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发帖数: 6973 | 1 James May, Cracking the Problem of Hydrogen-Fuel Future; Right then. A few
of you, over on the internet forum, have requested it, so here it is: James
’s Ladybird Book of How It Works - the hydrogen fuel-cell motor
carTelegraph, Feb 24, 2011.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/columnists
/jamesmay/8338090/Cracking-the-problem-of-hydrogen-fuel-future.html
Note:
(a) smashing (adj): "extraordinarily impressive or effective
performance>"
All definitions are from www.m-w.com, except otherwise noted.
(b) For G-Whiz, see REVA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REVA
(an Indian company based in Bangalore, involved in designing and
manufacturing of compact electric vehicles; one of the first companies to
introduce electric vehicles worldwide; In 2004 REVA GoinGreen of the UK
entered into an agreement with RECC to import REVA cars and market them
under the G-Wiz moniker)
G-wiz is sometimes spelled G-Whiz.
(c) flex (n; short for flexible cord): "chiefly British: an electric cord"
(d) forecourt (n): "an open court in front of a building"
(e) The report states, "The fuel cell has been understood since the first
half of the 19th century, as has the electric motor.
fuel cell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell
(The principle of the fuel cell was discovered by German scientist Christian
Friedrich Schönbein in 1838 and published in one of the scientific
magazines of the time. Based on this work, the first fuel cell was
demonstrated by Welsh scientist and barrister Sir William Robert Grove in
the February 1839 edition of the Philosophical Magazine and Journal of
Science and later sketched, in 1842, in the same journal)
(f) flat (adj):
"7b : lacking flavor : TASTELESS
c : lacking effervescence or sparkle
* * *
e of a tire : lacking air : DEFLATED
f chiefly British of a battery : DEAD 3c, DISCHARGED"
(g) saloon (n; French salon, from Italian salone, augmentative of sala hall,
of Germanic origin): "British: SEDAN 2a —called also saloon car"
(h) knees-up (n; by ellipsis from Knees up, Mother Brown a popular dance,
originally a song with the same title (1939)):
"British Informal a party or lively gathering, usually including dancing."
Random House Dictionary 2011.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/knees-up
(i) The report says, "Removing (or 'cracking') hydrogen from the party takes
a great deal of energy.
Which is to say it is costly to produce hydrogen as a fuel in the first
place. That is why the report follows with a statement: "May as well just
put the oil in the car, which is what we do currently.
(j) Pathé
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path%C3%A9
(founded in 1896 and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France; during
the first part of the 20th century, Pathé became the largest film
equipment and production company in the world as well as a major producer of
phonograph records)
(k) crack (vi): "to go or travel at good speed —usually used with on
steamboat cracked on>"
(l) boffin (n; origin unknown): "chiefly British: a scientific expert;
especially : one involved in technological research"
(j) there you go: "used to express the fact that you cannot change a
situation so you must accept it
next year>"
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/there-you-go |
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