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Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions
Richard Turere：我那讓人與獅子和平共處的發明
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在 13 歲的 Richard Turere 住的馬塞族部落裡，家畜是非常重要的。獅子攻擊卻日漸頻繁。在這個簡短但發人深省的演說中，這位年輕的發明家與我們分享他所設計的太陽能裝置，它能安全的嚇跑獅子。
Richard Turere - Inventor
Young inventor Richard Turere invented "lion lights," an elegant way to protect his family's cattle from lion attacks. Full bio
Young inventor Richard Turere invented "lion lights," an elegant way to protect his family's cattle from lion attacks. Full bio
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00:12
This is where I live. I live in Kenya,
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這是我住的地方。我住在肯亞，
00:15
at the south parts of the Nairobi National Park.
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在奈洛比國家公園的南端。
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Those are my dad's cows at the back,
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背後那些是我父親的牛群，
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and behind the cows,
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而在牛群背後，
00:22
that's the Nairobi National Park.
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就是奈洛比國家公園。
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Nairobi National Park is not fenced in the south widely,
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奈洛比國家公園在南端有很寬的一部份
沒有柵欄，
沒有柵欄，
00:28
which means wild animals like zebras
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這表示一些野生動物，像是斑馬，
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migrate out of the park freely.
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會自由地遷徙，離開公園。
00:35
So predators like lions follow them,
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所以獅子之類的掠食者
就跟著它們，
就跟著它們，
00:39
and this is what they do.
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這就是牠們幹的好事。
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They kill our livestock.
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牠們吃掉我們的家畜。
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This is one of the cows which was killed at night,
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這是其中一隻在夜晚被殺掉的牛，
00:48
and I just woke up in the morning and I found it dead,
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早上我才剛起床 就發現它死掉了，
00:52
and I felt so bad,
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我心情很差，
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because it was the only bull we had.
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因為這是我們唯一一隻公牛。
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My community, the Maasai, we believe that
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我的部落，馬塞族，我們相信
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we came from heaven with all our animals and all the land
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我們來自天上，伴隨著我們的牲畜，
以及牧養它們的土地，
以及牧養它們的土地，
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for herding them, and that's why we value them so much.
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這是為什麼我們這麼重視它們。
01:11
So I grew up hating lions so much.
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所以我開始極度討厭獅子。
01:15
The morans are the warriors
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「莫朗」是我們的戰士，
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who protect our community and the livestock,
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就是那些保護我們部族
以及牲畜的勇士，
以及牲畜的勇士，
01:21
and they're also upset about this problem.
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而他們也對這個問題
感到憤慨。
感到憤慨。
01:25
So they kill the lions.
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所以他們殺了那隻獅子。
01:28
It's one of the six lions which were killed in Nairobi.
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它是在奈洛比被殺的
六隻獅子之一。
六隻獅子之一。
01:31
And I think this is why the Nairobi National Park lions are few.
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而我想這就是為什麼國家公園裡
獅子會這麼少的原因。
獅子會這麼少的原因。
01:36
So a boy, from six to nine years old, in my community
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所以，在我們部落裡，一個六歲到九歲的男孩
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is responsible for his dad's cows,
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必須要對他父親的牛群負責，
01:44
and that's the same thing which happened to me.
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而對我來說也是如此。
01:47
So I had to find a way of solving this problem.
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所以我必須想個辦法來解決這個問題。
01:50
And the first idea I got was to use fire,
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而我第一個想到的是用火，
01:55
because I thought lions were scared of fire.
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因為我想獅子應該會怕火。
01:59
But I came to realize that that didn't really help,
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但是我開始了解到
這並沒什麼實質作用，
這並沒什麼實質作用，
02:04
because it was even helping the lions
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因為這反倒幫了獅子，
02:06
to see through the cowshed.
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讓它們看清楚牛棚。
02:10
So I didn't give up. I continued.
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而我並沒放棄。我繼續嘗試。
02:13
And a second idea I got was
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第二個我想到的點子是
02:16
to use a scarecrow.
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利用稻草人。
02:18
I was trying to trick the lions
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我曾經試著去用稻草人騙獅子，
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[into thinking] that I was standing near the cowshed.
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（沉思）我站在牛棚旁看。
02:22
But lions are very clever. (Laughter)
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但獅子非常聰明。（笑聲）
02:26
They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back,
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牠們第一天會先來看看稻草人，然後回去，
02:31
but the second day, they'll come and they say,
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但第二天，牠們會再來，並說：
02:34
this thing is not moving here, it's always here. (Laughter)
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「這個東西不會動。它總是在那兒。」
（笑聲）
（笑聲）
02:37
So he jumps in and kills the animals.
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接著牠就撲上去
把牲畜吃了。
把牲畜吃了。
02:41
So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch,
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有一個晚上，我帶著火把
在牛棚周圍巡視，
在牛棚周圍巡視，
02:44
and that day, the lions didn't come.
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那天，獅子並沒有來。
02:48
And I discovered that lions are afraid of a moving light.
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然後我發現獅子會害怕移動的光源。
02:53
So I had an idea.
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所以我有個點子。
02:55
Since I was a small boy,
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在我還是個小孩的時候，
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I used to work in my room for the whole day,
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我很習慣在我的房間忙一整天，
03:01
and I even took apart my mom's new radio,
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我還曾經把
我媽的新收音機拆開，
我媽的新收音機拆開，
03:04
and that day she almost killed me,
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那天她差點把我殺了，
03:06
but I learned a lot about electronics. (Laughter)
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但是我學到了許多
電子學的知識。（笑聲）
電子學的知識。（笑聲）
03:12
So I got an old car battery,
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我有一顆舊的汽車電瓶，
03:16
an indicator box. It's a small device found in a motorcycle,
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還有一個指示盒。那是一個
我在機車上找到的小零件，
我在機車上找到的小零件，
03:19
and it helps motorists when they want to turn right or left. It blinks.
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在左右轉時，它可以幫助機車騎士。
它會閃爍。
它會閃爍。
03:24
And I got a switch where I can switch on the lights, on and off.
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接著我找到一個開關，可以控制燈光，開或是關。
03:29
And that's a small torch from a broken flashlight.
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而這是一個從壞手電筒上
找到的小燈泡。
找到的小燈泡。
03:34
So I set up everything.
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所以我設置好每個元件。
03:37
As you can see, the solar panel charges the battery,
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就像你看到的，太陽能板可以幫電池充電，
03:40
and the battery supplies the power
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而電池提供電力
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to the small indicator box. I call it a transformer.
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給小指示盒。我把它叫做轉換器。
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And the indicator box makes the lights flash.
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接著指示盒讓燈光閃爍。
03:50
As you can see, the bulbs face outside,
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就像你看到的，燈光是朝外的，
03:54
because that's where the lions come from.
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因為那是獅子來的方向。
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And that's how it looks to lions when they come at night.
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獅子晚上來的時候，
這就是牠看到的樣子。
這就是牠看到的樣子。
04:00
The lights flash and trick
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這些光源會閃爍，然後誘使
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the lions into thinking I was walking around the cowshed,
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那些獅子覺得我在牛棚附近走動，
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but I was sleeping in my bed.
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但我則在床上睡覺。
04:07
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
04:09
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
04:11
Thanks.
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謝謝。
04:17
So I set it up in my home two years ago,
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所以我兩年前在我家
設好這個裝置，
設好這個裝置，
04:21
and since then, we have never experienced any problem with lions.
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接著，我們就沒再遇到任何
獅子的問題了。
獅子的問題了。
04:24
And my neighboring homes heard about this idea.
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而我的鄰居們聽到了這個點子。
04:28
One of them was this grandmother.
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其中一個是這位奶奶。
04:31
She had a lot of her animals being killed by lions,
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她有很多牲畜
被獅子吃了，
被獅子吃了，
04:35
and she asked me if I could put the lights for her.
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她問我能不能幫她裝上這些燈泡。
04:37
And I said, "Yes."
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我回答：「沒問題。」
04:38
So I put the lights. You can see at the back, those are the lion lights.
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所以我裝了燈泡。你可以看到，
背後那些就是嚇獅子的燈。
背後那些就是嚇獅子的燈。
04:43
Since now, I've set up seven homes around my community,
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從那天起，我在附近的七戶人家中
設了裝置，
設了裝置，
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and they're really working.
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而它們都真的起了作用。
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And my idea is also being used now all over Kenya
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我的點子現在普及整個肯亞
04:54
for scaring other predators like hyenas, leopards,
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用來威嚇其它掠食者，
像是土狼、或是豹，
像是土狼、或是豹，
04:59
and it's also being used
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而也被用來
05:01
to scare elephants away from people's farms.
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驅趕象群，讓它們不要踩進
人們的農田。
人們的農田。
05:05
Because of this invention, I was lucky to get a scholarship
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由於這個發明，我很幸運地
得到獎學金，
得到獎學金，
05:08
in one of the best schools in Kenya,
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讓我在其中一間肯亞最好的學校唸書，
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Brookhouse International School,
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Brookhouse 國際學院，
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and I'm really excited about this.
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這讓我非常興奮。
05:16
My new school now is coming in and helping
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我現在的新學校加入並幫助我，
05:20
by fundraising and creating an awareness.
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他們幫忙籌款以及宣傳。
05:24
I even took my friends back to my community,
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我甚至帶我的朋友們回到我的部落，
05:29
and we're installing the lights to the homes
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然後我們為許多戶還沒設這裝置的家裡，
裝上裝置，
裝上裝置，
05:33
which don't have [any], and I'm teaching them how to put them.
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而我也教他們怎麼設置。
05:37
So one year ago, I was just a boy in the savanna grassland
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所以，一年前，我只是一個熱帶草原中的小男孩，
05:41
herding my father's cows,
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幫忙父親牧牛，
05:43
and I used to see planes flying over,
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我常看到飛機飛過，
05:46
and I told myself that one day, I'll be there inside.
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然後我告訴我自己
有一天我也會坐在裡面。
有一天我也會坐在裡面。
05:50
And here I am today.
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而今天我站在這裡。
05:53
I got a chance to come by plane for my first time for TED.
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我有這個機會來這，因為 TED，
我第一次坐上飛機。
我第一次坐上飛機。
05:59
So my big dream is to become an aircraft engineer and pilot when I grow up.
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所以我的長遠夢想是成為一個
飛機工程師及機長，在我長大以後。
飛機工程師及機長，在我長大以後。
06:04
I used to hate lions, but now because my invention
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我以前討厭獅子，但現在因為我的發明
06:08
is saving my father's cows and the lions,
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讓我父親的牛群以及獅子相安無事，
06:11
we are able to stay with the lions without any conflict.
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所以我們可以和獅子和平共處。
06:15
Ashê olên. It means in my language, thank you very much.
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Ashê olên。在我母語中這表示：「非常謝謝你們。」
06:18
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
06:33
Chris Anderson: You have no idea how exciting it is
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Chris Anderson：你應該很難理解，
我們聽到
我們聽到
06:35
to hear a story like yours.
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像你這樣的故事，
是多麼興奮。
是多麼興奮。
06:37
So you got this scholarship.Richard Turere: Yep.
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所以你得到這個獎學金。
Richard Turere：是的。
Richard Turere：是的。
06:39
CA: You're working on other electrical inventions.
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CA：你正在努力於其它電子發明。
06:42
What's the next one on your list?
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下一個發明是什麼？
06:44
RT: My next invention is,
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RT：我的下一個發明是，
06:46
I want to make an electric fence.CA: Electric fence?
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我想要做一個電柵。
CA：電柵？
CA：電柵？
06:49
RT: But I know electric fences are already invented,
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RT：但是我知道電柵已經有人發明了，
06:51
but I want to make mine.
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但我想做出屬於我的。
06:53
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
06:56
CA: You already tried it once, right, and you --RT: I tried it before,
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CA：你已經試了一次，對嗎？那你……
RT：我試過一次，
RT：我試過一次，
06:59
but I stopped because it gave me a shock. (Laughter)
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但我中斷了，因為我被它電到了。
（笑聲）
（笑聲）
07:05
CA: In the trenches. Richard Turere, you are something else.
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CA：還在努力中。Richard Turere，你真的很特別。
07:09
We're going to cheer you on every step of the way, my friend.
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我們將為你路上的每一步歡呼，
我的朋友。
我的朋友。
07:12
Thank you so much.RT: Thank you. (Applause)
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非常謝謝你。
RT：謝謝。（掌聲）
RT：謝謝。（掌聲）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Richard Turere - InventorYoung inventor Richard Turere invented "lion lights," an elegant way to protect his family's cattle from lion attacks.
Why you should listen
Richard Turere is a young Maasai man who lives in the wilderness of the Kenya savanna, on the edge of a national park full of rhino, giraffe, buffalo and lions. Since he was 9, Richard has held the honored chore of tending his father's cattle; in his free time, he tinkered with electrical gadgets. After dismantling the few household appliances, Richard taught himself how to fix them, and then he started inventing. He fit his parents' home with fans made from car parts and other junkyard components harvested from junkyards, then built other inventions for his neighbors.
Now 13, he is renowned for inventing "lion lights," a fence made of basic pieces (solar charging cells, flashlight parts), which quickly and effectively scares lions away from his father's cattle. Richard's dream is to be an aircraft engineer.
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