Song | Schoolchildren Design Cities of the Future |
Artist | 英语听力 |
Album | VOA Standard English |
Download | Image LRC TXT |
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[00:01.00] | The annual contest aims to direct young people toward careers in science and technology. |
[00:05.75] | It is sponsored by a consortium of professional and technical societies and some major U.S. corporations. |
[00:11.65] | The students-built tabletop scale models of their designs using recycled materials, costing no more than $100. |
[00:18.36] | The teams also had to write essays about their solutions, |
[00:21.61] | explain their ideas to the crowd and answer the questions asked by a six-member expert panel. |
[00:27.19] | Gregory Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems Incorporated, one of the competition's major sponsors, |
[00:32.69] | said this year’s theme was ’urban transportation’ -- an increasingly important issue for the world's cities. |
[00:38.64] | “We sort of have the first generation, I think now, in the United States, |
[00:41.73] | who are not committed to having a car to be a part of their life,” |
[00:44.95] | Eighth-graders from the southern state of Georgia -- David Straub, Katherine Barri and Rebecca North |
[00:49.20] | -- envisioned their city far into the future. |
[00:51.66] | David said they predicted that public transport would be effortless and eco-friendly. |
[00:56.26] | “It’s a new system that focuses, has a focus on magnetic frequency, |
[00:59.88] | which will allow people to levitate and float along the magnetic fields,” |
[01:03.69] | Leila Mezza, Oha Hassan and Mousa Seid from Houston, Texas, |
[01:08.32] | imagined a city in Brazil in 2084, with transport relying on electric cars. |
[01:13.88] | “These garages have photovoltaic cells |
[01:16.66] | and whenever our cars are parked over here, they get their energy to drive later on," |
[01:21.20] | Bentley said the Future City competition, now in its 22nd year, is deliberately focused on young teens. |
[01:28.11] | “Because at that age in the United States, they have to elect the math courses, the advanced math courses. |
[01:33.59] | If they don’t at that age, they will never be an engineer,” |
[01:36.66] | The grand prize of $7,500 went to St. John Lutheran School in Michigan. |
[01:41.77] | The team members won a trip to U.S. Space Camp. |
[01:44.57] | Even if they didn't win, the experience of working on an engineering project |
[01:48.19] | has encouraged many of the kids to think about a career in science and technology. |
[01:52.72] | One of them is Eric Swyler from New Mexico, who said, |
[01:55.29] | “I plan to become a scientist of some kind, but I’m not sure exactly what kind.” |
[02:00.48] | Swyler does not have to worry. |
[02:02.56] | He has plenty of time to decide. |
[02:04.54] |
[00:00.30] | |
[00:01.00] | The annual contest aims to direct young people toward careers in science and technology. |
[00:05.75] | It is sponsored by a consortium of professional and technical societies and some major U. S. corporations. |
[00:11.65] | The studentsbuilt tabletop scale models of their designs using recycled materials, costing no more than 100. |
[00:18.36] | The teams also had to write essays about their solutions, |
[00:21.61] | explain their ideas to the crowd and answer the questions asked by a sixmember expert panel. |
[00:27.19] | Gregory Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems Incorporated, one of the competition' s major sponsors, |
[00:32.69] | said this year' s theme was ' urban transportation' an increasingly important issue for the world' s cities. |
[00:38.64] | " We sort of have the first generation, I think now, in the United States, |
[00:41.73] | who are not committed to having a car to be a part of their life," |
[00:44.95] | Eighthgraders from the southern state of Georgia David Straub, Katherine Barri and Rebecca North |
[00:49.20] | envisioned their city far into the future. |
[00:51.66] | David said they predicted that public transport would be effortless and ecofriendly. |
[00:56.26] | " It' s a new system that focuses, has a focus on magnetic frequency, |
[00:59.88] | which will allow people to levitate and float along the magnetic fields," |
[01:03.69] | Leila Mezza, Oha Hassan and Mousa Seid from Houston, Texas, |
[01:08.32] | imagined a city in Brazil in 2084, with transport relying on electric cars. |
[01:13.88] | " These garages have photovoltaic cells |
[01:16.66] | and whenever our cars are parked over here, they get their energy to drive later on," |
[01:21.20] | Bentley said the Future City competition, now in its 22nd year, is deliberately focused on young teens. |
[01:28.11] | " Because at that age in the United States, they have to elect the math courses, the advanced math courses. |
[01:33.59] | If they don' t at that age, they will never be an engineer," |
[01:36.66] | The grand prize of 7, 500 went to St. John Lutheran School in Michigan. |
[01:41.77] | The team members won a trip to U. S. Space Camp. |
[01:44.57] | Even if they didn' t win, the experience of working on an engineering project |
[01:48.19] | has encouraged many of the kids to think about a career in science and technology. |
[01:52.72] | One of them is Eric Swyler from New Mexico, who said, |
[01:55.29] | " I plan to become a scientist of some kind, but I' m not sure exactly what kind." |
[02:00.48] | Swyler does not have to worry. |
[02:02.56] | He has plenty of time to decide. |
[02:04.54] |
[00:00.30] | |
[00:01.00] | The annual contest aims to direct young people toward careers in science and technology. |
[00:05.75] | It is sponsored by a consortium of professional and technical societies and some major U. S. corporations. |
[00:11.65] | The studentsbuilt tabletop scale models of their designs using recycled materials, costing no more than 100. |
[00:18.36] | The teams also had to write essays about their solutions, |
[00:21.61] | explain their ideas to the crowd and answer the questions asked by a sixmember expert panel. |
[00:27.19] | Gregory Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems Incorporated, one of the competition' s major sponsors, |
[00:32.69] | said this year' s theme was ' urban transportation' an increasingly important issue for the world' s cities. |
[00:38.64] | " We sort of have the first generation, I think now, in the United States, |
[00:41.73] | who are not committed to having a car to be a part of their life," |
[00:44.95] | Eighthgraders from the southern state of Georgia David Straub, Katherine Barri and Rebecca North |
[00:49.20] | envisioned their city far into the future. |
[00:51.66] | David said they predicted that public transport would be effortless and ecofriendly. |
[00:56.26] | " It' s a new system that focuses, has a focus on magnetic frequency, |
[00:59.88] | which will allow people to levitate and float along the magnetic fields," |
[01:03.69] | Leila Mezza, Oha Hassan and Mousa Seid from Houston, Texas, |
[01:08.32] | imagined a city in Brazil in 2084, with transport relying on electric cars. |
[01:13.88] | " These garages have photovoltaic cells |
[01:16.66] | and whenever our cars are parked over here, they get their energy to drive later on," |
[01:21.20] | Bentley said the Future City competition, now in its 22nd year, is deliberately focused on young teens. |
[01:28.11] | " Because at that age in the United States, they have to elect the math courses, the advanced math courses. |
[01:33.59] | If they don' t at that age, they will never be an engineer," |
[01:36.66] | The grand prize of 7, 500 went to St. John Lutheran School in Michigan. |
[01:41.77] | The team members won a trip to U. S. Space Camp. |
[01:44.57] | Even if they didn' t win, the experience of working on an engineering project |
[01:48.19] | has encouraged many of the kids to think about a career in science and technology. |
[01:52.72] | One of them is Eric Swyler from New Mexico, who said, |
[01:55.29] | " I plan to become a scientist of some kind, but I' m not sure exactly what kind." |
[02:00.48] | Swyler does not have to worry. |
[02:02.56] | He has plenty of time to decide. |
[02:04.54] |