ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Arvind Gupta - Toymaker
Science educator Arvind Gupta uses simple toys to teach.

Why you should listen

Arvind Gupta is an Indian toy inventor and popularizer of science for kids. Creating simple toys out of trash and everyday goods, he illustrates principles of science and design in a memorably hands-on fashion. He works at the Children's Science Centre in Pune, India.

He's the author of numerous books available in English, Hindi and other Indian languages, including Little ToysAmazing Activities, Science from Scrap, and Science Skills & Thrills: The Best of Arvind Gupta. His Low-Cost Equipment for Science and Technology Eduction is available as a PDF download through UNESCO. Many of his toy designs are explained in one-minute films >>

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Arvind Gupta: Turning trash into toys for learning

阿文德 古普塔:變廢為寶做教學玩具

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在INK會議上,阿文德 古普塔和大家分享了他簡單但卻讓人驚歎的多種方法,利用廢舊物品製作出有意思又好玩的,設計精妙的玩具,孩子們能在動手製作這些玩具時,學到科學和設計的基本原則。
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My name名稱 is Arvind阿文德 Gupta古普塔, and I'm a toymaker玩具製造商.
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我叫Arvind Gupta,我製作玩具
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I've been making製造 toys玩具 for the last 30 years年份.
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過去30年我一直在製作玩具
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The early '70s, I was in college學院.
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70年代早期我還是大學生
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It was a very revolutionary革命的 time.
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那是一個非常革命性的時期
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It was a political政治 ferment發酵, so to say --
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是政治上的動亂
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students學生們 out in the streets街道 of Paris巴黎,
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巴黎的學生上街遊行
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revolting令人作嘔 against反對 authority權威.
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向威權挑戰
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America美國 was jolted震動
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反越戰的運動以及人權運動
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by the anti-Vietnam反越戰 movement運動, the Civil國內 Rights movement運動.
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讓美國處於躁動的階段
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In India印度, we had the Naxalite納薩爾 movement運動,
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在印度,我們有納薩爾派的運動
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the [unclear不明] movement運動.
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和其他的運動
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But you know, when there is a political政治 churning翻騰 of society社會,
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但你知道當社會上有政治的擾動時
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it unleashes解開 a lot of energy能源.
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就會宣洩出許多能量
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The National國民 Movement運動 of India印度
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印度的國民運動
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was testimony見證 to that.
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就是明顯的見證
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Lots of people resigned辭職 from well-paid高薪 jobs工作
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許多人辭掉自己高薪的工作
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and jumped跳下 into the National國民 Movement運動.
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投身到了國民運動中去了
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Now in the early '70s,
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在70年代初期
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one of the great programs程式 in India印度
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印度最重要的計畫之一
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was to revitalize振興
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就是復興
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primary science科學 in village schools學校.
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鄉鎮學校的基礎科學
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There was a person, Anil阿尼爾 SadgopalSadgopal, did a Ph博士.D. from Caltech加州理工學院
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有一個叫做Gopal的人,他在加州理工學院拿到博士
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and returned back as a molecular分子 biologist生物學家
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回來後成為分子生物學家
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in India's印度 cutting-edge前沿 research研究 institute研究所, the TIFRTIFR.
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在TIFR,印度最重要的研究中心工作
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At 31, he was not able能夠
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在31歲時,他沒有辦法
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to relate涉及 the kind of [unclear不明] research研究,
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把自己正在進行的研究
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which哪一個 he was doing with the lives生活 of the ordinary普通 people.
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應用到人民的日常生活
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So he designed設計 and went and started開始 a village science科學 program程序.
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所以他企劃了一個鄉鎮科學計畫,並開始實行
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Many許多 people were inspired啟發 by this.
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許多人都被這個想法所激發
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The slogan口號 of the early '70s
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70年代初期的口號
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was "Go to the people.
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是「走向人民」
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Live生活 with them; love them.
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「與他們一起生活,愛他們」
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Start開始 from what they know. Build建立 on what they have."
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「從人民知道的著手,從他們已擁有開始建設」
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This was kind of the defining確定 slogan口號.
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這是很代表性的口號
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Well I took one year.
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我花了一年的時間
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I joined加盟 Telco電信, made製作 TATATATA trucks卡車, pretty漂亮 close to Pune普納.
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我進入Telco工作,在哪裡生產TATA卡車,就在Pune附近
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I worked工作 there for two years年份,
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我在那裡工作了兩年
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and I realized實現 that I was not born天生 to make trucks卡車.
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然後我發現自己不適合去做卡車
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Often經常 one doesn't know what one wants to do,
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人常常不知道自己想要做什麼
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but it's good enough足夠 to know what you don't want to do.
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但是知道自己不想做什麼也夠好的了
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So I took one year off, and I went to this village science科學 program程序.
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所以我請了一年假,去參加這個鄉鎮科學計畫
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And it was a turning車削 point.
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這成為一個轉捩點
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It was a very small village --
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那是一個小村落
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a weekly每週 bazaar市場
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每星期有一次市集
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where people, just once一旦 in a week, they put in all the vats大桶.
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村民在這一星期一次的市集會把東西拿出來都裝在桶里
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So I said, "I'm going to spend a year over here."
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我告訴自己:「你將要在這裡過一年了」
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So I just bought one specimen標本
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我在市集裡每一個路邊攤
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of everything which哪一個 was sold出售 on the roadside路邊.
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都買了一個東西做樣本
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And one thing which哪一個 I found發現
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其中一個我找到的
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was this black黑色 rubber橡膠.
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是一條黑色的橡皮圈
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This is called a cycle週期 valve tube.
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這個叫做氣門嘴
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When you pump in air空氣 in a bicycle自行車, you use a bit of this.
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當你要幫腳踏車充氣時會用到它
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And some of these models楷模 --
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還有一些這些模型也會
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so you take a bit of this cycle週期 valve tube,
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現在你拿起一個氣門嘴
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you can put two matchsticks火柴 inside this, and you make a flexible靈活 joint聯合.
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你可以把兩根火柴放進去,就可以做出一個可動關節
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It's a joint聯合 of tubes. You start開始 by teaching教學 angles --
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兩根管子的連結,你可以從教角度開始
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an acute急性 angle角度, a right angle角度, an obtuse angle角度, a straight直行 angle角度.
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銳角,直角,鈍角,平角
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It's like its own擁有 little coupling耦合.
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像一個小小的耦合
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If you have three of them, and you loop循環 them together一起,
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如果你有三個,然後你把它們連起來
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well you make a triangle三角形.
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把它作成一個三角形
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With four, you make a square廣場,
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有四個,你可以作個正方形
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you make a pentagon五角大樓, you make a hexagon六邊形,
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做個五角型,做個六角形
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you make all these kind of polygons多邊形.
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你可以做出所有這些多邊形
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And they have some wonderful精彩 properties性能.
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然後他們有一些奇妙的特質
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If you look at the hexagon六邊形, for instance,
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比如說你看著一個六角形
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it's like an amoeba阿米巴, which哪一個 is constantly經常 changing改變 its own擁有 profile輪廓.
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它就像是一隻阿米巴,可以不停的改變外貌
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You can just pull this out, this becomes a rectangle長方形.
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把這個拔下來,它就變成矩形
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You give it a push, this becomes a parallelogram平行四邊形.
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稍稍拉開,便成了平行四邊形
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But this is very shaky搖搖欲墜.
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但這總是可活動的
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Look at the pentagon五角大樓, for instance,
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比如說這個五邊形
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pull this out -- it becomes a boat shape形狀 trapezium梯形.
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把這個拔起,就變成像船一樣的梯形
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Push it and it becomes house shaped成形.
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推一下就成了房子的型狀
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This becomes an isosceles等腰三角形 triangle三角形 --
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這樣就變成等腰三角形
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again, very shaky搖搖欲墜.
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再次展現它有多靈巧
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This square廣場 might威力 look very square廣場 and prim拘謹的.
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這個正方形看起來非常整齊方正
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Give it a little push -- this becomes a rhombus菱形.
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稍微推弄一下,它變成了菱形
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It becomes kite-shaped風箏形.
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像風箏的形狀
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But give a child兒童 a triangle三角形,
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但僅給小孩一個三角形
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he can't do a thing to it.
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他玩不出什麼變化
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Why use triangles三角形?
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為什麼我們用三角形
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Because triangles三角形 are the only rigid死板 structures結構.
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因為三角形是唯一堅固的結構
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We can't make a bridge with squares廣場
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我們不能用正方形來造橋
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because the train培養 would come, it would start開始 doing a jig夾具.
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因為當火車經過時這種橋會劇烈搖晃
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Ordinary普通 people know about this
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這是一般人的常識
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because if you go to a village in India印度,
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因為你只要到印度任一村莊瞧瞧
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they might威力 not have gone走了 to engineering工程 college學院,
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他們也許沒有主修工程的大學文憑
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but no one makes品牌 a roof屋頂 placed放置 like this.
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但沒有人會把屋頂蓋成這樣
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Because if they put tiles瓷磚 on top最佳, it's just going to crash緊急.
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因為這種屋頂一放上瓦片就會垮掉
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They always make a triangular三角形的 roof屋頂.
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他們蓋的一定是三角形的屋頂
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Now this is people science科學.
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所以這是常民知識
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And if you were to just poke a hole over here
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然後如果你在這裡戳一個洞
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and put a third第三 matchstick火柴,
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接著放進第三根火柴
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you'll你會 get a T joint聯合.
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你就有一個T型接頭
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And if I were to poke all the three legs of this
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如果我在這個三角形的三個頂點上
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in the three vertices頂點 of this triangle三角形,
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戳進去這個T形連接的三條邊
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I would make a tetrahedron四面體.
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我能做出一個四面體
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So you make all these 3D shapes形狀.
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你可以做出這些3D多面體
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You make a tetrahedron四面體 like this.
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做出一個像這樣的四面體
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And once一旦 you make these,
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當你做完這些
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you make a little house.
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你就能做出來個房子。
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Put this on top最佳.
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把這個放在上面,
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You can make a joint聯合 of four. You can make a joint聯合 of six.
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你就能連成四個,連成六個。
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You just need a ton.
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你只需要很多這些(小零件)
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Now this was -- you make a joint聯合 of six,
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你看這個-這是做成的六個連在一起的
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you make an icosahedron二十面體.
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你能做出一個二十面體
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You can play around with it.
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你可以隨意把玩這個小東西
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This makes品牌 an igloo雪屋.
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作個雪屋
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Now this is in 1978.
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1978年
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I was a 24-year-old-歲 young年輕 engineer工程師.
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我當時是二十四歲的年輕工程師
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And I thought this was so much better than making製造 trucks卡車.
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然後我想,這比製造卡車棒多了
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If you, as a matter of fact事實, put four marbles彈子 inside,
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事實上,如果你放四顆玻璃彈球在裏面
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you simulate模擬 the molecular分子 structure結構體 of methane甲烷, CHCH4.
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這樣你就能造出甲烷(CH4)的分子結構
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Four atoms原子 of hydrogen, the four points of the tetrahedron四面體,
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是氫的四個原子,四面體的四個點,
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which哪一個 means手段 the little carbon atom原子.
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就是碳原子
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Well since以來 then,
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從那時起
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I just thought that I've been really privileged特權
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我覺得我萬分有幸
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to go to over 2,000 schools學校 in my country國家 --
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能夠去我們國家的兩千所學校
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village schools學校, government政府 schools學校,
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鄉村學校,國立學校
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municipal市政 schools學校, Ivy常春藤 League聯盟 schools學校 --
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市立學校,常春藤聯盟學校
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I've been invited邀請 by most of them.
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我被很多所學校邀請
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And every一切 time I go to a school學校,
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每當我去一所學校
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I see a gleam閃光 in the eyes眼睛 of the children孩子.
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看到孩子們眼中閃著光
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I see hope希望. I see happiness幸福 in their faces面孔.
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我能看到希望。我能在他們臉上看到快樂。
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Children孩子 want to make things. Children孩子 want to do things.
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孩子們想要製作東西。孩子們想要動手去做。
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Now this, we make lots and lots of pumps.
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瞧這兒,我們做了很多打氣筒。
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Now this is a little pump
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這是一個小的氣筒
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with which哪一個 you could inflate膨脹 a balloon氣球.
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你能用它來給氣球充氣。
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It's a real真實 pump. You could actually其實 pop流行的 the balloon氣球.
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這可是個真正的打氣筒,你能把氣球給打爆了。
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And we have a slogan口號
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我們有句話說:
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that the best最好 thing a child兒童 can do with a toy玩具 is to break打破 it.
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一個孩子能對玩具做的最好的事情就是拆掉它
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So all you do is --
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那我們就這麼做吧 --
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it's a very kind of provocative挑釁 statement聲明 --
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這聽上去多有挑戰性啊
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this old bicycle自行車 tube and this old plastic塑料 [unclear不明]
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這個舊的自行車內胎和舊塑料管
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This filling填充 cap will go very snugly緊貼 into an old bicycle自行車 tube.
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這個塑料管可以很容易地放進舊自行車內胎
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And this is how you make a valve.
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這是怎樣做個閥門
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You put a little sticky tape膠帶.
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你在這兒貼上膠帶
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This is one-way單程 traffic交通.
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這樣就是單向流通的了
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Well we make lots and lots of pumps.
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我們做了很多很多的泵
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And this is the other one --
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這是另外一個
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that you just take a straw稻草, and you just put a stick inside
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你拿跟吸管,放根小棍進去
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and you make two half-cuts半切口.
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切兩個口
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Now this is what you do,
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現在你這樣
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is you bend彎曲 both these legs into a triangle三角形,
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你把這腿彎成一個三角形
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and you just wrap some tape膠帶 around.
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然後纏上膠帶
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And this is the pump.
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這就成了一個泵
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And now, if you have this pump,
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那你有了這個泵
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it's like a great, great sprinkler灑水車.
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就好像你有了個很棒的灑水器
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It's like a centrifuge離心分離機.
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好像離心機
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If you spin something, it tends趨向 to fly out.
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如果你插在水裏面轉,水就會飛出來
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Well in terms條款 of -- if you were in Andhra安德拉 Pradesh,
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那麼--如果你在安德拉普拉德士
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you would make this with the palmyra巴爾米拉 leaf.
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你就能用棕櫚葉子做這個
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Many許多 of our folk民間 toys玩具
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很多我們的民間玩具
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have great science科學 principles原則.
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都包含很多科學原理
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If you spin-top旋轉頂部 something, it tends趨向 to fly out.
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如果你旋轉東西,那它可能會飛起來
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If I do it with both hands, you can see this fun開玩笑 Mr先生. Flying飛行 Man.
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如果我兩個手來搓,你就能看到這個有趣的飛人先生了。
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Right.
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This is a toy玩具 which哪一個 is made製作 from paper. It's amazing驚人.
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這是個紙做的玩具,讓人稱奇。
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There are four pictures圖片.
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有四個圖片
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You see insects昆蟲,
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你看有昆蟲
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you see frogs青蛙, snakes, eagles, butterflies蝴蝶,
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有青蛙、蛇
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frogs青蛙, snakes, eagles.
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青蛙、蛇、鷹
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Here's這裡的 a paper which哪一個 you could [unclear不明] --
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這是張能讓你一起跳舞的紙
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designed設計 by a mathematician數學家 at Harvard哈佛 in 1928,
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在1928年由一位哈佛的數學家設計
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Arthur亞瑟 Stone,
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他名叫亞瑟斯棟
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documented記錄 by Martin馬丁 Gardner加德納 in many許多 of his many許多 books圖書.
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這在馬丁嘉德勒的很多著作中記錄過
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But this is great fun開玩笑 for children孩子.
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但對小孩來說這太好玩了
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They all study研究 about the food餐飲 chain.
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他們都學過食物鏈
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The insects昆蟲 are eaten吃過 by the frogs青蛙; the frogs青蛙 are eaten吃過 by the snakes;
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像是青蛙吃蟲子;蛇類吃青蛙
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the snakes are eaten吃過 by the eagles.
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老鷹吃蛇類
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And this can be, if you had a whole整個 photocopy複印件 paper --
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然後就可以變成,如果你有一張紙
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A4 size尺寸 paper --
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A4大小的紙
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you could be in a municipal市政 school學校, you could be in a government政府 school學校 --
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不管你是在市立學校還是國立學校
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a paper, a scale規模 and a pencil鉛筆 -- no glue, no scissors剪刀.
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只要一張紙,一把尺子,一支鉛筆,不需要膠水不需要剪刀
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In three minutes分鐘, you just fold this up.
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三分鐘,你就能夠折好
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And what you could use it for is just limited有限 by your imagination想像力.
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然後你就能拿它做任何你想的到的應用
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If you take a smaller paper, you make a smaller flexagonflexagon.
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如果你那拿張小點的紙,你就做個小點的翻紙
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With a bigger one, you make a bigger one.
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大張一點的紙,你就能做的大一點
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Now this is a pencil鉛筆 with a few少數 slots插槽 over here.
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這裡有一支鉛筆,上面有些凹槽
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And you put a little fan風扇 here.
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然後在這人安上一片扇葉
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And this is a hundred-year-old百年老 toy玩具.
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這是個有百年曆史的玩具
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There have been six major重大的 research研究 papers文件 on this.
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已經有六篇著名的研究論文研究它
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There's some grooves凹槽 over here, you can see.
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這兒有些溝槽,你能看到
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And if I take a reed蘆葦 -- if I rub this,
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如果我拿個簧片,然後我刮這個鉛筆
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something very amazing驚人 happens發生.
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神奇的事情發生了
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Six major重大的 research研究 papers文件 on this.
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六篇重要的研究論文就是探討它的
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As a matter of fact事實, Feynman費曼, as a child兒童, was very fascinated入迷 by this.
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事實上,有個小孩子名叫費因曼很為之著迷
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He wrote a paper on this.
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後來他寫了一篇關於它的論文
07:42
And you don't need the three billion-dollar十億美元 Hadron強子 Collider對撞機
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你不需要一台三十億美元的分子對撞機
07:44
for doing this. (Laughter笑聲) (Applause掌聲)
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就能做這些
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This is there for every一切 child兒童,
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這樣的玩具每個孩子都能得到
07:48
and every一切 child兒童 can enjoy請享用 this.
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每個孩子都會喜歡玩
07:50
If you want to put a colored有色 disk磁盤,
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如果你拿一張彩色的磁盤
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well all these seven colors顏色 coalesce合併.
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那麼這七種顏色合并
07:55
And this is what Newton牛頓 talked about 400 years年份 back,
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這就是牛頓在400年前提到的
07:58
that white白色 light's輕的 made製作 of seven colors顏色,
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白光是由七色光組成
08:00
just by spinning紡織 this around.
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只需要轉動它就可以看到
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This is a straw稻草.
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這是一根吸管
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What we've我們已經 doneDONE, we've我們已經 just sealed密封 both the ends結束 with tape膠帶,
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我們已經把這兩端用膠條封起來
08:08
nipped凍壞 the right corner and the bottom底部 left corner,
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在右下角和左上角剪個口子
08:10
so there's holes in the opposite對面 corners角落, there's a little hole over here.
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所以在相對的兩邊都有一個口子,這裡有個口子
08:13
This is a kind of a blowing straw稻草.
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這就成了根吹氣管
08:15
I just put this inside this.
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我把它放到這裡面
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There's a hole here, and I shut關閉 this.
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這兒有個洞,我堵上它
08:25
And this costs成本 very little money to make --
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製作這些基本上都不花錢
08:27
great fun開玩笑 for children孩子 to do.
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卻能給孩子們來帶很多樂趣
08:29
What we do
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現在我們
08:31
is make a very simple簡單 electric電動 motor發動機.
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做一個很簡單的發電機
08:33
Now this is the simplest簡單 motor發動機 on Earth地球.
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這是世界上最簡單的發電機了
08:37
The most expensive昂貴 thing is the battery電池 inside this.
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他最昂貴的部份就是裏面的這枚電池
08:40
If you have a battery電池, it costs成本 five cents to make it.
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如果你有了一枚電池,那麼只要再花5分錢來製作它
08:43
This is an old bicycle自行車 tube,
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這是個用舊的自行車內胎
08:45
which哪一個 gives you a broad廣闊 rubber橡膠 band, two safety安全 pins.
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一個寬橡膠帶,兩枚別針
08:47
This is a permanent常駐 magnet磁鐵.
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這是一塊永磁鐵
08:49
Whenever每當 current當前 flows流動 through通過 the coil, this becomes an electromagnet電磁鐵.
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當電流經過線圈,他就成了電磁鐵
08:52
It's the interaction相互作用 of both these magnets磁鐵
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正是這些磁力的相互作用
08:54
which哪一個 makes品牌 this motor發動機 spin.
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使得這個電機轉起來
08:56
We made製作 30,000.
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我們做了3萬個
08:58
Teachers教師 who have been teaching教學 science科學 for donkey years年份,
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那些教授科學多年的老師們
09:01
they just muck糞肥 up the definition定義 and they spit it out.
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他們把定義弄混然後生硬地講出來
09:04
When teachers教師 make it, children孩子 make it.
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但是如果老師製作這個,孩子們也動手作
09:06
You can see a gleam閃光 in their eye.
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你能看到他們眼中閃爍的光芒
09:08
They get a thrill顫抖
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他們瞭解到科學究竟是什麽
09:11
of what science科學 is all about.
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並為之感到興奮
09:13
And this science科學 is not a rich豐富 man's男人的 game遊戲.
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這樣的科學不是富人的遊戲
09:15
In a democratic民主的 country國家,
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在一個民主的國度
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science科學 must必須 reach達到 to our most oppressed壓迫,
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科學應該覆蓋到哪怕是最底層的人們
09:20
to the most marginalized邊緣化 children孩子.
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讓那些最邊緣化的孩子也能隨時掌握
09:22
This program程序 started開始 with 16 schools學校
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這個項目從最初的16所學校
09:25
and spread傳播 to 1,500 government政府 schools學校.
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現在發展到1500所國立學校
09:28
Over 100,000 children孩子 learn學習 science科學 this way.
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超過十萬名兒童通過這樣的項目學習科學
09:32
And we're just trying to see possibilities可能性.
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我們仍在嘗試新的發張可能
09:34
Look, this is the tetrapak利樂包 --
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瞧,這是一個利樂包
09:36
awful可怕 materials物料 from the point of view視圖 of the environment環境.
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從環保的角度來講這些都是不好的材料
09:39
There are six layers -- three layers of plastic塑料, aluminum --
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這裡一共有六層 -- 三層塑料,鋁 --
09:42
which哪一個 are are sealed密封 together一起.
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都封在一起
09:44
They are fused融合 together一起, so you can't separate分離 them.
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這些層都是熔在一起的所以不能分開
09:46
Now you can just make a little network網絡 like this
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現在你可以把它們連在一起
09:48
and fold them and stick them together一起
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折叠並且粘在一起
09:50
and make an icosahedron二十面體.
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這樣就能做成一個二十面體
09:52
So something which哪一個 is trash垃圾,
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所以這些本來是垃圾的東西
09:54
which哪一個 is choking窒息的 all the seabirds海鳥,
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這些噎住海鳥的廢物
09:57
you could just recycle回收 this into a very, very joyous歡樂 --
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你可以把它回收,變成非常好玩的玩具
10:00
all the platonic柏拉圖式的 solids固體 can be made製作 with things like this.
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它可以做成任何的規範多面體
10:03
This is a little straw稻草,
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這裡有根小吸管
10:06
and what you do is you just nip two corners角落 here,
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你把在這兒剪兩個角
10:10
and this becomes like a baby寶寶 crocodile's鱷魚 mouth.
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這就像個小鱷魚的嘴
10:14
You put this in your mouth, and you blow打擊.
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把它放到嘴裡,然後往裡吹氣
10:16
(Honk按喇叭)
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(吹出響聲)
10:18
It's children's兒童 delight, a teacher's教師 envy羨慕, as they say.
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人麼說,這讓孩子們高興,老師們嫉妒
10:22
You're not able能夠 to see how the sound聲音 is produced生成,
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你不能看到聲音是怎麼產生的
10:24
because the thing which哪一個 is vibrating振動 goes inside my mouth.
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因為振動的部份在我嘴裏面
10:27
I'm going to keep this outside, to blow打擊 out. I'm going to suck吮吸 in air空氣.
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現在我把它放在外面,我往裡吸氣
10:30
(Honk按喇叭)
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(發出聲音)
10:32
So no one actually其實 needs需求 to muck糞肥 up the production生產 of sound聲音
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所以沒必要把聲音原理用晦澀難懂的
10:35
with wire vibrations振動.
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線性振動圖來表現出來
10:37
The other is that you keep blowing at it,
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另一種辦法是一直不停的吹氣
10:39
keep making製造 the sound聲音,
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不停的發出響聲
10:41
and you keep cutting切割 it.
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然後不斷簡短吸管
10:43
And something very, very nice不錯 happens發生.
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那麼將會出現很美好的現象
10:45
(Honk按喇叭)
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(發出響聲,越短聲音越高)
10:57
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
11:00
And when you get a very small one --
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那麼當你只剩很短的一段
11:02
(Honk按喇叭)
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(嬰兒哭聲)
11:05
This is what the kids孩子 teach you. You can also do this.
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這就是孩子們教你的東西。你也能自己動手試試
11:08
Well before I go any further進一步,
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在我講後面的故事之前
11:10
this is something worth價值 sharing分享.
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這里有些值得跟大家分享的東西
11:12
This is a touching接觸 slate石板 meant意味著 for blind children孩子.
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這是一塊給盲童的觸摸板
11:14
This is strips帶子 of Velcro尼龍搭扣, this is my drawing畫畫 slate石板,
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這上面是一條條的尼龍鉤扣條,這是我的畫板
11:17
and this is my drawing畫畫 pen鋼筆,
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這是我的畫筆
11:19
which哪一個 is basically基本上 a film電影 box.
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其實就是一個膠捲盒
11:21
It's basically基本上 like a fisherman's漁夫 line,
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這就像是個漁夫的線
11:25
a fishing釣魚 line.
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漁線
11:27
And this is wool羊毛 over here.
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這是一捆毛線
11:29
If I crank曲柄 the handle處理, all the wool羊毛 goes inside.
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我轉動手柄,毛線就收進去了
11:32
And what a blind child兒童 can do is to just draw this.
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那麼一個盲童可以拿著這個畫畫
11:36
Wool羊毛 sticks on Velcro尼龍搭扣.
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毛線會鉤在尼龍勾上
11:40
There are 12 million百萬 blind children孩子 in our country國家 --
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我們國家有一千兩百萬盲童
11:43
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
11:45
who live生活 in a world世界 of darkness黑暗.
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他們生活在黑暗中
11:47
And this has come as a great boon福利 to them.
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而這對他們來說是多麼大的恩惠
11:50
There's a factory out there making製造 our children孩子 blind,
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也許有個工廠正讓我們的孩子們失明
11:53
not able能夠 to provide提供 them with food餐飲,
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不能給他們提供食物
11:55
not able能夠 to provide提供 them with vitamin維他命 A.
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不能給他們提供維他命A
11:57
But this has come as a great boon福利 for them.
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但是這對他們來說卻意味著天大的福音
11:59
There are no patents專利. Anyone任何人 can make it.
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這個沒有任何專利,隨便什麽人都可以作出來
12:03
This is very, very simple簡單.
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這非常非常的簡單
12:05
You can see, this is the generator發電機. It's a crank曲柄 generator發電機.
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你瞧,這是個發電機,曲柄發電機
12:08
These are two magnets磁鐵.
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這兒有兩個磁鐵
12:10
This is a large pulley滑輪 made製作 by sandwiching夾層 rubber橡膠 between之間 two old CDs光盤.
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這個大滑輪由兩張舊CD夾著一片橡膠片組成
12:13
Small pulley滑輪 and two strong強大 magnets磁鐵.
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小滑輪和兩個強性磁鐵
12:15
And this fiber纖維 turns a wire attached to an LED.
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這條導線連接著LED燈
12:18
If I spin this pulley滑輪, the small one's那些 going to spin much faster更快.
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當我轉這個滑輪的時候,小滑輪轉動得更快
12:20
There will be a spinning紡織 magnetic磁性 field領域.
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就產生了一個旋轉的磁場
12:22
Lines, of course課程, would be cut, the force will be generated產生.
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磁場線被切割,那麼產生了力
12:25
And you can see, this LED is going to glow輝光.
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現在你能看見,LED燈就能亮起來
12:27
So this is a small crank曲柄 generator發電機.
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這就是個小型的曲柄電機
12:31
Well, this is, again,
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那麼再來看這個
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it's just a ring, a steel ring with steel nuts堅果.
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這是一個圈,一個鋼圈還有些鋼螺母
12:37
And what you can do
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你能做的呢
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is just, if you give it a twirl,
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就是彈轉它們
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well they just keep going on.
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它們就會這麼轉下去
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And imagine想像 a bunch of kids孩子
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現在想像一群孩子
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standing常設 in a circle
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站在一起圍成一個圈
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and just waiting等候 for the steel ring to be passed通過 on.
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等著輪到自己來玩這個鋼圈
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And they'd他們會 be absolutely絕對 joyous歡樂 playing播放 with this.
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他們將會玩得多麼開心
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Well in the end結束, what we can also do:
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最後,我們還可以這樣做
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we use a lot of old newspapers報紙
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我們用很多廢報紙
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to make caps帽子.
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來做帽子
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This is worthy值得 of Sachin薩欽 Tendulkar泰杜爾卡.
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這頂帽子對沙奇德盧卡(著名板球運動員)來說挺值錢
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It's a great cricket蟋蟀 cap. (Laughter笑聲) (Applause掌聲)
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這是頂了不起的板球帽
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When first you see Nehru尼赫魯 and Gandhi甘地,
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但是如果你看到尼赫魯和甘地
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this is the Nehru尼赫魯 cap -- just half a newspaper報紙.
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這是一頂尼赫魯帽 - 只要半張報紙
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We make lots of toys玩具 with newspapers報紙,
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我們用報紙可以做很多玩具
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and this is one of them.
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這是其中之一
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And this is -- you can see --
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而這個 - 你瞧
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this is a flapping bird.
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這是一隻振翅的小鳥
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All of our old newspapers報紙, we cut them into little squares廣場.
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我們的舊報紙,我們把它們裁成小方塊
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And if you have one of these birds鳥類 --
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如果你有這麼樣的一隻小鳥 --
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children孩子 in Japan日本 have been making製造 this bird for many許多, many許多 years年份.
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日本的孩子已經折這種小鳥很多年了
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And you can see,
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this is a little fantail扇尾 bird.
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這就是一隻小小的扇尾鳥
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Well in the end結束, I'll just end結束 with a story故事.
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最後,我來用一個故事來結束我的演講。
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This is called "The Captain's船長 Hat帽子 Story故事."
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這個故事名字叫做“船長的帽子”
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The captain隊長 was a captain隊長 of a sea-going遠洋 ship.
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船長是一位航海船的船長
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It goes very slowly慢慢地.
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船行得很慢
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And there were lots of passengers乘客 on the ship,
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船上有很多的乘客
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and they were getting得到 bored無聊, so the captain隊長 invited邀請 them on the deck甲板.
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他們很無聊,所以船長邀請大家來到甲板上
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"Wear穿 all your colorful華美 clothes衣服 and sing and dance舞蹈,
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穿上你們多彩的衣服,盡情的唱歌跳舞吧
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and I'll provide提供 you with good food餐飲 and drinks飲料."
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我會為你們提供上好的食物和美酒
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And the captain隊長 would wear穿 a cap everyday每天
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船長每天都帶著一頂不同的帽子
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and join加入 in the regalia粉墨.
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加入盛裝的人們
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The first day, it was a huge巨大 umbrella雨傘 cap,
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第一天,他戴了一頂巨大的傘形帽
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like a captain's隊長 cap.
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就像頂船長帽
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That night, when the passengers乘客 would be sleeping睡眠,
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到了夜裡,當乘客們都睡著了
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he would give it one more fold,
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他把帽子折了一道
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and the second第二 day, he would be wearing穿著 a fireman's消防員 cap --
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那麼第二天,他就戴了一頂消防帽
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with a little shoot射擊 just like a designer設計師 cap,
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後面留了個尖角,像是頂設計師專門設計的帽子
14:15
because it protects保護 the spinal cord.
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因為這尖角能保護脊柱
14:18
And the second第二 night, he would take the same相同 cap
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到了第二天夜裡,他拿出同樣一頂帽子
14:20
and give it another另一個 fold.
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然後又折了一道
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And the third第三 day, it would be a ShikariSHIKARI cap --
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第三天,這就成了獵裝帽
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just like an adventurer's冒險家的 cap.
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像是個冒險家帽子
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And the third第三 night, he would give it two more folds褶皺 --
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第三天晚上,他又折了兩道
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and this is a very, very famous著名 cap.
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這就成了一頂非常非常有名的帽子
14:32
If you've seen看到 any of our Bollywood寶萊塢 films影片,
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如果你曾經看過寶萊屋電影
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this is what the policeman警察 wears穿,
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這就是警察戴的
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it's called a zapaluzapalu cap.
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這叫做zapalu帽子
14:38
It's been catapulted連升 to international國際 glory榮耀.
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這帽子已經蜚聲世界了
14:41
And we must必須 not forget忘記 that he was the captain隊長 of the ship.
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我們別忘了他可是這艘船上的船長哦
14:44
So that's a ship.
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所以這是一艘船
14:46
And now the end結束:
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現在到了結局
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everyone大家 was enjoying享受 the journey旅程 very much.
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每個人非常享受這次旅程
14:50
They were singing唱歌 and dancing跳舞.
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大家唱啊跳啊
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Suddenly突然 there was a storm風暴 and huge巨大 waves波浪.
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突然,刮起了狂風,掀起了巨浪
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And all the ship can do is to dance舞蹈 and pitch瀝青 along沿 with the waves波浪.
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船只能隨著巨浪上下顛簸
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A huge巨大 wave comes and slaps拍打 the front面前
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一陣巨浪打來,砸在船頭
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and knocks敲門 it down.
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把船頭打了下來
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And another另一個 one comes and slaps拍打 the aft船尾 and knocks敲門 it down.
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又這個大浪吧船尾打了下來
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And there's a third第三 one over here.
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第三個大浪湧過來
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This swallows燕子 the bridge and knocks敲門 it down.
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吞沒了船長室
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And the ship sinks,
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船沉了
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and the captain隊長 has lost丟失 everything,
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船長什麽都沒了
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but for a life jacket夾克.
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只剩一件救生衣
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Thank you so much.
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謝謝你們的聆聽
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Tingting Yang
Reviewed by Shelley Krishna R. TSANG

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Arvind Gupta - Toymaker
Science educator Arvind Gupta uses simple toys to teach.

Why you should listen

Arvind Gupta is an Indian toy inventor and popularizer of science for kids. Creating simple toys out of trash and everyday goods, he illustrates principles of science and design in a memorably hands-on fashion. He works at the Children's Science Centre in Pune, India.

He's the author of numerous books available in English, Hindi and other Indian languages, including Little ToysAmazing Activities, Science from Scrap, and Science Skills & Thrills: The Best of Arvind Gupta. His Low-Cost Equipment for Science and Technology Eduction is available as a PDF download through UNESCO. Many of his toy designs are explained in one-minute films >>

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