美国英语听力80篇3 Lesson51

[00:05.20]Nikola Tesla developed the alternating¹ current power system that provides electricity in the United States.
[00:14.42]Many of his other discoveries led to electronic inventions for which other scientists were honored².
[00:22.75]Mister³ Tesla held more than 100 patents given by the United States government.
[00:28.97]A patent gives the inventor the right to make, use and sell his invention for a period of time
[00:39.18]Nikola Tesla was born in what is now Croatia in 1856.
[00:45.19]He began inventing when he was a child.
[00:48.67]He later studied to be an electrical engineer.
[00:52.66]He moved to the United States in 1884, He became an American citizen five years later.
[01:01.07]Nikola Tesla received a patent for his alternating electric power system in 1888,
[01:09.69]He was working in his own laboratory⁴ in New York City.
[01:14.03]George Westinghouse bought the patent rights from Mr Tesla.
[01:19.60]Then Mister Westinghouse launched⁵ the campaign
[01:23.38]that established alternating current as the electric power system in the United States.
[01:30.64]What is alternating current?
[01:33.62]The electricity used in a light bulb, for example, comes from a power center that may be kilometers away.
[01:42.45]The strength of the electric power would become weak if it traveled a long distance at the same level.
[01:50.24]Alternating the strength of the current keeps it strong.
[01:55.02]The current changes from negative to positive sixty times each second.
[02:01.16]Mister Tesla also invented a device⁶ known as the Tesla Coil⁷.
[02:07.79]It is the basis for radio, television and other means of wireless⁸ communication.
[02:14.87]He also invented a kind of light bulb and the X-ray machine.
[02:20.70]Mister Tesla created a general design for radio,
[02:26.34]but was not recognized for it during his life.
[02:29.84]He did the work in 1892.
[02:33.57]Guglielmo Marconi later claimed the patent rights.
[02:37.54]Mister Tesla made an unsuccessful attempt to oppose Mister Marconi's claims in 1915.
[02:45.88]It was not until 1943 that the United States Supreme⁹ Court ruled that Mister Tesla was the legal inventor of radio.
[02:56.33]Nikola Tesla had died a few months earlier.
[03:00.51]He and his work had been forgotten by the public.
[03:04.69]Experts say he was not recognized because of several reasons.
[03:10.15]He failed to market his inventions.
[03:13.62]He made enemies of powerful men.
[03:16.99]Many of his later ideas were considered to be very strange,But experts say the world has changed since then,

1 alternating   

adj. 交互的

参考例句：

• This is an alternating current generator. 这是一台交流发电机。
• The measurement of alternating potential difference may be perturbed by stray current. 交变电位差的测量可能受到游散电流的影响。

2 honored   

adj.光荣的：荣幸的v.尊敬，给以荣誉( honor的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I hope to be honored with further orders. 如蒙惠顾，不胜荣幸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is a time-honored custom. 这是一个古老的习俗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 mister   

n.(略作Mr.全称很少用于书面)先生

参考例句：

• Mister Smith is my good friend.史密斯先生是我的好朋友。
• He styled himself " Mister Clean ".他自称是“清廉先生”。

4 laboratory   

n.实验室，化验室

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a laboratory.她捐款成立了一个实验室。
• Our laboratory equipment isn't perfect,but we must make do.实验室设备是不够理想，但我们只好因陋就简。

5 launched   

v.发射( launch的过去式和过去分词 )；[计算机]开始（应用程序）；发动；开展（活动、计划等）

参考例句：

• He launched a bitter diatribe against the younger generation. 他对年轻一代发起了猛烈的抨击。
• The product was launched amid much fanfare worldwide. 这个产品在世界各地隆重推出。

6 device   

n.器械，装置；计划，策略，诡计

参考例句：

• The device will be in production by the end of the year.该装置将于年底投入生产。
• The device will save much time and effort for us.这种装置会使我们节省大量时间和气力。

7 coil   

n.(一)卷，(一)圈；线圈；vt.卷，盘绕

参考例句：

• He turned off the water and began to coil the hose.他关掉水龙头，开始盘水管。
• We suspected that something was wrong with the coil.我们疑心线圈有毛病。

8 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

9 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。