giving people the tools they need to turn their ideas into reality.
2014年，美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬在賓夕法尼亞州匹茲堡的科技商店車間講話，他表示創(chuàng)新是引領(lǐng)未來的第一步，科技商店給人們提供把想法轉(zhuǎn)變成現(xiàn)實的工具。
"Because of advances in technology, the opportunity is now to make the tools that are needed for production and prototypes are now democratized. They are in the hands of anybody who's got a good idea."
“科技方面取得的進(jìn)步，能夠充分利用這些工具來進(jìn)行生產(chǎn)創(chuàng)造的需求越來越民主。只要你有好想法，任何人都可以使用這些條件。”
Jim Newton is the founder of TechShop. He first introduced the idea for the technology workshops at an arts and sciences event called Maker Faire in San Mateo, California in 2006. His idea attracted hundreds of members during that event. Now, there are eight TechShop locations in the U.S. In all, there are more than 6,000 members.
吉姆·牛頓是科技商店的創(chuàng)始人，2006年，在加利福尼亞州的圣馬特奧，他首先把技術(shù)工作車間的理念引入藝術(shù)和科學(xué)，并稱之為創(chuàng)意嘉年華大會。那時，他的理念吸引了成千上百個成員。現(xiàn)在在美國有八家科技商店，總共有6000多名成員。
Jim Newton has plans for two more TechShop locations in the cities of St. Louis and Los Angeles.
吉姆·牛頓計劃在圣路易斯和洛杉磯兩個城市再規(guī)劃開設(shè)兩個科技商店。
I'm Jonathan Evans.
我是喬納森·伊凡斯。
Enming Liu and Adrianna Zhang reported this story from Washington. Jonathan Evans wrote it for Learning English. Mario Ritter edited it.
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Words in this Story
attract – v. to cause someone to like or be interested in something
facility – n. something such as a building or large piece of equipment that is built for a specific purpose
innovation – n. a new idea, device, or method
prototype – n. an original or first model of something from which other forms are copied or developed
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