情態助動詞 B1

基礎被動語態

The first concrete blocks were manufactured in 1868

世界上第一塊水泥磚頭製造於1868年

modules made of cement of a fixed measurement

the most-used construction unit in the world.

They enabled us to to build things that were larger than us,

我們能用它來建造比我們還要巨大的建築

It was called the Automatic Binding Brick.

LEGO bricks took place in every household.

樂高積木成了每個家庭必備的玩具

It's estimated that over 400 billion bricks have been produced --

大約估計了一下，樂高生產了超過四千億個積木

or 75 bricks for every person on the planet.

to make beautiful houses, beautiful bridges, beautiful buildings.

會建造漂亮的房屋、雄偉的橋樑或其它美麗的建築

LEGO has essentially taken the concrete block, the building block of the world,

at Bell Labs the next revolution was about to be announced,

貝爾實驗室(Bell Labs)發表了另一個

of static bricks piled on top of each other

to a world where everything was interactive.

much larger, more complex circuits, one brick at a time.

Eight years ago when I was at the Media Lab,

八年前我在媒體實驗室(Media Lab)

讓藝術家和設計師也能輕易地掌握？

A few years ago I started developing littleBits.

So all you need to do is snap a blue to a green

and very quickly you can start making larger circuits.

然後你就可以開始做大一點的迴路

Instead of having to program, to wire, to solder,

我們不需要會寫程式、接電線或是焊接

and basically make it pulse faster or slower.

We want to make every single interaction in the world

燈光、聲音、太陽能板、馬達...等等

We've been giving littleBits to kids and seeing them play with them.

我們讓"littleBits"進入小孩子的生活讓他們把玩

The nicest thing is how they start to understand

最好的部分是他們開始試著去了解

the electronics around them from everyday

每天環繞在他們周圍的電子設備

譬如說一個小夜燈是怎麼運作的

We've also been taking littleBits to design schools.

我們也把"littleBits"讓設計學校使用

with no experience with electronics whatsoever

start to play with littleBits as a material.

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