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What a funny looking gadget someone put here on display
有个人在这里展示着一个滑稽的小装置
A spectacular machine you don't run into everyday
如此令人惊奇的机器可不是你每天都能见到的
A peculiar propeller and a nickel-plated spring
一个古怪的螺旋桨结着镀镍的弹簧
Can you explain the purpose of this fascinating thing?
您可以告诉我们这迷人的小玩意儿是做什么的吗？
Well, you can see the electricity emerging through to this hole
当然，你可以看出电流从这个洞里通过
Then proceeding to the engine on the back of this control
然后继续向着这个开关背后的引擎流动
It distributes the power to the pumps herein
它将动力传导至泵于此
and with wind on the propeller that propeller makes a spin
再加上螺旋桨上的风就让螺旋桨转了起来
With a twist and a sound it will toss and turn around
随着一下转动一声怪响它就旋转跳跃
And you need no gasoline It's a marvelous machine!
而且还不需要汽油驱动这是个不可思议的机器！
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
. 哈哈哈哈哈哈......
OKay, I think I understand, but what is it used for?
好的，我觉得我听懂了，但是这是用来做什么的呢？
That propeller makes the water run directly into that
那螺旋桨让水直接流入那里
little funnel through a funnel to a thermostat
进入小小的漏斗连通到一个恒温器中
It continues up into a hydro electric power plant
然后继续向上直到水力发电站
Situated in a tower belonging to my ant
坐落于一座蚂蚁塔！
With a twist and a sound it will toss and turn around
随着一下转动一声怪响它就旋转跳跃
And you need no gasoline, it's a marvelous machine!
而且还不需要汽油驱动这是个不可思议的机器！
Marvelous! ha ha ha ha ha ha
不可思议！哈哈哈哈哈哈
Thank you, professor.
谢谢您，教授
Can you describe on a level, that even I can follow?
您可以解释到让像我这样的人也能听懂的程度吗？
Marvelous Machine with a little funnel.
不可思议的机器有一个小小的漏斗
Mr. professor, It's me again,
教授先生，又是我，
You?
你？
We Want to know what this is
我们想要知道这到底是·什·么
Well the power plant produces electricity
好吧，发电站会制造电
Just enough to run the engine with simplicity
这就足够轻松地让引擎工作起来
Because the energy recirculates trust your gadgeteer
因为能量可以循环再生——相信我的手艺
And Tah-dah! the perpetual motion thingamabob is here!
然后看吧，这就是无限动能器！
With a twist and a sound it will toss and turn around
随着一下转动一声怪响它就旋转跳跃
And you need no gasoline, it's a marvelous machine!
而且还不需要汽油驱动这是个不可思议的机器！
And it's so obvious, but what is it?
确实非常不可思议，但这到底是什么？
A perpetual motion thingamabob
一台无限动能器！
Aha, A perpetual motion thingamabob?
啊哈，一台无限动能器？
A perpetual motion thingamabob!
一台无限动能器！
Sounds really good
听起来挺不错的
A perpetual motion thingamabob!
一台无限动能器！
Yeah, We just say that Professor, What do you use...
是啊，我们刚刚讨论过了，教授，你用它干……
A perpetual motion thingamabob!
一台无限动能器！
What do you use it for, Professor?
你用它来干什么呢？
A perpetual motion thingamabob!
一台无限动能器！
What's its purpose, Professor?
它的设计目的是什么呢？
A perpetual motion thingamabob!
一台无限动能器！
Hello, I mean it doesn't do...
嗨？我是说它什么都……
A perpetual motion thingamabob!
一台无限动能器！
It doesn't do anything, does it?
它什么都干不了，是不是？
A perpetual ... Do do anything? Of course, it does!
一台无限……干不了？当然能干了！
When the summer comes, it sometimes overheats
每当夏天来到，它有时候会过热
And then you can cook porridge in the funnel!
那时候你就可以在漏斗里煮粥喝了！
So you keep this thingamabob, just to cook porridge?
所以你造了这台动能器，只是为了煮粥？
Marvelous!
不可思议！
With a twist and a sound it will toss and turn around
随着一下转动一声怪响它就旋转跳跃
And you need no gasoline It's a marvelous machine!
而且还不需要汽油驱动这是个不可思议的机器！
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