Chapter 4

4 FRANK CONTINUES, "AND SO TESLA FIGURED OUT THAT THERE might be a way to supply electricity, without wires, to anyone, anywhere in the world, much more cheaply than any power company could." "Best thing since sliced bread," says Grampa Al. "You boys get crackin' on that wireless idea. I'm going to get my contraption spinning."

弗兰克接着说：“于是，特斯拉想出了一种办法，不用电线，就可以向世界上任何地方的任何人供电，而且比任何电力公司的成本都低得多。” “自切片面包以来最好的东西，”阿尔爷爷说。 “你们这帮家伙想无线电的点子吧。 我要让我的装置旋转起来。”

Grampa Al picks up his windmill pieces from the roof rubble and heads out the lab door. Frank, Klink, and Klank clean up the rest of the mess. "Watson," says Frank, "experiment time. Could you go into the kitchen and get one balloon, two packets of salt, three packets of pepper, and one plastic spoon?" "That sounds about as scientific as... my peashooter," says Watson, heading for the kitchen as Frank and the robots finish cleaning up the lab. Watson returns with the experiment supplies. "I can't wait to see what you make with this." Frank rips open the salt and pepper packets and dumps everything into one pile on the table. He blows up the balloon. "Rub this on your head, Watson."

阿尔爷爷从屋顶的瓦砾中捡起他的风车碎片，走出了实验室的门。 弗兰克，Klink和Klank收拾剩下的烂摊子。 “华生，”弗兰克说，“实验时间到了。 你能去厨房拿一个气球、两包盐、三包胡椒粉和一个塑料勺子吗？”“这听起来就像…… 华生一边说，一边朝厨房走去，这时弗兰克和机器人们已经把实验室打扫干净了。 华生带着实验用品回来了。 “我迫不及待地想看看你用它做了什么。” 弗兰克撕开盐和胡椒包，把所有的东西都堆在桌子上。 他给气球吹气。“把这个擦在你头上，华生。”

Watson rubs the balloon on his head. "Oh, this is much more scientific." "Just watch," says Frank. "Now put the balloon over the salt and pepper." Watson moves the balloon. The positively charged, lighter pieces of pepper separate from the heavier pieces of salt and stick to the balloon. "Wireless," says Frank. "And cheap. Now watch this." Frank rubs the plastic spoon on Watson's sweater. He turns the water on in the lab sink so that

华生在头上摩擦气球。 “哦，这更科学。” “看着吧，”弗兰克说。“现在把气球放在盐和胡椒上面。” 华生移动气球。带正电的、较轻的胡椒粉与较重的盐分开，粘在气球上。 “无线，”弗兰克说。”和便宜。 现在看这个。”弗兰克用塑料勺在沃森的毛衣上摩擦。 他打开实验室水槽里的水，这样

a small, steady stream flows out. "Observe." Frank puts the spoon near the water column. "No way!" says Watson. "The water is bending toward the spoon!" Klink beeps, "In both cases, extra negative charge caused by gathering electrons... attracts positively charged pepper pieces and water

一股小而稳定的水流出来。 “观察”。弗兰克把勺子放在水柱附近。 “不可能！”华生说。“水往勺子那边弯了！”Klink嘀咕道：“在这两种情况下，聚集电子引起的额外负电荷…… 吸引带正电的胡椒片和水

stream." "How amazing would it be if energy were wireless? And free?" says Frank. "My energy will be wireless electricity," says Klink. "My energy will be Robot Boogie sound," says Klank. "My energy will be Watson's Perfect Peashooter," says Watson. Rrrraaarrrrrrrrrrh! roars the DimetrodonPhone in Grampa Al's kitchen. Rrrraaarrrrrrrh!

流。”“如果能量是无线的，那该有多神奇？” 免费吗？”弗兰克说。“我的能源将是无线电力，”Klink说。 “我的能量将是机器人布吉的声音，”克兰克说。 “我的能量将成为华生的完美枪手，”华生说。 Rrrraaarrrrrrrrrrh !爷爷厨房里的数码电话轰鸣着。 Rrrraaarrrrrrrh !