Genius at Work - 天才在工作

[00:02.1]Genius at Work - 天才在工作
[00:09.9]Henry Ford didn’t always pay attention in school.
[00:13.6]亨利.福特在学校里常常心不在焉。
[00:14.0]One day ,he and a friend took a watch apart.
[00:16.8]有一天，他和一个小朋友把一块手表拆开了。
[00:17.3]Angry and upset, the teacher told him both to stay after school.
[00:21.6]老师很生气，让他们放学后留下来，
[00:22.4]Their punishment was to stay until they had fixed the watch.
[00:25.8]把表修好才能回家。
[00:26.8]But the teacher did not know young Ford’s genius.
[00:29.8]当时这位老师并不知道小福特的天才。
[00:30.5]In ten minutes, this mechanical wizard had repaired the watch and was on this way home..
[00:38.0]只用了十分钟，这位机械奇才就把手表修好，走在回家的路上了。
[00:41.3]Ford was always interested in how things worked.
[00:44.3]福特对各种东西的工作原理总是很感兴趣。
[00:45.1]He once plugged up the spout of a teapot and placed it on the fire.
[00:50.3]曾有一次，他把茶壶嘴用东西堵住，然后把茶壶放在火炉上。
[00:50.9]Then he waited to see what would happen.
[00:53.3]他便站在一边等候着会出现什么情况。
[00:53.9]The water boiled and, of course, turned to steam.
[00:57.0]当然，水开后变成了水蒸气。
[00:57.7]Since the steam had no way to escape, the teapot exploded.
[01:02.6]因为水蒸气无处逸出，茶壶便爆炸了，
[01:03.4]The explosion cracked a mirror and broke a window.
[01:06.5]因而打碎了一面镜子和一扇窗户。
[01:07.2]The young inventor was badly scalded
[01:09.5]这个小发明家也被严重地烫伤了。
[01:15.6]Ford’s year of curiosity and tinkering paid off.
[01:18.7]多年后，福特的好奇心和他的动手能力使他得到了回报。
[01:19.9]He dreamed of a horseless carriage.
[01:22.0]他曾经梦想着去制造一辆无马行进的车。
[01:23.0]When he built one, the world of transportation was changed forever.
[01:27.1]他造成了一辆这样的车后，运输界发生了永久性的变化。