Eco-Friendly Light Bulb Wins 環(huán)保燈泡獲大獎(jiǎng)
Eco-Friendly Light Bulb Wins 環(huán)保燈泡獲大獎(jiǎng)
媒體英語會(huì)帶大家一起學(xué)習(xí)BBC撰稿人在報(bào)道世界大事時(shí)常用到的單詞和短語。
背景:一位英國(guó)設(shè)計(jì)師因出色設(shè)計(jì)出一種低能耗燈泡而獲得一項(xiàng)設(shè)計(jì)大獎(jiǎng)。布魯門燈泡獲得了由倫敦設(shè)計(jì)博物館頒發(fā)的年度設(shè)計(jì)大賽的大獎(jiǎng)。這種燈泡可以省電80%,并且比傳統(tǒng)燈泡的壽命長(zhǎng)八倍。
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Will Gompertz: Now here is a bright idea - a designer, low-energy light bulb. So now, if you want to illuminate your home in an eco-friendly fashion, you have this curvaceous choice. The designers spent a great deal of time worrying about what might turn people on, and what might turn them off.
Their quest was to marry practicality, something that actually works, with a sense of style and beauty, to create an object of desire. Something that you not only wanted to own, but hopefully also wanted to keep.
Nicolas Roope: And that's really the role of the designer, I think, is to make objects that people really connect with and really cherish, you know. I think that's one of our roles, and obviously in this case this isn't just about prettifying. This is about, you know, obviously, the underlying problem of getting people to adopt this stuff, because obviously that's in everybody's interests.
Will Gompertz: That is if money is not too much of an issue - funky costs. Each one is nearly £20. That's up to twenty times the price of some other low-energy bulbs. It's too early to judge if this product has a dazzling future, but its creators will be reassured to know that at least one major household goods retailer said its customers did not consider light bulbs dull. In fact, to them, design matters.
Will Gompertz, BBC News
Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發(fā)音, 請(qǐng)單擊英語單詞)
- a bright idea 聰明的主意
- an eco-friendly fashion對(duì)生態(tài)環(huán)境友好的方式
- curvaceous優(yōu)美曲線的
- to turn people on讓人感興趣
- to marry與… 結(jié)緣、結(jié)婚
- to cherish珍惜
- the underlying problem潛在的問題
- to adopt采納、采用
- dazzling燦爛的
- dull 枯燥、無趣的
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