2006年VOA标准英语-Technology Competition Attracts Future Bill Gat

By Paul Sisco
Washington
03 July 2006
 
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Some of the best young minds in the world were in the U.S. state of Washington this week for a technology competition.  Bill Gates was there too. 

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Bill Gates 
  
Microsoft's Bill Gates met them all - students from Japan, India, Germany.  Their challenge is to invent technology that will have an impact on real world health problems. 

Gates seemed to like what he saw. 

"If we bring smart people together, use the latest resources, give them the right resources, given time, and we're talking about decades here, curing those diseases and changing education can happen," he said.

Brooks¹ Hollar   
  
Brooks Hollar, student inventor from Virginia Commonwealth² University, said, "I think that everybody here really hopes that they can make a significant impact. If not with this product that they are working on now, maybe with something that they work on in the future."

Inventions ranged from pocket devices, to computer software, to virtual glasses. The winner was Virginia Commonwealth University. Brooks Hollar and his teammates created a hand held device linking patients to doctors. 

 
Competition winners
  
Hollar explained, "The PocketDoc System allows doctors and patients to collaborate³ on their personal well-being⁴ by providing the patients with reminders⁵ and step-by-step instructions on how to step through procedures."

They will represent the United States at the world final of the Microsoft-sponsored competition in New Delhi, India this August.

1 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

3 collaborate   

vi.协作，合作；协调

参考例句：

• The work gets done more quickly when we collaborate.我们一旦合作，工作做起来就更快了。
• I would ask you to collaborate with us in this work.我们愿意请你们在这项工作中和我们合作。

4 well-being   

n.安康，安乐，幸福

参考例句：

• He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
• My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福，却被误解为多管闲事。

5 reminders   

n.令人回忆起…的东西( reminder的名词复数 )；提醒…的东西；（告知该做某事的）通知单；提示信

参考例句：

• The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
• The strike has delayed the mailing of tax reminders. 罢工耽搁了催税单的投寄。