Energy And Power

ENERGY and POWER

能源与动力

Which energy matters most? Welcome to the world of energy and power. MY world. I'm Tina Turbine. Turbines like me make electricity for you. Think of all the things you need electricity for. Without electricity you couldn't charge your phone... Argh! Now what do I do? Electricity chases away the dark... In fact, electricity is used for all kinds of things... To make electricity, turbines like me need energy from other places. As we receive the energy, we spin faster and faster, and turn the spinning into electricity. Electricity, and the energy to heat homes and power vehicles, can come from LOTS of sources. But which one matters most?

哪种能源最重要？ 欢迎来到能源和电力的世界。 我的世界。我是蒂娜·涡轮机。 像我这样的涡轮机为你们发电。 想想你需要电做的所有事情。 没有电你就不能给手机充电。 啊!现在我该怎么办？电赶走了黑暗…… 事实上，电被用于各种各样的事情…… 为了发电，像我这样的涡轮机需要来自其他地方的能量。 当我们接收到能量时，我们旋转得越来越快，并将旋转转化为电。 电力，以及为家庭供暖和为车辆提供动力的能源，可以有很多来源。 但哪一个最重要呢？

The Sun Heat and light Look, no one likes a show-off... so I'll just say that I heat the WHOLE WORLD every day. You must have noticed that I keep people warm and help them to see -part of each day, anyway. My energy also lets plants grow. Animals and people can eat the plants. And humans also burn plants, such as wood, for heat and light. 'Fossil fuels' are the remains of plants or animals that used my energy to grow millions of years ago. Heat and light goes from the Sun to Earth Warm, bright side Cool, dark side So, I heat the world, feed the world and fuel the world. I think it's pretty clear which kind of energy matters most- don't you?

看，没有人喜欢炫耀…… 所以我只想说我每天都在加热整个世界。 你一定注意到了，我让人们保持温暖，帮助他们看到每天的一部分。 我的能量也让植物生长。 动物和人可以吃这些植物。 人类也燃烧植物，如木材，以获得热量和光线。 “化石燃料”是数百万年前利用我的能量生长的植物或动物的遗骸。 热和光从太阳传到地球暖，亮的一面冷，暗的一面所以，我给世界供暖，给世界提供食物，给世界提供燃料。 我认为哪一种能源最重要是很清楚的，你不觉得吗？

Coal Burning power The Sun is always trying to be the centre of attention. To be honest, if you use electricity at all, you should probably thank ME for all my sacrifices. Let me explain... 1 I'm dug out I'm a rock that has to be dug out of the ground. Sometimes I'm buried as much as a kilometre underground. 2 Next I'm crushed I did tell you I make sacrifices! 3 Then I'm burned This heats water, which makes steam to turn a turbine. About a third of all the world's electricity is made by burning me- which means I matter a LOT.

太阳总是试图成为人们关注的中心。 说实话，如果你使用电，你应该感谢我所做的牺牲。 让我解释一下……我是一块石头，必须从地下挖出来。 有时我被埋在地下一公里的地方。 接下来，我崩溃了，我告诉过你我做出了牺牲！然后我被烧伤了。这加热水，产生蒸汽来带动涡轮机。 世界上大约三分之一的电力是通过燃烧我产生的——这意味着我很重要。

Gas Energy from flames I'd been resting underground for MILLIONS of years- then someone sucked me up to the surface! I didn't mind, actually: it was getting a bit boring down there. Next, I whooshed along pipelines that took me all over the place. I went to a power station's turbine room- where they set me alight. I visited people's houses. They set me alight there, too. I get pumped into boilers to heat up water. I even got turned into fertiliser to help crops grow. Instead of setting me alight, they buried me. It's all very exciting- I just wish people didn't keep burning me as soon as I arrive! Anyway, all those jobs are important to a LOT of people, so surely I matter?

来自火焰的气体能量我在地下休息了数百万年——然后有人把我吸到了地面！事实上，我并不介意，因为下面的工作变得有点无聊了。 接下来，我沿着管道疾驰，这条管道把我带到了各个地方。 我去了一个发电站的涡轮室——他们把我点着了。 我拜访了人们的家。 他们也把我点燃了。 我被泵进锅炉加热水。 我甚至变成了帮助作物生长的肥料。 他们没有把我点燃，反而把我埋葬了。 这一切都很令人兴奋——我只是希望人们不要一到就一直烧我！不管怎样，所有这些工作对很多人来说都很重要，所以我一定很重要吗？

Oil Transport power Which matters most? Well, I can tell you that the world would get almost nowhere without ME. I'm a liquid that lives underground until people drill me out. Just look around you for a day and count up all the oil-powered transportation... These cause lots of pollution, though. And these are even worse. As well as for transport, exploding oil is also sometimes used to heat buildings and produce electricity. (And did you know that most plastics are made using oil?) Imagine what would happen without me. No one could travel at all! Unless they wanted to walk... or skateboard... or scooter... or cycle. This is much nicer. Cheap, too. Lovely fresh air. And healthy. OK, maybe you COULD get around without me. I still matter, though! Don't I?

哪个最重要？ 好吧，我可以告诉你，如果没有我，世界将一事无成。 我是一种液体，生活在地下，直到人们把我挖出来。 只要环顾四周一天，数一数所有的石油动力交通工具…… 然而，这些会造成大量污染。 这些甚至更糟。除了用于运输，爆炸的石油有时也被用来给建筑物供暖和发电。 （你知道大多数塑料都是用油制成的吗？）想象一下没有我将会怎样。 没有人可以旅行！除非他们想走路…… 或滑板…或摩托车… 或周期。这样好多了。 也便宜。可爱的新鲜空气。 和健康。好吧，也许没有我你也可以四处走走。 但我仍然很重要！我不?