乐活城市 第15期

水动力闹钟

Water Power Alarm Clock

闹钟也可以靠水驱动?是的,有了这款名为“Bedol”的水动力闹钟,无论你身处何方也无须再为是否有电源可用而担忧了。你只需在床头放上一杯水,这款Bedol水动力闹钟就马上为你施展“魔法”:无论是水还是柠檬汁都可作为它的动力之源。据称,如果水和柠檬汁同时注入的话,这款闹钟的工作效率会更高。另外,这款闹钟还拥有断电记忆功能,用户无需重新设置时间。

末日地堡

Doomsday Bunker

担心好莱坞灾难大片《2012》的场景会噩梦成真吗?别怕,美国一名实业家正在打造一种“末日地堡”。它位于地下约9米深处,号称可抵挡里氏10级强烈地震和500小时的洪水以及核生化袭击,即使屋外摄氏677度的烈火持续燃烧10天10夜,只要居住其间,也可安然无恙。虽然这样一座“末日地堡”入住一年的价格高达5万美元,可是目前已有上千名富人预订,看来《2012》演得真是深入人心啊。

4G问世

4G Comes out

在近日举行的2010无线通信应用(国际)研讨会上,中国信息化推进联盟理事长邓寿鹏表示,4G标准将在今年10月份在北京会议上确定,他个人看好我国自主知识产权的TD-LTE-Advanced技术标准,他认为TD-LTE有望在两个候选的4G标准技术中胜出。4G比3G速度能提升10倍以上。日前,由中国移动承建的全球首个TD-LTE(4G)演示网络4月15日在上海开通。年底之前,中国将选择三个城市进行TD-LTE试点,目前暂定为青岛、厦门和珠海。

At the 2010 Wireless Communication Application (International) Symposium held recently, Deng Shoupeng, chairman of China Federation of IT Promotion, said that 4G standard will be determined at a meeting to be held in Beijing in October, 2010. He is personally optimistic about the TD-LTE-Advanced technical standard of China’s independent intellectual property rights. He thought that TD-LTE is expected to win out over the two other candidates for the 4G standard technologies. The speed of 4G is 10 times faster than that of 3G. At present, the world’s first TD-LTE (4G) demonstration network built by China Mobile will be opened in Shanghai on April 15. By the end of 2010, China will choose three pilot cities for TD-LTE, which are currently planned to be Qingdao, Xiamen and Zhuhai.

骑骑美洲豹

Jaguar

南非设计师Barend Massow Hemmes根据捷豹汽车的车标设计制造了这辆独一无二的捷豹摩托车。当你骑在上面时,会觉得自己骑的是一只美洲豹。

开心农场

Happy Farm

商场里种庄稼,见过没?沈阳中街某商场六楼,铺上了黑土,围起了栅栏,办起了现实版“开心农场”。这块不足10平方米的“农场”划分成了20多块正方形的小菜园,有的摆着果实,有的插着红色的小标签,上面写着植物的名字和一些祝福的话语。“农场”中立着牌子,写着“哥种的不是萝卜,是寂寞”等网络流行语,引来不少议论和笑声。“农场”老板介绍,交10元钱,游人就可自主选择种子和菜园进行“真实版”种菜、偷菜。

Have you ever seen people planting crops in a mall? On the sixth floor of a mall in the middle street of Shenyang, a true version “happy farm” has been established by covering the floor with black soil and enclosing fences. The “farm”, less than 10 square meters, is divided into over 20 square vegetable gardens; some of them are set with fruits and some with little red labels with names of vegetables and words of blessing. There is a plate in the “farm” with the network catchphrase “What I plant isn’t radish but loneliness” written on it which attracts lots of discussion and laughter. The boss of the “farm” explains that visitors can select seeds and vegetable gardens automatically to plant or steal vegetables in “true version” for 10 yuan.

极限跳伞

Base Jumping

一名已为人父的英国男子布尔因喜爱冒险,曾身穿拉风的“蝙蝠装”从6000英尺的高山上跳下,差点丧命。但不甘服输的他再度向人类极限发起挑战,终于从4000英尺高山跳伞而下,成功着陆。去年复活节,布尔在俄罗斯最高峰的跳伞运动失败了,还好他降落到一片比较柔软的积雪上,捡回了一条命。

A British father who loves adventure once jumped off a 6,000 feet (about 1,829m) high mountain wearing a “bat suit”, and almost lost his life. However, he is unyielding. He challenged the human limits again by parachuting from a 4,000 feet (about 1,219m) high mountain, and landed successfully. The 32-year-old British man Boolean is a bold and adventurous parachuting lover. On the Easter Day last year, his parachuting from a peak in Russia failed. Fortunately, he saved his life through falling on soft snow.

伟大母爱

Great Mother Love

日前,英国一名叫怀特的身高只有一米的33岁妇女,冒着生命危险成功产子。此前医生曾警告她,怀孕生子可能会将她置于死地,原因是她的身躯太小,可能无法在妊娠期间为胎儿提供足够的生长空间。怀特是一位侏儒症患者,她已经成为英国迄今为止身材最矮的母亲。当她用婴儿车推着女儿芙瑞雅逛街时,行人总会好奇地看着她。这对母女总是被当做一个女童照顾一个婴儿,从怀特身上我们看到了让人流泪的母性的伟大光辉。

Recently, a one-meter-tall British woman gave birth to a baby girl successfully at the risk of her own life. Before that, the doctor has warned her that pregnancy might kill her because her short body couldn’t provide enough growth space for her baby during pregnancy. Mrs. White, who suffers from dwarfism, now becomes the shortest mother in Britain. When she goes out shopping with her daughter Freya in a push-chair, the pedestrians always look at her curiously. The mother and daughter are always regarded as a little girl taking care of a baby. From Mrs. White, we find how touching and great mother love is.

诺亚方舟

Noah's Ark

日前来自中国香港和土耳其的探险队员宣布,他们在土耳其东部的亚拉拉特山附近找着了传说中的诺亚方舟残骸。经碳元素测试发现这些残骸可追溯到4800年前,正是《创世纪》中所记载的诺亚方舟存在的时期。为了真实记录寻找诺亚方舟的过程,探险队还带上了专业的摄像器材。探险队负责人表示:“虽然我们不能百分之百确定这就是诺亚方舟,但其真实性还是可以达到99.9%。”

Members of an expedition from Hong Kong, China and Turkey have just announced that they found the wreckage of the legendary Noah’s Ark near Ararat Mountain in eastern Turkey. The carbon test shows that the wreckage can be traced back to 4,800 years ago when the Noah’s Ark recorded in Genesis existed. In order to have a true record of the process of searching for Noah’s Ark, the expedition team also took professional camera equipment with them. The expedition member said that although they are not absolutely sure whether it is Noah’s Ark, the authenticity can still reach 99.9%. There are many doubts as well. The well-known British archaeologist Mike Peter said that the Sino-Turkey expedition team hadn’t actually provided any persuasive evidence. “If the flood really happened 4,800 years ago, there should be geological traces because the large wheel was lifted to the top of the mountain. However, there was no trace. ” said Peter.